Well said by my colleague Dr. Dirk Lamprecht that Bedaquiline has been transformational and how new TB drug discovery in PPP mode is key to NextGen TB therapies! Dirk Lamprecht @lshtm @JNJGlobalHealth London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Soumya Swaminathan CSIR, India Department of Biotechnology

Host adaptation among Mycobaterium spp. has always fascinated me given the genetic similarities. A pleasure to work on this publication with you Werling Research Group Amanda Jane Gibson Marie-Christine Bartens

8/ New variants are a reminder if we needed it that the pandemic is far from over, inequity is what will extend the pandemic. We do need to do inclusive public health better including urgent equitable access to vaccines & all the tools needed stop pandemic.

A Christmas present..finally "officially" out: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… with loads of data, a new genome...etc Marie-Christine Bartens Amanda Jane Gibson Prof. 🇮🇹🇺🇸🇨🇦 Frontiers - Immunology Royal Veterinary College (RVC) Earlham Institute

We have used Tn-seq in M. bovis to screen genes required in vivo. Known "core" virulence factors seen (as expected - but also some novel observations! Jennijane Amanda Jane Gibson Irilenia Nobeli Werling Research Group Valwynne Faulkner Sam Willcocks and other not on Twitter. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Looking forward to our UCL-LSHTM World TB Day Symposium later today, >700 registered, joining Curry Tuberculosis for our final session. Starts 1230 GMT: eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-tb-day… LSHTM TB Centre MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL

Great session on #WorldTBDay on understanding MTB in the post-Genomic era from: Prof McHugh; Dr Evangelopoulos; Terry Kipkorir and Gwen Knight . Thank you to my awesome co-chair, Dr Honeyborne! 👏

Starting a new patient on #TB treatment. This is all the tablets they need to take for just one week - 10 tablets a day! It’s just too much! We desperately need more tolerable regimes already 😖🥺

Our ambitious study defining the genes required for the survival of M. bovis in cattle is finally out in MBio! We used Tnseq to identify 300 genes required for survival and show commonalities with mouse models. We identify some novel virulence factors and

A pleasure meeting with early career researchers Imperial College London this evening to discuss the ins and outs of academia. Thank you Kristin Krohn Huse for the invitation!

Today marks the end of one chapter London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the start of a new one Brunel University of London An opportunity to thank the many friends, students and supportive colleagues over the years who have so enriched my experience (you know who you are). Onwards!

Great fun filming with Raksha Dave London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine for Channel 5. The Great Stink continues tomorrow at 9pm!

Brunel has an open position for a Microbiology/ Immunology Lecturer. May suit ambitious early career scientists seeking to transition to an independent position. Happy to discuss, just send me a message. careers.brunel.ac.uk/vacancy/lectur…

UK Set to Rejoin EU Horizon Science Program After 2-Year Absence - good news for science, research, health, international collaboration, culture, careers - simply great news. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Inspired and refreshed by a fantastic Winter Acid Fast Club Meeting! Thank you to all the organisers @brunelun #acidfastclub

Quite important example for therapy failure and BDQ resistance development despite obviously effective background regimen. Much more research needed #MyUNAM FZ Borstel PMI TransEvo wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30…

📢 The Tanner Lab is #recruiting a #ResearchAssistant! We're looking for a team-player with a bachelor’s degree, excellent organisational & #lab management skills to perform experiments, help students & others & ensure smooth day-to-day running of the lab: jobs.ac.uk/job/DHK841/res…

We are hiring! 0.5fte Project Manager and 1.0fte Project Administrator to support our #AMR capacity strengthening work with The Fleming Fund in #Ghana and #Zimbabwe jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… and jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… Please share!