Taj Azarian
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Infectious disease epidemiologist interested in bacterial genomics, phylogenetics, and the evolution of antibiotic resistance.
Orlando, FL
Joined December 2011
Very excited to collaborate with @ShawLabUSF on this project! .
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This is the first study to characterize the pathogenicity and genomic architecture of the rare MRSA lineage ST3390. Our work provides a deeper understanding of the clonal expansion of CC5, and the...
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RT @DanielFalush: Delighted to present our Macrogenetics atlas of prokaryotes. This is a herculean effort from C….
biorxiv.org
Background Bacteria typically have more structured populations than higher eukaryotes, but this difference is surprising given high recombination rates, enormous population sizes and effective...
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This paper took longer than usual to make its way through review, but @soburali6 and I are really excited to finally see it out! .
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida reported some of the highest numbers of cases and deaths in the US; however, county-level variation in COVID-19 outcomes has yet to be comprehensively...
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The University of Central Florida, located in Orlando, is looking for a Professor and Lead of our Genomics and Bioinformatics Cluster. See the link below for the full posting.
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Finally published! Congrats @GreenmanNoah on his work studying the effects of maternal dietary propionic acid exposure on the microbiome of murine progeny using @nanopore long-read metagenomic data. (that a mouthful!).
frontiersin.org
Propionic acid (PPA), an anti-fungal agent and common food additive, has been shown to induce atypical neurodevelopment in mice, accompanied by gastrointesti...
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This is a really nice article that highlights post-pandemic changes in the genomic epidemiology of bacterial pathogens
nature.com
Nature Communications - Exponential growth of toxigenic Streptococcus pyogenes M1UK lineage accounted for most of the 2022/2023 invasive infection upsurge in the UK. Authors provide evidence that...
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Officially published! . Congrats to @GreenmanNoah on his first 1st author publication as well as to his co-authors! .
mdpi.com
Metagenomic sequencing analysis is central to investigating microbial communities in clinical and environmental studies. Short-read sequencing remains the primary approach for metagenomic research;...
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RT @baym: Truly excited to see our latest article, in which we were surprised how phages that target conjugative plasmids are both so commo….
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Nature Communications - Some phages use plasmid-encoded conjugation proteins as receptors to infect their bacterial hosts, making their host range dependent on horizontal transfer of the plasmid....
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Huge congratulations to Dr. Sobur Ali @soburali6 for successfully defending his dissertation last week. Very proud of his research and productivity!
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Very excited to finally see this published! It represents a focused "sequel" to our previous serotype 3 analysis. Serotype 3 population structure in the era of conjugate vaccines, 2001–2018 -
microbiologyresearch.org
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RT @rpetit3: Bactopia now supports AllTheBacteria assemblies! 🎉. If you are planning secondary analyses, this feature allows you to seamles….
bactopia.github.io
Learn how to use Bactopia to analyze nearly 2,000,000 bacterial assemblies from the AllTheBacteria project.
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RT @rpetit3: 👋Bactopia users! After 5 years of maintaining Bactopia, I need your help!🚀. What's next for Bactopia?🧐. Help shape the next 5….
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Yo! It's me Robert, the developer of Bactopia! Did you know Bactopia has been maintained for over 5 years? Time flies! While I'm very grateful to have support to continue developing Bactopia, after 5...
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Lab holding vigil and whispering encouragements to the MiSeq for a good run!
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RT @johnlees6: We are happy to have been selected by SMBE to host a satellite meeting on Pathogen Pangenome Evolution Between and Within th….
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Recently published from my lab, @soburali6 explores the use to of environmental sampling for SARS-CoV-2 monitoring and genomic surveillance using a year of weekly collection from multiple sites on campus.
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New preprint up! Research led my my PhD Candidate @GreenmanNoah . Improving bacterial metagenomic research through long read sequencing
biorxiv.org
Metagenomic sequencing analysis is central to investigating microbial communities in clinical and environmental studies. Short read sequencing remains the primary data type for metagenomic research....
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RT @Staph_papers: Diabetes mellitus promotes the nasal colonization of high virulent Staphylococcus aureus through the regulation of SaeRS….
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Diabetic foot infections are a common complication of diabetes. Staphylococcus aureus is frequently isolated from diabetic foot infections and commonly colonizes human nares. According to the study,...
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