Farncombe Institute
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Our mission is to understand the role of microbes and diet in the maintenance of health and in the expression of disease within and beyond the digestive tract.
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http://farncombe.mcmaster.ca 11-11-2015 17:38:41
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Great show from all of the promising young students participating in the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair ! Some great gut related projects will receive special awards next week #staytuned #guthealth #microbiome
The Med Sci research day kicked off with an inspiring keynote from Dr. Deb Sloboda Debisvaccinated 💉😷Sloboda 🇺🇦 on science communication to the community through the art of creation exhibit!
The topic of this morning's seminar was using time-aligned topic modelling for microbiome trajectories through pregnancy and into early life by Kate Kennedy
Today the Farncombe Institute hosted Megan Zangara Megan Zangara, PhD from Dr. Brian Coombes, PhD Lab for our weekly noon rounds. Her wonderful talk about the consequences of acute stress in mucosal barrier led to great discussions. Looking forward to seeing this work published!
April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month. Caroline Seiler, a nutrition researcher with Farncombe Institute, writes in The Conversation Canada about the ‘nocebo effect’ in IBS. ow.ly/tx0f50VsqEI
Another great noon rounds talk by Dr. Kristen Smith-Edwards Kristen Smith-Edwards Mayo Clinic on colonic innervation! What a great discussion!
Jean-Eric Ghia visiting professor CAG on the importance of science communication at all levels Farncombe Institute GI rounds
What a great presentation today at noon rounds by Dr. Jean-Eric Ghia from University of Manitoba 2024 CAG Visiting Professor CAG on science communication!
Great to see diverse projects from trainees at our weekly progress updates Great work from Nial Navaratne from Dr. Leslie MacNeil's lab and Dana Zada from the Jonathan Schertzer (SchertzerLab) !
Great presentation today by Dr. Bergstrom Kirk Bergstrom from UBC Okanagan on the importance of mucus glycosylation in chronic GI disorders! Followed by a great discussion with trainees!!
Thank you Nicola Jones from University of Toronto for joining us today and giving an excellent lecture on the importance of mitochondria in GI disorders and sharing some of your advances in the field of H. Pylori therapy!
So great to see my old friend Steve Collins Farncombe Institute McMaster University recognized with the distinguished mentor award from the BCID section of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) at #DDW2025
Congratulations to Dr. Steve Collins, well deserved recipient of the American Gastroenterological Association BCID Mentor of the Year award. A huge honour for an academic giant. American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Digestive Disease Week McMaster University Farncombe Institute CAG Crohn's and Colitis Canada Wonderful reviews
Excellent talk by Dr. Dana Philpott University of Toronto on NOD2 receptor in IBD. The atrium was at capacity!! Thank you for visiting!
Great presentations about the roles of microbiota in different digestive disorders: Emma Giordano on how small intestinal microbiota affect development of IBS from Bercik-Collins Lab and Peter Hall on microbial metabolism of peanut and dairy allergens from Caminero Lab !
And some more trainees from my group! Xavier Mas-Orea and Janet Szeto presenting different roles of microbiota in IBD! Farncombe Institute
We're excited to showcase even more trainees next week at a student organized symposium Farncombe trainees will host visiting PhD students from Wageningen University & Research Wageningen U&R #Toxicology group for presentations, posters, and networking! Registration is open until monday!
