UCL-TB is a broad and cross-disciplinary Tuberculosis research network that spans University College London and our partners throughout the world.

London, England
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World TB Day Symposium 2026: TB in a changing world Join us in-person / online for annual UCL-TB/LSHTM WTBD Symposium on Tues 24 March 2026 · Beyond the lungs · Global trends & health systems · The potential for AI ...& more ucl.ac.uk/tb/events/world-tb… @UCLGlobalHealth @UCLInfectImm
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World TB Day Symposium 2026: 2 weeks to go Join us in London or online on 24 March for the annual UCL/LSHTM symposium Topics include: • Beyond the lungs • Global trends & health systems • The potential for AI Details and registration: ucl.ac.uk/tb/events/world-tb… @LSHTM_TB
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This is really interesting, much better literature searches than other AI tools, see my example TB searches: tinyurl.com/36auxvc4 tinyurl.com/ye4tb45e tinyurl.com/d9ht3f2s tinyurl.com/tmtxn3mx
Today, we are launching the first publicly available AI Scientist, via the FutureHouse Platform. Our AI Scientist agents can perform a wide variety of scientific tasks better than humans. By chaining them together, we've already started to discover new biology really fast. With the platform, we are bringing these capabilities to the wider community. Watch our long-form video, in the comments below, to learn more about how the platform works and how you can use it to make new discoveries, and go to our website or see the comments below to access the platform. We are releasing three superhuman AI Scientist agents today, each with their own specialization: A general-purpose agent (Crow); An agent to automate literature reviews (Falcon); and An agent to answer the question “Has anyone done X before” (Owl). We are also releasing an experimental agent, Phoenix, that has access to a wide variety of tools for planning experiments in chemistry. More on that below. The three literature search agents (Crow, Falcon, and Owl) have benchmarked superhuman performance. They also have access to a large corpus of full scientific texts, which means that you can ask them more detailed questions about experimental protocols and study limitations that general-purpose web search agents, which usually only have access to abstracts, might miss. Our agents also use a variety of factors to distinguish source quality, so that they don’t end up relying on low-quality papers or pop-science sources. Finally, and critically, we have an API, which is intended to allow researchers to integrate our agents into their workflows. Phoenix is an experimental project we put together recently just to demonstrate what can happen if you give the agents access to lots of scientific tools. It is not better than humans at planning experiments yet, and it makes a lot more mistakes than Crow, Falcon, or Owl. We want to see all the ways you can break it! The agents we are releasing today cannot yet do all (or even most!) aspects of scientific research autonomously. However, as we show in the video, you can already use them to generate and evaluate new hypotheses and plan new experiments way faster than before. Internally, we also have dedicated agents for data analysis, hypothesis generation, protein engineering, and more, and we plan to launch these on the platform in the coming months as well. Within a year or two, it is easy to imagine that the vast majority of desk work that scientists do today will be accelerated with the help of AI agents like the ones we are releasing today. The platform is currently free-to-use. Over time, depending on how people use it, we may implement pricing plans. If you want higher rate limits, especially for research projects, get in touch. @m_skarlinski, @andrewwhite01, @_tnadolski, Remo Storni, @semajazarb, @ludomitch, @MichaelaThinks, as well as @jasonjoyride and his team for making such fantastic videos of us!
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Great to have supported @WHO in organizing this consultation together with colleagues from @ICTM_UCL @LSHTM_TB @UCLTB ⬇️ A formal recognition of asymptomatic TB has been made to spur research and programmatic action for active case finding of TB 🦠🫁🚚
Just out: summary of WHO consultation on asymptomatic TB (aka subclinical TB) createsend.com/t/d-DDBC4043F…
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Watch the video of our recent World TB Day Symposium 2025. Details at ucl.ac.uk/tb/events/world-tb… @LSHTM_TB
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Did you miss @LSHTM_TB & @UCLTB Symposium? Or would you like to watch again? Good news: the full recording is now available! tinyurl.com/bdh8fymx @TogunToyin @SedonaSweeney @kc_horton @Rein_Houben
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@LSHTM_TB & @UCLTB WTBD Symposium 📆 24 March 2025 ⏰ 08.30-17.00 GMT 📍John Snow Lecture Theatre LSHTM London A hybrid event but registration required if attending in person. Free & open to all. tinyurl.com/bdh8fymx
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Special issue of IJID edited by @Deliagoletti2 for World TB Day 2025‼️ ➡️sciencedirect.com/special-is… A range of topics covered: ✅Policy ✅Biomarkers ✅TB-HIV ✅MDR ✅TB-DM & ✅Our review of asymptomatic TB @reinhouben @hanifesmail_tb @AnnaCoussen @ICTM_UCL @LSHTM_TB @UCLTB
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Today: Online link for World TB Day symposium 9-5 GMT: lshtm.zoom.us/j/92519123639. Programme information at ucl.ac.uk/tb/events/world-tb… @LSHTM_TB
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There are so many great events coming up for #WorldTBDay, come and get involved to #EndTB Sign up here for @LSHTM_TB and @UCLTB Symposium 📅 24th March 📍Hybrid: Online and London 🔗lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/event… #worldtbday2025
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@LSHTM_TB & @UCLTB WTBD Symposium 📆 24 March 2025 ⏰ 08.30-17.00 GMT 📍John Snow Lecture Theatre LSHTM London A hybrid event but registration required if attending in person. Free & open to all. tinyurl.com/bdh8fymx
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Next Monday! If you'd like to attend in person, do make sure to register ASAP - tickets are going fast! @LSHTM_TB @UCLTB @TogunToyin @SedonaSweeney @Rein_Houben @kc_horton
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@LSHTM_TB & @UCLTB WTBD Symposium 📆 24 March 2025 ⏰ 08.30-17.00 GMT 📍John Snow Lecture Theatre LSHTM London A hybrid event but registration required if attending in person. Free & open to all. tinyurl.com/bdh8fymx
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More tickets are now available for in-person attendance so do register NOW! Free and open to all. @LSHTM_TB @UCLTB @Rein_Houben @TogunToyin @kc_horton @SedonaSweeney
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@LSHTM_TB & @UCLTB WTBD Symposium 📆 24 March 2025 ⏰ 08.30-17.00 GMT 📍John Snow Lecture Theatre LSHTM London A hybrid event but registration required if attending in person. Free & open to all. tinyurl.com/bdh8fymx
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Person-Centred Care for TB-affected Households symposium - Tomorrow 11th Feb, 1230-1400 GMT - Hybrid, no registration required ucl.ac.uk/tb/person-centred-… @LSHTM_TB
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Join our "Person-Centred Care for TB-affected Households" hybrid symposium ucl.ac.uk/tb/person-centred-… #tuberculosis - Tues 11 Feb 2025, 1230-1400 GMT - No pre-registration needed
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Why is TB incidence in the UK on the rise? Join our free webinar on 'TB in the UK' to hear major stakeholders discuss why this is happening, and how we can best respond. Thurs 6th Feb, 3-5pm ucl.ac.uk/tb/tb-uk-webinar
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"Person-Centred Care for TB-affected Households": hybrid symposium 11 Feb 2025, 1230-1400 GMT no pre-registration ucl.ac.uk/tb/person-centred-… @EMarambire @tenzinkunor @UCLGlobalHealth @UCLInfectImm #tuberculosis
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After falling for 10 years, TB incidence in the UK is on the rise. Join our free webinar on 'TB in the UK' to discuss why this is happening, and how we can best respond. Thurs 6th Feb, 3-5pm ucl.ac.uk/tb/tb-uk-webinar #tuberculosis
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