New @plosbiology.org paper from Sumedha Ravishankar, PhD and the Cressida Madigan Lab applies the powerful and optically transparent zebrafish embryo model to study group B streptococcal transit of the blood-brain barrier. Beautiful time-lapse confocal microscopy! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Why did invasive #strepA infections increase in young children after the pandemic? In this new @imperialinfect.bsky.social PREPRINT *not peer-reviewed* we look at antibody responses to #strepA and resp viruses in European children before and after the pandemic: www.medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...

New preprint alert 🚨 My team and I are pleased to share our most recent story about how bacterial pathogen (Streptococcus pyogenes, Strep A) exposure induces antibody responses against glycan and protein antigens. For paper: SSRN ssrn.com/abstract=519... biorxiv : doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

From 2013 to 2022, invasive group A Streptococcus infections increased in 10 US states, with higher incidence among older adults, American Indian or Alaska Native persons, and vulnerable groups. https://ja.ma/3G9OPT2

Rheumatic heart disease arises from repeated Group A Strep infections, leading to autoimmune heart damage. New research advances knowledge of its progression, offering hope for better interventions. Review by Adrien Lupieri et al, LeDucq Foundation PRIMA Network www.frontiersin.org/journals/car...

🔥❤️‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥 #LISSSD25 in Brisbane. Get in line (in pairs or chains) and get moving on your abstracts (open NOW). if your research relates to any -ology of catalase negative Gram + cocci (starts with Strep*) with an impact on human health - you belong at #LISSSD25!!!! www.lisssd2025.org/abstract-sub...

Abstract submission extended 72h until Wed Feb 5th 1159 pm 🇦🇺 EDT. >300 abstracts submitted so far! Get yours in! mailchi.mp/f0e900990ac5...

Following relaxation of #COVID19 restrictions surges in infections from respiratory pathogens like RSV and #StrepA have been seen in many countries including Aotearoa New Zealand. Did waning immunity contribute? We explored this concept in our latest work, see 🧵 academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

📣Research Technician job alert! Needed to support our #iSpyLIFE field work and #strep biobanking. www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

INVASIVE GROUP A STREP HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME Hippocrates 5th century BC EPIDEMICS III “Early in the spring—at the same time as the cold snaps which occurred—were many malignant cases of erysipelas, some from a known exciting cause and some not. Many died—and many suffered pain in the throat”

Hey Group A Strep Fans New in Nature Communications from Di Tang in Johan Malmström Lab in Lund Sweden Streptolysin O binds plasminogen, inducing conformational shifts that enhance plasminogen activation, revealing a conserved role beyond its cytolytic activity! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This #StrepA paper was a LONG labour of love from a great team 😊 Equal first & senior author credits buried at the very end, so I want to highlight the critical contributions of Dr Hannah Frost & @njmoreland.bsky.social & Dr Danika Hill @precisionvaxlab.bsky.social rdcu.be/d2gBV

We're live! The iSPY Explore Network is on a mission to uncover immune correlates of streptococcal infection. Join us on this exciting journey of discovery! #StrepResearch #iSPYExplore #UCSanDiego