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Dr. Rebecca Shapiro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph and holds a Canada Research Chair. Her research focuses on fungal pathogenesis, antifungal drug resistance, and genomic technologies. She leads a lab (SSC 4405-6) and has pioneered CRISPR-based tools for studying fungal pathogens like Candida albicans.
She earned a BSc in Biology from McGill University, a PhD in Molecular Genetics from the University of Toronto, and completed a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT/Broad Institute in Biological Engineering.
- Education: BSc McGill University, PhD University of Toronto, Postdoc MIT/Broad Institute
Her research combines CRISPR technologies with functional genomics to uncover mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis, antifungal resistance, and stress tolerance. Key areas include high-throughput genetic screens, temperature stress responses, and drug resistance evolution.
Recent work addresses emerging drug-resistant fungal pathogens and explores novel antifungal strategies, including small molecule inhibitors and combinational therapies.
- Awards: Canada Research Chair (implied)
Her lab develops innovative genetic tools and collaborates on projects ranging from biofilm formation to evolutionary studies of drug resistance. Current efforts include FungAMR (antimicrobial resistance profiling) and CRISPR-based systems for essential gene analysis. No grants or specific student lists are detailed here, but her lab focuses on Candida biology and genomic innovation.
