The World Health Organization has declared antimicrobial resistance one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. The cost to human health and to national economies and health-care systems is enormous.

While most research relies on testing isolated microorganisms under standardized culture conditions, this method fails to capture the entire arsenal microbes deploy in the human body during an infection. The research program of the University of Regina's newest Canada Research Chair (CRC) will address this gap, and more.