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Esther Babady, PhD

@ebabady.bsky.social
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Clinical Microbiologist. Favorite microbes are Fungi and Viruses. Favorite technique: Molecular Diagnostics.

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Andrew Pavia @andrewpaviamd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Dr. Titanji gives a master class in outstanding science and risk communication. Contrast this with Dr. Battacharya. Trusted communicators need to be knowledgable, expert, empathetic, and humble. @boghuma.bsky.social Hantavirus: What You Need to Know www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
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Opinion | Hantavirus: What You Need to Know
Physician-researcher Boghuma Titanji discusses transmission, quarantine, and outbreak response
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The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics @jmdiagn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
#ArticleinPress: Clinical Bioinformatician Body of Knowledge – Molecular Diagnostics Core: A Report of the @ampath.bsky.social. Authors from @bswhealth.bsky.social, @bcmhouston.bsky.social and @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social. Full text: www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...
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Clinical Bioinformatician Body of Knowledge – Molecular Diagnostics Core: A Report of the Association for Molecular Pathology
Clinical Bioinformaticians play a critical role in clinical molecular diagnostics laboratories as developers of data analysis pipelines, tools, and databases. They also contribute to a variety of othe...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
It's that time again. For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine -related questions below in response to this post, and I will of my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice. #AskAnIDDoc April 2025 edition.
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The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics @jmdiagn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#ArticleinPress: Equivalent clinical accuracy of HPV DNA testing using cobas 4800 and 6800 HPV Systems in paired urine and cervical samples. Authors from @sciensano.be Full text: www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...
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Equivalent clinical accuracy of HPV DNA testing using cobas 4800 and 6800 HPV Systems in paired urine and cervical samples
The use of urine for cervical cancer screening is gaining international attention, though, more data on the relative clinical accuracy of validated Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA tests on urine versus...
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
ASM town hall is starting in a couple of minutes. Over 80 people on the call so far.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
From USAID colleague, with permission to share. It's not just chaos it is devastation and tearing apart of families and communities. Not to talk of systems that kept us safe. This is just one story, multiple this by 10,000. Is this really making America great?
Letter from colleague fired from USAID,  sharing devastating impact and chaos that this has wrought on her life and family.
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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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Removal of DEI content from a microbiology group’s website shows reach of Trump executive orders
The professional society for microbiologists stripped content about Black, female, and LGBTQ scientists from its website
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Esther Babady, PhD @ebabady.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Hello friend 😊!! Thank you for the shoutout!
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Esther Babady, PhD @ebabady.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Considerations for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Genomic Surveillance www.jmdjournal.org/article/S152...
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Esther Babady, PhD @ebabady.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
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Diagnosis and management of invasive fungal diseases by next-generation sequencing: are we there yet? - PubMed
NGS emerged over a decade ago with the potential to solve many of the challenges in diagnosing infectious diseases, including IFDs. However, published literature has yielded conflicting data about its...
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