Excited to share the preprint of the last major paper from my PhD, which provides genomic insights into a year-long collection of K. pneumoniae clinical isolates. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this, with particular thanks to my PhD supervisor @DrKatHolt

Cheers to Sabin Vaccine Institute & Take on Typhoid for the opportunity to share our progress on the Global Typhoid Genomics Consortium update paper at #Typhoid2021. Many thanks to Zoe Anne Dyson @DrKatHolt @Baker_Lab_Cam TyphiNET and countless collaborators!

How will Shigella diversity complicate future vaccination programs? A fantastic Medical Research Council funded partnership with Sharon Tennant Neil Hall Caisey Pulford Eileen Barry David Rasko Daniel Rigden @AJSimpkin Ross Low driven by Rebecca Bengtsson go.nature.com/3KOEj1n 🧵below 1/n

Much excitement. Back for another year 🧫🦠🧬

Hiya #i3s 👋 If you’re working on typhoid genomics & Typhi sequencing come have a chat to Zoe Anne Dyson and Danielle Ingle about getting involved in data sharing for public health benefit & The Global Typhoid Genomics Consortium TyphiNET. More info at typhoidgenomics.org

Excited to be starting as an Editor at Microbial Genomics!

Announcing the 13th annual Sydney Phylogenetics Workshop! This workshop will provide an intro to phylogenetic analysis using maximum-likelihood and Bayesian methods. Aimed at early career researchers in the Asia-Pacific. Date: 27–29 July Location: Online Cost: Free Details👇

We are delighted to announce our amazing plenary speakers for MicroSeq2022! Looking forward to some great talks by Dan Knight Barbara Brito Dr Charlotte Oskam 👩🏻‍💻🧬👩🏻‍🏫🦠 Guillaume Méric

MicroSeq2022 attendees have the chance to win some fun (and useful!) swag this year! - Notepads - Keyring torches - Pens with touch screen stylus and lights! - Stickers

I have just posted this post-doc offer in the lab - please apply ASAP if you are interested, and please RT if you are not ;-) research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postdoc…

We are so excited - #MicroSeq2022 drops this week! For all our registered participants - you've got mail! If you haven't received your conference program, get in touch!

Job offer in my group Institut Pasteur, since 1887 - We are looking for a project manager of an international network of #Antimicrobial resistance surveillance and research, mostly in Africa - please apply ASAP and before October 30th - research.pasteur.fr/fr/job/project…

🔎We are looking to appoint a new #MGen Editor with expertise in microbial genomics, particularly in pathogens and epidemiology. Learn more and submit your interest: microb.io/2mqErxj 👈 Closing date for applications is 31 October 2022. #PublishingForTheCommunity

Check out our new work on investigating the horizontal movement of plasmids between S. sonnei and S. flexneri lineages with Sebastian Duchene, Deborah A. Williamson, Benjamin Howden and Danielle Ingle

*EXCITING* Fully funded #PhD in my lab with Andrew Page @andrewjpage.bsky.social and APHA Dr Petrovska to investigate emerging #Salmonella variants. Training in bioinformatics and molecular biology Quadram Institute Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics DTP in Norwich - deadline 9th January. DM me. please RT uea.ac.uk/course/phd-doc…

13,000 Salmonella Typhi genomes!! #preprint up! Enormous thanks to Megan Carey Zoe Anne Dyson Danielle Ingle and @DrKatHolt for leading this consortium over the past two years. Take on Typhoid TyphiNET Typhi genomics papers

Very excited to announce that our recent paper has been published in Nature Comms! - a 🧵bit.ly/3VLKzLN An ISO-certified genomics workflow for identification and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance Benjamin Howden Torsten Seemann @KristyHoran14 Doherty Institute

Exciting things are happening at MicroSeq, with the full committee assembled! Michelle Wille Alistair Legione John Webster Cameron Reid Rhys Parry Dr Angelique Ray and Rebecca Roach Be sure to save the date - looking forward to seeing you on 6-7 September 2023 Details: microseqconference.com

📢Hope you are all working on your abstracts because MicroSeq2023 registration and abstract submission opens in a 1 month! More information is available on our website MicroSeqConference.com