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At TB_NewsDaily the mission is to raise TB awareness globally. Account is managed by @ShakuMoagi, PhD. Join the fight against TB. YES! WE CAN #EndTB! Joined September 2012-
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📣 Get involved with our Research Topic showcasing strategies to advance tuberculosis vaccines in the post-COVID-19 era. Led by Topic Editors Claudio Counoupas, Rachel Tanner & Rocky Lai. Read more and submit your manuscript here 👉fro.ntiers.in/vQqb #Tuberculosis…
"Identification of reliable biomarkers for progression is a key research priority for TB control. This could provide tests to enable identification of the 5–10% who are infected and therefore have a high probability of benefiting from TB preventive therapy."
"Identification of reliable biomarkers for progression is a key research priority for TB control. This could provide tests to enable identification of the 5–10% who are infected and therefore have a high probability of benefiting from TB preventive therapy."
Rethinking the burden of latent #Tuberculosis to reprioritize research nature.com/articles/s4156… "Analyses refuting the dogma that a quarter of the world’s population is latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis emphasize the need for a redirection of research priorities"
📢 #ICYMI the abstract submission platform is now live for the 7th #GlobalForumTBVaccines! Submit your abstract for the chance to showcase your work on new approaches, data & results in #TBvaccine R&D, policy & access. 📅 Deadline 17 May 2024 🔗 tbvaccinesforum.org/rio-de-janeiro…
Age and sex influence antibody profiles associated with tuberculosis progression @NatureMicrobiol @ChuangqiW #Davies #Alter #Fortune nature.com/articles/s4156…
Why do we ignore the world's deadliest disease? #Tuberculosis bostonglobe.com/2024/04/18/opi… via @BostonGlobe "TB is no longer a disease that kills because of a lack of scientific understanding. It has transformed into something arguably worse: It has become a disease of neglect"
A patient perspective from North London: UK patient with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis or why we need new drugs for #tuberculosis @LancetRespirMed thelancet.com/journals/lanre…
How Mycobacterium tuberculosis builds a home: Single-cell analysis reveals M. tuberculosis ESX-1-mediated accumulation of ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio
@newtbvaccines is hiring an intern! This paid, part-time internship is open to current Master's and PhD students in Cape Town, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; and New Delhi/Gurugram, India studying the life sciences or public health. 🗓️Apply by 19 April 2024 bit.ly/3TGMTVd
With our wonderful collaborators led by the Kana group in South Africa 🇿🇦 in @eLife " A modified BCG with depletion of enzymes associated with peptidoglycan amidation induces enhanced protection against tuberculosis in mice" elifesciences.org/articles/89157
👀Preview of Gries et al: Dual-action compounds unleash a one-two punch against tuberculosis by Wendy Le Mouëllic, Yannick Poquet, and @ONeyrolles at @CNRS @Univ_Toulouse @IpbsToulouse dlvr.it/T5hPx2
The M72 vaccine candidate may give us a real chance to end the disease 🫁 that killed 1.3-million people globally in 2022. @Bhekisisa_MG 's @SipokaziF visited AHRI to find out more about how the phase 3 💉 clinical trial is rolled out in real life bhekisisa.org/health-news-so… #endTB
The story we proposed some time ago on the dynamics of autophagy and Mtb infection in THP-1 cells has been updated, expanded following our recent efforts to automatize image analysis and quantification: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
📢 #ICYMI the Call for Abstracts is open for the 7th Global Forum on TB Vaccines! #7GFTBV Don't miss this opportunity to share your work on new approaches, data, & results in TB vax R&D, policy, & access. 📅 Submissions close 17 May 2024 🔗Learn more: tbvaccinesforum.org/rio-de-janeiro…
CD4-mediated immunity shapes neutrophil-driven tuberculous pathology biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv
Markov Field network integration of multi-modal data predicts effects of immune system perturbations on intravenous BCG vaccination in macaques biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv
Breakthrough aerosol human infection model gives hope for future #Tuberculosis vaccine development medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-b… Aerosol challenge of candidate TB vaccine recipients with BCG could help assess vaccine efficacy
It's been a long time in the making, but our Phase I trial assessing the safety of a controlled human infection model (#CHIM) for #TB is finally published! We compared aerosolised live attenuated Mycobacterium bovis #BCG 🫁 with standard ID BCG 💉 thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
A new tool for accelerating tuberculosis vaccine development - The Lancet Infectious Diseases thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
Luiz Pedro Carvalho @LuizCarvalhoLAB
5K Followers 3K Following 🇧🇷 & 🇬🇧 Professor @UFScripps @UF #enzymology #antibiotics #Mycobacteria #tuberculosis #metabolism #chembio #metabolomics
Dr. Shabaana A. Khade.. @KhaderShabaana
5K Followers 4K Following Chair of Microbiology @UChicago, Immigrant scientist interested in tuberculosis, lung inflammation and vaccines for infectious diseases. Opinions my own
Max Gutierrez @maxgabgut
5K Followers 1K Following Cell Biologist 🇦🇷&🇬🇧 @thecrick via @embl @helmholtz_de | #phagosomes #imaging #tuberculosis #macrophages #iPSC and #wine @maxgg.bsky.social
Louis Ates (more in t.. @MycoLAtes
2K Followers 1K Following Scientific lead tuberculosis vaccine development at BioNTech. He/him. *the PPE-guy*. Twitter activity strictly personal.
Tom @TomScriba
2K Followers 234 Following Prof. in immunology and vaccinology of tuberculosis at Univ. of Cape Town, @uct_news. Deputy Director, @satvi_uct. Views my own
Olivier Neyrolles @ONeyrolles
2K Followers 614 Following Director of https://t.co/KecVeEb5nw Toulouse 🇫🇷🇪🇺 Passionate about microbes & some other stuff #SciComm | #CNRS | Views my own
joanne flynn @joanneflynn19
2K Followers 343 Following Tuberculosis scientist at University of Pittsburgh. Proud mom of 3. Pens and Pitt b-ball fan. UCSC Banana Slug Men’s Volleyball super-fan. Hockey and soccer mom
TBnet @TBnet_EU
2K Followers 390 Following A pan-European network for research and training on tuberculosis. Membership: sign up for free at https://t.co/wsouNmVVP7
Sara Suliman @SaraSuliman13
2K Followers 403 Following Immunologist, @UCSF @ZSFGCare @CITC_TB @ImmunoX Assistant Professor and @czbiohub investigator. @NextEinsteinFor fellow. #TB scientist. Grieving #Sudan.
Babak Javid @javid_lab
3K Followers 751 Following Infectious Diseases physician-scientist @UCSF| Fascinated by protein synthesis and TB. Occasional out of the box thinker. Bahá’í , father, husband. Own views.
Stop TB Partnership @StopTB
40K Followers 2K Following The Stop TB Partnership is hosted by UNOPS and is a collective force transforming the fight against tuberculosis (TB). Retweets do not reflect endorsement.
LSHTM TB Centre @LSHTM_TB
6K Followers 2K Following TB Centre at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | A global academic network of TB researchers, harnessing diverse disciplinary expertise to #EndTB
Katharina Ronacher @RonacherK
1K Followers 826 Following Head of Infection, Immunity and Metabolism. Professor at Univ of Queensland. Global health matters, #TB #diabetes #viral infections. Views my own.
Riti Sharan @RitiSharan
604 Followers 482 Following New PI, Assistant Professor, Immunologist in TB/ HIV in nonhuman primate, writer, NIH K01 awardee.
Prof Tanya Parish @ProfTanya13
2K Followers 456 Following Microbiologist. TB Biology and Drug Discovery. Professor, University of Washington. PI, Seattle Children's. (she/her). #FirstGenFaculty
Rachel Tanner 💉 @ProfTtweetsTB
2K Followers 2K Following Associate Professor in #OneHealth • PI Tanner Lab @UniofOxford #TB #bovineTB #vaccines #immunology #3Rs • Tutorial Fellow @StHughsCollege #access • Views own
Nigou Jerome @NigouJ
434 Followers 327 Following Scientist and group leader at IPBS (CNRS & Université de Toulouse). Interested in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, lipids and glycoconjugates.
Richard White @richardwhite321
6K Followers 919 Following Prof @LSHTM. Science for tuberculosis policy & practice. Author of https://t.co/XUP441dTIv. Dad, citizen of UK, EU & Earth. Amateur choir member. View own
Stallings Lab @StallingsLab
2K Followers 1K Following Research Lab at Washington University School of Medicine studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis.
Allegra Kitts @kitt_alleg
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jimmy198360 @jimmy198360
6 Followers 55 Following
Getnet Worku @getnetworqu
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DVS_demx @DVS_demx
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Karl @ScienceavecKarl
50 Followers 114 Following 🦠👨🏾🔬🧬🇭🇹 PhD candidate @chemistryuva. @PiresChemBioLab
Marco Silva @psilvamarco
5 Followers 11 Following
Inqaba Biotec Uganda @InqabaUG
151 Followers 1K Following Inqaba Biotec Uganda is a subsidiary to Inqaba Biotec East Africa Ltd serving Uganda, DRC, Sudan & South Sudan. Home to all Mol Biology Solutions for Research.
Genevieve Furno @FurnoGenev44484
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Rishi Kumar @rishikurrey
7 Followers 30 Following
Elvis Kuakuvi, M.D. @elvisium1
31 Followers 221 Following Biologist, Medical Doctor, PhD Student in K. Pethe's Lab @NTU_LKCMedicine and G. Gruber's lab @ntusbs
Clockwork @this_clockwork
448 Followers 560 Following A youtube channel exploring biochemistry. https://t.co/FyrIG1q0rw Season 2 coming soon
Dr Abdou ATTE BACHIR�.. @89bache
132 Followers 2K Following MD,Mc PIYCF Course.Leadership et gestion de programme PCI.Inequality Monitoring in HIV,Tuberculosis and Malaria.Santé Publique.
Marina Blume @MariGuilaBlume
2 Followers 19 Following
Menaal Olney @MenaalOln
47 Followers 5K Following
Ailsa Rassman @rassma_ails
43 Followers 5K Following
Yunys Pérez Betancou.. @tancope
155 Followers 757 Following Cuban scientist studying the Staphylococcus aureus interaction and its host. Postdoc at the University of Chicago. @UChicago_Micro @missiakaslab
El @ChrissElmercy
38 Followers 182 Following
Thomasena Plaut @plaut83828
59 Followers 5K Following
Trust_issues @TrustMambane_sa
485 Followers 597 Following
BITAN RAKSHIT @RakshitBitan
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Centres for Antimicro.. @CAMO_Net1
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Xue Chen @XueyiChen
91 Followers 238 Following 🇨🇳🇨🇴🇺🇸 | MD/IMG🩺 | Research fellow @HopkinsMedicine @SanjayJain_Lab | Aspiring physician-scientist👩🔬 | Personal views | (she/her/hers)
Susana Flores @amy_fv
315 Followers 700 Following Researcher at INIFAP 🇲🇽 interested in veterinary immunology and bovine tuberculosis | PhD @ucddublin University College Dublin
Sarah Monard @SMonard
48 Followers 76 Following PhD Student Neuroimmunology & Infections Diseases 🧪🧫 Lung intravital live imaging 🔬 @IPBSToulouse
Biso Joseph @josep58832
31 Followers 668 Following
Acme Codes @acme_codes
15 Followers 10 Following Empowering inner-city communities through health and well-being initiatives. #ACMECODES #HealthEquity #CommunityDevelopment #
Sara Federici @sary82
538 Followers 2K Following Microbiologist, #postdoc @Elinav_Lab @WeizmannScience #microbiome. Trusting the process 🧬
Lucía Ferreiro 🩺�.. @lu_micino
213 Followers 2K Following Neumóloga en el Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela. Doctora en Medicina por la USC.
Jimena @Jimena43048280
7 Followers 260 Following
Luscious Lulu😘😘 @Luminescencezw
562 Followers 7K Following The She-Devil who stands with the truth even if it's a bitter pill😈😈⚡⚡😘😘I'm a nutcase🌖💙Politically Neutral💅
Patricio Retamal @Patrici75515281
1 Followers 11 Following
John Szumowski @jdszumowski
62 Followers 92 Following Infectious Diseases MD in SF. Opinions my own.
Kyle Walding @TBrnaughtTB
2K Followers 678 Following Chief fellow @Stanford_ID via Loyola Chicago med/peds. Med ed, stewardship, public health, immunology, & all things TB. Views = mine, excellent | 🏳️🌈
hollis 🏳️🌈.. @risi_pieces
1K Followers 5K Following THEY/THEM | cohost: risi-pieces / bsky: mothcompute / tumblr: bassproshopspyramid
andrea villarino @andreavrufener
82 Followers 76 Following Científica y Docente de Facultad de Ciencias
ORU_UCT @OruUct
87 Followers 283 Following @UCT_ORU Based in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCT, our unit focuses on high-quality orthopaedic, trauma, biomedical and musculoskeletal research.
Charlotte Reames @CharlotteReames
40 Followers 63 Following Research Associate @sassettilab / genetics enthusiast / 🏳️🌈 she/her
TBAC_sa @TBAC_sa
120 Followers 221 Following TBAC is an emergent group seeking to strengthen advocacy efforts in South Africa’s TB response. An initiative of the Rural Health Advocacy Project
Consuelo Micheli @micheli_cMtb
8 Followers 33 Following Italian PhD student in Health Sciences🔬, interested in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, alveolar macrophages and innate immunity.
Wilson Mangeni @WilsonMangeni
2 Followers 69 Following
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @paimadhu
96K Followers 4K Following Inaugural Chair, Department of Global & Public Health @McGill_SPGH. Canada Research Chair in Epi & Global Health. Editor @PLOSGPH. Tweets: own views. He/him.
Luiz Pedro Carvalho @LuizCarvalhoLAB
5K Followers 3K Following 🇧🇷 & 🇬🇧 Professor @UFScripps @UF #enzymology #antibiotics #Mycobacteria #tuberculosis #metabolism #chembio #metabolomics
Dr. Shabaana A. Khade.. @KhaderShabaana
5K Followers 4K Following Chair of Microbiology @UChicago, Immigrant scientist interested in tuberculosis, lung inflammation and vaccines for infectious diseases. Opinions my own
Prof Jayne Sutherland @Sutherland_TB
2K Followers 178 Following Professor of Immunology. Head of TB research at MRC/LSHTM Gambia; Global health advocate. Verify before you amplify.
Max Gutierrez @maxgabgut
5K Followers 1K Following Cell Biologist 🇦🇷&🇬🇧 @thecrick via @embl @helmholtz_de | #phagosomes #imaging #tuberculosis #macrophages #iPSC and #wine @maxgg.bsky.social
Louis Ates (more in t.. @MycoLAtes
2K Followers 1K Following Scientific lead tuberculosis vaccine development at BioNTech. He/him. *the PPE-guy*. Twitter activity strictly personal.
Tom @TomScriba
2K Followers 234 Following Prof. in immunology and vaccinology of tuberculosis at Univ. of Cape Town, @uct_news. Deputy Director, @satvi_uct. Views my own
Olivier Neyrolles @ONeyrolles
2K Followers 614 Following Director of https://t.co/KecVeEb5nw Toulouse 🇫🇷🇪🇺 Passionate about microbes & some other stuff #SciComm | #CNRS | Views my own
joanne flynn @joanneflynn19
2K Followers 343 Following Tuberculosis scientist at University of Pittsburgh. Proud mom of 3. Pens and Pitt b-ball fan. UCSC Banana Slug Men’s Volleyball super-fan. Hockey and soccer mom
TBnet @TBnet_EU
2K Followers 390 Following A pan-European network for research and training on tuberculosis. Membership: sign up for free at https://t.co/wsouNmVVP7
Carolyn Bertozzi @CarolynBertozzi
78K Followers 3K Following Prof. @StanfordUChem; Baker Family Director, @Stanford_ChEMH; @HHMINews Investigator; EIC of @ACSCentSci; She/Her 🏳️🌈
Sara Suliman @SaraSuliman13
2K Followers 403 Following Immunologist, @UCSF @ZSFGCare @CITC_TB @ImmunoX Assistant Professor and @czbiohub investigator. @NextEinsteinFor fellow. #TB scientist. Grieving #Sudan.
Babak Javid @javid_lab
3K Followers 751 Following Infectious Diseases physician-scientist @UCSF| Fascinated by protein synthesis and TB. Occasional out of the box thinker. Bahá’í , father, husband. Own views.
Stop TB Partnership @StopTB
40K Followers 2K Following The Stop TB Partnership is hosted by UNOPS and is a collective force transforming the fight against tuberculosis (TB). Retweets do not reflect endorsement.
LSHTM TB Centre @LSHTM_TB
6K Followers 2K Following TB Centre at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | A global academic network of TB researchers, harnessing diverse disciplinary expertise to #EndTB
Katharina Ronacher @RonacherK
1K Followers 826 Following Head of Infection, Immunity and Metabolism. Professor at Univ of Queensland. Global health matters, #TB #diabetes #viral infections. Views my own.
Riti Sharan @RitiSharan
604 Followers 482 Following New PI, Assistant Professor, Immunologist in TB/ HIV in nonhuman primate, writer, NIH K01 awardee.
Prof Tanya Parish @ProfTanya13
2K Followers 456 Following Microbiologist. TB Biology and Drug Discovery. Professor, University of Washington. PI, Seattle Children's. (she/her). #FirstGenFaculty
Rachel Tanner 💉 @ProfTtweetsTB
2K Followers 2K Following Associate Professor in #OneHealth • PI Tanner Lab @UniofOxford #TB #bovineTB #vaccines #immunology #3Rs • Tutorial Fellow @StHughsCollege #access • Views own
CDC TB @CDC_TB
8K Followers 1K Following The official Twitter account of CDC’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. Leading source of credible news & updates on TB. Policy: https://t.co/O88mIVSUyu
Karl @ScienceavecKarl
50 Followers 114 Following 🦠👨🏾🔬🧬🇭🇹 PhD candidate @chemistryuva. @PiresChemBioLab
Marina Blume @MariGuilaBlume
2 Followers 19 Following
Elvis Kuakuvi, M.D. @elvisium1
31 Followers 221 Following Biologist, Medical Doctor, PhD Student in K. Pethe's Lab @NTU_LKCMedicine and G. Gruber's lab @ntusbs
Casanova Lab @casanova_lab
10K Followers 499 Following We're a research lab at Rockefeller University (NY) and Necker Hospital (Paris) studying human genetic and immunological determinants of infectious diseases.
Daniel S Lane @dlane345
163 Followers 424 Following 31 years old living in PA. PhD Candidate |Pitt. TB and immunometabolism. Infectious Disease and Microbiology. M.S. Molecular and Cell Biology. he/him 🧬🦠🧫🧪
Trust_issues @TrustMambane_sa
485 Followers 597 Following
TBAC_sa @TBAC_sa
120 Followers 221 Following TBAC is an emergent group seeking to strengthen advocacy efforts in South Africa’s TB response. An initiative of the Rural Health Advocacy Project
Trevor Mundel @trevormundel
16K Followers 965 Following President of Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Science is my passion.
CLIME Research Group @CLIME_group
40 Followers 39 Following Our group focuses on TB research, specifically: Diagnostics, Infectiousness & the role of Microbiome in TB || Based at BMRI @SuMBHG @SUhealthsci
Vanisha Munsamy @MunsamyVanisha
9 Followers 21 Following
Solomon Jauro 🇳�.. @docjauro
228 Followers 611 Following Researcher. Research focus: Vaccine development, immunology and infectious diseases
igor kramnik @ikramnik
7 Followers 24 Following
Ananda Rankin @BeautyInMicro
254 Followers 287 Following Micro PhD Student at WashU | PSU Alum | Penn State Millennium Scholar | #BlackInMicro | she/her
Susana Flores @amy_fv
315 Followers 700 Following Researcher at INIFAP 🇲🇽 interested in veterinary immunology and bovine tuberculosis | PhD @ucddublin University College Dublin
Xue Chen @XueyiChen
91 Followers 238 Following 🇨🇳🇨🇴🇺🇸 | MD/IMG🩺 | Research fellow @HopkinsMedicine @SanjayJain_Lab | Aspiring physician-scientist👩🔬 | Personal views | (she/her/hers)
Norma Téllez @TellezNorma
347 Followers 471 Following MD/Medicine/Respiratory Diseases/Specialist in drug-resistant TB #pneumologist # MSc #EndTB 🇲🇽 #INER
Hazem Abdelaal @AbdelaalHazem
90 Followers 482 Following Postdoctoral researcher @seattlechildren’s | PhD in Comparative Biomedical Sciences from @UWMadison | Mycobacterial virulence
Sarah Monard @SMonard
48 Followers 76 Following PhD Student Neuroimmunology & Infections Diseases 🧪🧫 Lung intravital live imaging 🔬 @IPBSToulouse
Meenal Datta @DattaScientist
422 Followers 752 Following Assistant Professor @NDBioeng @AeroMechND; Director @NDTIMELab; cancer (re)engineering, immunomechanics, mechano-immunology
WorldTBDay @WorldTBDay
256 Followers 37 Following We are two students taking action to raise awareness about tuberculosis.
Wellcome @wellcometrust
224K Followers 2K Following Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
Kyle Walding @TBrnaughtTB
2K Followers 678 Following Chief fellow @Stanford_ID via Loyola Chicago med/peds. Med ed, stewardship, public health, immunology, & all things TB. Views = mine, excellent | 🏳️🌈
claudio bussi @claudiobussi
935 Followers 1K Following Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Consuelo Micheli @micheli_cMtb
8 Followers 33 Following Italian PhD student in Health Sciences🔬, interested in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, alveolar macrophages and innate immunity.
Prof Joy Lawn @joylawn
7K Followers 2K Following Prof LSHTM | Paediatrician & Perinatal Epidemiologist | Parent | Passionate about change esp for women & #everynewborn | Widow of Prof Steve Lawn
Charlotte Reames @CharlotteReames
40 Followers 63 Following Research Associate @sassettilab / genetics enthusiast / 🏳️🌈 she/her
Luke Davis, MD @LDavisMD
354 Followers 436 Following Physician & Epidemiologist #EndTB #impsci @YaleSPH @YalePCCSM @CIRAatYale @YaleYCIS @WalimuNGO @u_tirc
Wilber Sabiiti @SabiitiwWilber
811 Followers 612 Following Molecular microbiologist, diagnostics developer and passionate advocate of Global health equity @Infection_StAnd @StAndMedicine @univofstandrews
Victoria Veras @victoriaveras03
373 Followers 923 Following 🧑⚕️Médico, especialidad en Salud Pública. Temas de interes: Salud Global🌎, Tuberculosis🦠, salud desde la perspectiva del paciente🚻.
ninjaaaaainny @ninjaaaaainny1
104 Followers 637 Following TB enthusiast. CRISPR guru wannabe. Former member of @RockLabTB
Dearbhla Murphy @derv_murphy
630 Followers 895 Following PhD student in the @BasdeoLab at @tcddublin 🔬 Researching trained immunity & tuberculosis 💉🧫 she/her 👩🔬 @TrinityMed1 @TCDTMI #EndTB 🦠 🫁
LiuLab_Rockefeller @InLiuOfBulkExps
970 Followers 266 Following Single-molecule aficionados @RockefellerUniv | Low-energy biophysics | High-energy biophysicists | Molecular machines | Chromatin biology | Everything moving
Samantha Sampson @Sampson_TB
47 Followers 46 Following Professor, Stellenbosch University. TB researcher. Science geek. Dog sport enthusiast. Opinions expressed here are my own.
World Health Organiza.. @WHO
12.3M Followers 2K Following We are the #UnitedNations’ health agency - #HealthForAll. ▶️ Always check our latest tweets on #COVID19 for updated advice/information.
MTBI @Manhica_MTBI
114 Followers 486 Following Manhiça Tuberculosis Initiative; researching how to #endTB through new diagnostic tools, treatments & vaccines at @Manhica_CISM Retweets ≠ endorsement
Martina Sester @MartinaSester
296 Followers 501 Following immunologist and passionate researcher at Saarland University https://t.co/6hzKeScVb8
TBpeople Philippines @TBpeoplePH
77 Followers 69 Following TBpeople Philippines is composed of Tuberculosis survivors that aims to solve the socio-economic barriers faced by the affected community.
Trinh Dong @tschindou
94 Followers 350 Following MD, PhD student in #biostatistics @OUCRU_Vietnam #python #rstats #js #musicaholics #hobby_writer #translator, love #brain - #windowsinsider. Views are mine
Matthew Saunders @mj_saund
40 Followers 58 Following public health physician and epidemiologist researching tuberculosis and social determinants of health @LSHTM
Marlo Möller @MarloMoller
128 Followers 127 Following
Erwin Schurr @easchurr
165 Followers 167 Following
Pamelia Lim @PameliaLim9
80 Followers 246 Following Ph.D. Candidate and NIH T32 BTP Trainee at UMass Amherst | TB immunologist in-training in the Rothchild Lab | Mom to a wonderful boy
SANTHE @SANTHEafrica
3K Followers 96 Following We aim to empower African scientists to combat HIV/AIDS, TB and HIV/TB co-infection through pioneering basic, clinical, and translational research.
Tony Hu @Tony_Y_Hu
264 Followers 451 Following Weatherhead Presidential Chair Director, Center for Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Tulane University
basant Joshi @basantJoshi14
9 Followers 116 Following
Mushtaq Ahmed @Mushtaq_STOPTB
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We tracked 900 household contacts (HHCs) over 4 yrs. HHCs with BMI<18.5 had a 3-fold higher risk of progressing to TB disease. There was no difference in rates of IGRA conversion for those negative at enrollment. Read about it in @CIDJournal! Link: tinyurl.com/37m8z2ne
#ESCMIDGlobal2024 Very cool presentation by Andrew DiNardo on #tuberculosis animal models where immune reaction that seem to provide in-vitro protection are detrimental in-vivo.
📣 Get involved with our Research Topic showcasing strategies to advance tuberculosis vaccines in the post-COVID-19 era. Led by Topic Editors Claudio Counoupas, Rachel Tanner & Rocky Lai. Read more and submit your manuscript here 👉fro.ntiers.in/vQqb #Tuberculosis…
"Identification of reliable biomarkers for progression is a key research priority for TB control. This could provide tests to enable identification of the 5–10% who are infected and therefore have a high probability of benefiting from TB preventive therapy."
Rethinking the burden of latent #Tuberculosis to reprioritize research nature.com/articles/s4156… "Analyses refuting the dogma that a quarter of the world’s population is latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis emphasize the need for a redirection of research priorities"
Age and sex influence antibody profiles associated with tuberculosis progression @NatureMicrobiol @ChuangqiW #Davies #Alter #Fortune nature.com/articles/s4156…
Our new review on the cell wall of Mycobacteriales is out (which includes Corynebacteria of course 😀): Cell wall synthesizing complexes in Mycobacteriales sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
ฅNya! Here's the latest 🗞 from [ Nature Microbiology ]: " Age and sex influence antibody profiles associated with tuberculosis progression" 🔗: nature.com/articles/s4156…
Too many people in the United States still suffer from #TB. TB is preventable and curable. Testing and treating latent TB infection is the most effective way to prevent TB disease. bit.ly/3JelNPF
A patient perspective from North London: UK patient with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis or why we need new drugs for #tuberculosis @LancetRespirMed thelancet.com/journals/lanre…
Lipoarabinomannan modification as a source of phenotypic heterogeneity in host-adapted Mycobacterium abscessus isolates | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
How Mycobacterium tuberculosis builds a home: Single-cell analysis reveals M. tuberculosis ESX-1-mediated accumulation of ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio
Tuberculosis is no longer a disease that kills because of a lack of scientific understanding. It has transformed into something arguably worse: It has become a disease of neglect, writes Arjun Sharma. trib.al/MZr3y6w
@newtbvaccines is hiring an intern! This paid, part-time internship is open to current Master's and PhD students in Cape Town, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; and New Delhi/Gurugram, India studying the life sciences or public health. 🗓️Apply by 19 April 2024 bit.ly/3TGMTVd
With our wonderful collaborators led by the Kana group in South Africa 🇿🇦 in @eLife " A modified BCG with depletion of enzymes associated with peptidoglycan amidation induces enhanced protection against tuberculosis in mice" elifesciences.org/articles/89157
#FreeFeatured Beyond antibiotic resistance: The whiB7 transcription factor coordinates an adaptive response to alanine starvation in mycobacteria by Nicholas C. Poulton, Jeremy Rock @RockLabTB, and colleagues at @RockefellerUniv dlvr.it/T5kPhP
The concept of immunological memory has expanded since a landmark study on innate immunity a decade ago. Now, we’re calling for papers on Trained Immunity. From its history to its future directions, learn more about what we're looking for: elifesciences.org/inside-elife/e…
In the fight against infectious diseases, the voices of those most affected are a powerful tool. The Africa Health Research Institute (@AHRI_News) aims to combat diseases like TB by working with local communities. Experts at AHRI explain why this context is key for research ⤵️
Excited to see this out @PNASNews: “Gene activation precedes DNA demethylation in response to infection in human dendritic cells". Main point: the losses in DNA methylation observed in response to infection are a downstream consequence of TF binding. tinyurl.com/yy3yead7
👀Preview of Gries et al: Dual-action compounds unleash a one-two punch against tuberculosis by Wendy Le Mouëllic, Yannick Poquet, and @ONeyrolles at @CNRS @Univ_Toulouse @IpbsToulouse dlvr.it/T5hPx2
Rolling out a big trial to test the new M72 vaccine is a big task. Here’s how researchers from @AHRI_News are doing it. Read more. bhekisisa.org/health-news-so…
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