Adam P. Roberts

Looking forward to working with all the different stakeholders and members of the PathNoma Alliance on this project to try and understand the microbiological causes of, and the immune response to, this terribly neglected disease.

Technical Programme Manager | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Technical Project ManagerLocation: LiverpoolContract: Fixed-term contract until March 2028Salary: £47,389 - £59,967The Parish Lab at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine focuses on antimicrobial ...

Are you interested in being the first biologist in our new team? Come join our small but growing group. Deadline for applications is 3rd March. #Tuberculosis 🧪🦠 #TBDrugDiscovery

New PDRA position with @knightjar.bsky.social @coytelab.bsky.social & me

Community assembly processes in soil microbiomes with focus on bioinformatics and computational modelling of data from field and lab experiments

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Well done @ozangundogdu11.bsky.social

Doctoral INPhINIT fellowships - Incoming Call 2026 We grant 30 fellowships for researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue a doctorate in a STEM discipline at research centres of excellence in Spain or Portugal.

Interested in MGE-host coevolution?

Like sunny #Porto?

Apply to #LaCaixa doctoral #INPhINIT fellowships with me and explore the hidden world of mobile genetic elements🧬 DM or email in case of interest.

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Comparative genomics of blood and faecal E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolates from neonates with bloodstream infections in Tanzania - Communications Biology Genomic comparison of E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolated from faeces and blood of the same neonatal patients revealed highly related pairs, suggesting translocation between the gastrointestinal tract ...

Really happy to see this published, fab international collabotation and excellent analysis led by Richard Goodman
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What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.

What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure. A really informative article, perfect for a weekend coffee read. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Combining demographic shifts with age-based resistance prevalence to estimate future antimicrobial resistance burden in Europe and implications for targets: A modelling study Author summary Why was this study done? Infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a major and growing threat to public health. Older adults and men are at higher risk of...

How will population shifts affect the future burden of #AMR? 👶👩‍🦳 🧫

We use a new modelling framework to explore future projections of #AMR by age and by sex, as well as interventions for control, building on our earlier findings that AMR isn’t uniform across demographics.

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🧬Join us for the next TARGetAMR webinar!
💊Dangerous Miracle: A Brief History of Antibiotics
🗓️Wednesday 19 November🕐 1–2pm 💻 Online
🎙️With Liam Shaw, Computational Biologist at University of Bristol
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Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacteria are associated with high mortality in children with bloodstream infections in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - BMC Infectious Diseases Objectives Studies from Tanzania show rising prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) amongst key bacterial pathogens. We aimed to look at the clinical impact of bloodstream infections (BSI)...

New paper on AMR, mortality and ESBLs.
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Non-conjugative plasmids limit their mobility to persist in nature Sabnis et al. explain why non-conjugative plasmids move at a low rate in nature. While increased mobility can easily evolve by incorporating phage DNA into plasmids, this is disadvantageous because it...

Do plasmids really move around that much? Well, maybe not always

Thrilled to have contributed to this story with two of my favourite microbiologists: @jrpenades.bsky.social & @sanmillan.bsky.social

This great work was led by Akshay Sabnis & @wfigueroac3.bsky.social

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Overcoming barriers to NHS adoption of innovative IPC products: A qualitative study of SMEs in the Liverpool city region Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) result in prolonged hospital stays and an increased incidence of infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play...

Overcoming barriers to NHS adoption of innovative IPC products: A qualitative study of SMEs in the Liverpool city region journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in an urban river network from Malawi - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in an urban river network from Malawi

Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in an urban river network from Malawi www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Freshwater snails are an overlooked reservoir of AMR, study reveals ​Freshwater snails across Africa and the UK carry bacteria containing a wide range of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, including those predicted to confer resistance against last-resort antibioti...

AMR sentinels: Freshwater snails across Africa and the UK carry bacteria containing a wide range of AMR genes, including those predicted to confer resistance against last-resort antibiotics, according to a new study led by Adam Roberts and Angus O'Ferrall. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/freshwa...

Time to feast on the microbial goodness!

Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds Experts describe findings as deeply concerning and predict 70% increase in related deaths by 2050 Hospitals across the world have recorded an alarming rise in common infections that are resistant to antibiotics, with doctors saying the number of deaths driven by drug resistance will increase sharply in the years ahead. One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections were resistant to antibiotic treatments in 2023, with more than 40% of antibiotics losing potency against common blood, gut, urinary tract and sexually-transmitted infections between 2018 and 2023, records show. Continue reading...

Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds

Ecological constraints foster both extreme viral-host lineage stability and mobile element diversity in a marine community Phages are typically viewed as very rapidly evolving biological entities. Little is known, however, about whether and how phages can establish long-term genetic stability. We addressed this eco-evolut...

Phages evolve fast, or do they?
In oysters, some stay identical for years.
With >1,200 phages & 600 Vibrio genomes, we reveal long-term stability and new mobile elements.
Proud of this collaborative work across our teams (Roscoff-UdeM and @epcrocha.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Great to see this study out, huge amount of work from the team in acquiring samples and particularly from @angusoferrall.bsky.social in the detailed metagenomic analysis he carried out #AMR #OneHealth

chromids…awesome

Taming wild replicons: evolution and domestication of large extrachromosomal replicons Bacterial genomes often contain extrachromosomal replicons (ERs), ranging from small, mobile plasmids to large, stably inherited elements, such as meg…

For those who love bacterial replicons, The ultimate review, from our lab, signed by the master of their evolution.
‪@val-meve.bsky.social‬ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dissecting pOXA-48 fitness effects in clinical Enterobacterales using plasmid-wide CRISPRi screens Nature Communications - This study investigates the effects of the carbapenem resistance plasmid pOXA-48 in clinical enterobacteria. Using CRISPRi screens, the authors revealed that the...

This work is finally published! 🥳🧬
Plasmids are associated with very variable fitness costs in their different bacterial hosts. But, what is the contribution of each of the plasmid-genes in these host-specific effects? Study led by
@jorgesastred.bsky.social, @sanmillan.bsky.social and myself! 1/14

Really pleased to see this study led by @raymondkiu.bsky.social now published in @natcomms.nature.com!

We show that probiotics help modulate the preterm infant 👶#microbiome - to reduce ARGs, lower MDR bacteria 🦠 & increase beneficial Bifido ✨

Huge team effort!

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Worldwide AMR Awareness Symposium at School of Medicine, University of Sunderland on Wednesday 19th November 2025. A free afternoon of talks, posters & networking focussed on AMR, infection control & antibiotic srewardship.
Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/antimicrob...
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Closure of the Fleming Fund risks undermining UK leadership on AMR - The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

"Closure of the Fleming Fund risks undermining UK leadership on AMR." BSAC is seeking urgent clarification from the Government regarding the UK’s future leadership on antimicrobial resistance (#AMR), following reports that the Fleming Fund – the UK’s flagship global AMR programme – is set to close.

Are you a UK-based PhD student passionate about #AMR and infectious disease policy? Do you have an interest in public health, environmental health, or the intersection of animal and human health? Applications for BSAC's Parliamentary Internship Programme. Please help us spread the word!

Structure–Activity Relationship Study of Benzamides as Mycobacterium tuberculosis QcrB Inhibitors We previously identified a morpholinobenzamide series with potent activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We conducted structure–activity relationship studies focusing on removing the metabolical...

Happy Thursday 🧪🦠

High ward-level and within-sample diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae on a Malawian neonatal unit revealed by single colony whole genome sequencing and post-enrichment metagenomics Klebsiella pneumoniae is a frequent cause of antimicrobial resistant healthcare associated infections in neonates across sub-Saharan Africa, with multiple lineages associated with neonatal sepsis. How...

First paper on our projects on #Klebsiella transmission in the hospital environment; I'm so lucky to get to work with the wonderful teams@ Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Program, Kamuzu University, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital🇲🇼
#MicroSky #IDSky #GlobalHealth 🧬💻🧪 (1/3)
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Close-up of fungal spores with text announcing a Professorial Research Fellow job opportunity in antifungals at IOI.

📣 We're looking for a Professorial Research Fellow to join the IOI, focusing on antifungal resistance.

🧪Generous start-up package for research
📍 Excellent lab facilities
💼 Competitive salary
🔬 Share AMR and fungal biology expertise

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Research Technician :Oxford Road

📣 Position available: Research tech in microbial experimental evolution! Working alongside postdoc Louise Flanagan (@flanagella.bsky.social) on understanding how Pseudomonas evolves resistance to antibiotics. 🦠🧫
Closing 9 July #Microsky
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A diverse group of six smiling students sit on a low stone wall in front of the iconic Royal Liver Building in Liverpool, UK. The sunny day and blue sky enhance the view of the historic waterfront architecture. One student has a tote bag with the words "School of Tropical Medicine" printed on it, suggesting a connection to LSTM. The group appears relaxed and friendly, enjoying the city surroundings.

Our Northern Futures bursary helps keep the brightest graduates in the region, creating a pipeline of researchers and professionals ready to tackle global health challenges. The bursary equates to a 20% tuition reduction for eligible Master’s students.

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