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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Not sure that was bird flu
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank@sheencr.bsky.social |
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Immunologist and science communicator fascinated by our immune response to threats (pathogens, pollution) and microbiome. Member IndependentSage and person most likely to share random dog and nature pics #AcademicSky #SciCom 🧪👩🔬
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Not sure that was bird flu
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Fascinating considerations about bird flu- could older people be better protected due to prior exposure to similar strains or might that imprint immunity to prior strain & make it less effective? But as we age our immune system declines. Important questions as we prep for poss bird flu pandemic 🧪
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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So sorry to hear that.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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The supreme court consistently rejects science. What can or will be done to curb these undetected and at times corrupt people’s power? www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Fascinating images from talented photographers
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Laurie Winkless
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Also: PLEASE SHARE. I have a very small network on this platform and I'd love these books to reach people I don't already know! Here are some reviews etc so you can get an idea of what Sticky is about a.co/d/02AsXSKq 🧪👩🔬🦎
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Laurie Winkless
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I unexpectedly find myself with FOUR spare copies of Sticky. So, it's giveaway time! TWO available here and TWO on Mastodon. Open to all 🌍 To go in the draw for one, reply to this post with this emoji: 🦎followed by your favourite sticky or slippery thing! Winners chosen 48hrs from now. GO! ( fyi 👩🔬🧪)
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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This could really make a massive difference for recycling and reducing fashion waste although still think the issue of fast fashion needs to be tackled! 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Xander Sable
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Very encouraging news for frog-friends out there! Hope emerging from Australia, for helping frogs self-care out of a Chytrid infection. (Also, frog saunas. 😍🥰🐸) Thanks for sharing @sheencr.bsky.social and for highlighting @loreandordure.com and @tkingfisher.com 🐸
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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And apologies for decimated typo- phone did a thing
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Agreed stupid phone altered my text and I missed it- sorry
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Blame the spell checker auto type thing sorry!
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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The link is a podcast? The frogs visit spontaneously as far as I know www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Oh no!
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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This is so cool! Frog & amphibian have been dessimated by the disease chytridiomycosis, caused by a fungal pathogen. Researchers have realised that the fungi is heat intolerant so little brick saunas for frogs can help kill the fungi! Recovered frogs more resistant to further infxn 🧪
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Shorter summary here www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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As someone who suffers from migraines on occasion including auras it was fascinating to read this research in mice suggesting that changes in brain activity alter cerebrospinal fluid proteome that can then trigger nerve receptors and migraine. I also never appreciated what aura was! 🧪
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Great update from @chrischirp.bsky.social with important points for practical considerations our new government can do to be more infection resilient ie addressing ventilation, waste water monitoring, long Covid treatment & investment in vaccines that may be more robust & long lasting 🧪
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Please please do go out and vote today unless you have already submitted your postal vote. Every vote could make a huge difference! Here is a reminder that you must take photo ID. www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
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Prof Christina Pagel
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I've written a longer piece going into the wider determinants of health, how these determinants have worsened over the years and how crucial it is for governments to consider health in *every* policy.
And even a bit on the manifestos..!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/our-health...
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Corrydes
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Join me in voting tactically to Stop The Tories, and together we'll make sure our votes are actually earned next time. Smart voters have political power. stopthetories.vote
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Just reflecting that considering I live in a Tory constituency (was a swing seat with Labour 10 y or so ago but solidly Tory since)-there has been a dearth of Tory effort in campaigning -0 in person& minimal leaflets. Nothing from other parties at all but huge efforts from labour
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Interesting piece on the fallacy of the two party system by @kityates.bsky.social and noone will ever forget now ‘the sneaky fucker strategy’
open.substack.com/pub/kityates...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Important piece from @chrischirp.bsky.social looking at determinants of health and where we are at in the UK (not great for many) and considering which party has the most plans to deal with this. open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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This thread from Laurie Garett on X is illuminating and frightening about some of SCOTUS recent rulings threadreaderapp.com/thread/18078...
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onisillos
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The July issue of The Lancet Microbe is now online:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of the content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #malaria #influenza #H3N2 #SARS-CoV-2 #COVID-19 #AMR #Streptococcus #hepatitis #HCV
#OA
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Jonathan Ladd
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The 14th Amendment says if you were involved in an insurrection you can't be president. SCOTUS said they won't allow anyone to enforce that because of reasons they made up. The Constitution doesn't say the president is immune from criminal law. SCOTUS decided he is because of reasons they made up.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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How the University sector in UK has been gradually eroded by shifting policies www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Potentially yes
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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I fear for democracy in the States with this, it’s pretty nuts that unelected people he appointed and people known to support his ideas get to decide such a thing with such repercussions for everyone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Lisa Jarvis
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🧪 Seeing ongoing confusion about what to make of H5 in wastewater (most recently how to interpret the signals in SF area). My recent piece on why the sewage secrets are harder to decode with bird flu than they were w/Covid & Verily's efforts to disentangle the data:
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Agreed
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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The cost of people moving to the UK for research has skyrocketed in UK and wildly out of step with any ambition to be a research innovator superpower. Let’s hope this is addressed in next government whoever that may be 🧪
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Brilliant- I wonder how the landscape will change there. Parts of the Cairngorms are so bleak.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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The stuff of nightmares. However i do know my parasitology friends will rather like this.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Heard that two of my good friends been promoted to profs today and I am just glowing with delight and pride at my two fabulous friends getting recognised for their brilliant work 🎉🎉
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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We should stop destroying obviously but reassuring that with support it can restore
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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A moment of hope in what is otherwise a fairly bleak time as a rewilding coastal project is showing that we can restore nature 🌍🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Fascinating work esp for those with spinal injuries revealing role for immune cells and astrocytes in injury repair, declining repair function with age and potential for targeted repair. Huge caveat is its in mice but may hint at future directions and hope. 🧪
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David Gorski, MD, PhD
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Yes, 2002 was a typo. It was 2022.🤦🏻♂️
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Good call! Cannot beat a good balanced diet really
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Worth saying that nearly half of UK adults take vitamin supplements! However , with saying vitamin B12 can be beneficial in some vegan/veggie diets and vitamin D can help in winter months when less sunlight. Original research here:
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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There has been proliferation of so called wellness products/lifestyles. Notably some proponents rely on multivitamin supplements to make up for rather minimal diets. Large meta-study looking at 390,124 healthy adults over 20y period showed no benefit in longevity at all- possibly a detriment! 🧪
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onisillos
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Given #mpox is in the news (from 2022):
"It sends quite a message that the global community was more focused on contingencies to contain a hypothetical outbreak of an eradicated virus, smallpox, rather than putting those resources to work tackling an ongoing situation in African countries."
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Good to see some planning in one country at least for the real possibility that avian flu transmission in humans becomes more widespread 🧪
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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This is very concerning as a more virulent and deadly strain of mpox has emerged in DRC- a country that lacks smallpox vaccines. This is yet another example of how zoonotic viruses infect us and mutate all of which is made more likely due to habitat loss.🧪🌍
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Indeed!
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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Spotted this beauty on my dog walk- think it’s a six-spot burnet and the spots indicate it’s poisonous but I think it’s beautiful
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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I don’t know. It’s only just being rolled out and I hope they will consider other clinically vulnerable groups as they go as they really should do.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
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The sheer scale of waste that the VIP channel used during Covid elicited is utterly disgusting. We still don’t know the full scale but so much waste and profits 😡😔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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