Georgina Cox


Canada Research Chair in Antimicrobial Resistance

Tier 2 - 2024-06-01
University of Guelph
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council



Research summary


Most Canadians have grown up assuming that bacterial infections can be easily treated with antibiotics. But the emergence of antimicrobial resistance is threatening the effectiveness of these life-saving drugs. As a result, we urgently need to develop new treatments.

As Canada Research Chair in Antimicrobial Resistance, Dr. Georgina Cox is using leading-edge approaches to study bacterial drug efflux pumps, which are proteins found in cell membranes that help bacteria to resist treatment by actively transporting drugs out of cells. She and her research team are also exploring how bacteria can become more virulent (able to cause disease). They hope their findings can be used to develop cutting-edge strategies for overcoming antimicrobial resistance and inhibiting virulence in bacterial pathogens.