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Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Great to kick off #ESCMIDGlobal with the Scientific Affairs Committee meeting...And my first as the new incoming SAS member for "Pathogenesis and immunology"! Looking forward to 4 jam packed days of science 😎

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We are currently working to identify contacts of an individual who travelled to England while they were unwell with Lassa fever. This individual returned to Nigeria, where they were diagnosed. Full story news 🔗📰 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Dr Meera Chand, Deputy Director at the UK Health Security Agency, said:

"Our Health Protection Teams are working at pace to get in touch with people who were in contact with this individual while they were in England, to ensure they seek appropriate medical care and testing should they develop any symptoms. The infection does not spread easily between people, and the overall risk to the UK population is very low."

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Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Taking high-throughput immunology to the next level...but...need some names for the arm. Send some suggestions! Current favourites: Obi-Wan Loadobi Loady Gaga Christina Arm-uilera Arm Solo Loady McLoadface Armfinity Gauntlet

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Bloom lab @jbloomlab.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

In new study, we find dramatic differences in specificities of serum neutralizing antibodies in infants w single infection by a recent SARS-CoV-2 strain versus adults/children imprinted by an early viral strain. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody specificities differ dramatically between recently infected infants and immune-imprinted individuals

The immune response to viral infection is shaped by past exposures to related virus strains, a phenomenon known as imprinting. For SARS-CoV-2, much of the population has been imprinted by a viral spik...

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Marion Koopmans @marionkoopmans.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Day 1. withdrawal from the WHO. All personnel and contractors will be stopped. Withdraw from the pandemic treaty negotiations. Anyone cheering this has no idea of global health. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Twitter was already depressing for the past few months, but seeing people gladly defend and celebrate - • Deportations • Clearly a nazi salute • Increasing drug costs • Leaving WHO & Paris climate accord • Removal of fluoride from drinking water ...that's just another level. BlueSky from now on!

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Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

New paper out in Lancet Microbe, describing the development and assessment of our multiplex Luminex assay for #Mpox 👇 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

"not to mention other countries, that rely on these agencies for guidance" "Ed Miliband, has already promised that the UK will “step up and lead” at COP29." Seems we should be stepping up as the leader for public health too... UKHSA? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Trump, health, science, and the next 4 years

Donald Trump's decisive re-election as US President on Nov 5 puts many aspects of health and science in a deeply concerning position. Although there is broader alarm about his openly authoritarian int...

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Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social · 11/11/2023

My niece had to write down science jobs she could do...one of them was researcher and another microbiologist 😭🥰

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Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Great two days in Amsterdam for my first #xMAP23 conference hearing about lots of really cool serology assays and developments!

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Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Was great to be at #IP2023Conf talking bout emerging pathogens. Thanks to Cat Boswell for the invitation!

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Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Dear ThermoFisher, this is utterly bat shit crazy...Two 0.5 ml vials of protein shipped *separately* with 10 kg of dry ice each!!!

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Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I really hope this is the last social media account I need to make...

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