The Dr Irene Ayako Uchida Lecture Series

How to give bacteria food poisoning – antibiotics that hijack nutrient transporters

February 2, 2024

12:30 - 1:30 pm Friday, February 2, 2023 BGS 0165

Professor Lori Burrows

Professor Lori Burrows is a microbiologist whose research interests include biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance, bacteriophages and ubiquitous bacterial adhesins called type IV pili (T4P). Her lab’s research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Glycomics Network, the Ontario Research Fund, and industrial support. She’s published over 130 papers, reviews, and book chapters. She holds a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Microbe-Surface Interactions, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She is the Associate Director of McMaster University’s Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Diseases Research, a member of the Advisory Board for CIHR’s Institute for Infection and Immunity, and serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Bacteriology (ASM), the Journal of Biochemistry (ASBMB), and ACS Infectious Diseases. She was recognized in 2020 with the Canadian Society for Microbiologists’ (CSM) prestigious Murray Award for Career Achievement. In 2023 she received the John G. Fitzgerald Award from the Canadian Association for Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, and the Canadian Science Publishing Senior Investigator Award from the Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences. She is a advocate for women in STEM and in 2020 created the CSM Burrows Award for Womxn in Microbiology, given annually to outstanding female microbiology trainees who advance the cause of equity, diversity, inclusion, and access.

 

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