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Adam Valcek
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Senior Researcher Antimicrobial Resistance | Wageningen Bioveterinary Research | antimicrobial resistance, epidemiology, infectious diseases, molecular microbiology, bioinformatics | beer whisperer, coffee enthusiast
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We are pleased to share our third newsletter (www.escmid.org/fileadmin/es...), with upcoming scientific meetings and webinars with experts in the field.

Enjoy the read, and stay tuned for the next one.

#ESCMID #ESGMAP #plasmids #newsletter #AMR #webinars
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November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🧬 New ESGMAP webinar series: “Plasmid comparison and typing in the long read era”

Join our upcoming webinar series exploring long-read sequencing and modern bioinformatics in plasmid research and surveillance.

📅 24 Nov • 3 Dec • 15 Dec 2025
🔗 Register: escmid.org/esgmap

#ESCMID #ESGMAP
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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💥 Passionate about plasmids and AMR transmission?

Join the ESGEM & ESGMAP webinar with Dr. Sandra Reuter on plasmid and clonal spread in Klebsiella pneumoniae!

🧬 Nov 11, 12:00 CEST
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#AMR #Plasmids #Genomics
October 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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🚨 Job alert 🚨

I’m recruiting two postdoctoral research associates to join my lab at KCL to study how #Klebsiella pneumoniae regulates virulence factor expression during infection! #klebclub

Mol Micro: tinyurl.com/mtrwtx5e

Infection: tinyurl.com/2s3u8ca2

Deadline: 21st September.
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Molecular Microbiology
www.kcl.ac.uk
August 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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New paper in collaboration with the @asantoslopez.bsky.social lab!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 13, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Job title: Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
August 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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🚨Plasmid ALERT – new @eurosurveillance.org rapid comms!

@ecdc.europa.eu-led study finds mosaic IncHI1B(pNDM-MAR) plasmid with blaOXA-48 + aerobactin in 492 K. pneumoniae isolates across 8 EU countries (2019–2024).

First ESGMAP-backed paper: tinyurl.com/4acezh92
#AMR #plasmids #OneHealth #ESGMAP
Cross-border spread of a mosaic resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae: a European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network investigation, Europe, F...
An investigation of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network (EURGen-Net) detected the same mosaic IncHI1B(pNDM-MAR) resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in 4...
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July 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Curious about plasmid biology? Our latest paper is out now in Nature Communications! 🚨

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

We analyzed thousands of diverse bacterial plasmids to shed light for the first time on a key aspect of plasmid biology: plasmid copy number. 1/7 👇
Universal rules govern plasmid copy number - Nature Communications
Plasmids exhibit a broad range of sizes and copies per cell, and these two parameters appear to be negatively correlated. Here, Ramiro-Martínez et al. analyse the copy number of thousands of diverse b...
doi.org
July 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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‼️I'm looking for a postdoc‼️ Come join effort in using metagenomes to quantify microbial catabolic potential and carbon substrate availability at the ecosystem level. We seek to understand evolutionary forces shaping the carbon cycle. Part of ccomp-stc.org

careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...
Postdoctoral Associate
MIT - Postdoctoral Associate - Cambridge MA 02139
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June 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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ESGMAP is now on LinkedIn and Bluesky!

We published our first newsletter (lnkd.in/dUe43t8y). It introduces us, our mission, activities, and ways to get involved. Fill out our members' survey, and associate your publications with the group.

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June 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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WARNING: We have a postdoc position to work on the follow-up of this work. If you're interested, the deadline is tomorrow !!! (but I'll wait a few more days for interested candidates). research.pasteur.fr/fr/job/postd...
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Check out our preprint on the loss of T6SS and the ompA in A. baumannii ST19!
The absence of the ompA and type VI secretion system in the successful lineage of Acinetobacter baumannii ST19 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.29.651177v1
May 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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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
Looking forward to #ESCMIDGlobal on board a ship to Vienna!
April 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM