🧬When antimicrobial resistance spreads, how do we know whether plasmids are part of the story? This is the focus of our ESCMID Postgraduate Course: Tracking plasmids for clinical and public health use, taking place 2–4 November 2026. Read more & sign up for the course: www.escmid.org/event-detail...

We invite you to submit one-page research proposals for consideration by the ESGMAP in the framework of the ESCMID Study Group Research Grant: www.escmid.org/science-rese... Submission: by 17 June By email to: esgmap.sg@gmail.com Evaluation: by 24 June We look forward to receiving your proposals.

New in Genome Medicine link.springer.com/article/10.1... Proud that ESGMAP supported this study, which shows why AMR surveillance must go beyond case counts and track MGE to understand the emergence and spread of MDR pathogens. Congratulations, Ana Santos and colleagues! #AMR #Plasmids #ESGMAP

Thank you to everyone who joined our very first ESGMAP Business Meeting and shared your valuable thoughts, ideas, and perspectives. It means a lot to see so many people engaging with our journey, our mission, and the future we are building together. #ESGMAP #ESCMID #ThankYou

Dear ESGMAP members, We are pleased to share our second newsletter (www.escmid.org/fileadmin/es...) of the year. You can read about the first ESGMAP Business meeting and election, ESCMID Global 2026 highlights. We also invite you to join the Slack workspace. Sincerely, ESGMAP EC

Travel grants ESCMID Global 2026 We are delighted to announce two travel grants of €500 each to support outstanding early-career researchers. Congratulations to Ngoc Minh Nguyen and Emily Cronin. We look forward to seeing their work reach new audiences and spark valuable discussions.

Dear ESGMAP members, We are pleased to share our first newsletter of the year. You can read about the ESCMID Global 2026 recommended session, travel grant awardees, planned webinars, supported publications, courses and conferences. Enjoy the read, and stay tuned. www.escmid.org/fileadmin/es...

🎉Exactly one year ago, we officially launched the ESCMID Study Group for Mobile Elements and Plasmids-ESGMAP. We’re incredibly proud of what this community has achieved so far. The ESGMAP’s first Executive Committee election runs until March 5. Eligible members, please cast your vote via My ESCMID.

🧬 Can we track plasmid transmission in real-time? Find out in the next ESGMAP webinar as we continue the fight against AMR. ☀️Dr. Dag Harmsen presents "Real-time plasmid transmission detection pipeline" 📅 4 February, 12:00 CET 🔗 Registration required (link in comments)

🧬 Can we track plasmid transmission in real-time? Find out in the next ESGMAP webinar as we continue the fight against AMR. ☀️Dr. Dag Harmsen presents "Real-time plasmid transmission detection pipeline" 📅 4 February, 12:00 CET 🔗 Registration required (link in comments)

Registration is now open ESCMID Postgraduate Course: Tracking Plasmids for Clinical and Public Health Use Copenhagen | 2–4 Nov 2026 Hands-on training in plasmid genomics for clinical microbiology, outbreak investigation & public health. 👉 Programme and Registration www.escmid.org/event-detail...

The ESGMAP Executive Committee election is coming up, and we’re running to continue and expand the work we’ve started together - webinars, newsletters, and collaborations. If you’ve valued our efforts to build an engaged ESGMAP community, we’d be honored by your support. (Details in comments)

We are pleased to share our fourth and final newsletter of 2025 (tinyurl.com/bdhf7uhm). We are bringing you summaries of the year, activities to look forward to, and we are introducing a Slack workspace to facilitate idea sharing and collaboration. #ESCMID #ESGMAP #plasmids #newsletter #AMR #webinar

🧬 How do we evaluate structural variations in plasmids? Find out in the final ESGMAP webinar in 2025. 💥Dr. Daria Frolova presents "Studying plasmid relatedness and evolution through structural variation" 📅15 December, 12:00 CET 🔗Registration required (link in comments) #ESCMID #ESGMAP #plasmids

🧬Are we getting closer to understanding plasmid evolution? Join this exciting talk, as the @escmid.bsky.social ESGMAP web symposium series continues. 💥 Dr. William Matlock presents "Models of plasmid evolution" 📅 Dec 3, 12:00-13:00 CET 🔗 Registration required (link in comments) #ESGMAP #Plasmid

💥 Thinking of getting started with plasmid sequencing? 💥 Join the upcoming ESGMAP webinar: 🧬 Dr. Henrik Hasman (SSI) presents "Getting started with plasmid sequencing for epidemiological investigations" 📆 Nov 24, 12:00-13:00 CET 🔗 Registration required. Link in comments. #ESCMID #ESGMAP #Plasmid

We are pleased to share our third newsletter (www.escmid.org/fileadmin/es...), with upcoming scientific meetings and webinars with experts in the field. Enjoy the read, and stay tuned for the next one. #ESCMID #ESGMAP #plasmids #newsletter #AMR #webinars

🧬 New ESGMAP webinar series: “Plasmid comparison and typing in the long read era” Join our upcoming webinar series exploring long-read sequencing and modern bioinformatics in plasmid research and surveillance. 📅 24 Nov • 3 Dec • 15 Dec 2025 🔗 Register: escmid.org/esgmap #ESCMID #ESGMAP

💥 Passionate about plasmids and AMR transmission? Join the ESGEM & ESGMAP webinar with Dr. Sandra Reuter on plasmid and clonal spread in Klebsiella pneumoniae! 🧬 Nov 11, 12:00 CEST 🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #AMR #Plasmids #Genomics

The @escmid.bsky.social Conference IMMEM XIV was kicked off with a very exciting session on plasmids: "Plasmid typing for surveillance" 👉 Did you join the session? 👉 Share your key take-home message in the comments #ESGMAP #IMMEM #ESGEM #ESCMID #Plasmids

We are pleased to share our second newsletter (www.escmid.org/fileadmin/es...) with updates on the survey launched in the previous issue, publications supported by ESGMAP, and upcoming scientific meetings. Enjoy the read, and stay tuned for the next one. #ESCMID #ESGMAP #plasmids #newsletter #AMR

🚨Plasmid ALERT – new @eurosurveillance.org rapid comms! @ecdc.europa.eu-led study finds mosaic IncHI1B(pNDM-MAR) plasmid with blaOXA-48 + aerobactin in 492 K. pneumoniae isolates across 8 EU countries (2019–2024). First ESGMAP-backed paper: tinyurl.com/4acezh92 #AMR #plasmids #OneHealth #ESGMAP

Cross-border spread of a mosaic resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae: a European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network investigation, Europe, F...

An investigation of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network (EURGen-Net) detected the same mosaic IncHI1B(pNDM-MAR) resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in 4...

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