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Helena Seth-Smith

@thebelsian.bsky.social

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

It was a pleasure to be involved in this work. Thanks to all involved!

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

This brought isolates from regular water tests together with genomic analysis: we found the same strain circulating over the whole period, and looked at the substitution rates and larger genome changes over time. The strain has not been found elsewhere, and was not associated with any infections.

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Have you ever considered what is lurking in our water pipes, where it comes from, whether you can get rid of it, or if you even need to? Just published: our study on Legionella pneumophila, isolated over 25 years from a large building in Basel. doi.org/10.1099/mgen...

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Genomic analysis of Legionella pneumophila in the drinking water system of a large building over 25 years

Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease, is often found in the plumbing systems of buildings, from where it can be transmitted to humans via inhalation or aspiration of co...

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Living my best #ESCMIDGlobal :-)

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Thanks! I agree! We have syphilis (Treponema pallidum) in the panel 😁

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

A slightly different aspect today: my blog post on our recent papers microbiologysociety.org/blog/sexuall....

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Sexually Transmitted Infections: Genome Analysis from Clinical Samples

Helena Seth-Smith takes us behind the scenes of their latest publications '<a href="https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.001353">Evaluating methods for genome s...

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

and I'll @ my wonderful collaborators when they join Bluesky ;-)

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I am so grateful to the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the University of Zurich, and the funders from the Bangerter-Rhyner Stiftung.

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Using a target enrichment approach across a panel of bacterial STIs doi.org/10.1099/mgen... , we have identified a new lineage of LGV Chlamydia trachomatis doi.org/10.1099/mgen... .

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Evaluating methods for genome sequencing of Chlamydia trachomatis and other sexually transmitted bacteria directly from clinical swabs

Rates of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are rising, and accessing their genomes provides information on strain evolution, circulating strains and encoded antimicrobial resistance (AM...

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

With love in the air, there is no better time to talk about STIs ;-). I am incredibly proud to present back-to-back papers from my lab, published today in Microbial Genomics.

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Evaluating methods for genome sequencing of Chlamydia trachomatis and other sexually transmitted bacteria directly from clinical swabs

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Helena Seth-Smith @thebelsian.bsky.social · 30/07/2024

I'm very excited to announce my research group. Our focus is on obtaining genomes from clinical samples without culture. For more information on Enriching Microbiology, be sure to check my website: enrichingmicrobiology.net

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Microbiology Research Group at University of Zurich | Enriching Microbiology

Explore our scientific research group at University of Zurich specializing in investigating genomes from difficult to culture bacteria in microbiology.

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