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📢 #Neoehrlichia mikurensis—A New Emerging #TickBorne Pathogen in North-Eastern #Poland? 👨🎓 by Magdalena Szczotko et al. 🔗 Full article: https://lnkd.in/gpKTFDxT Neoehrlichia mikurensis is a new emerging tick-borne Gram-negative bacterium, belonging to the family Anaplasmataceae, the main vector of which in Europe is the tick #Ixodes ricinus. N. mikurensis is responsible for neoehrlichiosis, occurring mostly in patients with underlying diseases. In the present study, a total of 348 I. ricinus and #Dermacentor reticulatus ticks collected in north-eastern Poland were analyzed for the prevalence of N. mikurensis. A total of 140 questing ticks (124 of I. ricinus ticks and 16 D. reticulatus) collected with the flagging method and 208 ticks (105 and 103 I. ricinus and D. reticulatus, respectively) removed from dogs were selected for the study. cDNA (questing ticks) and total DNA (questing and feeding ticks) were analyzed by qPCR targeting the 16S rRNA gene of N. mikurensis. Positive samples were further analyzed by nested PCR and sequencing. The prevalence differed between ticks collected from vegetation (19.3%; 27/140) and ticks removed from dogs (6.7%; 14/208). The presence of the pathogen in questing and feeding D. reticulatus ticks was proven in Poland for the first time. In summary, our research showed that infections of ticks of both the most common tick species I. ricinus and D. reticulatus in north-eastern Poland are present and ticks collected from urban areas were more often infected than ticks from suburban and natural areas. The detection of N. mikurensis in I. ricinus and D. reticulatus ticks from north-eastern Poland indicates potential transmission risk for tick-bitten humans at this latitude. 👉 This article belongs to the Special Issue: Host-Vector-Pathogen Relationships: #OneHealth Approach to Vector-Borne Diseases https://lnkd.in/gxKrbcEH
Neoehrlichia mikurensis—A New Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogen in North-Eastern Poland?
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Planning to publish your research soon? Do you know about the EQUATOR Network? If you do research in the life sciences an aim to publish findings based on randomized clinical trials, a systematic review, animal preclinical research, case reports, real world evidence, or a host of other forms of research reports, you should know about the EQUATOR Network and the free comprehensive guidelines they provide to authors. The guidelines of the EQUATOR Network have been increasingly adopted by high-impact international journals as mandatory for authors to use before submitting their manuscript for publication. Even if you are working with a journal that does not require using the EQUATOR Network guidelines, they will provide a valuable tool for improving the quality of your manuscript. The EQUATOR Network mission statement: “The EQUATOR mission is to achieve accurate, complete, and transparent reporting of all health research studies to support research reproducibility and usefulness. Our work increases the value of health research and helps to minimise avoidable waste of financial and human investments in health research projects.” The EQUATOR Network provides checklists to help authors deliver research papers that are complete, accurate, and ethically transparent. A number of well-known journals now require authors to verify that they used the EQUATOR Network guidelines. Even if you are working with a journal that does not require them, you’ll find them to be an excellent useful tool for organizing and improving the quality of your manuscript. Here is a link to their website: https://lnkd.in/e8_yJj9d #researchers #sciencecommunication #researchpaper #research #clinicalresearch #chemistry #lifesciences #science #molecularbiology #biochemistry #microbiology #researcher #recherche #biologia #pharmaceutique #medicina #PubMed #biology #medicine #cancerresearch #pesquisacientifica #biomedicina #immunology #biology #medicina #universities #scientistlife #scientists #scientificpublication #peerreview #laboratory #laboratorio #clinicalresearch #clinicaltrials #sciencecommunity #scienceandtechnology #sciencedirect #scientist #medicalresearch #pharmaresearch #dissertationwriting #dissertation #pósgraduação #postdocs #phdstudent #universidades
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Postdoctoral researcher - Bioinformatics - Microbial Genomics - Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern
Thrilled to see the biggest chapter of my PhD thesis finally out in Nature Communications 🎉 We explored the evolutionary trajectory of CC398 and analyzed the chromosome associated mobilome…prophages, SaPIs, transposons.
Time-calibrated phylogenetic and chromosomal mobilome analyses of Staphylococcus aureus CC398 reveal geographical and host-related evolution - Nature Communications
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🔬Exciting Review Paper 📝Title: Molecular Tools for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Endemic Areas 👩🔬Authors: Malathi Manuel, Karthik Ramanujam, Sitara S. R. Ajjampur 👉Read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/dab8wwMV Soil-transmitted #helminths (STH) including the #hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma spp., Ascaris lumbricoides, and Trichuris trichiura affect over 1.5 billion people worldwide and are estimated to have caused 1.9 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). With the concerted effort in expanding and improving targeted mass drug administration (#MDA) programs over the past decade, along with decreasing prevalence, infections in several endemic areas tend to be of low intensity. Conventional #microscopy-based methods recommended for the detection of #STH in parasitological surveys have been shown to be less sensitive in these low-intensity settings. As communities progress towards STH elimination through MDA and improved sanitation, there is a pressing need for highly sensitive techniques that detect the true prevalence of STH to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing programs and interventions. Molecular methods that involve analysis of #DNA rather than the morphology of the organism are highly sensitive and specific, allowing for both quantitation and species discrimination. The following review discusses different sample collection strategies, pre-processing steps, DNA extraction platforms, and nucleic acid detection methods available for diagnosis and surveillance of STH. We have contrasted the utility of these molecular tools against conventional microscopy-based methods currently used in most endemic settings. While the detection methods are primarily #qPCR based, several newer technologies have also become available along with automation and increased throughput, making these molecular tools increasingly cost-effective and potentially amenable for use in low-resource settings. Let's harness the power of science to create healthier, helminth-free environments for all! 💪🌱 #Research #Helminths #PublicHealth #MolecularBiology #Science #Innovation
Molecular Tools for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Endemic Areas
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We wrote a review about organ-on-chip models in infectious disease research 💪 And it is full of exciting ideas and projects led by researchers studying all kinds of infections. Link to the full version here! rdcu.be/dCnCq
📢 A massive shoutout to all collaborating partners - Excited to share our review published in Nature Microbiology 👉 https://shorturl.at/ekorE from our collaboration within the Balance of the Microverse Cluster of Excellence between Raquel Alonso Román, Bernhard Hube from Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Marc Thilo Figge from Applied Systems Biology Group, Mark Gresnigt from Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies of the Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie - Hans-Knöll-Institut , Institute of Biochemistry II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Christian Eggeling from Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien and Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection, Kai Papenfort from Department of General Microbiology and Felix Schacher, from Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Our publication explores the cutting-edge potential of organ-on-chip (OoC) technology in infectious disease research. We outline how OoC models, capable of mimicking human physiology in a controlled setting, are revolutionizing our approach to understanding microbial infections, evaluating new treatments, and gaining novel insights into the complex dynamics of infectious diseases without the ethical and practical limitations of traditional models. #3Rs #OoC #infection #tissuechips #microverse
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Check out this 🆕 review on how physiologically-relevant #organonachip models are being applied for #infectiousdisease research. By Raquel Alonso Román, Alexander Mosig, Marc Thilo Figge, Kai Papenfort, Christian Eggeling, Felix Schacher, Bernhard Hube, and Mark Gresnigt with the Balance of the Microverse collaboration and Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, and Friedrich Schiller University Jena. #NAMs #nonanimalmethods #microfluidics #organchip #humanrelevantresearch
📢 A massive shoutout to all collaborating partners - Excited to share our review published in Nature Microbiology 👉 https://shorturl.at/ekorE from our collaboration within the Balance of the Microverse Cluster of Excellence between Raquel Alonso Román, Bernhard Hube from Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Marc Thilo Figge from Applied Systems Biology Group, Mark Gresnigt from Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies of the Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie - Hans-Knöll-Institut , Institute of Biochemistry II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Christian Eggeling from Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien and Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection, Kai Papenfort from Department of General Microbiology and Felix Schacher, from Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Our publication explores the cutting-edge potential of organ-on-chip (OoC) technology in infectious disease research. We outline how OoC models, capable of mimicking human physiology in a controlled setting, are revolutionizing our approach to understanding microbial infections, evaluating new treatments, and gaining novel insights into the complex dynamics of infectious diseases without the ethical and practical limitations of traditional models. #3Rs #OoC #infection #tissuechips #microverse
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An informative interview with one of our partners on microalgae cultivation for the production of nutritional supplements and active medical ingredients against inflammation. Bettina Ughy and her team from the Biological Research Centre in Szeged, Hungary, have been working on the cultivation of cyanobacteria. Their studies on cyanobacterial proliferation helped achieve efficient biomass production, but are also universally applicable to bacterial reproduction. Have a read ⬇ 6 min #Algae4IBD #Inflammation #NaturalProducts #Microalgae #Cyanobacteria #Microbiome
Biologist. PhD Student at the Institute of Plant Biology, HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary. Experienced in the field of microbiology and biotechnology.
Working hard at Biological Research Centre Szeged 😊 Algae4IBD
As part of the Algae4IBD research project, Bettina Ughy and her colleagues are investigating the applicability of algae in the treatment of IBD
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🌟 Exploring Advances in Infectious Disease Research 🔬 Congratulations to all collaborators in the Balance of the Microverse Cluster of Excellence on their review in Nature Microbiology 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8UjKatX. 👏 Their work, which is the result of a collaboration between several research institutions, including Prof. Christian Eggeling from our Biophysical Imaging Dept., provides a deeper insight into the use of organ-on-chip (OoC) technology for infectious disease studies. OoC technology represents a significant step forward in understanding disease, testing treatments, and advancing ethical research. 💡 Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie - Hans-Knöll-Institut, Universitätsklinikum Jena and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Leibniz-Zentrum für Photonik in der Infektionsforschung (LPI) #3Rs #OoC #infection #tissuechips #microverse
📢 A massive shoutout to all collaborating partners - Excited to share our review published in Nature Microbiology 👉 https://shorturl.at/ekorE from our collaboration within the Balance of the Microverse Cluster of Excellence between Raquel Alonso Román, Bernhard Hube from Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Marc Thilo Figge from Applied Systems Biology Group, Mark Gresnigt from Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies of the Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie - Hans-Knöll-Institut , Institute of Biochemistry II, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Christian Eggeling from Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien and Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection, Kai Papenfort from Department of General Microbiology and Felix Schacher, from Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Our publication explores the cutting-edge potential of organ-on-chip (OoC) technology in infectious disease research. We outline how OoC models, capable of mimicking human physiology in a controlled setting, are revolutionizing our approach to understanding microbial infections, evaluating new treatments, and gaining novel insights into the complex dynamics of infectious diseases without the ethical and practical limitations of traditional models. #3Rs #OoC #infection #tissuechips #microverse
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