Veranja Liyanapathirana

Bug friendly holobiont with impostor syndrome

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

We need the infrastructure for proper quality control of ASTs
#ast #abst
#antibiotics #AMR

https://t.co/KgVbP73RhT

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

Early morning ESCMID musings
When tech races ahead in the hands of those who don’t grasp infection basics—diagnostics, pathogenesis, the core science—the results get shaky. And if they train the next gen? That knowledge gap could take decades to fix.
#ESCMIDGlobal2025

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

Unless the wider determinants are addressed, AMR is here to escalate and stay #AMR #antimicrobialresistance #antibiotic #Resistance #socialdeterminants

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

So this happened last month, spending time on peer review is an important way to build up the next generation of researchers and peers

[Microbiology Spectrum @JournalSpectrum]

As part of #PeerReviewWeek2024 we would like to thank our top Reviewing Editors.
@DrMeganAmerson @BaylinkLab @MBMicrobiology
@unibs_official @kanan_desai2004 @Middlebury
@EstelaGalvn3 @GrinnellCollege @VeranjaL
(Batch 1 of 2)

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

When expectations are not the reality
https://t.co/R14oLwBmrH
#AMR #university_students #antibiotics #antibioticresistance #antimicrobialresistance #srilanka #microbiology

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

Getting even basic data out from LMICs on AMR is a start. AMR in the elderly, with a group of dedicated medical students from University of Peradeniya.
#AMR #antimicrobialresistance #SriLanka #Peradeniya
#MRSA #Staphylococcus
https://t.co/xO8JEtJFEd @MicrobioSoc

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

The need to overcome the "lost in translation" element in antibiotic use for respiratory infections https://t.co/pRvLsVNRfh
#AMR #AntibioticResistance #antibioticuse #antibiotics #AntimicrobialResistance #infections

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

"We identified that more than half of the patients were prescribed antibiotics with insufficient documentation on the actual indications"
Making a case for stewardship from a local experience...
https://t.co/KmkHBvGPFg
#AMR #AntimicrobialResistance #antimicrobialstewardship #AMS

[International Journal of Medical Students @TheIJMS]

This work looks at the possibility of the #clinical #whitecoats of medical students being contaminated with potential #pathogens and their resistant phenotypes, highlighting the importance of their role as potential sources of #infections.

@VeranjaL

https://t.co/nocOSqX0cJ

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

Attire and antibiotic resistance. Reservoirs of AMR are far and wide... their contribution to the burden of AMR needs further evaluation.
#AMR #antibioticresistance #antimicrobialresistance @TheIJMS
https://t.co/7nxpRdjU9g

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

Medical schools need to focus on helping students to "unlearn" if we are to take the future prescribers onboard for the battle against #AMR
#MedicalStudents #antibiotics #antibioticresistance #antimicrobialresistance #srilanka #peerresearch
https://t.co/CC5Tf6bcRZ

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

Do you have a story to tell on antibiotics? Anything to clarify on antibiotics? Please let us know and a group of experts will answer your questions during the world antimicrobial awareness week, November 2022.
https://t.co/JcvjYDTGr9
#WAAW2022
#srilankansocietyformicrobiology

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

ස්වසන රෝග වලට ප්‍රතිජීවක පාවිච්චි කරන්න අවශ්‍යයි කියා අපි හිතන්නේ ඇයි? හැකි නම්දත්ත එකතු කිරීමට අපට උදව් කරන්න
#SriLanka #survey #antibioticos

https://t.co/x232MBHOBl

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

Help us get some information on what drives Sri Lankans to take antibiotics for common infections ...
https://t.co/jBShq64CS6

#LKA #SriLanka #sriLankan #LK #anibioticuse #ceylon #lanka

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

Robert Koch looks on while we compare what we are compelled to use with what we ought to use
#AcademicTwitter #Academia #microbiology #EconomicCrisisLK #researchinglobalsouth #streptococci

[Ben Lyons @ba_lyons]

Faculty are 25 times more likely to have a parent with a PhD.

I just remembered that when I was a kid, our window AC unit leaked onto our carpet and a giant mushroom appeared overnight.

If you're 1st gen and you also had a mushroom in your living room I see you.

[World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific @WHOWPRO]

Why should you care about #AntimicrobialResistance? How does it impact you? ⬇

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

Now lets keep the university rankings up and maintain our quality of education 🤷
#inflation #lka #labmedicine #EconomicCrisisLK #scicomm #AcademicTwitter #STEM #STEMeducation

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

An appropriate journal invite in the mail
#AcademicTwitter #scicomm #STEM #lka

[Veranja Liyanapathirana @VeranjaL]

Every conference makes one wonder.. Many many research groups, fancily abbreviated, collaborators of each other. Is there any place for independent researchers from LMICs unless one tags to one of these groups #AcademicTwitter #STEM #SciTwitter #scicomm