Fanny Wegner
@fwegner.bsky.social
Viruses, bacteria, fungi, infectious diseases, and evolution. Based in Zürich, Switzerland.
📣Call for abstracts — WBF 2026, Session NEX5: “Microbial communities as One Health drivers.”
Davos, 14–19 Jun 2026. Community-level mechanisms, AMR & practical interventions (experimental/computational/interventional).
Deadline: 18 Nov 2025 → tinyurl.com/4un5a8a4
#OneHealth #Microbiome #AMR
Davos, 14–19 Jun 2026. Community-level mechanisms, AMR & practical interventions (experimental/computational/interventional).
Deadline: 18 Nov 2025 → tinyurl.com/4un5a8a4
#OneHealth #Microbiome #AMR
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
📣Call for abstracts — WBF 2026, Session NEX5: “Microbial communities as One Health drivers.”
Davos, 14–19 Jun 2026. Community-level mechanisms, AMR & practical interventions (experimental/computational/interventional).
Deadline: 18 Nov 2025 → tinyurl.com/4un5a8a4
#OneHealth #Microbiome #AMR
Davos, 14–19 Jun 2026. Community-level mechanisms, AMR & practical interventions (experimental/computational/interventional).
Deadline: 18 Nov 2025 → tinyurl.com/4un5a8a4
#OneHealth #Microbiome #AMR
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🌎🌿About to miss the session proposal deadline? Good news🍀! We've extended it to 1 September 2025 (end of day, all time zones). No submissions after that, no further extensions, so submit now on shorturl.at/YeHuz! WBF2026 is next June in ☀️ Davos, Switzerland!🇨🇭 #BiodiversityForum #WBF2026
August 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🌎🌿About to miss the session proposal deadline? Good news🍀! We've extended it to 1 September 2025 (end of day, all time zones). No submissions after that, no further extensions, so submit now on shorturl.at/YeHuz! WBF2026 is next June in ☀️ Davos, Switzerland!🇨🇭 #BiodiversityForum #WBF2026
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Using a target enrichment approach across a panel of bacterial STIs doi.org/10.1099/mgen... , we have identified a new lineage of LGV Chlamydia trachomatis doi.org/10.1099/mgen... .
Evaluating methods for genome sequencing of Chlamydia trachomatis and other sexually transmitted bacteria directly from clinical swabs
Rates of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are rising, and accessing their genomes provides information on strain evolution, circulating strains and encoded antimicrobial resistance (AM...
doi.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Using a target enrichment approach across a panel of bacterial STIs doi.org/10.1099/mgen... , we have identified a new lineage of LGV Chlamydia trachomatis doi.org/10.1099/mgen... .
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With love in the air, there is no better time to talk about STIs ;-). I am incredibly proud to present back-to-back papers from my lab, published today in Microbial Genomics.
Evaluating methods for genome sequencing of Chlamydia trachomatis and other sexually transmitted bacteria directly from clinical swabs
Rates of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are rising, and accessing their genomes provides information on strain evolution, circulating strains and encoded antimicrobial resistance (AM...
doi.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
With love in the air, there is no better time to talk about STIs ;-). I am incredibly proud to present back-to-back papers from my lab, published today in Microbial Genomics.
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Letter sent in to the Editor of the Guardian on brain microbiome nonsense.
December 3, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Letter sent in to the Editor of the Guardian on brain microbiome nonsense.
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Article on potential health risks emanating from the arctic thebulletin.org/2024/11/a-ri...
A rising danger in the Arctic: Microbes unleashed by climate change
As climate change melts permafrost, microbes will emerge. The world isn’t paying enough attention to the potential threat they pose.
thebulletin.org
December 4, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Article on potential health risks emanating from the arctic thebulletin.org/2024/11/a-ri...
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Industrial activity in the Arctic is rapidly increasing and now we can map hotspots of development at pan-Arctic scale. Our latest paper is out.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 22, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Industrial activity in the Arctic is rapidly increasing and now we can map hotspots of development at pan-Arctic scale. Our latest paper is out.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Now published: "Phage predation, disease severity, and pathogen genetic diversity in cholera patients"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Check out the podcast to hear co-senior author Eric Nelson talk about the twists and turns of our study (around 18:25):
www.science.org/content/podc...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Check out the podcast to hear co-senior author Eric Nelson talk about the twists and turns of our study (around 18:25):
www.science.org/content/podc...
April 19, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Now published: "Phage predation, disease severity, and pathogen genetic diversity in cholera patients"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Check out the podcast to hear co-senior author Eric Nelson talk about the twists and turns of our study (around 18:25):
www.science.org/content/podc...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Check out the podcast to hear co-senior author Eric Nelson talk about the twists and turns of our study (around 18:25):
www.science.org/content/podc...
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How will history books recount COVID?
kucharski.substack.com/p/how-will-h...
kucharski.substack.com/p/how-will-h...
December 4, 2023 at 9:58 AM
How will history books recount COVID?
kucharski.substack.com/p/how-will-h...
kucharski.substack.com/p/how-will-h...
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The HZI will hire up to twenty (20!) tenure-track research groups under the broad topic of "Microbial Stargazing" (🦠🌌). The first round of 4 positions is now open; the call closes on the 10th of December. Please share! www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo...
November 6, 2023 at 12:52 PM
The HZI will hire up to twenty (20!) tenure-track research groups under the broad topic of "Microbial Stargazing" (🦠🌌). The first round of 4 positions is now open; the call closes on the 10th of December. Please share! www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo...