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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · 12d

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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · 14d

ACFs in Infectious Diseases in London are now advertised including at Imperial /LSHTM /City St Georges /Kings. Open evening October 2nd about all our NIHR ACF/ACL programmes -details👇

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Lucy Weinert @lucyweinert.bsky.social · 26d

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Investigating pathogenicity in zoonotic Streptococcus suis at University of Cambridge on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Investigating pathogenicity in zoonotic Streptococcus suis at University of Cambridge, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · Aug 8

Excellent work !!!

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Alex Keeley @alexjkeeley.bsky.social · Aug 8

🧵 Our paper out today in @naturemedicine.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

On development of #StrepA #Immunity over life course in #TheGambia raising hope for #vaccines on the horizon

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#Immunosky #IDsky #MicroSky #globalhealth.

www.nature.com

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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · Jun 28

Is that a streptocarpus in a streptocorcus office by any chance?! 🤨

Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · Jun 3

Congratulations to Tom Parks the new President of the Lancefield Society and Committee members ! #LISSSD2025 @ispylifenetwork.bsky.social

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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · Jun 2

Evening kick off off at #Lancefield #LISSSD2025 in Brisbane for all #Strep enthusiasts @ispylifenetwork.bsky.social @ispyexplore.bsky.social

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Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci.bsky.social · May 23

Congratulations to Prof @chrischiulab.bsky.social who has been elected as a new Fellow to the Academy 🎉

Prof Chiu is studying protective immunity in human respiratory viral infections. With an urgent need for improved vaccines, this is a critical area of work 💉

👉 Read more: ow.ly/6ehl50VXSlc

Academy Fellow Professor Chris Chiu next to a quote that reads: "The challenge of my research can only be addressed by promoting innovative and collaborative research, a central aspect of the Academy’s mission."

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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · Apr 25

Points to a specific but I think meaningful immunity gap against two of the pathogens tested - strep A and RSV in 3-4 y olds. Age specific increment in anti Strep antibodies as you might hope. Just less in those post 2020. Preprint of interest to many of us in @ispylifenetwork.bsky.social

tom-parks.bsky.social @tom-parks.bsky.social · Apr 25

Why did invasive #strepA infections increase in young children after the pandemic?

In this new @imperialinfect.bsky.social PREPRINT *not peer-reviewed* we look at antibody responses to #strepA and resp viruses in European children before and after the pandemic:

www.medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes and Common Respiratory Viruses at Age 0-4 Years after COVID-19 restrictions: A Cross-Sectional Study

Importance The upsurge in invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes among children reported in several European countries during 2022-2023 has not been fully explained. Objective To test the ...

www.medrxiv.org

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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · Apr 17

Pleased to share @chemo_king’s paper explaining why spycep does what it does !
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · Mar 29

Science engagement in the streets of north London on a (finally!!) sunny day.

Colander pinhole camera projecting eclipse onto pavement

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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · Mar 25

The actual list is here -the bbc list isn’t quite right www.gov.uk/government/p...

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nvansorge.bsky.social @nvansorge.bsky.social · Mar 20

🔔🔔 🔔 Sound the alarm! Not 1 but 2 PhD positions available in my research group at Amsterdam UMC studying the interaction between S. aureus wall teichoic acids and the host immune system. Multidisciplinary projects with experience in academia and industry. werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures...

Vacatures - PhD (x2) in Staphylococcus aureus immune interaction - Amsterdam UMC

Do you have ambition to be trained in broad, top-class scientific and professional skills and gain experience in industry and academia? Apply now!

werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org

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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · Mar 7

Superheroes!!

Claire Turner @claireyt.bsky.social · Mar 7

The #WellcomeTrust CDA Fellowship team is fully assembled! Saikou Bah, Henna Khalid, Sona Jabang & Jess Buddle, let the #StrepA research commence 🥳🎉 @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social #UniversityofSheffield

Five people standing in front of a building

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Tiago Costa @tcostalab.bsky.social · Feb 20

With @jrpenades.bsky.social, we challenged Google AI co-scientist to generate hypotheses. In just 2 days, it recapitulated our unpublished, experimentally confirmed mechanism for how cf-PICIs spread between bacterial species! @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3byyaeh2