Publications

CanB is a metabolic mediator of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Author(s): Rubin DHF, Ma KC, Westervelt KA, Hullahalli K, Waldor MK, Grad YH|Journal: Nat Microbiol|PMID: 36604513| January 2023

The evolution of the obligate human pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been shaped by selective pressures from diverse host niche environments…

Genomics, social media and mobile phone data enable mapping of SARS-CoV-2 lineages to inform health policy in Bangladesh.

Author(s): Cowley LA, Afrad MH, Rahman SIA, Mamun MMA, Chin T, Mahmud A, Rahman MZ, Billah MM, Khan MH, Sultana S, Khondaker T, Baker S, Banik N, Alam AN, Mannoor K, Banu S, Chowdhury A, Flora MS, Thomson NR, Buckee CO, Qadri F, Shirin T|Journal: Nat Microbiol|PMID: 34497354| September 2021

Genomics, combined with population mobility data, used to map importation and spatial spread of SARS-CoV-2 in high-income countries has enabled…

Phylogenetic interpretation during outbreaks requires caution.

Author(s): Villabona-Arenas CJ, Hanage WP|Journal: Nat Microbiol|PMID: 32427978| May 2020

How viruses are related, and how they have evolved and spread over time, can be investigated using phylogenetics. Here, we…

Rapid inference of antibiotic resistance and susceptibility by genomic neighbour typing.

Author(s): Břinda K, Callendrello A, Ma KC, MacFadden DR, Charalampous T, Lee RS, Cowley L, Wadsworth CB, Grad YH, Kucherov G, O'Grady J, Baym M, Hanage WP|Journal: Nat Microbiol|PMID: 32042129| February 2020

Surveillance of drug-resistant bacteria is essential for healthcare providers to deliver effective empirical antibiotic therapy. However, traditional molecular epidemiology does…