Remember to register for our 7th Infect-Net network meeting in Würzburg. Registration Deadline is 31.08.2026 Registration link: www.hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de/formulare/7t...

Still time to sign up for the ESGEM @esgem-sg.bsky.social webinar on Yersinia pestis! A cool organism with interesting stories - come spend your lunchtime with us 😊

🔬 Join our upcoming ESGEM webinar! 🦠 Topic: Yersinia pestis diversity & evolution revisited: comparative studies of modern bacterial collections and ancient DNA 🗣️ Speaker: Guillem Mas Fiol 📅 Date: July 9, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM (Lisbon Time) 🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

„Von den bisher über 330.000 Anfragen, die Menschen über das Portal @fragdenstaat.de an Behörden gestellt haben, wären damit fast keine mehr zulässig. Egal ob Anfragen zu internen E-Mails von Behörden, zu Verträgen von Ministerien oder Gutachten der Bundesregierung – alles künftig tabu.“

Arne Semsrott@arnesemsrott.bsky.social · last mo.

Die geplante Abschaffung des Informationsfreiheitsgesetz zeigt exemplarisch, dass die SPD-Spitze den autoritären Staatsumbau mitträgt. Und was ist mit den letzten echten Sozialdemokraten im Bundestag? Mein Kommentar @taz.de: taz.de/IFG-Reform-a...

We are very pleased to announce that the registration for our 7th network meeting in Würzburg is noch open! Please register here 👇👇👇 www.hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de/formulare/7t...

Do not forget to register to the next ESGEM webinar on Yersinia pestis diversity & evolution next week! 👉 We are looking forward to your interest & participation! Registration is free but mandatory at the link below @escmid.bsky.social

🔬 Join our upcoming ESGEM webinar! 🦠 Topic: Yersinia pestis diversity & evolution revisited: comparative studies of modern bacterial collections and ancient DNA 🗣️ Speaker: Guillem Mas Fiol 📅 Date: July 9, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM (Lisbon Time) 🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🔬 Join our upcoming ESGEM webinar! 🦠 Topic: Yersinia pestis diversity & evolution revisited: comparative studies of modern bacterial collections and ancient DNA 🗣️ Speaker: Guillem Mas Fiol 📅 Date: July 9, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM (Lisbon Time) 🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGEM: Yersinia pestis diversity & evolution revisited: comparative studies of modern bacterial collections and ancient DNA. After registering, you will rec...

Speaker: Guillem Mas Fiol

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5 Jahre #IchBinHanna. Alle sind sich inzwischen einig, dass sich grundlegend was ändern muss. Zig konstruktive Vorschläge. Und dann das: Der neue Referentenentwurf fürs #WissZeitVG ist 1 Witz. Und zwar 1 ganz schlechter. Meine Einordnung ⬇️ #IchBinHanna @drkeichhorn.bsky.social @kubon.bsky.social

Verbändebeteiligung zum Referentenentwurf fürs #WissZeitVG: BMFTR hat 1 Stellungnahme von @drkeichhorn.bsky.social @kubon.bsky.social & mir erbeten. Die werden wir natürlich liefern. Aber auch Ihr könnt viel tun: Seid laut auf Social Media! Schreibt an MdB, wie schlecht der Entwurf ist! #IchBinHanna

Join us at the Porto Vibrational Biospectroscopy Symposium (PVBS 2026), Sept 23-25! Explore translational applications of spectroscopy in biomedicine and infectious diseases. 🔬 ⏳ Abstract submission closes soon: May 29! 🔗 pvbs2026.sci-meet.net

Still time to register for today's @esgem-sg.bsky.social webinar on chewBBACA 3!

#microsky ESGEM Webinar @esgem-sg.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social Comprehensive and scalable whole- and core-genome MLST with chewBBACA 3 Speaker: Rafael Mamede Chairs: @natachacouto.bsky.social and @sandrareuter.bsky.social 26 May 2026, 13:00 CET Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#microsky ESGEM Webinar @esgem-sg.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social Comprehensive and scalable whole- and core-genome MLST with chewBBACA 3 Speaker: Rafael Mamede Chairs: @natachacouto.bsky.social and @sandrareuter.bsky.social 26 May 2026, 13:00 CET Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGEM: Comprehensive and scalable whole- and core-genome MLST with chewBBACA 3. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the w...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGEM: Comprehensive and scalable whole- and core-genome MLST with chewBBACA 3. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the w...

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#ESCMIDGlobal2026 is approaching! Come and join us for the annual business meeting of the ESCMID study group for epidemiological markers: 🗓 Date & Time: Saturday, 18 April 2026 | 11:00 – 12:00 📍 Location: Room 2, ICM (Ground Floor) 💻 Join Online: l1nq.com/uj843q5 Looking forward to see you!

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📣 #microsky New ESGEM Webinar @esgem-sg.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social Inferring fitness from phylogenies and applications to pathogens Speaker: Noémie Lefrancq Chairs: Carla Parada Rodrigues and Francesc Coll I Cerezo 17 March 2026, 12:00 CET Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGEM: Inferring fitness from phylogenies and applications to pathogens. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Speaker: Noémie Lefrancq Chairs: Carla Parada Rodrigues and Francesc Coll I Cerezo

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Applications are open now! You'll also benefit from the supervisory expertise of the brilliant Dipali Singh and @telatin.bsky.social #mmbdtp #norwich #uea

Langridge Lab@langridgelab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨Funded PhD opportunity for UK candidates🚨 Do you love microbiomes, bioinformatics and translational science? Come and join us and @andrewjpage.bsky.social at @originsciences.bsky.social and get stuck into a wealth of metagenomic data 🧬 Apply by 8 April 👇 tinyurl.com/4fvwtzer

🔔Collaborator Advert🔔 I am looking to get my hands on some Lactobacillus spp. from the urogenital tract for work on UTIs and AMR. Does anyone have any that they would be willing to share? I had a contact, but the MTA has been a nightmare to sort from their end, so struggling.

#ichBinHanna Initiative - aber ob sich am System etwas ändern wird? Sicher ist, dass zu viele Wissenschaftler:innen aus den falschen Gründen die Uni verlassen: zu unsicher, zu ausgebrannt…

Suhrkamp Verlag@suhrkamp.de · 5mo ago

Unser Buch des Monats: Wir empfehlen Euch am Ende eines jeden Monats ein Buch, das unserer Meinung nach gut zu den letzten Wochen passt. Unser Februar-Titel: »#IchBinHanna« (shrk.vg/IchBinHanna-B) von @amreibahr.bsky.social, @drkeichhorn.bsky.social und @kubon.bsky.social. #IchBinHanna

Courtesy of @martibartfast.bsky.social , we have a new release of AllTheBacteria which adds another 322,920 assemblies, covering all ENA (illumina, isolate) prokaryotes to May 2025. allthebacteria.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ov...

Looking forward to sharing our recent work on population metabolism of #klebsiella pneumoniae this week. Join me to learn about metabolic diversity within species, featuring work by @bananabenana.bsky.social @helena-bethany.bsky.social and a sneak peak at our latest from @kalanip.bsky.social

We will have the pleasure to have Dr. Kelly Wyres in our next webinar talking about: 👉 Metabolic modelling of Klebsiella pneumoniae and strain diversity When: 25.02.206 at 10h00 CET Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @kelwyres.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social

📢 Announcement of ESGEM travel grants recipients to attend #ESCMIDGlobal2026! ✨ Vinvent Ntui-Njock Ntui from Gambia ✨ Rania Sihem Boussa from Algeria ✨ Mariana Araújo from Portugal Congratulations! We hope you make the most of this opportunity: learn, connect and enjoy! 🌍 @escmid.bsky.social

We will have the pleasure to have Dr. Kelly Wyres in our next webinar talking about: 👉 Metabolic modelling of Klebsiella pneumoniae and strain diversity When: 25.02.206 at 10h00 CET Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @kelwyres.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ESGEM: Metabolic modelling of Klebsiella pneumoniae and strain diversity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar...

25.02.206, 10am CET¨ Speaker: Kelly Wyres Chairs: Angela Novais and Edward Feil

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Bit different from our usual work A PhD applying metagenomics to identify microbial plastic degradation and metabolism, fully funded studentship (UK students only). www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A metagenomics approach to discover novel plastic degrading microbial pathways at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - A metagenomics approach to discover novel plastic degrading microbial pathways at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Deadline tomorrow! Do not miss this opportunity to apply for one of the ESCMID Global travel grants ESGEM has to offer ✍️´ Good luck!

📢 Travel Grants ESGEM offers 3 travel grants (750 EUR each) to support onsite attendance at ESCMID Global 2026. ✅ For ESCMID & ESGEM members ✅ Presenting authors 👉 Check conditions to apply here: tinyurl.com/3desa7ex 🗓 Applications: 15 Jan – 12 Feb 2026 through the link: tinyurl.com/3yjac58y

Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages für Frauen und Mädchen in der Wissenschaft hat @cvilhena.bsky.social Dr. Grace Androga interviewt. Grace gibt spannende Einblicke in ihren beruflichen Werdegang und ihrem Kampf gegen Antibiotika-Resistenz. 👇👇👇 infectnet.org/archive/4191

📢 ESGEM Members attending #ESCMIDGlobal2026! Join us for our annual Business Meeting to discuss our activities, network, and shape the future of our study group. 🗓️ Date: Saturday, 18.04.2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 - 12:00 📍 Room: ICM 2 See you there! 👋 #ESGEM #ClinicalMicrobiology #Epidemiology #ESCMID

Only 2 more days to apply for this post as Research Fellow in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics at the University of Birmingham. Come and join us to exciting, cutting-edge genomics and metagenomics work to deliver public health benefits www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE112/r...

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham

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Fantastic opportunity for early career researchers in infectious diseases!

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI)@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join the HZI as a Junior Research Group Leader at @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social or @helmholtzhips.bsky.social! We’re seeking exceptional postdocs for the @helmholtz.de Investigator Groups program. Shape cutting-edge research in infection biology & apply by Feb 15! jobs.helmholtz-hzi.de/job/Saarbr%C...

New paper out in MGen @microbiologysociety.org from Team TAPIR - Tracking Acquisition of Pathogens In Real-time: How do we deal with contamination in metagenomic samples? www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #microsky #microbiomesky #metagenomesky

Mitigation and detection of putative microbial contaminant reads from long-read metagenomic datasets

Metagenomic sequencing of clinical samples has significantly enhanced our understanding of microbial communities. However, microbial contamination and host-derived DNA remain a major obstacle to accur...

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#WeAreHiring! New year, new career opportunities at #ECDC! We are looking for: ➡️ Scientific Officer Food-, Water-borne & Zoonotic Diseases ➡️ Principal Expert Vector-borne & Zoonotic Diseases/ Group Leader Scientific Advice & Outbreak Response ➡️ Training Support Specialist ➡️ Data Scientist

First paper of this year is out now! 📢 Very happy to present work with my collaborators Andrew Whitelaw and Mae Newton-Foot and especially great work from PhD student Kedisaletse Moloto at Stellenbosch University: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates at a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, are dominated by specific local clones rather than previously described international lineages

Author summary Carbapenem resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP) have emerged as a cause of hospital and community acquired infections, posing a significant threat to public health, and have hence been listed...

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📅 Are you looking forward to an infectious 2026? We've put together an overview of the conference year with the event highlights on virology, microbiology, immunology and more. 👉 infectnet.org/en/archive/4... You can't find your favourite event? Feel free to let us know! #eventcalendar #infectiology