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Kess Rowe

@KessRowe
 Cambridge, England
Joined March 2021
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Ever had to pause genomic surveillance due to enzyme shortages?🫣 Happy to share our new preprint with the solution inside 🦹‍♀️💪 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… @igoodfel @Scalene Chris Kent @myra_hosmillo @KessRowe @pathogenomenick Andrew Rambaut @NetworkArtic @wellcometrust @nanopore
Reducing Supply Chain Dependencies for Viral Genomic Surveillance: Get by with a Little HELP from...

Reducing Supply Chain Dependencies for Viral Genomic Surveillance: Get by with a Little HELP from...

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in global laboratory supply chains, disrupting genomic surveillance efforts essential to epidemic response. To address this challenge, we developed ARTIC...

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US - Camp Hill Virus discovered in Alabama shrews flutrackers.com/forum/forum/… h/t Shiloh

Camp Hill Virus discovered in Alabama shrews

Source: https://www.news18.com/world/camp-hill-virus-close-relative-of-nipah-discovered-in-alabama-shrews-in-us-sparking-pandemic-concerns-9211415.html Camp Hill Virus, Close Relative Of Nipah...

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The infection was detected by routine surveillance at a farm with a large number of infected birds. Read the full story here 🔽 gov.uk/government/news/human…
Human case of avian flu detected in England

Human case of avian flu detected in England

UKHSA confirms rare case of bird flu A(H5N1) in the West Midlands region.

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Annoyed of hearing this? Me too. we need to be serious about preparedness
SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) (@COVID19_disease) profile pictureSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)
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⚠️ BREAKING: H5N1 Cases Surge to Highest Level Since 2015, WHO Warns Virus Could Mutate to Spread Easily Between Humans, Saying "It's Only a Matter of Time"; Nearly Half of Infected Humans Have Died Since 2003. Transmission lets the virus mutate or merge, creating new strains.
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New opportunity! 2025 call for proposals for The Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund. Research catalyst grants of up to £20,000 and workshop grants of uk to £50,000. Read all about it here cambridge-africa.cam.ac.uk/i…
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🏆 A Cambridge team just won second prize at the prestigious Geneva Challenge 2024!

🏆 A Cambridge team just won second prize at the prestigious Geneva Challenge 2024!

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The first chapter of my PhD is out today in @Ecol_Evol! We analyzed seasonal patterns of henipavirus seroprevalence in African Straw-Coloured Fruit Bats 🔓⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… (1/)
Ecological and Reproductive Cycles Drive Henipavirus Seroprevalence in the African Straw‐Coloured...

Ecological and Reproductive Cycles Drive Henipavirus Seroprevalence in the African Straw‐Coloured...

Host ecology is critical to understanding the circulation and maintenance of viruses in host populations. We identify seasonal variations in henipavirus seroprevalence in Ghanaian straw-coloured...

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ARTIC have primers for #Marburg virus! (#MVD) labs.primalscheme.com/detail…... #molecularepidemiology #pathogen #pathogensurviellance #bioinformatics #epidemiology #virus #outbreak #clinicalvirology
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I’m honored to lead our team @ ACEPHAP in delivering the first-ever training in our country—and the first of its kind in the region—on malaria genomic surveillance using Oxford Nanopore Technology. This pioneering workshop equips researchers with the skills to identify drug resis
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⁦@Airfinity⁩ predicts the risk of H5N1 & seasonal influenza reassortment will increase five-fold this winter… experts urging US to consider vaccines for poultry/dairy workers telegraph.co.uk/global-healt…
H5N1 could combine with seasonal flu to create a more dangerous virus strain

H5N1 could combine with seasonal flu to create a more dangerous virus strain

Major disease-tracking platform predicts the risk of a mutant variant will increase five-fold this winter

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Crucial publication @WHO led by Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz: Vaccines can reduce antibiotic use by 22% Vaccines can avert deaths related to AMR Vaccines can reduce the high costs of treating resistant infections who.int/teams/immunization-v… #VaccinesWork

Antimicrobial resistance

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We're thrilled to introduce Super Sally, AMR fighter! - Trinity's first graphic short story, to help raise awareness about #AntimicrobialResistance #AntibioticEmergency created with @LapkoYulia trin.cam.ac.uk/news/meet-sup… @UKAMREnvoy @Cambridge_Uni #ExTRINordinary
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Genetic ghosts suggest Covid’s market origins bbc.in/3XvsPHm
Covid origins: Genetic ghosts suggest pandemic started in market

Covid origins: Genetic ghosts suggest pandemic started in market

A team of scientists say it is "beyond reasonable doubt" the Covid pandemic started with infected animals.

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ARTIC #mpox resources! Guides to setup #sequencing #bioinformatics and #analysis artic.network/mpxv/resources @wellcometrust @nanopore @illumina #molecularepidemiology #pathogen #pathogensurviellance #bioinformatics #epidemiology #virus #outbreak #clinicalvirology
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The 2024 Accelerate-@CambridgeC2D3 funding call is open until 18 Sept. Find out more: bit.ly/44Wp15h Read about previous projects on our blog including @mayajuman's work exploring use of AI in museum collections to support viral surveillance: bit.ly/3VnwlUO
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Watch this space! ARTIC tools & resources for #mpox sequencing and analysis coming very soon! @wellcometrust @nanopore @illumina #molecularepidemiology #pathogen #pathogensurviellance #bioinformatics #epidemiology #virus #outbreak #clinicalvirology #sequencing
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Great week at the summer school for “One Health approaches to climate sensitive infectious disease” hosted by @ErasmusMC @IDAlertproject @OneHealthPact @pdpc21 @ReinaSikkema @MarionKoopmans Thank you for hosting us and for a fascinating week!
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NEW 🌡️🏥 We built a platform to track attribution science on the health impacts of climate change, building on our work last year with @WellcomeTrust. Hopefully useful for journalists, climate litigation, & other scientists. Check it out: healthattribution.org. Please RT!
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Join the Cambridge-Africa Team. We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic team member with excellent organisational skills to coordinate the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund. Applications close 18 August. For more information jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47100/
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New PhD position available with us and @dstlmod: Characterising the host-pathogen interaction of henipaviruses The student will have the opportunity to use in vivo samples and organoids to study the neurological pathology of henipaviruses Please share! findaphd.com/phds/project/ch…
Characterising the Host-Pathogen Interaction of Henipaviruses at University of Oxford on FindAPhD...

Characterising the Host-Pathogen Interaction of Henipaviruses at University of Oxford on FindAPhD...

PhD Project - Characterising the Host-Pathogen Interaction of Henipaviruses at University of Oxford, listed on FindAPhD.com

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