Conference poster

CONFERENCE
January 22 at 11.30AM
Room N-833
Université de Montréal, Pavillon Roger-Gaudry.
2900 boul. Édouard Montpetit (Chemin de la tour), Montréal.

Professor Dao Nguyen
Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University. Scientist, RI-MUHC (Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases Program) .

MICROBIOLOGY, INFECTIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

For our next departmental seminar, to be held on Thursday, January 22, 2026, we are delighted to welcome Dr. Dao Nguyen (M.D., M.Sc.), invited by Professor Yves Brun.

The presentation will be given in English.

Dr. Nguyen studies the molecular microbiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other infectious biofilms, focusing on chronic airway infections in cystic fibrosis. Her work focuses on antibiotic tolerance mechanisms and host-pathogen interactions, with the aim of identifying therapeutic approaches to improve bacterial clearance.

Below is a summary of his presentation.

Difficult to treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections: from mechanisms to therapeutics

Bacterial infections that are refractory to antibiotic treatment lead to poor health outcomes. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major opportunistic pathogen that causes a multitude of difficult-to-treat human infections, both acute and chronic. P. aeruginosa not only displays intrinsic resistance to many antibiotics, but also antibiotic tolerance and host-evasion strategies. The Nguyen lab investigates bacterial mechanisms and host-pathogen interactions that contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic airway infections in individuals with cystic fibrosis, as well as novel therapeutic approaches to improve P. aeruginosa clearance.