PHF Science (formerly ESR) is a New Zealand Government-owned research organisation focused on improving community health, wellbeing, and safety.
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This project started with a question that genuinely bothered our team...
👉How did a last-line #AntibioticResistance gene show up in the community in New Zealand?
#AMR #Superbugs #PublicHealth #Genomics #OneHealth #DrugResistance #HealthSecurity #GlobalHealth #Epidemiology
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🦠Our first medium talk of #MicroSeq2025 Day 2 is @RhysTWhite talking about the #evolution of a methicillin-resistant #Staphylococcus aureus strain, uncovering the genomic and environmental factors contributing to its #emergence and spread. #bacteria #phylogeny
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Rhys White & team are revolutionising how we detect AMR. Don’t miss his talk in the Outbreak surveillance breakout and #nanoporeconf to discover how real-time nanopore sequencing has the potential to transform how we treat infectious disease in the future. bit.ly/42bB9hT
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Customs and ESR – Science and Research have marked ten years of success in identifying drugs at the border. The Customs-ESR laboratory has analysed more than 17,000 samples, with an average of 1 in 3 testing positive for illicit drugs. Read more customs.govt.nz/about-us/new…
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poops.nz Updated dashboard - New Zealand wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. A few changes to the schedule and sites. From last week, 11 sites are all tested each week for SARS-CoV-2. The dashboard updated every 2 weeks. Variants updated at least every 4 weeks.
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We’re having some fun at the Porirua Love Local Expo! Come join @ESRNewZealand for a strawberry DNA extraction & a live demo of @nanopore genome sequencing 🍓🧬
#Science #ScienceCommunication #SciComm
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Super proud of our latest #OpenAccess paper:
📌Early identification of a ward-based outbreak of Clostridioides difficile using prospective multilocus sequence type-based Oxford Nanopore genomic surveillance | @ICHEJournal @nanopore
doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.77
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Todays #CritterOfTheWeek - weweia NZ dabchick, in honour of #WorldWaterDay. They spend their whole life on the water, building raft-like nests & chicks spend their early life floating on their parents’ back. They can dive 4m deep & hold their breath for 40s!
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Latest #COVID19 update
JN.1 dominates with >90% of sequenced cases & virtually all wastewater samples. Variants JN.1.4 & XDK are now monitored; they grow 1% faster daily than other JN.1. Wastewater results indicate a near-complete shift to JN.1.
See more esr.cri.nz/digital-library/c…
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Wastewater-based Epidemiology to Investigate Spatio-Temporal Trends in Alcohol Consumption in Aotearoa, New Zealand (Lisa I. Pilkington and co-workers) @AucklandUni @ESRNewZealand @wilson_miriama #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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It's a variant update week for the wastewater dashboard ... and it's all JN.1 purple.
Genomic data from patient samples looks very similar, which I discussed with Kaite Kenny @rnz_news for this nice piece on the state of COVID in the community at RNZ rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need…
poops.nz NZ wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. 'JN.1' (all lineages with a JN.1 spike protein) at 95%. Not much else around. Similar globally. Overall, SARS-CoV-2 levels in NZ have increased at many sites too compared to last week or so.
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poops.nz NZ wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. By end Jan, almost complete takeover (93%) by variant 'JN.1' (all lineages with a JN.1 spike protein). Overall, SARS-CoV-2 levels lower than a month or so ago despite a slight uptick last week.
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Latest #COVID19 update - featuring a 🟪Purple Reign🟪
🌊 JN.1 now at 68% of recent cases, spreading faster
🏆 First time since winter 2022, a single variant dominates
🚽 #Wastewater analysis confirms a JN.1 takeover
See more: esr.cri.nz/our-expertise/cov…
Stay informed, stay safe!
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poops.nz Week ending 14 Jan_wastewater COVID-19 surveillance. Overall, while week by week fluctuations are seen, national levels levelled off at a moderate level in Dec and Jan, after an marked increase in ~Oct-Nov (comparing to historical data).
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Last sequencing run of 2023 about to get loaded here at @ESRNewZealand , time for a little review of what we achieved this year before we get stuck into analysing them...🧵
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📢Our new #OpenAccess paper unveils an unexpected finding:
📌A discovery down under: decoding the draft genome sequence of Pantoea stewartii from Australia’s Critically Endangered western ground parrot/kyloring (Pezoporus flaviventris) | @MicrobioSoc 🦜
doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.00110…
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Last New Zealand #COVID19 update for 2023
👉EG.5 group of variants still most common
👉BA.2.86 at 9%, growing faster than EG.5
👉XBB.1.5 & XBB.1.16 declining
👉#Wastewater confirms EG.5 dominance, HK.3 rise, stable XBC, & low BA.2.86 presence
See more: esr.cri.nz/our-expertise/cov… – at Wellington City, New Zealand
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poops.nz Wastewater COVID-19 surveillance_🇳🇿Aotearoa New Zealand. 💩Nationally across 41 catchments, elevated levels persisting. Several variants tracked include JN.1 & BA.2.86, but wide XBB group dominant-particularly 🔼EG.5 and it’s lineages.
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The Fiji Police Forensic Science Services saw seven of its chemists recently complete their module nine training on sample preparation. The training was facilitated by the @ESRNewZealand
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poops.nz Wastewater COVID-19 surveillance_Aotearoa New Zealand. Nationally, results are similar to the last week or so, where levels are higher than the last few months but still much lower than the peak last December. Regions & sites do vary.
