Claire Chewapreecha

Research on Melioidosis and NTDs, based in Bangkok Thailand.

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

@daniela_oaks Thank you so much Daniela!

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

Delighted to see our study published and selected as an editorial highlight in #NatureCommunications https://t.co/3d68pDLA0W
This work came from a collaborative effort to improve environmental detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacterium that causes melioidosis [1/n].

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

@TaoUttamapinant @PWongpalee Also grateful to @wellcometrust for supporting this environmental surveillance work on melioidosis and other waterborne diseases, and for its continued expansion.

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

This is a collaborative effort with Maturada Patchsung, @TaoUttamapinant , and @PWongpalee leading the CRISPR work; along with the field grit and persistence of Mick Pakdeerat, Chalita Chomkatekaew, Phumrapee Boonklang, Raiwin Mothong, Arin Wongprommoon and many others [4/n]

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

Guwahati in the morning - gearing up for the South Asian Melioidosis Congress and feeling excited already!

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

@peppermin5 A huge thank you @peppermin5 !

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

Humbled and deeply grateful to @wellcometrust for awarding us another 8 years of support through the Wellcome Career Development Award to study melioidosis in the Lower Mekong region - a neglected tropical disease that affects my home country and our neighbours. (1/n)

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

@Le_Van_Tan Thank you so much!

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

@MichaelWKChew @wellcometrust It has truly been a privilege, and I feel so fortunate to have had someone looking out for my career. I am incredibly grateful. Wishing you a wonderful retirement - you will be deeply missed 🥹 Please let me know when you next visit Thailand.

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

We will also look at clinical and environmental factors that might modify this risk. Integral to this project is to train the next generation, build local research leaders, and capacity where it is needed the most. We will work hard to do justice to this opportunity 🌟🙏(3/3)

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

We will profile the omics of 1,500 healthy individuals and 1,500 patients, along with the causative bacteria from the environment and patients, to understand the full spectrum of the disease - from exposure to infection, acute illness, and post-discharge readmission (2/n)

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

If you're passionate about tackling antimicrobial resistance through genomics, we’d love to welcome you to the AMRTarget community! Join us at https://t.co/cr6ERx0XbG
We currently have just a few members from South and Southeast Asia - let’s grow this part of the family together!

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

It came together through workshops in London and Cape Town, plus lots of late-night calls (Thailand time... explains the tired look in 2024–2025). Really glad to see it out, and excited for what’s next as we keep pushing for more inclusive research.

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

A great policy piece led by the Wellcome Trust, on the challenges of involving wider communities in genomic research—and how we can start to break those barriers. https://t.co/LD6kmLjQFe

[Iruka Okeke @iruka_okeke]

A thread about antibiotic access that ends with our new commentary: As we reviewed in #TheLancetAMRSeries last year https://t.co/HYauhm5ct7, (in)access is as much a problem as excess in addressing infection management and antimicrobial resistance.../2

[Josie Bryant @Josie_M_B]

If you have experience in sc/spatial transcriptomics with an interest in microbes....come and join our team as a computational postdoc:
https://t.co/pbV19AgJuK...

Incredibly exciting datasets on host-microbe interactions in the lung.

Pls RT and reach out if you are interested

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

Behind every great woman in science is another amazing woman in science, inspiring, supporting, and lifting her up. Happy International Women Day! https://t.co/rErqdsapTh

[Claire Chewapreecha @chewapreecha]

@iruka_okeke A huge congratulations Iruka!