Laura Piddock 💙
@LauraPiddock
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Emeritus Microbiology Prof, Birmingham Uni, UK. Mother/daughter/sister/wife. #antibiotic, #AMR, #drug-resistance. Own views
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Joined October 2011
Advancing global antibiotic research, development and access | Nature Medicine
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Nature Medicine - Tackling antimicrobial resistance will require a sustainable research and development ecosystem for antibiotic development, alongside strategies for responsible use and global...
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Exploring the history and uncertain future of antibiotics
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Listen to the latest episodes of Dangerous Miracle by Liam Shaw on BBC Sounds.
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GARDP’s AntibioticDB, an open-access database cataloguing 3,000+ antibacterial agents, has just been updated with a new feature: compound pages now display 2D chemical structures and molecular weights. A valuable tool for researchers working to address #AMR. 🔗 Explore the
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🚀 Exciting news! Registration is now open for #ACC2026- a *FREE* virtual conference co-organized by GARDP & @BSACandJAC, joined this year by @ADVANCE__ID & @MahidolU. 🌍 Join us as we dive into the latest advances in antimicrobial discovery, development and access. 📅 4 & 5
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@LauraPiddock @mbiojournal @josebengoechea @TarasenkoAnita @EijkelkampLab @JeremyJBarr Looking for TolC phages in high throughput was one of the major motivations for our Phage DisCo technique! https://t.co/4bfV8m8SG4
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In this work, we describe a targeted phage discovery method that allows immediate isolation of phages with specific traits. Currently, to find a phage with specific properties, huge libraries of...
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-154 million mothers didn’t have to cry over a child’s grave. - 10.2 BILLION years of life added. - Unquantifiable suffering of children (pain, paralysis, seizures, pneumonia, etc) averted. Vaccines are an absolute good.
Staggering numbers by the Lancet. Vaccinations have: - Averted 154 million deaths - For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average = 10.2 billion years total - Accounted for 40% of the observed decline in global infant mortality
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what a wonderful antidote to the horrors of the world
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Meet REVIVE, your global antimicrobial R&D community and platform🌍 Created by GARDP, REVIVE connects and supports researchers, clinicians and innovators working to address #AMR. It is where you can follow what is happening in antimicrobial R&D, learn from past breakthroughs and
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#Bacteriophages could offer hope where antibiotics are failing, especially in #LMICs At a workshop hosted by the @GlobalAMRHub, GARDP and global experts discussed how to design trials that can scale, shape regulation through dialogue and ensure equity by involving the most
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Syphilis is resurging with congenital cases rising too. At our upcoming REVIVE webinar, infectious disease experts will share what’s working, what’s not and why new treatments are urgently needed. 📅 19 August 2025, 17:00-18:30 CEST 📍 Online Register here:
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Out Now! Rethinking approaches to overcome infectious disease https://t.co/B3i4MFfbbr
#InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology #HealthCare
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Nature Microbiology - We summarize our Focus issue on ‘Strategies to overcome infectious disease’ and present some of the approaches to tackle heightening rates of infectious diseases.
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📊 Inside AntibioticDB AntibioticDB holds data on 3,000+ antibacterial compounds—from traditional antibiotics to experimental therapies like phages and antivirulence agents🧬🦠📈🧪🔍 With new tools like wildcard search, chemical identifiers, and smarter filters, AntibioticDB is
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AntibioticDB is an open-access database that catalogues and describes known antibacterial agents, consolidating data from diverse sources that include the primary research literature, patents and...
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Call for individual research grants 2026📣 ESCMID offers research grants to conduct clinical studies, experimental animal studies, or a combination of approaches. For this year's call, the focus is on bacterial infections ⏰Apply by 10 Sept 💡Learn more: https://t.co/QY54fmF6kK
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👏FDA accepts New Drug Application for zoliflodacin — an investigational first-in-class oral antibiotic for uncomplicated #gonorrhoea. 🌍 Developed in collaboration with @InnovivaSTx, it could become the first new oral antibiotic for gonorrhoea in over 30 years. 🔗 Read the
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In laboratory studies, zoliflodacin has been shown to be active against Neisseria gonorrhoeae including multidrug-resistant strains. If approved, zoliflodacin could become the first ... Innoviva...
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Check out this new scheme for Class D b-lactamases. SAND: a comprehensive annotation of class D β-lactamases using structural alignment-based numbering | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
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Class D β-lactamases (DBLs) form a large family with nearly 1,300 identified members in the β-Lactamase Database (Fig. S1, www.bldb.euhttp://www.bldb.eu/) (1). They are produced mainly by Gram-nega...
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🎥 The #ACC2025 recording is now available! From resistance trends to PK/PD and clinical challenges, watch the full conference to catch key insights for researchers, clinicians, and AMR specialists. ▶️ Start watching:
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This year, for the first time, we are providing quality-controlled transcription and translation into Spanish and Portuguese on all recordings. We hope you find this useful. Please let us know what...
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🚨 This is Big! New GARDP research shows that people with multidrug-resistant infections in LMICs are not receiving the appropriate antibiotics because of large gaps in access. Improving access and developing new antibiotics must be a priority, 📖 Read the study 👇
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New online! The global resistance problem and the clinical antibacterial pipeline https://t.co/vvSCOImJ6L
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Rapid tuberculosis diagnosis from respiratory or blood samples by a low cost, portable lab-in-tube assay | Science Translational Medicine
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A low complexity, portable lab-in-tube tuberculosis assay for resource-limited areas analyzes blood, saliva, and sputum with a handheld device.
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Three million child deaths linked to drug resistance, study shows
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Children in Africa and South East Asia are most at risk from antibiotics medicines no longer working, a study suggests.
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