Closing soon! Great research role joint with @gpollara.bsky.social and me at @uclmedsci.bsky.social

Come for the mystery of how bacteria affect the human bladder during recurrent #UTI - stay for the immunology, 'omics, innovative 3D urothelial modelling & friendly atmosphere!

rb.gy/xmw5b5 #UTISky

Congrats on this interesting work, @ktomasek.bsky.social and team!

#UTISky #UTI #vaccines

New in PLOS Pathogens 🎉 How does OM-89 (Uro-Vaxom) protect against recurrent UTIs? 🦠 Our paper: it activates lysosomes in bladder epithelial cells, pushing intracellular E. coli into acidic, protease-active compartments and improving antibiotic killing. 🧵
10.1371/journal.ppat.1014448
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Our new paper is online and describes how antibiotic treatment #AMR versus osmotive laxative pre-exposure alters the gut environment leading to different colonization outcomes and evolutionary fates of hypervirulent #Klebsiella pneumoniae!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CJFYDB...
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Only two weeks away! mark your calendars🗓️
#UTIHour #UTISky

Our #UTIhour is a little over TWO WEEKS AWAY!

What: Pre-analytic specimen handling for quantitative urine culture - implications for practice & clinical research
When: Oct 8, 1200EDT/1600UTC
Where: UTIGA.ORG/Upcoming

You don't want to miss this seminar :)

#UTISky #IDsky

Pls help spread word: joint tech post between @gpollara.bsky.social & me. Blends his insightful work understanding host response/immunity to mucosal pathogens with my lab's passion for understanding why #UTI keeps coming back using organoid models. Come work for the dream team!

rb.gy/xmw5b5 #UTISky

Please do consider applying for this exciting lab role with @gpollara.bsky.social and me - nice blend of advanced culture models, immunology, microbiology and ‘omics, in our friendly Central London labs. Closes 2 Oct, please amplify! Happy to chat informally

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🚨 NEW RESEARCH TECHNICIAN POST 🚨

👉 Interested in understanding the biology of recurrent UTI?

👉 Keen to work in my own and @jennyrohn.bsky.social research groups at UCL?

Then please do take a look at new position available 👇. Informal enquiries encouraged.
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www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Micro-bladder model offers clues to stopping recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs)

The results indicate that phage therapy – using viruses to kill bacteria without harming people – could help to reduce recurrent infections

@microberamon.bsky.social @jennyrohn.bsky.social
#UTISky #UTI #IDSky

Micro-bladder model offers clues to stopping recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs)

The results indicate that phage therapy – using viruses to kill bacteria without harming people – could help to reduce recurrent infections

@microberamon.bsky.social @jennyrohn.bsky.social
#UTISky #UTI #IDSky

Your daily reminder that microenvironment matters for susceptibility testing!

Great work from Jen Walker lab, Shane Cristy et al. @walkerlab.bsky.social

Another great example, this time using more physiological media vs standard diagnostic broth for #Candida

#UTISky #CAUTI #ClinMicro #IDSky

Our latest paper has been featured in Nature Comms' Editors’ Highlights page for Microbiology and Infection Diseases!

Do check out the paper if you're interested in #UTI, #phage, #UPEC, advanced infection #models & treatment failure!

#UTISky #MicroSky #IDSky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thrilled to share our most recent publication that was just accepted in #mBio on #FungalCAUTI #UTISky
Big shoutout to my student Shane Cristy for all his hard work completing this story
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

Had the best cheer 📣 squad with very clever signs during my half marathon yesterday! Hope others enjoyed them too!🎉 Thanks to @melaniernicol.bsky.social and @draphilbrick.bsky.social for the support!

#IDsky #UTIsky #medsky #pharmsky

“Distinct shifts in vaginal #microbiota composition and inflammatory factor levels occur during #BV formation and recurrence” - with potential for outcome prediction

May also be interesting to #UTISky fans

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