Anita Schürch

Associate Professor

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Contact

aschurch@umcutrecht.nl

Pure profile

Research groups

Microbial genomics and metagenomics

Research aim

We develop novel genomic methods for reconstructing and tracking antimicrobial resistance genes by building bioinformatics tools to facilitate data analysis of massive sequence data sets of pathogens and microbiomes.

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Molecular and cellular host-microbiota interactions

Research aim

Our research aims to unravel how the products from pathogenic and beneficial bacterial species within the intestinal microbiota contribute to human health and disease.

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Recent publications

All publications

Pan-pathogen deep sequencing of nosocomial bacterial pathogens in Italy in spring 2020 Harry A Thorpe, Maiju Pesonen, Marta Corbella, Henri Pesonen, Stefano Gaiarsa, Christine J Boinett, Gerry Tonkin-Hill, Tommi Mäklin, Anna K Pöntinen, Neil MacAlasdair, Rebecca A Gladstone, Sergio Arredondo-Alonso, Teemu Kallonen, Dorota Jamrozy, Stephanie W Lo, Chrispin Chaguza, Grace A Blackwell, Antti Honkela, Anita C Schürch, Rob J L Willems, Cristina Merla, Greta Petazzoni, Edward J Feil, Patrizia Cambieri, Nicholas R Thomson, Stephen D Bentley, Davide Sassera, Jukka Corander
The Lancet. Microbe, 2024, vol. 5, p.100890

PlasmidEC and gplas2: an optimized short-read approach to predict and reconstruct antibiotic resistance plasmids in Escherichia coli. Julian A Paganini, Jesse J Kerkvliet, Lisa Vader, Nienke L Plantinga, Rodrigo Meneses, Jukka Corander, Rob J L Willems, Sergio Arredondo-Alonso, Anita C Schürch
Microbial genomics, 2024, vol. 10

Metagenomic assembly is the main bottleneck in the identification of mobile genetic elements Jesse J Kerkvliet, Alex Bossers, Jannigje G Kers, Rodrigo Meneses, Rob Willems, Anita C Schürch
PeerJ, 2024, vol. 12, p.e16695

Characterization of bla_KPC-2 and bla_NDM-1 Plasmids of a K. pneumoniae ST11 Outbreak Clone Camila Maria dos Santos Boralli, Julian Andres Paganini, Rodrigo Silva Meneses, Camila Pacheco Silveira Martins da Mata, Edna Marilea Meireles Leite, Anita C. Schürch, Fernanda L. Paganelli, Rob J.L. Willems, Ilana Lopes Baratella Cunha Camargo
Antibiotics, 2023, vol. 12

Mge-cluster Sergio Arredondo-Alonso, Rebecca A Gladstone, Anna K Pöntinen, João A Gama, Anita C Schürch, Val F Lanza, Pål Jarle Johnsen, Ørjan Samuelsen, Gerry Tonkin-Hill, Jukka Corander
NAR genomics and bioinformatics, 2023, vol. 5

Apparent nosocomial adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis predates the modern hospital era Anna K Pöntinen, Janetta Top, Sergio Arredondo-Alonso, Gerry Tonkin-Hill, Ana R Freitas, Carla Novais, Rebecca A Gladstone, Maiju Pesonen, Rodrigo Meneses, Henri Pesonen, John A Lees, Dorota Jamrozy, Stephen D Bentley, Val F Lanza, Carmen Torres, Luisa Peixe, Teresa M Coque, Julian Parkhill, Anita C Schürch, Rob J L Willems, Jukka Corander
Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12