IPNC2018

2018 International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference, September 23 - 28

[IPNC2018 @ipnc2018]

#IPNC2018 NeissComm signing off! See you in South Africa!

[Basta Lab @BastaLab]

Very excited to hear that our #MenB #vaccine awareness paper is ‘basically acceptable for publication’! @BastaLab PI @IDEpiPhD shared the results of this study @ipnc2018 and got lots of great feedback. Paper will be out soon!

[IPNC2018 @ipnc2018]

A bit of a shameless plug - check out this article by @BeerninkLab et al on meningococcal NOMV with batericidal activity against gonococci!

[Ravi Kant | रविकान्त | 라비 칸트 🧬🧫🔬 @ravikantindia]

Time to fly back with lots of good memories from @ipnc2018 with sincere thanks to the organizers @BeerninkPeter for the wonderful management and to everyone who has contributed with their oral/poster presentations.

[IPNC2018 @ipnc2018]

@yhgrad

[Adam Finn @adamhfinn]

Yonatan Grad on evolution & spread of antibiotic-resistant N. gonorrhoea. Some lineages acquire and maintain resistance much more efficiently than others.... #IPNC2018

[Adam Finn @adamhfinn]

Ellen Aho and Maggie So talk about inhibitory/antimicrobial effects of commensal oral Neisseria on other N’l species. For me: yet ANOTHER reason for not restricting mening-protein antigen vaccine carriage studies to looking for effects on carriage of invasive Nm strains #IPNC2018

[Adam Finn @adamhfinn]

Michael Jennings N. gonorrhoea pili bind to I-domain of cd11b/cd18 aka CR3 on cervical cells. Drugs including carbamazepine & MeDOPA block this interaction. Potential novel approach to treatment. I wonder whether people taking these drugs for CNS diseases are protected #IPNC2018

[Thanh Phan @ThanhPh32823293]

Characterization Nm isolates in Vietnam. #IPNC2018

[Odile Harrison @OdileHarrison]

⁦@marylobanovska⁩ presenting her work on class II pilE promoters #IPNC2018

[Keith Jolley @keithajolley]

Drop by poster P28 this evening to learn about the latest PubMLST developments. https://t.co/SIdugd8zpV #IPNC2018 @MaidenLab @OdileHarrison @HB_Bratcher

[Epshita Islam @epitube]

Couldn't agree more! Looking forward to better representation of LMIC scientists during oral sessions at subsequent IPNCs! #IPNC2018

[Senjuti Saha, PhD | সেঁজুতি সাহা @senjutisaha]

Attending #neisseria conference #ipnc2018 in Asilomar. 63 talks from North America, Europe & Australia chosen from ~320 participants. No talks by #LMICs participants. Where on the globe is the highest burden of #meningitis & #STI one might wonder.

[IPNC2018 @ipnc2018]

ENGLISH BULLDOG AFTERPARTY!!!

[Manish Sadarangani @manishs_]

Y Tekletsion suggests increased NP bacterial density ass'd with lower bacterial gene expression. Overall low expression of fhbp in carriage @adamhfinn #IPNC2018

[Nicole Wheeler @nwheeler443]

Neil McAlasdair found substantially more recombination from N. gono into N. meningitidis than vice versa - interesting implications for evolution and management? #IPNC2018

[Maiden Lab @MaidenLab]

#ipnc2018 ⁦@OdileHarrison⁩ showing the power of cgMLST in analysing gonococcal populations & diversity. cgMLST scheme available at https://t.co/TB8QUIfg8l

[Jane Marsh @drjwmarsh]

@MaidenLab @mustaphamun @IDPittStop Our own Mustapha Mustapha presents genomic epidemiology supporting meningococcal carrier transmission @IPNC2018

[Adam Finn @adamhfinn]

Ladhani on UK programme to prevent MenW (cjACWY in teens) Overall annual number of cases went down this year for first time since 2009. Suggests programme now working across the population by indirect effects. Bexsero may also be impacting on cases in young children #IPNC2018

[Maiden Lab @MaidenLab]

#ipnc2018 @mustaphamun discussing microevolution in meningococci: transmission intense within schools.

[Adam Finn @adamhfinn]

MM Mustapha describes microevolution of Nm during carriage and transmission. Some genes change fast even if same strain same person at a different time. Such changes also seen in isolated from contacts - so don’t prevent transmission #IPNC2018