We are excited that we were successful in NSERC’s most recent Discovery Grant competition. This award will allow us to answer our basic questions related to how enteropathogens are able to resist host-defense peptides, a critical component of our innate immune system. We’re grateful to the grant-writing/editing team here at Ryerson for all of the help in preparing the grant and to the anonymous (and very gentle) reviewer who liked what he/she read.