@fabouu.bsky.social
Pathogen surveillance at LBI-SOAP (@lbg.ac.at for Science Outreach And Pandemic preparedness) | Interested in Environmental pathogen surveillance, wastewater-based epidemiology, sequencing, bioinformatics, frugal science
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Polio virus found in the wastewater in Hamburg, Germany. This is wild type - much more likely to cause paralysis than the outbreak in New York State in 2022. (Estimated paralysis for 1 in 200 un-vaccinated infections.)
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Polio virus found in the wastewater in Hamburg, Germany. This is wild type - much more likely to cause paralysis than the outbreak in New York State in 2022. (Estimated paralysis for 1 in 200 un-vaccinated infections.)
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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OneHealth Seminar LBI-SOA mit AGES-ExpertInnen zu Stechmücken und West Nil Viren 👉 soap.lbg.ac.at/events/west-...
West Nil Fieber Fälle in Österreich beim Menschen sind zuletzt deutlich angestiegen 📈all-time-high 2024 -unsere Studie dazu erscheint demnächst in #Eurosurveillance!! #OneHealth
West Nil Fieber Fälle in Österreich beim Menschen sind zuletzt deutlich angestiegen 📈all-time-high 2024 -unsere Studie dazu erscheint demnächst in #Eurosurveillance!! #OneHealth
West Nile Virus surveillance and current situation in Austria: Seminar by Georg G. Duscher and Barbara Seebacher (AGES) – LBI for Science Outreach and Pandemic Preparedness at the Medical University o...
LBI for Science Outreach and Pandemic Preparedness at the Medical University of Vienna
soap.lbg.ac.at
September 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
OneHealth Seminar LBI-SOA mit AGES-ExpertInnen zu Stechmücken und West Nil Viren 👉 soap.lbg.ac.at/events/west-...
West Nil Fieber Fälle in Österreich beim Menschen sind zuletzt deutlich angestiegen 📈all-time-high 2024 -unsere Studie dazu erscheint demnächst in #Eurosurveillance!! #OneHealth
West Nil Fieber Fälle in Österreich beim Menschen sind zuletzt deutlich angestiegen 📈all-time-high 2024 -unsere Studie dazu erscheint demnächst in #Eurosurveillance!! #OneHealth
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New from OHMC faculty Edward Dudley & @kovaclab.bsky.social & colleagues:
Whole-genome sequencing of 19 Listeria from State College wastewater.
3 isolates closely matched human cases, highlighting wastewater surveillance as a tool for tracking outbreaks.
🔗 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Whole-genome sequencing of 19 Listeria from State College wastewater.
3 isolates closely matched human cases, highlighting wastewater surveillance as a tool for tracking outbreaks.
🔗 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Whole-genome sequence of 19 Listeria monocytogenes, isolated from municipal wastewater in State College, Pennsylvania | Microbiology Resource Announcements
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) is a powerful tool for public health monitoring, offering a more comprehensive view of pathogen prevalence than traditional methods (1–6). Listeria monocytogenes, a major foodborne pathogen, infects ~1,600 Americans annually, leading to 260 deaths (7).
journals.asm.org
September 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New from OHMC faculty Edward Dudley & @kovaclab.bsky.social & colleagues:
Whole-genome sequencing of 19 Listeria from State College wastewater.
3 isolates closely matched human cases, highlighting wastewater surveillance as a tool for tracking outbreaks.
🔗 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Whole-genome sequencing of 19 Listeria from State College wastewater.
3 isolates closely matched human cases, highlighting wastewater surveillance as a tool for tracking outbreaks.
🔗 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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In under 24h following the newly identified outbreak of #Ebola in the DRC, the virus has been isolated, sequenced and the virus sequence data made publicly available.
virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host
Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola...
virological.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
In under 24h following the newly identified outbreak of #Ebola in the DRC, the virus has been isolated, sequenced and the virus sequence data made publicly available.
virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
I am looking forward to the online seminar by @peterdaszak.bsky.social on #OneHealth and #pandemic prevention organised by @lbg.ac.at aiming for a broad general audience
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August 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I am looking forward to the online seminar by @peterdaszak.bsky.social on #OneHealth and #pandemic prevention organised by @lbg.ac.at aiming for a broad general audience
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soap.lbg.ac.at/wp-content/u...
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Out now: our perspective on using machine learning in wastewater-based epidemiology @natwater.nature.com.
We review the current state of the field and discuss next steps such as method development and evaluation, benchmarks, integration frameworks etc.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We review the current state of the field and discuss next steps such as method development and evaluation, benchmarks, integration frameworks etc.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Augmentation of wastewater-based epidemiology with machine learning to support global health surveillance - Nature Water
Wastewater-based epidemiology has already proven to be a powerful tool to monitor the spread of a number of diseases. This Perspective discusses the integration with machine learning, highlighting its...
www.nature.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Out now: our perspective on using machine learning in wastewater-based epidemiology @natwater.nature.com.
We review the current state of the field and discuss next steps such as method development and evaluation, benchmarks, integration frameworks etc.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We review the current state of the field and discuss next steps such as method development and evaluation, benchmarks, integration frameworks etc.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Update zu den COVID-Abwasserwerten
June 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Update zu den COVID-Abwasserwerten
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1/ 📄 “Unifying human infectious disease models & real-time awareness of population- & subpopulation-level intervention effectiveness”
📣 Research article now published in Royal Society Open Science. #EpiSky #IDsky #PublicHealth 🧪
✍️ Authors: Rachel Seibel | Michael Tildesley | @edmhill.bsky.social
📣 Research article now published in Royal Society Open Science. #EpiSky #IDsky #PublicHealth 🧪
✍️ Authors: Rachel Seibel | Michael Tildesley | @edmhill.bsky.social
Unifying human infectious disease models and real-time awareness of population- and subpopulation-level intervention effectiveness | Royal Society Open Science
During infectious disease outbreaks, humans often base their decision to adhere to
an intervention strategy on individual choices and opinions. However, due to data
limitations and inference challenge...
doi.org
June 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
1/ 📄 “Unifying human infectious disease models & real-time awareness of population- & subpopulation-level intervention effectiveness”
📣 Research article now published in Royal Society Open Science. #EpiSky #IDsky #PublicHealth 🧪
✍️ Authors: Rachel Seibel | Michael Tildesley | @edmhill.bsky.social
📣 Research article now published in Royal Society Open Science. #EpiSky #IDsky #PublicHealth 🧪
✍️ Authors: Rachel Seibel | Michael Tildesley | @edmhill.bsky.social
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An update from the team on the uncertain future of our program and the impact of NSF budget cuts. Please share and reach out 🦠
June 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
An update from the team on the uncertain future of our program and the impact of NSF budget cuts. Please share and reach out 🦠
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In this evaluation of AlphaFold3 (and other methods), we show that (i) accurate predictions are limited to RNA structures/complexes with structural similarity to PDB and (ii) that current methods are bad at estimating the accuracy of the predictions. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Limits of deep-learning-based RNA prediction methods
Motivation: In recent years, tremendous advances have been made in predicting protein structures and protein-protein interactions. However, progress in predicting the structure of RNA, either alone or...
www.biorxiv.org
May 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In this evaluation of AlphaFold3 (and other methods), we show that (i) accurate predictions are limited to RNA structures/complexes with structural similarity to PDB and (ii) that current methods are bad at estimating the accuracy of the predictions. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Comparative wastewater virome analysis with different enrichment methods https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.25.645222v1
March 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Comparative wastewater virome analysis with different enrichment methods https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.25.645222v1
Zoonotic potential it should read. Please share if you know suitable candidates. If you are interested yourself, feel free to DM me.
PhD position: Environmental Pathogen Surveillance of Viruses with Zoonotic #ScienceJobs #AcademicSky jobrxiv.org/job/ludw...
PhD position: Environmental Pathogen Surveillance of Viruses with Zoonotic
Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!
jobrxiv.org
March 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Zoonotic potential it should read. Please share if you know suitable candidates. If you are interested yourself, feel free to DM me.
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Wir sind Grippeimpfung
This does *not* mean no flu shots in the US next year - not by itself, anyway.
The WHO picked and published their recommended strains as always. This year. It’s an A/H1N1, an A/H3N2, and a B/Austria (+ a B/Phuket for quadrivalent shots*).
US manufacturers *can* still use the WHO guidelines.
The WHO picked and published their recommended strains as always. This year. It’s an A/H1N1, an A/H3N2, and a B/Austria (+ a B/Phuket for quadrivalent shots*).
US manufacturers *can* still use the WHO guidelines.
March 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Wir sind Grippeimpfung
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📖 Neue @nature.com Publikation: Wie schnell verbreiten sich #SARSCoV2 -Varianten?
Ein vom #RKI und Berliner Forschenden entwickeltes Modell zeigt, wie viele Menschen in bestimmten Regionen über einen gewissen Zeitraum empfänglich für verschiedene Virusvarianten sind.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ein vom #RKI und Berliner Forschenden entwickeltes Modell zeigt, wie viele Menschen in bestimmten Regionen über einen gewissen Zeitraum empfänglich für verschiedene Virusvarianten sind.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
SARS-CoV-2 evolution on a dynamic immune landscape - Nature
A modelling approach predicts SARS-CoV-2 variant dynamics on the basis of immunity and cross-neutralization, which was shaped by a region’s SARS-CoV-2 infection history.
www.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
📖 Neue @nature.com Publikation: Wie schnell verbreiten sich #SARSCoV2 -Varianten?
Ein vom #RKI und Berliner Forschenden entwickeltes Modell zeigt, wie viele Menschen in bestimmten Regionen über einen gewissen Zeitraum empfänglich für verschiedene Virusvarianten sind.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ein vom #RKI und Berliner Forschenden entwickeltes Modell zeigt, wie viele Menschen in bestimmten Regionen über einen gewissen Zeitraum empfänglich für verschiedene Virusvarianten sind.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨 New preprint alert 🚨
We searched for the presence of coronaviruses in >200 bat individuals across Spain 🦠🦇. We recovered 6 complete coronavirus genomes, including 3 novel species. One of them could use bat and human ACE2 for entry.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We searched for the presence of coronaviruses in >200 bat individuals across Spain 🦠🦇. We recovered 6 complete coronavirus genomes, including 3 novel species. One of them could use bat and human ACE2 for entry.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Identification and characterization of novel bat coronaviruses in Spain
The zoonotic transmission of bat coronaviruses poses a threat to human health. However, the diversity of bat-borne coronaviruses remains poorly characterized in many geographical areas. Here, we recov...
www.biorxiv.org
January 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🚨 New preprint alert 🚨
We searched for the presence of coronaviruses in >200 bat individuals across Spain 🦠🦇. We recovered 6 complete coronavirus genomes, including 3 novel species. One of them could use bat and human ACE2 for entry.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We searched for the presence of coronaviruses in >200 bat individuals across Spain 🦠🦇. We recovered 6 complete coronavirus genomes, including 3 novel species. One of them could use bat and human ACE2 for entry.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A few months ago I read @philipncohen.com's Citizen Scholar in proof. It's now available in print.
To restore public trust in expertise, professors can’t just profess—they need to engage. Citizen Scholar explores how contemporary academics can do this, and why they might choose to.
To restore public trust in expertise, professors can’t just profess—they need to engage. Citizen Scholar explores how contemporary academics can do this, and why they might choose to.
January 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A few months ago I read @philipncohen.com's Citizen Scholar in proof. It's now available in print.
To restore public trust in expertise, professors can’t just profess—they need to engage. Citizen Scholar explores how contemporary academics can do this, and why they might choose to.
To restore public trust in expertise, professors can’t just profess—they need to engage. Citizen Scholar explores how contemporary academics can do this, and why they might choose to.
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Interested in the lineages driving this? Well, it’s 50 shades of black…
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December 10, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Interested in the lineages driving this? Well, it’s 50 shades of black…
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