Big welcome to Dr Fu-Meng Khaw. Meng’s our new National Director of Health Protection & Screening Services & Medical Director ⁦@PublicHealthW⁩ He’s our new #COVID-19 Superhero - amongst other things! So we bought a Superhero pal to keep him company 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

It’s a stunning place to live and work. As we are a team of microbiologists across the whole network, you’re definitely never alone. 😊

Llongyfarchiadau @SmallRedOne & @PublicHealthW #COVID__19 The full list of Welsh people honoured in Queen's Birthday Honours walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-new…

This picture is used widely in the media regarding #COVID19 testing. It was taken in the Wales Specialist Virology Centre showing the second dry swab we collect being stored at room temperature. We can go back to these for further testing and WGS processing days after collection.

For anyone interested, this is the link to my original manuscript for dry swabs. It’s from 2008, so should be free access now. #DrySwabsforCOVID. Dry cotton or flocked respiratory swabs as a simple collection techniq... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The kind people of @newlook cardiff dropped sweets for all the micro team today, cheers guys, lovely gesture and much appreciated

Dr Jonathan Underwood, Consultant Physician, "Whole Genome Sequencing and HIV - The Clinicians Perspective" #PenGU3YearsOn

Dr Chris Williams presenting "TB: Role of sequencing in surveillance and outbreak management" #PenGU3YearsOn

Dr Thomas Connor discusses the role of bioinformatics in his talk "In the end, it's all just data: Building a bioinformatics platform for pathogen genomics in Public Health Wales." #PenGU3YearsOn

Michaela John gives a Genomics Partnership Wales update. #PenGU3YearsOn

Michaela speaking on co-production achievements of @GenomicsWales @genomegcymru at today's Pathogen Genomics event @WalesMicrobiol @PublicHealthW @ResearchWales #genomics 🧬

Mandy Wooton presents "ARGENT improves management of a major outbreak of carbapenemase producing organisms in a Welsh hospital OR 'Opening a can of worms'" #PenGU3YearsOn

Trevor Morris, Michael Perry and Harriet Hughes talk about C. Difficile Typing by Genomic Sequencing #PenGU3YearsOn

Professor Mark Pallen presenting on Shotgun Metagenomics of the gut microbiota in critically ill patients. #PenGU3YearsOn

Setting up for the Pathogen Genomics Annual Conference, "Connecting Science to Patient Care" #PenGU3YearsOn

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Open Lab Recruitment day in Rhyl tomorrow. There's still time to book a place if you would like to come along eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhyl-microbi…

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We have an open recruitment day at our Microbiology Laboratory in Rhyl on 12th February. Please come along meet the team, ask questions and visit the laboratory. We have a number of BMS positions available. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhyl-microbi… @PublicHealthW @BetsiCadwaladr

Rydym yn falch iawn o gyhoeddi bod cofrestriad ar gyfer ein cynhadledd Genomeg Pathogen flynyddol ar 14/2/2020 wedi agor. Os ydych chi'n weithiwr proffesiynol yn y maes, neu os oes gennych ddiddordeb mewn Genomeg Pathogen, dilynwch y ddolen i gofrestru. eventbrite.co.uk/e/pathogen-gen…

We’re delighted to announce that registration for our annual Pathogen Genomics conference on 14/2/2020 has opened. If you are a professional in the field, or have an interest in Pathogen Genomics, please follow the link to register eventbrite.co.uk/e/pathogen-gen…