Wiebke Schmidt

A circular logo featuring a human, livestock animal, tree and crops facing an aspergillus fumigatus conidiophore.

At the network launch event in April, we announce a competition for ECRs to design our logo. It is with great pleasure that we can now share the finished product, based on a winning design by @chownbioinf.bsky.social !

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My group at is hiring a PhD student to explore how fungal pathogens that live in the environment will adapt their genomes, acquire new phenotypes, and perhaps even increased infectivity as a result of climate change. Please share!

More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup

The Last of Us: Developing a Genomic Epidemiology Toolkit for Fungal Outbreaks at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The Last of Us: Developing a Genomic Epidemiology Toolkit for Fungal Outbreaks at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

Last week to apply for TWO PhDs with me and amazing supervisors at University of Birmingham

The Last Of Us - www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Understanding pathogen diversity in maternal and neonatal populations - www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I’m on holiday so can’t answer queries though

Happening next week! Thursday 10 July, 2PM BST

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And if you around at #SETACVienna, make sure to check out today's " #Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistance #AMR in the #Environment" session in Hall K1 🦠💊.
While unfortunately I wont be able to be there in person, I know my co-chairs have a great line up ready for you 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬 #SETACEurope

Kommentar: Warum sollten US-Forscher gerade nach Deutschland kommen? Yasmin Appelhans kommentiert die Probleme, die Wissenschaftler durch die neue US-Regierung bekommen - und die Frage, ob Deutschland ihnen Alternativen bieten kann.

Kommentar: Warum sollten US-Forscher gerade nach Deutschland kommen? www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

#EverydayNature apple blossoms 🍎🌸🍏🌸

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Beaker in The Scream by Edvard Munch.

the muppets in famous works of art: thread

Kommentar: Warum sollten US-Forscher gerade nach Deutschland kommen? Yasmin Appelhans kommentiert die Probleme, die Wissenschaftler durch die neue US-Regierung bekommen - und die Frage, ob Deutschland ihnen Alternativen bieten kann.

Kommentar: Warum sollten US-Forscher gerade nach Deutschland kommen? www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

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This is one of the best features I have seen on blue sky yet- a custom feed of papers from people you follow. I had to un-follow the various biorxiv channels, as it was dominant, but now I am seeing lots of cool papers from people I follow.

Great work on this feed, @paper-feed.bsky.social team!

Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting

I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

Sind nicht nur #Viren: Bis zum Jahr 2050 könnten jährlich bis zu 39 Millionen Menschen weltweit an Infektionen durch resistente Keime sterben. Bereits jetzt gibt es in Deutschland jährlich etwa 50.000 Todesfälle durch Infektionen mit multiresistenten Erregern. Ziel: #resilientegesundheitssysteme

⏳7 Days to Go! ⏳
🚀Our February webinar is just 1 week away!
🌍AMR, Genomics & Policy: Opportunities & Challenges
🎤With Dr Laura Blackburn, PHG Foundation
📅27 Feb 2025 |⏰ 12-1pm GMT
💻 MS Teams
We'll be explore how genomics is shaping AMR policy!
🔗 Register now: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/fe...

Zoonotic Host Richness in the Global Wildland–Urban Interface In the wildland–urban interface (WUI), where human settlements abut or intermix with wildlands, people may encounter animals that host zoonotic pathogens, which can spillover to cause human disease. ...

New paper led by Rohan Simkin exploring global patterns of zoonotic hosts in the wildland-urban interface. WUIs are a complex and expanding contact zone with many potential host species that are likely to be consequential for spillover transmission on a rapidly urbanizing planet. bit.ly/WUI-zdx

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Welcome Uli

Antibiotic Guardian Our actions protect #antibiotics. Go to www.antibioticguardian.com and find out how you can help #KeepAntibioticsWorking

🦠 Last chance to apply!

Is your research tackling #AMR? The @UKHSA is hosting the Antibiotic Guardian Shared Learning & Awards 2024/2025 to celebrate innovative projects in human, animal, and environmental health.

🔗 bit.ly/3Wg9Kcu

#DigitalHealth #OneHealth #AMR

Environmental microbiome, human fungal pathogens, and antimicrobial resistance Traditionally, antifungal resistance (AFR) has received much less attention compared with bacterial resistance to antibiotics. However, global changes, pandemics, and emerging new fungal infections have highlighted global health consequences of AFR. The recent report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified fungal priority pathogens, and recognised AFR among the greatest global health threats. This is particularly important given the significant increase in fungal infections linked to climate change and pandemics. Environmental factors play critical roles in AFR and fungal infections, as many clinically relevant fungal pathogens and AFR originate from the environment (mainly soil). In addition, the environment serves as a potential rich source for the discovery of new antifungal agents, including mycoviruses and bacterial probiotics, which hold promise for effective therapies. In this article, we summarise the environmental pathways of AFR development and spread among high priority fungal pathogens, and propose potential mechanisms of AFR development and spread. We identify a research priority list to address key knowledge gaps in our understanding of environmental AFR. Further, we propose an integrated roadmap for predictive risk management of AFR that is critical for effective surveillance and forecasting of public health outcomes under current and future climatic conditions.

Environmental microbiome, human fungal pathogens, and antimicrobial resistance: Trends in Microbiology www.cell.com/trends/micro...

Two photos of Anna, a young white woman using an electric wheelchair, wearing a blue lab coat that fits her well with tables and dry-lab equipment in the background. Text reads: "A team of researchers and designers led by UCL is looking for wheelchair users working in wet lab environments to user-test what is believed to be the first-ever prototype of a lab coat adapted for wheelchair users."

Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?

Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT

More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...

At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics!

Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics.

Please spread the word!

www.su.se/english/sear...

Good COP, bad COP? Die Weltklimakonferenz und die Wissenschaft Synapsen – ein Wissenschaftspodcast · Episode

Wer noch nicht genug von der Klimakonferenz hat: Hier noch eine Folge der Synapsen von mir dazu, wie Klimapolitik und Klimawissenschaft eigentlich zusammenpassen (oder auch nicht).
#COP29, #Wissenschaftsjournalismus

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I created a starter pack highlighting Women in the field of Disease Vector Biology and Ecology: go.bsky.app/E7wuQus Please share and let me know if you’d like to be added! 🦟🦠🪰

My 1st post! As a member of the @who.int taskforce of #AMR survivors I am pleased to bring the #AMR threat to life through patient stories & lived experiences, to raise awareness & drive action. Wishing you health through the festive period & many happy & healthy years to come, free of infection.

#EverydayNature

JOB OPPORTUNITY! I am hiring a postdoc for 18 months to investigate the links between temperature and antibiotic resistance. Ecoevo microbiology, plasmids, and some super fun stats, modelling, and bioinformatics. To starts in Feb 2025. Please share!
#exetercec

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In 2023, the 5 most reported zoonoses in humans across EU Member States were foodborne diseases

Zoonoses = infectious diseases that can spread between animals & humans due to bacteria, viruses, fungi&parasites

#IDSky #EpiSky 🛟

Plain language summary European Union One Health 2023 Zoonoses Report👇🏽