Samia Naccache

Clinical Microbiologist, Technical Director. D(ABMM). Opinions my own.

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

Happy #LabWeek 2023! It's time to let your creativity shine—submit a caption for our lab week cartoon (below) by Apr 28 at 3 p.m. ET for a chance to win a $50 Visa gift card. The winner will be announced May 3! https://t.co/lXETDD9Cn5 #ASMClinMicro #TheFutureIsLab

[American University of Beirut Medical Center @AUBMC_Official]

“40 adult patients and 15 children living on respirators will die immediately. 180 people suffering from renal failure will die poisoned after a few days without dialysis.”
AUBMC APPEALS FOR URGENT SUPPLY OF FUEL before forced shutdown this Monday. https://t.co/wof67X6dvy

[Greninger Lab @GreningerLab]

New preprint showing a #SARSCoV2 nucleocapsid variant that impacts antigen test performance. One sample just didn't want to play ball with the Quidel SARS Antigen FIA, of #pac12 and #big10 fame. So we sequenced it...

https://t.co/smmMI5rsgX

[UW Division of Infectious Disease Diagnostics @UWDIDD]

Defective freeloader viral genomes discovered by @uwvirology researchers in infections by DNA viruses in humans, suggesting defective viral genomes may play a role in far greater range of viral infections than previously recognized. Read it here: https://t.co/X3nUw1HdP1

[Amanda T. Harrington, PhD, D(ABMM) @aharrington1884]

“Simple solutions sell.
But simple solutions distract us from coordinating a complex and multifaceted response befitting such a complex and multifaceted problem.” Well stated @Anna_Minkina

[Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS🧫🦠 @richdavisphd]

The pandemic put laboratory testing on the front page ... for COVID-19 tests.

But (it turns out) the infrastructure for test supplies is fragile. Look at these numbers of shortages for SARS-CoV2 AND for non-COVID tests. It's widespread & ongoing. https://t.co/1iL83Vs8UM

[JClinMicro EIC @JClinMicro]

Editorial: Can We Test Our Way Out of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

https://t.co/6u16ldGntK @ASMicrobiology @Microetry

[UW Division of Infectious Disease Diagnostics @UWDIDD]

@GreningerLab research scientist, Amin Addetia, describes interesting mutations found in the genomes of 2 SARS-CoV-2 isolates. https://t.co/j4v0QIeFVC

[JClinMicro EIC @JClinMicro]

I think some clinical microbiologists might appreciate this right now. Hang in there, friends!!!

@ASMicrobiology

[UW Medicine Newsroom @uwmnewsroom]

Hear from the researchers behind the COVID-19 test developed @UWMedicine. Keith Jerome, head of the Virology Division, Alex Greninger in lab medicine who headed the team that developed test. @UWVirology @WADeptHealth @KCPubHealth #COVID19seattle
https://t.co/fdwucmkZop

[Greninger Lab @GreningerLab]

Welcome to Greninger Lab. Our lab focuses on the genomics of infectious diseases and metagenomics. Specifically, we are expanding reference genomic databases through first genomes of bugs and viral discovery to study the crazy evolutionary pressures we put on viruses.

[Kim Pruitt @kdpru]

Congratulations to David Lipman and the GenBank team for being a SAMMIES award finalist! https://t.co/8UqrdCfadH

[Sujai Kumar 🐢 @[email protected] @sujaik]

You know the #microbiome field has arrived when xkcd covers it @pathogenomenick @phylogenomics http://t.co/oV5DiE0VkW

[Scot Federman @sfederman]

Another... #worldseries

[WestRock @WestRock]

How do design thinking and smart manufacturing help us develop sustainable packaging? #packagingmatters https://t.co/MV9NEtU6lU

[Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics]

A disturbing trend - casual and reckless use of antimicrobial agents in building materials. http://t.co/UoisHeCmck via @microBEnet

[Adam Phillippy @aphillippy]

Nice summary from @nextgenseek of this morning's @nanopore happenings in the Loman lab @pathogenomenick http://t.co/KUxBCcT8BE

[Elliot @Loh]

"I tried to file my nails. In the process I accidentally fixed a small engine that was nearby" http://t.co/n81vdJf3Jq

[Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics]

Tools for visualizing microbial sequence data in a web browser from @hollybik & @pitchinteractiv are spectacular http://t.co/JFz5TdnJT5