Chris Ruis
@Chris3Ruis
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Postdoc @Cambridge_Uni Interested in understanding pathogen transmission and evolution
Joined November 2017
Excited to see our bacterial mutational spectra paper out. We show that mutational spectra can be associated with bacterial niche and transmission routes. Thread below 🧵 1/12.
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Nature Communications - Mutagens and DNA repair defects generate context-specific mutational signatures in cancer cells. Here, Ruis et al. provide evidence of similar processes in bacteria, showing...
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RT @KindrachukJason: A pleasure to be included on this as part of the WHO TAG-VE along with many esteemed colleagues:. A systematic nomencl….
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Nature Medicine - We propose a new nomenclature for mpox virus lineages with sustained human-to-human transmission to improve tracking, communication and public health response.
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Our review on within-host bacterial evolution is now out @NatureMicrobiol . With Gerry Tonkin-Hill, @Josie_M_B @katrina_lythgoe and Stephen Bentley.
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Nature Microbiology - In this Review, Tonkin-Hill et al. discuss the processes driving bacterial evolution and emergence of pathogenesis within hosts, the importance of understanding within-host...
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RT @wiatrak_maciej: 💥 Excited to introduce Bacformer 🦠- the first foundation model for bacterial genomics. Bacformer represents genomes as….
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RT @houzhou: The Oropouche virus expansion in Brazil was a concerning case of arbovirus emergence outside of its endemic range, and so many….
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In March 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert in response to a rapid increase in Oropouche fever cases across South America. Brazil has been particularly affected,...
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RT @mvankerkhove: Short 🧵#mpox. 🆕 Paper with @WHO and affected countries to better understand the evolution of MPXV. Our analysis reveals….
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Nature Medicine - An analysis of all available mpox virus sequences, including 10,670 sequences from 65 countries collected between 1958 and 2024, unveils the circulation pattern and spatiotemporal...
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RT @KrutikaKuppalli: Excited this paper is out in @Nature on the global genomic surveillance of #monkeypox virus. Honored to have the opp….
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RT @MOUGK: We are recruiting up to 5 Pandemic Sciences Research Fellows at @UniofOxford. Posts are for recent graduates to carry out indepe….
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RT @AdvMicro2025: 🚨 Join us at the #AdvMicro2025 for an exciting session on Pathogen Genomics!.🧬 Dr. Chris Ruis from will discuss cutting-e….
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RT @TheMatuM: Very excited to announce the first conference on Advancements of Microbiology, next April in Warsaw. We have an exciting line….
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We are excited to embark on a journey of discovery, exploration, and collaboration in the dynamic field of microbiology. Your participation in this first international conference on “Advancements of...
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RT @SystemsVirology: BREAKING🔔 A new study from G2P-Japan🇯🇵, led by Yu in my lab, is out at bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint. We elucidated the vir….
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The SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 variant (BA.2.86.1.1), arising from BA.2.86.1 with spike protein (S) substitution S:L455S, outcompeted the previously predominant XBB lineages by the beginning of 2024. Subseque...
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RT @johnlees6: There is still time to register for our SMBE satellite meeting on pangenomes and transmission in Tokyo (until 31st October)….
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RT @labgenpath: Co-circulation of monkeypox virus subclades Ia and Ib in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July to Augus….
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Between January and August 2024, mpox cases have been reported in nearly all provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Monkeypox virus genome sequences were obtained from 11 mpox...
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RT @Lucy_Weinert: Happy to see our new paper out showing that pathogenic ecotypes of the zoonotic pig bacterium Streptococcus suis have enh….
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RT @labgenpath: Clade I Monkeypox virus genomic diversity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018 - 2024: Predominance of Zoonotic Tr….
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Background Recent reports raise concerns on the changing epidemiology of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with increasing case counts, sexual contact-mediated clusters, and...
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RT @labgenpath: First mpox virus clade Ib cases in Goma, Nord Kivu, DRC: Potential risk for a larger outbreak.
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First mpox virus clade Ib cases in Goma, Nord Kivu, DRC: Potential risk for a larger outbreak Since the identification of the first human case of mpox in 1970, the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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RT @BelmanSophie: Really excited to share that our study is finally published in @Nature ! Longer post to follow but thanks so much to all….
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Nature - Mathematical modelling of 15 years of data from South Africa reveals the spread and vaccine-driven changes in fitness and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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RT @aaron_weimann: Today in @ScienceMagazine, we report how a bacteria has evolved into a major human pathogen over the last 200 years. Rea….
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The major human bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes multidrug-resistant infections in people with underlying immunodeficiencies or structural lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF)....
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RT @angie_rasmussen: Out now on @virological_org: preliminary report on the genomic epidemiology of H5N1 sequences in cattle. This compleme….
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Due to length constraints on virological.org posts, we are splitting this report into two parts that should be read as a single report. This is Part 2, containing Findings sections 6 through 9,...
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