VinTorraca
@vintorraca.bsky.social
Lecturer in Infectious Disease at KCL, Infectious Disease and Antibiotic Resistance fighter, zebrafish model devotee, science ambassador.
There are still a couple of days to apply for this post! Postdoctoral opportunity to study Shigella persistent infection in zebrafish. Deadline to apply: 3 June.
VinTorraca@vintorraca.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to study Shigella persistent infection using the zebrafish infection model! Deadline to apply: 03-Jun-2026 Link to post: shorturl.at/cCZjK Any questions feel free to get in touch! @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Please repost!
We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to study Shigella persistent infection using the zebrafish infection model! Deadline to apply: 03-Jun-2026 Link to post: shorturl.at/cCZjK Any questions feel free to get in touch! @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Please repost!
Congratulations to all the winners of the SIMS PGR symposium best talk and poster prizes! Best talks: Xiaohao Xu, Arturo Monzon, Victoria Richardson, Jessica Gates Best posters: Katya Freytag, Deepa Mehta, Stephanie Ng, Rebecca Marrow, Diana Marin Correa, Dora Angelova, Maike Henschel.
Such a lively poster session at the SIMS PGR Symposium! It’s great to see the amazing science and innovative research our students have been working on. A great opportunity to share ideas, spark discussions, and celebrate the exciting research happening across SIMS!
What an amazing first session at the SIMS PGR Symposium! Fantastic start to the day with engaging talks from our PhD students and keynote. Now we move on to our first poster session. Well done to everyone involved for all the hard work and dedication that went into preparing for the symposium!
So many amazing scientists at the @shigellameeting.bsky.social Looking forward to the keynote talks from Philippe Sansonetti and Karen Kotloff!
The Shigella Meeting@shigellameeting.bsky.social · 11mo agoCome and join us in Paris 2026 to talk all about Shigella!
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-r... Fantastic achievement for Laura in my lab and Jamieson in @vintorraca.bsky.social lab.
King's researchers awarded postdoctoral fellowships from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for infectious disease research | King's College London
Two researchers in the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences at King’s College London have been awarded postdoctoral fellowships from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, part of Horizon Europe.
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So happy that Jamieson McDonald was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to continue his work in my lab, tackling persistent Shigella infection. Congratulations also to Laura Dunn, from @tetherin.bsky.social lab for securing the same award to study HIV latency. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-r...
King's researchers awarded postdoctoral fellowships from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for infectious disease research | King's College London
Two researchers in the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences at King’s College London have been awarded postdoctoral fellowships from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, part of Horizon Europe.
kcl.ac.uk
Well done @xosematanza.bsky.social and Clements lab! Happy that I was able to contribute to this nice new publication, using TraDIS to gain insights into how Shigella sonnei can survive long-term nutrient starvation. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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A*STAR/KCL PhD scholarship available! Dream of doing cutting-edge research, travelling between continents, and becoming obsessed with modelling infections in zebrafish? My lab and @oehlerslab.org are looking for you! Project details: 👉 shorturl.at/mkt1a Catalogue page 6, project 2.1!
Joint A*STAR - King’s College London PhD Studentships in Biomedical Science 2026/27
King's College London is seeking outstanding and motivated students to join our university and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
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New research led by @vintorraca.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, in collaboration with the University of Westminster, has shed light on the diversity and characteristics of E. coli strains that drive diabetic foot infections. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/researc...
Our new article on diabetic foot–associated E. coli (DFEC) is out! We show that DFEC strains are highly diverse, frequently antimicrobial-resistant, and carry a broad range of virulence factors, highlighting their potential to cause severe complications in patients. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Well done Sydeny @sydneylmiles.bsky.social and lab teams! This set of epidemiologically chosen complete genomes will be a valuable resource for scientists working on S. sonnei! doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
A public resource of 15 genomically characterized representative strains of Shigella sonnei
Shigella sonnei is rapidly emerging as the dominant agent of shigellosis, an enteric disease responsible for a significant burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Whole-genome sequencing of S. so...
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Preprint from the lab! We describe for the first time the diversity of E. coli strains associated with diabetic foot infections and characterise their antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors content. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Population structure, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence factors of diabetic foot-associated E. coli
Diabetic foot infections (DFI) are a major complication of diabetes, often leading to lower limb amputations. Escherichia coli is a predominant Gram-negative pathogen in DFI, yet its genomic and patho...
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Come and join us in Paris 2026 to talk all about Shigella!
Applications for the 2026 round of the King's College London Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership (KCL MRC-DTP) in Biomedical Sciences will open on October 8th! Visit the programme website to start preparing your application! lnkd.in/ejK8-GW6 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Thrilled to have contributed to this new Medical Genetics and Genomics book. In Chapter 8, I discuss how nucleic acid and genome-based techniques transformed diagnostics, pathogen characterisation, patient monitoring, and tracking of infectious diseases in the population. shorturl.at/OfpQe
So happy that members of my lab, Zakia, Victor and Ziyi all had chance to show their work at the UK Cellular Microbiology meeting, and with fantastic feedback! @ukcellmicro.bsky.social
Well done Victor for the flash talk at the UK Cellular Microbiology meeting @ukcellmicro.bsky.social
First day of the UK Cellular Microbiology Network #UKCellmicro2025 in Bush House @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Excellent organisation by @codendall.bsky.social @vintorraca.bsky.social @peterwshill.bsky.social @jwanford.bsky.social exciting science, friendly community and wonderful views
Well done Victor in giving an outstanding flash talk at the UK cell micro meeting @ukcellmicro.bsky.social
Great start of the UK cell Microbiology meeting with prof Stuart Neil's keynote. @ukcellmicro.bsky.social
Full house at the UK cellular microbiology meeting, with 120 attendees coming in!
UK Cellular Microbiology@ukcellmicro.bsky.social · last yr.It will be a full house at the UK Cellular Microbiology Meeting! We expect 120 attendees! Get ready for exciting talks, poster sessions, and plenty of networking opportunities over the 2-day event!
Updates on our keynotes We’re delighted to open the meeting with Prof Stuart Neil (KCL). On Day 2, we continue with Prof Jose Bengoechea (LSHTM). Both Prof Neil and Bengoechea have been outstanding mentors throughout their careers. We hope our ECRs will take the opportunity to interact with them!
We can't wait to see you at the UK cellular microbiology meeting next Monday and Tuesday (2-3 June)! Final programme below!
Last talk session of the SIMS PGR symposium, focusing on inflammation. Zoe, Thomas, Rachel, Una, Katie and Zhoude presented on arthritis, NKT cells in the intestinal epithelium, kidney disease, alchool-related liver disease, T-eff modulated monocytes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
