J. Lourenço
@lourencojml.bsky.social
Pathogen Population Biology Lab @ CBR/UCP, Lisbon, https://cbr.fm.ucp.pt/en/node/7111
Eco-epidemiology of mosquito-borne and antigenically variable pathogens.
Eco-epidemiology of mosquito-borne and antigenically variable pathogens.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Become part of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network a prestigious EU initiative offering world-class research training, international experience, and strong career prospects for early-stage researchers.
It’s more than a PhD:it’s a launchpad for your research career!
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Ecology matters: "while drought decreases #mosquito abundances, it paradoxically increases #WNV infection (...) probably stems from reduced water availability, which concentrates mosquitoes and pathogen-amplifying bird hosts around limited water sources"
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Ecology matters: "while drought decreases #mosquito abundances, it paradoxically increases #WNV infection (...) probably stems from reduced water availability, which concentrates mosquitoes and pathogen-amplifying bird hosts around limited water sources"
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Great paper "Implications of successive blood feeding on Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus inhibition in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes", showing that successive feeding shortens #dengue EIP but #Wolbachia retains protective effects. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
August 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Great paper "Implications of successive blood feeding on Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus inhibition in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes", showing that successive feeding shortens #dengue EIP but #Wolbachia retains protective effects. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Wondering what the potential of the #Qdenga #vaccine against #dengue infection and disease may be if delivered? This is a great paper to go to.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wondering what the potential of the #Qdenga #vaccine against #dengue infection and disease may be if delivered? This is a great paper to go to.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great. Can we start sooner?
May 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Great. Can we start sooner?
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Let’s just remind ourselves about Farage’s big meal ticket idea again. And no, this isn’t about how the Tories did it, this is just Brexit reality. And Farage would make the deal *even worse*. Pariah status, unreliable, ruined UK howling about immigration and moaning that everything is broken.
May 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Let’s just remind ourselves about Farage’s big meal ticket idea again. And no, this isn’t about how the Tories did it, this is just Brexit reality. And Farage would make the deal *even worse*. Pariah status, unreliable, ruined UK howling about immigration and moaning that everything is broken.
Today is the day Europeans are happy for not buying a Tesla
April 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Today is the day Europeans are happy for not buying a Tesla
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New work in Nature shows that a brief 5-day CIP course in (n=60) healthy adults can lead to emergence of AMR in ~10% of ~5600 gut microbial species. Most mutations in gyrA (known FQ hotspots), do not affect fitness & can be detected >10wks (projected to persist >1y)
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Brief antibiotic use drives human gut bacteria towards low-cost resistance - Nature
Brief ciprofloxacin exposure in humans drives antibiotic resistance evolution in gut bacteria through selective sweeps, particularly involving DNA gyrase mutations, which persist long after exposure a...
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
New work in Nature shows that a brief 5-day CIP course in (n=60) healthy adults can lead to emergence of AMR in ~10% of ~5600 gut microbial species. Most mutations in gyrA (known FQ hotspots), do not affect fitness & can be detected >10wks (projected to persist >1y)
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The key chart right now:
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
April 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The key chart right now:
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
We have been exploring a bit whether #ClimateChange trends (1980-2019) in some Atlantic #archipelagos may have resulted in changes to climate-based #ecological suitability for #dengue virus - in short, yes; but with relevance only in tropical islands. We will put this and other results out ASAP.
April 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We have been exploring a bit whether #ClimateChange trends (1980-2019) in some Atlantic #archipelagos may have resulted in changes to climate-based #ecological suitability for #dengue virus - in short, yes; but with relevance only in tropical islands. We will put this and other results out ASAP.
Haven't used Xeeter for 7 months, and today I am purging my footprint. That is 2887 Xeets over the years. You can do the same using Luca Hammer's script.
github.com/lucahammer/t...
github.com/lucahammer/t...
April 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Haven't used Xeeter for 7 months, and today I am purging my footprint. That is 2887 Xeets over the years. You can do the same using Luca Hammer's script.
github.com/lucahammer/t...
github.com/lucahammer/t...
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"These countries aren’t just buying bonds to be nice; they’re bankrolling the U.S. government. And when they threaten to pull the plug, even slowly, Washington listens."
Trump has been outplayed? Who knew.🙄
Trump has been outplayed? Who knew.🙄
April 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"These countries aren’t just buying bonds to be nice; they’re bankrolling the U.S. government. And when they threaten to pull the plug, even slowly, Washington listens."
Trump has been outplayed? Who knew.🙄
Trump has been outplayed? Who knew.🙄
Really nice, straight to the point paper by @drrachellowe.bsky.social 's team.
Short-term effect of temperature and precipitation on the incidence of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease in Europe: a multi-country case-crossover analysis - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Short-term effect of temperature and precipitation on the incidence of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease in Europe: a multi-country case-crossover analysis - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Short-term effect of temperature and precipitation on the incidence of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease in Europe: a multi-country case-crossover analysis
These findings emphasize the significance of short-term variations in temperature
and precipitation in driving WNND incidence in Europe. Meteorological factors can
be used to operationalize early warn...
www.thelancet.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Really nice, straight to the point paper by @drrachellowe.bsky.social 's team.
Short-term effect of temperature and precipitation on the incidence of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease in Europe: a multi-country case-crossover analysis - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Short-term effect of temperature and precipitation on the incidence of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease in Europe: a multi-country case-crossover analysis - www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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See the best of the 1st day of #EMBOcells4planethealth #EMBOClimateResilience youtu.be/KFRFSPHdjFM?..., amazing people and very inspiring discussions!! @embo.org. We will be posting interviews so that you can actually follow some of what is happening!!
EMBO Workshop Cells 4 Climate Resilience Best Of Day1
YouTube video by Cells4PlanetaryHealth
youtu.be
April 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
See the best of the 1st day of #EMBOcells4planethealth #EMBOClimateResilience youtu.be/KFRFSPHdjFM?..., amazing people and very inspiring discussions!! @embo.org. We will be posting interviews so that you can actually follow some of what is happening!!
For ~17y, my research has depended on #Dropbox. As part of a larger effort to skip USA-based soft services and hardware for which I have lost confidence in (e.g. security and ownership) this dependence ended today. From now on, all work, including data, code, and text will be hosted in Europe.
April 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
For ~17y, my research has depended on #Dropbox. As part of a larger effort to skip USA-based soft services and hardware for which I have lost confidence in (e.g. security and ownership) this dependence ended today. From now on, all work, including data, code, and text will be hosted in Europe.
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Please share with people interested in arbovirology. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our team please share if you know of scientists interested in arbovirology, ready to make a move to Rotterdam! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3508...
Assistant professor Arbovirology
We are looking for a passionate researcher interested in basic arbovirology to join our team!
www.academictransfer.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Please share with people interested in arbovirology. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our team please share if you know of scientists interested in arbovirology, ready to make a move to Rotterdam! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3508...
Archipelagos are often overlooked in West Nile virus ( #WNV ) studies, despite the risk to unique local avian species & humans. We train ecological niche #modelling on European data and project ecological #suitability across 5 Atlantic archipelagos.
Land and Climate Suitability for West Nile Virus in Atlantic Archipelagos Guided by Historical Data from Europe
West Nile (WNV) is a zoonotic mosquito-borne virus with an expanding geographical range and epidemic activity worldwide. Computational studies have contributed to the understanding of factors driving ...
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April 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Archipelagos are often overlooked in West Nile virus ( #WNV ) studies, despite the risk to unique local avian species & humans. We train ecological niche #modelling on European data and project ecological #suitability across 5 Atlantic archipelagos.
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Faculty job opportunity in Sweden in computational infectious disease!
Together with @mimsumea.bsky.social and the @scilifelab.se & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS), Umeå University is looking for an excellent young life science or computational researcher to become Group Leader. DL: 11 May 2025.
www.scilifelab.se/career/group...
www.scilifelab.se/career/group...
Group Leader/Researcher in DDLS Epidemiology and Biology of Infection
Group Leader/Researcher in DDLS Epidemiology and Biology of Infection Umeå University, Faculty Office of Medicine Together with The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) and the Sc...
www.scilifelab.se
March 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Faculty job opportunity in Sweden in computational infectious disease!
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Imagine the Enterprise getting anything done had there been a crew of only 8 Rikers.
DEI is good.
DEI is good.
February 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Imagine the Enterprise getting anything done had there been a crew of only 8 Rikers.
DEI is good.
DEI is good.
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38/250 is Regional variation in the landscape ecology of West Nile virus sentinel chicken seroconversion in Florida
VBD landscape ecology needs to consider vector, host, and virus - nice to see it split out regionally to allow for that
VBD landscape ecology needs to consider vector, host, and virus - nice to see it split out regionally to allow for that
Regional variation in the landscape ecology of West Nile virus sentinel chicken seroconversion in Florida
How landscape composition and configuration impact the distribution of multi-vector and multi-host mosquito vector-borne disease systems, such as West Nile virus (WNV), remains challenging because of ...
doi.org
February 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
38/250 is Regional variation in the landscape ecology of West Nile virus sentinel chicken seroconversion in Florida
VBD landscape ecology needs to consider vector, host, and virus - nice to see it split out regionally to allow for that
VBD landscape ecology needs to consider vector, host, and virus - nice to see it split out regionally to allow for that
Must watch. AI and Science. AI and the future public perspective of Science. The role of the Media. Spot on.
February 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Must watch. AI and Science. AI and the future public perspective of Science. The role of the Media. Spot on.
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Very heartened to see this. And proud to be working with @plos.org
Bravo @plos.org!
US exec orders "stand in direct conflict with our core values, our mission, edit policies"
"PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor & editorial integrity... we seek diversity because more expert voices make for better science"
theplosblog.plos.org/2025/02/plos...
US exec orders "stand in direct conflict with our core values, our mission, edit policies"
"PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor & editorial integrity... we seek diversity because more expert voices make for better science"
theplosblog.plos.org/2025/02/plos...
PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
theplosblog.plos.org
February 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Very heartened to see this. And proud to be working with @plos.org
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"We will not retract published articles on request by an author on the basis that they contain so-called banned words"
@bmj.com takes a stand: "Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
@bmj.com takes a stand: "Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology
The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and sci...
www.bmj.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"We will not retract published articles on request by an author on the basis that they contain so-called banned words"
@bmj.com takes a stand: "Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
@bmj.com takes a stand: "Medical journal editors must resist CDC order and anti-gender ideology"
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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