Sébastien Matamoros
@smatamoros.bsky.social
Medical Molecular Microbiologist at the Amsterdam-UMC. Interested in bacterial genomics, antimicrobial resistance and bioinformatics.
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Limitations of genomic surveillance: a C. difficile case study in the Netherlands www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... - new manuscript by Joffrey van Prehn et al.
Limitations of genomic surveillance: a C. difficile case study in the Netherlands
www.sciencedirect.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Limitations of genomic surveillance: a C. difficile case study in the Netherlands www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... - new manuscript by Joffrey van Prehn et al.
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I cannot agree more! The cost of making all vaccines free will be completely offset by lives saved and all the morbidity & hospical costs averted
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
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Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
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Why All Vaccines Should Be Free | The Tyee
COVID-19 normalized vaccination for adults, and we should go further to protect people from shingles and RSV.
thetyee.ca
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I cannot agree more! The cost of making all vaccines free will be completely offset by lives saved and all the morbidity & hospical costs averted
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
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Come and work with Nicole Stoesser and I in Oxford with the fantastic team @modmedmicro.bsky.social - great opportunity for a postdoc in microbial genomics to do some creative research with great datasets as part of our HPRU.
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Job Details
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September 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Come and work with Nicole Stoesser and I in Oxford with the fantastic team @modmedmicro.bsky.social - great opportunity for a postdoc in microbial genomics to do some creative research with great datasets as part of our HPRU.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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🧬🔬 Explore phylogenetic analysis from genome to tree! Basic workflow with #rstats #bioconductor. Learnt to work with large genomic data. Extract 16S rRNA from 10K+ E.coli strains using dataset dehydrate, barrnap for extraction, rapidNJ for tree building & FigTree for visualization.
#microsky #idsky
#microsky #idsky
Learning The Basics of Phylogenetic Analysis | Everyday Is A School Day
🧬🔬 Explore phylogenetic analysis from genome to tree! Basic workflow with R/Bioconductor. Learnt to work with large genomic dataset. Extract 16S rRNA from 10K+ E.coli strains using dataset dehydrate, ...
www.kenkoonwong.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🧬🔬 Explore phylogenetic analysis from genome to tree! Basic workflow with #rstats #bioconductor. Learnt to work with large genomic data. Extract 16S rRNA from 10K+ E.coli strains using dataset dehydrate, barrnap for extraction, rapidNJ for tree building & FigTree for visualization.
#microsky #idsky
#microsky #idsky
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We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.
See thread for more information and reach out!
See thread for more information and reach out!
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.
See thread for more information and reach out!
See thread for more information and reach out!
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'The University of Birmingham is one of the UK research institutions to each receive £4.35 million of funding from the Global Talent Fund – a Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) resource supporting the movement of global academic talent'
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
University of Birmingham chosen among elite UK research funding recipients - University of Birmingham
Birmingham is one of 12 UK research institutions to share £54 million of funding from the Global Talent Fund.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
July 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
'The University of Birmingham is one of the UK research institutions to each receive £4.35 million of funding from the Global Talent Fund – a Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) resource supporting the movement of global academic talent'
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...
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📣 I’m recruiting a #Postdoc to help us further our understanding on the infection strategies of our human fungal pathogen. If you’re enthusiastic about research, our interdisciplinary group @leibniz-hki.de will be a good fit for you! Please share!
jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...
jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...
Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/w/div) in “Microbial Infection Strategies” at Leibniz HKI Jobportal
Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena
jobs.hki-jena.de
July 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
📣 I’m recruiting a #Postdoc to help us further our understanding on the infection strategies of our human fungal pathogen. If you’re enthusiastic about research, our interdisciplinary group @leibniz-hki.de will be a good fit for you! Please share!
jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...
jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...
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Staff scientist position (computational):
I am looking for a computational scientist to join my genomics lab at Stanford. They should have an outstanding skillset in ML/statistical methods for genomic applications, postdoc experience and a strong publication record.
#sciencejobs
I am looking for a computational scientist to join my genomics lab at Stanford. They should have an outstanding skillset in ML/statistical methods for genomic applications, postdoc experience and a strong publication record.
#sciencejobs
July 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Staff scientist position (computational):
I am looking for a computational scientist to join my genomics lab at Stanford. They should have an outstanding skillset in ML/statistical methods for genomic applications, postdoc experience and a strong publication record.
#sciencejobs
I am looking for a computational scientist to join my genomics lab at Stanford. They should have an outstanding skillset in ML/statistical methods for genomic applications, postdoc experience and a strong publication record.
#sciencejobs
Our latest paper is online. In it we describe 2 simultaneous hospital VRE outbreaks. We devised a method for typing the vanB transposon mobile genetic element, which identified 2 related but different ST17 clones.
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VanB transposon analysis detects horizontal gene transfer in vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium: description of two outbreaks.
Outbreaks with vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) are common in hospitals worldwide. Whole genome MLST (wgMLST) is often used to identify…
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May 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our latest paper is online. In it we describe 2 simultaneous hospital VRE outbreaks. We devised a method for typing the vanB transposon mobile genetic element, which identified 2 related but different ST17 clones.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Our new paper on the global epi of IMP carbapenemases. We originally called this paper: ‘Planet of the IMPs’ as IMPs are now everywhere. We found IMP variant-specific distributions across species, plasmids, mobile elements and geography
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#amr #amrsky #IDsky
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#amr #amrsky #IDsky
May 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Our new paper on the global epi of IMP carbapenemases. We originally called this paper: ‘Planet of the IMPs’ as IMPs are now everywhere. We found IMP variant-specific distributions across species, plasmids, mobile elements and geography
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#amr #amrsky #IDsky
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
#amr #amrsky #IDsky
A method-heavy paper in which we describe how to safely test patients suspected of both Malaria and haemorrhagic fever. We show that rapid Malaria detection techniques (LAMP) are compatible with virucidal buffers, allowing fast and safe diagnostic.
malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Enhancing safety of rapid and accurate malaria diagnosis in patients at risk for viral haemorrhagic fever - Malaria Journal
Background Malaria and viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) have overlapping symptomatology, creating clinical and diagnostic challenges within, and in travellers returning from, co-endemic areas. Rapid and...
malariajournal.biomedcentral.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A method-heavy paper in which we describe how to safely test patients suspected of both Malaria and haemorrhagic fever. We show that rapid Malaria detection techniques (LAMP) are compatible with virucidal buffers, allowing fast and safe diagnostic.
malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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New postdoc position in our lab (2 y+): evolutionary genomics of integrons and MGEs with focus on vibrio-phage interactions. Great environment @pasteur.fr for science, career building. Super collaborators @celineloot.bsky.social @amazeld.bsky.social @fredoleroux.bsky.social 3 weeks to apply!
April 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New postdoc position in our lab (2 y+): evolutionary genomics of integrons and MGEs with focus on vibrio-phage interactions. Great environment @pasteur.fr for science, career building. Super collaborators @celineloot.bsky.social @amazeld.bsky.social @fredoleroux.bsky.social 3 weeks to apply!
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We are recruiting 🤩🤩🤩!!! If you are looking to establish ylur lab in a multidisciplinary institute with state-of-the-art facilities, horizontal structure and diverse faculty, apply!!!
April 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We are recruiting 🤩🤩🤩!!! If you are looking to establish ylur lab in a multidisciplinary institute with state-of-the-art facilities, horizontal structure and diverse faculty, apply!!!
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Come join us at beautiful UBC! The King Lab is recruiting a Post-doc Fellow to develop mathematical theory on infectious disease evolution and emergence, together with Ben Ashby (SFU) #zoonoses #biodiversity www.zoology.ubc.ca/kinglab/join...
Join Us! | King Lab
Are you interested in joining the King Lab? More information here!
www.zoology.ubc.ca
March 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Come join us at beautiful UBC! The King Lab is recruiting a Post-doc Fellow to develop mathematical theory on infectious disease evolution and emergence, together with Ben Ashby (SFU) #zoonoses #biodiversity www.zoology.ubc.ca/kinglab/join...
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1/ Last call for the EMBL-UNESCO Residency Programme! ⏳
If you’re a female African scientist working in infection biology, this is your opportunity to develop scientific skills while fostering collaboration across borders.
🙌 Apply until 31 March 2025.
www.embl.org/about/info/s...
If you’re a female African scientist working in infection biology, this is your opportunity to develop scientific skills while fostering collaboration across borders.
🙌 Apply until 31 March 2025.
www.embl.org/about/info/s...
March 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
1/ Last call for the EMBL-UNESCO Residency Programme! ⏳
If you’re a female African scientist working in infection biology, this is your opportunity to develop scientific skills while fostering collaboration across borders.
🙌 Apply until 31 March 2025.
www.embl.org/about/info/s...
If you’re a female African scientist working in infection biology, this is your opportunity to develop scientific skills while fostering collaboration across borders.
🙌 Apply until 31 March 2025.
www.embl.org/about/info/s...
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Job alert ‼️
2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
- ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
- ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
Senior Lecturer/Reader/Chair in Ecology:Manchester
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Job alert ‼️
2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
- ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
- ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
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Are you a microbiologist looking to move to Alaska? There is an opening for a microbiologist in a clinical lab in Bethel. Only requires a BS. Please share with your networks, they really need to hire someone ASAP.
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#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
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#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
Hiring BS Microbiologist, Laboratory - Bethel
View job details and apply now
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March 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Are you a microbiologist looking to move to Alaska? There is an opening for a microbiologist in a clinical lab in Bethel. Only requires a BS. Please share with your networks, they really need to hire someone ASAP.
phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh01/ats/ca...
#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
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#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬
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Both of these will be very good! Please join them if you are working on (or are interested in) AMR genomics.
See www.targetamr.org.uk for more info and follow @target-amr.bsky.social on here.
See www.targetamr.org.uk for more info and follow @target-amr.bsky.social on here.
March 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Both of these will be very good! Please join them if you are working on (or are interested in) AMR genomics.
See www.targetamr.org.uk for more info and follow @target-amr.bsky.social on here.
See www.targetamr.org.uk for more info and follow @target-amr.bsky.social on here.
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Anyone interested in joining us @quadraminstitute.bsky.social as part of @norwichmicro.bsky.social we’re recruiting for group leaders!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF274/g...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF274/g...
Group Leader (Microbes and Food Safety) at Quadram Institute Bioscience
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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March 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Anyone interested in joining us @quadraminstitute.bsky.social as part of @norwichmicro.bsky.social we’re recruiting for group leaders!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF274/g...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF274/g...
Check out our new paper describing a rapid shift in the type of Group A Streptococcus causing infections in England and the Netherlands. This was an exciting experience for us to produce high quality long read sequences (Nanopore) in such a short time.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
<em>Streptococcus pyogenes emm</em> Type 3.93 Emergence, the Netherlands and England
Molecular surveillance identified emm3.93 as cause of increased invasive group A Streptococcus infections in 2023–2024.
wwwnc.cdc.gov
March 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Check out our new paper describing a rapid shift in the type of Group A Streptococcus causing infections in England and the Netherlands. This was an exciting experience for us to produce high quality long read sequences (Nanopore) in such a short time.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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📌Vacancy at the University of Amsterdam!
Join us at the Green Life Sciences with three open positions by my colleagues. 🌱🌻
1/3
PhD position on "Microbial Host Preference in Plant Stress Resilience" in the group of Dr. Kathrin Wippel: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Join us at the Green Life Sciences with three open positions by my colleagues. 🌱🌻
1/3
PhD position on "Microbial Host Preference in Plant Stress Resilience" in the group of Dr. Kathrin Wippel: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD Candidate Microbial Host Preference in Plant Stress Resilience
Are you an early-career researcher with a passion for plant science? Would you like to apply your enthusiasm to a highly relevant project in the field of plant-microbiome interactions? Then we have th...
werkenbij.uva.nl
February 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📌Vacancy at the University of Amsterdam!
Join us at the Green Life Sciences with three open positions by my colleagues. 🌱🌻
1/3
PhD position on "Microbial Host Preference in Plant Stress Resilience" in the group of Dr. Kathrin Wippel: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Join us at the Green Life Sciences with three open positions by my colleagues. 🌱🌻
1/3
PhD position on "Microbial Host Preference in Plant Stress Resilience" in the group of Dr. Kathrin Wippel: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Please spread - exciting opportunity to develop epidemiological and health economic modelling skills as part of exciting project and international team!
𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆!
The RADIO-TB trial is offering a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded PhD in Epidemiology. Based in Zimbabwe & London, this 42-month program focuses on TB management, cost-effectiveness & impact modelling. Apply by 25 March 2025
More info: thruzim.org/opportunities
The RADIO-TB trial is offering a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded PhD in Epidemiology. Based in Zimbabwe & London, this 42-month program focuses on TB management, cost-effectiveness & impact modelling. Apply by 25 March 2025
More info: thruzim.org/opportunities
OPPORTUNITIES
thruzim.org
February 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Please spread - exciting opportunity to develop epidemiological and health economic modelling skills as part of exciting project and international team!
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📣 New collaborative work on invasive Strep A epidemiology. A synchronous rise in cases caused by a previously rare emm type 3.93. Genomic analysis identifies a genomic rearrangement in isolates associated to the surge. Added value of long-read seq! Thanks to all! wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
February 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
📣 New collaborative work on invasive Strep A epidemiology. A synchronous rise in cases caused by a previously rare emm type 3.93. Genomic analysis identifies a genomic rearrangement in isolates associated to the surge. Added value of long-read seq! Thanks to all! wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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🚨Postdoc position(s) alert🚨 If you like to develop new bioinformatic tools for *human* microbiome analysis, are interested by virus/phages, we (JGI Viral Genomics and Microbiome Data groups) may have a great position for you ! No official job posting yet, but email or DM if you are interested !
January 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🚨Postdoc position(s) alert🚨 If you like to develop new bioinformatic tools for *human* microbiome analysis, are interested by virus/phages, we (JGI Viral Genomics and Microbiome Data groups) may have a great position for you ! No official job posting yet, but email or DM if you are interested !
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🧪 let's see the impact of 🔵 sky for finding expertise! My dept is in ASAP need of somebody with bioinformatics expertise to provide content for several course developments. Work is remote and contract, courses will be online asynch. Courses are for bio and data science majors. Pls spread the word! 🙏
January 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🧪 let's see the impact of 🔵 sky for finding expertise! My dept is in ASAP need of somebody with bioinformatics expertise to provide content for several course developments. Work is remote and contract, courses will be online asynch. Courses are for bio and data science majors. Pls spread the word! 🙏