🐘 In 2020, 35 elephants in Zimbabwe died mysteriously.
Our new study in Nature Communications shows a Pasteurella-like bacterium with a unique mix of virulence genes - including toxins normally found in the meningitis bacterium Neisseria meningitidis.

Genomics helped unlock this extraordinary case.

✨Célia Souque just showcased the outcomes of the 12th Microbial Bioinformatics Hackathon at IMMEM XIV.

She brilliantly presented the first sneak-peek of PORT – Plasmid Outbreak Reporting Tool! 🧬
Looking forward to continuing this collaboration with PORT!

#IMMEM #Hackathon #Plasmids #ESGEM #ESGMAP

The @escmid.bsky.social Conference IMMEM XIV was kicked off with a very exciting session on plasmids:

"Plasmid typing for surveillance"

👉 Did you join the session?
👉 Share your key take-home message in the comments

#ESGMAP #IMMEM #ESGEM #ESCMID #Plasmids

After a couple of intense days at Hackathon (playing with Plasmid stuff), we’re ready for the ESCMID (@escmid.bsky.social) IMMEM XIV conference co-organized by ESGEM (@esgem.bsky.social).

Kicking things off with, for me, the most exciting session of the conference...
#IMMEM #ESGEM #ESCMID #GMarkers

ESGMAP is now on LinkedIn and Bluesky!

We published our first newsletter (lnkd.in/dUe43t8y). It introduces us, our mission, activities, and ways to get involved. Fill out our members' survey, and associate your publications with the group.

Follow us for updates on the mobile elements and plasmids.

🚨Plasmid ALERT – new @eurosurveillance.org rapid comms!

@ecdc.europa.eu-led study finds mosaic IncHI1B(pNDM-MAR) plasmid with blaOXA-48 + aerobactin in 492 K. pneumoniae isolates across 8 EU countries (2019–2024).

First ESGMAP-backed paper: tinyurl.com/4acezh92
#AMR #plasmids #OneHealth #ESGMAP

🚀 Six months already?
ESGMAP is growing strong – and we’re proud to share our second newsletter.

Highlights so far:
✅ Growing community
✅ First publication
✅ Successful ESCMID Global 2026 proposals
✅ Support to the Plasmid Biology conference

… and much more to come!
Read it here 👇

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