We are located in the Health Sciences Centre at the McMaster campus in Hamilton. Our lab is in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and is part of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research.

McMaster is a research-intensive institution and our Department houses an impressive number of dynamic research groups. Their interest expand a broad variety of topics ranging from the understanding of the mechanisms of bacterial antimicrobial resistance to the unveiling of the chemical language that orchestrates stem cell development or the mechanisms of cancer.

Our laboratory is interested in understanding the structure and mechanisms of enzymes that perform essential roles in bacteria. These enzymes are considered as new targets for antimicrobials. These targets offer the possibility for the discovery of new compounds that work in new ways and are not susceptible to existing resistance mechanisms. However, the most significant obstacles to be used as such has been a struggle to understand the complexity of the biology that underlies these various targets. Thus, our team continues to work for a detailed understanding of these enzymes.