Graduate program info session: Parasitology (MSc, PhD)
平特五不中, including its Macdonald Campus, is known throughout Canada and around the world for conducting pioneering and innovative research. At Macdonald, more than one-quarter of our students are graduate students, making the campus a hub for discussion and debate regarding issues of the environment of natural and human-influenced ecosystems, biosciences and bioproducts for the benefit of society, food, food safety, nutrition and health. Graduate programs鈥痑re offered by all the academic units on the Macdonald Campus.聽
罢丑别鈥�平特五不中 Institute of Parasitology鈥痜ocuses on parasitic organisms in humans, livestock, and other animals, the relationship with their host and the means to limit the impact of parasitic disease on health and wellbeing. The interface of parasitism/immunity/nutrition is also examined in the context of the host鈥損arasite interaction.聽聽
The Institute is housed in its own building adjacent to the Macdonald Campus Library and has well-equipped modern laboratories with excellent facilities for molecular research, including a confocal suite. Small and large animal facilities are available on the Macdonald Campus. The Institute is affiliated with the鈥疛.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases鈥痑t the 平特五不中 Health Centre (MUHC).聽
If you are interested in:聽聽
- antiparasitic drugs, drug targets, and drug resistance聽
- the molecular language of the host-parasite interface聽
- host-parasite relationships, including immunology, bioinformatics and big data analysis聽
鈥hen our program could be for you!聽聽
聽to learn more.