Mom, spouse, creator of diagnostic tests for livestock, recovering professor of Micro & ID, amateur chef, #ChaoticGood, #speaker #SciComm #VaccinesWork She/Her
Maine, USA
Joined October 2014
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Check out my @TEDx talk, "Science and Shoes". It is kind of about the emergence of #HIV and the arc of the #AIDS crisis... but really, it's about the process of science. There are also props. The props are shoes. It makes sense, I promise!
youtube.com/watch?v=kYbwkc_y…
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There is an active outbreak of avian flu (H5 influenza) in dairy herds in Washington State, particularly the Yakima Valley. A number of dairy workers have been infected, with at least one death. Speaking with workers, we believe the official case numbers are a vast undercount. 1/
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Wow does anyone understand how insane this is
We have an entire system of biocontainment units where they have planned and prepared for over ten years for this scenario
Now we are sending PHS staff who have been training for three days, many without clinical expertise to staff a unit in another country for high risk American #Ebola patients.
This is going to have awful consequences
Members of the U.S. Public Health Service have already begun training at Joint Base Andrews to staff the facility, according to people familiar with the response.
One person expressed concern that the training period was only three days, which experts say is not sufficient. wapo.st/4dxCt5E
WOW. Coming out of Twitter retirement to point out the Spn flu happened before flu vaccines were invented; Lyme disease has never been a pandemic; HIV has no vaccine (read Spillover and/or The Chimp and the River for excellent origin story); and RSV case loads the reason for vax.
RFK Jr: "The Pandemics are coming from labs. ALL OF THEM... Lyme, COVID, RSV, HIV and Spanish Flu came out of a vaccine lab."
"Vaccine research has created the worst plagues in our history."
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I have never in a long career seen the number of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections that I have seen in the past 2 months. Hoping that someone is trying to figure out why.
The rate of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections among children has been increasing in recent months and remains high among those ages 2-17 years, @CDCgov data show. publications.aap.org/aapnews…
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One thing that should not be understated, is Phil Donahue's work to help educate and navigate not only himself, but all of us through the AIDS epidemic.
He helped change the way we looked at AIDS.
Ryan White, became a friend of Phil's, so much so that Phil was a pallbearer.
As chair of the IOM, I have the honor and privilege of nominating the recipient(s) of the Founders’ Award, a distinction meant to recognize a lifetime of service to the organization (1/4)
Another award, which is not happening at all IOM's - the IOM Founders award is attributed to Steve Geary and Glenn Browning.
The are recognized as two long standing members of our organization and pillars of the mycoplasmology community.
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In addition to their years of service on virtually every committee and their decades-long track record of training new scientists, Glenn and Steve had the extremely difficult task of navigating Congress planning and organization survival and continuity during the COVID pandemic
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It was our privilege to present this award to two pillars of our scientific community…. That those pillars happened to be our mentors made it truly an honor. #IOM2924 #FoundersAward
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Finally... IOM 2024 Gran Canaria has ended...
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Next edition has been announced : IOM 2026, see you in Krakow 🇵🇱🇵🇱
My science brother, Dr. Mitch Balish, presenting his lab’s outstanding work on the ability of #Mycoplasma pneumoniae #biofilms to shield the bacteria from #antibiotics….. and how combining different classes of drugs can then fight back against this problem #IOM2024 #AMR
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Very excited to see this excellent work by @ChihHorngKuo and @Alain_Blancha presented, re-evaluating the recent taxonomic revisions that upended #Mycoplasma nomenclature. Grateful to C-H and team for their service to the community! #IOM2024
Dr. Chris Morrow delivering his lecture after receiving the Hannan Award for clinical mycoplasmology at #IOM2024
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#vqPCR detecting and enumerating viable M hyopneumoniae …… could also be a nifty tool to evaluate/QC things like #probiotic supplements, live #vaccines, or fermentation starters!
Back to more approachable hosts!
Calvin Ko is presenting a viability-qPCR detection system and in vitro growth evaluation for M. hyopneumoniae
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Fascinating findings with possible implications for #racehorses - Mycoplasma equirhinis, equine asthma, and resurrecting the idea of #Equine Respiratory Disease Complex
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Anneke Feberwee describing the virulence of two recent Dutch Mycoplasma synoviae isolates
Whitcomb Award winner and keynote speaker Dr. @SaskiaHogenhout delivers her address at #IOM2024!
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