Rietie Venter

Molecular Microbiologist and Protein Biochemist. Aiming to understand and combat Antimicrobial Resistance.

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

@JessicaMABlair I hope we will see you in Adelaide too, Jess.

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

Thanks @davidantibiotic. This is an amazing reference source for researchers working on antimicrobials against Gram-negative bacteria. #AMR

[David Paterson @davidantibiotic]

If you are interested in learning about the 40+ antimicrobial agents active against Gram negative bacilli and currently in clinical trials, please see here:
https://t.co/oxbWzkcdTA
@AMRActionFund #IDtwitter

[UniSA (this account is no longer active) @UniversitySA]

How often should you wash your sheets and towels? @UniversitySA's Prof Rietie Venter shares her insights here: https://t.co/J4wOxinXZD via @ConversationEDU

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

Our study using ligand- and structure based screening and showing that the cystic fibrosis drug ivacaftor is an AcrB efflux pump inhibitor to combat #AMR is on #MyACSCover. Well done team!
@ACS4Authors
ACS Infectious Diseases | Vol 9, No 12 https://t.co/Q8gmIQKvIN

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

The #AURA2023 report on #AMR is out today, just in time for Antimicrobial Awareness week 18-23 Nov 2023. Take outs: Antibiotic use in Australia is still too high, especially in aged care. Our work on AMR in aged care shows worrying levels of resistance https://t.co/Z8metoDLWd.

[ACSQHC @ACSQHC]

MEDIA RELEASE | The Commission has today released Australia's most comprehensive report on antimicrobial use and resistance trends.

Find out about potential harms from antibiotics and the ongoing threat of #AMR.

Read highlights in the #AURA2023 report. https://t.co/J9VmhGGhgo

[ACSQHC @ACSQHC]

NEW DATA | Last year 21.8 million antimicrobial prescriptions were dispensed in Australia.

Our latest report on #antimicrobial use and resistance highlights why all Australians should care about overuse of #antibiotics.

https://t.co/tHSkXHkfUF #AURA2023 #AMR

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

Phone Bacteria
How dirty is your phone? It was fun to look at the microbes present on the phone of @Amelia__Moseley from Behind the News on #ABCme who is one of the ~45% of people regularly browsing on her phone in the toilet. Luckily no poo particles.🧫
https://t.co/yEL04pIHFS

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

@mark_blaskovich Yes @mark_blaskovich . One can learn a lot from wastewater 😉. Very smart indeed.
We are delighted that our work got some recognition though.

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

Eye drops recalled after US drug-resistant bacteria outbreak https://t.co/uJalTu32jC
P. aeruginosa is #AMR against many antibiotics and can cause serious infections when found in pharmaceuticals such as eye drops. Read more about this superbug at: https://t.co/QN7m52Vu5q

[Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) @gardp_amr]

#Antibiotic R&D pipeline remains insufficient to tackle the growing spread of #AntibioticResistance & #access to treatments is still a challenge...😔

Latest @WHO report highlighting the progress but also the remaining gaps 👇
https://t.co/tQXqzI0Ckf

#PowerOfAntibiotics

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

Training and capacity building in Fiji on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. It was such a pleasure to work with these lovely and diverse group of people and support their fight against #AMR using #EUCAST guidelines as part of the EMAR project.

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

@nadinehillock This was so interesting regarding antibiotic use from Prof David Gordon: Shorter is better.

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

It was a great opportunity to present our work on #AMR in #AgedCare at the #AMRSummitSA today and to meet and talk to so many interested in combating AMR.
Thank you @nadinehillock for the lovely photos.

[Nadine Hillock @nadinehillock]

Keynote speaker at the SA One Health AMR summit Assoc Prof Rietie Venter presenting her research team’s work investigating AMR in aged care facilities … high rates of MDR E. coli in RACFs without stewardship programs #AMRsummitSA #AMR #AgedCare @LabMuis #wastewater #OneHealth

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

I just saw this powerful and deeply moving documentary on the devastating effect of #AMR in ADL. Thank you @dianeshadersmth for sharing this and raising awareness. You are right: so many deaths due to AMR are not attributed as such - hence the silent pandemic.

[AAMRNet @AAMRNet_]

.@SaltInMySoulDoc is an important & powerful story that demonstrates the devastating impact of #AMR.
BNE saw Dr. Richard Alm @CARB_X, @dianeshadersmth, @mark_blaskovich @IMBatUQ, Dr. Maud Eijkenboom @LIXA_biotech, @AAMRNet_ co-chair @DrewaBow share insights.
ADL, MEL & SYD next!

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

@LabVenter look at how biocides contribute to the development of #AMR. New PhD student Owen will work on the formulation of responsible cleaning products with a lower risk for #AMR development. Huge thanks to @DIIS_SA, @MTPConnect_AUS, @UniversitySA, @sachiefsci and Hygiene Co.

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

In spite of the global crisis of #AMR, another pharmaceutical company abandons antibacterial drug development. We need alternative models to fund such programs and support for researchers at academic institutions working on anti-bacterials.

[Aleks Engel @AleksEngel]

Johnson & Johnson stops development of all antibacterial programs. Sigh!

J&J developed Levaquin, bedaquiline, and several other life-saving antibiotics.

Obviously this happens because they can't make money on antibiotics. Thi…https://t.co/eQMkg2o4x9 https://t.co/byUddchj45

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

Great work by @Yang99887766 from @LabVenter. Well done Yang 🌟
Thanks also to our medicinal chemistry collaborators, Ting Guo et al from the lab of Ma Shutao at Shandong Unversity.

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

Drug efflux pumps play an important role in #AMR by causing multidrug- and biocide resistance. Our newest study on #DrugDiscovery yielded compounds that can reverse resistance to #antibiotics and slow the development of antibiotic resistance.
https://t.co/Jzwhgwas9q

[Rietie Venter @LabMuis]

Together we achieve better.
Congratulations to @LabVenter's amazing 2 @UniofAdelaide Masters of Biotechnology students @sida0323 and @HanbiaoChen on passing their degrees with flying colours with projects on #AMR @UniversitySA.