Sandra Reuter

Applications are open now!

You'll also benefit from the supervisory expertise of the brilliant Dipali Singh and @telatin.bsky.social

#mmbdtp #norwich #uea

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I am looking to get my hands on some Lactobacillus spp. from the urogenital tract for work on UTIs and AMR. Does anyone have any that they would be willing to share?

I had a contact, but the MTA has been a nightmare to sort from their end, so struggling.

#ichBinHanna Initiative - aber ob sich am System etwas ändern wird? Sicher ist, dass zu viele Wissenschaftler:innen aus den falschen Gründen die Uni verlassen: zu unsicher, zu ausgebrannt…

Courtesy of @martibartfast.bsky.social , we have a new release of AllTheBacteria which adds another 322,920 assemblies, covering all ENA (illumina, isolate) prokaryotes to May 2025.
allthebacteria.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ov...

Looking forward to sharing our recent work on population metabolism of #klebsiella pneumoniae this week.
Join me to learn about metabolic diversity within species, featuring work by @bananabenana.bsky.social @helena-bethany.bsky.social and a sneak peak at our latest from @kalanip.bsky.social

📢 Announcement of ESGEM travel grants recipients to attend #ESCMIDGlobal2026!

✨ Vinvent Ntui-Njock Ntui from Gambia
✨ Rania Sihem Boussa from Algeria
✨ Mariana Araújo from Portugal

Congratulations! We hope you make the most of this opportunity: learn, connect and enjoy! 🌍

@escmid.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGEM: Metabolic modelling of Klebsiella pneumoniae and strain diversity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar... 25.02.206, 10am CET¨ Speaker: Kelly Wyres Chairs: Angela Novais and Edward Feil

We will have the pleasure to have Dr. Kelly Wyres in our next webinar talking about:

👉 Metabolic modelling of Klebsiella pneumoniae and strain diversity

When: 25.02.206 at 10h00 CET

Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@kelwyres.bsky.social
@escmid.bsky.social

A metagenomics approach to discover novel plastic degrading microbial pathways at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - A metagenomics approach to discover novel plastic degrading microbial pathways at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

Bit different from our usual work
A PhD applying metagenomics to identify microbial plastic degradation and metabolism, fully funded studentship (UK students only).

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Deadline tomorrow!
Do not miss this opportunity to apply for one of the ESCMID Global travel grants ESGEM has to offer ✍️´

Good luck!

Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages für Frauen und Mädchen in der Wissenschaft hat @cvilhena.bsky.social Dr. Grace Androga interviewt.
Grace gibt spannende Einblicke in ihren beruflichen Werdegang und ihrem Kampf gegen Antibiotika-Resistenz.
👇👇👇
infectnet.org/archive/4191

📢 ESGEM Members attending #ESCMIDGlobal2026!

Join us for our annual Business Meeting to discuss our activities, network, and shape the future of our study group.

🗓️ Date: Saturday, 18.04.2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 - 12:00 📍 Room: ICM 2

See you there! 👋

#ESGEM #ClinicalMicrobiology #Epidemiology #ESCMID

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham Discover Research Fellow jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

Only 2 more days to apply for this post as Research Fellow in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics at the University of Birmingham.

Come and join us to exciting, cutting-edge genomics and metagenomics work to deliver public health benefits

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE112/r...

Fantastic opportunity for early career researchers in infectious diseases!

With thanks from the Federal German Ministry for Research Technology and Space for generously funding my research group to make this happen. Now that we have got the decontamination working, more exciting analyses to come!

This way we can still keep most of our sequencing data, but are accurate in predicting species (and possibly STs and transmission events).
Hopefully it will be useful for other metagenomic/microbiome researchers #microsky #metagenomesky #microbiomesky

Two women hold up two A4 pages. One page reads "Danger contamination" and shows bacteria swarming around a pristine test tube, trying to get in. The other page reads "Stop - Check - Go!"

Born out of necessity, I suggested that we can maybe make use of all the negative controls we sequenced and do selective decontamination. Stellar PhD student Stefany Ayala Montano then came up with a plan: Stop-Check-Go!

Mitigation and detection of putative microbial contaminant reads from long-read metagenomic datasets Metagenomic sequencing of clinical samples has significantly enhanced our understanding of microbial communities. However, microbial contamination and host-derived DNA remain a major obstacle to accur...

New paper out in MGen @microbiologysociety.org from Team TAPIR - Tracking Acquisition of Pathogens In Real-time: How do we deal with contamination in metagenomic samples?

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

#microsky #microbiomesky #metagenomesky

#WeAreHiring!
New year, new career opportunities at #ECDC!

We are looking for:
➡️ Scientific Officer Food-, Water-borne & Zoonotic Diseases
➡️ Principal Expert Vector-borne & Zoonotic Diseases/ Group Leader Scientific Advice & Outbreak Response
➡️ Training Support Specialist
➡️ Data Scientist

Also many thanks to funding from the BMBF/BMFTR!

Was very interesting to see it's not the usual culprits - CL258/512, CL11, CL307 - but their own specific variants, ST39 and ST2621.

It took us some years, also thanks to pandemic delays, but we proudly present sequencing data for Klebsiella pneumoniae from Cape Town, investigating the spread of carbapenemase producing lineages through the hospital.

Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates at a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, are dominated by specific local clones rather than previously described international lineages Author summary Carbapenem resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP) have emerged as a cause of hospital and community acquired infections, posing a significant threat to public health, and have hence been listed...

First paper of this year is out now! 📢
Very happy to present work with my collaborators Andrew Whitelaw and Mae Newton-Foot and especially great work from PhD student Kedisaletse Moloto at Stellenbosch University: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

📅 Are you looking forward to an infectious 2026? We've put together an overview of the conference year with the event highlights on virology, microbiology, immunology and more.
👉 infectnet.org/en/archive/4...
You can't find your favourite event? Feel free to let us know!
#eventcalendar #infectiology

📢 Travel Grants

ESGEM offers 3 travel grants (750 EUR each) to support onsite attendance at ESCMID Global 2026.

✅ For ESCMID & ESGEM members
✅ Presenting authors
👉 Check conditions to apply here: tinyurl.com/3desa7ex

🗓 Applications: 15 Jan – 12 Feb 2026 through the link: tinyurl.com/3yjac58y

Great opportunity!

Jobs View the current job vacancies at the Microbiology Society.

📢 We’re looking for Editors to support and contribute to MGen's strategic direction while representing the Microbiology Society in this public-facing role. Apply by Monday 19 January 2026: microb.io/Vacancies
#MGen

✅ Save the Date!
Franziska Faber and Stefanie Kampmeier will invite us to Würzburg for the Infect-Net annual meeting 2026. We'll tackle RNA and infection from base to bedside. 🧬🏥

📅 22-23 Sep 2026
📍 Würzburg
More Infos 👉 infectnet.org/archive/4145

#Infections #WomenInScience #Networking #RNA

Wissenschaftspreise-jetzt bewerben!

✅ Save the Dates!
In 2026, we are planning 2 online meetings and one general meeting. Build and grow your own networks with Infect-Net:

13 Feb, 1 pm: 1st online meeting
19 June, 1 pm: 2nd online meeting
22-23 Sep 2026: Annual meeting in Würzburg

Want to learn more? 👉 infectnet.org/en/archive/4...

Research Fellow - Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes - 106849 - Grade 7 To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities as part of an Investigator project funded by Wellcome, focusing on understanding microbial and diet...

Happy New Year – new role! 🎉

We’re looking for a PostDoc to join us in @halllab.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social.

Full-time, fixed-term to March 2028. Note tight closing date: 11 Jan 2026. CV + cover letter (submit via portal).

Further details 👇

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