Bas Surewaard

PhD


Bas Surewaard

Bas Surewaard

Position: Assistant Professor 

Institution: University of Calgary 

Role with AMR - One Health Consortium: Collaborator

Bas Surewaard is a basic scientist working predominantly in the area of infection and immunity with a focus on the wild microbiome. His overall research objectives are to understand host-pathogen interactions during bloodstream infections, including the early immune response to infection and to identify the critical molecular mechanisms mediating bacterial pathogenesis in a wild microbiome background. He is collaborating with pharmaceutical compagnies to find novel treatment options to treat bacterial diseases and he has been funded by fellowships from CIHR, AIHS and the European Marie Curie actions.