"Machine Learning reveals clonal dissemination and European patterns of
antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Anurag Kumar Bari, Julia H. E. de Lange, Tim T. Severs
Bhanu Sinha John W. A. Rossen Basil Britto Xavier"

"Discovery of a 105-Nucleotide Deletion in Fiu TonB-dependent receptor defines a
distinct clade of Iron–catecholate transporters driving Cefiderocol resistance in
Acinetobacter baumannii using long read sequencing. Anurag Kumar Bari, Dominique Snel
, Bhanu Sinha, John W. A. Rossen, Basil Britto Xavier"

Daniel Kirilly presented with Bhanu Sinha at the ESCMID Innovation theater about the DRAIGON workflow, the automation of whole genome sequencing and analysis from patient samples.

Tim Severs oral: Multicenter Evaluation of the EasySeq Full-Length 16S Sequencing Kit for Bacterial Identification in Clinical Samples

Health Technology Assessment Presentation

"Tracking the evolution of cefiderocol resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: novel genetic insights from ONT sequencing. Dominique Snel, Anurag Kumar Bari
, Bhanu Sinha, John W. A. Rossen, Basil Britto Xavier"

Tim Severs oral: Multicenter Evaluation of the EasySeq Full-Length 16S Sequencing Kit for Bacterial Identification in Clinical Samples

"DRAIGONPrep: a microfluidic platform for automated DNA extraction and Oxford
Nanopore long-read sequencing of multidrug-resistant pathogens. Anurag Kumar Bari, Tyrsa Veld
, Lin-Xenia Lim, Cedric Hurth Daniel Kirilly, Basil Britto Xavier Bhanu Sinha. John W. A. Rossen"

  Novel genetic drivers of Cefiderocol resistance in Escherichia coli identified through stepwise adaptive evolution and nanopore sequencing. J. H.E. de Lange, A.K. Bari1, T.M.I. Veld, B.B. Xavier, J.W.A. Rossen, B. Sinha

"Global patterns and clonal dynamics of fusidic acid resistance in
Staphylococcus aureus. Anurag Kumar Bari J.W.A. Rossen B. Sinha B.B. Xavier"

Machine learning-based optimisation of long-read 16S rRNA sequencing parameters enhances species-level microbiome classification. Anurag Kumar Bari

Genomic insights of Escherichia coli (ExPEC) isolates from periprosthetic joint infections and their clinical implications. Sofia Berdalli, Lucia Splittgerber, Victoria Ring, Susana Gardete-Hartmann, Jochen G. Hofstaetter

Tim Severs: Chasing accuracy: does 1% make a change in a ExPEC outbreak

Cedric Hurth and Daniel Kirilly presented live demos of the DRAIGONprep system at the conference booth.

Sophie Welk: Interactive platform for the results of a living systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the clinical impact of rapid diagnostic tools in antimicrobial stewardship

Tim Severs + Anurag Bari: Ring Trials and Revelations: Benchmarking Next-Generation Sequencing for AMR Gene Detection

"Annemijn Gebbink: Comparative study of host-depletion methods; but what else is depleted?"

"Tim Severs: Comparative study of host-depletion methods; but what else is depleted?"

Rossen JWA. MedMic Podcast: Insights on the future of (molecular) diagnostics for infectious diseases and DRAIGON project plans.

First DRAIGON Stakeholder Workshop - Heidelberg, Germany

Irina M. ESCMID Global 2025 Innovation Corner - DRAIGON Overview

Rossen JWA. How to detect, manage and communicate hospital outbreaks - How to confirm hospital outbreaks using genomic. - ESCMID Global 2025 (Invited Speaker)

Xavier BB. Navigating tools, techniques, and procurement: Implementing metagenomics in my lab and mistakes to avoid. - ESCMID Global 2025 (Invited Speaker)

Bari AK. Using Long-Read Sequencing for Core Plasmid Multilocus Sequence Typing to Investigate Plasmid Relationships Among Bacterial Species in German Hospital Wastewater. - ESCMID Global 2025 (Flash Poster E0257)

Bari AK. Evaluation of three commercial kits for Pseudomonas aeruginosa genomic DNA extraction: optimising yield and quality for long read sequencing. - ESCMID Global 2025 (Poster P2184)

Cardoso M. Long-read sequencing reveals novel genetic factors in cefiderocol resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853: A stepwise adaptive evolution study. - ESCMID Global 2025 (Flash poster E0720)

Sophie Welk: Clinical outcomes of Early Diagnosis of Infections of Sterile Body Fluids: A Living Systematic Review and Meta Analysis.

Severs T. Optimising long-read sequencing for AMR gene detection: a comparative study. - ESCMID Global 2025 (Poster P1695),

Bergman Y, Simner PJ. Optimised methods for bacterial whole-genome sequencing from positive blood culture broths. - ESCMID Global 2025 (Poster P2181)

Tim Severs pitch: Chasing accuracy: does 1% make a change in a ExPEC outbreak

Rossen JWA. Unlocking the potential of the human microbiome for clinical diagnostics. - ESCMID Global 2025 (Invited Speaker)

Tim Severs pitch: Van uren tot dagen: hoe nauwkeurig moet DNA-analyse zijn in het ziekenhuis?

Silva T. Interview to Silva Tafaj about DRAIGON project on national TV show 'Albanian Life'

Xavier BB. - BioSB HotTopics: Bioinformatics Methods for Pathogen Surveillance Symposium

Rossen JWA. Unveiling infectious diseases: the power of next generation sequencing. Diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases. - Diagnosis and surveillance of infectious diseases