Avelino Alvarez

These insights are crucial for AMR stewardship and designing better policies to monitor and manage ARGs in the food sector. A big thanks to @narmquijada, @JCobodiaz and @enzovalentino94 and to our fantastic collaborators across Europe! #OneHealth #AMRpolicy #EUresearch

We also found that some industrial processes and environmental conditions significantly influence ARG presence and spread. This opens doors to interventions in food systems to curb AMR risk.

~40% of ARGs were linked to mobile genetic elements—a major concern due to their potential for horizontal gene transfer across bacteria. This can accelerate the spread of resistance.

Many ARGs were found in clinically relevant ESKAPEE bacteria, such as E. coli, S. aureus or K. pneumoniae These are major drivers of difficult-to-treat infections in hospitals. #AntibioticResistance #PublicHealth

Key findings: • >70% of known ARGs are present in the food production chain • Most prevalent: genes conferring resistance to tetracyclines, beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, macrolides #AMR #OneHealth

We analyzed nearly 2,000 samples from raw foods (milk, meat, fish, cheese, veg) and food processing environments across 100+ European companies. Using whole metagenome sequencing, we looked for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). #Resistome #Metagenomics

Excited to share our new study published in Nature Microbiology! We explored the resistome of foods and food production environments using metagenomics. This work is part of the EU-funded MASTER project. 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41564-0… #AMR #FoodSafety #Microbiome

Very proud of Coral Barcenilla, who yesterday received an award of our @unileon to the best PhD Thesis in the field of Health Sciences. Very much deserved and a sign of her bright future!