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Angus O’Ferrall
@angusoferrall.bsky.social
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PhD Student at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; AMR Epidemiology; NTDs; Clinician.
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AMR sentinels: Freshwater snails across Africa and the UK carry bacteria containing a wide range of AMR genes, including those predicted to confer resistance against last-resort antibiotics, according to a new study led by Adam Roberts and Angus O'Ferrall. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/freshwa...
Freshwater snails are an overlooked reservoir of AMR, study reveals
​Freshwater snails across Africa and the UK carry bacteria containing a wide range of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, including those predicted to confer resistance against last-resort antibioti...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Freshwater snail faecal metagenomes reveal environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across two continents. Read the full article in MGen: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #MGen
Graphical Abstract: The transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) from environmental microbes to pathogens is a critical but underexplored One Health driver of antimicrobial resistance. Here, we evaluate freshwater snails, which are geographically widespread aquatic invertebrates, as environmental reservoirs of ARGs. We collected faeces from eight gastropod genera at 15 freshwater locations across Malawi, Uganda, Zanzibar and the UK and conducted the first freshwater snail faecal metagenomic study.
September 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Short blog post on linking One Health pathogen surveillance through snail faecal sampling -> www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...

#AMR #Schistosomiasis #OneHealth
Connecting pathogen surveillance: freshwater snails may contribute to AMR dissemination as well as parasite transmission
We recently proposed a rationale for connecting AMR surveillance with schistosomiasis research. This approach not only optimises sample usage but also reflects the interconnected nature of parasite
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August 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Excited to share our new paper in Microbial Genomics! We studied freshwater snail faecal microbiomes in Malawi, Uganda, Zanzibar & the UK, and found #AMR gene reservoirs posing risks where human, animal and environmental health intersect 🐌💩

Read here ➡️ www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
August 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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What’s it like managing social media for a journal as wide-ranging as #Parasitology? 🎙️ We caught up with @angusoferrall.bsky.social to talk science communication, learning from the editorial team, and sharing research with a broader audience → cup.org/44xZ25L
Meet the Editors: Q&A with Angus O’Ferrall, Social Media Editor for Parasitology « Life Sciences# « Cambridge Core Blog
Welcome to our “Meet the Editors” series, where we interview the editorial team about their work and their relationship to the journal. In this post we meet Angus O’Ferrall, Social Media Editor for Pa...
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July 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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🚨 NEW VIDEO DROP 🚨
We love supporting our customers with complex sequencing projects! Take a look behind-the-scenes at a unique project from Adam Robert’s team at LSTM!

They collected 125 samples —from lakes to benches & bins—to build a microbial map of Liverpool 🏙️🦠
🎬 youtu.be/dVLKp9RsRYs #MicroSky
Living Liverpool - a microbial map of the city
YouTube video by MicrobesNG
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May 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Grateful for the chance to present in the Knocking Out #AMR forum at @microbiologysociety.org annual conference #Microbio25

Looking forward to building on this work with colleagues in Malawi for positive public health impact
April 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Pleased to share our new preprint... We took a look into freshwater snail faecal metagenomes in four countries and found environmental #AMR reservoirs

@lstmnews.bsky.social @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social @russstothard.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Freshwater snail faecal metagenomes reveal environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across two continents
The transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) from environmental microbes to pathogens is a critical but underexplored One Health driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Here, we evaluate fr...
www.biorxiv.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Happy to share our latest preprint on environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance #AMR
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Freshwater snail faecal metagenomes reveal environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across two continents
The transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) from environmental microbes to pathogens is a critical but underexplored One Health driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Here, we evaluate fr...
www.biorxiv.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Freshwater snail faecal metagenomes reveal environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across two continents https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.26.640299v1
February 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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The HUGS team from LSTM were at the Royal Society earlier this month for a focused meeting on hybrid schistosomes in Africa.

Improved disease control in animals - a tough but crucial step towards elimination.

We wrote a short blog of our activities there: www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...
February 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM