Antimicrobial resistance is one of today's biggest global health challenges 🦠 Join our online short course (28 September–2 October 2026) to learn from global experts & gain practical knowledge to help tackle #AMR across policy, research & practice. Apply now 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

A new study led by Harry Veillard, MSc student @lshtm.bsky.social, found that nurse and pharmacist prescribing could improve access to care, reduce treatment delays, and ease pressure on primary care. The study also highlights the need for training and support. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4tERrvi

Congratulations @rebeccaglover.bsky.social! really looking forward to working with you once back from Heidelberg.

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How’s your Friday going? We’re wrapping up the week by welcoming new leadership at our AMR Centre😍 Excited for what’s ahead in the fight against antimicrobial resistance 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen... @rebeccaglover.bsky.social, @ayodejimatuluko.bsky.social, @lshtm.bsky.social

Typhoid isn’t just a health issue, it’s an economic crisis. A new study led by researchers at @lshtm.bsky.social finds India loses ~$1.5 billion a year to typhoid, with millions of cases and rising antibiotic resistance. Read more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Vaccines don’t just prevent disease, they also help fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 💉 By reducing infections, vaccines reduce the need for antibiotics. Watch our short video on this: https://microb.io/4bp7IO5 #KOAMR #NationalVaccineDay #AMR

It’s International Day of Women & Girls in Science 🤗 Today, we celebrate Regina Ami Banu, who is advancing awareness, mentorship, and community engagement on #AMR in Ghana 🇬🇭 Read more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

Leading the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance in Ghana | LSHTM

Leading the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance in Ghana | LSHTM

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New pre-print with @wtmatlock.bsky.social!!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... What shapes the distribution of plasmids across bacteria? Our paper shows that conjugative plasmids actually have a very narrow distribution compared to mobilizable plasmids. Conjugative systems restrict plasmid transfer!

📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢 We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline. Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

1/📢 In our new publication, we estimate that in 2022, 134 million people worldwide had a recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and were at high risk of progressing to TB disease. Read the full paper in PLOS Medicine (tinyurl.com/mtbinfection). #TBSky

Estimating the global burden of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: A mathematical modelling study

Alvaro Schwalb and colleagues conducted a mathematical modelling study to estimate the global burden of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis--that which can cause disease and be transmitted--to help guid...

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New research article Sex-based differences in #Plasmodium infection in the control groups of controlled human malaria infection trials in #malaria naive populations in the USA and the Netherlands: a pooled analysis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #CHIM #OpenAccess #OA

Agree! super and so well organised thanks @microbiologysociety.org. Great to reconnect with @whelanfj.bsky.social and have a lovely dinner with new colleagues @padpadpadpad.bsky.social @paulhoskisson.bsky.social @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social

Paul Hoskisson 🧫 🦠🐸@paulhoskisson.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Super meeting, and @microbiologysociety.org staff organisation was incredible as always! This meeting really fills a niche in evolutionary microbiology, let make sure it runs again! Great to see old friends and make new ones @gmknght.bsky.social

Excited to be in cold sunny Liverpool for #microevo25. Looking forward to an interesting day of microbial evolution talks! @microbiologysociety.org

@lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social is offering multiple PhD opportunities through MRC LID, deadline 14 Jan. More details: mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/applicants/ Projects include #1 TB & screening #2 TB & climate change #3 TB & vaccines #4 TB & influenza #5 TB & prevention @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social

Information for applicants - MRC London Intercollegiate Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships

MRC LID studentship information for applicants How to Apply Projects Studentship funding Studentship options Studentship...

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Join us for LSHTM’s Equity in AMR Action seminar, which explores how equity influences responses to AMR. Speakers will share their work from the WHO, LSE, and the Global Strategy Lab. 📅 12 Dec ⏲️ 13:00 GMT Check the event details 👇 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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In 2025, the Network’s seminar series invites 2-3 speakers for each event to present their work on a particular theme around prioritisation. This fourth seminar of the series presents ‘Equity in AMR

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#Klebsiella infections are a serious & growing #PublicHealth threat For #AntimicrobialAwarenessWeek, @josebengoechea.bsky.social discusses the dangers of bacterial infections, antimicrobial resistance & the global efforts to tackle it. @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

All are welcome to join the Gender Equity in TB Working Group today at 12:30 in Room B4B @theunion.org! We'll share updates on working group activities and host a panel discussion on progress to date and ways forward to ensure an equitable and inclusive #TB response.

#AMR #Klebsiella cause >100,000 neonatal deaths globally each year. Our new preprint shows more than half of #Klebsiella pneumoniae neonatal sepsis cases in African and South Asian are nosocomial, acquired through transmission in neonatal units. #WAAW doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Why is the only statistical difference in resistant BSI by sex in the 15 to 44 age group where resistance was higher in females (21.4% vs 18.9%, 8.5 vs 5.5 per 100,000 population).....? 👩‍💻🤔 latest #ESPAUR report on AMR just out!

@dianeashiru.bsky.social · 2y ago

PUBLISHED: The 2023-24 English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (#ESPAUR) report www.gov.uk/government/p... Register to find out more about the findings in the report at the webinar we are hosting on 20th November: antibioticguardian.com/Meetings/esp...

Ahead of #WAAW2025, learn how our researchers are tackling AMR across 30 countries globally, spanning biology, clinical science, policy, modelling, and social sciences. Stay updated on our research, insights, & AMR action. Sign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/3X0SvvO

London interdisciplinary #PhD position now open with myself, @sergemostowylab.bsky.social, & @gmknght.bsky.social on #phage -bacteria-host immune dynamics for WHO priority bacterial pathogens #Klebsiella, #Shigella, and #Staph. Combines cellular microbiology, genomics, & mathematical modelling.

Excited to say that we have a PhD project out on our age-sex research - looking at combinations of #AMR. With the fabulous @jodi-lindsay.bsky.social and Lanre Edun! Do get in touch for more information! mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...

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2026-27 MRC LID POTENTIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS MRC LID is offering 40 distinct potential projects for...

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Drug-resistant infections in Europe set to rise as populations age, study suggests @gmknght.bsky.social & Catrin Moore explain understanding demographics & infection trends will help design more effective ways of controlling & preventing drug-resistant infections. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

How will population shifts affect the future burden of #AMR? 👶👩‍🦳 🧫 We use a new modelling framework to explore future projections of #AMR by age and by sex, as well as interventions for control, building on our earlier findings that AMR isn’t uniform across demographics. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Combining demographic shifts with age-based resistance prevalence to estimate future antimicrobial resistance burden in Europe and implications for targets: A modelling study

Author summary Why was this study done? Infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a major and growing threat to public health. Older adults and men are at higher risk of...

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Agata Pacho and I published an article on self care and UTIs/AMR this week! In Sociology of Health and Illness: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social

PhD opportunity in my lab: exploring how commensals and pathogens build biofilm communities on endotracheal (ventilator) tubes. Microbial ecology, medical microbiology and fancy imaging! Co-supervised with the fabulous Saskia Bakker and Jeremy Webb warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... #MicroSky

🚀 Exciting news! Our Centre Director @katholt.bsky.social will be speaking at #AMR2026 on “AMRrules: Interpretive Standards for AMR Genotypes.” Don’t miss her insights🧬✨ 📅 23–25 March 2026 🔗 bit.ly/3SWzJUm #MicroSky #AMR #Genomics

Understanding patterns of #TB exposure and transmission is needed for targeted prevention strategies. In our latest pre-print, @petedodd24.bsky.social and I estimated the proportion of TB exposure to and transmission from sex and age groups for 177 countries. bit.ly/4nbV492

A global analysis of patterns of tuberculosis exposure and transmission

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern and the leading infectious cause of mortality globally. The disease exhibits strong prevalence patterns by age and sex, but the implications of these...

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I don't want to seem too cynical, but I wrote this 4 years ago: "...it will come as little surprise if a similar report in a year's time will be almost indistinguishable from the current version." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Antimicrobial resistance: plus ça change

This issue marks the first anniversary of The Lancet Microbe. This has been a year of profound change during which the world has experienced the most consequential infectious disease outbreak of the p...

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Great to see accounting for age and sex in the #AMR estimates from the latest WHO #AMR global burden report out today! www.who.int/publications...

Global antibiotic resistance surveillance report 2025

This new WHO report presents a global analysis of antibiotic resistance prevalence and trends, drawing on more than 23 million bacteriologically confirmed cases of bloodstream infections, urinary trac...

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In a new preprint (NOT PEER REVIEWED) we continue to explore the challenge of overtreatment in community screening. It seems the benefits of TB treatment far outweigh the harms, especially once we accept that sputum culture is not perfect. Important food for thought. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Do no harm - re-evaluating the risks of overtreatment in community-wide tuberculosis screening

Background Community-wide screening is a crucial strategy to end tuberculosis (TB), but a common concern is potential harm from overtreatment following false positive diagnoses. However, current refer...

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