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Enabling genomic island prediction and comparison in multiple genomes to investigate bacterial evolution and outbreaks

May 19, 2022 agmcarthur

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

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Exploring the mobilome and resistome of Enterococcus faecium in a One Health context across two continents

April 13, 2022 agmcarthur

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

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Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences Research Symposium (BBSRS) 2022!

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 agmcarthur

Karyn Mukiri – Predicting the Total Resistome Mugdha Dave – Creation and standardization of automated bacterial pathogen genomic sequencing reporting through informatics

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Future-proofing and maximizing the utility of metadata: The PHA4GE SARS-CoV-2 contextual data specification package

February 13, 2022April 13, 2022 agmcarthur

Emma J. Griffiths et al. Gigascience. 2022 Feb 16;11:giac003. Background: The Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) (https://pha4ge.org) is a global coalition that is

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Jalees Nasir awarded 2021 Fred & Helen Knight Enrichment Award!

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 agmcarthur

Congratulations to PhD student Jalees Nasir, who has been awarded the prestigious 2021 Fred & Helen Knight Enrichment Award, which recognizes exceptional promise in early

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Congratulations to the 2021 DBCAD & IIDR Undergraduate Summer Student Fellowship recipients!

May 4, 2021 agmcarthur

Congratulations Emily Panousis on being awarded a 2021 IIDR Summer Student Fellowship! For nine years now, these awards have supported trainees working in IIDR and

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Congratulations Martins Oloni!

September 11, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Congratulations Martins Oloni on the successful defence of your Masters of Science! New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase (NDM) plasmid predictions The complete detection and genome sequencing of

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A Comparison of Whole Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 Using Amplicon-Based Sequencing, Random Hexamers, and Bait Capture

August 18, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Jalees A. Nasir, Robert A. Kozak, Patryk Aftanas, Amogelang R. Raphenya, Kendrick M. Smith, Finlay Maguire, Hassaan Maan, Muhannad Alruwaili, Arinjay Banerjee, Hamza Mbareche, Brian

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Preprint: Rapid design of a bait capture platform for culture- and amplification-free next-generation sequencing of SARS-CoV-2

February 26, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Nasir, J.A., D.J. Speicher, R.A. Kozak, H.N. Poinar, M.S. Miller, & A.G. McArthur. Preprints 2020, 2020020385. SARS-CoV-2 is a novel betacoronavirus and the aetiological agent

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RGI 5 Released!

March 26, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

April 2019 big #card_release #RGI5! Resistance Gene Identifier Version 5: entirely new algorithms for metagenomics data, new options for genomes & assemblies. Extensively updated documentation,

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