/channels/taxonomy/term/20470/all en /channels/channels/event/2024-annual-amr-symposium-356118 <p>The Æ»¹ûÒùÔº AMR Centre is hosting its 4th Annual Symposium.</p> Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:44:15 +0000 webfull 198957 at /channels /channels/channels/event/seminar-using-genomics-tackle-amr-low-resource-settings-353498 <p>Join us for a joint seminar of the Department of Global and Public Health and the Antimicrobial Resistance Center. Dr.</p> Tue, 12 Dec 2023 21:54:15 +0000 webfull 195624 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-led-research-team-awarded-400k-genome-quebec-counter-amr-threat-352856 <p><i>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº team funded as part of a $4.5 million national investment dedicated to identifying genomic solutions to counter antimicrobial resistance and prepare for future pandemics</i></p> Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:50:10 +0000 webfull 194930 at /channels /channels/channels/event/2023-mcgill-amr-centre-annual-symposium-348024 <p>The Æ»¹ûÒùÔº AMR Centre is hosting its 3rd Annual Symposium.</p> Wed, 26 Apr 2023 21:34:07 +0000 webfull 189359 at /channels /channels/channels/news/something-wicked-way-comes-new-centre-confront-antimicrobial-resistance-334282 <p><i>Multidisciplinary unit to focus on rise of ‘superbugs’ identified by WHO as a leading threat to global health, responsible for 700,000 annual deaths worldwide</i></p> <p>October 20, 2021 (Montreal, Quebec) – Globally, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) causes approximately 700,000 deaths annually, a number projected to reach over <a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/thvwsuba">10 million yearly deaths by 2050.</a> The prevalence of AMR in Canada is projected to reach 40% by this time, a plausible scenario if no interventions successfully curb their rise.</p> Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:42:28 +0000 webfull 174107 at /channels /channels/channels/news/nserc-awards-37m-mcgill-led-research-projects-296845 <p>On May 3, the <a href="http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/index_eng.asp">Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)</a> announced the recent recipients of the NSERC Strategic Partnership Grants program. Six Æ»¹ûÒùÔº-led projects in the Faculty of Engineering and one in the Faculty of Medicine are receiving more than $3.7 million to conduct research in collaboration with a supporting organization.</p> Fri, 03 May 2019 14:57:46 +0000 webfull 148972 at /channels