Come do a PhD with me and Edward Wright on arbovirus immunology!

We take Christmas fancy dress very seriously! 😇

What a haul! Thanks to all #SIRENstudy participants who've joined the new Event of Interest pathway, helping us investigate serological responses to COVID, Flu and RSV infection. ...and to the super team at #UKHSA Porton for their continuing support to make SIREN happen!

Saying farewell to Faith (front right) from Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (Nigeria) who spent a successful 5 weeks with One Virology to establish mpox assays in a project led by Toshana Foster (too much food!) and in collaboration with Emerging Pathogen Serology group UK Health Security Agency

Great to be part of this, where we'll be studying #H5N1 serosurveillance across England in at risk areas 👇

We're at #ECCMID2024 #ESCMIDGlobal2024, with posters from the entire group covering Mpox, RSV, and H5N1!

Research into Mpox (formerly monkeypox) vaccination is ongoing. 🔬 Join Ash Otter, Principal Investigator of the Emerging Pathogen Serology group (Emerging Pathogen Serology group) at UK Health Security Agency, to discuss the immunology of #mpox at #CVNUK2024. June 12-13! Register now 👉 cvnuk.co.uk

Want to come work with us? We'll be recruiting for the following positions soon so keep an eye out: • Bioinformatician (seq. based serology, SEO grade) • Research scientist (HEO grade) • Research scientist (EO grade)

We're currently looking for someone to join our team on a super exciting project about applying and translating sequencing-based serology methods (e.g., PhIP-seq) into public health tools! (Deadline 17/07, informal enquiries welcomed) civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…

We're recruiting for some new positions, come work with us at Emerging Pathogen Serology group! 2 x Research technician (1 permanent, 1 fixed term): civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j… 1 x Research scientist (1 fixed term): civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j… 1 x Bioinformatician: civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…

Team paintball yesterday...quite a few bruises today though 😵

LFDs are of course great for lots of pathogens. But we tested 5 different commercial #Mpox *antibody* LFDs to see their utility for diagnostic/surveillance use, and they aren't great...from 0% to 56% sensitive! thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

New data out on Mpox LFDs in The Lancet Infectious Diseases 👇