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Sarah K Walsh

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Post Doctoral Research Associate with Ed Hutchinson at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research currently investigating biosafe methods to study H5N1 (she/her)

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Sarah K Walsh @sarahkwalsh.bsky.social · Mar 31

Excited to be at my first @microbiologysociety.org annual conference with the Hutchinson Lab @socialinfluenza.bsky.social! Please come and find me at poster 005 (block A) if you want to talk about biosafe methods to study HPAIV H5N1 🦠

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · Jul 28

We talked about this back when the first trial for lenacapavir first said the magic words everyone wants to hear, "halted for efficacy"(*), so a recap: this is not a vaccine or a treatment. It's PrEP aka "pre-exposure prophylaxis": you take the drug so if exposed to the virus, you will not catch it.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Jul 28

If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · Jul 27

Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.

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MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social · Jun 2

📢 We’re delighted to announce that Professor Emma Thomson has been appointed as the new Director of the CVR.

An internationally recognised expert in emerging infectious diseases, Emma will continue to lead the CVR in its role in national and global pandemic response.

www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

Professor Emma Thomson appointed Director of the CVR

We are delighted to announce that Professor Emma Thomson has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR), having taken up the post as Interim Di...

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Sarah K Walsh @sarahkwalsh.bsky.social · May 29

Important work from the Flu-TrailMap-OneHealth Consortium demonstrating that unpasteurised milk poses a risk of transmitting H5N1 - great to see this out there to help people make informed choices about raw milk consumption (…basically, don’t…)🥛🐄 🐑 🦠

Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · May 29

If you don't pasteurise it, how long can H5N1 influenza viruses stay infectious for in milk?
We had a look at this in a new preprint with ‪@cvrinfo.bsky.social‬, @roslininstitute.bsky.social‬, ‪@pirbrightinst.bsky.social‬ & the APHA (1/N)
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Woodcut of a Highland Cow (Ed Hutchinson, 2025). The highland cow is staring rather pugnaciously through a square frame, possibly because it is very keen to inform you that it is a member of a predominantly Scottish breed of cattle and that the bovine H5N1 outbreak under discussion is, in fact, currently confined to the mainland USA

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · May 22

Absolutely thrilled to announce the launch of ARTIC2 - a £5.5M 5 year project funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social to build on the ARTIC approach of low-cost, globally accessible genome sequencing for surveillance of outbreaks, epidemics and endemic diseases: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/am...

Ambitious project to develop low-cost genome sequencing for pathogens known and unknown - University of Birmingham

Project will build on research that helped diagnostic labs to adopt sequencing capacity for COVID-19 and permit characterisation of future infectious threats

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Ryan M. Imrie (he/him) @ryanmimrie.bsky.social · Mar 31

Very excited to be at my first #microbio2025 conference! If emerging infectious diseases, coronaviruses, adaptive immunity or epidemiological modelling interest you come see my talk in the Viruses: Adaptive Immunity session on Wednesday 👨‍⚕️🦠🔬

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S Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social · Mar 25

1/3 How long do you think it takes for highly pathogenic avian flu H5N1 sequences to be uploaded to GISAID after collection? How long should it be? In this commentary, we find a median delay of 228 days, with half the countries taking more than 6 months. rdcu.be/eeZGU @naturebiotech.bsky.social

Lengthy delays in H5N1 genome submissions to GISAID

Nature Biotechnology - Lengthy delays in H5N1 genome submissions to GISAID

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Mar 20

I’ve now been asked about the USDA H5N1 action plan quite a few times, so maybe I should say a few things about it.

There are a few things I like about it, more things I don’t, and some things about it that are completely WTAF.

This is the 5 step plan:

Depiction of USDA 5 step plan (available in link in next skeet)

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Sarah K Walsh @sarahkwalsh.bsky.social · Mar 19

Exciting new preprint from Imrie et al looking at how changes in population immunity after the COVID-19 pandemic have influenced the potential emergence of ‘SARS-CoV-X’ (with classically beautiful data vis) @cvrinfo.bsky.social

Ryan M. Imrie (he/him) @ryanmimrie.bsky.social · Mar 19

Happily kicking off my Bluesky account with our new preprint exploring how post-pandemic shifts in immunity have changed the risk of future zoonotic coronavirus emergence.

Check it out here: 🔬📄
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to connect and discuss! #Virology #Epidemiology #Science

Post-pandemic changes in population immunity have reduced the likelihood of emergence of zoonotic coronaviruses

Infections caused by endemic viruses, and the vaccines used to control them, often provide cross-protection against related viruses. This cross-protection has the potential to alter the transmission d...