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Adam P. Roberts @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social · Aug 21

Great to see this study out, huge amount of work from the team in acquiring samples and particularly from @angusoferrall.bsky.social in the detailed metagenomic analysis he carried out #AMR #OneHealth

Angus O’Ferrall @angusoferrall.bsky.social · Aug 21

Excited to share our new paper in Microbial Genomics! We studied freshwater snail faecal microbiomes in Malawi, Uganda, Zanzibar & the UK, and found #AMR gene reservoirs posing risks where human, animal and environmental health intersect 🐌💩

Read here ➡️ www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

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Adam P. Roberts @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social · Aug 20

chromids…awesome

Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · Aug 20

Unexplored diversity and potential functions of extra-chromosomal elements journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs

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Didier Mazel @amazeld.bsky.social · Aug 20

For those who love bacterial replicons, The ultimate review, from our lab, signed by the master of their evolution.
‪@val-meve.bsky.social‬ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Taming wild replicons: evolution and domestication of large extrachromosomal replicons

Bacterial genomes often contain extrachromosomal replicons (ERs), ranging from small, mobile plasmids to large, stably inherited elements, such as meg…

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Alicia Calvo-Villamañán @aliciapcv.bsky.social · Aug 20

This work is finally published! 🥳🧬
Plasmids are associated with very variable fitness costs in their different bacterial hosts. But, what is the contribution of each of the plasmid-genes in these host-specific effects? Study led by
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Dissecting pOXA-48 fitness effects in clinical Enterobacterales using plasmid-wide CRISPRi screens

Nature Communications - This study investigates the effects of the carbapenem resistance plasmid pOXA-48 in clinical enterobacteria. Using CRISPRi screens, the authors revealed that the...

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Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social · Aug 17

Really pleased to see this study led by @raymondkiu.bsky.social now published in @natcomms.nature.com!

We show that probiotics help modulate the preterm infant 👶#microbiome - to reduce ARGs, lower MDR bacteria 🦠 & increase beneficial Bifido ✨

Huge team effort!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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microbingle.bsky.social @microbingle.bsky.social · Aug 18

Worldwide AMR Awareness Symposium at School of Medicine, University of Sunderland on Wednesday 19th November 2025. A free afternoon of talks, posters & networking focussed on AMR, infection control & antibiotic srewardship.
Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/antimicrob...
Please share!

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The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @bsacandjac.bsky.social · Jul 16

"Closure of the Fleming Fund risks undermining UK leadership on AMR." BSAC is seeking urgent clarification from the Government regarding the UK’s future leadership on antimicrobial resistance (#AMR), following reports that the Fleming Fund – the UK’s flagship global AMR programme – is set to close.

Closure of the Fleming Fund risks undermining UK leadership on AMR - The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @bsacandjac.bsky.social · Jul 8

Are you a UK-based PhD student passionate about #AMR and infectious disease policy? Do you have an interest in public health, environmental health, or the intersection of animal and human health? Applications for BSAC's Parliamentary Internship Programme. Please help us spread the word!

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Prof Tanya Parish @proftanya13.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy Thursday 🧪🦠

Structure–Activity Relationship Study of Benzamides as Mycobacterium tuberculosis QcrB Inhibitors

We previously identified a morpholinobenzamide series with potent activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We conducted structure–activity relationship studies focusing on removing the metabolical...

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Eva Heinz @evaheinz7.bsky.social · Jul 4

First paper on our projects on #Klebsiella transmission in the hospital environment; I'm so lucky to get to work with the wonderful teams@ Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Program, Kamuzu University, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital🇲🇼
#MicroSky #IDSky #GlobalHealth 🧬💻🧪 (1/3)
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High ward-level and within-sample diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae on a Malawian neonatal unit revealed by single colony whole genome sequencing and post-enrichment metagenomics

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a frequent cause of antimicrobial resistant healthcare associated infections in neonates across sub-Saharan Africa, with multiple lineages associated with neonatal sepsis. How...

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Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research @ineosoxford.bsky.social · Jul 4

📣 We're looking for a Professorial Research Fellow to join the IOI, focusing on antifungal resistance.

🧪Generous start-up package for research
📍 Excellent lab facilities
💼 Competitive salary
🔬 Share AMR and fungal biology expertise

Find out more: www.ineosoxford.ox.a...

Close-up of fungal spores with text announcing a Professorial Research Fellow job opportunity in antifungals at IOI.

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Danna Gifford @dannagifford.bsky.social · Jun 26

📣 Position available: Research tech in microbial experimental evolution! Working alongside postdoc Louise Flanagan (@flanagella.bsky.social) on understanding how Pseudomonas evolves resistance to antibiotics. 🦠🧫
Closing 9 July #Microsky
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Technician :Oxford Road

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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our Northern Futures bursary helps keep the brightest graduates in the region, creating a pipeline of researchers and professionals ready to tackle global health challenges. The bursary equates to a 20% tuition reduction for eligible Master’s students.

Learn more: lstm.ac/NorthernFutu...

A diverse group of six smiling students sit on a low stone wall in front of the iconic Royal Liver Building in Liverpool, UK. The sunny day and blue sky enhance the view of the historic waterfront architecture. One student has a tote bag with the words "School of Tropical Medicine" printed on it, suggesting a connection to LSTM. The group appears relaxed and friendly, enjoying the city surroundings.

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · Jun 23

"If you built this whole operation in Germany, nobody would question that it is feasible. But people are asking questions when you’re doing it in Africa … That narrative is terrible — we’re all fighting to show that we can do it in Africa."

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Africa’s chief diplomat for vaccine manufacturing

Virologist Amadou Sall is the driving force behind a world-class manufacturing hub in Senegal.

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Jamie Hall @jpjhall.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨 Reminder! You have just over two weeks to submit an abstract, if you want to present at the @microbiologysociety.org meeting "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" in Liverpool in November! #microsky 🦠🧫🔬

Jamie Hall @jpjhall.bsky.social · May 2

‼️Update! Abstract submission is now open for the 2025 Liverpool UK @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics”! Deadline July 7th #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

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Adam P. Roberts @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social · Jun 19

Happy to share a new commentary with @kirchhelle.bsky.social on reconceptualising #AMR as a signal of anthropogenically induced planetary stress. Comments welcome.

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Beyond breakpoint – reconceptualising AMR as a symptom of planetary stress

npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Planetary boundaries range from climate change to biosphere integrity. They define the safe space for humanity. Ecosystem impacts on microbes are missing from a...

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Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene @rstmh.bsky.social · Jun 6

New in #INTHEA: Yaqub et al study the nature of #multidrug-resistant organisms within the largest referral health facility in northern #Nigeria

#GlobalHealth

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Antibiotic resistance pattern of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales from a rectal surveillance study in northern Nigeria

AbstractBackground. Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are important in clinical practice worldwide. As whole genome sequencing (WGS) technologies are a

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · Jun 3

⚠️ Jump in antibiotic-resistant strains of gonorrhoea, with more diagnoses seen in the first half of 2025 than in the whole of 2024
Read the news story, which contains the full report 🔽
🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...

A bar chart showing 'Antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea cases continue to rise in England', you can see a continuous rise from 2021.

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bjornblomberg.bsky.social @bjornblomberg.bsky.social · May 23

Just published in Lancet Global Health, the Tanzanian-Norwegian ProRIDE controlled trial in 2000 newborn babies found that a 4-week course of probiotics did not reduce death or hospitalization, but reduced gut carriage of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the probiotic group. doi.org/10.1016/s221...

Redirecting

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Andrew Millard @milja001.bsky.social · May 16

Interested in phages ?
Want to work as team that will isolate, genome sequence and charachterise 1000s of phage to build a biobank .
Come work with me and Martha Clokie at Leicester

jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/va...

Vacancy Search Results - University of Leicester Recruitment Team

View our Latest Vacancies

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Alvaro San Millan @sanmillan.bsky.social · May 15

New opinion paper from the lab!

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Plasmid–bacteria associations in the clinical context

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing global health problems, with plasmids playing a central role in its evolution and dissemination. Over the past decades, many studies have inv...

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · Apr 29

This meeting will be great!

Abstract submission open now

See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool

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Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting

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Adam P. Roberts @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social · Apr 30

Are they the same strain? Happy to share our latest preprint on the comparative genomics of E.coli and K. pneumoniae isolates from blood and faeces of the same children www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Genomic comparison of highly related pairs of E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolated from faeces and blood of the same neonatal patients hospitalized with fever in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Blood stream infections (BSIs) are a major cause of hospitalisation and death for children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa with members of the Gram-negative bacteria Enterobacterales such ...

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Adam P. Roberts @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social · Apr 20

On holiday?

Adam P. Roberts @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social · Apr 19

New preprint; Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in urban river networks of Malawi #AMR www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in urban river networks of Malawi

African communities have a high prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial carriage, alongside high levels of antibiotic usage and environmental pollution. Limited access to water, sanitation and...

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