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Behind the Scenes of machine learning and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
April 28, 2023
Jesse Shaperio and Dao Neugen take us behind the scenes of their latest publication 'Single nucleotide variants in populations from sputum correlate with baseline lung function and predict disease progression in individuals with cystic fibrosis' published in Microbial Genomics.
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“I am not being individual on me own” – How do social networks drive transmission of infectious disease?
April 21, 2023
Andrew Conlan takes us behind the scenes of his latest publication "Colonization and transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in schools: a citizen science project" published in Microbial Genomics.
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Shigella: ask a microbiologist
April 12, 2023
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have warned the public that declared cases of drug-resistant Shigella are on the rise. In light of this, we asked Dr Maaike van den Beld, a molecular bacteriologist at the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, some questions about Shigella infection and his recent publication in Microbial Genomics which reports on surveillance of Shigella in the Netherlands.
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In pursuit of alien genes in bacteria
March 1, 2023
Rajeev Azad takes us behind the research and his recently published paper latest paper "Leveraging comparative genomics to uncover alien genes in bacterial genomes" in Microbial Genomics.
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How should public health authorities use pathogen genomics in practice?
February 6, 2023
Dr Declan Bradley takes us behind the scenes of his latest research 'How public health authorities can use pathogen genomics in health protection practice: a consensus-building Delphi study conducted in the United Kingdom' published in Microbial Genomics.
From the first detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans, genomics was central to defining and understanding the threat posed by this emerging infectious disease. Pathogen genomics services grew to operate at a scale that was orders of magnitude greater than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Health protection services in public health authorities are responsible for surveillance and prevention of communicable diseases. -
Behind the research: MeRRCI (Metagenome, metaResistome, metaReplicome for Causal Inferencing)
December 20, 2022
PhD candidate Vitalii Stebliankin goes behind the scenes of his latest research, 'A novel approach for combining the metagenome, metaresistome, metareplicome and causal inference to determine the microbes and their antibiotic resistance gene repertoire that contribute to dysbiosis' in Microbial Genomics, which introduces a novel approach to determine the microbes and their antibiotic resistance gene repertoire that contribute to dysbiosis.
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Microbe Talk: Investigating the spread of Antimicrobial Resistance genes
September 27, 2022
In this episode of Microbe Talk Charlie talks to Dr Fiona Walsh about her team's research into how widespread plasmids carrying antimicrobial resistance genes are around the world, and what we can do about it.
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Most Promising Science Poster Prize 2022: Microbial Genomics
August 1, 2022
Throughout Annual Conference 2022, delegates showcased excellent posters and exciting research. The Microbiology Society Journals ‘Most Promising Science’ prize was awarded by Microbial Genomics Editors. In this blog, we meet the winner to find out more about them and their research.
