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UCalgary faculty and staff hold up their microbiome personality cards.

Who are you? Event guests take a quiz to learn more about their microbiomes

Kathy McCoy

UCalgary receives new funding that will support breakthroughs in the vital area of microbiome research

Dongyan Niu

CFI funds cutting-edge labs and equipment for 13 UCalgary research projects

The Cumming School of Medicine is named in honour of Geoffrey Cumming, left, shown with medical school Dean Jon Meddings at the 2014 event announcing the largest donation in the University of Calgary’s history. Photos by Jaekyun Im, for the Cumming School of Medicine

Reflections on our first five years as the Cumming School of Medicine

A number of University of Calgary researchers will be part of a Pan-Canadian "brain trust" of microbiome experts including, top row from left: Paul Kubes, Joe Harrison, Braedon McDonald, Ian Lewis, and Markus Geuking. Bottom row, from left: Kathy McCoy, Marie Claire Arrieta, Shaunna Huston, and Laura Sycuro. Photos by Don Molyneaux, for the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases

University of Calgary to lead pan-Canadian microbiome research core

Stephen Freedman, left, says probiotics are not an effective treatment for children who experience diarrhea and vomiting caused by intestinal infections. Freedman led a research study involving teams throughout Canada; the findings show there was no evidence that probiotics had any effect on reducing symptoms or helping with recovery. This information should prove helpful for parents like Melanie Tibbits, here with her children Wyatt, 3, and Sawyer, five months.

New study reveals probiotics do not help children with intestinal infections

Matthew James, left, talks with patient Sam Hannon, who underwent two angioplasty procedures after having a heart attack, and his wife Myrna Hannon.

Researchers make essential imaging tests safer for people at risk of acute kidney injury

UCalgary researchers discover why sepsis from a staph infection causes organ failure

UCalgary receives $29 million in government support

A researcher prepares the isolator in the Axenic Breeding room at the International Microbiome Centre's germ-free facility at the University of Calgary. Photo by Don Molyneaux

World-class microbiome facility opens for research at Cumming School of Medicine