Ash Otter
@asherichia.bsky.social
Group Leader of the Emerging Pathogen Serology group at UKHSA ☣💉🦠 | PhD | Zoonoses, diagnostics & tech 🦇👨🔬💻 | Views my own 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Great to kick off #ESCMIDGlobal with the Scientific Affairs Committee meeting...And my first as the new incoming SAS member for "Pathogenesis and immunology"!
Looking forward to 4 jam packed days of science 😎
Looking forward to 4 jam packed days of science 😎
April 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Great to kick off #ESCMIDGlobal with the Scientific Affairs Committee meeting...And my first as the new incoming SAS member for "Pathogenesis and immunology"!
Looking forward to 4 jam packed days of science 😎
Looking forward to 4 jam packed days of science 😎
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We are currently working to identify contacts of an individual who travelled to England while they were unwell with Lassa fever. This individual returned to Nigeria, where they were diagnosed.
Full story news 🔗📰
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Full story news 🔗📰
www.gov.uk/government/n...
March 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We are currently working to identify contacts of an individual who travelled to England while they were unwell with Lassa fever. This individual returned to Nigeria, where they were diagnosed.
Full story news 🔗📰
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Full story news 🔗📰
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Taking high-throughput immunology to the next level...but...need some names for the arm. Send some suggestions!
Current favourites:
Obi-Wan Loadobi
Loady Gaga
Christina Arm-uilera
Arm Solo
Loady McLoadface
Armfinity Gauntlet
Current favourites:
Obi-Wan Loadobi
Loady Gaga
Christina Arm-uilera
Arm Solo
Loady McLoadface
Armfinity Gauntlet
January 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Taking high-throughput immunology to the next level...but...need some names for the arm. Send some suggestions!
Current favourites:
Obi-Wan Loadobi
Loady Gaga
Christina Arm-uilera
Arm Solo
Loady McLoadface
Armfinity Gauntlet
Current favourites:
Obi-Wan Loadobi
Loady Gaga
Christina Arm-uilera
Arm Solo
Loady McLoadface
Armfinity Gauntlet
Reposted by Ash Otter
In new study, we find dramatic differences in specificities of serum neutralizing antibodies in infants w single infection by a recent SARS-CoV-2 strain versus adults/children imprinted by an early viral strain.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody specificities differ dramatically between recently infected infants and immune-imprinted individuals
The immune response to viral infection is shaped by past exposures to related virus strains, a phenomenon known as imprinting. For SARS-CoV-2, much of the population has been imprinted by a viral spik...
www.biorxiv.org
January 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In new study, we find dramatic differences in specificities of serum neutralizing antibodies in infants w single infection by a recent SARS-CoV-2 strain versus adults/children imprinted by an early viral strain.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Day 1. withdrawal from the WHO. All personnel and contractors will be stopped. Withdraw from the pandemic treaty negotiations. Anyone cheering this has no idea of global health. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Day 1. withdrawal from the WHO. All personnel and contractors will be stopped. Withdraw from the pandemic treaty negotiations. Anyone cheering this has no idea of global health. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Twitter was already depressing for the past few months, but seeing people gladly defend and celebrate -
• Deportations
• Clearly a nazi salute
• Increasing drug costs
• Leaving WHO & Paris climate accord
• Removal of fluoride from drinking water
...that's just another level. BlueSky from now on!
• Deportations
• Clearly a nazi salute
• Increasing drug costs
• Leaving WHO & Paris climate accord
• Removal of fluoride from drinking water
...that's just another level. BlueSky from now on!
January 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Twitter was already depressing for the past few months, but seeing people gladly defend and celebrate -
• Deportations
• Clearly a nazi salute
• Increasing drug costs
• Leaving WHO & Paris climate accord
• Removal of fluoride from drinking water
...that's just another level. BlueSky from now on!
• Deportations
• Clearly a nazi salute
• Increasing drug costs
• Leaving WHO & Paris climate accord
• Removal of fluoride from drinking water
...that's just another level. BlueSky from now on!
New paper out in Lancet Microbe, describing the development and assessment of our multiplex Luminex assay for #Mpox 👇
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New paper out in Lancet Microbe, describing the development and assessment of our multiplex Luminex assay for #Mpox 👇
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"not to mention other countries, that rely on these agencies for guidance"
"Ed Miliband, has already promised that the UK will “step up and lead” at COP29."
Seems we should be stepping up as the leader for public health too... UKHSA?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"Ed Miliband, has already promised that the UK will “step up and lead” at COP29."
Seems we should be stepping up as the leader for public health too... UKHSA?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Trump, health, science, and the next 4 years
Donald Trump's decisive re-election as US President on Nov 5 puts many aspects of
health and science in a deeply concerning position. Although there is broader alarm
about his openly authoritarian int...
www.thelancet.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:23 AM
"not to mention other countries, that rely on these agencies for guidance"
"Ed Miliband, has already promised that the UK will “step up and lead” at COP29."
Seems we should be stepping up as the leader for public health too... UKHSA?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"Ed Miliband, has already promised that the UK will “step up and lead” at COP29."
Seems we should be stepping up as the leader for public health too... UKHSA?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My niece had to write down science jobs she could do...one of them was researcher and another microbiologist 😭🥰
November 11, 2023 at 5:34 PM
My niece had to write down science jobs she could do...one of them was researcher and another microbiologist 😭🥰
Was great to be at #IP2023Conf talking bout emerging pathogens. Thanks to Cat Boswell for the invitation!
October 19, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Was great to be at #IP2023Conf talking bout emerging pathogens. Thanks to Cat Boswell for the invitation!
Dear ThermoFisher, this is utterly bat shit crazy...Two 0.5 ml vials of protein shipped *separately* with 10 kg of dry ice each!!!
October 9, 2023 at 6:15 PM
Dear ThermoFisher, this is utterly bat shit crazy...Two 0.5 ml vials of protein shipped *separately* with 10 kg of dry ice each!!!
I really hope this is the last social media account I need to make...
October 2, 2023 at 9:09 PM
I really hope this is the last social media account I need to make...