@UofMMedMicro

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - University of Manitoba

 Winnipeg, Manitoba
umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/medicine/units/medical_microbiology/
Joined July 2015
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Dr Mariana Herrera Diaz, a PDF in the Rueda lab in MMID, presented her fascinating work on the microbiome of the lung in people with substance use who are living with HIV in Manitoba and Colombia.
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The microbiome of the gut, upper respiratory tract and oral compartments were also assessed.
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MMID is proud to partner with the Biology of Breathing Group to welcome Dr Rachel Greenberg Scheraga from Cleveland Clinic who gave a fascinating presentation on the role of macrophages in pneumonia-induced injury in the lung. Students are meeting with her for a lunch discussion
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Congratulations to the CAHR 2026 local organizing committee. MMID and IGPH were very well represented. You all did a fantastic job and had one of the largest CAHR conferences EVER!!!!
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Congratulations to our colleagues in the UM’s Dept of Immunology who formed the local organizing committee for the Canadian Society for immunology. It has been as fantastic 4 days of the best immunology research in Canada. Well done and thank you.
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Congratulations to MMID students, PDF, and grads who chaired and presented at a basic science session at the CAHR in Wpg today - Monika Kowatsch session co-chair), Rubendren Jamilchelvan, Kenneth Omollo and Allison Balasko. The presenters gave very clear talks. @CAHR_ACRV
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At the CAHR conference, MMID members Julie Lajoie and Paul McLaren, as basic science track co-chairs, introduce the Basic science plenary speaker Jessica Prodger from Western. Also, Yoav Keynan and Zulma Rueda presented on HIV in Manitoba in an amazing session.
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Very proud of MMID graduate students Shanelle Gingras, Toby Le, Samantha Kirby, Cara Follows and Clarissa Klenke who were chair and speakers at a session at the Can Assoc for HIV conference today. All the talks were outstanding. Well done!!! #CAHR
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Congrats to MMID’s Zulma Rueda and Thomas Murooka who received Excellence in HIV Research awards in Epidemiology and Basic Science, respectively, at the CAHR conference yesterday. Presented by conference co-chair Lyle McKinnon and CANFAR CEO Paul Sandstrom. #cah #canfar
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MMID’s own Dr Corby Fink presented his first MMID seminar as a new faculty member on his developing program on characterizing the immune response against emerging pathogens. His work specializes in very cool imaging techniques, including MRI, in animal models. Great stuff Corby.
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MMID postdoc Dr Titus Olukitibi presented his research in establishing assays required for determinjng the role of the cellular immune response in the control of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) among female sex workers from Nairobi Kenya.
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MMID’s own Dr Julie Lajoie presented her fascinating research on the role of sex hormones on the immune system and risk of infection or persistence of viral infections such as HIV and HPV with a focus on women as they age into menopause.
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MMID postdocs presenter today. Dr Kenneth Omollo (Fowke) shared results from a clinical study in Nairobi on aspirin’s effect of HIV target cells. Dr Sandra Gonzalez (McKinnon) presented the effects of modulating the IL-15 pathway in murine CTLs in HPV. Excellent presentations!
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