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The sun has set on Global Handwashing day. How many times did you wash your hands? How many times should you have washed your hands? Ask #EarlyCareerScientists from our @nihr.bsky.social supported #GHRU-GSA at University of Ibadan and #KIRCT in Kano who collaborated on this:
October 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The sun has set on Global Handwashing day. How many times did you wash your hands? How many times should you have washed your hands? Ask #EarlyCareerScientists from our @nihr.bsky.social supported #GHRU-GSA at University of Ibadan and #KIRCT in Kano who collaborated on this:
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📣 Evidence-supported action speaks louder than words, especially when approaching #AMR.
👂🏽:Listen to our latest #UnpackingAMR episode on the creation of the Independent Panel on Evidence for Action (IPEA), featuring insights from @iruka-okeke.bsky.social & @mcdonnell.bsky.social
▶️ bit.ly/42uUb3U
👂🏽:Listen to our latest #UnpackingAMR episode on the creation of the Independent Panel on Evidence for Action (IPEA), featuring insights from @iruka-okeke.bsky.social & @mcdonnell.bsky.social
▶️ bit.ly/42uUb3U
Unpacking the Independent Panel on Evidence for Action Against AMR - Global Strategy Lab
Unpacking AMR · Unpacking the Independent Panel on Evidence for Action Against AMR "We need the evidence to be able to keep score, to know where we're starting from, see how things are going, and know...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
📣 Evidence-supported action speaks louder than words, especially when approaching #AMR.
👂🏽:Listen to our latest #UnpackingAMR episode on the creation of the Independent Panel on Evidence for Action (IPEA), featuring insights from @iruka-okeke.bsky.social & @mcdonnell.bsky.social
▶️ bit.ly/42uUb3U
👂🏽:Listen to our latest #UnpackingAMR episode on the creation of the Independent Panel on Evidence for Action (IPEA), featuring insights from @iruka-okeke.bsky.social & @mcdonnell.bsky.social
▶️ bit.ly/42uUb3U
There are common priority pathogens that we all work to culture, sequence & characterize; with user-friendly tools & big databases. Y'know, E. coli, Klebsiellae, MRSA &c. But what about lesser-known (also) priority pathogens? Thread pointing to our newest
@MicrobioSoc
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@MicrobioSoc
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October 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
There are common priority pathogens that we all work to culture, sequence & characterize; with user-friendly tools & big databases. Y'know, E. coli, Klebsiellae, MRSA &c. But what about lesser-known (also) priority pathogens? Thread pointing to our newest
@MicrobioSoc
paper
@MicrobioSoc
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🔬 How can scientists get involved in global AMR decision-making?
📣 Join the conversation in a webinar co-hosted by @escmid.bsky.social and the Global Strategy Lab to discuss the Independent Panel for Evidence on Action against #AMR on August 28 at 9AM EDT
Register: amrpolicy.org/events/shapi...
📣 Join the conversation in a webinar co-hosted by @escmid.bsky.social and the Global Strategy Lab to discuss the Independent Panel for Evidence on Action against #AMR on August 28 at 9AM EDT
Register: amrpolicy.org/events/shapi...
August 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🔬 How can scientists get involved in global AMR decision-making?
📣 Join the conversation in a webinar co-hosted by @escmid.bsky.social and the Global Strategy Lab to discuss the Independent Panel for Evidence on Action against #AMR on August 28 at 9AM EDT
Register: amrpolicy.org/events/shapi...
📣 Join the conversation in a webinar co-hosted by @escmid.bsky.social and the Global Strategy Lab to discuss the Independent Panel for Evidence on Action against #AMR on August 28 at 9AM EDT
Register: amrpolicy.org/events/shapi...
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The world has been in a cholera pandemic since 1961.
New technology could help end it.
”Recent scientific progress means we have the tools to eradicate cholera,” writes Professor Iruka Okeke. “But we need to act urgently.”
Learn more in ‘Behind the Research’ ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/techno...
New technology could help end it.
”Recent scientific progress means we have the tools to eradicate cholera,” writes Professor Iruka Okeke. “But we need to act urgently.”
Learn more in ‘Behind the Research’ ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/techno...
Technology to map cholera hotspots could help end a 60-year pandemic
This month's guest expert is Professor Iruka Okeke, Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the University of Ibadan. The world has been in a cholera pandemic since 1961.
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June 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The world has been in a cholera pandemic since 1961.
New technology could help end it.
”Recent scientific progress means we have the tools to eradicate cholera,” writes Professor Iruka Okeke. “But we need to act urgently.”
Learn more in ‘Behind the Research’ ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/techno...
New technology could help end it.
”Recent scientific progress means we have the tools to eradicate cholera,” writes Professor Iruka Okeke. “But we need to act urgently.”
Learn more in ‘Behind the Research’ ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/techno...
My grad student experience investigating a cholera outbreak is 1 reason why our research focuses on life-threatening infections. More recently, Alisha Wainwright & I discussed cholera in Africa today. Listen to us @Wellcome ‘When Science Finds a Way’. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct3P...
Combating cholera: can technology really turn the tide? | Wellcome
YouTube video by Wellcome
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May 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My grad student experience investigating a cholera outbreak is 1 reason why our research focuses on life-threatening infections. More recently, Alisha Wainwright & I discussed cholera in Africa today. Listen to us @Wellcome ‘When Science Finds a Way’. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct3P...
I'm looking forward to season 2 of 'When Science Finds a Way'. If you are a podcast listener, consider signing up and listening regularly. wellcome.org//news-and-re...
When Science Finds a Way | Podcast | Wellcome
Join botanist-turned-Hollywood actor Alisha Wainwright as she meets the trailblazing scientists and researchers changing the world, alongside the people who have inspired and contributed to their work...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I'm looking forward to season 2 of 'When Science Finds a Way'. If you are a podcast listener, consider signing up and listening regularly. wellcome.org//news-and-re...
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After coffee, Prof Iruka Okeke @iruka-okeke.bsky.social from the College of Medicine at University of Ibadan in Nigeria talking about small-molecule inhibition of bacterial enteric pathogen adherence at our @dmmjournal.bsky.social session on AMR at @biologists.bsky.social #biologists100 #AMR
March 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
After coffee, Prof Iruka Okeke @iruka-okeke.bsky.social from the College of Medicine at University of Ibadan in Nigeria talking about small-molecule inhibition of bacterial enteric pathogen adherence at our @dmmjournal.bsky.social session on AMR at @biologists.bsky.social #biologists100 #AMR
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who doesn't enjoy some beautiful FtsZ rings on a sunday evening? these from 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴, from all angles, by the @jwveening.bsky.social, posted earlier on 𝕏, on may 6, 2021
Movie S2 from journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Movie S2 from journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#MicroSky
March 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
who doesn't enjoy some beautiful FtsZ rings on a sunday evening? these from 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴, from all angles, by the @jwveening.bsky.social, posted earlier on 𝕏, on may 6, 2021
Movie S2 from journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#MicroSky
Movie S2 from journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
#MicroSky
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New in: DNA analysis reveals Enterobacter hormaechei as a commonly misidentified bloodstream pathogen in Nigerian hospitals, highlighting diagnostic challenges in resource-limited settings.
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Reviewers: L Roberts (The University of Queensland) | 📗📗📗📗◻️ • V Feodorova (Saratov State University) | 📒📒📒◻️◻️
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March 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
New in: DNA analysis reveals Enterobacter hormaechei as a commonly misidentified bloodstream pathogen in Nigerian hospitals, highlighting diagnostic challenges in resource-limited settings.
rrid.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/azolkhby...
rrid.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/azolkhby...
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ASM stands firm in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, as such efforts are critical to advancing the microbial sciences for everyone. Read our statement: asm.org/Press-Releas...
ASM’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The American Society for Microbiology stands firm in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, as such efforts are critical to advancing the microbial sciences for everyone.
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February 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
ASM stands firm in its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, as such efforts are critical to advancing the microbial sciences for everyone. Read our statement: asm.org/Press-Releas...
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If your lab runs the #BioFire GI Pathogen Panel do you report all the diarrheagenic Escherichia coli targets? If you report Enteroaggregative E. coli #EAEC,
Enteropathogenic E. coli #EPEC, or Enteroinvasive E. coli #EIEC do you include a comment or disclaimer to guide treatment vs not treating?
Enteropathogenic E. coli #EPEC, or Enteroinvasive E. coli #EIEC do you include a comment or disclaimer to guide treatment vs not treating?
December 28, 2024 at 11:57 PM
@koutterson.bsky.social, Javier Guzman and I are thinking about how to create an impactful and inclusive independent #AMR Panel www.cgdev.org/blog/chartin...
Charting the Path to Tackle AMR: How to Create an Inclusive and Impactful Independent Panel
In 2021 alone, AMR killed an estimated 1.14 million people annually—and if countries stick to a business-as-usual approach, it could claim 39 million lives between 2025 and 2050. Beyond the human toll...
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January 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@koutterson.bsky.social, Javier Guzman and I are thinking about how to create an impactful and inclusive independent #AMR Panel www.cgdev.org/blog/chartin...
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📣Our latest paper is out now in mSystems: Not quite as it may seem - investigating #plasmid diversity and evolution in #Klebsiella pneumoniae at a single institution over time. A short thread 🧵 @zaminiqbal.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
📣Our latest paper is out now in mSystems: Not quite as it may seem - investigating #plasmid diversity and evolution in #Klebsiella pneumoniae at a single institution over time. A short thread 🧵 @zaminiqbal.bsky.social
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I'm putting together a Microbial Bioinformatics starter pack to help get everyone connected in our community. Let me know if there are any bluesky users to be added and share so that twitter refugees can tune back in to the fantastic world microbes go.bsky.app/3ezLo7e
January 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I'm putting together a Microbial Bioinformatics starter pack to help get everyone connected in our community. Let me know if there are any bluesky users to be added and share so that twitter refugees can tune back in to the fantastic world microbes go.bsky.app/3ezLo7e
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15/16 Jan: first big 2015 #AMR event!
10 years after #WHO 's 2015 Global Action Plan on #AMR, we are organising a major stocktake of (un)intended consequences of #antimicrobial governance at the British Academy in London.
#antibiotics #socsci
Join virtually:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unintended...
10 years after #WHO 's 2015 Global Action Plan on #AMR, we are organising a major stocktake of (un)intended consequences of #antimicrobial governance at the British Academy in London.
#antibiotics #socsci
Join virtually:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unintended...
December 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
15/16 Jan: first big 2015 #AMR event!
10 years after #WHO 's 2015 Global Action Plan on #AMR, we are organising a major stocktake of (un)intended consequences of #antimicrobial governance at the British Academy in London.
#antibiotics #socsci
Join virtually:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unintended...
10 years after #WHO 's 2015 Global Action Plan on #AMR, we are organising a major stocktake of (un)intended consequences of #antimicrobial governance at the British Academy in London.
#antibiotics #socsci
Join virtually:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unintended...
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@microbiologysociety.org Microbial Genomics is looking for new Senior Editors and Editors, particularly those with expertise across the breadth of eukaryotic microbiology, viral genomics, and ecological microbiology. Candidates can send their CVs and cover letters by Friday 17 January 2025!
January 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
@microbiologysociety.org Microbial Genomics is looking for new Senior Editors and Editors, particularly those with expertise across the breadth of eukaryotic microbiology, viral genomics, and ecological microbiology. Candidates can send their CVs and cover letters by Friday 17 January 2025!
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You want to learn about microbiology from a fantastic lineup of speakers on a beautiful Greek island? PhD students apply now for the @EMBO | @FEBSnews Lecture Course The New Microbiology!
Registration: 1 Apr 2025
Course: 03 – 11 Sep 2025 | Spetses, Greece
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Registration: 1 Apr 2025
Course: 03 – 11 Sep 2025 | Spetses, Greece
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December 16, 2024 at 8:43 AM
You want to learn about microbiology from a fantastic lineup of speakers on a beautiful Greek island? PhD students apply now for the @EMBO | @FEBSnews Lecture Course The New Microbiology!
Registration: 1 Apr 2025
Course: 03 – 11 Sep 2025 | Spetses, Greece
meetings.embo.org/event/25-new...
Registration: 1 Apr 2025
Course: 03 – 11 Sep 2025 | Spetses, Greece
meetings.embo.org/event/25-new...