US researchers report urinary tract infection caused by pan-resistant E coli It appears to be the first US case of an infection showing resistance to all available beta-lactam antibiotics cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-… #AMR

90% of molecular biology is pipetting very tiny amounts of clear liquids from one container to another. The other 10% is doing math on paper towels. Some days I think I should have listened to my mother and become a wizard.

Webinar Reminder 📌 #GenomicHorizons 14 June 2023 🗓️ 15:00 - 16:00 UTC ⏰ Our feature presentation: Different strategies to predict antimicrobial resistance in #Enterococcus Dr. Robert Beiko - Dalhousie University Registration⬇️ us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Falling recklessly in love at 26 was the best thing that ever happened to me. Better than any publication, promotion, or raise. My life is infinitely better, and my professional success is infinitely more rewarding, because I have someone to share it with.

From 2020-22, the number of public health labs sequencing SARS-CoV-2 & emerging variants nearly tripled, from 23 to 68, thanks to support from CDC Emerging Infections Advanced Molecular Detection program (CDC Advanced Molecular Detection).  bit.ly/3oevQhb

New minION protocol for HPAI to track rapidly spreading outbreaks without any isolation. Likely useful for many! 👉biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I’m so excited to finally have this manuscript out! Here, we discuss the pathogen genomics infrastructure underlying California’s SARS-CoV-2 WGS initiative. Thanks to CDPH for having us as part of this collaboration! microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

#PrideMonth

So glad to finally meet my ND Health and Human Services colleagues in-person at the #CSTE2023 conference!

Pan-resistant Clostridioides difficile.

We did it!! 🎉Our team has worked so hard to set up a way to make phages for our waiting patients. We've officially just secured $3.5 million from NSW Health to continue our nascent phage therapy service! Iredell Lab Phage Australia - Connect. Discover. Cure The Westmead Institute for Medical Research westmeadinstitute.org.au/news-and-event…

Plasmids, a molecular cornerstone of antimicrobial resistance in the One Health era Castañeda-Barba, Top & Stalder synthesize the recent literature on the ecological and evolutionary factors that determine the successful spread of plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance genes.

Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's neighbelline.

I was watching Lord of the Rings last night and realized there are many parallels with academia! A thread 🧵👇