Rob Usher

Region on watch as India declares Nipah virus outbreak contained

Region on watch as India declares Nipah virus outbreak contained https://aje.news/ff8ni2

Join us at the Hilton, Newcastle for the BIA 27th Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting with the Spring Trainee Day 2025.

Register to attend from 20-21 May 👉 fitwise.eventsair.co...

#Infection #InfectionTrainees #BIASpring2025

JOURNALISM 101 RULE: If someone says it’s raining, and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out of the fucking window and find out which is true. — Now more than ever.

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 10 December 2024

WHO 10 dec 2024: “We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and “long COVID”, and it still kills.

The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”

www.who.int/director-gen...

That’s his Christmas cut done. I give it a day before he rolls in something!

Let them, then renationalise. Shareholders dividends and exec. bonuses being skimmed from the top whilst we bail them out for too ling.

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NEWS: HIV opt-out testing extended to 2025/2026.

“I am determined this generation will be the one that ends new cases of HIV within England by 2030” said Prime Minister Kier Starmer.

#HIVsky #IDsky #MedSky #EDsky

3. Phenazine pigments contribute to biofilm development, a key factor in chronic infections. Biofilms protect bacterial communities from environmental stresses and antibiotic treatments, facilitating persistent infections.

2. The synthesis of phenazine pigments is regulated by the quorum sensing (QS) mechanisms. This system relies on autoinducer molecules, such as acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) & Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS), which coordinate the expression of various virulence factors, including phenazines.

1. Phenazine play a role in infections by acting as redox-active secondary metabolites and quorum sensing signaling molecules. They inhibit the proliferation of competing microorganisms & mammalian cells by inducing oxidative stress, thereby enhancing the bacterium’s survival and pathogenicity. 

The production of phenazine pigments, including pyorubin, serves multiple functions for P. aeruginosa:
1. Virulence
2. Quorum Sensing Regulation
3. Biofilm Formation

A beautiful P. aeruginosa isolated by the lab!

Pyorubin is produced by certain strains of P. aeruginosa. While pyorubin is less extensively studied than other pigments like pyocyanin, it is part of the phenazine compound family. These pigments contribute to the characteristic colouration.

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

This is huge.

The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

I should say, it’s complimentary to, not in replacement of…

You’re still the GOATs

For the people who listen to @idiots-pod.bsky.social, @febrilepodcast.bsky.social, @letstalkmicro.bsky.social etc podcasts, I highly recommend the @cmicomms.bsky.social

Roberts off, Alese on. Watson over to the other side = 3 points!

I agree. I like how direct he is. Why isn’t Hume trying to pick out some of Isidor/ runs?

A very warm welcome to @bashhuk.bsky.social and @hivta.bsky.social who've joined BlueSky.

Collaboration 🤝 Education

Potential game changer! Let’s hope it’s affordable and accessible to countries that need it most 🤞🏼

Lenacapavir S/C q6 months
💯 the future of PrEP
#HIVsky #IDsky #Medsky

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Climate change plays a role in global rise of dengue fever Over 12 million cases of dengue fever were reported in 2024, the most ever. A study suggests climate change has likely played a significant role in the disease's expansion.

Over 12 million cases of dengue fever were reported in 2024, the most ever. A study suggests climate change has likely played a significant role in the disease's expansion.

Crash Course was an indispensable learning resource when I was doing my undergrad in 2011.

Delivering complex information with ease and making it engaging for learners is truly an art. To this day, I still recommend it to the trainees in our lab.

Struggling to keep up with the new (and upcoming) antibiotics for Gram-negatives? A quick reference guide!
#AMSsky #IDSky

Good morning! This week should be fun! #FISHIS24

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The Making Of A New American Epidemic | NOEMA Unchecked development is encroaching into parched desert landscapes and kicking up more than just a little dust — it’s raising the risk of a mysterious new infection.

Great article by Katharine Walter on expanding range of #ValleyFever. Fungal diseases have unique #epidemiology driven by climate change, natural and human disturbance, and biological and ecological processes that we don't understand well!
www.noemamag.com/the-making-o... #OneHealth #Epidemiology 🧪

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