Phages to the Rescue
Reimagining Infection Treatment in the Age of Resistance
Zeinab Hosseinidoust, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
With appointments in McMaster University's
- School of Biochemical Engineering
- Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute
- Michael DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research
- Center of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials
- Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research
In addition, since 2021, she has been the Canada Research Chair in Bacteriophage Bioengineering, also at McMaster.
A licenced Professional Engineer (Ontario), Professor Hosseinidoust has a BSc and MSc from Sharif University of Technology (Iran) and a PhD from McGill University (Canada). She subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Max Plank Institute for Intelligent Systems (Germany).
CBC.jpg "Professor Hosseinidoust in her lab. (c) The CBC")
A bacteriophage, or phage, is a virus that infects only bacteria. Phages are everywhere in the biosphere, including the human body. These natural antimicrobials can act as tiny soldiers that kill only bad bacteria and leave our good bacteria (the ones we need for our health) untouched.
Watch Zeinab Hosseinidoust's Presentation
Our speaker's presentation is followed by a question-and-answer (Q&A) session hosted by HAALSA Councillor Wade Hemsworth and some closing words of thanks, also from Councillor Hemsworth. (1h 20m 38s)
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