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AMI warns that the threat of antimicrobial resistance in viruses and other pathogens cannot be underestimated Applied Microbiology International (AMI) has urged global policymakers to strengthen the revised Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP-AMR), calling for a more inclusive, clear and equit...

On #WAAW2025, AMI urges global policymakers to strengthen the revised Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (GAP-AMR), calling for a more inclusive, clear and equitable approach to tackling one of the world’s most urgent health challenges. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/ami-war...

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MVIF Season 5 program

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Save the microbes? The world’s smallest species may soon get protections. Researchers are calling for the conservation of teeny tiny organisms that normally get overlooked, and conservationists are listening.

Thanks Annie Roth! Great article on our new IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group in National Geographic. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

Could you be the next President of Applied Microbiology International?

We're recruiting our next President to join our Board of Trustees and lead our organisation into the future.

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Nice article on the presentation i gave at ADLM last week.

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AMI to head world-leading committee dedicated to protecting microbial diversity Applied Microbiology International is to lead a new conservation committee dedicated to the protection of microbial biodiversity. IUCN has approved the creation of the first-ever IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) group dedicated to microbial biodiversity.

Applied Microbiology International is to lead a new conservation committee dedicated to the protection of microbial biodiversity. IUCN has approved the creation of the first-ever Species Survival Commission (SSC) group dedicated to microbial biodiversity. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/ami-to-...

Join us at this meeting to learn more about AMI's key achievements and strategic progress made during 2024. You'll also be invited to:

🟣 Approve the minutes of the 2024 AGM
🟣 Approve changes to our Articles of Association
🟣 Welcome new trustees and thank those retiring from the Board

The microbiota vault initiative: safeguarding Earth’s microbial heritage for future generations - Nature Communications Nature Communications - The microbiota vault initiative: safeguarding Earth’s microbial heritage for future generations

🌍🦠 World Microbiome Day shout-out: we’ve just unveiled the Microbiota Vault—a planetary backup for microbial diversity. Built on equitable, One Health values & linked to the new IUCN SSC Microbiomes. Read our Nature Comms piece: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#MicrobiotaVault #Conservation #WMD2025

I’m so proud to be a part of AMI.
Congratulations to the whole team!

Base-modified nucleotides mediate immune signaling in bacteria Signaling from pathogen sensing to effector activation is a fundamental principle of cellular immunity. Whereas cyclic (oligo)nucleotides have emerged as key signaling molecules, the existence of othe...

A new type of immune defense discovered in E. coli turns viral machinery against itself. Dubbed "Kongming" after the Chinese military strategist who used enemy's weapons to defeat them, this novel immune signaling pathway could benefit the future of phage therapy: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.

NBC News EXCLUSIVE: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
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Why hasn’t the bird flu pandemic started? Some scientists examining mutations found in H5N1 viruses fear major outbreak is imminent but others says pathogen remains unpredictable

If an #H5N1 pandemic starts tomorrow or in three months, there will be little mystery as to how it happened. The conditions are all there. They have been for a while.
So in some ways the more interesting question to me at the moment is: Why aren’t we in a pandemic yet?
Story here, 🧵 to come:
🧪#IDSky

The sweater is on point, as well 👌🏼

Beauuuutiful poster 🤩🤩🤩 as always 😊

Book cover featuring the face of a leopard

Not only is it authored by a few of my scientific idols, it also has a foreword by Jared Diamond?! I need this book now!

Check out the new book by Paul Ehrlich and Rodolfo Dirzo of Stanford and Gerardo Ceballos of UNAM bit.ly/3BjimXZ

Thanks for coordinating this awesome list! I'd love to be included 🙏

Wow! 😲

Brown, blue, green and white bacterial (and/or fungal) colonies growing in the surface of coffee in a coffee pot, close up

Brown, blue, green and white bacterial (and/or fungal) colonies growing in the surface of coffee in a coffee pot

Hey microbiologist friends! What bugs like to grow in coffee?? 😅

(Note to self: Don’t forget to wash out the coffee pot next time you go on a month-long trip…)

Scientists issue call to action underlining importance of microbial solutions to tackle climate crisis Ahead of COP29, Applied Microbiology International (AMI) has partnered with leading global scientific organisations to issue a unified call to action, spotlighting microbial solutions as pivotal in co...

Today, 14 journals published the same call-to-action. It succinctly outlines microbe-based strategies to combat the climate crisis.
The authors volunteer to spearhead the creation of a task force, but need our help! Contact them @ climate@isme-microbes.org
www.the-microbiologist.com/news/scienti...

Hi Jan - I’d love to be added, if possible! Thanks so much for compiling such an awesome list!

New preprint up! We sequenced hundreds of samples from across one of Earth's oldest living organisms - the Pando aspen clone - to understand how mutations accumulate and spread in long-lived clonal organisms. Our results were…surprising. 1/30

Tried to put together a Microbial Evolution starter pack, but there were so many great people I didn't want to leave out it turned into 3 starter packs

Comment or DM me if you were missed or would like to be added!

A thread (1/3)

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Thus, wildlife may serve as reservoirs or melting pots of pathogens, but they also host a wide diversity of commensal bacteria & themselves contribute to biodiversity that supports ecosystems, which are healthiest & most resilient when they are diverse. #Ecoligy #OneHealth (8/8)