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Omar El-Halfawy @omarel-halfawy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Happy to share our recent paper at @pubs.acs.org's #ACSInfectDis studying the antibiotic responses of MRSA, one of the most common pathogens in paediatric patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), in CF artificial sputum compared to standard lab test conditions. pubs.acs.org/aidcbc/artic...

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Omar El-Halfawy @omarel-halfawy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Thrilled to share our recent paper at @cellpress.bsky.social's @cp-iscience.bsky.social studying the antibiotic responses of MRSA, one of the most common wound pathogens, under wound infection-like conditions vs. standard lab test conditions. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

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Uncovering the mechanisms of clinically relevant altered antibiotic responses of Staphylococcus aureus under wound infection-mimetic conditions

Biophysics; Clinical microbiology; Microbiology; Molecular biology; Systems biology

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Omar El-Halfawy @omarel-halfawy.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Grateful for the support from Innovation Sask & @innovation.ca towards new instrumentation that will expand & propel our research into AMR & new antimicrobial solutions! Thanks MLA Jamie Martens & CEO Kari Harvey for touring my lab @uregina.bsky.social!

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Omar El-Halfawy @omarel-halfawy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Our World AMR Awareness Week event at the Saskatchewan Science Centre was a huge success! High participation in all activities (DNA extraction, agar art & more)! Here are some agar plates from the event: #WAAW2025 #WAAW

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Omar El-Halfawy @omarel-halfawy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It's World AMR Awareness Week! My lab is organizing the 2nd annual event this Sat in collab with SK Science Centre to raise awareness of AMR while offering fun, hands-on activities for all ages. Everyone is welcome! Details: www.sasksciencecentre.com/events-calen... #WAAW2025 @uregina.bsky.social

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Omar El-Halfawy @omarel-halfawy.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

An early kick-off of the World AMR Awareness Week #WAAW2025 events in Regina: I’ll give a public talk tomorrow night (Thurs Nov 13) at Bushwakker Brewpub’s Science Pub Series (a partnership with @uregina.bsky.social Faculty of Science). I’m looking forward to it. Everyone’s welcome!

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Omar El-Halfawy @omarel-halfawy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Happy to share that I successfully renewed my Canada Research Chair, which coincided with tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. Thrilled that the #CRC renewal came with ~$1.1M in infrastructure support, in part from #CFI!

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Omar El-Halfawy @omarel-halfawy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thanks #CBC 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 for visiting my lab @uregina.bsky.social and highlighting our interdisciplinary collaboration with Indigenous Elders and colleagues at FNU Tune in at ~1 hr:43 min. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Omar El-Halfawy @omarel-halfawy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Our #WAAW2024 event at the Sask Science Centre was a great success! Lots of participation & engagement in all activities! Here are some agar plates from the event. Germs are everywhere (& at our fingertips), not all are harmful. Good hygiene prevents infections,⬇️antibiotic use & curb AMR.

Petri dishes (plates) that show the growth of bacteria in the form colonies of different size, shape, and colour and sometimes spread across a large portion of the surface. WAAW event participants pressed their fingertips against the surface of the agar (food for bacteria) in these plates. After incubation, bacteria on the fingertips grew and multiplied, becoming visible by the naked eye.

More examples of agar plates and bacteria growing on them.

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Omar El-Halfawy @omarel-halfawy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It's World AMR Awareness Week! Students from the Biochem Student Association & my lab at the U of Regina are organizing an event in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Science Centre to raise awareness of AMR while offering a variety of fun, hands-on activities for all ages. Everyone is welcome!

A blue poster announcing an Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness event organized by students at the Biochemistry and chemistry student association (BSCA) and El-Halfawy Lab in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Science Centre.

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