ECDC report shows halted increase in over all antimicrobial usage but the use of broad-spectrum last line of defence drugs continues to rise:
Sam comments on the ECDC AMR report
Microbial Genomics: Campylobacter collection
Sam and Ben, along with Beile Gao, from the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou in China will curate a special collection of articles on the ‘Genomics, Epidemiology and Evolution of Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms’.
Preprint: MSSA lineages in orthopedic device-related infections
Last week we posted a preprint to medRxiv: Multiple hypervirulent methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus lineages contribute towards poor patient outcomes in orthopedic device-related infections.
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BBSRC grant success!
In collaboration with Professor Alan McNally and from the University of Birmingham our latest project: Understanding the pathway to multidrug resistant bacterial pathogens has been funded!
Settling into Oxford
The lab joined the other members of the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research for drink at the Lamb and Flag for some Tolkien-inspired mental lubrication.
Guardian article on disease spillovers
Following recent unprecedented outbreaks of the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus concerns have been raised to protect wildlife from livestock diseases. Sam spoke to the Guardian and was quoted as part of their article on disease spillovers between livestock and wildlife.
Microbial Genomics Editor in Chief
Sam has been promoted to Editor-in-chief of the Microbiology Society journal, Microbial Genomics. Read all about it here!
Picture From IMMEM XIII (Bath 2022)
Sam and others from Bath organised a great conference in Bath.
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NIH Peru meeting
Ben has recently returned from a trip to Iquitos in Peru for the first meeting of our NIH funded project, in collaboration with the Universities of Virginia, Arizona and the USDA in the US.
Returning to Oxford
The Sheppard Lab will be moving to @oxfordbiology and the new @ineosoxford in September this year. We are very excited and hope to get lots of visitors. Sam will also take up a new role at @stannescollege
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