Michael Strong
@StrongLabNJH
Followers
65
Following
130
Media
13
Statuses
172
Associate Professor, National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver
Denver, CO
Joined June 2019
RT @NobelPrize: On 24 March 1882, German physician and Nobel Prize laureate Robert Koch announced the discovery of the bacterium that cause….
0
296
0
Celebrating the distinguished careers and contributions to science, Immunology, and mentorship by National Academy of Sciences members and National Jewish Health faculty members Pippa Marrack and John Kappler @NJHealth @theNASciences .
0
0
1
New research paper: Evaluation of the GenoType #NTM-DR line probe assay for #nontuberculous #mycobacteria using whole genome sequences as reference standard. L. Elaine Epperson et al. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 110: 4, 116526.
0
1
2
ERJ Open Research, Early View:.Genomic Epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus at an Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program Reveals Low Potential for Healthcare-Associated Transmission. @JaneGrossMD, @JerryNick_CO, @StrongLabNJH, @CO_NTM_NRCs, and colleagues.
0
1
3
RT @NJHealthMedEd: #DenverTBCourse is underway! Dr Jared Eddy, MD, MPhil, MSc, discusses the history of #TB & @NJHealth 125 year experience….
0
1
0
RT @JTFouquier: Officially Dr. Fouquier! 🎉 Passed my Computational Bioscience PhD defense @CUAnschutz! Thx @CathyLozupone for being such an….
0
2
0
RT @TBAlliance: Drug-resistant #tuberculosis is a growing threat. We have seen progress in recent years, but we must also develop new techn….
0
11
0
New research publication with Jenn Honda, Stephanie Dawrs, and colleagues: #Hawaiian Volcanic Ash, an Airborne Fomite for #Nontuberculous #Mycobacteria - Dawrs et al. GeoHealth.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Long-range transport of hitch-hiking infectious agents has never been reported for volcanic eruptions globally Ash recovered from the 2018 Kīlauea Volcano eruption harbors species of nontuberculo...
0
0
0
New publication in #PLOSONE: pHALT NTM #nontuberculous #mycobacteria observational study by @JaneGrossMD, @JerryNick_CO, and the @CO_NTM_NRCs team. Helping #CF care centers and patients through #NTM genomic surveillance.
journals.plos.org
Background Healthcare-associated acquisition and transmission of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) among people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) has been described, and remains a concern for both patients...
0
0
1
New Research Paper: Genomic and microbiological analyses of #iron acquisition pathways among respiratory and environmental #nontuberculous #mycobacteria from Hawai’i. CG Tan, NM Oberlag, AE McGowan, SN Dawrs, YL Chan, M Strong, NA Hasan, JR Honda.
frontiersin.org
As environmental opportunistic pathogens, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) can cause severe and difficult to treat pulmonary disease. In the United States, ...
0
0
0
Transcriptional adaptation of #Mycobacterium #tuberculosis that survives prolonged multi-drug treatment in mice. New research paper and method (SEARCH-TB) by Elizabeth Wynn, Christian Dide-Agossou, Camille Moore, Nicholas Walter et al @CUAnschutz @NJHealth
journals.asm.org
A major reason that curing tuberculosis requires prolonged treatment is that drug exposure changes bacterial phenotypes. The physiologic adaptations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that survive drug...
0
0
0
RT @FanZhang_Jessie: Great Computational Bioscience Postdoctoral Fellowship supported by National Library of Medicine (NLM) T15 postdoctora….
0
7
0
New collaborative data letter: #Mycobacterium #abscessus subspecies identification using the #Deeplex Myc-TB targeted #NGS assay. SP Buckwalter, SL Olson, M Fida, LE Epperson, NA Hasan, R Khare, M Strong, NL Wengenack. Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
journals.asm.org
Mycobacterium abscessus infections pose a significant clinical challenge, necessitating the development and testing of improved diagnostics. The Deeplex Myc-TB assay (Genoscreen, Lille, France) is a...
0
0
3
Happy to share our new collaborative research paper: Complete genome assembly of Hawai’i environmental #nontuberculous #mycobacteria reveals unexpected co-isolation with methylobacteria. Jo Hendrix, et al. #PLOSONE #nanopore @NJHealth.
journals.plos.org
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous environmental opportunistic pathogens that can cause chronic lung disease. Within the United States, Hawai’i has the highest incidence of NTM lung...
0
0
2
RT @PersisterBritt: Interesting study from @elipner, Rebecca Prevots, et al., showing NTM infection risk is associated with constituents le….
0
3
0
Which naturally occurring water constituents may influence #NTM infection risk? Ettie Lipner, Rebecca Prevots et al find that vanadium and sulfate are positively associated with #Mycobacterium #avium complex infections, and molybdenum with M. #abscessus.
nih.gov
High levels of some minerals and metals in environmental water supplies may increase the risk of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) pulmonary infections in people with cystic fibrosis.
0
1
3
RT @PLOSBiology: The #SARSCoV2 #pandemic had a major impact on the field of #PathogenGenomics. @jtladner & Jason Sahl discuss the innovatio….
0
7
0
Congratulations to Dr. Jo Hendrix PhD for successfully defending her PhD thesis this week! Impactful research at National Jewish Health @NJHealth and the University of Colorado @CUAnschutz #CompBio.
0
0
4