🤝 MI4 has renewed its partnership with HZI, reinforcing a shared commitment to advancing research in infection, immunity, and global health. Over the next 5 years, we'll continue collaborating through joint research, exchanges, seminars, and knowledge sharing to accelerate discovery. 🔬🌍

📕 Save the date: @drejoanneliu.bsky.social launches the English edition of Ebola, Bombs, and Migrants — stories from the frontlines of global crisis response. Sept 22, 2026 / 5:30 PM / McGill School of Population & Global Health Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/ucbLnT0pGe

📢Registration is now open for the 8th Annual #MI4 Symposium! 📅Nov. 18, 2026, 11:30 am Join leading experts, researchers, clinicians, and patient advocates for a day focused on the connection between microbes and #CrohnsDisease. 🔗 forms.cloud.microsoft/r/DgfPmnymWu... #IBD #Microbiome #MI4Symposium

"Collaboration is essential." That's the message behind the McGill AMR Centre's growth from a bold idea into a multidisciplinary research hub tackling antimicrobial resistance. Learn more: linktr.ee/mi4innovates #AMR #GlobalHealth #ResearchImpact #MI4Community

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ One team. One goal. Countless miles. The MI4 Marathon Team is training hard, supporting one another, and proving that every finish line starts with a single step. 💪 linktr.ee/mi4innovates P.S. Only part of the team is featured here. #MI4MarathonTeam #MarathonTraining #Teamwork #RunTogether

🌱 "The AMR Centre was a seed that needed the right conditions to grow." Dr. Dao Nguyen reflects on the journey of the McGill AMR Centre and the collaborative effort required to tackle antimicrobial resistance, one of the world's most urgent health challenges. 🔗 linktr.ee/mi4innovates #AMR #MI4

“A centre is really about people.” In our latest #MI4Highlights, Chen Liang reflects on mentorship, collaboration, and the power of building strong research communities to advance viral diseases research. 🧬 Read more: linktr.ee/mi4innovates #McGill #Research #Mentorship #Collaboration

MCVD Director Dr. Chen Liang reflects on the Centre’s evolution from the McGill AIDS Centre into a multidisciplinary hub advancing research on viral diseases—and the role MI4 has played every step of the way. Full article 👉 linktr.ee/mi4innovates #MI4 #McGill #ViralResearch

Proud to see our own Dr. Marcel Behr quoted in the @laskerfdn.bsky.social article "Vaccines' Little Helpers," exploring the powerful role of adjuvants in advancing immunology and vaccine research. 🔬 Read more: laskerfoundation.org/vaccines-lit... #Vaccines #Immunology #MedicalResearch

Vaccines’ Little Helpers - Lasker Foundation

APR 14, 2026Read about adjuvants—immune system boosters—and Lasker Laureate Jules Freund, who developed one of the most potent ones.

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Great energy at the June 8 #AMR Symposium! 🎉 Proudly supported by MI4 + celebrating our poster winners: 🥇 Shenmiao (Ivy) Li 🥈 Anirudh Mantri Kudos to Dr. Dao Nguyen, the @AMRCentre team, outreach staff & MI4 volunteers for a fantastic event! 👏

“Those questions quickly became bigger than any one field.” Dr. Irah King on how microbiome research became a collaborative frontier 🦠 Explore key insights from the interview 👉 linktr.ee/mi4innovates #Microbiome #Collaboration #Innovation #MI4Community #McGillUniversity

The MI4 Innovation Prize at #McGillCLIC goes to AnemoSwab 🏆 A novel breath-based diagnostic that captures infectious aerosols—no nasal swabs needed. Faster, more comfortable testing could help improve early detection & reduce disease spread. 🔗https://linktr.ee/mi4innovates #MI4 #HealthInnovation

Microbiome research is reshaping health science 🦠 From immunity to chronic pain and cancer, new discoveries are being driven at McGill by collaboration and shared tools. Read our interview with Dr. Irah King 👉 linktr.ee/mi4innovates #Microbiome #Research #Innovation #McGill

Our raffle draw is now complete! 🎉Winners have been contacted directly. Thanks to everyone who participated - we hope you'll stay in touch.😊 #Raffle #SummerInstitutes #GlobalHealth #InfectiousDiseases #Learning #Training #Research #Innovation #MI4Community #McGillUniversity

Last‑resort antibiotics are failing and resistant infections are rising. Yves Longtin & Dao Nguyen are tracking how these bacteria spread in hospitals, with support from Pathy & MI4 seed funding. A critical step toward stronger infection prevention. 🏥🦠 👉 linktr.ee/mi4innovates #Research #Innovation

Could one virus help drive multiple autoimmune diseases? Simon Thebault & Ciriaco Piccirillo are studying how EBV programs immune cells—supported by Pathy & MI4 seed funding. A step toward shared solutions across diseases. 🧠🦠 👉 linktr.ee/mi4innovates

Fighting congenital Chagas disease starts in pregnancy. Melisa Gualdrón López & Daniel Dufort are building new ways to test safer treatments for mothers and babies—supported by MI4 & Pathy seed funding. A step toward earlier, safer care and prevention. 🤍🌍 👉 linktr.ee/mi4innovates #Research

New vaccine idea: protect the gut at the source. Lucienne Tritten & Irah King are engineering friendly bacteria to act as living vaccine factories—enabled by Pathy & MI4 seed funding. A step toward low‑cost, microbiome‑based vaccines with global impact. 🌍🦠 #ResearchExcellence #Vaccines #Innovation

MI4 x MC3H launched their first joint networking event—connecting experts across climate & infectious diseases to spark collaboration and new solutions. 🌍🦠 👉https://linktr.ee/mi4innovates #InfectiousDiseases #ClimateChange #MI4Community #Collaboration #Innovation

MI4 is supporting 6 courses in the 2026 Summer Institutes in Infectious Diseases & Global Health—with a $20K donation to help waive fees 🌍🎓 We’re also raffling 5 FREE course spots! 📧 Enter: mi4projects.mi4@mcgill.ca 🗓 Deadline: May 17, 2026 (11:59 PM) 👉 linktr.ee/mi4innovates #GlobalHealth #ID #MI4

🎉 Announcing the MI4–Pathy Seed Fund Grant winners! Four teams receive $150K to advance research in human health. Thanks to the Pathy Family Foundation & MI4 funds. 👉https://linktr.ee/mi4innovates #SeedFunding #ID #Research #Collaboration #McGill #MI4Community

🎉 Congrats to Shuaiqi Guo & Dao Nguyen, winners of the 2026 CRBS Blue‑Sky Seed Funding! Awarded $40K with support from the Centre de recherche en biologie structurale to study how Pseudomonas aeruginosa drives infection and resists treatment. 🔬🦠 #CRBS #MI4 #InfectiousDiseases #ResearchCollaboration

💡What do coffee, Wordle, ski trails, and unexpected data have in common? Dr. Marcel Behr Get to know the person behind the science—surprises guaranteed (and yes, a Wayne’s World reference included). 👉https://linktr.ee/mi4innovates

👏Félicitations au Dr Marcel Behr pour sa reconduction à titre de directeur de MI4 pour un nouveau mandat de trois ans. Nous avons hâte de poursuivre cette nouvelle étape de leadership interdisciplinaire en recherche sur l’infection et l’immunité. linktr.ee/mi4innovates

Better research → better care. “If we lead globally, our patients benefit locally.” That’s the impact of the MI4 Clinical Research Platform. Full story👉https://linktr.ee/mi4innovates #MI4 #CRP #GlobalHealth #ClinicalResearch #PatientImpact #ResearchExcellence #ScienceForGood

Health starts with all of us. Marking World Health Day🌍 + Canadian Public Health Week—because stronger public health means stronger communities. #WorldHealthDay #CPHW #PublicHealth #HealthForAll

From silos to a system. “We now have real operational capacity.” MI4’s investment in the Clinical Research Platform is accelerating infectious disease research—faster, smarter, and more connected. Full story👉 linktr.ee/mi4innovates #MI4 #ClinicalResearch #HealthResearch

What if better patient care started with not moving the data? 🧠 “We move the algorithm.” Led by Dr. Ruth Sapir‑Pichhadze, federated ML protects patient privacy while accelerating global transplant research—secure, collaborative, life‑improving. #TeamScience #PatientCenteredCare #FederatedLearning

Advocacy shapes global health, but getting started can be daunting. This course blends lectures, case studies, interactive activities, and guest speakers to help you turn advocacy into action.

For #WorldTBDay2026, help #EndTB by learning at the McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health. Our short courses this summer (May–June) include: Nutrition & TB, Public-Private Mix, TB Research Methods, Advanced Diagnostics. Explore & register now: www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...