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University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Office of Research has announced the competition for the UW Interdisciplinary Trailblazer Fund - Round 5, intended to support early career researchers kickstart their potentially game-changing interdisciplinary research project and better prepare them for external funding opportunities, such asÌý.

Applications are due November 27, 2023.Ìý

Funding from the Trailblazer award may only be used for co-funding jointly supervised graduate student(s) and/or postdoctoral fellow(s) who is/are directly involved in the proposed project. Applicants are expected to have other funding resources available to cover other project expenses by the time the project commences.

For details on the call, including eligibility criteria and detailed application instructions, view theÌýfull call.

The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Centre for Microbial Research (WCMR) is coordinating a campus project screening for COVID using saliva. ProfessorsÌýTrevor CharlesÌýandÌýJozefÌýNissimovÌýfrom 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.

The WCMR participated in a panel of international experts as part of our membership representing Canada in the international, EU funded project . The outcome of this workshop and subsequent online survey was to propose a widely accepted definition of 'microbiome', which was just .

SynBio 4.0; Bringing together the future of biology

May 26-28

by Claire Murphy, Research collaboratorÌý Ìý

For this year's World Microbiome day, decided to engage the creative side of students on the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ campus. A booth was set up with a option to decorate a cookie and design a pinback button with inspiration drawn from various types of petri dishes. The cookies drew in many curious (and hungry) students, and those who had a bit more time sat down and designed a button or grabbed a WatSAM laptop sticker. Students had a blast getting creative while learning and celebrating World Microbiome day.

Come visit the WCMR booth and learn about Microbiome Support at meeting in Sherbrooke Quebec.

Faculty of Science and WCMR members Andrew Doxey and Laura Hug, with University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ students Kerrin Mendler, Han Chen, and Briallen Lobb have released AnnoTree, a tool that allows the visualization and exploration of a functionally annotated microbial tree of life.

In November 2018ÌýÌýhad their official kick-off meeting in Ottawa Canada.

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

Two tenure-track positions at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ are currently accepting applications.