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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA

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Plant scientist studying how climate change affects plant toxicity (#cyanide). Born 314ppm. Interested in science, tech, plants. #MECFS ally #botanist 🌾🪴🧪🌱🌿💉 Views my own

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · Nov 14

This video profiling me and my research was made for the Australian Academy of Science New Fellows Symposium. Enjoy! 🌾🪴🧪🌿 #sorghum #cassava #cyanide
youtu.be/ZjU7UMi7QxQ?...

Professor Roslyn Gleadow – 2024 Academy Fellow

YouTube video by Australian Academy of Science

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1m

Great to see another Aussie Nobel prize winner - I heard Richard Robson (I think it was him) talk at the Academy of Science when he was elected - it was unbelievably fascinating chemistry 🧪 www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

University of Melbourne professor wins Nobel Prize

Richard Robson, 88, was among three scientists who won the award in chemistry for the development of metal-organic frameworks.

www.theage.com.au

Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 11h

So it’s a real disease afterall (she says facetiously) #ME
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 11h

I should know this as I’m involved in a project on Tamarind but ….

Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 11h

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 1d

Please support Dr David Tuller's important work: he has the necessary skills, knowledge & networks to be able to challenge those who promote dubious psychobabble theories & that conditions can be overcome with enough effort/discipline

crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768

#MEcfs #LongCovid #PwME

Trial By Error: Reporting on ME, ME/CFS, Long COVID, & so on...

Ten years ago this month, I launched Trial By Error with a 15,000-word investigation of the fraudulent PACE trial, which tested cognitive behavior therapy and graded exercise therapy as curative treatments for what was then being chronic fatigue syndrome. What I thought was a one-off somehow morphed into an extended academic project on psycho-behavioral research across a broad range of conditions, including what is known as Long COVID.

Amazingly, the pandemic and its consequences have rendered much of my earlier work relevant in a way I could never have anticipated. I had planned to end the project a couple of years ago, but decided to continue as I saw the same investigators I'd already criticized for their flawed research pursuing the exact same strategies in taking on Long COVID.

This current crowdfunding will cover my work on Trial By Error and my position at Berkeley from January-June, 2026. Assuming it goes well, there will be one more crowdfunding campaign next spring to cover July-December, 2026. I plan to retire from Berkeley at the end of 2026. (I will be 70 on October 10, 2026.)

I have been busy since last spring’s crowdfunding!!!

*I’ve written dozens of posts on Virology Blog, many explaining why awful papers about psycho-behavioral interventions for ME/CFS and Long Covid are, in fact, awful.

*I've covered news events and developments not only in the UK and US but also in multiple European countries as well as Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

*I've posted video interviews with Yale immunologist Akiko Iwasaki about the latest in Long COVID research, University of Edinburgh geneticist Chris Ponting about the DecodeME findings; Columbia University's Ian Lipkin about immune-related abnormalities in ME/CFS; the UK ME Association's Charles Shepherd about the UK government's pathetic plan for ME/CFS; and others.

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 11h

They’re double that price at the pharmacy here

Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 11h

Iris, Rose, Flora ,

Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 18h

I buy my RATests in bulk at $1 each - they’re expensive $10? In Australia so prohibitive for a family

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Anthony Amend @fungaloha.bsky.social · 21h

Applications now open for the position of Director of Pacific Biosciences Reseach Center, at University of Hawaiʻi.
PBRC fosters cutting-edge research across cellular, molecular, developmental, ecological, evolutionary, and conservation biology—with a focus on Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 19h

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 20h

‘Were you very sick?’

Me. ‘No, I had antivirals and recently vaxxed - anyway I’m much more worried about getting LongCovid - remember, I have a daughter disabled with ME”

Silence

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 20h

Most common response when I tell people I had Covid recently is “Still? Hasn’t it gone away?” - Er, no, we just want it to Be Gone

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 23h

Australian orchids suffer rapid pollination decline since the 1970s, study suggests

www.abc.net.au/news/science...

One hundred years of Australian flower data reveals pollination drop

Researchers behind a new study examining thousands of flower specimens collected over the past century say temperature increases could be behind a pollination decline in native orchids.

www.abc.net.au

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RheeLab @rheelab.bsky.social · 2d

Only 10 days left to apply to the MSU Plant Resilience Institute for a faculty position.We're looking for 1 junior and 1 senior faculty. Applications submitted after 10/15 cannot be considered. Join us! It's a very collaborative, fun, innovative group of plant biologists. Apply at: lnkd.in/eRyDv_Pi

Open rank faculty positions available at MSU Plant Resilience Institute. Apply online at: https://tinyurl.com/yy2kvt3n

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

Green plants! There’s a good chance another system would use different wavelengths for capturing solar energy from their sun(s) 🪴🌾

Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

People love birds - and yet destroy their habitats eg in the suburbs by razing vacant blocks to the ground and covering it with concrete www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I used to think birds made life worth living only for those of us obsessed with them. Now I know the truth

It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realised birds could have a powerful significance even for people who weren’t bird-nerds like me

www.theguardian.com

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

Canada: Premature baby dies from measles in Alberta as cases throughout province near 2,000.

"Since March, 1,914 cases of measles has been reported in Alberta, with the majority of the cases occurring in the southern (998) and northern (704) Alberta Health Services zones."

Premature baby dies from measles in Alberta as cases throughout province near 2,000 | Globalnews.ca

An infant born prematurely died shortly after being born, after its mother contracted measles during pregnancy, Alberta's health minister said.

globalnews.ca

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

Donatello designed this beautiful outdoor pulpit on Prato Cathedral for use during The Plague - to keep people safe. Now there’s an idea! #VentilationWorks #CovidIsAirborne

Renaissance sculpture several metres off the ground - like a little balcony with a roof - on the corner of a Romanesque/Renaissance church (striped stone facade) with a bell tower behind

Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 1d

All webinars of the International Safe Cassava Working group can be viewed in this YouTube playlist via the Global Plant Council @globalplantgpc.bsky.social 🌾🧪⚕️🪴https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4Uoz9Q4ChQq8YgGeCv1736-cGlAS9zCF

International Safe Cassava Network - YouTube

www.youtube.com

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 2d

#climatechange #bushfires

cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climat...

Climate change drives global surge in the worst wildfires

Catastrophic wildfires with major socioeconomic impacts are becoming more frequent and severe, 43% of the costliest striking in the past decade.

cosmosmagazine.com

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 3d

Time to vote for Bird of the Year. How to choose? So many amazing birds! This round I voted for the Orange Bellied Parrot because of its endangered status - it won’t make it through though 🦜
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 3d

Very like what happens to people with ME

jasfriedman.bsky.social @jasfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

"Maia Pavey says her independence has gone after long Covid reactivated Lyme disease"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lyme disease: 'My independence is gone completely' after tick bite

Maia Pavey was left bedridden after Covid-19 reactivated an infection from a tick bite as a teenager.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 3d

“2 years since the pandemic ended” ??- sorry, no. It’s still a pandemic according the the WHO - although no longer in the emergency phase it’s still a pandemic.

Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 3d

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Pleased with this but it does depend a lot on the luck of your first word choice

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Blobert v3.0 @theblobert.bsky.social · Jul 7

Boost your immunity with this one weird trick: Schedule an appointment with your primary care physician.

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