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@LabSchembri

UPEC molecular genetics lab
Brisbane, Queensland Joined February 2019
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Schembri Lab @LabSchembri
Our latest research published today in eLife. Great work led by @nhunguyen2811 and with a fantastic team of Australian and international collaborators.

doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… @eLife
elifesciences.org High-risk Escherichia coli clones that cause neonatal meningitis and association with recrudescent... E. coli that cause neonatal meningitis largely derive from two global clonal lineages that can additionally form intestinal reservoirs to seed recrudescent invasive infection even when appropriate...
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Schembri Lab @LabSchembri
We combined TraDIS and metabolomics to identify new genes required for growth in human urine by multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST131 in a study led by @pmduy in collaboration with @KapplerUlrike and @MetaboHorst journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…
journals.asm.org Combined functional genomic and metabolomic approaches identify new genes required for growth in... Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) cause ~80% of all urinary tract infections (UTIs), with increasing rates of antibiotic resistance presenting an urgent threat to effective treatment. To cause...
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Schembri Lab @LabSchembri
Really excited to present this work led by @nhunguyen2811 at @IMBatUQ in collaboration with @sumaira_hasnain Glen Ulett and Jana Vukovic.
UQ News @UQ_News Feb 21, 2024
Researchers at @IMBatUQ have discovered why some E. coli bacteria cause severe disease and others don't.

@LabSchembri says a mutation helps affected bacteria spread in the body, a finding that could help fight antibiotic resistance.
Read more: brnw.ch/21wHci7 📸Adobe
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