Join us today for Session 1 of the Klebsiella Seminar Series (April 4th 9AM EST)! We are looking forward to awesome #Klebsiella Science in a few hours..

#KlebClub23

Still time to register

RT @OlayaRendueles
Check out our new manuscript on the role of the capsule in #resistance against polymyxins in #Klebsiella

We thought that the capsule protected Klebsiella.
Until we checked.

We found that the capsule increases ⤴️susceptibility
https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00127-23

#KlebClub #antibiotics

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Check out our new manuscript on the role of the capsule in #resistance against polymyxins in #Klebsiella

We tested the MIC, growth @ sub-MIC [] & death rate of all non-capsulated mutants against 6 antibiotics including polymyxin B and last-resort colistin.

*The capsule certainly did not protect against antibiotics*

In fact, it REDUCED the MIC when cells were treated with polymyxins

https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00127-23

RT @KlebClub
Hi everyone,

We’ve extended abstract submission deadlines for research talks and posters till 17th Feb 2023! Hope to have you join us and share your exciting #klebsiella science.

Register or submit an abstract:
https://sites.google.com/view/klebclub/home

Please RT!

#klebclub2023 https://twitter.com/KlebClub/status/1615004410987298818

#KlebClub2023 is ready!
We are delighted to present you with the new panel of speakers for 2023!

Talks will take place Tuesdays in April!

You can now sign up in the following address:
https://sites.google.com/view/klebclub/home

Sign up is FREE but necessary to get the link to the live presentations and recordings.

Submit your abstract before Feb 3rd for short talks / Feb 17 for poster presentations

Please share !
#klebsiella #amr #evolution #hostpathogeninteractions

Study shows #superbugs in the #environment rarely transfer over to humans: Hospitals are more risky than farms.

#Klebsiella

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-superbugs-environment-rarely-humans-hospitals.html

Time for my #introduction ! I’m an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham. Me and my team study #AMR in G-ves, mostly E. Coli & #Klebsiella. We look at plasmid mediated AMR such as #ESBLs and carbapenamases, understanding their fundamental biology and looking at how we can stop them! Still learning this platform!

RT @DrKatHolt
2 New postdoc jobs available in my team @LSHTM_AMR working to inform #Klebsiella vaccine strategy. 2-year roles, hybrid working, UK-based but international apps welcome & can be sponsored. With @KelWyres @tomstantonmicro @EFosterNyarko @cmc_rodrigues

#introductions #twittermigration

I'm a microbiologist #Science, originally from a wonderful place in the north of Spain 🇪🇸, #Asturias, but installed in Paris 🇫🇷 .

Interested in microbial #evolution and #ecology and how extracellular surface structures, like the capsule, shape the interactions with the environment, other bacteria & #MGE to drive #adaptation.
Special focus on #Klebsiella and the spread of #AMR.

Already loving (& making the most) of the 500 characters! 😍