Rob White
drrewhite.bsky.social
Rob White
@drrewhite.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London. Virologist, science geek and occasional Anglo-Saxon spearman and woodworker.
Does this post mean you are now up to 26 profanities?
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Ah - so the ‘they are recovering fine in our bird sanctuary” claim at the end of the article does not correlate with survival in the wild. Makes a lot more sense.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Only when you read to the bottom of the article do you get to “except this virus is not lethal in brazilian parrots, (it is claimed)”.
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Currently 3 - 1 PI, 1 postdoc and one research assistant. Plus a couple of Masters students. Based in the UK.
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I have no idea why they think a vaccine against EBV glycoproteins will impact MS in people who have already developed it. I’ll be astonished (and delighted) if it is effective. But as a prevention against MS (where mono incidence is a measure of efficacy in a trial) I think this study is important.
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Reposted by Rob White
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YBDTP – BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership
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November 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This has prompted me to look up Babylon 5 lego - there is a fan build instructions for a Starfury that looks awesome. Just need time to figure out how to order the specific bricks. Sadly no Ivanova minifig though.
rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-116...
Babylon 5 Earth Alliance SA-23E Aurora Starfury - UCS Scale
Amongst the younger races in the Babylon 5 universe, one single person fighter stands out for it's combination of simplicity, maneuverability, and lethal effectiveness.
rebrickable.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I don’t think he specified unvaccinated children. Or advocated endemicity, but regarded it as inevitably the only realistic end to the pandemic. Which was not wrong (given the number of govts unwilling to take the steps required to suppress it and the prevalence in animals).
October 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
No, but I might if Trump continues floccinaucinihilipilifying the US economy.
August 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM