Gerard Wright

Gerard Wright
Scientific Director, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research

In The News

How bacteria produce antibiotics without harming themselves

January 14, 2026

'Helper molecule' discovery offers new hope against drug-resistant fungal infections

January 8, 2026

World AMR Awareness Week 2025: How McMaster researchers are leading the charge against antimicrobial resistance

November 18, 2025

Researchers discover all-new antifungal drug candidate in McMaster's greenhouse

August 11, 2025

McMaster researchers discover new class of antibiotics

Seven McMaster professors named to Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

September 10, 2024

McMaster and Kapoose Creek Bio partnership explores fungi-derived medicines

Gerry Wright awarded Killam Prize in Health Sciences

Collaboration gives scientists on-demand access to global superbug data

Introducing the Global Nexus School for Pandemic Prevention & Response

McMaster, University of Ottawa join forces to prepare Canada for future pandemics

Analysis: The fungus zombies in 'The Last of Us' are fictional, but real fungi can infect people, and they're becoming more resistant

February 24, 2023

COVID-19 recovery efforts need to include superbug solutions

November 22, 2022

The needle-free future of vaccines

November 21, 2022

Symposium focuses on crisis of drug-resistant infections

October 14, 2022

One-two punch: Researchers discover sophisticated mechanism that bacteria use to resist antibiotics

McMaster University and the University of Liverpool partner on pandemic preparedness

Preparing for the next pandemic: Combating antimicrobial resistance

Analysis: Future infectious diseases: Recent history shows we can never again be complacent about pathogens

McMaster partners with Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine to tackle global pandemics

February 23, 2022

McMaster University and the German Center for Infection Research form new alliance

February 15, 2022

McMaster to partner with Lund University in the fight against pandemics

February 3, 2022

Promising new antimalarial compound discovered in McMaster-Hamburg collaboration

October 27, 2021

New partnership gives Canadians trustworthy evidence, information about the evolving science driving the COVID-19 pandemic

Canada's Global Nexus and VIDO join forces to combat COVID-19

February 25, 2021

Watch: The Global Nexus and preventing the next pandemic

November 24, 2020

McMaster researchers awarded $1.475M to further investigate COVID-19

November 6, 2020

Ontario invests $1 million in McMaster researchers' effort to prevent the next pandemic

October 7, 2020

Watch: Infectious disease experts on preventing the next pandemic

September 28, 2020

McMaster helps arm health-care providers in the battle against COVID-19

McMaster receives $1.8M in funding for COVID-19 research

Antibiotics discovered that kill bacteria in a new way

February 12, 2020

Fighting bac(teria)

November 13, 2019

Antibiotic-resistant infections could destroy our way of life: New report

November 12, 2019

McMaster researchers find new way to find antibiotics in dirt

September 9, 2019

McMaster researchers reveal the ancient natural history of antibiotic production and resistance

August 13, 2019

David Braley Centre for Antibiotic Discovery gives researchers a fighting chance against antimicrobial resistance

World Antibiotic Awareness Week takes a hard look at antibiotic resistance

November 12, 2018

Humanity under threat from antibiotic-resistant infections

November 12, 2018

Joining the fight against the world's deadliest superbugs

January 17, 2018

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