Jo Duyvestyn 🔸
@joduyvestyn.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, interested in Emerging Infectious Disease, Virology, Global Health, Pandemic preparedness - All from the point of view of Effective Altruism
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Wet Lab 101 - Part 1
Part one of the Wet Lab 101 posts that I co-wrote with
@joduyvestyn.bsky.social
If you are new to the lab and want to get an overview of the different techniques, start here. Ideal for those in #undergrad or #Biosecurity.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/wet-lab-10...
Part one of the Wet Lab 101 posts that I co-wrote with
@joduyvestyn.bsky.social
If you are new to the lab and want to get an overview of the different techniques, start here. Ideal for those in #undergrad or #Biosecurity.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/wet-lab-10...
Wet Lab 101 - Part 1
From pipettes to PCR: a beginner’s guide to wet-lab techniques
sofyalebedeva.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Wet Lab 101 - Part 1
Part one of the Wet Lab 101 posts that I co-wrote with
@joduyvestyn.bsky.social
If you are new to the lab and want to get an overview of the different techniques, start here. Ideal for those in #undergrad or #Biosecurity.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/wet-lab-10...
Part one of the Wet Lab 101 posts that I co-wrote with
@joduyvestyn.bsky.social
If you are new to the lab and want to get an overview of the different techniques, start here. Ideal for those in #undergrad or #Biosecurity.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/wet-lab-10...
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Wondering what you can do about the WHO withdrawal & foreign aid freeze in the US? James Rayton, former UN contractor, shares his thoughts.
www.givingwhatwecan.org/blog/trump-w...
www.givingwhatwecan.org/blog/trump-w...
Trump's WHO Withdrawal - Head in the Sand, or Time to Act?
What can you do about Trump's defunding of global health programs & foreign aid?
www.givingwhatwecan.org
February 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Wondering what you can do about the WHO withdrawal & foreign aid freeze in the US? James Rayton, former UN contractor, shares his thoughts.
www.givingwhatwecan.org/blog/trump-w...
www.givingwhatwecan.org/blog/trump-w...
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Flu pandemics have appeared every 10 to 50 years for millennia.
Vaccines have been available for 80 years, but reduce infection risks by just 40% on average.
How can we make "universal" vaccines that confer lifelong immunity against any strain of flu: past, present, or future?
Vaccines have been available for 80 years, but reduce infection risks by just 40% on average.
How can we make "universal" vaccines that confer lifelong immunity against any strain of flu: past, present, or future?
January 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Flu pandemics have appeared every 10 to 50 years for millennia.
Vaccines have been available for 80 years, but reduce infection risks by just 40% on average.
How can we make "universal" vaccines that confer lifelong immunity against any strain of flu: past, present, or future?
Vaccines have been available for 80 years, but reduce infection risks by just 40% on average.
How can we make "universal" vaccines that confer lifelong immunity against any strain of flu: past, present, or future?
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Fascinating study suggesting that during its emergence in the Americas, ZIKV evolved to cause less immunopathology, not more, possibly enabling congenital Zika syndrome emergence in surviving neonates that would otherwise succumb.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Epidemic Zika virus strains from the Asian lineage induce an attenuated fetal brain pathogenicity - Nature Communications
During the 2015–2016 outbreak, Zika virus infection was linked to birth defects. Here, the authors show that epidemic strains cause less severe disease in mouse embryos than pre-epidemic strains and c...
www.nature.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Fascinating study suggesting that during its emergence in the Americas, ZIKV evolved to cause less immunopathology, not more, possibly enabling congenital Zika syndrome emergence in surviving neonates that would otherwise succumb.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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What is an important fact about the world that you wish more people would know?
Here is my answer: If we rely on the best data, many of us can save a child's life.
And here is my article about it.
ourworldindata.org/cost-effecti...
Here is my answer: If we rely on the best data, many of us can save a child's life.
And here is my article about it.
ourworldindata.org/cost-effecti...
Many of us can save a child’s life, if we rely on the best data
There are many ways to improve the world, but their cost-effectiveness varies immensely. You can achieve a lot more if you rely on the best data on where to donate.
ourworldindata.org
December 24, 2024 at 5:30 PM
What is an important fact about the world that you wish more people would know?
Here is my answer: If we rely on the best data, many of us can save a child's life.
And here is my article about it.
ourworldindata.org/cost-effecti...
Here is my answer: If we rely on the best data, many of us can save a child's life.
And here is my article about it.
ourworldindata.org/cost-effecti...
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"The region with the largest rate of cold-related deaths is ... sub-Saharan Africa...it is the poorest region on the planet, which makes it more vulnerable to cold even than rich countries in the Arctic North"
maartenboudry.substack.com/p/today-is-t...
maartenboudry.substack.com/p/today-is-t...
December 23, 2024 at 11:57 AM
"The region with the largest rate of cold-related deaths is ... sub-Saharan Africa...it is the poorest region on the planet, which makes it more vulnerable to cold even than rich countries in the Arctic North"
maartenboudry.substack.com/p/today-is-t...
maartenboudry.substack.com/p/today-is-t...
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Seen the recent Mirror Life publication in Science? You might be wondering if a ban is feasible. In our recent article Garrett Ehinger and I discuss whether a ban on #mirrorlife is feasible and what alternatives for containment are available instead.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/mirror-lif...
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/mirror-lif...
Mirror Life: A Scientific Revolution or Biological Gamble?
Is banning mirror-life research unrealistic? Safer alternatives for a radical frontier.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Seen the recent Mirror Life publication in Science? You might be wondering if a ban is feasible. In our recent article Garrett Ehinger and I discuss whether a ban on #mirrorlife is feasible and what alternatives for containment are available instead.
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/mirror-lif...
sofyalebedeva.substack.com/p/mirror-lif...
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These reforms are internationally unique. While national animal protection laws aren’t uncommon, most countries have no mention of animals in their Constitutions.
Learn more: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/rJ5E-L
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December 9, 2024 at 5:41 PM
These reforms are internationally unique. While national animal protection laws aren’t uncommon, most countries have no mention of animals in their Constitutions.
Learn more: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/rJ5E-L
Learn more: voxdotcom.visitlink.me/rJ5E-L
Happy 15th Birthday @givingwhatwecan.bsky.social
When I joined I was the only person I knew who had ever heard of GWWC, and I was so touched by the support I got from the team all the way over in Oxford.
I feel warm fuzzies thinking how big, and how global, this community has grown since then!
When I joined I was the only person I knew who had ever heard of GWWC, and I was so touched by the support I got from the team all the way over in Oxford.
I feel warm fuzzies thinking how big, and how global, this community has grown since then!
November 22, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Happy 15th Birthday @givingwhatwecan.bsky.social
When I joined I was the only person I knew who had ever heard of GWWC, and I was so touched by the support I got from the team all the way over in Oxford.
I feel warm fuzzies thinking how big, and how global, this community has grown since then!
When I joined I was the only person I knew who had ever heard of GWWC, and I was so touched by the support I got from the team all the way over in Oxford.
I feel warm fuzzies thinking how big, and how global, this community has grown since then!