By Anne Craig, Communications Officer

Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노게임사이트 researcher Keith Poole was recently honoured with a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM) after a 26-year career of peering into petri dishes and analyzing microscopic bacteria. The CSM Murray Award recognizes leading Canadian microbiology researchers for their career contributions and cutting-edge research.

Dr. Poole studies the opportunistic bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a problem organism that is notoriously antibiotic-resistant. He examines how and why it can make people living with debilitating illnesses such as cystic fibrosis sick. He is also studying how this bacterium becomes antibiotic resistant.

Keith Poole has spent his career studying bacteria.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It was definitely an interesting process putting together my resume for submission for the Murray Award,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Dr. Poole says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�"It gave me a chance to look back on my career. It was definitely an exciting moment when I got the phone call saying I was this year카지노 게임 컬렉션�s awardee.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

It was as a third-year undergraduate student at the 카지노게임사이트 of British Columbia (UBC) in the 1970s that Dr. Poole discovered his academic calling after taking a microbiology course. After completing his BSc and after working as a technician for a year in a microbiology lab, he undertook a PhD at UBC before heading to Germany as a postdoctoral fellow from 1986 to 1988.

While scouting for a second postdoctoral fellowship back in North America, a faculty position opened up at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s in the then Department of Microbiology and Immunology. After a hastily arranged one-day interview complete with a pizza lunch/dinner 카지노 게임 컬렉션� 카지노 게임 컬렉션�no time for wining and dining,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he laughs 카지노 게임 컬렉션� he returned to Germany to complete his postdoctoral work. Within a day of his return, he was contacted by Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and offered a tenure-track position.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Working at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s has afforded me the opportunity to indulge my passion for microbiology research and to mentor a host of incredible undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral research trainees,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. Poole. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s been a great ride.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Dr. Poole is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and a past recipient of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노게임사이트 Prize for Excellence in Research.  His research is funded by and the .