Congratulations Bev on the defense of your thesis! Bev joined theRubinlab as a summer student in 2014, and went on to become the first DVM/MSc student in both my lab and the Department of Veterinary Microbiology. Bev’s research focused on the identification of antimicrobial resistant bacteria from imported niche market meats; for her MSc she studied reptile and amphibian meats. She found that these products are an underappreciated source of resistant bacteria including ESBL p

The WCVM poster day is always a great place to get practice presenting and suggestions before debuting results for the world at a conference. After today's premiere, you will have a chance to see Bev, Ruwini and Dongyun's work at the 2018 Canadian Society of Microbiologists conference this June in Winnipeg, Canada. #Graduatestudent #poster #WCVM #Resistancesurveillance #Brachyspira

I’m pleased to announce the first paper to come out of a collaborative project between theRubinlab and researchers at the University of Guelph, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. This manuscript includes the work of Lindsey Lebert, a newly graduated MSc student from the McEwen lab at the University of Guelph and is entitled “Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance among Escherichia coli and Salmonella in Ontario

Congratulations to Kazal for successfully defending his MSc thesis entitled "Antimicrobial resistance and molecular characterization of Escherichia coli isolated from Ontario chickens"! Kazal joined the group in January 2015, and is now officially the first Rubin lab alumnus - it's a very big day for us all. Thanks to Drs. Janet Hill and Jenny Fricke for participation in Kazal's graduate advisory committee and Dr. Aaron White for serving as external examiner. Kazal is now wor

Welcome to Yenuki Rajapaksha who's joined the Rubin lab as a summer student! Yenuki has recently completed her 3rd year in the Pharmacology and Physiology program at the U of S. This summer Yenuki will be working to identifying and characterize extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing E. coli in two projects targeting 1. wild crows from the Saskatoon region and 2. dogs with cancer. These studies are collaborative projects with Drs. Dennilyn Parker (wildlife and exotics spec

Poster season is certainly upon us and RubinLab members have been busy sharing the results of their investigations with the world. First Roshan had the opportunity to share the results of his investigation entitled "The Genetic Basis of Tetracycline Resistance in Canine Staphylococcus pseudintermedius" at the StaphPath2017 conference which was held in conjunction with Antimicrobials 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. Joe also had the chance to present some of Beverly Morrison's wor

Congratulations to Mary on her paper! Her manuscript entitled “A survey of the antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolated from Sable Island horses” was published online today in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology, click for the full story. Mary’s paper describes the antimicrobial susceptibility of E. coli isolated from the Sable Island horses and is TheRubinLab’s 2nd published investigation into the presence of antimicrobial resistance in Canadian wildlife. T

Congratulations to Rachel on her first paper! Her brief communication entitled: "Antimicrobial resistance and beta-lactamase production of Escherichia coli causing canine urinary tract infections: Passive surveillance of laboratory isolates in Saskatoon, Canada, 2014" describes her work as a summer student in 2014. You can find her paper here. In this investigation Rachel found that resistance among E. coli isolated from canine urinary tract infections was not common; nearly