Bacterial virulence across a shifting host landscape
The Coombes lab is happy to share our latest thoughts on how pathogenic traits in bacteria can be shaped by the host response and what we...
The evolution of Crohn's-associated E. coli
The Coombes lab is excited to share our latest research on how Crohn's disease-associated E. coli evolve in the host over time, published...
You can run, but you can't hide
New research was published today from a great collaboration between the Coombes and Brown labs in Nature Communications, identifying a...
Canadian Light Source illuminates E. coli pathogenesis
Gotta love synchrotron science! Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Dustin Little used the Canadian Light Source beamline to solve the structure of...
Presenting Dr. Alex Oberc
Congratulations to MD/PhD student Alex Oberc on successfully defending his Ph.D. Alex did a lot of great work in the lab to advance our...
Coombes lab featured in ASM's 'This Week in Microbiology' Episode 189
The American Society for Microbiology’s podcast ‘This Week in Microbiology’ features the incredible research led by PhD candidate Bushra...
2018 IIDR Trainee Day
Our annual Institute for Infectious Disease Research Trainee Day celebrates the amazing research accomplishments of the ~300 young...
The Impact of IBD in Canada
November 1 marks the start of Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month. As part of the launch, Crohn's and Colitis Canada is releasing a new...
Bacteria resisting arrest
The latest news from the benches was published this week in Cell Reports where we discovered a new way that Salmonella Typhimurium evades...
NleG proteins divide and conquer
Pathogenic Escherichia coli strains represent a persistent health risk worldwide, with the enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) strain...
