We are a viral immunology group part of the Moss lab at @unibirmingham. Our current focus is the impact of SARS-CoV-2 and vaccinations in LTCFs
University of Birmingham, UK
Joined October 2021
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Schrodingers healthcare worker: so important they shouldn’t be allowed to take holiday but not important enough to have a pay rise in line with inflation.
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It’s not too late to get your first COVID-19 vaccination. No questions will be asked nor eyebrows raised. Ask us any questions you have. I can assure you you are not wasting our time. We can’t wait to see you!
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We’re delighted that Prof Peter Openshaw, @p_openshaw, our past President, has been awarded a CBE in the #NewYearHonours in recognition of his services to Medicine & Immunology🎖️
All at the BSI send Peter our warm congratulations✨
Read more👇
immunology.org/news/past-bsi…
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A #booster #COVIDvaccine is the best protection against variants & severe #COVID19 🦠💉
Our new infographic explores how #variants can evade #immunity & why booster doses are safe & effective at enhancing the immune response 💪
Free to download here 👉bit.ly/3emuwki
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5 Studies, 5 Figures. All consistent, independent replications in vivo, in vitro. Omicron can't infect lungs or lung cells as well as prior variants.
@KU_Leuven @SystemsVirology @GuptaR_lab @hkumed @LivUni
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Nature research paper: Broadly neutralizing antibodies overcome SARS-CoV-2 Omicron antigenic shift nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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As long as there are still unvaccinated people (both in our country and globally), there will be new variants. If we want this to end, instead of more new waves like Omicron, **everyone** has to be vaccinated. Plain and simple. It's not rocket science (but it is science)
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SARS-CoV-2 infection is milder in children. Dowell et al. show that immune responses are higher in children, retained for 12 months or longer and can neutralize Alpha, Beta and Delta variants. rdcu.be/cDH9v & see the Research Briefing rdcu.be/cDIcR
The research bases it’s findings on significance in the n number of participants. A higher n number will offer us with better insight, but (thankfully) we don’t need to analyse the whole paediatric population in the U.K. to draw scientific conclusions
What about the ones it isn’t mild for?
And how can you be sure that infections are ‘mild’ without considering the hidden health impacts, such as blood vessel damage? Unless we’re following up on every infected child, nobody can possibly know how mild this is to children yet.
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Great way to simply and elegantly show the importance of the 3rd dose!!!💉💉💉
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Exciting day! Omicron antibody test working beautifully - waning at 6 months post 2nd dose but 3rd dose booster post AZ or Pfizer - brilliant levels against omicron. True for a haemodialysis population too. Booster strategy looks sound @sfaustini @immunologydoc @BanhamGemma
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Early Christmas present having this finally come out, thanks to everyone that helped make this possible @Meg_Butler96 @jmzuo73 @VivaldiBham @ShamezLadhani @paulmos63832199 nature.com/articles/s41590-0…
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Our latest study published in Nature Immunology ! Looking at the immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in children.
nature.com/articles/s41590-0…
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Alright, now we have Omicron/B.1.1.529 data too. Neutralization is highly affected, binding not so much.
With @VivianaSimonLab, @gogo_science and van Bakel labs.
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Well done! @AlexD_81 @VivaldiBham @Meg_Butler96 @ShamezLadhani @paulmos63832199
Children develop robust and sustained cross-reactive spike-specific immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection | Nature Immunology nature.com/articles/s41590-0…
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Important insight into tolerance loss after BMT. @ImmunologyUoB
Failures in thymus medulla regeneration during immune recovery cause tolerance loss and prime recipients for auto-GVHD | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press rupress.org/jem/article/219/…
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When T cell immunologists meet discuss whether to perform their assays on fresh or frozen cells – at Oxford, England
when #GUpath experts meet to discuss diagnosis & grading of prostatic intraductal carcinoma
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Incredible findings! Thank you for sharing
Sharing some potentially significant findings relating to Omicron given the current situation. First of all huge thanks to the team working flat out- Bo Meng, @isabella_atmf and to our collaborators both in G2P, J2P along with @SystemsVirology. Findings as follows:
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