New method combines #DNA #nanoballs and electronics to enable simple #pathogen detection.

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-method-combines-dna-nanoballs-electronics.html

What is happening?!
An excellent question. Here in the world of #plant #pathogen interactions, Wei et al. are sharing new findings about the role of #Arabidopsis CPL1 in MAMP-triggered immunity. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13551
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #RNA #MAPK #phytopathology #PlantSci #PlantScience #botany

Costly expression of #virulence factors by #Salmonella elicits gut inflammation, which in turn promotes #pathogen blooms. This study explains the tight connection between #microbiome complexity & evolution of Salmonella virulence #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/44BbHSb

New NIOO publication: Impact of the fungal #pathogen Fusarium oxysporum on the taxonomic and functional diversity of the common bean root #microbiome. #rhizosphere #endosphere #metagenome #metatranscriptome
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-023-00524-7

A new #biocontrol method for the root rot #pathogen Heterobasidion annosum in stands of Scots pines: Infected trees and stumps are treated with a partitivirus of Heterobasidion (HetPV13-an1) and a buffer zone is established around the infection sites by felling healthy trees and treating their stumps with the competing fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea. Article in Biological Control (2023, vol. 184, art. 105263) by Tuula Piri and others - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105263

Our paper on #Lymedisease bacteria-host function and evolution titled "Structural #evolution of an immune evasion determinant shapes #pathogen host tropism" was just published in @PNASNews https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301549120

This week sees the final opening of the new Vaccine Development & Evaluation Centre at Porton Down.

For an investment of £65mn the Govt. hopes to be able to develop a #vaccine response to any #pathogen, such as a new wave of #Coronavirus, within 100 days; whatever we think about #Tories past efforts as disease control, this seems like a sensible & timely #investment.

But, its proximity to a defence facility (working on similar issues but for defence) will set the #socialmedia rumours flying!

It was a pleasure to work with Jason Ladner and Jason Sahl on this insightful look at how pathogen genomics can be leveraged post #COVID19 to understand and track other pathogen and emerging #epidemics

#pandemic #genomics #pathogen #virus #bacteria #sequencing #GlobalHealth

From: @PLOSBiology
https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology/110819074844875384

#Russia / #Mongolia borders: “On July 19, a dead #groundhog cub was brought from Zavkhan aimag. Bacteriological studies on the condition showed the content of the bubonic #plague #pathogen in the samples, ”she said in an interview with TASS .

Читайте на WWW.KP.RU: https://www.kp.ru/online/news/5373317/ #epizootic #animals #yersinia #enzootic

Hi! I recently migrated here and reposting my #introduction

I'm a researcher working on statistical modelling and developing software for analysing #metagenomics and #pathogen #genomics data. I also like tinkering with data compression and writing wrapper libraries for that.

Hi! I recently migrated here and reposting my introduction.

I'm a researcher working on statistical modelling and developing software for analysing #metagenomics and #pathogen #genomics data. I also like tinkering with data compression and writing wrapper libraries for that.

Are #pools in your future this #summer?

Here’s what happens when a swim team competes with an intestinal #pathogen

Crytpo is exceptionally #infectious, particularly in pools.

The #parasite is shed in feces, and an infected person can spew 10 MILLION to 100 MILLION parasites in a single blowout, according to the CDC.

Swallowing just 10...

Ten.

1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...

10 parasites is enough to ignite a new explosive infection.

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https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/06/heres-what-happens-when-a-swim-team-competes-with-an-intestinal-pathogen/

Here’s what happens when a swim team competes with an intestinal pathogen - Enlarge / A swimmer in the men's 200 meter breaststroke finals during a... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1951178 #waterbornedisease #cryptosporidium #cryptoexchange #massachusetts #intestinal #diarrhea #parasite #pathogen #swimmers #swimming #science #college #health #pool #cdc

Ars Technica: Here’s what happens when a swim team competes with an intestinal pathogen https://arstechnica.com/?p=1951178 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #waterbornedisease #Cryptosporidium #cryptoexchange #massachusetts #intestinal #diarrhea #parasite #pathogen #swimmers #swimming #Science #college #Health #pool #CDC

Exploitation of host cell #organelles by an intracellular #pathogen: #Brucella abortus not only uses the ER to replicate, but later also localizes to and fragments #mitochondria to aid bacterial egress via #mitophagy
Thierry Arnould et al
https://www.embopress.org/doi/10.15252/embj.2022112817

New NIOO publication: Dead or alive: #carbon as a currency to integrate #disease and #ecosystem ecology theory. #diseasecology #ecosystemecology #decomposition #pathogen #transmission
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09880

#Effectors play a central role in determining the outcome of #plant−#pathogen interactions and can provide fundamental knowledge of microbial pathogenesis and disease resistance. Review of plant pathogen effectors and the recently developed analytic tools and technologies for identifying them - article in Phytopathology (2023, vol. 113, issue 4, pp. 637-650) by Amelia H. Lovelace and others like @michhulin

My latest co-authorship is

Inoculum dose–disease response relationships for the pea #root rot pathogen, Aphanomyces euteiches, are dependent on #soil type and other pathogens

Abstract: The oomycete #pathogen, Aphanomyces euteiches, was implicated for the first time in #pea and lentil root rot in #Saskatchewan and #Alberta in 2012 and 2013. Subsequent surveys from 2014 to 2017 revealed that Aphanomyces root rot (ARR) was widespread across the #Canadian #prairies...

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1115420

The fungal #banana #pathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis (black Sigatoka disease) has become an important worldwide problem for banana growers. Reconstructing and analysing its #invasion routes will help to constrain the disease - article on the spread of the disease in Africa by A. Gilabert and others like @renaud_vitalis (in Ecology and Evolution, 2023, vol. 13, issue 4, art. e10013) - https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10013

[Articles] All-cause and #pathogen-specific lower respiratory tract #infection #hospital admissions in #children younger than 5 years during the
#COVID-19 #pandemic (2020–22) compared with the pre-pandemic period (2015–19) in South Africa: an observational study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00200-1/fulltext?rss=yes