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rhystwhite.bsky.social

Scientist, using #genomics to understand #evolution, diversity, & pathogenesis. Welsh expat living in New Zealand. Formerly The University of Queensland

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One patient, two samples Weeks apart, E. faecium picked up vancomycin resistance By sequencing vancomycin-susceptible strains on-site, we caught this early & avoided unnecessary, disruptive interventions #Genomics Proud to share at #nanoporeconf! @nanoporetech.com 🖥️🧬💻 #AcademicSky #MicroSky 🧪🧫🦠

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Attending #ESCMIDGlobal & curious about community-associated CPE? Craig Thornley is presenting today on a prolonged OXA-48-producing E. coli cluster in New Zealand, with genomic evidence supporting community & hospital transmission. See poster E0434 #ESCMIDGlobal2025 🖥️🧬💻 #AcademicSky #MicroSky 🧪🧫🦠

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Hospital infections are a problem & 'go-to' methods have limits. We trailed @nanoporetech.com in outbreak detection & response 📌Implementing nanopore sequencing in a clinical laboratory: a social systems case study | NZ J Med Lab Sci issuu.com/sharontozer/... 🖥️🧬💻 #AcademicSky #MicroSky 🧪🧫🦠

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

📌The need for speed: ultra-rapid high-resolution outbreak analysis in a front-line hospital microbiology laboratory |@medrxivpreprint See how hospital labs can analyse outbreaks fast - no on-site #Bioinformatics needed, cutting delays doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🖥️🧬💻 #AcademicSky #MicroSky 🧪🧫🦠

submitted 113 days ago • 5 comments

K. variicola can be misID as K. pneumoniae. Our #OpenAccess paper reports an NICU #Outbreak 📌The rapid detection of a neonatal unit outbreak of a wild-type Klebsiella variicola using decentralized Oxford Nanopore sequencing doi.org/10.1186/s137... @nanoporetech.com 🖥️🧬💻 #AcademicSky #Microsky 🧪🧫🦠

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

Amazing work by the NZ MPI team - the full genome from the HPAI H7N6 detection is now available on GISAID. Further information on the impacts and control actions can be found here: bit.ly/4iy3O8n

submitted 184 days ago • 1 comment

Kia ora koutou! 👋 I’ve put together a starter pack of amazing people working in #Genomics across Aotearoa New Zealand. If I’ve missed anyone, please let me know! go.bsky.app/KhMbQxK

submitted 191 days ago • 1 comment

NEW Publication!😄 Here, we show how #PhyKIT — a broadly applicable toolkit for #phylogenomics — can be used to construct phylogenomic data matrices (& quantify biases therein), detect anomalies in predicted orthology, calculate gene-gene coevolution, & more! 🔗: tinyurl.com/yc5ja4xz

submitted 193 days ago • 2 comments

Day 6 of @who.int World #AntimicrobialAwarenessWeek: AMR isn't just a global crisis—it has local consequences🌏 It’s not just about humans. #AMR affects animals, the environment & everything in between. To truly understand AMR, we need to see how these 3 are connected #OneHealth #WAAW🧵👇🧪 #WAAW2024

submitted 195 days ago • 2 comments

Day 5 of the @who.int World #AntimicrobialAwarenessWeek. We've covered what #AntibioticResistance is & how it spreads. But how do bacteria resist #Antibiotics? From modifying drug targets to producing enzymes that break down antibiotics, here are some common #AMR mechanisms🧵🧪 #WAAW #WAAW2024

submitted 196 days ago • 1 comment

Day 4 of the @who.int World #AntimicrobialAwarenessWeek: Composite transposons are another way #AntimicrobialResistance genes spread. These ‘jumping genes’ move resistance genes within & between bacterial DNA, increasing bacterial resistance to #Antibiotics! 🧵👇 #WAAW2024 #AMR 🧪

submitted 197 days ago • 1 comment

Day 3 of the @who-global.bsky.social World #AntimicrobialAwarenessWeek: Did you know that viruses called phages can also spread #AntimicrobialResistance? A phage can infect bacteria & can sometimes transfer #AMR genes between them. Let’s see how! 🧵👇 🧪 #WAAW2024

submitted 198 days ago • 1 comment