In a thought-provoking review by Mousumi Shyam, Sumit Kumar, and Vinayak Singh, read about unlocking opportunities for Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium ulcerans. #ACSInfectiousDiseases Vinayak Singh UCT IDM H3D go.acs.org/8a5

LSHTM TB Centre & UCL-TB WTBD Symposium 📆 24 March 2025 ⏰ 08.30-17.00 GMT 📍John Snow Lecture Theatre LSHTM London A hybrid event but registration required if attending in person. Free & open to all. tinyurl.com/bdh8fymx

With José R Penadés, we challenged AI co-scientist Google AI to generate hypotheses. In just 2 days, it recapitulated our unpublished, experimentally confirmed mechanism for how cf-PICIs spread between bacterial species! 🤯 Imperial College London Fleming Initiative tinyurl.com/3byyaeh2

📰 NEWS: Scientists at the IOI have been awarded £1m from PACE to develop a new class of antibiotics. This new class of antibiotics will not contain a β-lactam unit, making it harder for bacteria to develop resistance. Learn more here ➡️ ow.ly/KU8T50V2Aae

🔬 TB or Not TB? Join Professor Sanjib Bhakta as he tackles antimicrobial resistance and drug-resistant infections in his inaugural lecture. Birkbeck School of Natural Sciences Talk + drinks reception! 📅 12 June 2025 | 18:00 📍 Birkbeck Clore Management Centre 🔗 Book now: bit.ly/3FpiZ4F

We're marking #WorldTBDay with some exciting news. 🧪 A groundbreaking research initiative led by Prof Sanjib Bhakta that will bring together leading researchers to speed up the discovery of new drugs to combat TB has received significant funding from UK Research and Innovation & others👏

A roadmap for integrating nutritional assessment, counselling, and support into the care of people with tuberculosis - The Lancet Global Health thelancet.com/journals/langl…

Join our cross-disciplinary team! Seeking a microbiologist with mol biol & biochem expertise to tackle AMR in TB/NTMD through translational research. Let’s make a global impact together! #MicrobiologyJobs #AMR #TB #NTM #GlobalHealth👨🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬🧫🦠🫁 jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK934/pos…

TWO postdoc positions in Computational Microbiology and/or biochemistry. Join our interdisciplinary group in the new Life and Mind Building Oxford Biology, University of Oxford, Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research Please apply and share this post: jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP641/pos…

Great to have supported World Health Organization (WHO) in organizing this consultation together with colleagues from ICTM at UCL LSHTM TB Centre UCL-TB ⬇️ A formal recognition of asymptomatic TB has been made to spur research and programmatic action for active case finding of TB 🦠🫁🚚

Don't forget to apply to work with Oxford Biology Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research on #Mtb #Bioinformatics and Microbiology. Deadline soon ! University of Oxford #Mtuberculosis #Jobs #PostDoc #Biology #Microbiology #UkJobs

New Research: Data transparency and reproducibility in health research: bridging the gap for early-career researchers frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #FrontiersIn #Antibiotics

The UNITE4TB laboratory coordinator team caught up at CCM as part of the annual meeting held in London last week. Do we see a #CCMBucketHat?

💥 BIG problems need BIG solutions Drug resistance is putting lives at risk worldwide. That’s why we’re launching #ThisIsBig—a bold campaign calling for greater investment and collaboration to develop new antibiotics and expand access to treatment 🚀 📢 Share the video.

At a LEAF lunch for Birkbeck, University of London PGs, PhDs, Postdocs, Lab Managers & PIs, Prof. Sanjib Bhakta served up a homemade twist: Bengali curry in English puff pastry 🥟🇮🇳🇬🇧 A tasty take on cultural fusion and interdisciplinary science! #CulturalFusion #BirkbeckScience

🧠 Is your brain tricking you? Birkbeck Science Week kicks off 9 June with Daniel Yon on how your brain invents reality. 📅 9 June | 🕕 6–9PM | 📍Malet St 🎟️ Talks, lab tours, drinks One of several fascinating event coming up! Book now → bit.ly/3QbBLin

In our final video on #clinicaltrials, Linzy Elton, PhD explains what a site coordinator does when they visit each of the labs! Coordinators work closely with the lab teams to help make sure that all work is being done according to the trial guidelines, making the data robust.

🎉 Huge congratulations to Professor Sanjib Bhakta on his powerful inaugural lecture at Birkbeck Clore: “TB or Not TB? The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance”. He shared insights from 25+ years of groundbreaking TB research, inspiring colleagues, students, and collaborators.

🦠 Fighting Superbugs 🧬 Yr 11–13 & future undergrads — explore how scientists fight antibiotic resistance in our free Biomedicine taster. 🔬 Lecture, Q&A & lab skills 📅 23 Sept | 📍 London Apply: bit.ly/3UTLlYX

🧪 Behind the Bench: Tackling Antibiotic Resistance 21 Nov, 10am–1pm | BCB & Online Join Birkbeck School of Natural Sciences scientists for an open morning exploring how research is tackling the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with Prof Sanjib Bhakta 👉 shorturl.at/7UBkF