We hope you all had as wonderful a time in Paris last week as we did - please do fill out the EMBO feedback form that was emailed out this morning to help us improve the meeting! #Shigella2026
The Shigella Meeting
@shigellameeting.bsky.social
The official social of the EMBO workshop: 1st international #Shigella meeting, being held at Institut Pasteur 20th - 24th April 2026. Abstracts and registrations are OPEN: https://www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
It was a tremendous experience to share findings from a study carried out in Bangladesh at #shigella2026
Russell Vance taking leaps and bounds with the mouse knock out model - happy to share mice and test vaccines #Shigella2026
@christinafaher1.bsky.social talks us through benefits and insights from organoid models, including malnourished organoids!
#Shigella in the #news. We've known about #MDR, now we're seeing a rise in #XDR isolates @shigellameeting.bsky.social #Microsky #AMR #IDsky thehill.com/homenews/nex...
Cases of drug-resistant infection that causes diarrhea are rising: What to know
Cases of drug-resistant Shigella infections are increasing in the United States in a trend that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are calling a “public health threat.”…
thehill.com
Cecilia Toro now giving us a tour or Shigella AMR molecular epi in Latin America
@yekwah.bsky.social launches FlexIt: the S. flexneri genotyping scheme at @shigellameeting.bsky.social 🎉
Karen Kotloff follows Philippe’s molecular talk with a tour de force in Shigella clinical and epidemiological features
Keynote #1 is off with Philippe Sansonetti taking us on an incredible tour of Shigella research in the last half century
... 11 days to go - can't wait to see you all there!
By popular demand we have now added the option to watch the Shigella 2026 conference online! Check out virtual registration options here 🖥️ 🧫 www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/registration...
By popular demand we have now added the option to watch the Shigella 2026 conference online! Check out virtual registration options here 🖥️ 🧫 www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/registration...
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...
Call for #poster #abstracts is open for the #Shigella meeting @shigellameeting.bsky.social thru Feb! Secure your spot by #registering! #ShowUsYourScience #MicroSky #IDSky 🦠 🧫🔬 www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...
Call for abstracts - EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org
Why did sexually transmissible #shigellosis outbreak reporting increase in the early 2000s? Our new article explores the genomic epidemiology of two #Shigella sonnei outbreaks in London and Berlin, alongside a temporal/spatial literature review. 🛟🧪🧬🖥️🦠💉🧫😷 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
The natural history of the emergence of sexually transmissible shigellosis
Shigellosis is a gastrointestinal illness caused by bacteria belonging to one of four species of Shigella. Sexually transmissible (ST) shigellosis was first reported in 1974, but recently there has be...
microbiologyresearch.org
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Did you know shigellosis also transmits as a sexually transmissible illness? This has increased since the early 2000s with marked AMR. Read the back story on ST shigellosis emergence here, and come to Paris for #Shigella2026 to find out more! doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
The natural history of the emergence of sexually transmissible shigellosis
Shigellosis is a gastrointestinal illness caused by bacteria belonging to one of four species of Shigella. Sexually transmissible (ST) shigellosis was first reported in 1974, but recently there has be...
doi.org
#XDR Shigella is a serious, emerging global health threat. This topic is one of many we'll be discussing at #TheShigellaMeeting Registration is open! www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/registration... #AMR #MicroSky #IDSky 🔬🧫🦠
Novel XDR Shigella strain identified in Los Angeles Researchers say the strain of XDR Shigella sonnei appears to be spreading beyond high-risk groups into the broader population, which could lead to more treatment failure. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
#XDR Shigella is a serious, emerging global health threat. This topic is one of many we'll be discussing at #TheShigellaMeeting Registration is open! www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/registration... #AMR #MicroSky #IDSky 🔬🧫🦠
Novel XDR Shigella strain identified in Los Angeles Researchers say the strain of XDR Shigella sonnei appears to be spreading beyond high-risk groups into the broader population, which could lead to more treatment failure. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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
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
Come and visit me in Paris! #Shigella2026 - travel bursaries deadline tomorrow. Submit your abstracts at www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Come and join us in Paris 2026 to talk all about Shigella!
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!
🦠 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
Shigella sonnei cluster in unhoused individuals on Vancouver Island, Canada, with resistance to all first-line oral antibiotic agents https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e93b35df-b6da-4bb0-91aa-7b902893c08e&eventid=26350fdd-50f8-418d-a06b-336b5bc4f8f8&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social