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The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Centre for Microbial Research (WCMR) is coordinating a campus project screening for COVID using saliva. ProfessorsÌýTrevor CharlesÌý²¹²Ô»åÌý´³´Ç³ú±ð´ÚÌý±·¾±²õ²õ¾±³¾´Ç±¹Ìýfrom theÌýDepartment of Biology,Ìýalongside Drs. PatriciaÌýQuadrosÌýand Carly HuitemaÌýof the WCMR have been awarded $120,000Ìýto determine the effectiveness of a new rapid test and help prevent outbreaks on campus.

Landfills represent the world's fastest growing contaminated sites and are potential contamination origins of surface and drinking water systems. WCMR member Dr.

ÌýWCMR members Brian Ingalls and Sherry Schiff are part of a team awarded funding through the program to study the problemÌýof algal and cyanobacterial blooms in lakes and reservoirs.

Shannon Majowicz, member of the WCMR and professor in the school of Public Health and PublicÌýHealth Systems, has been withinÌýthe 5th Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR).

WCMR members, Kirsten Müller and Josh Neufeld, in collaboration with other researchers have discovered the uniqueness of certain microbial communities among the class Mammalia.

EvenÌýSinorhizobium melilotiÌýsuffers from a weight gain once in a while.

Last week, the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ hosted the 67^thÌýannual Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM) conference.

Organized by a committee co-chaired by members of the WCMR: ProfessorÌýJosh NeufeldÌýand Canada Research ChairÌýLaura HugÌýfrom theÌýDepartment of Biology, the CSM 2017 conference brought together 450 participants for a four-day gathering aimed at promoting new ideas and advances in microbiology.

School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability professor and member of the WCMR Andrew Trant wasÌýÌýfor his outstanding contribution to the fields of plant ecology and biogeography.