February 17, 2025: Clara MacMahon & Patrick Greiss
February 17, 2025 at 9:00 am. Work-in-Progress: Clara MacMahon (PhD Grad student with Irah King) and Patrick Greiss (PhD Grad student with Carolyn Baglole).
Irah King
View his faculty profile here: Irah King, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Research Theme: Immunity at barrier sites such as the lung, gut, and skin
Keywords: infectious disease • barrier tissue immunity • gut-lung axis • leukocyte migration • microbiome
View Irah King’s recent posts and news below.
New 2024 Grants to Meakins Faculty
Congratulations to Irah King, Dao Nguyen, Maziar Divangahi, and Gregory Fonseca on their recent grants!
2024 RESP Research Day Poster and Oral Winners
Congratulations to all of our oral and poster presenter winners from the 2024 Respiratory Research Day.
2024 Graduate Student Award Winners
Congratulations to members of the Meakins-Christie Labs who are winners of 2024 student awards. Keep up the great work!
Spring 2023 Student Awards
Congratulations to the 2023 recipients of FRQS and CIHR studentship and fellowship awards! We wish you much success!
Health Matters: Promise of Microbiome Research
Irah King describes a promising study about the microbiome and chronic pain at the McGill Centre for Microbiome Research
MI4 Seed Fund Grant Results – MCL Faculty Receive Funding
Irah King and Maziar Divangahi receive funding from the MI4 Seed Grant Competition to research solutions against microbial threats.
Health Matters: New Research on Helminths Infections
MUHC Foundation Health Matters interview with Irah King discusses new research on Helminths infections
Parasitic worms reprogram intestinal stem cells to evade the immune system
Dr. Irah King’s recent study published in J Exp Med reveals how parasitic worms reprogram intestinal stem cells to evade the immune system.
2 CIHR Project Grants – Spring 2022 Competition
Congratulations to Anne-Marie Lauzon and Irah King who were funded in the Spring 2022 CIHR Project Grant Competition!