Gill et al. 2022. Preprints 10.20944/preprints202206.0335.v1 Pathogen genomics is a critical tool for public health surveillance, infection control, outbreak investigations, as well as research. In
Raphenya et al. Scientific Data volume 9, Article number: 341 (2022). Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is a key tool in identifying and characterising disease-associated bacteria
The burden of drug-resistant infections continues to threaten our arsenal of antibiotics. Despite the rise in genomic sequencing of clinical isolates, there is a lack
Rooney et al. 2022 Jun 1;e0002222. Short-read sequencing can provide detection of multiple genomic determinants of antimicrobial resistance from single bacterial genomes and metagenomic samples.
Kim et al. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2022 May 25;e0017921. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis that poses a great threat to modern medicine.
Enabling genomic island prediction and comparison in multiple genomes to investigate bacterial evolution and outbreaks
Bertelli et al. Microb Genom. 2022 May;8(5). doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000818. Outbreaks of virulent and/or drug-resistant bacteria have a significant impact on human health and major economic
May 1st is our annual staff roll-over for the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (CARD). We say farewell to Romeo Chalil, who has been CARD Junior
Broadfield et al. Molecular Metabolism 2022. Apr 20;101498. Type 2 diabetes and obesity increase the risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC). The first-line type 2
Another (mostly) online year, but thanks to our 2021-2022 BiomedDC 4A15, Biochem 4T15, and HthSci 4R09 thesis students for all of their hard work! Thanks
Sanderson et al. 2022. bioRxiv 10.1101/2022.04.11.487771. Enterococcus faecium is a ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen that is exhibiting increasing levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Many of the