@kendryck.bsky.social
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Delighted to have had this wide-ranging conversation with @pathogenscribe.bsky.social covering biological weapons, accidental release, the importance of precision in terminology, mitigating airborne pathogens, dual use research of concern, and much more. Thanks for having me on, Heather!
🎙️ Now live: From Spillover to Weapons
A conversation with biorisk expert
@brownecfm.bsky.social
on why clarity matters more than fear for biological threats — natural, accidental, or deliberate.
🎧 Listen on your fav podcast player or here:
#InfectiousDose
www.infectiousdose.com/post/biorisk...
A conversation with biorisk expert
@brownecfm.bsky.social
on why clarity matters more than fear for biological threats — natural, accidental, or deliberate.
🎧 Listen on your fav podcast player or here:
#InfectiousDose
www.infectiousdose.com/post/biorisk...
From Spillover to Weapons: A Conversation with Conor Browne on Biological Threats
A biodefense expert explains what biological weapons really are, why most pathogens aren’t weapons, and how misinformation increases real biological risk.
www.infectiousdose.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Delighted to have had this wide-ranging conversation with @pathogenscribe.bsky.social covering biological weapons, accidental release, the importance of precision in terminology, mitigating airborne pathogens, dual use research of concern, and much more. Thanks for having me on, Heather!
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I imagine that some Pleistocene brown bears evolved into the polar bears in similar and persistent in time conditions.
There should have been many such natural experiments, of big cats of different kind hunting seals, in the old past.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHgI...
🧪 ⚒️ #EvoBio #Paleobio
There should have been many such natural experiments, of big cats of different kind hunting seals, in the old past.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHgI...
🧪 ⚒️ #EvoBio #Paleobio
Lions Are Now the Ocean's Apex Predator
YouTube video by KPassionate
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I imagine that some Pleistocene brown bears evolved into the polar bears in similar and persistent in time conditions.
There should have been many such natural experiments, of big cats of different kind hunting seals, in the old past.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHgI...
🧪 ⚒️ #EvoBio #Paleobio
There should have been many such natural experiments, of big cats of different kind hunting seals, in the old past.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHgI...
🧪 ⚒️ #EvoBio #Paleobio
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A new video by the Crossroads II project tells the story of how people populated North America. New dating methods and DNA analysis provide new insights about these prehistoric times 🧪🧬
#history
#history
How did improvements in dating methods change our understanding of when America was first settled? How does dog DNA confirm the genetic history of humans in the New World? #Clovis #nativeamericans #archaeology #pre-Clovis #buttermilkcreek #PeoplingoftheAmericas #TexasA&M
youtu.be/uxf_aKydFkE
youtu.be/uxf_aKydFkE
The Clovis, Pre-Clovis Mystery and the Peopling of the Americas. Dr. Michael Waters. Crossroads II
YouTube video by Proshloe The Past
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A new video by the Crossroads II project tells the story of how people populated North America. New dating methods and DNA analysis provide new insights about these prehistoric times 🧪🧬
#history
#history
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Private equity and big tech have monopolized industries, including healthcare, with impunity over the last decade. Democrats have generally stood by and let it happen. By appointing Lina Khan, Mamdani is signalling a new direction for his party. My latest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Private equity and big tech have monopolized industries, including healthcare, with impunity over the last decade. Democrats have generally stood by and let it happen. By appointing Lina Khan, Mamdani is signalling a new direction for his party. My latest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Many species of Selaginella (#Selaginellaceae) have two kinds of leaves (microphylls): Spreading, distichously arranged leaves and a second kind of leaf appressed to the stem. This is Selaginella picta. Classic #anisophylly! #TropicalBotany #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Many species of Selaginella (#Selaginellaceae) have two kinds of leaves (microphylls): Spreading, distichously arranged leaves and a second kind of leaf appressed to the stem. This is Selaginella picta. Classic #anisophylly! #TropicalBotany #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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“Most of us now view COVID-19 as more of a nuisance than a danger, thanks to vaccines and past exposure to the virus…”
If I may offer an edit: “Most of us now view COVID-19 as more of a nuisance than a danger, thanks to [the government and corporate media]…”
If I may offer an edit: “Most of us now view COVID-19 as more of a nuisance than a danger, thanks to [the government and corporate media]…”
Repeat COVID-19 Infections Could Double Your Risk of Long COVID
The latest study shows that getting repeat COVID-19 infections can come at a high health cost.
time.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“Most of us now view COVID-19 as more of a nuisance than a danger, thanks to vaccines and past exposure to the virus…”
If I may offer an edit: “Most of us now view COVID-19 as more of a nuisance than a danger, thanks to [the government and corporate media]…”
If I may offer an edit: “Most of us now view COVID-19 as more of a nuisance than a danger, thanks to [the government and corporate media]…”
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this study highlights that Long Covid remains a risk with every Covid infection, including for children and adolescents.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
“These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisystem effects and highlight the need to promote vaccination in younger populations...”
Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study
Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes
after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking
paediatric long COVID to multisyst...
www.thelancet.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
this study highlights that Long Covid remains a risk with every Covid infection, including for children and adolescents.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
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“Patients w/ severe long COVID who had not been hospitalised for COVID-19 were examined.”
I know someone w/ POTS & Long COVID. But unfortunately she doesn’t know or acknowledge she has LC, despite my several attempts to tell her about LC. So for her & her doctors, it’s a mystery why she has POTS.
I know someone w/ POTS & Long COVID. But unfortunately she doesn’t know or acknowledge she has LC, despite my several attempts to tell her about LC. So for her & her doctors, it’s a mystery why she has POTS.
Unusual heart rhythm disorder common in people with long COVID
A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that an unusual heart rhythm disorder, POTS, is particularly common in people with long COVID. The majority of those affected are middle-aged women.
www.news-medical.net
October 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Patients w/ severe long COVID who had not been hospitalised for COVID-19 were examined.”
I know someone w/ POTS & Long COVID. But unfortunately she doesn’t know or acknowledge she has LC, despite my several attempts to tell her about LC. So for her & her doctors, it’s a mystery why she has POTS.
I know someone w/ POTS & Long COVID. But unfortunately she doesn’t know or acknowledge she has LC, despite my several attempts to tell her about LC. So for her & her doctors, it’s a mystery why she has POTS.
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💊 New antibiotic class
Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests.
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪
Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests.
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪
Novltex: A New Class of Antibiotics with Potent Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens─Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation
Increasing spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria demands antibiotics that combine potent activity with scalable synthesis. Novo29 (clovibactin) is promising but suffers from low yield (1%), dep...
pubs.acs.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
💊 New antibiotic class
Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests.
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪
Scientists have developed Novltex, a new antibiotic with strong activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria like MRSA. It’s cheaper to make and highly effective in lab tests.
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#SciComm #Antibiotics #AMR 🧪
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🍂 🏛️ 🧪 New H-1B Visa Executive Order
September 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🍂 🏛️ 🧪 New H-1B Visa Executive Order
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7/ Covid-19: Now for the complicated one. This fall, updated Covid-19 vaccines target Omicron subvariants JN.1 & LP.8, offering ~30-60% added protection against urgent care or hospitalization.
Available options:
🔹Pfizer, 5 and up
🔹Moderna, 6 months and up
🔹Novavax, 12 and up
Available options:
🔹Pfizer, 5 and up
🔹Moderna, 6 months and up
🔹Novavax, 12 and up
September 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
7/ Covid-19: Now for the complicated one. This fall, updated Covid-19 vaccines target Omicron subvariants JN.1 & LP.8, offering ~30-60% added protection against urgent care or hospitalization.
Available options:
🔹Pfizer, 5 and up
🔹Moderna, 6 months and up
🔹Novavax, 12 and up
Available options:
🔹Pfizer, 5 and up
🔹Moderna, 6 months and up
🔹Novavax, 12 and up
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Covid vaccination saved ~2.5 million lives between 2020-2024
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Lives and life-Years Saved From COVID-19 Vaccination
This comparative effectiveness study analyses the number of lives and life-years saved worldwide among those who had been vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2024 years.
jamanetwork.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Covid vaccination saved ~2.5 million lives between 2020-2024
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Fantastic visit to Perth to visit one of the hubs of radio astronomy on the planet! In pic 2 I’m standing next to a Square Kilometer Array (SKA) antenna, currently under construction about 8 hours north of Perth. 🔭🧪
July 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Fantastic visit to Perth to visit one of the hubs of radio astronomy on the planet! In pic 2 I’m standing next to a Square Kilometer Array (SKA) antenna, currently under construction about 8 hours north of Perth. 🔭🧪
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🧪 Here’s the link to an elegant study about the preventive effects of shingles and RSV vaccines for dementia—and an important thread about the key findings.
Read all the way down to see how the deductive powers of science can shed light on underlying cellular mechanisms. So cool. Get vaccinated.
Read all the way down to see how the deductive powers of science can shed light on underlying cellular mechanisms. So cool. Get vaccinated.
Do vaccines protect against dementia?
A new EHR-based study of >430,000 older adults found that AS01-adjuvanted vaccines (Shingrix for shingles & Arexvy for RSV) were associated with a lower 18-month risk of developing dementia whether given alone or together.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new EHR-based study of >430,000 older adults found that AS01-adjuvanted vaccines (Shingrix for shingles & Arexvy for RSV) were associated with a lower 18-month risk of developing dementia whether given alone or together.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lower risk of dementia with AS01-adjuvanted vaccination against shingles and respiratory syncytial virus infections - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Lower risk of dementia with AS01-adjuvanted vaccination against shingles and respiratory syncytial virus infections
www.nature.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🧪 Here’s the link to an elegant study about the preventive effects of shingles and RSV vaccines for dementia—and an important thread about the key findings.
Read all the way down to see how the deductive powers of science can shed light on underlying cellular mechanisms. So cool. Get vaccinated.
Read all the way down to see how the deductive powers of science can shed light on underlying cellular mechanisms. So cool. Get vaccinated.
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A small asteroid just passed very close by to Earth
🧪🔭☄️
Object designation
neoexchange.lco.global/target/151500/
Observation follow-ups are here
groups.io/g/mpml/topic...
Reddit post
www.reddit.com/r/space/comm...
#asteroid
#flyby
🧪🔭☄️
Object designation
neoexchange.lco.global/target/151500/
Observation follow-ups are here
groups.io/g/mpml/topic...
Reddit post
www.reddit.com/r/space/comm...
#asteroid
#flyby
July 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A small asteroid just passed very close by to Earth
🧪🔭☄️
Object designation
neoexchange.lco.global/target/151500/
Observation follow-ups are here
groups.io/g/mpml/topic...
Reddit post
www.reddit.com/r/space/comm...
#asteroid
#flyby
🧪🔭☄️
Object designation
neoexchange.lco.global/target/151500/
Observation follow-ups are here
groups.io/g/mpml/topic...
Reddit post
www.reddit.com/r/space/comm...
#asteroid
#flyby
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Giant Hairy Pitcher Plant Discovered In Northern Borneo
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#plants #Nepenthes #PitcherPlants #CarnivorousPlants #botany #NewSpecies medium.com/grrlscientis...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#plants #Nepenthes #PitcherPlants #CarnivorousPlants #botany #NewSpecies medium.com/grrlscientis...
July 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Giant Hairy Pitcher Plant Discovered In Northern Borneo
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#plants #Nepenthes #PitcherPlants #CarnivorousPlants #botany #NewSpecies medium.com/grrlscientis...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#plants #Nepenthes #PitcherPlants #CarnivorousPlants #botany #NewSpecies medium.com/grrlscientis...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun
Newly released images - taken closer to the Sun than we’ve ever been before - are helping scientists better understand the Sun’s influence across the solar system, including events that can affect Earth. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/science-rese...
Newly released images - taken closer to the Sun than we’ve ever been before - are helping scientists better understand the Sun’s influence across the solar system, including events that can affect Earth. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/science-rese...
July 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun
Newly released images - taken closer to the Sun than we’ve ever been before - are helping scientists better understand the Sun’s influence across the solar system, including events that can affect Earth. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/science-rese...
Newly released images - taken closer to the Sun than we’ve ever been before - are helping scientists better understand the Sun’s influence across the solar system, including events that can affect Earth. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/science-rese...
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Sharing here that Jamie @followingmybody.bsky.social prepared a google drive of studies about menstruation and COVID (there are a lot of them)! Jamie works with people to chart their cycles and has seen a lot of disruption post COVID infection. #LongCovid #Covid
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
July 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Sharing here that Jamie @followingmybody.bsky.social prepared a google drive of studies about menstruation and COVID (there are a lot of them)! Jamie works with people to chart their cycles and has seen a lot of disruption post COVID infection. #LongCovid #Covid
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Australia: COVID-19 still biggest respiratory killer, GP expert warns.
"By the end of March, the ABS recorded 516 deaths in 2025 from COVID-19, compared to 84 from influenza, and 36 from RSV."
#COVID19Australia #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAirborne
"By the end of March, the ABS recorded 516 deaths in 2025 from COVID-19, compared to 84 from influenza, and 36 from RSV."
#COVID19Australia #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAirborne
newsGP - COVID-19 still biggest respiratory killer, GP expert warns
Respiratory diseases are at peak circulation, with influenza and RSV taking centre stage, but a GP warns COVID-19 remains one of the biggest dangers.
www1.racgp.org.au
July 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Australia: COVID-19 still biggest respiratory killer, GP expert warns.
"By the end of March, the ABS recorded 516 deaths in 2025 from COVID-19, compared to 84 from influenza, and 36 from RSV."
#COVID19Australia #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAirborne
"By the end of March, the ABS recorded 516 deaths in 2025 from COVID-19, compared to 84 from influenza, and 36 from RSV."
#COVID19Australia #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAirborne
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Dr Amir Khan talked about the risks from #Covid and what long Covid is. It’s not mild and anyone can get it.
🚨 Mythbusting #LongCovid with Dr Amir Khan🚨
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
July 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Dr Amir Khan talked about the risks from #Covid and what long Covid is. It’s not mild and anyone can get it.
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Quick update on Covid levels in England - the newest variants are dominant here but are NOT causing a significant (or barely any) wave of infections.
This is good news!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/covid-upda... 1/2
This is good news!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/covid-upda... 1/2
Covid update in England - new variants are dominant but are NOT causing a wave
Covid levels remain thankfully low in England
christinapagel.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Quick update on Covid levels in England - the newest variants are dominant here but are NOT causing a significant (or barely any) wave of infections.
This is good news!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/covid-upda... 1/2
This is good news!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/covid-upda... 1/2
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