LithgowLab

Tweets from Lithgow Lab members. Core research areas: Bacteriophage discovery and evolution, cell envelope biology and understanding and reversing AMR.

[LithgowLab @LithgowLab]

@CentreImpactAMR #AMR

[Working to Fight AMR @WeFightAMR]

In 2023, there were over 4,500 new clinical cases of #superbug candida auris in the United States, according to the @CDCgov's latest data. This marks a concerning continuation of the superbug's rise since first reported in 2016: https://t.co/SkSNPVMRGk

[trevor-lithgow.bsky.social @TrevorLithgow]

2024 will be my last year on Twitter.

For the longest time it was a really construtive place to be. I’ve been having more fun at https://t.co/lkxgOqP8LH this year.

Please join me there if you’d like to stay in touch.

[trevor-lithgow.bsky.social @TrevorLithgow]

Beautiful work by MSc student Huanchang Chen from the 1st Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University and ⁦@MonashBDI⁩ investigating Klebsiella-phage cocktails ⁦@CentreImpactAMR⁩ ⁦@MonashUni⁩ #AMR https://t.co/tYbPhzw8DC

[VIIN @The_VIIN]

Closing off the presentation session @The_VIIN, @HelenIsInTheLab from @MonashBDI is talking about her very interesting research of how diabetes 2 (possibly!) blunts the immune response in mice, resulting in worse fungal infection outcomes.

#YoungVIIN2024 #VIINYIS

[mBio @mbiojournal]

A minimalist phage isolated from Wurundjeri Country is teaching us new things about incremental evolution toward new phenotypes. #mBio @LithgowLab @CentreImpactAMR @MonashBDI @KlebClub @KlebsPapers @TrevorLithgow https://t.co/xNK2o7UAMz

[LithgowLab @LithgowLab]

Virus lurking in Merri Creek is a slick superbug killer that could save millions #phage #AMR nice one @TrevorLithgow @MonashResearch @MonashBDI @mbiojournal https://t.co/yd9DMISNVt

[LithgowLab @LithgowLab]

@CentreImpactAMR #AMR

[Vanessa Carter AMR 🇬🇧🇿🇦 @VCarterAMR]

As Chair of the @WHO Task Force of AMR Survivors, I invite you to share our "AMR is Invisible. I am not." campaign. Alternatively, please reach out to one of our members or identify a patient story within your local community.

This year’s WAAW theme is Educate. Advocate. Act Now. Let’s ensure we include the often unheard voices of those most affected by this global health threat.

#AMRsurvivors
#AMR #AntimicrobialResistance #WAAW

[LithgowLab @LithgowLab]

Virus lurking in Merri Creek is a slick superbug killer that could save millions #phage #AMR nice one @TrevorLithgow @MonashResearch @MonashBDI @mbiojournal https://t.co/yd9DMISNVt

[Centre to Impact AMR @CentreImpactAMR]

🚨Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that prey on bacteria. This study sampled natural phage populations to test the hypothesis that untapped genetic variation within a population can be the basis for the selection to diversify the host-range of a phage. https://t.co/UBOo9gG7wH

[trevor-lithgow.bsky.social @TrevorLithgow]

Embracing minimalism - “owning only what adds value to your life” - this little #phage is revealing how to evolve new traits for host-killing without acquisition of new genes. Isolated on Wurundjeri country, in a very cool partnership ⁦@MonashBDI⁩ https://t.co/fjtDSDK9tc

[LithgowLab @LithgowLab]

Farewell to Thung Young with this cool #phage work @CentreImpactAMR @MonashUni @MonashResearch @mbiojournal

[trevor-lithgow.bsky.social @TrevorLithgow]

Embracing minimalism - “owning only what adds value to your life” - this little #phage is revealing how to evolve new traits for host-killing without acquisition of new genes. Isolated on Wurundjeri country, in a very cool partnership ⁦@MonashBDI⁩ https://t.co/fjtDSDK9tc

[Centre to Impact AMR @CentreImpactAMR]

This symposium will be led by our Indo-Pacific Future Leaders in #AMR Students and is set to take place on the 25th of February, 2025.

[Centre to Impact AMR @CentreImpactAMR]

📣 Abstract submissions are now open for our first Indo-Pacific Future Leaders in AMR Student Symposium. HDR students from across the Indo-Pacific region are encouraged to apply. Abstract applications will close on Friday 29th of November, 2024!
Apply now: https://t.co/BzgvjNfTta

[LithgowLab @LithgowLab]

@TrevorLithgow @fiona_whelan @MacsysCoe join us here @MonashBDI @MonashUni

[CDC Antimicrobial Resistance @CDC_AR]

U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week is a month away! Join us and ‘Go Purple’ from 11/18-11/24 and encourage your community to do the same. Register now until 11/15 and learn how we all play a role in fighting #AntimicrobialResistance: https://t.co/1BpAjyb1R6

[CDC Antimicrobial Resistance @CDC_AR]

#AntimicrobialResistance (AR) is a global public health threat that can affect anyone, at any age, and in any country. Learn more about the actions you can take to protect yourself and others, and help combat AR: https://t.co/AB5jhXOxUc

[Phage Australia - Connect. Discover. Cure @PhageAustralia]

#WorldPhageDay #WorldPhageWeek #PhageTherapy

[First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria @firstpeoplesvic]

Today is World Wombat Day!

On the theme of Treaty, collective strength and wombats, can anyone tell us the collective noun for wombats?

[Microbiology Society @MicrobioSoc]

The second Article Spotlight for July is from Alain Filloux who gives an overview on bacterial protein secretion systems, their history, their nomenclature and why it can be misleading for newcomers in the field. Read the full article here 🔦👉https://t.co/o2uwFYRDJR

[John Boyce @jdbbirder]

Excited to share our new work, led by Brooke Hayes and Marina Harper and with @DrSheenaMcGowan as senior author, on Type VI secretion system Rhs effector and delivery mechanisms now finally out today in Nat. Commun. https://t.co/Qn3ooomkbz