

NSURP Summer project presentations go live
The presentations that Gabriela and Robert put together as part of their 4 week NSURP Undergraduate Summer Projects in the Whelan lab...
Sep 28, 2020


NSURP students finish for the summer
Becoming an Anne McLaren Fellow this past July and opening my own research group gave me the opportunity to invite Undergraduate project...
Sep 16, 2020
McMaster's Human microbiome journal club continues into the new year!
At our last meeting, we realized that we missed our 5-year anniversary as McMaster's Human microbiome journal club. Although disappointed...
Jan 4, 2017
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 22, 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...
Dec 2, 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....
Nov 30, 2016


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...
Apr 30, 2014
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...
Jan 12, 2012


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
Oct 30, 2011