Thanks for the support from NFRF-Exploration, CRC, CIHR and @mitacscanada.bsky.social

Also excited about co-creating new potential antimicrobial solutions inspired by Indigenous remedies, where we uncovered promising growth inhibitory and biofilm prevention and eradication activity of several Indigenous remedies against MRSA under wound infection-like conditions.

I’m very proud of this collaboration, which provides a roadmap that inspires similar interdisciplinary collaborations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers to tackle other healthcare priorities and diseases.

Here’s the study published at @asm.org Microbiology Spectrum. Excellent work from Colin Rieger and Ahmed Soliman from my group.

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

See more info on this work in an excellent recent cover story by Krista Baliko @uregina.bsky.social Discourse Magazine

www.discoursemagazine.ca/fighting-sup...

Thanks #CBC 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 for visiting my lab @uregina.bsky.social and highlighting our interdisciplinary collaboration with Indigenous Elders and colleagues at FNU
Tune in at ~1 hr:43 min.

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Many thanks to the BCSA, lab members, and all volunteer students from the University of Regina! Their participation, enthusiasm, and engagement with the public made this event so much fun and a great success!

Only a few are in these photos...

More agar plates are here:

www.el-halfawylab.ca/outreach/waa...

Our #WAAW2024 event at the Sask Science Centre was a great success! Lots of participation & engagement in all activities!

Here are some agar plates from the event. Germs are everywhere (& at our fingertips), not all are harmful. Good hygiene prevents infections,⬇️antibiotic use & curb AMR.

It's World AMR Awareness Week!

Students from the Biochem Student Association & my lab at the U of Regina are organizing an event in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Science Centre to raise awareness of AMR while offering a variety of fun, hands-on activities for all ages.

Everyone is welcome!

Thanks for the support from TIPS-SPIIE (NFRF-Exploration & CRC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, and Mitacs

Our work may also provide a roadmap that inspires similar interdisciplinary collaborations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers to tackle other healthcare priorities and diseases.

The antimicrobial potential of some extracts was only observed under wound infection-mimetic conditions, a proof-of-concept that screening under infection-mimetic conditions reveals novel activity undetected under standard conditions.

We uncovered promising growth inhibitory and biofilm prevention and eradication activity of several Indigenous remedies against MRSA under wound infection-like conditions.

Happy to share our work published at ASM Microbiology Spectrum, exploring Traditional Indigenous remedies as an untapped source of new antimicrobials under wound infection-mimetic conditions in collaboration with Elders & colleagues at First Nations Univ. Canada

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...