Genome Detectives

Take a trip down a double helix (that’s DNA)! Become a Genome Detective and help us important features of genes from disease-causing bacteria. | @UniofOxford

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Genomes Detectives, we’re very excited there are now 3,001 of you! 🎉 Thank you for all your contributions.

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Season's Greetings #GenomeDetectives! Thank you for your hard work and achievements this year, we are so grateful for your support. Watch this space for more developments coming in the New Year...

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

It’s been lots of fun helping to teach these classes 😁 Some bacteria can move like miniature bullet trains, they’re fascinating to watch!

[Tang Lab, Oxford @TangLabOxford]

We finished the Microbiology classes for >160 medical students yesterday. Matt was delighted to see swimming bacteria on Student Cam. 👏😁🔬. Many thanks to the great teaching team @Dunn_School @Dunn_School_PDA @Dunn_GSA!!

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Here are some more comments describing why the use of antibiotics should be carefully controlled to ensure they continue to be effective.

[Microbiology Society @MicrobioSoc]

We believe the Government should prioritise efforts and funding for the solutions necessary to combat #AMR. Following the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's comments on access to antibiotics, we asked some of our expert members to respond: https://t.co/5RENfUD2Ty

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Important guidelines from the World Health Organisation and medical profession below. Over the counter antibiotics are the quickest way to promote resistance amongst microorganisms, meaning even trivial infections will become much harder to treat in the future.

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

PLEASE Don’t follow the advice of The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Rt Hon Theresa Coffey @theresecoffey

Only use prescribed antibiotics
Finish the course
Don’t use left over antibiotics
Never share with others

(Share widely)

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Congratulations Genome Detectives, you've completed another 20,000 gene classifications for Neisseria meningitidis in less than a month! 👏🎉Next we are working on genes from Campylobacter jejuni, a prolific cause of food poisoning worldwide. @PubMLST @cmc_rodrigues

[Odile Harrison @OdileHarrison]

Well done Ana Unitt for presenting your work on penA at the IPNC2022 Cape Town conference #IPNC2022 #neisseria. I’m sure this will be the first of many more IPNC conferences Ana will attend in the future⁦ @MaidenLab⁩

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

@PubMLST @MaidenLab

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Genome Detectives, we've been looking at some stats. Please know that we appreciate each and every one of you, but there have been some truly heroic efforts, with 8 of you making more than 2,000 classifications! Another 70 of you have made between 100-1000 classifications👏🏆

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

An important part of being a professional Genome Detective is sharing knowledge. @HB_Bratcher is at the #ipnc2022 conference in South Africa presenting some of our initial findings 🇿🇦

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

There is more information in our talk 'The Curious Case of Campylobacter' (third presentation) here: https://t.co/Gx6ZlUlyKZ

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

We've written a paper! This predicts an alarming rise in antibiotic resistance for #Campylobacter, the most common cause of bacterial food poisoning worldwide. Based on current data, chicken associated lineages of Campylobacter may become 100% resistant by the year 2040.

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Antibiotic resistance paper:
https://t.co/Yo1d1pDiQC

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

@HB_Bratcher demonstrating the #GenomeDetectives #CitizenScience project at the Oxford Biology Department launch event @cmc_rodrigues @MaidenLab @PubMLST @OxfordBiology

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Congratulations Genome Detectives! We've reached more than 1,000 volunteers - a huge thank you to each and every one of you! 😀

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Congratulations Genome Detectives! You've finished 20,000 classifications for *Acinetobacter baumannii*, an amazing achievement!! 🎉 We will keep you informed of developments with this work. 😀 Next up are sequences from *Neisseria Gonorrhoeae*, a prevalent STI.

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Genome Detectives! You continue to be amazing! It's one month since the project went live, and now there are more than 800 of you 😃 You've made more than 30,000 classifications which is tremendous!

[Genome Detectives @GenomeDetectiv1]

Congratulations #GenomeDetectives! Our awesome #citizenscientists have made more than 12,000 classifications in 2 weeks! They're now working with sequences from Acinetobacter, helping us to monitor #antibioticresistance