Evangelos Mourkas
@evanmou.bsky.social
Microbial genomics | Public Health | Antimicrobial Resistance
Researcher in infectious diseases @ Uppsala Hospital @ Uppsala University
https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N14-2202
Researcher in infectious diseases @ Uppsala Hospital @ Uppsala University
https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N14-2202
Reposted by Evangelos Mourkas
Come and read our latest study from the @milnerevolution.bsky.social explores genome evolution 🧬 and lifespan 🐋 across mammals! now out in Scientific Reports with @springernature.com Read 📖 here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Huge thanks to @uniofbath.bsky.social and UNAM for the support!
Huge thanks to @uniofbath.bsky.social and UNAM for the support!
https://nature.com/articles/s4159…
April 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Come and read our latest study from the @milnerevolution.bsky.social explores genome evolution 🧬 and lifespan 🐋 across mammals! now out in Scientific Reports with @springernature.com Read 📖 here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Huge thanks to @uniofbath.bsky.social and UNAM for the support!
Huge thanks to @uniofbath.bsky.social and UNAM for the support!
New paper alert 🚨 Genomic insights into extended-spectrum β-lactamase- and plasmid-borne AmpC-producing Escherichia coli transmission between humans and livestock in rural Cambodia. Incredible effort from Ebraheem Elmarghani and others for their contributions! 👏💩🧫🦠🧬
doi.org/10.1099/jmm....
doi.org/10.1099/jmm....
Genomic insights into extended-spectrum β-lactamase- and plasmid-borne AmpC-producing Escherichia coli transmission between humans and livestock in rural Cambodia
Introduction. The global spread of extended-spectrum cephalosporinase-producing Escherichia coli (producing extended-spectrum β-lactamase or plasmid-borne AmpC, hereafter ESC-Ec) is a major public hea...
doi.org
March 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
New paper alert 🚨 Genomic insights into extended-spectrum β-lactamase- and plasmid-borne AmpC-producing Escherichia coli transmission between humans and livestock in rural Cambodia. Incredible effort from Ebraheem Elmarghani and others for their contributions! 👏💩🧫🦠🧬
doi.org/10.1099/jmm....
doi.org/10.1099/jmm....
Reposted by Evangelos Mourkas
It is always such a pleasure to learn by interviewing the amazing people working to understand this world we live in.
In this conversation we talk everything from birds 🐥, dinosaurs 🦕, travels 🌎 and of course #AMR! 🦠
Tune in: bit.ly/AMRep58
In this conversation we talk everything from birds 🐥, dinosaurs 🦕, travels 🌎 and of course #AMR! 🦠
Tune in: bit.ly/AMRep58
Thrilled to join @uac-uu.bsky.social on The AMR Studio!🎙️Great discussion on AMR, wild birds, One Health, and of course—Campylobacter! 🦆💊🦠
A must-listen for anyone passionate about science, global health, and antibiotic resistance. Huge thanks to @evagaresp.bsky.social for an insightful discussion!🔗👇
A must-listen for anyone passionate about science, global health, and antibiotic resistance. Huge thanks to @evagaresp.bsky.social for an insightful discussion!🔗👇
The 2025 season of #theAMRstudio is here! 🎧
In this episode, we chat with Dr. @evanmou.bsky.social, a vet-turned-computational biologist passionate about nature & birds! We also cover new research on probiotics & plasmid interactions.
Listen: bit.ly/AMRep58
#AMR #AntibioticResistance #SciComm
In this episode, we chat with Dr. @evanmou.bsky.social, a vet-turned-computational biologist passionate about nature & birds! We also cover new research on probiotics & plasmid interactions.
Listen: bit.ly/AMRep58
#AMR #AntibioticResistance #SciComm
February 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It is always such a pleasure to learn by interviewing the amazing people working to understand this world we live in.
In this conversation we talk everything from birds 🐥, dinosaurs 🦕, travels 🌎 and of course #AMR! 🦠
Tune in: bit.ly/AMRep58
In this conversation we talk everything from birds 🐥, dinosaurs 🦕, travels 🌎 and of course #AMR! 🦠
Tune in: bit.ly/AMRep58
Thrilled to join @uac-uu.bsky.social on The AMR Studio!🎙️Great discussion on AMR, wild birds, One Health, and of course—Campylobacter! 🦆💊🦠
A must-listen for anyone passionate about science, global health, and antibiotic resistance. Huge thanks to @evagaresp.bsky.social for an insightful discussion!🔗👇
A must-listen for anyone passionate about science, global health, and antibiotic resistance. Huge thanks to @evagaresp.bsky.social for an insightful discussion!🔗👇
The 2025 season of #theAMRstudio is here! 🎧
In this episode, we chat with Dr. @evanmou.bsky.social, a vet-turned-computational biologist passionate about nature & birds! We also cover new research on probiotics & plasmid interactions.
Listen: bit.ly/AMRep58
#AMR #AntibioticResistance #SciComm
In this episode, we chat with Dr. @evanmou.bsky.social, a vet-turned-computational biologist passionate about nature & birds! We also cover new research on probiotics & plasmid interactions.
Listen: bit.ly/AMRep58
#AMR #AntibioticResistance #SciComm
February 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thrilled to join @uac-uu.bsky.social on The AMR Studio!🎙️Great discussion on AMR, wild birds, One Health, and of course—Campylobacter! 🦆💊🦠
A must-listen for anyone passionate about science, global health, and antibiotic resistance. Huge thanks to @evagaresp.bsky.social for an insightful discussion!🔗👇
A must-listen for anyone passionate about science, global health, and antibiotic resistance. Huge thanks to @evagaresp.bsky.social for an insightful discussion!🔗👇
Reposted by Evangelos Mourkas
Do you make core genome alignments for phylogenomics? Mona Taouk and I explored how including sites with some missing data (a soft core) can improve analysis, especially for large datasets.
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Exploring SNP filtering strategies: the influence of strict vs soft core
Phylogenetic analyses are crucial for understanding microbial evolution and infectious disease transmission. Bacterial phylogenies are often inferred from SNP alignments, with SNPs as the fundamental ...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
January 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Do you make core genome alignments for phylogenomics? Mona Taouk and I explored how including sites with some missing data (a soft core) can improve analysis, especially for large datasets.
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
(1/4)
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Reposted by Evangelos Mourkas
Great to present our microbiome research today at the IMBact Seminar series in Uppsala 🇸🇪 @uuuniversity.bsky.social
Engaging questions and interest from ECRs and other researchers and very nice to see old friends too. Thanks @lionelguy.bsky.social & @evanmou.bsky.social for the invite!
Engaging questions and interest from ECRs and other researchers and very nice to see old friends too. Thanks @lionelguy.bsky.social & @evanmou.bsky.social for the invite!
January 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Great to present our microbiome research today at the IMBact Seminar series in Uppsala 🇸🇪 @uuuniversity.bsky.social
Engaging questions and interest from ECRs and other researchers and very nice to see old friends too. Thanks @lionelguy.bsky.social & @evanmou.bsky.social for the invite!
Engaging questions and interest from ECRs and other researchers and very nice to see old friends too. Thanks @lionelguy.bsky.social & @evanmou.bsky.social for the invite!
Reposted by Evangelos Mourkas
@evanmou.bsky.social previously identified cmeB as a gene often shared between #Campylobacter species. Link: elifesciences.org/articles/73552
Host ecology regulates interspecies recombination in bacteria of the genus Campylobacter
Horizontal gene transfer can potentially merge genomes from distinct bacterial species, but isolation in different hosts creates a physical barrier to gene flow.
elifesciences.org
December 30, 2024 at 5:16 PM
@evanmou.bsky.social previously identified cmeB as a gene often shared between #Campylobacter species. Link: elifesciences.org/articles/73552
Reposted by Evangelos Mourkas
AMR in #Campylobacter threatens the efficacy of oral antibiotics for treating gastrointestinal diseases in regions like Peru. Our study links resistance mutations to poultry reservoirs, underscoring the urgent need for targeted interventions. #AMR Link: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
Sharing of cmeRABC alleles between C. coli and C. jejuni associated with extensive drug resistance in Campylobacter isolates from infants and poultry in the Peruvian Amazon | mBio
Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter is a growing public health concern, driven by the rapid evolution and zoonotic transmission
of resistant strains. This study focuses on mutations in the cmeAB...
journals.asm.org
December 30, 2024 at 5:16 PM
AMR in #Campylobacter threatens the efficacy of oral antibiotics for treating gastrointestinal diseases in regions like Peru. Our study links resistance mutations to poultry reservoirs, underscoring the urgent need for targeted interventions. #AMR Link: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Evangelos Mourkas
We find more examples of these high resistance in global datasets - particularly in LMICs, and predominantly in lineages associated with chicken production (credit to @pubmlst.org)
December 30, 2024 at 5:16 PM
We find more examples of these high resistance in global datasets - particularly in LMICs, and predominantly in lineages associated with chicken production (credit to @pubmlst.org)
Reposted by Evangelos Mourkas
🚨 A twixmas surprise, our final paper of 2024:
Sharing of cmeRABC alleles between C. coli and C. jejuni associated with extensive drug resistance in #Campylobacter 🧵
Link: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
#Microbiology #MicroSky #AMR
Sharing of cmeRABC alleles between C. coli and C. jejuni associated with extensive drug resistance in #Campylobacter 🧵
Link: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
#Microbiology #MicroSky #AMR
Sharing of cmeRABC alleles between C. coli and C. jejuni associated with extensive drug resistance in Campylobacter isolates from infants and poultry in the Peruvian Amazon | mBio
Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter is a growing public health concern, driven by the rapid evolution and zoonotic transmission
of resistant strains. This study focuses on mutations in the cmeAB...
journals.asm.org
December 30, 2024 at 5:16 PM
🚨 A twixmas surprise, our final paper of 2024:
Sharing of cmeRABC alleles between C. coli and C. jejuni associated with extensive drug resistance in #Campylobacter 🧵
Link: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
#Microbiology #MicroSky #AMR
Sharing of cmeRABC alleles between C. coli and C. jejuni associated with extensive drug resistance in #Campylobacter 🧵
Link: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
#Microbiology #MicroSky #AMR
Reposted by Evangelos Mourkas
New paper:
We show that population exposure to colibactin producing E. coli lineages ST95 and ST73 largely explains global variation in colorectal cancer incidence. Same STs are also major causes of UTIs and may be similarly involved in urinary tract cancers.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We show that population exposure to colibactin producing E. coli lineages ST95 and ST73 largely explains global variation in colorectal cancer incidence. Same STs are also major causes of UTIs and may be similarly involved in urinary tract cancers.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Geographical variation in the incidence of colorectal cancer and urinary tract cancer is associated with population exposure to colibactin-producing Escherichia coli
Biomedical research has implicated the bacterial metabolite colibactin as a causal risk factor for several cancer types, in particular, colorectal can…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:04 AM
New paper:
We show that population exposure to colibactin producing E. coli lineages ST95 and ST73 largely explains global variation in colorectal cancer incidence. Same STs are also major causes of UTIs and may be similarly involved in urinary tract cancers.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We show that population exposure to colibactin producing E. coli lineages ST95 and ST73 largely explains global variation in colorectal cancer incidence. Same STs are also major causes of UTIs and may be similarly involved in urinary tract cancers.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excited to make my first post here! What an incredible experience to visit Japan for the first time during such beautiful autumn weather!
I had the privilege of giving a talk at the “Japangenome” SMBE satellite workshop in Tokyo! Grateful for the opportunity and inspired by all the amazing science!
I had the privilege of giving a talk at the “Japangenome” SMBE satellite workshop in Tokyo! Grateful for the opportunity and inspired by all the amazing science!
December 6, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Excited to make my first post here! What an incredible experience to visit Japan for the first time during such beautiful autumn weather!
I had the privilege of giving a talk at the “Japangenome” SMBE satellite workshop in Tokyo! Grateful for the opportunity and inspired by all the amazing science!
I had the privilege of giving a talk at the “Japangenome” SMBE satellite workshop in Tokyo! Grateful for the opportunity and inspired by all the amazing science!