Madden and coll. present ARDaP, a novel tool for the prediction of antimicrobial resistance in P. aeruginosa. The database of AMR genes and variants allows extensive investigation of resistome phenotypes in this pathogen. Erin Price Derek Sarovich genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

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Thread: A breakthrough in fighting drug-resistant superbugs! Our paper in Genome Medicine introduces ARDaP, a game-changer in predicting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Erin Price Danielle Madden UniSC: University of the Sunshine Coast Centre for Bioinnovation genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…👇

Puzzled by Q493E's rise in the KP.3 variant of SARS-CoV-2? Epistasis to the rescue! We performed human ACE2 binding assays on all combinations of L455S, F456L, and Q493E in the BA.2.86 background. The deleterious effect of Q493E is reversed on the background of L455S+F456L

Great to see the wonderfully talented Mikaela Bell tour very own QLD Nancy Millis Award winner from the Jody Peters (Hobson-Peters) lab University of Queensland SCMB EMCR Group talk about the exciting recombinant Insect Alphavirus platform #ASM2024

Great to see Michelle Wille giving a symposium presentation at #ASM2024 Michelle is at the coal face of the Australian Avian influenza virus surveillance effort. Thankfully HPAI H5 not here yet, but plenty of H7 here right now Aust'asian Virology ASM

The charming Dr Martina Jelocnik is next up, and is excited to tell us about non-Koala Chlamydia, which she assures us is much more interesting. ASM #ASM2024

Excited to see what Michael Leitner who is representing the Sassan Asgari lab has discovered working on my first love #Wolbachia infected Aedes aegypti. #ASM2024 ASM

Formally published now - especial thanks to Rhys Parry for taking the initiative to contact us and get the analysis finished and written up Multiple novel caliciviruses identified from stoats (Mustela erminea) in the United Kingdom - go.shr.lc/4cwkKZr

📢Registration and abstract submissions for #MicroSeq2024 are officially OPEN! Get in quick- the first 50 registrations are free thanks to ASM For more information, see our website: microseqconference.com/registration-a…

Worried that you don't have enough results for a talk at #MicroSeq2024? Fear not! We have multiple talk-lengths available: Medium- 12 minutes plus questions Lightning- 4 minutes plus discussion time Get in quick; Abstract submissions close in one week! 👉 trybooking.com/events/landing…

The great lengths that Flavis will go to support a 40kb genome (steal a nucleotide metabolism cassette). Great work from Mary Petrone Joe Grove and the crew. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Postdoctoral Research Fellow erin from the Virus Emergence and Evolution group University of Sydney is a #MicroSeq2024 Plenary! She uses metatranscriptomic virus discovery to investigate the evolution and ecology of viruses in Australia Register here! trybooking.com/CTBRQ

New RasgonLab research on ISV's, led by Renuka Joseph! With Jovana Bozic Kristine Werling Rachel Krizek and Nadya Urakova! microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

The perks of being a night owl. UQ News

Do you metagenomically seq samples collected in Australia? Then this paper is for you! doi.org/10.1093/databa… The Australian Biosecurity Genomic Database can be used to screen for viruses on Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's list of notifiable animal diseases - give it a try: github.com/ausbiopathgenD…

#MicroSeq2024 is here! We’re so keen to hear from INCREDIBLE Australian and New Zealand #ECRs! 🇦🇺🇳🇿 Day 1 is packed with 16 talks, including 2 amazing plenary speakers! Let’s go! #Microbiology #ScienceConference #scicomm ASM Aust'asian Virology Microbiology Society

#MicroSeq2024 Plenary erin from University of Sydney is up delivering “Viromes and Virus Evolution”! #Metagenomics has revolutionised #VirusDiscovery in diverse samples. Join us, to hear her discuss how.

🦟Excited to hear Carla Júlia Vieira delve into the sylvatic mosquito virome in Southeast Australia! Discover insights from metatranscriptomic analysis into arboviral disease emergence and transmission dynamics. #MicroSeq2024 #Virology #RNASeq #Arbovirus

🦠 Don’t miss our next talk by Jon Mifsud! He used #phylogenetics and protein structure prediction to characterise viral glycoproteins in the #Flaviviridae. Discover insights into viral fusion mechanisms and the evolutionary history of this family. #MicroSeq2024 #Virology