AMR Centre News
From discovery to solutions: 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to combating antimicrobial resistance
Innovation News Network | 19 December 2025
91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Centre unites diagnostics, surveillance and prevention, and therapeutics research to deliver real-world solutions against AMR.
R茅sistance aux antibiotiques听Les bact茅ries contrattaquent
La Press | 5 December 2025
Fin septembre, le gouvernement f茅d茅ral a r茅茅valu茅 les superbact茅ries les plus inqui茅tantes, pour la premi猫re fois depuis 2015. Cette r茅vision 茅tait d鈥檃utant plus n茅cessaire que les infections sont en forte hausse en raison de la r茅sistance accrue aux antibiotiques.
GRAM invites researchers to explore AMR data in repository
University of Oxford | 13 November 2025
AMR data repository contains datasets covering nearly 70 countries and 250,000 patients.
Montreal medical experts address rising antibiotic resistance
Montreal City News | 18 November 2025
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) may not sound familiar, but it is one of the most urgent threats to global health, according to medical experts.
Unique enzymes use never-before-seen mechanism to resist antibiotics
Canadian Light Source | 30 October 2025
91丝瓜视频 researchers find two enzymes that don't use target mimicry to attack antibiotics.
Fourth edition of the MIF puts spotlight on life science
Entrepreneurial spirit is thriving at 91丝瓜视频, as shown by a record-breaking 31 applications to the 91丝瓜视频 Innovation Fund (MIF) this year.听Since its inception in 2020, the MIF has been a catalyst for cutting-edge innovation, and this year鈥檚 cohort marks the most competitive pool of candidates yet.
91丝瓜视频 AMR Centre: Tackling the global threat of antimicrobial resistance through collaborative and interdisciplinary research
Innovation News Network | 21 November 2024
The 91丝瓜视频 Antimicrobial Resistance Centre emphasizes the urgency of reducing the global threat of AMR and highlights some of the Centre鈥檚 key work in this area.
Fighting a silent pandemic: The urgent threat of Antimicrobial Resistance
The Tribune | 19 November 2024
On the brink of a silent pandemic鈥攐ne where currently treatable infections risk becoming once again life-threatening, institutions听are taking steps to address this challenge.听
91丝瓜视频 Innovation Fund launches 4th edition听with major support from Desjardins
North America鈥檚 largest co-operative financial group to contribute $500,000 for entrepreneurial competition鈥檚 top-tier awards
91丝瓜视频 and Desjardins Group are teaming up to support research-based innovation. North America鈥檚 largest co-operative financial group will provide the 91丝瓜视频 Innovation Fund (MIF) 鈥� the biggest entrepreneurial competition at 91丝瓜视频 鈥� with $500,000 over five years.
Four new clinical trials grants from the CIHR for RI-MUHC researchers听
The Government of Canada announced investments in 14 new clinical trials to support Canada鈥檚 response to major health threats and bolster the life sciences sector
One of the funded clinical trials includes Centre member听: Biomarker-signature Supported Antibiotic Treatment Decisions in ICU (BAST-ICU).听
Antibiotic-Free Treatment for Infection? New Technology with Potential in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
New treatment under development by Professor Karine Auclair and Assistant Professor Andr茅anne Lupien could potentially treat intracellular infections without the need for traditional antibiotics. Supported by the 91丝瓜视频 Innovation Fund (MIF) and the 91丝瓜视频 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Centre, the team hopes to bring this technology to the market.听
Read about this developing technology
Five professors honoured as Montreal ambassadors听
91丝瓜视频 is the only organization with multiple Palais des congr猫s honourees.
Third running of the MIF turns focus to antimicrobial resistance
Innovation is alive and well at 91丝瓜视频! Six teams chosen from highly competitive field, as previous participants leverage their experience to secure their spot in new cohort.
MIF launches 3rd edition, offers new AMR award
罢丑别听91丝瓜视频 Innovation Fund听(MIF) is returning for a third edition and is partnering with the 91丝瓜视频 AMR Centre听to provide an additional $75,000 in funding to be distributed as a supplemental prize.听
Getting things started at the 91丝瓜视频 Antimicrobial Resistance听Centre
RI-MUHC and 91丝瓜视频 researchers join forces against a major global threat to human health.听Mobilizing in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), researchers from the Research Institute of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and 91丝瓜视频 have launched a new intensive care unit platform for infection research, with scientific seminars and symposia, funding programs and much more.
MI4, Montreal鈥檚 powerhouse of infectious disease research, celebrates 5th anniversary
MI4 brings together over 250 researchers and 5,000 staff from a wide range of fields to find new solutions for some of humanity鈥檚 deadliest threats: tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance, COVID-19 and many more. The group also studies immunity and how the immune system can be harnessed to fight infection.听Today, MI4 has set its sights on a new global threat: antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
91丝瓜视频 AMR Researcher Andrew Gonzalez Makes the Highly Cited Researchers 2021听List
AMR member听Andrew Gonzalez was one of 14 91丝瓜视频 scientists who made the 2021 list of most highly cited researchers.听 The list is compiled yearly by Clarivate and includes the top cited authors within their respective fields.
Stamping out superbugs
Diana Kwon | 24 Sep 2021
As the threat of the pandemic begins to fade in some areas, researchers are turning their attention to another imminent crisis: antimicrobial resistance.
91丝瓜视频 Health Centre Researcher Vivian Loo Receives the 2021 Peggy Lillis Foundation Innovator Award for Her Work With C.difficle
Clostridioides difficile causes approximately 500 000 infections a year in the United States most听often developing following antibiotic treatment. As part of the US C.difficile Awareness month the Peggy Lillis Foundation held its virtual gala to raise awareness and recognize significant contributions in the field. One of three awardees was MUHC researcher Vivian Loo who received the Peggy Lillis Foundation Innovator Award.
91丝瓜视频 Researchers Solve the Largest Protein Crystal Structure Yet
AMR members Albert Berghuis and Martin Schmeing and their teams have recently solved the crystal structure of听the听Thermus thermophilus听ribosome in complex with plazomicin at a resolution of听3.27鈥壝�.听 The structure was recently reported in .
Research Offers Insight in the Battle with Antibiotic Resistance
91丝瓜视频 researcher Albert Berghuis and his team reported structural details of EreC, an听enzyme responsible for macrolide resistance.听 The structure was published in .
New Antibiotic听Resistance Centre Will Tackle Resistance Crisis
Antibiotic resistance is considered by the WHO to be one of the greatest threats facing mankind.听 With the creation of the Antimicrobial Research Centre, 91丝瓜视频 Researchers will be at the forefront of the battle against antimicrobial听resistance in microorganisms.
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