Amna Abbas

McMaster MSc '25 _ Wright Lab

[McMaster Health Sciences @machealthsci]

Researchers at @McMasterU have used artificial intelligence technology to unveil a key mechanism of bacterial warfare. 👇@NatureComms @JohnWhitneyIIDR @BBS_McMasterU @McMasterIIDR

https://t.co/UAS0sMibR0

[McMaster Health Sciences @machealthsci]

Overcoming resistance: @McMasterU researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in some of the world’s most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria: zinc—or a lack thereof. 👇

https://t.co/yJYdWriF4s

[Amna Abbas @amna_ab06]

@APHage_ @rabiafatima_ @implosian Congratulations @rabiafatima_ !

[Stephen Garrett @StephenRG97]

Some really cool work from @alexei_andrea in the @JohnWhitneyIIDR lab on a phage encoded bacterial toxin.

https://t.co/Lw37qC1cTt

[McMaster IIDR @McMasterIIDR]

Congratulations to IIDR member and founding director @gerryiidr, who was named to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (@CAHS_ACSS) today. Wright is being recognized for his leadership and innovation in the areas of antibiotic discovery and resistance.

https://t.co/Q2Up7mXSax

[McMaster Health Sciences @machealthsci]

In our latest “Come to work with,” Kalinka Koteva, research associate in the Wright Lab at @McMasterU, shares her biggest achievement and her advice for anyone considering a career in lab-based research. 👇 @McMasterIIDR

https://t.co/vyBF2VYkqD

[Amna Abbas @amna_ab06]

Also HUGE congratulations to Karyn Mukiri and Steven Kelly- AMAZING WORK! @McMasterIIDR represented well!

[Amna Abbas @amna_ab06]

What an wonderful end to @CSM_SCM2024 ! Super honoured, that’s two years in a row ;) Forever Wright Lab representing! @gerryiidr

[Amna Abbas @amna_ab06]

@Hanzadatawfik @CSM_SCM2024 Thank you!

[Amna Abbas @amna_ab06]

I had an amazing time sharing my work! Super grateful to @CSM_SCM2024 for giving me the opportunity to present!

[Canadian Soc. Micro. @CSM_SCM]

Now, Amna Abbas is presenting her amazing work on a novel glycosyltransferase at @CSM_SCM2024!

[Amna Abbas @amna_ab06]

Congratulations to one of the friendliest faces in academia! Dr. Zubyk I’m so immensely proud of you! Sad I couldn’t be there in person but I heard that there was the loudest and most excited laughter ever heard outside of the walls of a thesis defence! @HaleyZubyk you go prof Z!

[Haley Zubyk @HaleyZubyk]

I am so thrilled to share that I successfully defended my PhD today and am now Dr. Zubyk! I couldn’t be more thankful for my fantastic supervisor, committee, external examiner, and all the friends I’ve made along the way! @gerryiidr @structureSara @ZechelLab @BBS_McMasterU

[Amna Abbas @amna_ab06]

An absolutely amazing end to Day 2! Dirk rocks!!

[Canadian Soc. Micro. @CSM_SCM]

Dirk Hackenberger is currently presenting his research on antibiotic overuse in WWII and its impact on antibiotic resistance!

[Amna Abbas @amna_ab06]

Wright Lab is excited to represent at CSM!

[CSM 2024 Conference @CSM_SCM2024]

👇👇New work on origins of AMR from Gerard Wright lab @McMasterIIDR. Authors Amna Abbas and Dirk Hackenberger have talks @CSM_SCM2024 Student Symposia, and poster # 287 from Alexandra Barkhouse 😀👍!

[Amna Abbas @amna_ab06]

Super excited to share my first publication! Alex and I did a deep dive on AMR and learned so much during the whole process. Huge thanks to Gerry for his guidance and support. Give it a read because there's always something new to learn about AMR! @gerryiidr

[Cell Host & Microbe @cellhostmicrobe]

Antibiotic resistance: A key microbial survival mechanism that threatens public health
Wright lab @McMasterU discuss how antibiotic resistance is a survival trait evolved by bacteria & mobilized across populations, posing a threat to medicine & agriculture https://t.co/IjUxwPr5ai

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

"The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think."

-- A. Einstein (1879 - 1955)

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Nature is amazing!
A camera recorded from start to finish how a bird built its nest and had its chicks.

[Lori L. Burrows @Dr_Lori_Burrows]

Huge congratulations to my super talented colleague ⁦@surette_m⁩ on receiving the 2023 Murray Award, loved the inspiring story & life lessons of your science journey! @CSM2023⁦@CSM2023_Halifax⁩ 🏆🔬🎉⁦@McMasterIIDR⁩ ⁦@BBS_McMasterU⁩ ⁦@McMasterU⁩

[Haley Zubyk @HaleyZubyk]

Congratulations @amna_ab06 and @veronicantran for winning the Terry Beveridge Poster Awards at @CSM2023_Halifax!!!!! @BBS_McMasterU represent!

[Alex Hübner @alexhbnr]

In our study published today in @ScienceMagazine, we provide a proof of concept for the potential use of ancient microbes as a source for developing new drugs by synthesising previously unknown metabolites from reconstructed gene clusters. https://t.co/c7T7rYe9NX

[Amna Abbas @amna_ab06]

Watching your parents grow old is kinda sad. Met mines after nearly a year, and sm has changed.