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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There's still time to watch our #UTIhour speakers LIVE, today at 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC! That means there's still time to join Dr. Gail Hayword, a physician scientist at @ox.ac.uk 🇬🇧 & hear her talk in real time (UTIGA.org/upcoming). Recordings will be available online, too! #UTISky #IDSky

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(2/2) Dr. Potter uses next-gen sequencing to understand 🦠 evolution and improve patient health. Listen to him present on 10/8! The Zoom link is on UTIGA org/upcoming. #UTIsky #IDsky

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Say hello to our #UTIhour speaker Dr. Robert Potter! 👋 Dr. Potter is Assistant Director of the Infectious Disease Diagnostics Laboratory at @ChildrensPhila.bsky.social, Assistant Professor at @upenn.edu, and Director for Outbreak Investigations at @CHOPResearch.bsky.social (1/2)

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Meet #UTIhour speaker Melanie Yarbrough, of @washumedicine.bsky.social! Dr. Yarbrough is medical director of the clinical microbiology lab at Barnes Jewish Hospital. Her research includes the assessment & implementation of new diagnostic technologies. Listen to her talk (title in pic) THURSDAY!

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#UTIhour is THIS WEEK, 10/8 at 1200 EDT / 1600 UTC! Our host Dr. Maya Chandru, surgeon scientist at @uwmedicine.bsky.social @seattlechildrens.org, assembled a great team to discuss the clinical & research implications of pre-analytic specimen handling for quantitative urine culture! #UTISky #IDsky

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our #UTIhour is a little over TWO WEEKS AWAY! What: Pre-analytic specimen handling for quantitative urine culture - implications for practice & clinical research When: Oct 8, 1200EDT/1600UTC Where: UTIGA.ORG/Upcoming You don't want to miss this seminar :) #UTISky #IDsky

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

2/🧵 Dr. Maria Hadjifrangiskou of @vubasicsciences.bsky.social will give a talk called "Co-opting of host-derived fatty acids by an unconventional uropathogen" We're SO excited to listen to and learn about understudied uropathogens from all of our speakers today! #UTISky #IDsky

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

‼️⏰⏲️ OUR #UTIhour is just 5 hours away, TODAY 7/20 AT 1:30PM EDT/1730 UTC!!! Zoom link on UTIGA.org/upcoming Recordings available after on UTIGA.org/past The final speaker of this seminar should be familiar to you - she hosted #UTICONF26! 🧵/2 👇

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Urinary Tract Infection Global Alliance

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Our 3rd #UTIhour speaker is Dr Kyle Buchan @kylomonas.bsky.social, a postdoc in the Blake Hanson lab at @UTHealthHouston.bsky.social He'll give a talk called "Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae lineage CG307 displays urinary tract tropism" on 7/20, 1:30PM EDT/1730 UTC! Utiga.org/upcoming

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Join us @globaluti.bsky.social on Monday July 20th for #UTIHour. Our host @lauraamike.bsky.social has organized a fantastic lineup of speakers First speaker Catherine Forster is highlighted👇

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Our second #UTIhour speaker is Dr. Scott Bray, PhD, a postdoc in the @KatyPatras.bsky.social lab at @bcmhouston.bsky.social His talk is called "Investigating the impact of the diabetic urinary environment on group B Streptococcus virulence and host response." Catch him 7/20, 1:30PM EDT/1730 UTC!

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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Laura Mike @lauraamike.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Join me on Monday 7/20 to learn about understudied uropathogens. Details at the link below: Utiga.org/upcoming

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Our first #UTIhour speaker is physician scientist Catherine Forster of UPMC Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh! She sees the impact of non-UPEC uropathogens in the clinic firsthand. Her talk is, "Understanding Diagnostic Complexity in Urinary Tract Infections." See her 7/20, 1:30PM EDT | 1700 UTC!

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Our next #UTIhour on understudied uropathogens is WEEK! 🦠 Our host Dr. @lauraamike.bsky.social has assembled a dream team of speakers. She herself is in the #KlebClub - she studies #Klebsiella at @Pittdeptofmed.bsky.social! 📅 7/20 1:30PM EDT / 1700 UTC 🔗 UTIGA.org/upcoming #UTIsky #IDSky

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#UTI can be caused by dozens of bacteria (and a few fungi) but E. coli tends to hog the limelight. Find out about other culprits! #UTISky

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Mark your calendars, our next #UTIHour is TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY! What: A 60-minute seminar on Understudied Uropathogens! When: 7/20, 1:30PM EDT/1730 UTC Where: UTIGA.org/upcoming Who: follow this account to find out 👀👀 #UTISky #IDsky

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Melanie Pearson @proteusqueen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I’m excited to announce our newest publication, “Selective sugar transport supports Proteus mirabilis fitness in the urinary tract“ in PLoS Pathogens! @aeshealab.bsky.social @globaluti.bsky.social #UTIsky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Fantastic talk by Dr. Sarguru Subash focused on UPEC fitness in #UTI at #UTICONF2026

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

So proud of my graduate student @jmduranramirez.bsky.social for giving a great selected abstract talk at #UTICONF2026 this morning ##UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Fantastic Official Day 1 at #UTICONF2026 catching up with collaborators @globaluti.bsky.social #UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Outstanding talks by the trainees from @katypatras.bsky.social lab Scott Bray and @aeshealab.bsky.social lab Oluwagbenro Adesunloro at #UTICONF2026 #UTISky

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Next, 4 posters about a wide variety of great stuff - bladder flow modelling, phage therapy, catheter UTI, virulence mapping, and the gut/bladder axis @murraybeno.bsky.social @microberamon.bsky.social @nickyuen.bsky.social @fratorelli.bsky.social #UTISky #UTICONF2026

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Great talk about Kleb UTI isolate heterogeneity to wrap up the last session of #UTICONF2026 #UTISky

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Got to catch up with @henryschreiber.bsky.social yesterday at the #UTICONF2026 poster session

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Huge congrats to @microberamon.bsky.social for winning a poster prize at #UTIConf2026 for presenting P-FLO, his innovative urine-flow human urothelial model! #UTISky

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

So proud of the team, presenting our work on #UTI using human-cell modelling. First, @victoriachu.bsky.social gave a fantastic podium presentation on her kidney-ureter-bladder chip to study ascending infection #UTISky #UTICONF2026 1/2

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The Walker Lab at UTHealth @walkerlab.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Stop by poster 42 to hear about the cool work her lab is doing with P. mirabilis diabetic UTI #UTICONF2026 #UTISky

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Its been umpety-ump years since I’ve actually presented a poster myself, but @microberamon.bsky.social had so much data we needed multiple posters! Needs must. Sorry Ramón if I get anything wrong! #UTICONF2026 #UTISky

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Here’s the Dallas contingent (with one stowaway - me!) just landed in Nashville en route for @globalUTI.bluesky.social UTIGA26 - 3 glorious days of #UTI research talks! Can’t wait to catch up with friends old and new… 🦠🔬 #UTICONF26 #UTISky

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Ramon Garcia Maset @microberamon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Excited to be in Nashville exploring my favorite topic: host–pathogen interactions 🦠 Our team integrates urinary microenvironment + mechanical cues (flow) in a bladder microtissue model to better evaluate antibiotic and phage therapies against UPEC Come check out poster 16! 👀 #UTICONF26 #UTISky

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Benjamin Murray @murraybeno.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Great day presenting my poster at UTIGA conference in Nashville. Loads of positive feedback and amazing collaborations! What a great community to be part of! More importantly, a massive well done to @victoriachu.bsky.social for a brilliant talk today! Nailed it! 👌 #UTICONF26 #UTISky #UTI

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Currently in Nashville to talk about uropathogens for the next couple days! Those persistent, hard to treat bugs! Come by to poster 57 on Friday to see how I screen a gof pathogenic library on bladder organoids #UTICONF26 @globaluti.bsky.social

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Dr. Aniruddh (Ani) Deshpande sent us a visual sneak peek of their upcoming #UTICONF26 presentation. He's coming all the way up from Sydney 🇦🇺 to discuss integrated pediatric #UTI clinic! He also spoke at our July 2025 #UTIhour. More info on our profile about that ;) #UTIsky #IDsky

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

"Amyloid-β (Aβ) is a protein best known for its link to Alzheimer’s disease, but growing evidence suggests it may be produced in response to infection. I examined whether urinary UTI trigger Aβ production and whether this response affects infection severity and patient outcomes."

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Oluwagbenro Adesunloro from the Allyson Shea Lab sent in one of the most intriguing presentation sneak peeks we've seen yet! We are so excited to catch up with them at #UTICONF26, and learn more! Here's what they have to say below, in emojis: 🧠 🦠 🧫 🏥 👇 For more

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

"We report the first-of-its-kind, fully defined, artificial urine medium that resembles actual urine in composition & physicochemical properties. It supports the growth of many urinary bacteria, including many fastidious species." We're so excited to learn all about it soon!

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

When we asked our #UTICONF26 presenters to give us a sneak peek, Dr. Alan Wolfe, PhD, who leads the Urobiome lab at @LoyolaChicago.bsky.social was the first to answer! Here's what he had to say 👇

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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

#UTICONF26 is just a few short weeks away! This year we asked our presenters to send us some sneak previews of our research, and they delivered! Dr. Malcolm Starkey of @Monashuniversity.bsky.social sent us this gorgeous picture. Read what he had to say 👇

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