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November 21, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Don't forget to join the #KlebClub Slack workspace!
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📣 Postdoc position available in my group at Pitt to study how Klebsiella controls its cell surface and develop new projects. themikelab.com
Read more and apply here by Jan 12:
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
Reposts are appreciated!
#klebclub
#newPI
Read more and apply here by Jan 12:
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Reposts are appreciated!
#klebclub
#newPI
December 17, 2024 at 4:39 PM
📣 Postdoc position available in my group at Pitt to study how Klebsiella controls its cell surface and develop new projects. themikelab.com
Read more and apply here by Jan 12:
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
Reposts are appreciated!
#klebclub
#newPI
Read more and apply here by Jan 12:
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
Reposts are appreciated!
#klebclub
#newPI
Let's increase #klebclub chatter on 🔵🦋!
Klebsiella aficionados add your handle below and we will build a starter pack.
🔁 to spread the word
Klebsiella aficionados add your handle below and we will build a starter pack.
🔁 to spread the word
November 16, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Let's increase #klebclub chatter on 🔵🦋!
Klebsiella aficionados add your handle below and we will build a starter pack.
🔁 to spread the word
Klebsiella aficionados add your handle below and we will build a starter pack.
🔁 to spread the word
Excited to share this preprint where we’ve used genomic analysis of >3000 genomes to study Klebsiella pneumoniae in a One Health perspective 🦠🔬👩💻 #OneHealth #KLEBGAP #KlebClub #IrenLöhr @katholt.bsky.social #NORKLEBNET
A genome-wide One Health study of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Norway reveals overlapping populations but few recent transmission events across reservoirs https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.11.612360v1
A genome-wide One Health study of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Norway reveals overlapping populations but few recent transmission events across reservoirs https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.11.612360v1
Members of the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex (KpSC) are opportunistic pathogens that cause s
www.biorxiv.org
September 12, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Excited to share this preprint where we’ve used genomic analysis of >3000 genomes to study Klebsiella pneumoniae in a One Health perspective 🦠🔬👩💻 #OneHealth #KLEBGAP #KlebClub #IrenLöhr @katholt.bsky.social #NORKLEBNET
Last year, we reported that arginine stimulates mucoidy in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae. Now we show an opposing cue, sugars! Here, we report that sugar import suppresses mucoidy.
Full story in @natcomms.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microsky #klebclub
See 🧵 for a summary:
Full story in @natcomms.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microsky #klebclub
See 🧵 for a summary:
www.nature.com
August 26, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Last year, we reported that arginine stimulates mucoidy in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae. Now we show an opposing cue, sugars! Here, we report that sugar import suppresses mucoidy.
Full story in @natcomms.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microsky #klebclub
See 🧵 for a summary:
Full story in @natcomms.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microsky #klebclub
See 🧵 for a summary:
🚨 Job alert 🚨
I’m recruiting two postdoctoral research associates to join my lab at KCL to study how #Klebsiella pneumoniae regulates virulence factor expression during infection! #klebclub
Mol Micro: tinyurl.com/mtrwtx5e
Infection: tinyurl.com/2s3u8ca2
Deadline: 21st September.
I’m recruiting two postdoctoral research associates to join my lab at KCL to study how #Klebsiella pneumoniae regulates virulence factor expression during infection! #klebclub
Mol Micro: tinyurl.com/mtrwtx5e
Infection: tinyurl.com/2s3u8ca2
Deadline: 21st September.
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Molecular Microbiology
www.kcl.ac.uk
August 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨 Job alert 🚨
I’m recruiting two postdoctoral research associates to join my lab at KCL to study how #Klebsiella pneumoniae regulates virulence factor expression during infection! #klebclub
Mol Micro: tinyurl.com/mtrwtx5e
Infection: tinyurl.com/2s3u8ca2
Deadline: 21st September.
I’m recruiting two postdoctoral research associates to join my lab at KCL to study how #Klebsiella pneumoniae regulates virulence factor expression during infection! #klebclub
Mol Micro: tinyurl.com/mtrwtx5e
Infection: tinyurl.com/2s3u8ca2
Deadline: 21st September.
Officially en route to #KLEBS2024 very excited to finally meet many #klebclub friends in person
November 19, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Officially en route to #KLEBS2024 very excited to finally meet many #klebclub friends in person
Thrilled to share our latest paper on antibiotic treatment failure of Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
@drwalkermsbanta.bsky.social
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Antibiotics accumulate in Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses but fail to eliminate antibiotic-tolerant populations | PNAS
Liver abscesses caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) can lead to severe
metastatic complications, with mortality rates ranging from...
www.pnas.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨 Big news! 🚨
Here the FINAL 2026 Speaker list for our seminar series!!
✨ Get ready for:
• Pathogenesis session
• Pediatrics #Klebsiella
• Translational Microbiology
• #KlebClub Community Flash talks!
Starting April 9th - 9 AM EST!
#KlebClub2026 #microsky #UTIsky #phagesky
Registration is FREE
Here the FINAL 2026 Speaker list for our seminar series!!
✨ Get ready for:
• Pathogenesis session
• Pediatrics #Klebsiella
• Translational Microbiology
• #KlebClub Community Flash talks!
Starting April 9th - 9 AM EST!
#KlebClub2026 #microsky #UTIsky #phagesky
Registration is FREE
March 27, 2026 at 2:37 PM
🚨 Big news! 🚨
Here the FINAL 2026 Speaker list for our seminar series!!
✨ Get ready for:
• Pathogenesis session
• Pediatrics #Klebsiella
• Translational Microbiology
• #KlebClub Community Flash talks!
Starting April 9th - 9 AM EST!
#KlebClub2026 #microsky #UTIsky #phagesky
Registration is FREE
Here the FINAL 2026 Speaker list for our seminar series!!
✨ Get ready for:
• Pathogenesis session
• Pediatrics #Klebsiella
• Translational Microbiology
• #KlebClub Community Flash talks!
Starting April 9th - 9 AM EST!
#KlebClub2026 #microsky #UTIsky #phagesky
Registration is FREE
🧫 #microsky Interested in a #Klebsiella KlebClub meetup @ #ASMMicrobe?
🦠 If you’d like to join, please let Jay Vornhagen know on Slack or by email so we can gauge interest and start planning. Hope to see lots of KlebClub folks there! 😊
#UTISky #phagesky #mevosky #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance
🦠 If you’d like to join, please let Jay Vornhagen know on Slack or by email so we can gauge interest and start planning. Hope to see lots of KlebClub folks there! 😊
#UTISky #phagesky #mevosky #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance
May 30, 2026 at 8:56 AM
🧫 #microsky Interested in a #Klebsiella KlebClub meetup @ #ASMMicrobe?
🦠 If you’d like to join, please let Jay Vornhagen know on Slack or by email so we can gauge interest and start planning. Hope to see lots of KlebClub folks there! 😊
#UTISky #phagesky #mevosky #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance
🦠 If you’d like to join, please let Jay Vornhagen know on Slack or by email so we can gauge interest and start planning. Hope to see lots of KlebClub folks there! 😊
#UTISky #phagesky #mevosky #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance
Starting the journey to Paris in style for Klebsiella Epidemiology and Biology Symposium @institutpasteur.bsky.social.
I'll have a poster & flash talk #188 on #CRISPR vs #AMR plasmids. Looking forward to some cool Klebsiella research! :)
#KlebClub
I'll have a poster & flash talk #188 on #CRISPR vs #AMR plasmids. Looking forward to some cool Klebsiella research! :)
#KlebClub
November 18, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Starting the journey to Paris in style for Klebsiella Epidemiology and Biology Symposium @institutpasteur.bsky.social.
I'll have a poster & flash talk #188 on #CRISPR vs #AMR plasmids. Looking forward to some cool Klebsiella research! :)
#KlebClub
I'll have a poster & flash talk #188 on #CRISPR vs #AMR plasmids. Looking forward to some cool Klebsiella research! :)
#KlebClub
🚨 Final session alert! 🚨
Join us this Thursday for the last #KlebClub Virtual Seminar Series 2026 session!
🗓 April 30
⏰ 9–10:30 AM EDT
🎤 Theme: KlebClub Community Flash Talks
✨Insights on #Klebsiella pneumoniae—from stress resistance and telomere #phages, phage defense to metabolism.
#microsky
Join us this Thursday for the last #KlebClub Virtual Seminar Series 2026 session!
🗓 April 30
⏰ 9–10:30 AM EDT
🎤 Theme: KlebClub Community Flash Talks
✨Insights on #Klebsiella pneumoniae—from stress resistance and telomere #phages, phage defense to metabolism.
#microsky
April 27, 2026 at 10:36 AM
🚨 Final session alert! 🚨
Join us this Thursday for the last #KlebClub Virtual Seminar Series 2026 session!
🗓 April 30
⏰ 9–10:30 AM EDT
🎤 Theme: KlebClub Community Flash Talks
✨Insights on #Klebsiella pneumoniae—from stress resistance and telomere #phages, phage defense to metabolism.
#microsky
Join us this Thursday for the last #KlebClub Virtual Seminar Series 2026 session!
🗓 April 30
⏰ 9–10:30 AM EDT
🎤 Theme: KlebClub Community Flash Talks
✨Insights on #Klebsiella pneumoniae—from stress resistance and telomere #phages, phage defense to metabolism.
#microsky
We’ve just released a public Pathogenwatch collection of the MRSN Diversity Panel comprising 100 diverse K. pneumoniae clinical isolates: pathogen.watch/collection/8... #KlebClub
Pathogenwatch
A global platform for genomic surveillance.
pathogen.watch
February 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We’ve just released a public Pathogenwatch collection of the MRSN Diversity Panel comprising 100 diverse K. pneumoniae clinical isolates: pathogen.watch/collection/8... #KlebClub
@kelwyres.bsky.social @tomstantonmicro.bsky.social @shaunkeegan.bsky.social @pjplanet.bsky.social @neleshg.bsky.social @evaheinz7.bsky.social @yogihooda.bsky.social @jaba4kush.bsky.social @cmcrodrigues.bsky.social @efosternyarko.bsky.social @erkison.bsky.social @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social #KlebClub
July 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Yay!
KlebClub is back for its 6th season!
Personally, really happy to reconnect with all other reorganisers after the summer hiatus!
KlebClub is back for its 6th season!
Personally, really happy to reconnect with all other reorganisers after the summer hiatus!
Hard to believe it’s already that time of year!
Our kick-off meeting for the Klebsiella Seminar Series just wrapped up. Stay tuned for more!
@lauraamike.bsky.social @olayarendueles.bsky.social @caityholmes.bsky.social @tomstantonmicro.bsky.social @juanvalenciabacca.bsky.social WenWen Low & Jay V.
Our kick-off meeting for the Klebsiella Seminar Series just wrapped up. Stay tuned for more!
@lauraamike.bsky.social @olayarendueles.bsky.social @caityholmes.bsky.social @tomstantonmicro.bsky.social @juanvalenciabacca.bsky.social WenWen Low & Jay V.
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Yay!
KlebClub is back for its 6th season!
Personally, really happy to reconnect with all other reorganisers after the summer hiatus!
KlebClub is back for its 6th season!
Personally, really happy to reconnect with all other reorganisers after the summer hiatus!
📢 Our latest paper is now in @infectionimmunity.bsky.social
We asked: How different are classical (cKp) vs hypervirulent (hvKp) Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream isolates if they are all the same K type (K2)?
📄 doi.org/10.1128/iai....
#KlebClub #MicroTwitter
We asked: How different are classical (cKp) vs hypervirulent (hvKp) Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream isolates if they are all the same K type (K2)?
📄 doi.org/10.1128/iai....
#KlebClub #MicroTwitter
February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
📢 Our latest paper is now in @infectionimmunity.bsky.social
We asked: How different are classical (cKp) vs hypervirulent (hvKp) Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream isolates if they are all the same K type (K2)?
📄 doi.org/10.1128/iai....
#KlebClub #MicroTwitter
We asked: How different are classical (cKp) vs hypervirulent (hvKp) Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream isolates if they are all the same K type (K2)?
📄 doi.org/10.1128/iai....
#KlebClub #MicroTwitter
We are back and excited for a great line up of speakers! Klebsiella Seminar Series 2025 starts next week 🙌 Join us on Thursday, April 3rd for Session 1 with talks focused on Pathogenesis.
Registration is free at sites.google.com/view/klebclu.... Contact the organizers with any questions! #KlebClub
Registration is free at sites.google.com/view/klebclu.... Contact the organizers with any questions! #KlebClub
March 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We are back and excited for a great line up of speakers! Klebsiella Seminar Series 2025 starts next week 🙌 Join us on Thursday, April 3rd for Session 1 with talks focused on Pathogenesis.
Registration is free at sites.google.com/view/klebclu.... Contact the organizers with any questions! #KlebClub
Registration is free at sites.google.com/view/klebclu.... Contact the organizers with any questions! #KlebClub
🎉 Delighted to share the first pre-print from my lab where we demonstrate that intergenic DNA repeats mediate phase variation of the mucoid phenotype in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #klebclub
Simple Sequence Repeats Mediate Phase Variation of the Mucoid Phenotype in Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (HVKp) express a thick mucoid capsular polysaccharide which is essential for virulence and survival in the bloodstream but inhibits epithelial adhesion and invasion...
www.biorxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🎉 Delighted to share the first pre-print from my lab where we demonstrate that intergenic DNA repeats mediate phase variation of the mucoid phenotype in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #klebclub
New #Klebiella pneumoniae #virulence factor just dropped.
Interesting that this gene appears to be broadly distributed across Enterobacteriaceae (Fig 5).
Likely inherented via common ancestor then I would guess.
#KlebClub #MicroSky
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Interesting that this gene appears to be broadly distributed across Enterobacteriaceae (Fig 5).
Likely inherented via common ancestor then I would guess.
#KlebClub #MicroSky
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
GM000287 is a conserved determinant of serum resistance and virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Author summary Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is a major human pathogen responsible for severe infections, including pneumonia and bloodstream infections. To establish infection, Kp must withstand multipl...
journals.plos.org
October 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
New #Klebiella pneumoniae #virulence factor just dropped.
Interesting that this gene appears to be broadly distributed across Enterobacteriaceae (Fig 5).
Likely inherented via common ancestor then I would guess.
#KlebClub #MicroSky
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Interesting that this gene appears to be broadly distributed across Enterobacteriaceae (Fig 5).
Likely inherented via common ancestor then I would guess.
#KlebClub #MicroSky
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
KlebClub registration is now open for the 5th annual Klebsiella Seminar Series! Follow the link below and register to attend (for free!) or submit an abstract.
We are excited for another great line up of keynote speakers this year!
Follow @klebclub.bsky.social !
sites.google.com/view/klebclu...
We are excited for another great line up of keynote speakers this year!
Follow @klebclub.bsky.social !
sites.google.com/view/klebclu...
KlebClub
Klebsiella Virtual
Seminar Series
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January 5, 2024 at 8:27 AM
KlebClub registration is now open for the 5th annual Klebsiella Seminar Series! Follow the link below and register to attend (for free!) or submit an abstract.
We are excited for another great line up of keynote speakers this year!
Follow @klebclub.bsky.social !
sites.google.com/view/klebclu...
We are excited for another great line up of keynote speakers this year!
Follow @klebclub.bsky.social !
sites.google.com/view/klebclu...
3 weeks left to submit an abstract for the Klebsiella Seminar Series!
It is FREE, but registration is required.
#AMR #Microsky #UTIsky
sites.google.com/view/klebclu...
It is FREE, but registration is required.
#AMR #Microsky #UTIsky
sites.google.com/view/klebclu...
January 26, 2026 at 2:01 PM
3 weeks left to submit an abstract for the Klebsiella Seminar Series!
It is FREE, but registration is required.
#AMR #Microsky #UTIsky
sites.google.com/view/klebclu...
It is FREE, but registration is required.
#AMR #Microsky #UTIsky
sites.google.com/view/klebclu...
TODAY!!
Join us for Session 3 of #KlebClub2026
📅 April 23rd
⏰ 9:00–10:30 AM EDT
🔬 Theme: Translational Microbiology
Hear from researchers bridging bench to bedside and explore innovative approaches to tackling Klebsiella pneumoniae.
✨ Free registration ->scan the QR code on poster
Join us for Session 3 of #KlebClub2026
📅 April 23rd
⏰ 9:00–10:30 AM EDT
🔬 Theme: Translational Microbiology
Hear from researchers bridging bench to bedside and explore innovative approaches to tackling Klebsiella pneumoniae.
✨ Free registration ->scan the QR code on poster
April 23, 2026 at 8:44 AM
TODAY!!
Join us for Session 3 of #KlebClub2026
📅 April 23rd
⏰ 9:00–10:30 AM EDT
🔬 Theme: Translational Microbiology
Hear from researchers bridging bench to bedside and explore innovative approaches to tackling Klebsiella pneumoniae.
✨ Free registration ->scan the QR code on poster
Join us for Session 3 of #KlebClub2026
📅 April 23rd
⏰ 9:00–10:30 AM EDT
🔬 Theme: Translational Microbiology
Hear from researchers bridging bench to bedside and explore innovative approaches to tackling Klebsiella pneumoniae.
✨ Free registration ->scan the QR code on poster
It's almost April and time for the Kleb seminar series to start Apr 3. We have a great lineup this year!
Please register to receive the join info 😊
#klebclub
Please register to receive the join info 😊
#klebclub
We are back and excited for a great line up of speakers! Klebsiella Seminar Series 2025 starts next week 🙌 Join us on Thursday, April 3rd for Session 1 with talks focused on Pathogenesis.
Registration is free at sites.google.com/view/klebclu.... Contact the organizers with any questions! #KlebClub
Registration is free at sites.google.com/view/klebclu.... Contact the organizers with any questions! #KlebClub
March 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's almost April and time for the Kleb seminar series to start Apr 3. We have a great lineup this year!
Please register to receive the join info 😊
#klebclub
Please register to receive the join info 😊
#klebclub
@klebclub.bsky.social
#KlebClub planning is back in session with our TWO NEW MEMBERS!!!
Make sure to send a big congrats to Juan Valencia and Tom Stanton!
#KlebClub planning is back in session with our TWO NEW MEMBERS!!!
Make sure to send a big congrats to Juan Valencia and Tom Stanton!
August 14, 2024 at 5:49 PM
@klebclub.bsky.social
#KlebClub planning is back in session with our TWO NEW MEMBERS!!!
Make sure to send a big congrats to Juan Valencia and Tom Stanton!
#KlebClub planning is back in session with our TWO NEW MEMBERS!!!
Make sure to send a big congrats to Juan Valencia and Tom Stanton!
It's that time of year! Registration and abstract submission for the 6th Klebsiella Seminar Series is now open. Participation is free and abstracts are due by February 16th. See the link below for details, and reach out to the organizers with any questions:
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#KlebClub
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#KlebClub
Klebsiella Seminar Series 2025
This form can be used to register only or register+submit an abstract for the 2025 Klebsiella Seminar Series. By registering, you will receive a Zoom Webinar link for attendance prior to the event. Re...
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January 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's that time of year! Registration and abstract submission for the 6th Klebsiella Seminar Series is now open. Participation is free and abstracts are due by February 16th. See the link below for details, and reach out to the organizers with any questions:
forms.gle/gxbvaC6FjzuS...
#KlebClub
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#KlebClub