Interested in Science (bacterial genomics, Molecular epidemiology, Evolution of drug resistance in lung pathogens #TB#NTM#Haemophilus), sports and traveling
πKeynote deliveries were made by Principal co-investigators @DorothyYeboahM1 and @stefan_niemann
As well as from the WHO representative of Namibia, representative from the ministry of health and social services and the representative from the vice chancellorβs office @unam_na
Die bisher wenig untersuchten Nicht-tuberkulΓΆsen Mykobakterien (NTM) kΓΆnnen schwere Lungeninfektionen & LymphknotenentzΓΌndungen verursachen & sind schwierig zu behandeln. Am FZB werden Mechanismen untersucht, die zu der Bildung von Resistenzen bei diesen Bakterien fΓΌhren. #WAAW24
Nice and productive visit of colleagues from CERMEL (Gabon) in Borstel for training in tNGS and WGS of M. tuberculosis strains and discussion of TB sampling progress within the PANGenS project. @PANGenS2023@FZBorstel@CERMEL_Gabon
πDay 3/5: Session 1 was on an βoverview on Biobankingβ delivered by Mathurin Diatta (The Biobank manager @mrcunitgambia )
He lectured on the types and organization of Biobanks, sample management systems, sustainability plans, emergency preparedness, advantages of Biobanks.π€
We are running a massive online open course on AMR databases starting end of the month. Its completely free, study at your own pace and its ~15 hours overall over the 3 weeks (although you can finish any time in a year). Please spread in your networks! coursesandconferences.wellcoβ¦
Thrilled that our paper, detailing the first comprehensive clinico-genomic characterization of 610 isolates of the Mycobacterium avium complex from Germany, France, and Switzerland, has been accepted! @NTM_papers@NTMinfo@FZBorstel@DZIF_genomemedicine.biomedcentralβ¦
It was a pleasure to join the inauguration meeting of the Leibniz lab "Pandemic preparedness" in Berlin! Looking forward to contributing and collaborating to better deal with future pandemics! @FZBorstel
Our first NTM paper of the year is officially out! :D pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3850β¦
--> Genomic diversity and clinical relevance of Mycobacterium simiae. Including an interesting case of a patient chronically colonized for over 14 years. @FZBorstel@NTMinfo@NTM_papers@ntmnet
Greatly enjoyed the kick-off meeting in Ghana, bringing together 12 African and 3 European countries for the EDCTP funded project PANGenS (Pan-African Network for Genomic Surveillance of TB & Malaria). Amazing Organisation by the Noguchi Team! @PANGenS2023@NMIMR_UG@FZBorstel
The @EDCTP3 funded PANGenS begins its bioinformatics and DNA extraction capacity building training today @NMIMR_UG . Happening now is the session on bioinformatics training-SeqSphere being led by Dr. ir. Margo Diricks (@MarDir6 ) from @FZBorstel .
A brief presentation by Dr. ir. Margo Diricks @MarDir6 on work package 3- Surveillance of drug resistant π. π΅πΆπ£π¦π³π€πΆππ°π΄πͺπ΄ complex (MTBC) strains by Whole Genome Sequencing. She highlighted the features and potential of the SeqSphere software .
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2023 Was a wonderful year: cancer-free scans for my brother, moved into our New house, got a contract prolongation, finally managed a Marathon, had some awesome holidays and numerous interesting conferences and trainings. Looking forward to what 2024 will bring!