- Dec 22, 2016
Year in review: progress & reflection.
I have this habit, for better or for worse, of sketching out my short- and long-term future plans every year just before the Christmas...
- Dec 2, 2016
Engaging with the cystic fibrosis community.
The majority of the research that I have been conducting as part of my PhD has focussed on the lung microbiota of individuals with cystic...
- Nov 30, 2016
Introducing the Microbiome Working Group.
At McMaster University, I am lucky to be part of the Surette laboratory, which has many microbiome-focussed projects and personal....
- Apr 22, 2016
The Graduate Experience
Impress Magazine, a Graduate student website run out of the Department of Immunology at the University of Toronto, collected information...
- Apr 30, 2014
New publication: research on how the microbiome of the nose and throat change as we age
A recent article in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society is the result of an extensive collaboration between the Bowdish and...
- Jan 20, 2014
Bioinformatic "how to" guide.
Late last year, my co-authors and I published a "how to" guide for using bioninformatic tools. Although this review focusses on the tools...
- Jan 2, 2013
The influence a scientist can make.
I posted this originally on Google+ approximately 1 year ago. In the hopes of kicking some life back into this site, I thought I would...
- Jan 12, 2012
The possible influence of the appendix on the gut microbiota
Give our newest blog post a read at McMaster’s Human Microbiome Journal Club (HMBJC) concerning the possible role the appendix has in...
- Oct 30, 2011
Human microbiome piece
And my career as a scientific writer begins… small but mighty: The human microbiome story you can take home to your mother