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anafreitasprt.bsky.social @anafreitasprt.bsky.social · 20d

Great first day at the #IMMEM XIV occurring in Porto, Portugal!

So happy to host and welcome you in our city!

@escmid.bsky.social
@esgem-sg.bsky.social

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anafreitasprt.bsky.social @anafreitasprt.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congratulations Ana! 🎉

As you main supervisor, I am very proud of your journey ending in a European PhD title with a successful thesis on #enterococci.

Huge Thanks to the jury opponents @GuidoWerner and @MariaMiragaia!

@bactdrugs.bsky.social @ucibio.bsky.social

Ana Santos @ana-asantos.bsky.social · Jun 18

Yesterday I defended my PhD—4 intense, transformative years. I'm deeply grateful to my supervisors for their guidance, and to my family and friends for their unwavering support.

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Sandra Reuter @sandrareuter.bsky.social · Jun 13

Still time to register and join us on Monday for the next @esgem-sg.bsky.social webinar together with EFWISG.

@ESGEM_ESCMID @esgem-sg.bsky.social · May 26

We invite you all to our next webinar on "Carbapenemases in Enterobacterales in the food chain in the EU/EFTA"

Speaker: Beatriz Guerra
When: 16th June 12h00 CET

Ling for registration (Open but mandatory): us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

See you there!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Carbapenemases in Enterobacterales in the food chain in the EU/EFTA. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Organised by: ESGEM & EFWISG

us06web.zoom.us

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Kat Holt @katholt.bsky.social · May 22

Excited to share the first beta release of AMRrules at #ABPHM! (Poster 42 tonight)
interpretamr.github.io/AMRrules

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ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · May 20

#IMMEM XIV late-breaker abstract submission closes this Friday!

Don't miss your opportunity to be a part of the scientific programme on microbial typing & #genomics.

Learn more and submit your late-breaker by Friday, 23 May 2025: ow.ly/gBxl50VSlwr

#IDSky #clinmicro

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

New opinion paper from the lab!

www.cell.com/trends/micro...

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...

www.cell.com

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Taylor priest @taylorpriest.bsky.social · Apr 22

A huge, new resource for plasmid research - PlasmidScope is a database of 852,000 #plasmid sequences with a rich set of annotations, automated online analysis and interactive visualisation academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

PlasmidScope: a comprehensive plasmid database with rich annotations and online analytical tools

Abstract. Plasmids are extrachromosomal genetic molecules that replicate independent of chromosomes in bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotic organisms. They co

academic.oup.com

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sylvain Brisse @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social · Apr 17

Please visit: www.icarecourse.org
@ICARe_AMR has a great atmosphere and location @LesPensieres , with a unique faculty and a special session on #AMR #genomics with François Lebreton @flebreton.bsky.social and myself – great opportunities for networking and scientific discussions

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anafreitasprt.bsky.social @anafreitasprt.bsky.social · Apr 16

Still speechless about this distinction!!

As a new ESCMID Fellow, the responsability is even higher.

Thank you to all that somehow contributed to it and to @escmid.bsky.social ExCom!

I can only promise to continue dedicated to the society and the ESCMID community 🫶🏼

@ucibio.bsky.social

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anafreitasprt.bsky.social @anafreitasprt.bsky.social · Apr 15

Last but not least:

Today we presented the APPLE project assessing linezolid resistant enterococci carriage in hospitalized patients from different countries - a project funded by a @escmid.bsky.social study group grant and led by Jennifer Bender & Guido Werner.

anafreitasprt.bsky.social @anafreitasprt.bsky.social · Apr 14

Incredible start of the day at the #ESCMID Global 2025 with @aresarroyom.bsky.social talking about plasmids transfer 🙌🏼 we still have a lot to learn about these fascinating elements!

@escmid.bsky.social

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anafreitasprt.bsky.social @anafreitasprt.bsky.social · Apr 11

We are already here at the great ESCMID Global 2025! Looking forward to meet good friends and to learn a lot ☺️@natachacouto.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social

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anafreitasprt.bsky.social @anafreitasprt.bsky.social · Apr 9

Let’s meet in Vienna!

Ana Santos @ana-asantos.bsky.social · Apr 8

🚨 Heading to ESCMID 2025?

Come see our top-rated @BacTdrugs_lab poster on vancomycin-variable enterococci (VVE)!

🔹 VVE outside hospitals
🔹 Unique vanA transposon
🔹 Linear plasmids with global replicase
Let’s connect & collaborate! #ESCMID2025

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biomickwatson @biomickwatson.bsky.social · Mar 29

Two journals tried paying peer reviewers and found increased acceptance, earlier reports, and no change in quality.

WHAT A SURPRISE!

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Gerry Wright @gdwantibiotics.bsky.social · Mar 26

The latest discovery from the lab and great colleagues at McMaster and U Illinois, Chicago. Lariocidin, a new lasso peptide antibiotic that inhibits the ribosome. rdcu.be/efdha

A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome

Nature - A new lasso peptide antibiotic exhibits broad-spectrum activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis, is unaffected by common...

rdcu.be

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anafreitasprt.bsky.social @anafreitasprt.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thank you Willem, great initiative this one ☺️

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anafreitasprt.bsky.social @anafreitasprt.bsky.social · Mar 24

Me!

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anafreitasprt.bsky.social @anafreitasprt.bsky.social · Mar 24

Superb work, congrats Daria et al.!!!!

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bactdrugs.bsky.social @bactdrugs.bsky.social · Mar 24

👏 Kicking off the week with our latest publication by #AnaPereira et al.:

"Insights towards the impact of subinhibitory chlorhexidine on antimicrobial susceptibility and horizontal gene transfer in Enterococcus faecium" published in the Science of The Total Environment.

@ucibio.bsky.social

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