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- Transmission dynamics of Zika virus with multiple infection routes and a case study in Brazil March 28, 2024
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- Period of hospitalization and mortality in transferred versus non-transferred COVID-19 patients: results from Germany March 28, 2024
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- Going to extremes: progress in exploring new environments for novel antibiotics March 25, 2024
- Mutations in the efflux pump regulator MexZ shift tissue colonization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to a state of antibiotic tolerance March 22, 2024
- Drug-resistant tuberculosis: a persistent global health concern March 22, 2024
- Emergence and clonal expansion of a qacA-harbouring sequence type 45 lineage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus March 21, 2024
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Author Archives: WeimerMicroLab
Identifying horizontally acquired elements in bacterial genomes
Contributed by Cory Schlesener Bacterial genomes are composed of diverse genetic elements. Many of these elements are not exclusively passed down a parental lineage (vertically acquired), but can also be horizontally acquired from other bacteria of varying degrees of relatedness. As bacteria are … Continue reading
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A genetic clue on RNA virus tissue tropism (selection by ZAP)
Contributed by Cory Schlesener It is useful to apply known biological concepts to empower bioinformatics to make the most out of analyzing genetic sequences (in proper context). Here is an example of a simple genetic analysis that can carry a … Continue reading
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The Equine Microbiome: A New Frontier in Veterinary Research
Contributed by Ashleigh Flores There has been growing interest in the link between the microbiota of the gut and disease mediated changes in both human and veterinary medicine. The horse gastrointestinal tract is one of the most unique displays of … Continue reading
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Read our latest manuscript published in Microorganisms
Biological Machine Learning Combined with Campylobacter Population Genomics Reveals Virulence Gene Allelic Variants Cause Disease
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New pre-prints from Weimer Micro Lab
Pandemic dynamics of COVID-19 using epidemic stage, instantaneous reproductive number and pathogen genome identity (GENI) score: modeling molecular epidemiology Biological machine learning combined with bacterial population genomics reveals common and rare allelic variants of genes to cause disease Salmonella Enhances … Continue reading
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Biorkiv first
Contributed by DJ Bandoy, DVM Covid-19 is the name given by the World Health Organization to the severe respiratory disease due to 2019-nCOV. What is astonishing is the speed of release of preprints in Biorkiv of several studies from phylogenetics … Continue reading
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Why a biologist should code
Contributed by DJ Darwin Bandoy, DVM I personally believe that biology is a big data puzzle. That is also the main reason why I took my PhD in the Weimer lab with the 100K Pathogen Genome Project. But when I … Continue reading
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Food authentication from shotgun sequencing reads with an application on high protein powders
Click on the link to read the latest manuscript that Dr. Weimer was involved with which has been published in Nature. Food authentication from shotgun sequencing reads with an application on high protein powders.
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Next Generation Antimicrobial Resistance Profiling Using Whole Genome Sequences
Contributed by Darwin Bandoy, DVM Antimicrobial resistance is a key issue as pathogens develop resistance due to the misuse of antimicrobials in food animals. While some countries have already banned the use of antibiotics as growth promotants, emerging economies find … Continue reading
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How I catch up with academic literature
Contributed by DJ Darwin Bandoy, DVM Catching up with scientific literature is definitely a big challenge. While Google makes it easy to find materials you are searching for, it is not easy for articles that are tangential to your interest. … Continue reading
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