Microbial Genomic Epidemiology Laboratory (MiGEL) 🦠 Research on genomic emergence/transmission of pathogens 🔬 University of Pittsburgh @PittTweet/@IDPittStop
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined January 2019
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Kady Waggle from @LabMigel at @IDPittStop up now presenting at #IDWeek2024 Cost efficient WGS in hospital outbreak investigation.
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I'm excited to share the next interview in my "Meet a genomic epidemiologist" series. The interviewee is @SundermannAJ , and he shares his journey from undergraduate studies through to his current work applying genomic epidemiology for infection prevention and control.
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Bravo, @MatthewCulyba (@TheCulybaLab) and @SundermannAJ!
Congratulations to you both for this well-deserved honor. 🩺👨💻
Congratulations to this year's Samuel and Emma Winters Foundation awardees! 🎉
The 2024 awardees include faculty from the Department of Medicine, the Department of Epidemiology, the Department of Neurobiology, and the Department of Periodontics and Preventive Dentistry from @PittHealthSci.
The awards support junior faculty engaged in biomedical research in the Pittsburgh area each year.
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@Illinois_micro is back from lunch. Kicking off our afternoon is Dr. @SundermannAJ and sharing experiences of whole genome sequencing to detect clusters in real time. CC: @LabMigel and @PittTweet
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A big congrats to the #infectiousdiseases team at #DOMResearchDay2024 🎉
Cheers to Abigail Gerberick for her best poster award and 2nd-year fellow, Mina Said, for his plenary presentation! Shoutout to all the ID division researchers as well for their efforts! #idpittstop
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'The Pitch: Patient Safety’s Next Generation' documentary showcases innovative #healthcare #tech, like the EDS-HAT system by @LeeHarrisonID & Artur Dubrawski; premiering at the @CIFF this week. Post-Gazette article linked below. #idpittstop 🎬
post-gazette.com/news/health…
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New from @TedRader4MD et al
Using mixed methods, @IDPittstop demonstrated utility of a selective reactive whole-genome sequencing approach to determine transmission pathways in outbreaks of COVID-19 across a healthcare system
📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.274
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Congratulations to the winner of this week’s Spot Award, Deena Ereifej! Deena is a Research Assistant with the Microbial Genomics and Epidemiology Laboratory. Her contributions to EDS-HAT help identify infections sooner and save patient lives. Thank you!
#idpittstop #spotawards
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The world of plasmids really seemed a lot smaller this week, which was an amazing feeling. Very happy to have left with some lifetime friends and colleagues @EMBO – at Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
.@Raabe_Nathan presenting at #EMBO in Italy on his work researching plasmid transmission!
Find the pre-print here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3769…
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🚨Our new #preprint shows the detection and response to a plasmid-associated hospital outbreak of NDM-5-producing Enterobacterales in real time, using WGS surveillance, epidemiological data, and targeted interventions. 🦠 🧬
📄: nam12.safelinks.protection.o…
#InfectiousDisease #WGS – at Pittsburgh, PA
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This week's Spot Award goes out to Marissa Pacey Griffith, who is a valuable asset to the Harrison Microbial Genomics Epidemiology Laboratory (MiGEL)
@LeeHarrisonID
Congrats! #idpittstop #spotlight #InfectiousDisease
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Finally (for now!) great work by @SundermannAJ leading the way w/ WGS + ML to detect HAI outbreaks.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3479…
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Happy Lab Week 2023! 🔬🧪🥼 We celebrate laboratory professionals who protect our future by skillfully adapting to meet today’s evolving patient care and public health challenges with resilience, innovation, and expertise.
#idpittstop #LabWeek2023
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SEATTLE — A hospital used real-time whole-genome sequencing to detect genetically related clusters of infection, identify potential sources and stopped further transmission, researchers reported during a presentation at #SHEAspring2023. healio.com/news/infectious-d…
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@SundermannAJ presenting his work and the work of @LabMigel in developing WGS surveillance in a hospital system
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@SundermannAJ presenting his @SHEA_Epi competition project proposal on environmental sequencing as the next step in WGS surveillance!
@IDPittStop @LabMigel @DariaVanTyne @GrahamSnyderID
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Amazing presentation on his research plan by @SundermannAJ on using whole genome sequencing and environmental cultures to better understand transmission in hospitals at the @SHEA_Epi Epi Competition!
@LabMigel @DariaVanTyne @IDPittStop
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New from @SundermannAJ and others:
➡️ Using WGS surveillance data, NHSN definitions detect 44.4% of healthcare-associated transmission events
➡️ Authors state hospitals should consider WGS surveillance to supplement other outbreak detection methods
📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.52
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Thanks @dmaccannell for providing me with the opportunity to present @CDC SPHERES call!
@drelisemartin @LeeHarrisonID @LabMigel @DariaVanTyne
@lora_pless @IDPittStop
PC: @SundermannAJ :)
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First PhD paper!!!! Yayy!!
Thanks @LabMigel @drelisemartin @LeeHarrisonID @DariaVanTyne @drjwmarsh and co-authors!
We described the utility of combining WGS with contact tracing to identify COVID-19 transmission clusters among University students.
@IDPittStop @PittPubHealth
