Postdoc wanted

We are looking for a postdoctoral scholar to join us on a two-year fully funded position. We use bioinformatics and genomics to understand the evolution of parasitism and host-parasite interactions. We have several large genomic datasets ready for immediate analysis and other emerging projects that require the skills and leadership of a talented postdoc.The appropriate …

Ethiopia-bound

This evening members of the Wasmuth lab are off on a new adventure. Kaylee, Stephen and I heading to Addis Ababa, where we will delivering a five-day bioinformatics workshop at the Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute. We're building on the successful workshops run by Guido van Marle. Guido's been running workshops in molecular biology and bioinformatics since …

Belated welcome!

It's been far too long since I last posted. The Wasmuth lab has gained wonderful new people. As a group, we will endeavour to post more frequently about what we've been up to. A big trip to Ethiopia in a couple of days. More on that, soon...  

Congratulations Dr. Dave

Dave Curran actually defended his PhD thesis back on 19th December 2016. Why has it taken me 204 days to post? Well... um... Lots has happened to distract me from writing this post. Perhaps, I still haven't come to terms with his departure from the lab? <nice save there Dr. Wasmuth> Dave was my first …

Come join the fun

  It's been a busy few months for the Wasmuth lab. I have some traveling ahead of me, which will give me the time to write those posts. For the moment, I want to invite applications for postdoctoral fellows to join the lab. The posting can be found here: https://bioinformatics.ca/resources/jobs/bioinformatics-infectious-diseases    

Dave’s PhD seminar – all welcome

Congratulations Shruti!

On Friday 9th December, Shruti Srivastava, passed the defence of her MSc thesis. Shruti started the morning with a great public seminar, which was broadcast over Adobe Connect and tuned into by colleagues in Edmonton and the Netherlands! In the exam itself, Shruti was composed and confident not giving into her nerves. The examiners seemed …

Welcome Grace & Sonja

A very belated welcome to Grace Mariene & Sonja Dunemann to the lab. Sonja started back in January, arriving from Germany. Sonja completed a MSc at Universitat zu Koln and did a research project with Christoph Dieterich. Sonja was also won a Erasmus scholarship and spent two months in Mark Blaxter's group at the University of Edinburgh. …

Recently submitted grant applications

I'm in San Francisco for the Anthelmintics conference that kicks off tomorrow (Wednesday). If you interested I'll be tweeting away with the '#anthelm14' hashtag. In the wee bit of spare time I've been afforded, my mind has drifted to grants. Oh joy... I submitted two grant applications in the last few months. I'm not as …

Helminthology Graduate Course

A month has now passed since the close of the Fall Semester or Michaelmas Term, depending upon your vernacular. Over the last four months I coordinated three courses: Genetics & Molecular Biology, part of the DMV undergraduate programme. Advanced Topics in Microbiomes, a graduate course in the Veterinary Medical Sciences (VMS) programme. Helminthology, another graduate …