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ESCMID Study Group for mobile elements and plasmids
🧬When antimicrobial resistance spreads, how do we know whether plasmids are part of the story?
This is the focus of our ESCMID Postgraduate Course: Tracking plasmids for clinical and public health use, taking place 2–4 November 2026.
Read more & sign up for the course: www.escmid.org/event-detail...
July 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
We invite you to submit one-page research proposals for consideration by the ESGMAP in the framework of the ESCMID Study Group Research Grant:
www.escmid.org/science-rese...

Submission: by 17 June
By email to: [email protected]
Evaluation: by 24 June

We look forward to receiving your proposals.
June 10, 2026 at 11:22 AM
New in Genome Medicine

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Proud that ESGMAP supported this study, which shows why AMR surveillance must go beyond case counts and track MGE to understand the emergence and spread of MDR pathogens.

Congratulations, Ana Santos and colleagues!

#AMR #Plasmids #ESGMAP
June 5, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Thank you to everyone who joined our very first ESGMAP Business Meeting and shared your valuable thoughts, ideas, and perspectives.

It means a lot to see so many people engaging with our journey, our mission, and the future we are building together.
#ESGMAP #ESCMID #ThankYou
May 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Dear ESGMAP members,

We are pleased to share our second newsletter (www.escmid.org/fileadmin/es...) of the year. You can read about the first ESGMAP Business meeting and election, ESCMID Global 2026 highlights. We also invite you to join the Slack workspace.

Sincerely,
ESGMAP EC
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May 5, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Travel grants ESCMID Global 2026

We are delighted to announce two travel grants of €500 each to support outstanding early-career researchers.

Congratulations to Ngoc Minh Nguyen and Emily Cronin.

We look forward to seeing their work reach new audiences and spark valuable discussions.
March 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Dear ESGMAP members,

We are pleased to share our first newsletter of the year. You can read about the ESCMID Global 2026 recommended session, travel grant awardees, planned webinars, supported publications, courses and conferences.

Enjoy the read, and stay tuned.
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March 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
🎉Exactly one year ago, we officially launched the ESCMID Study Group for Mobile Elements and Plasmids-ESGMAP. We’re incredibly proud of what this community has achieved so far.
The ESGMAP’s first Executive Committee election runs until March 5.
Eligible members, please cast your vote via My ESCMID.
March 3, 2026 at 8:44 AM
🧬 Can we track plasmid transmission in real-time?

Find out in the next ESGMAP webinar as we continue the fight against AMR.

☀️Dr. Dag Harmsen presents "Real-time plasmid transmission detection pipeline"
📅 4 February, 12:00 CET
🔗 Registration required (link in comments)
January 30, 2026 at 11:31 AM
🧬 Can we track plasmid transmission in real-time?

Find out in the next ESGMAP webinar as we continue the fight against AMR.

☀️Dr. Dag Harmsen presents "Real-time plasmid transmission detection pipeline"
📅 4 February, 12:00 CET
🔗 Registration required (link in comments)
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Registration is now open

ESCMID Postgraduate Course: Tracking Plasmids for Clinical and Public Health Use

Copenhagen | 2–4 Nov 2026

Hands-on training in plasmid genomics for clinical microbiology, outbreak investigation & public health.

👉 Programme and Registration
www.escmid.org/event-detail...
January 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The ESGMAP Executive Committee election is coming up, and we’re running to continue and expand the work we’ve started together - webinars, newsletters, and collaborations. If you’ve valued our efforts to build an engaged ESGMAP community, we’d be honored by your support. (Details in comments)
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
We are pleased to share our fourth and final newsletter of 2025 (tinyurl.com/bdhf7uhm). We are bringing you summaries of the year, activities to look forward to, and we are introducing a Slack workspace to facilitate idea sharing and collaboration. #ESCMID #ESGMAP #plasmids #newsletter #AMR #webinar
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December 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🧬 How do we evaluate structural variations in plasmids?

Find out in the final ESGMAP webinar in 2025.

💥Dr. Daria Frolova presents "Studying plasmid relatedness and evolution through structural variation"
📅15 December, 12:00 CET
🔗Registration required (link in comments)

#ESCMID #ESGMAP #plasmids
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🧬Are we getting closer to understanding plasmid evolution?

Join this exciting talk, as the @escmid.bsky.social ESGMAP web symposium series continues.

💥 Dr. William Matlock presents "Models of plasmid evolution"
📅 Dec 3, 12:00-13:00 CET
🔗 Registration required (link in comments)
#ESGMAP #Plasmid
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
💥 Thinking of getting started with plasmid sequencing? 💥

Join the upcoming ESGMAP webinar:

🧬 Dr. Henrik Hasman (SSI) presents "Getting started with plasmid sequencing for epidemiological investigations"
📆 Nov 24, 12:00-13:00 CET
🔗 Registration required. Link in comments.

#ESCMID #ESGMAP #Plasmid
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are pleased to share our third newsletter (www.escmid.org/fileadmin/es...), with upcoming scientific meetings and webinars with experts in the field.

Enjoy the read, and stay tuned for the next one.

#ESCMID #ESGMAP #plasmids #newsletter #AMR #webinars
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November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧬 New ESGMAP webinar series: “Plasmid comparison and typing in the long read era”

Join our upcoming webinar series exploring long-read sequencing and modern bioinformatics in plasmid research and surveillance.

📅 24 Nov • 3 Dec • 15 Dec 2025
🔗 Register: escmid.org/esgmap

#ESCMID #ESGMAP
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
💥 Passionate about plasmids and AMR transmission?

Join the ESGEM & ESGMAP webinar with Dr. Sandra Reuter on plasmid and clonal spread in Klebsiella pneumoniae!

🧬 Nov 11, 12:00 CEST
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#AMR #Plasmids #Genomics
October 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The @escmid.bsky.social Conference IMMEM XIV was kicked off with a very exciting session on plasmids:

"Plasmid typing for surveillance"

👉 Did you join the session?
👉 Share your key take-home message in the comments

#ESGMAP #IMMEM #ESGEM #ESCMID #Plasmids
September 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We are pleased to share our second newsletter (www.escmid.org/fileadmin/es...) with updates on the survey launched in the previous issue, publications supported by ESGMAP, and upcoming scientific meetings.

Enjoy the read, and stay tuned for the next one.
#ESCMID #ESGMAP #plasmids #newsletter #AMR
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September 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🚨Plasmid ALERT – new @eurosurveillance.org rapid comms!

@ecdc.europa.eu-led study finds mosaic IncHI1B(pNDM-MAR) plasmid with blaOXA-48 + aerobactin in 492 K. pneumoniae isolates across 8 EU countries (2019–2024).

First ESGMAP-backed paper: tinyurl.com/4acezh92
#AMR #plasmids #OneHealth #ESGMAP
Cross-border spread of a mosaic resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae: a European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network investigation, Europe, F...
An investigation of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network (EURGen-Net) detected the same mosaic IncHI1B(pNDM-MAR) resistance (OXA-48) and virulence (aerobactin) plasmid in 4...
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July 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
ESGMAP is now on LinkedIn and Bluesky!

We published our first newsletter (lnkd.in/dUe43t8y). It introduces us, our mission, activities, and ways to get involved. Fill out our members' survey, and associate your publications with the group.

Follow us for updates on the mobile elements and plasmids.
June 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM