@anafreitasprt.bsky.social
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During World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, @Ana R. Freitas, UCIBIO researcher at the @BacT_Drugs, spoke on national radio about the rising challenge of antimicrobial resistance and the importance of informed public action.
🔗 Link (in Portuguese): www.rtp.pt/play/p15569/...
🔗 Link (in Portuguese): www.rtp.pt/play/p15569/...
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
During World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, @Ana R. Freitas, UCIBIO researcher at the @BacT_Drugs, spoke on national radio about the rising challenge of antimicrobial resistance and the importance of informed public action.
🔗 Link (in Portuguese): www.rtp.pt/play/p15569/...
🔗 Link (in Portuguese): www.rtp.pt/play/p15569/...
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So happy to share this! Bacteriocins were first discovered over 100 years ago, but what do they actually do? We look at >1000 bacteriocin plasmids and find links to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and frequent bacteriocin sharing in Enterobacteriaceae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacterial warfare is associated with virulence and antimicrobial resistance - Nature Communications
Bacteria employ a range of competition systems that deliver toxins to inhibit competing strains. This study shows that these systems are particularly important for the ecology of virulent and antibiot...
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
So happy to share this! Bacteriocins were first discovered over 100 years ago, but what do they actually do? We look at >1000 bacteriocin plasmids and find links to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and frequent bacteriocin sharing in Enterobacteriaceae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Scientists need more time to think and so do I. So do you.
Emails and messaging are the OG brainrot, and scrolling makes it so much worse.
I've spent a lot of coaching time with clients on creating more distance from their phone, literally and figuratively. Much benefit.
Emails and messaging are the OG brainrot, and scrolling makes it so much worse.
I've spent a lot of coaching time with clients on creating more distance from their phone, literally and figuratively. Much benefit.
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Scientists need more time to think and so do I. So do you.
Emails and messaging are the OG brainrot, and scrolling makes it so much worse.
I've spent a lot of coaching time with clients on creating more distance from their phone, literally and figuratively. Much benefit.
Emails and messaging are the OG brainrot, and scrolling makes it so much worse.
I've spent a lot of coaching time with clients on creating more distance from their phone, literally and figuratively. Much benefit.
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The recordings of the 6-hour webinar on Bacterial Strain Taxonomy for Genomic Surveillance are now available through the @ecdc.europa.eu ECDC Learning portal: learning.ecdc.europa.eu/course/view.... - cgMLST, SNPs, K-mer based strain nomenclatures applications and more!
Course: GenEpi-BioTrain - Virtual training 21 - Bacterial Strain Taxonomy for Genomic Surveillance
learning.ecdc.europa.eu
October 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The recordings of the 6-hour webinar on Bacterial Strain Taxonomy for Genomic Surveillance are now available through the @ecdc.europa.eu ECDC Learning portal: learning.ecdc.europa.eu/course/view.... - cgMLST, SNPs, K-mer based strain nomenclatures applications and more!
Great first day at the #IMMEM XIV occurring in Porto, Portugal!
So happy to host and welcome you in our city!
@escmid.bsky.social
@esgem-sg.bsky.social
So happy to host and welcome you in our city!
@escmid.bsky.social
@esgem-sg.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Great first day at the #IMMEM XIV occurring in Porto, Portugal!
So happy to host and welcome you in our city!
@escmid.bsky.social
@esgem-sg.bsky.social
So happy to host and welcome you in our city!
@escmid.bsky.social
@esgem-sg.bsky.social
Congratulations Ana! 🎉
As you main supervisor, I am very proud of your journey ending in a European PhD title with a successful thesis on #enterococci.
Huge Thanks to the jury opponents @GuidoWerner and @MariaMiragaia!
@bactdrugs.bsky.social @ucibio.bsky.social
As you main supervisor, I am very proud of your journey ending in a European PhD title with a successful thesis on #enterococci.
Huge Thanks to the jury opponents @GuidoWerner and @MariaMiragaia!
@bactdrugs.bsky.social @ucibio.bsky.social
Yesterday I defended my PhD—4 intense, transformative years. I'm deeply grateful to my supervisors for their guidance, and to my family and friends for their unwavering support.
June 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Congratulations Ana! 🎉
As you main supervisor, I am very proud of your journey ending in a European PhD title with a successful thesis on #enterococci.
Huge Thanks to the jury opponents @GuidoWerner and @MariaMiragaia!
@bactdrugs.bsky.social @ucibio.bsky.social
As you main supervisor, I am very proud of your journey ending in a European PhD title with a successful thesis on #enterococci.
Huge Thanks to the jury opponents @GuidoWerner and @MariaMiragaia!
@bactdrugs.bsky.social @ucibio.bsky.social
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Still time to register and join us on Monday for the next @esgem-sg.bsky.social webinar together with EFWISG.
We invite you all to our next webinar on "Carbapenemases in Enterobacterales in the food chain in the EU/EFTA"
Speaker: Beatriz Guerra
When: 16th June 12h00 CET
Ling for registration (Open but mandatory): us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
See you there!
Speaker: Beatriz Guerra
When: 16th June 12h00 CET
Ling for registration (Open but mandatory): us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
See you there!
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Carbapenemases in Enterobacterales in the food chain in the EU/EFTA. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Organised by: ESGEM & EFWISG
us06web.zoom.us
June 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Still time to register and join us on Monday for the next @esgem-sg.bsky.social webinar together with EFWISG.
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Excited to share the first beta release of AMRrules at #ABPHM! (Poster 42 tonight)
interpretamr.github.io/AMRrules
interpretamr.github.io/AMRrules
May 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Excited to share the first beta release of AMRrules at #ABPHM! (Poster 42 tonight)
interpretamr.github.io/AMRrules
interpretamr.github.io/AMRrules
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#IMMEM XIV late-breaker abstract submission closes this Friday!
Don't miss your opportunity to be a part of the scientific programme on microbial typing & #genomics.
Learn more and submit your late-breaker by Friday, 23 May 2025: ow.ly/gBxl50VSlwr
#IDSky #clinmicro
Don't miss your opportunity to be a part of the scientific programme on microbial typing & #genomics.
Learn more and submit your late-breaker by Friday, 23 May 2025: ow.ly/gBxl50VSlwr
#IDSky #clinmicro
May 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#IMMEM XIV late-breaker abstract submission closes this Friday!
Don't miss your opportunity to be a part of the scientific programme on microbial typing & #genomics.
Learn more and submit your late-breaker by Friday, 23 May 2025: ow.ly/gBxl50VSlwr
#IDSky #clinmicro
Don't miss your opportunity to be a part of the scientific programme on microbial typing & #genomics.
Learn more and submit your late-breaker by Friday, 23 May 2025: ow.ly/gBxl50VSlwr
#IDSky #clinmicro
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A huge, new resource for plasmid research - PlasmidScope is a database of 852,000 #plasmid sequences with a rich set of annotations, automated online analysis and interactive visualisation academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
PlasmidScope: a comprehensive plasmid database with rich annotations and online analytical tools
Abstract. Plasmids are extrachromosomal genetic molecules that replicate independent of chromosomes in bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotic organisms. They co
academic.oup.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A huge, new resource for plasmid research - PlasmidScope is a database of 852,000 #plasmid sequences with a rich set of annotations, automated online analysis and interactive visualisation academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Please visit: www.icarecourse.org
@ICARe_AMR has a great atmosphere and location @LesPensieres , with a unique faculty and a special session on #AMR #genomics with François Lebreton @flebreton.bsky.social and myself – great opportunities for networking and scientific discussions
@ICARe_AMR has a great atmosphere and location @LesPensieres , with a unique faculty and a special session on #AMR #genomics with François Lebreton @flebreton.bsky.social and myself – great opportunities for networking and scientific discussions
April 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Please visit: www.icarecourse.org
@ICARe_AMR has a great atmosphere and location @LesPensieres , with a unique faculty and a special session on #AMR #genomics with François Lebreton @flebreton.bsky.social and myself – great opportunities for networking and scientific discussions
@ICARe_AMR has a great atmosphere and location @LesPensieres , with a unique faculty and a special session on #AMR #genomics with François Lebreton @flebreton.bsky.social and myself – great opportunities for networking and scientific discussions
Still speechless about this distinction!!
As a new ESCMID Fellow, the responsability is even higher.
Thank you to all that somehow contributed to it and to @escmid.bsky.social ExCom!
I can only promise to continue dedicated to the society and the ESCMID community 🫶🏼
@ucibio.bsky.social
As a new ESCMID Fellow, the responsability is even higher.
Thank you to all that somehow contributed to it and to @escmid.bsky.social ExCom!
I can only promise to continue dedicated to the society and the ESCMID community 🫶🏼
@ucibio.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Still speechless about this distinction!!
As a new ESCMID Fellow, the responsability is even higher.
Thank you to all that somehow contributed to it and to @escmid.bsky.social ExCom!
I can only promise to continue dedicated to the society and the ESCMID community 🫶🏼
@ucibio.bsky.social
As a new ESCMID Fellow, the responsability is even higher.
Thank you to all that somehow contributed to it and to @escmid.bsky.social ExCom!
I can only promise to continue dedicated to the society and the ESCMID community 🫶🏼
@ucibio.bsky.social
Last but not least:
Today we presented the APPLE project assessing linezolid resistant enterococci carriage in hospitalized patients from different countries - a project funded by a @escmid.bsky.social study group grant and led by Jennifer Bender & Guido Werner.
Today we presented the APPLE project assessing linezolid resistant enterococci carriage in hospitalized patients from different countries - a project funded by a @escmid.bsky.social study group grant and led by Jennifer Bender & Guido Werner.
April 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Last but not least:
Today we presented the APPLE project assessing linezolid resistant enterococci carriage in hospitalized patients from different countries - a project funded by a @escmid.bsky.social study group grant and led by Jennifer Bender & Guido Werner.
Today we presented the APPLE project assessing linezolid resistant enterococci carriage in hospitalized patients from different countries - a project funded by a @escmid.bsky.social study group grant and led by Jennifer Bender & Guido Werner.
Incredible start of the day at the #ESCMID Global 2025 with @aresarroyom.bsky.social talking about plasmids transfer 🙌🏼 we still have a lot to learn about these fascinating elements!
@escmid.bsky.social
@escmid.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Incredible start of the day at the #ESCMID Global 2025 with @aresarroyom.bsky.social talking about plasmids transfer 🙌🏼 we still have a lot to learn about these fascinating elements!
@escmid.bsky.social
@escmid.bsky.social
We are already here at the great ESCMID Global 2025! Looking forward to meet good friends and to learn a lot ☺️@natachacouto.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
We are already here at the great ESCMID Global 2025! Looking forward to meet good friends and to learn a lot ☺️@natachacouto.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social
Let’s meet in Vienna!
🚨 Heading to ESCMID 2025?
Come see our top-rated @BacTdrugs_lab poster on vancomycin-variable enterococci (VVE)!
🔹 VVE outside hospitals
🔹 Unique vanA transposon
🔹 Linear plasmids with global replicase
Let’s connect & collaborate! #ESCMID2025
Come see our top-rated @BacTdrugs_lab poster on vancomycin-variable enterococci (VVE)!
🔹 VVE outside hospitals
🔹 Unique vanA transposon
🔹 Linear plasmids with global replicase
Let’s connect & collaborate! #ESCMID2025
April 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Let’s meet in Vienna!
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Two journals tried paying peer reviewers and found increased acceptance, earlier reports, and no change in quality.
WHAT A SURPRISE!
WHAT A SURPRISE!
March 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Two journals tried paying peer reviewers and found increased acceptance, earlier reports, and no change in quality.
WHAT A SURPRISE!
WHAT A SURPRISE!
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The latest discovery from the lab and great colleagues at McMaster and U Illinois, Chicago. Lariocidin, a new lasso peptide antibiotic that inhibits the ribosome. rdcu.be/efdha
A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome
Nature - A new lasso peptide antibiotic exhibits broad-spectrum activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis, is unaffected by common...
rdcu.be
March 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The latest discovery from the lab and great colleagues at McMaster and U Illinois, Chicago. Lariocidin, a new lasso peptide antibiotic that inhibits the ribosome. rdcu.be/efdha
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👏 Kicking off the week with our latest publication by #AnaPereira et al.:
"Insights towards the impact of subinhibitory chlorhexidine on antimicrobial susceptibility and horizontal gene transfer in Enterococcus faecium" published in the Science of The Total Environment.
@ucibio.bsky.social
"Insights towards the impact of subinhibitory chlorhexidine on antimicrobial susceptibility and horizontal gene transfer in Enterococcus faecium" published in the Science of The Total Environment.
@ucibio.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
👏 Kicking off the week with our latest publication by #AnaPereira et al.:
"Insights towards the impact of subinhibitory chlorhexidine on antimicrobial susceptibility and horizontal gene transfer in Enterococcus faecium" published in the Science of The Total Environment.
@ucibio.bsky.social
"Insights towards the impact of subinhibitory chlorhexidine on antimicrobial susceptibility and horizontal gene transfer in Enterococcus faecium" published in the Science of The Total Environment.
@ucibio.bsky.social