2 Aug 2026

Call for Applications: Tanzanian Postgraduate AMR Genomics and Plate-Sweep Metagenomics Initiative.

Continuing MSc and PhD students in Tanzania are invited to apply for a collaborative capacity-building initiative in AMR genomics, priority Enterobacterales, plate-sweep metagenomics, bioinformatics and scientific writing. Applications close on 20 August 2026.

12 Jul 2026

African Collaboration in Cancer Chemoimmunotherapy, Biophysics and Mathematical Modeling

African researchers are invited to express interest in a multidisciplinary collaboration examining chemoimmunotherapy response in non-small-cell lung cancer through transcriptomics, drug-transport biophysics and mathematical modeling. Core analyses and an initial manuscript have been completed.

Current Microbiology · 2026

Pangenome analysis of Tanzanian clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals pandemic clones with high genome plasticity and versatile mobilome, virulome, and resistome profiles

Genomic and antimicrobial-resistance characterization of a clinical Raoultella ornithinolytica isolate from Uganda identified an ESBL phenotype, multiple virulence-associated loci, and a megaplasmid carrying diverse antimicrobial-resistance genes and mobile genetic elements.

Reuben S. Maghembe, Samweli Y. Bahati, Maximilian A.K. Magulye, Abdalah Makaranga Kuberwa, Simon Sekyanzi, Savannah Mwesigwa, Eric Katagirya

Current Microbiology — Springer Nature · 2026

Comparative Genomic Characterization of a Megaplasmid-harboring Multidrug-Resistant Raoultella ornithinolytica from a Septic Diabetic Patient in Uganda

Genomic analysis of a Ugandan sepsis isolate reveals multidrug-resistant Raoultella ornithinolytica carrying an ESBL-associated megaplasmid with multiple resistance genes and mobile elements.

Reuben S. Maghembe, Samweli Y. Bahati, Maximilian A. K. Magulye, Abdalah Makaranga Kuberwa, Simon Sekyanzi, Savannah Mwesigwa, Eric Katagirya

Discover Bacteria — Springer Nature · 2026

Pangenomic insights into multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from East Africa

A pangenome study of East African A. baumannii reveals repeated introduction of global high-risk clones, extensive genome diversity and mobile-element-driven antimicrobial resistance.

Samweli Y. Bahati, Reuben S. Maghembe

Current Microbiology — Springer Nature · 2025

Regional Genomic and Phylogenomic Insights into Multidrug and Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia

Comparative genomics across four East African countries reveals diverse multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae and both chromosomal and plasmid-borne mechanisms of colistin resistance.

Samweli Y. Bahati, Abdalah Makaranga, Reuben S. Maghembe