Nicole I. Jones
@redleggirl.bsky.social
PhD candidate studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Former Artillery Officer | Traded artillery rounds for sippy cups | Researching ways to outsmart one of humanity's oldest adversaries
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Latent #tuberculosis (TB) infection screening programmes for migrants from high to low TB incidence countries can be effective and cost-saving in a variety of settings.
New study by @petermacp.bsky.social @alice-e-taylor.bsky.social @publichealthscot.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
New study by @petermacp.bsky.social @alice-e-taylor.bsky.social @publichealthscot.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The impact of latent tuberculosis screening programmes for migrant populations in high income, low burden countries
Background Migrants from high to low tuberculosis (TB) incidence countries may benefit from screening for latent TB infection (LTBI), but the optimal approaches and effectiveness are not well describe...
journals.plos.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Latent #tuberculosis (TB) infection screening programmes for migrants from high to low TB incidence countries can be effective and cost-saving in a variety of settings.
New study by @petermacp.bsky.social @alice-e-taylor.bsky.social @publichealthscot.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
New study by @petermacp.bsky.social @alice-e-taylor.bsky.social @publichealthscot.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Immunopeptidomics can inform the design of mRNA vaccines for the delivery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis MHC class II antigens
MHC class II immunopeptidomics in human phagocytes infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis enables vaccine immunogen design and optimization.
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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TB is curable. So why does it still kill 1.3 million people a year?
🗣 Advocates. Survivors. Students.
💪 One message: End TB for good.
#EndTB #GlobalHealth #RightToHealth #PIHCanada
Read our recap:
pihcanada.org/news/leadont...
🗣 Advocates. Survivors. Students.
💪 One message: End TB for good.
#EndTB #GlobalHealth #RightToHealth #PIHCanada
Read our recap:
pihcanada.org/news/leadont...
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
TB is curable. So why does it still kill 1.3 million people a year?
🗣 Advocates. Survivors. Students.
💪 One message: End TB for good.
#EndTB #GlobalHealth #RightToHealth #PIHCanada
Read our recap:
pihcanada.org/news/leadont...
🗣 Advocates. Survivors. Students.
💪 One message: End TB for good.
#EndTB #GlobalHealth #RightToHealth #PIHCanada
Read our recap:
pihcanada.org/news/leadont...
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In two weeks, #TBReaders will host a live Q&A with author, artist, and TB survivor Aiyana Masla about The Underdream. Her poetry collection expertly paints the despair of chronic illness with a tiny thread of joy woven through.
Learn more here: tbfighters.org/book-...
#TBSky #Poetry
Learn more here: tbfighters.org/book-...
#TBSky #Poetry
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
In two weeks, #TBReaders will host a live Q&A with author, artist, and TB survivor Aiyana Masla about The Underdream. Her poetry collection expertly paints the despair of chronic illness with a tiny thread of joy woven through.
Learn more here: tbfighters.org/book-...
#TBSky #Poetry
Learn more here: tbfighters.org/book-...
#TBSky #Poetry
I love TB research, but teaching is my favorite. On the first day, students get excited about pasteurization and pipetting while I casually drop the fact that tuberculosis has killed more humans than any other pathogen.
They came for microbiology, they're leaving as TB evangelists.
#TBsky
They came for microbiology, they're leaving as TB evangelists.
#TBsky
August 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I love TB research, but teaching is my favorite. On the first day, students get excited about pasteurization and pipetting while I casually drop the fact that tuberculosis has killed more humans than any other pathogen.
They came for microbiology, they're leaving as TB evangelists.
#TBsky
They came for microbiology, they're leaving as TB evangelists.
#TBsky
Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers url:https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-18-tuberculosis-spawning-in-crowded-dirty-ice-detention-centers/
August 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers url:https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-18-tuberculosis-spawning-in-crowded-dirty-ice-detention-centers/
El Paso's dry, sunny climate made it a destination for TB patients seeking "the cure." Sunshine and dry air were thought to heal lungs.
This sunflower is thriving in the same desert heat that once drew thousands here for TB treatment. Different kind of growth, same relentless El Paso sun. #TBsky
This sunflower is thriving in the same desert heat that once drew thousands here for TB treatment. Different kind of growth, same relentless El Paso sun. #TBsky
July 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
El Paso's dry, sunny climate made it a destination for TB patients seeking "the cure." Sunshine and dry air were thought to heal lungs.
This sunflower is thriving in the same desert heat that once drew thousands here for TB treatment. Different kind of growth, same relentless El Paso sun. #TBsky
This sunflower is thriving in the same desert heat that once drew thousands here for TB treatment. Different kind of growth, same relentless El Paso sun. #TBsky
Winston Churchill demonstrating the art of the strategic pause. Sometimes progress means stopping halfway up the mountain to bask in the sunlight.
PhD lesson from my bulldog: Break overwhelming tasks into manageable chunks. Not every staircase needs to be conquered in one breathless dash. #TBsky
PhD lesson from my bulldog: Break overwhelming tasks into manageable chunks. Not every staircase needs to be conquered in one breathless dash. #TBsky
May 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Winston Churchill demonstrating the art of the strategic pause. Sometimes progress means stopping halfway up the mountain to bask in the sunlight.
PhD lesson from my bulldog: Break overwhelming tasks into manageable chunks. Not every staircase needs to be conquered in one breathless dash. #TBsky
PhD lesson from my bulldog: Break overwhelming tasks into manageable chunks. Not every staircase needs to be conquered in one breathless dash. #TBsky
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Why do we like vaccines and water systems so much?
It used to be 50/50 whether your kid lived to be an adult. With 4 kids, 94% chance they wouldn't all make it.
Fun times. Maybe let's not do that again.
We don't have magic cures for diseases like measles. We have vaccines.
It used to be 50/50 whether your kid lived to be an adult. With 4 kids, 94% chance they wouldn't all make it.
Fun times. Maybe let's not do that again.
We don't have magic cures for diseases like measles. We have vaccines.
April 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Why do we like vaccines and water systems so much?
It used to be 50/50 whether your kid lived to be an adult. With 4 kids, 94% chance they wouldn't all make it.
Fun times. Maybe let's not do that again.
We don't have magic cures for diseases like measles. We have vaccines.
It used to be 50/50 whether your kid lived to be an adult. With 4 kids, 94% chance they wouldn't all make it.
Fun times. Maybe let's not do that again.
We don't have magic cures for diseases like measles. We have vaccines.
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New pre-print modelling impact of US funding cuts on HIV, #TB, MCH and family planning. We estimate impact of termination of US funding to NTPs via #USAID & The Global Fund may lead to 2.2 (1.5-2.9) million excess TB deaths between 2025 and 2040, reversing over a decade of progress.
bit.ly/4lowp18
bit.ly/4lowp18
April 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New pre-print modelling impact of US funding cuts on HIV, #TB, MCH and family planning. We estimate impact of termination of US funding to NTPs via #USAID & The Global Fund may lead to 2.2 (1.5-2.9) million excess TB deaths between 2025 and 2040, reversing over a decade of progress.
bit.ly/4lowp18
bit.ly/4lowp18
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@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
World TB Day finds me where I belong - suited up and heading in to work on Mtb cultures.
TB exists because we allow it to exist. But in labs around the world today, scientists like me are working to change that equation.
One culture, one experiment, one discovery at a time.
#TBsky
TB exists because we allow it to exist. But in labs around the world today, scientists like me are working to change that equation.
One culture, one experiment, one discovery at a time.
#TBsky
March 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
World TB Day finds me where I belong - suited up and heading in to work on Mtb cultures.
TB exists because we allow it to exist. But in labs around the world today, scientists like me are working to change that equation.
One culture, one experiment, one discovery at a time.
#TBsky
TB exists because we allow it to exist. But in labs around the world today, scientists like me are working to change that equation.
One culture, one experiment, one discovery at a time.
#TBsky
When your research subject gets the @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social treatment. A reminder that TB isn't just lab work - it's human stories spanning centuries. And why we desperately need to overwhelm it with new treatments before it outsmarts us again.
#TBsky
#TBsky
March 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When your research subject gets the @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social treatment. A reminder that TB isn't just lab work - it's human stories spanning centuries. And why we desperately need to overwhelm it with new treatments before it outsmarts us again.
#TBsky
#TBsky
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It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...
For John Green, Tuberculosis Is More Than A Disease | Atmos
The bestselling author says our inability to fix solvable crises is an indictment of our empathy and shared humanity.
atmos.earth
March 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...
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2023: mRNA vaccine scientists win the Nobel Prize
2025: US government cuts research on mRNA vaccines
2025: US government cuts research on mRNA vaccines
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
2023: mRNA vaccine scientists win the Nobel Prize
2025: US government cuts research on mRNA vaccines
2025: US government cuts research on mRNA vaccines
Today at Fort Stanton, New Mexico, I'm reminded that TB sanatoriums didn't become museums by accident - they represent decades of scientific progress, global cooperation, and public health investment. What we stop funding today becomes tomorrow's crisis.
#Tuberculosis #GlobalHealth #TBResearch
#Tuberculosis #GlobalHealth #TBResearch
March 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Today at Fort Stanton, New Mexico, I'm reminded that TB sanatoriums didn't become museums by accident - they represent decades of scientific progress, global cooperation, and public health investment. What we stop funding today becomes tomorrow's crisis.
#Tuberculosis #GlobalHealth #TBResearch
#Tuberculosis #GlobalHealth #TBResearch
Americans seem hell-bent on experiencing the struggles that our grandparents worked so hard to eradicate. TB doesn't care about politics, but it thrives on neglect.
#TBResearch #PublicHealth #HistoryRepeating
theconversation.com/as-tuberculo...
#TBResearch #PublicHealth #HistoryRepeating
theconversation.com/as-tuberculo...
As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
Reports of TB date back to the time of Hippocrates, but the Kansas outbreak shows that the ancient disease is very much a modern-day scourge.
theconversation.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Americans seem hell-bent on experiencing the struggles that our grandparents worked so hard to eradicate. TB doesn't care about politics, but it thrives on neglect.
#TBResearch #PublicHealth #HistoryRepeating
theconversation.com/as-tuberculo...
#TBResearch #PublicHealth #HistoryRepeating
theconversation.com/as-tuberculo...
“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community ... are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says Lisa Fazio, a cognitive psychologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, who studies misinformation.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community ... are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says Lisa Fazio, a cognitive psychologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, who studies misinformation.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Defending proposals and defying expectations. We can do it. 💪📚
#PhDLife #ProposalDefense #WomenInSTEM #WeCanDoIt #MilitaryScholar #TBResearch #AcademiaStrong
#PhDLife #ProposalDefense #WomenInSTEM #WeCanDoIt #MilitaryScholar #TBResearch #AcademiaStrong
February 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Defending proposals and defying expectations. We can do it. 💪📚
#PhDLife #ProposalDefense #WomenInSTEM #WeCanDoIt #MilitaryScholar #TBResearch #AcademiaStrong
#PhDLife #ProposalDefense #WomenInSTEM #WeCanDoIt #MilitaryScholar #TBResearch #AcademiaStrong
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Great article showing impact on Tuberculosis of funding freeze
"Stopping this—literally overnight—means that these strains have the potential to spread not just abroad but here in the US."
#EndTB #keepthelightson #11KEveryDay #RestoreTBFunding
"Stopping this—literally overnight—means that these strains have the potential to spread not just abroad but here in the US."
#EndTB #keepthelightson #11KEveryDay #RestoreTBFunding
USAID funding freeze disrupts global tuberculosis control efforts
The 90-day funding freeze, and the subsequent dismantling of USAID, has sent shockwaves throughout the community of people working on TB control.
Photo: USAID/Flickr cc
www.cidrap.umn.edu/t...
The 90-day funding freeze, and the subsequent dismantling of USAID, has sent shockwaves throughout the community of people working on TB control.
Photo: USAID/Flickr cc
www.cidrap.umn.edu/t...
February 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Great article showing impact on Tuberculosis of funding freeze
"Stopping this—literally overnight—means that these strains have the potential to spread not just abroad but here in the US."
#EndTB #keepthelightson #11KEveryDay #RestoreTBFunding
"Stopping this—literally overnight—means that these strains have the potential to spread not just abroad but here in the US."
#EndTB #keepthelightson #11KEveryDay #RestoreTBFunding
Roses are red, MacConkey is pink, my bacteria wrote LOVE (I need sleep I think).
Klebsiella pneumoniae on MacConkey agar showing off its lactose fermentation (and apparently its romantic side).
#PhDLife
Klebsiella pneumoniae on MacConkey agar showing off its lactose fermentation (and apparently its romantic side).
#PhDLife
February 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Roses are red, MacConkey is pink, my bacteria wrote LOVE (I need sleep I think).
Klebsiella pneumoniae on MacConkey agar showing off its lactose fermentation (and apparently its romantic side).
#PhDLife
Klebsiella pneumoniae on MacConkey agar showing off its lactose fermentation (and apparently its romantic side).
#PhDLife
Me: Checking that NCBI Blast still exists while calling my congressional office for the 39th time this week.
I guess this is what they mean by "being persistent in research."
Want to annoy your Congressional Representative, too? Checking out www.house.gov to get the number.
I guess this is what they mean by "being persistent in research."
Want to annoy your Congressional Representative, too? Checking out www.house.gov to get the number.
Homepage | house.gov
www.house.gov
February 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Me: Checking that NCBI Blast still exists while calling my congressional office for the 39th time this week.
I guess this is what they mean by "being persistent in research."
Want to annoy your Congressional Representative, too? Checking out www.house.gov to get the number.
I guess this is what they mean by "being persistent in research."
Want to annoy your Congressional Representative, too? Checking out www.house.gov to get the number.
Not going to sugarcoat it - it's been a brutal week for American science and academia. But leaving lab tonight, an owl nearly took me out while hunting... which feels like an oddly fitting metaphor for this week.
February 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Not going to sugarcoat it - it's been a brutal week for American science and academia. But leaving lab tonight, an owl nearly took me out while hunting... which feels like an oddly fitting metaphor for this week.
Koch identified Mtb using potato slices as culture medium and a homemade microscope. While modern science thrives on collaboration and funding, history shows that dedication to understanding this disease persists even in challenging times.
Sometimes you have to grow your own potatoes. 🥔🔬
Sometimes you have to grow your own potatoes. 🥔🔬
January 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Koch identified Mtb using potato slices as culture medium and a homemade microscope. While modern science thrives on collaboration and funding, history shows that dedication to understanding this disease persists even in challenging times.
Sometimes you have to grow your own potatoes. 🥔🔬
Sometimes you have to grow your own potatoes. 🥔🔬