@CowenLab

Research team at the University of Toronto working to better understand fungal pathogens and how to treat them! Account managed by @NM_Robbins

 Toronto, Ontario
individual.utoronto.ca/cowen/
Joined May 2019
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Emily Xiong@EmXiong9 Aug 2024
I’m ✨yeast-static✨ to share that my first first-author research paper is officially out in @CellReports! 📚 Huge thank you to my incredible co-authors and mentors for their hard work and support in making this research possible. 🔬Check it out here: tinyurl.com/ymjww6yp
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To mark the start #WAAW2023, we spoke with two experts about the drug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris - what makes it so worrisome and what we can and should do to prepare. Read our Q&A with #UofTEPIC members Leah Cowen and Jennie Johnstone: bit.ly/3SPFnsh
How worried should I be about drug-resistant fungi? An expert Q&A with Leah Cowen and Jennie Johnstone

ALT How worried should I be about drug-resistant fungi? An expert Q&A with Leah Cowen and Jennie Johnstone

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@U15ca5 Oct 2023
Dr Leah Cowen, VP Research & Innovation at @UofT, speaks to how leading countries are embracing science and the need to support researchers in Canada with competitive funding. Canada must match the ambition of our peers. #Coalition4CdnResearch #cdnpoli
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#hiring a molecular biologist research associate. Must have #PhD. Experience with #yeast is preferred. Email me with your CV and let’s talk! Peeps- please re-tweet- thanks!
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💫🍄New review from our Associate Editor @CowenLab 🍄💫 #antifungalResistance
Cell Press@CellPressNews15 Jun 2023
The role of Candida albicans stress response pathways in antifungal tolerance and resistance - a review from @CowenLab @UofT @iScience_CP #ASMicrobe hubs.li/Q01TF9WM0

The role of Candida albicans stress response pathways in antifungal tolerance and resistance

Human fungal pathogens are the causative agents of devastating diseases across the globe, and the increasing prevalence of drug resistance threatens to undermine the already limited treatment...

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The role of Candida albicans stress response pathways in antifungal tolerance and resistance - a review from @CowenLab @UofT @iScience_CP #ASMicrobe hubs.li/Q01TF9WM0

The role of Candida albicans stress response pathways in antifungal tolerance and resistance

Human fungal pathogens are the causative agents of devastating diseases across the globe, and the increasing prevalence of drug resistance threatens to undermine the already limited treatment...

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#UofT is the third-most prolific institution in the world – and second among universities – for health sciences research, according to new rankings by the publisher of @Nature. 📈 uoft.me/9nj
Researchers in lab coats (photo by Matthew Dochstader/Paradox Images)

ALT Researchers in lab coats (photo by Matthew Dochstader/Paradox Images)

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Our first speaker this morning is Emma Lash from the @CowenLab. Emma is sharing her research on Candida albicans filamentation in response to elevated temperatures. #IDMicro2023
Emma Lash presenting a talk about Candida albicans

ALT Emma Lash presenting a talk about Candida albicans

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Emma’s research uncovered a role for the gene Ent2 in regulating Candida albicans filamentation through Cdc42 signaling. To learn more about this work, check out this publication from @CowenLab earlier this year! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…

Ent2 Governs Morphogenesis and Virulence in Part through Regulation of the Cdc42 Signaling Cascade...

Candida albicans is a leading human fungal pathogen that can cause life-threatening infections in immunocompromised individuals, with mortality rates of ~40%. The ability of this organism to grow in...

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CIFAR@CIFAR_News23 May 2023
Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities welcomes Asiya Gusa (@AsiyaGusa, @DukeU), Kyla Ost (@KylaOst, @CUAnschutz) and Neta Shlezinger (@ShlezingerLab, @HebrewU). cifar.ca/cifarnews/2023/05/2…
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Fungi, superbugs, antimicrobrial resistance🦠...our #TemertyMed talk is now underway and you can still join➡️bit.ly/3LqZx84
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Register now for #MycoTalks 23 March: @JulieSegre Human Skin Mycobiome: Finding Friends and Foes and John Perfect: The Sugar-Coated Killer Yeast unplugged! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Super exciting new work from @marc_meneghini lab with @ARDavidson_UofT identifying new antiviral systems in yeast! Diverse yeast antiviral systems prevent lethal pathogenesis caused by the L-A mycovirus | pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.22…
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CIFAR@CIFAR_News8 Mar 2023
Leah Cowen (@CowenLab), co-director of our Fungal Kingdom program, professor and Vice President, Research @UofT, is studying fungi - how they cause disease and how to thwart drug resistance to treat life-threatening infections. #IWD23 cifar.ca/cifarnews/2022/11/0…

Believe the Impossible: The Future of…Treating Infectious Fungal Diseases - CIFAR

Leah Cowen, co-director of CIFAR’s Fungal Kingdom program, discusses the often overlooked fungi, from new opportunities for environmental remediation, to future risks to human health, food security,...

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Zombies aren’t real – but fungal health threats are: #UofT’s Leah Cowen on @TheCurrentCBC 🔬 uoft.me/8YM
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Nick Talbot@talbotlabTSL6 Mar 2023
Great talk by @NikkiCase13 from @CowenLab on high-throughput functional screen for filamentation determinants of Candida albicans in macrophages-highlights how starvation conditions drive need for major regulation of non-fermentative respiration & mitochondrial function #ECFG16
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CIFAR@CIFAR_News17 Feb 2023
The Last of Us may be science fiction, but fungi pose real threats to human health. Leah Cowen (@CowenLab), co-director of our Fungal Kingdom program, appears on @TheCurrentCBC to discuss. cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-6…
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CIFAR@CIFAR_News18 Feb 2023
Could #TheLastofUs become a reality? CIFAR Fungal Kingdom program members Leah Cowen (@CowenLab) and Arturo Casadevall (@ACasadevall1) explain the dangers of fungal infections in an interview with @CBC. cbc.ca/news/health/frightene…
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From one of our associate editors: @CowenLab Read to find about how important fungal pathogen C. albicans ca be re-sensitised to azole antifungals 🍄👇 (🧵 2/3) nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Targeting fungal membrane homeostasis with imidazopyrazoindoles impairs azole resistance and...

Nature Communications - There is an urgent need for novel strategies to combat life-threatening fungal infections. Here, Revie et al. identify a compound that induces alterations in fungal...

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Great piece by @CowenLab on 🇨🇦’s #genomics opportunity. 🗝msg: double down on next-gen training, $ across the STI spectrum, a coordinated data ecosystem & inclusive genomics. #PanCanadianGenomicsStrategy #CanadasGenomicsFuture @GenomeCanada
U of T Government Relations Office@uoftgro1 Mar 2023
Unlocking the power of the genome: How can the upcoming national Genomics Strategy build on Canada's strengths? Dr. Leah Cowen, VP, Research & Innovation, offers a framework. gro.utoronto.ca/policy-in-th…

Canada’s opportunity in the future of genomics  | University of Toronto Government Relations Office

The year 2023 will bring the next evolution of genomics, as the federal government is expected to release the Pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy (PCGS), funded through an allocation of $400 million...

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