Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL

Centre for Clinical Microbiology at UCL combines internationally renowned academic, research and clinical expertise in microbiology.

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

The #CCMBucketHat headed to the Republic of Congo in January with @LinzyElton to run a 16S sequencing workshop and attend the CATCR steering meeting at la Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale (FCRM) in Brazzaville! It's first trip of 2026 and it made a new friend 🦍👀

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

Interested in learning how to combat infectious disease threats to humans and animals? PhD studentships available through the BBSRC-funded Wessex One Health (WOH) Doctoral Landscape Programme. Deadline 23rd January 2026.
https://t.co/FCzcILtQRY

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

The #CCMBucketHat was in Maputo, Mozambique last week with @leticiamwildner and @LinzyElton to undertake a clinical trials site visit at @instituto_ins

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

The #CCMBucketHat was in Lithuania last week with @LinzyElton & @DallasRoulston when they visited @NVSPL1 to run a workhop on using @nanopore for surveillance of pathogens and #AMR, #metagenomics of wastewater and #16S for clinical samples! Thanks to the team for hosting us!

[Linzy Elton, PhD @LinzyElton]

Published! Our paper utilising #metagenomics to look at #pathogens and #AMR in the veterinary environment, and how it relates to clinical infections: https://t.co/iodhRMHPsb

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

We held our Lab Olympics today, congratulations to all competitors, especially team 'Number one' for coming first!

[Linzy Elton, PhD @LinzyElton]

The team at @ZymoResearch have written a blog about the use of environmental #metagenomics in two of our recent papers, highlighting its use for #AMR #surveillance across #OneHealth settings https://t.co/n0OPslKfJx

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

Some of the CCM clinical trials team joined the PanACEA annual meeting in Cape Town, South Africa 3-5 June. A celebration of all the work achieved, and a look forward to all of the things we can work towards with PanACEA3! @leticiamwildner @MaitraArundhati @LinzyElton

[PANDORA-ID-NET @PandoraIDNet]

In a collaboration between @HerpeZ, @UCL_CCM and @NHSBartsHealth, researcher Rosalind @roro_micro has spent 3 weeks in Zambia helping to develop @nanopore #metagnomics for non-malarial febrile illness diagnosis from blood samples! @JohnTembo1982 @kathrynharris26 @LinzyElton

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

In our final video on #clinicaltrials, @LinzyElton
explains what a site coordinator does when they visit each of the labs! Coordinators work closely with the lab teams to help make sure that all work is being done according to the trial guidelines, making the data robust.

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

The @UNITE4TB laboratory coordinator team caught up at CCM as part of the annual meeting held in London last week. Do we see a #CCMBucketHat?

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

Next up in our series of videos on #clinicaltrials, @LinzyElton explains what a day in the life of our laboratory scientists looks like! We work with sites all over the world and each trial is different, but with many hundreds of #tuberculosis patients enrolled, it's always busy!

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

We're part of many #tuberculosis #ClinicalTrial studies, and site coordinator @LinzyElton has made a series of videos to try and dispel the myths about clinical trials! First up, a look at OptiRimox; why (and how) it's run, and why trials are so important!

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

(2/2) You can find the video and links to all of the resources on our @info_TGHN hub page: https://t.co/Cn0ymeePcR

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

(1/2) Are you interested in @nanopore sequencing? Want to do whole genome sequencing? Our postdoc @linzyElton has published a @YouTube tutorial video for the Rapid Barcoding kit (RBK114) to help you get started! https://t.co/bRXgHeG99g

[PANDORA-ID-NET @PandoraIDNet]

(1/2) Are you interested in @nanopore sequencing? Want to sequence amplicons or do #metagenomics? @linzyElton at our partner site @UCL_CCM @ucl has published a @YouTube tutorial video for the Rapid PCR Barcoding kit to help you get started: https://t.co/IVXG4rCQ6T

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

The #CCMBucketHat made it to Kingston, Jamaica last week on a trip to run a sequencing workshop at the University of the West Indies. Phylogenetic trees were built and carbapenem resistance genes were found! Here it is at the Bob Marley museum with postdoc @LinzyElton

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

The #CCMBucketHat made appearances in Switzerland, Spain, South Africa, Gabon, Malawi, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Australia in 2024! So far it's made it to 19 countries and 6 continents in total, where will it end up in 2025?? 🤔

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

We're proud to announce a series of exceptional achievements by our own distinguished Professor, Sir Alimuddin Zumla @AliZumla @UCLInfectImm https://t.co/MB6W0p2v6C

[Centre for Clinical Microbiology UCL @UCL_CCM]

The #CCMBucketHat made it to #Malaysia with Centre Director Prof Tim McHugh last week!