Very sad, the TB field has lost a true legend. David was hugely influencial (still is) and knowledgeable. Always very straight talking - an attribute that I hold in high regard!

Congratulations Indonesia👏👏 President @Jokowi signed a Presidential Regulation on the Prevention of TB with the TB Management to achieve elimination targets by 2030. This is great news for the country’s and global efforts to #endTB!

Inhibition of Granuloma Triglyceride Synthesis Imparts Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Through Curtailed Inflammatory Responses frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

Biofilms in TB matter! Great study in collaboration with Luke Alderwick and Stephen Taylor - M.tb biofilms manipulate complement interactions through sugar changes doi.org/10.1016/j.tcsw…

The world is not on track to treat 40 million people with TB by the end of 2022. Stop TB Partnership calls for an increase in funding and a more comprehensive #TB response for all. Only then can we #endTB and save millions of lives. tinyurl.com/news-brief-28-…

#InternationalDisabilityDay2021 - No person with TB should receive a #TB treatment regimen that will lead to disabilities! No more injectables and all oral treatment for all! Stop TB Partnership Suvanand Sahu Tereza Kasaeva

Please RT: Looking for a PhD? Interested in fungal biofilms? Those hardy black ones growing on roofs and other material surfaces? BAMResearch in Berlin with Ruben Gerrits and Anna Gorbushina and some modelling support from me. Deadline soon: 11 Dec euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/710499

Not long to go till the abstract deadline for next year's Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference! Submit yours here: acc-conference.com

Investing in the development of new #TB drugs is not just a humanitarian imperative; it is sound economic policy as well. Learn more: bit.ly/CycleOfPoverty

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science #womeninscience! Joanna Evans Joha Hannah Pugh @susie_parkhill #Systemschemicalbiology

(1/2) Recent PLOS pathogens paper plos.io/3JyQjmv by Kaley M. Wilburn. Extending our work on compounds that inhibit Mtb in macrophages. Shedding new light on cholesterol metabolism and cAMP signaling in Mtb.

TB remains the most underfunded infectious disease…The available funding for TB is unacceptably low, in 2020 the funding gap for TB was 68% - Lucica Ditiu calls for increase in investments to #endTB at The Union-North America Region’s 2022 TB Conference. The Union World Health Organization (WHO)

When asked, “How does it feels to marry a genius?” Marie Curie said: “Go ask my husband.” From the beginning of the 20th century, her example has enabled the role of women in science to be improved, but more generally in the world of work. #HappyWomensDay2022 #pint22

LET'S GO VIRAL! Join us in our call to action #InvestToEndTB in: 💰for TB 💰recovery from COVID-19 impact; 💰gap for R&D, vaccine 💰for TB-affected communities. Post on social media with #WorldTBDay #EndTB Campaign Toolkit: stoptb.org/world-tb-day/w…

Fantastic"Targeted Antibiotic Delivery"workshop yesterday at Southampton Uni organised by the University & TB_BaconLab with partners Drug Discovery Research Lab KCL & DSTL. Funded by National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC). Fab talk by Eleanor Porges on her Polymersomes!

Interactive discussions at special #WorldTBDay Event for #UN Country Missions organized by Unitaid, World Health Organization (WHO), Stop TB Partnership, The Global Fund - to spotlight importance of urgently increasing investments to ramp up the #TB response and for #TB research & innovation. #InvestToEndTB #SaveLives

TB Challenges workshop yesterday - sharing of technologies and forging of new collaborations to fight TB. Co-organised by Sumeet Mahajan and TB_BaconLab hosted at university of Southampton, funded by National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC).

"Effective & safe vaccines against all forms of TB are our best hope of ending the global TB epidemic." ~ Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus' words from the #6GFTB ring loud ahead of #WorldTBDay tomorrow. It’s time to #InvestToEndTB!

INVEST TO END TB. SAVE LIVES. Around the world, 4100 people die every day, from a preventable and curable disease - TB. This #WorldTBDay we call everyone to invest, love, care, resources & funding to #endTB. Watch our #InvestToEndTB video📺👇

We have an exciting new PhD project available with Sharon Kendall at RVC, on the regulation of efflux in Mycobacterium tuberculosis , starting in Oct 2022. Apply here: findaphd.com/phds/project/t…