Mackenzie Dodge

It's #PeerReviewWeek2024. @jvirology would like to thank and honor its many reviewers, especially these individuals who have reviewed ≥11 papers for the Journal of Virology in 2023. We are so grateful for your service to JVI.

Very happy to share our new paper on the in vivo function of streptolysin S doi.org/10.1371/journa… Huge effort from @blakeashannon with big thanks to @jacklynrhurst Ron Flannagan @aanchal_rishi1 Heather Craig @KKasper42 @StephenTuffs @deheinrichs @westernuMNI @SchulichMedDent

Excited to share our recent work using #machinelearning to predict kidney stone composition and explore clinical drivers of key stones types! Enjoy! @SchulichMedDent @westernuMNI @westernuUrology liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Welcome everyone to #IIRF2023! We look forward to a day full of excellent talks, posters, and science!

If you have not had a chance to register, this is a quick reminder that tomorrow, October 25th at 11:59pm is the final Registration deadline. We look forward to seeing you at this year's IIRF!

The abstract submission deadline for IIRF has been extended to Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Presenters will be notified on October 20th. The deadline to register for attendees who do not wish to present a poster or oral presentation is October 25th.

This is your mid-week reminder that abstracts for a poster or oral presentation at IIRF are due Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Everyone, from undergrads, new to senior grad students, and PDFs are welcome. Go to the IIRF website (link in bio) to submit your abstract today!

We are pleased to announce that this year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Thomas Quinn. Dr. Quinn will be presenting broadly on his lifelong career researching HIV and other infectious diseases. We are grateful for the opportunity to host Dr. Quinn at this year’s IIRF! (2/3)

We love genetic approaches to define virus:host interactions. Knockout screens are powerful, but...technical constraints limit what you can find. Could we devise a screen where viral fitness pinpoints the key regulators of replication? (spoiler - yes cell.com/cell-host-micr…) 1/10

Happy to share my 4th paper from my PhD work "Supplementing Yogurt with Probiotic Bifidobacteria to Counter Chronic Kidney Disease" was published today in @Ferment_MDPI -- shout out to all the contributing authors who made it possible @Our_MicroBiome mdpi.com/2311-5637/9/4/…

Our latest manuscript @FrontMicrobiol takes a deep dive into the genetics of the #oxalate eating bacterium, Oxalobacter formigenes, and comes out discovering three new #species! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… @Our_MicroBiome @lawsonresearch @westernuMNI

Thrilled to announce the newest publication by the Mymryk Lab! We look at crucial differences in antigen presentation between HPV+ and HPV− cervical cancer (CC) as well as HPV α9- and α7-induced CC. @SchulichMedDent @westernuMNI @lawsonresearch mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/2…

New paper just out @plospathogens describing the in vivo function of the S. pyogenes capsule. Big effort led by @JacklynRHurst with team members @blakeashannon Heather Craig @aanchal_rishi1 and @StephenTuffs (now @UVicBCMB) @SchulichMedDent @VPRWesternU journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Very happy to have presented one of my PhD research projects on a new combination strategy to treat human adenovirus infections! IIRF2022 has been great so far! @IIRFWesternU

Fantastic and timely review by my PhD advisor, Dr. Joe Mymryk. Congratulations in particular to the lead author, Katelyn MacNeil, a PhD candidate in the Mymryk lab!Adenoviruses in medicine: innocuous pathogen, predator, or partner sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Andris Evan concludes our first oral presentation session with her talk entitled “Revealing the virus behind the curtain: The effects of Human Papillomavirus on the proinflammatory IL-18 signaling pathway in head and neck cancers”

New paper alert: Probiotics are thought to slow CKD progression by normalizing the 'dysbiotic' gut microbiota. However, our latest study suggests that some strains also play a direct role in clearing disease relevant toxins. Check it out! @Our_MicroBiome doi.org/10.1128/mspher…

The abstract submission deadline for consideration of a poster or oral presentation at IIRF 2022 is today, Oct.7, at 11:59 PM. This deadline will not be extended. Submission guidelines and instructions can be found on our website (link in bio).

IIRF 2022 registration (deadline: Oct. 17th, 2022) and abstract submission (deadline: Oct. 3rd, 2022) for consideration of a poster or oral presentation are now open! Please check our website (in bio) for the abstract/registration submission form. We can't wait to see you there!

Check the newest research article by the Myrmryk Lab! We look at differences in the immune landscape of HPV α9/α7 & HPV-negative cervical cancers with implications in their diagnosis, prognosis, & treatment. @SMImmunology @SchulichMedDent @lawsonresearch mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/1…