Congratulations to Roshan Priyantha for successfully defending his PhD! Roshan was a founding member of theRubinlab, joining in September 2013. Roshan’s thesis focused on antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, an important pathogen of dogs. Throughout his research Roshan addressed questions relating to the emergence of resistance in the Saskatoon area, comparing isolates from different types of infections and identifying the molecular basis for tetracycl

We have a winner! For their laboratory assignment in VTMC 347 (Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology), the WCVM class of 2020 was sent out with swabs on a mission to find a superbug which they then characterized. This a great way for the students to take a walk through the diagnostic process (culture, organism identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing); because everything is more fun when there’s a prize, there was a one-of-a-kind reward for the group which found