Greg McCallum takes us behind the scenes of their #MGen publication, where they focussed on creating a workflow for analysing meta3C/Hi-C data for linking resistance genes to their bacterial hosts in the human gut in our latest blog. Read it here 👇 microb.io/3ODYbbw

On this day in 1928, Alexander Fleming returned from holiday and started sorting through some petri dishes containing Staphylococcus that he had left on his bench whilst away. 🏖️🧫 One of the plates caught his eye, and made for the ultimate ContamClub submission:

🚨 CONTAM CALENDAR 2024 🚨 AVAILABLE NOW ➡️ contam.club ⬅️ First 20 orders will get a ContamClub sticker!!! We hope you love this year's ContamCalendar showcasing some of our favourite submissions from the ContamClub community 📆🦠🍄🧫 Keep contaminating! ❤️

Not so fun for me but very glad to be home after 7 weeks in hospital following a 14.5 hour heart surgery. Turns out I've had endocarditis for nearly 9 years despite years of antibiotic treatment. Hopefully the surgery and antibiotics this time will clear it 🤞🫀💊

The ContamCalendar 2024 is selling fast and the first batch of deliveries have started to arrive! 📆🦠🧫🍄 Can't wait for you guys to get your hands on them. Get yours here ⤵️ ➡️ contam.club ⬅️

Had a great time so far at #MicroBio24 and enjoyed presenting the start of my post-doc work on the hospital sink drain microbiome today 💧🦠

Happy Noodlococcus Day to all those who celebrate 🍜🦠 On this day in 2019, we discovered this noodle-y colony contaminating an old plate, leading to the creation of ContamClub 🧫✨

Having fun presenting my poster at International Society for Plasmid Biology (ISPB) conference in Hamamatsu, Japan 🇯🇵🦠

‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2025 🗓️🚨‼️ The ContamCalendar is back for another year! It’s a great one and we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄 Get yours here ➡️ contam.club ⬅️

ContamClub has officially reached every continent on Earth!🌎🌍🌏 This set of ContamCalendar and socks are with Bodil and Livvie who work at the South Georgia Heritage Trust in Antarctica Antarctica marks 7/7 continents that ContamCalendars have been delivered to since we began

Very few sets of ContamSocks left! And ContamCalendars running low! If you still want some then get them soon! 📆🦠🧫🧦 Available at ➡️ contam.club

📣 Speaker alert #IOIECR2025 Greg McCallum from University of Liverpool will explore the role of the sink microbiome in spreading #AMR 💧 Join us on March 21 for our ECR conference on ‘Multidisciplinary Approaches to Tackle AMR’ ️➡️ ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/event/ioi-earl…

Have really enjoyed my day at #IOIECR25 Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research Enjoyed some amazing talks and enjoyed presenting my work investigating antimicrobial resistance in the hospital sink drain microbiome

🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨 The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠 Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… 1/15 🧵

🍜🧬 Pan-fried noodles 🤣🤣🤣 Big shoutout to Contamination Club for cooking up the story of Noodlococcus We’re proud to have been part of the journey — from mystery microbe to full-genome feast 👨‍🍳🧫 📖 Full recipe available ➡️ biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #MicrobialMysteries

Happy to finally have this out! It has been a fun side-project that we’ve been slowly working on for a while 🍜 I think it has turned out as a nice story, and demonstrates some important issues with classifications in genome databases. All from investigating a contaminant! ⤵️

Delighted to have this review out with Jamie Hall! We discuss the risk of transmission of antimicrobial resistance in the hospital sink drain microbiome, highlight studies providing evidence of transfer, and consider strategies to mitigate these risks 🪠🦠 doi.org/10.1038/s44259…

Now published! 🎉🧫🍜 doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0…

Look out for an exciting announcement later…. 👀 #ContamCalendar