@TraDISianKeith

Bacterial genetics and genomics researcher. Lover of fine ales and wild places. @TheQuadram. All tweets are my personal views, so don’t take them seriously

 Quadram Institute
Joined April 2019
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As if we needed further proof that our government has lost its moral compass, this is what they asked me to type when attempting to log in to gov.uk
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📣 In this week's Science Soundbites hear @yaasircheema talk to @gemma_langridge about the emergence of resistance to antibiotics in Salmonella Typhi in Lahore, Pakistan. 🔊 Youtube buff.ly/3fqabyK 🔊 Soundcloud buff.ly/3NoQl3g
A dark grey background, in the top is the Science Soundbites Audio Paper Series logo and the Quadram Institute logo. Below this are photos of Yasir and Gemma Langridge. In front of them are illustrations of microphones with soundwaves between them.

ALT A dark grey background, in the top is the Science Soundbites Audio Paper Series logo and the Quadram Institute logo. Below this are photos of Yasir and Gemma Langridge. In front of them are illustrations of microphones with soundwaves between them.

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📣New episode! This week on Science Soundbites @yaasircheema talks to @emmaraholden about 'Massively parallel transposon mutagenesis identifies temporally essential genes for biofilm formation in E.coli' 🔊 Youtube: buff.ly/3CHl9Yd 🔊 Soundcloud: buff.ly/3CNiYCm
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Quadram Institute Researcher @yaasircheema has recently launched a new Audio Paper Series, turning scientific papers into short soundbites. We caught up with Yasir to find out more about his career and the new audio project 🎙️ buff.ly/3sAQdUK
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"I had the idea of making an Audio Paper Series as an alternative to audiobooks for scientists who want to keep up to date with research"🎧 💬@yaasircheema buff.ly/3SGLxHH
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Does anyone else think that the term “horizontal gene transfer” doesn’t need the word “horizontal?”
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andrea telatin@telatin7 Dec 2021
"Chemical biology-whole genome engineering datasets predict new antibacterial combinations" is out bit.ly/3y2NZiO. Tradis-Xpress is a method that provides insights on which essential genes, and here has been used to elucidate #AntimicrobialResistance in #Ecoli
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At the cinema?
Juanita Woo@barbygal23 Nov 2020
Replying to @Occams_Blazer
Actually racking my brain trying to think of single scenario when you would need to unwrap a tampon silently??? Nope. 🙄
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Genomics sleuths in £20m bid to map spread of #COVID19 bit.ly/3bmWJ79 @NHSuk @sangerinstitute @TheQuadram
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@Justin_OGrady @mjpallen @andrewjpage @tweakyaustin
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@NHSMillion21 Mar 2020
If everyone who is grateful for NHS staff right now followed and retweeted, we would reach a million by midnight. It will take just two seconds to do, and you can help us share important information that could help save lives.
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First attempt at 50 min (from sample to result) CoV test with a 3 min extraction and rapid cycle RT-qPCR on a portable qPCR machine (16 samples per run) with readout on a mobile phone. Needs optimisation but looking promising. Collaboration with Jonathan Edgeworth at St Thomas'
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From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy: 1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in Italy, and also give some quick direct advice about what you should do.
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Our first paper on #TraDIS-Xpress has been accepted in @genomeresearch, @TraDISianKeith . An amazing comprehensive video description of #TraDIS-Xpress as well. Thank you @TheQuadram and team! quadram.ac.uk/tradis-xpress-…

New sequencing platform uncovers genomic adaptations to common household antibacterial

Scientists from the Quadram Institute and University of East Anglia on the Norwich Research Park have developed a new platform technology to study how bacteria survive and grow following exposure to a

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Keith Turner retweeted
Mark Webber@ma_webber12 Feb 2020
Our latest paper combining TraDIS and Triclosan and assaying the whole E. coli genome out now in @genomeresearch @TheQuadram @TraDISianKeith @yaasircheema genome.cshlp.org/content/ear…
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Job klaxon! 6-month senior tech role to work with @BlessAnonye, @DrLoriSnyder & me in @WarwickLifeSci - antimicrobial activity & potential toxicity/irritation of plant extracts. atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engin… Closes 23rd Jan.
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#InspirationalQuotes "Standing on the shoulders of giants" - Issac Newton. "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" - Neil Armstrong "Angels on our shoulders" - Capt Miller (Saving Private Ryan) "I don't give a toss, luv" - (Knight of the Relm, Sir Geoffrey Boycott)
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This is the effect just one drink can have. Don't drink and drive this Christmas.
Ben Bartlett@bencbartlett22 Dec 2019
Filling the glass changes the effective focal length of the water-glass system and inverts the image
Keith Turner retweeted
Iruka Okeke@iruka_okeke23 Dec 2019
Large resistance plasmid wi genes that ameliorate carrying cost disq.us/t/3kmt75e ...just had to investigate @haverfordedu undergrads, @OAUife_ng med micro, @UniIbadan & our Porto colleagues. A bit over a decade & almost every author relocated as we wrote! But here it is!
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