Jacob Wildfire

Pizza enthusiast and PhD graduate working within the field of AMR. Currently working on the Fleming Fund.

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

Myself and my fantastic team from @LSHTM have been awarded the 'Runner-Up Innovation Prize' by Vivli and Wellcome for our analysis of evolutionary dynamics using multinational MIC distributions.

👩‍🔬The team: @gmknght @N_R_Waterlow @NaomiMFuller and Alastair Clements

[Vivli @VivliCenter]

Vivli is pleased to announce the awardees of the Vivli Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance Open Data Re-Use Data Challenge! With a total of 56 teams from 28 different countries participating, we recognize six outstanding teams. Learn more here: https://t.co/pLTtFc0Z3Y

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

The pre-print is out!

We screened an MRSA transposon library for barriers to gene transfer. We discovered specific chromosomal islands controlling gene transfer. Within one are Sau1 restriction modification genes, and Wadjet-like anti-plasmid genes.

https://t.co/1Zp6WWLG02

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

The pre-print of our Vivli competition paper is out now! We used global MIC distributions to identify patient categories in which antibiotic resistance was differential. Have a look 👀
https://t.co/IPAw273XtQ

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

For those at #ESCMIDGlobal2024, I’ll be presenting an ePoster at 10:18am, Arena 2.

What is this strange new chromosomal region we’ve found? Does it control HGT in MRSA?

Come and find out!

[Vivli @VivliCenter]

Attending #ECCMID2024? Our colleagues and #AMRSurveillance Data Challenge prize winners @mutisya_fred @QuentinLclrc @jessika_hu @JacobWildfire will be presenting their innovative research! More information here: https://t.co/IZlKrTdR8l #ESCMIDGlobal

@wellcometrust

[Gwen Knight @gmknght]

And our presentation is up on youtube!
https://t.co/GyZpGe25LJ

Anyone with MIC data out there want to do some distribution analysis to look at transmission routes / hotspots we'd be very interested to hear from you! especially in #Mtb! #AMR

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

Made this for the MRF Festive Science Image Competition but missed the deadline lol
So posting it here instead!

Made from skin Staphylococcal isolates 🧫

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

I really enjoyed writing a piece for @MicrobioSoc 😁 How can more basic science researcher contribute to tackling #AMR? 🔬 Read below!

[Microbiology Society @MicrobioSoc]

Jake Wildfire (@JacobWildfire) reflects on the evolving landscape of AMR research and the significance of early career researchers' contributions to understanding and combating antimicrobial resistance in #MicrobiologyToday. Read more here: https://t.co/IXZENg2Aou

[LSHTM AMR Centre @LSHTM_AMR]

Huge thanks to all attendees, teachers & keynote presenter @SouthAfricanASP from this year's #AMR short course! 👏

It was a fantastic week of multidisciplinary discussions from basic biology to data surveillance & intervention design.

Register for 2024 👉https://t.co/XHYb861hiZ

[LSHTM AMR Centre @LSHTM_AMR]

Less than 3 weeks to go until our annual #AMR short course! 🦠 Includes a keynote seminar from Marc Mendelson @SouthAfricanASP on the role of national & international policy interventions against AMR 👏

Short course 👉 https://t.co/arcVRQSWrD

Seminar 👉 https://t.co/fQ8fPXBSoT

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

No summer holiday for us - #fortknight is in session! Alastair Clements regaled us with science from his placement 🧪 and we did some positive affirmations 😌 Positive vibes only 🕺🏼
@gmknght @NaomiMFuller @N_R_Waterlow @MaxWallat @raads_r_us

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

Presented today for SGUL’s second ever @pintofscience #Pint23
Catch us tomorrow for our last session 🏆

[Catrin Moore @catmoore_1]

Fab presentation 👏👏👏 @AMR_CNPI

[Maximilian Wallat @MaxWallat]

Hugely exciting results at #microbio23 from @JacobWildfire presenting a novel staphylococcus aureus transfer island🧫🏝️ #AMR #mrsa #microbiology @jodi_lindsay @gmknght @MicrobioSoc

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

@catmoore_1 @AMR_CNPI Thank you Catrin!

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

Today’s the day - looking forward to speaking and a bombardment of questions 🗣️

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

To everybody at #MicroBio23, I'm the final speaker of Tuesday's 'Genetics and genomics forum'! 🧫 Come and see the fruits of my PhD on S. aureus DNA transfer barriers 🧬 Thanks to @MicrobioSoc for having me

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

To everybody at #MicroBio23, I'm the final speaker of Tuesday's 'Genetics and genomics forum'! 🧫 Come and see the fruits of my PhD on S. aureus DNA transfer barriers 🧬 Thanks to @MicrobioSoc for having me

[Quentin Leclerc @QuentinLclrc]

Antimicrobial resistance is a dynamic problem, varying over time both at hospital & patient level 📈

Here, we show that routinely collected hospital data can be used to quantify multilevel AMR dynamics, a key step to understand AMR evolution 🦠

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https://t.co/NyCQI8hh1H

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

@ScratchaDVA @Bandcamp @NTSlive @sam_interface Dropping my mate’s tune here:

https://t.co/CryWpYW0CJ

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

This week on #Fortknight, we shared our various research woes - mad what incredibly specific issues we've all faced. Then, @raads_r_us blew us away with upcoming work on #Campylo AMR and poultry 🐔 (@gmknght @NaomiMFuller @N_R_Waterlow @MaxWallat @nichola_naylor)

[Jacob Wildfire @JacobWildfire]

@HweelinWee @MicrobioSoc Thank you very much, that’s very kind of you to say ☺️