Ana Claasen
@neurula.bsky.social
half-Korean Kiwi, mum to one rabid train fan, multi-crafter, scientist by trade.
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The HPAI H7 genome which caused NZ's FIRST EVER HPAI outbreak has been released.
👉 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
👉 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
May 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The HPAI H7 genome which caused NZ's FIRST EVER HPAI outbreak has been released.
👉 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
👉 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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🦠 #NZ From @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social and other public health researchers (esp. @phcc.bsky.social)
5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response
Article from @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/5-years-on-c...
5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response
Article from @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/5-years-on-c...
5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response
Hospitalisations and deaths attributed to COVID have dropped significantly since a peak in 2022. But a new variant could still reverse the trend quickly.
theconversation.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🦠 #NZ From @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social and other public health researchers (esp. @phcc.bsky.social)
5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response
Article from @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/5-years-on-c...
5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response
Article from @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/5-years-on-c...
Catching up on recent news in the genomics world by watching Roche's SBX technology intro, it's pretty trippy seeing the 13 yr old video from Stratos Genomics which is almost word for word identical for the first 60 seconds...! youtu.be/G8ECt04qPos vs youtu.be/ADzIXItP4hE
Introducing Roche Sequencing by Expansion (SBX) Technology
YouTube video by Roche
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Catching up on recent news in the genomics world by watching Roche's SBX technology intro, it's pretty trippy seeing the 13 yr old video from Stratos Genomics which is almost word for word identical for the first 60 seconds...! youtu.be/G8ECt04qPos vs youtu.be/ADzIXItP4hE
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From the University of Auckland - Opinion: The appointment of conspiracy theorist RFK Jr as US Secretary of Health and Human Services is a catastrophe for public health.
Welcome to the dark ages, where the stakes have never been higher
newsroom.co.nz
February 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
From the University of Auckland - Opinion: The appointment of conspiracy theorist RFK Jr as US Secretary of Health and Human Services is a catastrophe for public health.
Truly terrifying stuff happening in the USA right now. It's horrifying to watch 😥
Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”
February 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Truly terrifying stuff happening in the USA right now. It's horrifying to watch 😥
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The Internet Archive has tools that let you manually preserve a web page snapshot, and check to see if older versions are backed up, just in case that’s relevant today for some reason. web.archive.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The Internet Archive has tools that let you manually preserve a web page snapshot, and check to see if older versions are backed up, just in case that’s relevant today for some reason. web.archive.org
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Cabinet wants more productivity out of the science sector, but isn't willing to boost funding to match the output of target countries.
Scientists to Govt: Put your money where your mouth is
newsroom.co.nz
January 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cabinet wants more productivity out of the science sector, but isn't willing to boost funding to match the output of target countries.
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Yesterday’s release with deeper analysis of the announcement and SSAG report. Read the full version at scientists.org.nz/news/13454342
January 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Yesterday’s release with deeper analysis of the announcement and SSAG report. Read the full version at scientists.org.nz/news/13454342
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NZAS co-president @lcsnz.bsky.social :
“The message to scientists from this govt is clear: they are expected to be a source of revenue rather than working for the public good, and anything they do that isn’t directly linked to economic gain is of little interest"
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/science-s...
“The message to scientists from this govt is clear: they are expected to be a source of revenue rather than working for the public good, and anything they do that isn’t directly linked to economic gain is of little interest"
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/science-s...
Shake-up for science sector
New Zealand’s seven Crown Research Institutes to be grouped into three new organisations.
www.nzherald.co.nz
January 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
NZAS co-president @lcsnz.bsky.social :
“The message to scientists from this govt is clear: they are expected to be a source of revenue rather than working for the public good, and anything they do that isn’t directly linked to economic gain is of little interest"
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/science-s...
“The message to scientists from this govt is clear: they are expected to be a source of revenue rather than working for the public good, and anything they do that isn’t directly linked to economic gain is of little interest"
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/science-s...
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Crown Research Institutes to merge into three mega science groups
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Crown Research Institutes to merge into three mega science groups
NIWA, GNS, ESR and numerous other bodies are set to be pulled together.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Crown Research Institutes to merge into three mega science groups
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Hero.
January 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Hero.
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Spare a thought for your science friends today (again). Whatever it is will undoubtedly leave everyone feeling a bit of uncertainty
Future of Crown Research Institutes to be revealed www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Future of Crown Research Institutes to be revealed www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Future of Crown Research Institutes to be revealed
A long-delayed report expected to overhaul the science sector is due to be released.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Spare a thought for your science friends today (again). Whatever it is will undoubtedly leave everyone feeling a bit of uncertainty
Future of Crown Research Institutes to be revealed www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Future of Crown Research Institutes to be revealed www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Here's a progression of the sunrise from pre-dawn through sunup.
I walked the beach for 75 minutes this morning, feet in the water, watching the dark sky slowly move through these colour shifts and into sunrise.
Papatūānuku. This is a special place.
I walked the beach for 75 minutes this morning, feet in the water, watching the dark sky slowly move through these colour shifts and into sunrise.
Papatūānuku. This is a special place.
January 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Here's a progression of the sunrise from pre-dawn through sunup.
I walked the beach for 75 minutes this morning, feet in the water, watching the dark sky slowly move through these colour shifts and into sunrise.
Papatūānuku. This is a special place.
I walked the beach for 75 minutes this morning, feet in the water, watching the dark sky slowly move through these colour shifts and into sunrise.
Papatūānuku. This is a special place.
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AoNZ peeps: the “new” JN.1 COVID is now available to those eligible
www.immune.org.nz/news/new-res...
www.immune.org.nz/news/new-res...
New resources for Comirnaty JN.1 vaccines - Immunisation Advisory Centre
www.immune.org.nz
January 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
AoNZ peeps: the “new” JN.1 COVID is now available to those eligible
www.immune.org.nz/news/new-res...
www.immune.org.nz/news/new-res...
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Great thread on pertussis.
TLDR - make sure you're vaccinated, make sure your kids are vaccinated against this horrible disease
TLDR - make sure you're vaccinated, make sure your kids are vaccinated against this horrible disease
Pertussis is awful even if you’re not at high risk, but it literally kills and disables babies. The vaccines are not perfect, but keeping up to date and getting boosted in pregnancy is critical.
Your vaccination also protects the lives of babies under 1 who cannot be fully immunized. 10% of adults in NZ’s outbreak vs 2/3 of babies have had to be hospitalized.
Pertussis can make small children stop breathing and even a “mild” case in an adult can mean months of coughing so severe ribs break
Pertussis can make small children stop breathing and even a “mild” case in an adult can mean months of coughing so severe ribs break
January 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Great thread on pertussis.
TLDR - make sure you're vaccinated, make sure your kids are vaccinated against this horrible disease
TLDR - make sure you're vaccinated, make sure your kids are vaccinated against this horrible disease
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You should not expect to get pertussis and have everything be okay just because you get a 5-day course of azithromycin. Preventing pertussis disease is by far the best approach and there is nothing right now that works as well for that as being up to date on vaccines.
January 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
You should not expect to get pertussis and have everything be okay just because you get a 5-day course of azithromycin. Preventing pertussis disease is by far the best approach and there is nothing right now that works as well for that as being up to date on vaccines.
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Pertussis is awful even if you’re not at high risk, but it literally kills and disables babies. The vaccines are not perfect, but keeping up to date and getting boosted in pregnancy is critical.
Your vaccination also protects the lives of babies under 1 who cannot be fully immunized. 10% of adults in NZ’s outbreak vs 2/3 of babies have had to be hospitalized.
Pertussis can make small children stop breathing and even a “mild” case in an adult can mean months of coughing so severe ribs break
Pertussis can make small children stop breathing and even a “mild” case in an adult can mean months of coughing so severe ribs break
New Zealand: Baby with whooping cough dies over holiday period www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
January 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Pertussis is awful even if you’re not at high risk, but it literally kills and disables babies. The vaccines are not perfect, but keeping up to date and getting boosted in pregnancy is critical.
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Your vaccination also protects the lives of babies under 1 who cannot be fully immunized. 10% of adults in NZ’s outbreak vs 2/3 of babies have had to be hospitalized.
Pertussis can make small children stop breathing and even a “mild” case in an adult can mean months of coughing so severe ribs break
Pertussis can make small children stop breathing and even a “mild” case in an adult can mean months of coughing so severe ribs break
New Zealand: Baby with whooping cough dies over holiday period www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Baby with whooping cough dies over holiday period
Health officials declared an epidemic several weeks ago as cases spiked.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Your vaccination also protects the lives of babies under 1 who cannot be fully immunized. 10% of adults in NZ’s outbreak vs 2/3 of babies have had to be hospitalized.
Pertussis can make small children stop breathing and even a “mild” case in an adult can mean months of coughing so severe ribs break
Pertussis can make small children stop breathing and even a “mild” case in an adult can mean months of coughing so severe ribs break
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"Auckland is not just the place where these things happen to have occurred: this is _a story about Auckland_."
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape - Overland literary journal
The interactions between Gaiman, Palmer, Pavlovich, and the couple’s young child are all outlined in Shapiro’s article. There is, though, another figure in the narrative whom the article does not name...
overland.org.au
January 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Auckland is not just the place where these things happen to have occurred: this is _a story about Auckland_."
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
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All in all its bleak set of numbers today. It's clear that the recent GDP data isnt lying. Still no plan from the government, except more cuts. How much longer do we have to accept our current approach isn't working for working people ?
January 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
All in all its bleak set of numbers today. It's clear that the recent GDP data isnt lying. Still no plan from the government, except more cuts. How much longer do we have to accept our current approach isn't working for working people ?
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Stats NZ produced three new sets of data today - showing the headwinds facing the economy. Housing consents, employment data, and business numbers. All three show declines. A 🧵
January 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Stats NZ produced three new sets of data today - showing the headwinds facing the economy. Housing consents, employment data, and business numbers. All three show declines. A 🧵
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This is an interesting article that has benchmarked the use of @nanoporetech.com for clinical diagnostics in New Zealand. Lots of people (including us) are looking to do the same so a timely publication.
Also, great to see my old colleague @polona.bsky.social on the author list 🙌
rdcu.be/d2UoA
Also, great to see my old colleague @polona.bsky.social on the author list 🙌
rdcu.be/d2UoA
Benchmarking nanopore sequencing and rapid genomics feasibility: validation at a quaternary hospital in New Zealand - npj Genomic Medicine
npj Genomic Medicine - Benchmarking nanopore sequencing and rapid genomics feasibility: validation at a quaternary hospital in New Zealand
www.nature.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:53 AM
This is an interesting article that has benchmarked the use of @nanoporetech.com for clinical diagnostics in New Zealand. Lots of people (including us) are looking to do the same so a timely publication.
Also, great to see my old colleague @polona.bsky.social on the author list 🙌
rdcu.be/d2UoA
Also, great to see my old colleague @polona.bsky.social on the author list 🙌
rdcu.be/d2UoA
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New World Biologists🌿✨
January 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New World Biologists🌿✨