Kate Baker

Late breaker poster abstract submission is still open y'all - can't wait to see everyone in Paris in ... 62 days!!!!!! www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...

🚀 Happening this week!
🧬 Dive into the TyphiNET AMR surveillance dashboard with Dr Zoe Dyson, LSHTM
🦠 Discover how genomics data is powering public health insights
➕ Featuring an ECR talk from Dr Parul Sharma, Emory University
📅 Thurs 5 Feb @ 12pm GMT
🔗 Register: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/th...

📢 Call for Abstracts!
📊 We're now accepting abstract submissions for Lightning Presentations at the TARGetAMR Conference 2026! 🧠
📅 Deadline: Friday 20th March, 5pm GMT
🔗 Submit yours here: www.targetamr.org.uk/now-open-cal...
#TARGetAMR26

Anyone else stuck in some sort of time warp today??? ⏳🕰️⏰⏱️⌚ I have so far received an APC invoice for a paper published in 2021 and a Research fish reporting request for a grant that ended in 2020

Dr. Alice Gauthey, a Newton International Fellow, standing in a forest, smiling at the camera and holding a leaf. A quote about establishing early-career research independence appears next to her, attributed to her and mentioning The Royal Society: "I wanted to establish greater independence as an early-career researcher. The Newton International Fellowship provided both the time and the resources to develop a strong research portfolio."

The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships are now open for applications, aimed at non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more and apply by 11 March: #RSGrants https://royalsociety.org/grants/newton-international/

@pducambridge.bsky.social is looking for a new lab administrator (0.5 FTE) - come and join in pushing forward our research and impact in infectious disease! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Dear #AMR #genomics and big data community: please be informed that the programme of the Wellcome AMR conference in Hinxton on March 23-26th is now online: coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/antimi... - please register before Feb 24th for onsite participation

Headshots of Yontan Grad (left) and Jeff Imai-Eaton (right) with a dark green background and graphics.

We are excited to announce that as of January 1st @yhgrad.bsky.social is the new Director of @ccdd-hsph.bsky.social, joining him is @jeff-imai-eaton.bsky.social, as Associate Director. Join us in congratulating Yonatan and Jeff in their new roles!

➡️ Learn about CCDD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URu...

Home - EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention

Just two more days to submit your abstracts to the @shigellameeting.bsky.social - can't wait to see everyone there! www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home

🫁 AIR 2026 registration closing 19th Jan

Focused on respiratory infection, microbiomes and immunity, with amazing speakers.
Incl genomics, single-cell, spatial and systems approaches.

📍 Wellcome Genome Campus
📅 11–14 Feb

coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...

Happy New Year Shigellophiles! There's only 105 days to go ... don't forget to get your abstract in!

Yes, but I had to do a bit of work today ... definitely, definitely going offline now though 😆 Have a good one Jesse!

It’s that magical time of year 🥳 when we delete all work apps from our phones 🙌 Happy holidays everyone, and catch you in 2026! Oh, and don’t forget to register for the @shigellameeting.bsky.social

📣 UKHSA survey on gonorrhoea testing practices in England

UKHSA is inviting sexual health services & diagnostic labs to take part in a national survey on current gonorrhoea testing practices across England.

⏱️ 15 minutes
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Jan 2026
🔗 Take part here: surveys.ukhsa.gov.uk/s/sg01bo

The final piece of my PhD work is now published in Science Translational Medicine! We present a new framework to jointly infer epidemiological and antigenic parameters from multi-pathogen population serological studies🦠

www.science.org/stoken/autho...

We are recruiting for a number of PhDs in the HPRU in Public Health Genomics, based at @unibirmingham.bsky.social, in collaboration with UKHSA. 🦠🧬

Apply below to work on cutting-edge science and public health priorities! (NB deadline of 9th January / UK only due to funding restrictions)
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Come and visit me in Paris! #Shigella2026 - travel bursaries deadline tomorrow. Submit your abstracts at www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home

Travel bursary deadline closing tomorrow - get your abstracts in December 16!

Work on respiratory immunology or microbes? Interested in big data, omics or the latest in vitro models?... Treat your lab to a christmas present of AIR 2026 registration!

Feb 11th-13th, registration closing soon:
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...

Attending ESCMID global and want to go to #Shigella2026 afterward? There are several direct flights a day from Munich to Paris www.skyscanner.net or why not reduce your carbon footprint and take in the European countryside by train www.raileurope.com/en? Most options <£100 See you there!

Get the dates in your calendars guys: June 27 - July 2 2027 for the GRC in Microbial Population Biology 🧬 🧫 🌴

Screenshot from GRC portal confirming microbial population biology meeting June 27, 2027 in Andover, New Hampshire.

It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027!
See you there!!

@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social

#microsky #mevosky

Cambridge researcher awarded ERC funding to explore virus-bacteria interactions to combat antibiotic resistance Dr Bakshi will map how bacterial physiology, including cellular resources, energy and stress, controls the infection dynamics of phage – a virus that infects and kills bacteria. To achieve this, he wi...

Dr Somenath Bakshi is 1 of 8 @cam.ac.uk researchers who will receive a share of the @erc.europa.eu's €728m Consolidator Grant awards this year

www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...

He will map how bacterial physiology controls the infection dynamics of phage – a #virus that infects & kills #bacteria 🦠

📢 Thrilled to see that our work on chikungunya virus (CHIKV) epidemiology in Brazil is out in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social 🧵

Call for abstracts - EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention

One week remains to submit #early #abstracts and apply for #travel grants for the #Shigella meeting!
#MicroSky #IDSky 🦠🧫🔬
@ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social @christinafaher1.bsky.social
www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...

Treat yourself this Christmas to a registration for the #Shigella2026 meeting in Paris!

Shigella was the leading cause of diarrheal disease during World War One; and more than 100 years later, it continues to cause approximately 200 million cases and 216,000 deaths per year around the globe. Shigella is a leading cause of moderate to severe diarrhea in children less than five years of age in low- and middle-income nations, and significant disease occurs throughout Europe and North America due to sexual transmission, food borne and water borne outbreaks, and high incidence in homeless populations. The lack of a licensed vaccine, coupled with alarming increases in antimicrobial resistance, has led the World Health Organization to declare Shigella a priority pathogen for which research into new therapeutics are urgently needed.

🦠 EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention

📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris

Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home

@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social

MetaPointFinder:
A new approach for detecting mutation-driven antimicrobial resistance directly from metagenomic reads.
Fills a major gap in current resistome profiling by capturing chromosomal AMR mutations that metagenome tools miss.

github.com/aldertzomer/...

Mid-career Group Leader position in AI in genomics at Institut Pasteur, Paris - Research Institut Pasteur and the CNRS are launching a call for a mid-career group leader position in AI in genomics. We are looking for an experienced researcher (typically with > 8 years of research experien...

Opening of a Group Leader position in AI in genomics at Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr , Paris research.pasteur.fr/en/call/mid-...

🚨 Registration is now OPEN!
🎉Join us for the TARGetAMR Annual Conference 2026 on Thursday 14 & Friday 15 May at The Studio, Birmingham
🦠Connect, collaborate & tackle antimicrobial resistance
✨Secure your spot today!
👉 Register now: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ta...
#TARGetAMR26