Health & Medicine McMaster researchers use friendly viruses to tackle inflammatory bowel disease Researchers from Health Sciences and Engineering worked together on a targeted approach using bacteriophages to disarm harmful microbes without disrupting the broader gut ecosystem. July 8, 2026
Awards & Honours 22 PhDs and postdocs join McMaster as Canada Impact+ Research Training Award recipients These early-career scholars have secured a total of $2.8 million in the first phase of CIRTA funding for their research on topics that include AI, climate justice and autism. July 8, 2026
Entrepreneurship McMaster and U of T announce early-stage life sciences venture fund with Genesys Capital The support for startups in Ontario promises to address health-care challenges, boost the Canadian economy and improve patient care. July 8, 2026
Canada & the World First Americans hunted largest game through Western Hemisphere, researchers find The earliest Indigenous populations in the Americas had highly specialized diets, primarily hunting the largest animals on the landscape, archeologists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and McMaster found. July 3, 2026