Clinical Microbiologist | Genomic Epidemiology | Bioinformatics

Dublin City, Ireland
Joined March 2020
Given the recent interest in monkeypox, here's a few things that people should know about poxviruses from a virologist point of view (1/14)
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A great overview of the national SARS-CoV-2 WGS programme by @CarinaBrehony Ireland number one in the world for turn around time to sequence result 🇮🇪
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BA.2, driven to near-zero levels by BA.5, still haunt us, spawning monstrous viruses that, after vanishing for months, burst forth, gnarled & hideous, in novel antibody armor. The latest, which I found skulking around India, has 13 spike mutations. 1/28 github.com/cov-lineages/pang…
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Dr Eva Lles (France), Dr Dan Hare (Dublin), Dr Meghan Guilfoyle (Canada) conferred with doctorates ⁦@UL⁩ today. Congratulations to them, their families & their supervisors! ⁦@MedicineAtUL⁩ ⁦@iscm_micro⁩ ⁦@ULHospitals⁩ ⁦⁦@nvrlucdireland⁩
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Huge thanks to @ProfColumDunne, @CillianDeGascun, @stapalato and all the teams @ULHospitals, @UL and @nvrlucdireland for the support and guidance over the last 2 years! Great to be over the line!
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Delighted to see Dr Dan Hare ⁦@nvrlucdireland⁩ conferred with his MD ⁦@UL⁩ today. Supervised proudly by myself, ⁦@CillianDeGascun⁩ and ⁦@stapalato⁩ ⁦@MedicineAtUL⁩ ⁦@ULHospitals⁩ ⁦@iscm_micro⁩
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It was a pleasure to present on the success of our “Pathogen Genomics an introduction for clinicians” training day at the inaugural COP meeting @t3connect @sangerinstitute wouldn’t have been possible without a great team. @CarinaBrehony @daniel_hare1
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What’s new in the world of SARS-CoV-2 accessory proteins? In this 🧵, I’ll recap their evolution so far & describe a possible new trend: partial or total deletion of ORF7a, ORF7b, & ORF8—particularly in GW.5.1.1, an XBB.1.19 + FLip lineage—plus an ORF9b/N bonus TRS surprise! 1/45
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This evening our study, led by @daniel_hare1, won a @RAMIreland award. The @jhieditor paper described detection of #covid spread in a busy hospital. 🏅partnership @UL @ucddublin @ULHospitals @stapalato @CillianDeGascun @docnoodles @Jamesfromtipp
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And we are off! The first “Pathogen Genomics an Introduction for Clinicians” training day. Delighted to welcome trainees from across the country, north and south! @FfitzP @RCSI_Micro @RCSI_Irl @t3connect
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Delighted to share our systematic review just published in JHI, analysing WGS to investigate SARS-COV-2 transmission in acute healthcare @jhieditor @ProfColumDunne @stapalato @HIS_infection @hpscireland @CillianDeGascun #COVID19 #WGS #Genomics journalofhospitalinfection.c…
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New publication - Adeno-Associated Virus 2 and Human Adenovirus F41 in Wastewater during Outbreak of Severe Acute Hepatitis in Children, Ireland. bit.ly/3llzTY6 HPSC was delighted to collaborate with UCD, UCC, Irish Water, Hokkaido University & CHI Crumlin.
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#Monkeypox imaged by @TiinaOneill at @UCD_Conway imaging core. This was prepared from swab material from an infected patient and shows the characteristic brick shaped virus. Thanks @nvrlucdireland, @ucdvetmed @GlobalVirusNews for the great collaboration 🦠 – at West Meath, Ireland
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Dr Jonathan Dean @nvrlucdireland took us back in time to the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing at the National Virus Reference Laboratory
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The COVID-19 whole genome sequencing experience in University Hospital Limerick was described by Dr Patrick Stapleton and Dr Daniel Hare at today's WGS conference in Dublin Castle.
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There was an opportunity for our in-person attendees to participate in a Q&A with our speakers from this morning's session of the SARS-CoV-2 Whole Genome Sequencing Surveillance conference in Dublin Castle
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Dr Andrew Page from @TheQuadram , our first international speaker of the day, presented 'Case studies in Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2' at the Whole Genome Sequencing conference in Dublin Castle.
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This morning's second speaker from @TheQuadram is Prof @Justin_OGrady on 'Sequencing based characterisation in infection - future perspectives'
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