Beatson Lab

We are a microbial genomics research group based at the University of Queensland St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia.

Beatson

Recent posts

Genomic surveillance, characterization and intervention of a polymicrobial multidrug-resistant outbreak in critical care

Abstract. Background. Infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CR-Ab) ...

MicroPIPE: validating an end-to-end workflow for high-quality complete bacterial genome construction

Abstract. Background: Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) long-read sequencing has become a popular...

Lineage-Specific Methyltransferases Define the Methylome of the Globally Disseminated Escherichia coli ST131 Clone

Abstract. Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) is a clone of uropathogenic E. coli that ha...

Transfer of scarlet fever-associated elements into the group A Streptococcus M1T1 clone

Abstract. The group A Streptococcus (GAS) M1T1 clone emerged in the 1980s as a leading cause of ...

Softwares

BRIG

BLAST Ring Image Generator. BRIG is a cross-platform (Windows/Mac/Unix) application that can disp...

Contiguity

Contiguity is an interactive software for the visualization and manipulation of de novo genome as...

Easyfig

Easyfig is a Python application for creating linear comparison figures of multiple genomic loci w...

HAIviz

HAIviz is an Interactive Healthcare-Associated Infection Visualization Tool for Integrating and C...