Finally out.@nature - Peer reviewed manuscript that describes the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. Amazing team effort that inverts the way in with science is done! First public health response and only after publication! nature.com/articles/d4158…

Our recent publication describing the viral dynamics in the last four waves. Work from @vijay_lab Leo Poon HKU Public Health Wave 2 = Mar-Apr 2020 Wave 3 = July-Sept 2020 Wave 4 = Nov 2020-Mar 2021 How long would this one？Wave 5 = Jan 2022- ？？ nature.com/articles/s4146…

Dedicating his life to the study of infectious diseases, Moritz Kraemer stepped up to respond to #COVID19 in a big way. Learn more about Moritz & his work helping to change the way researchers predict & study outbreaks through Global.health: goo.gle/DrMoritzKraemer

Our team Global.health is hiring a Senior Research Software #Engineer to lead our eng. team to develop and scale pandemic prevention and response infrastructure across the world Get in touch and you can find out more here: global.health my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Here's a brief story and thread (as promised!) on our paper describing the identification of recombinant lineage XB (1/14) x.com/B_Gutierrez_G/…

#COVID19 Pandemic researchers from University of Oxford traced the Omicron variant finding: ✈️Its earliest importation to UK was likely before the variant was even identified 🦠400 chains responsible for ~80% of infections arrived before travel restrictions began oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/covid-19-…

📄🧬 New study from Oxford researchers shows 'red list' travel restrictions couldn't halt Omicron's growth in the UK. Dr. Moritz Kraemer (Moritz Kraemer) emphasises the importance of genomic surveillance in pandemic preparedness. oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/covid-19-… #COVID19 #PandemicPreparedness

📄🧪 New Oxford research calls for rapid and coordinated genomic surveillance to ensure future pandemic preparedness. For more on this study with links to the full paper: oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/covid-19-… Royal Veterinary College (RVC) University of Oxford #COVID19 #PandemicPreparedness #PandemicResponse

New preprint: Optimal disease surveillance with graph-based Active Learning DPhil student Joseph Tsui led a study on how to sample on networks for tracking infectious diseases with limited testing budgets. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Perspective on the "Impacts of climate change-related human migration on infectious diseases" Now out in NatureClimate rdcu.be/dPqbu

We are recruiting up to 5 Pandemic Sciences Research Fellows at University of Oxford. Posts are for recent graduates to carry out independent research on topics in one or more of the following areas: AI & Epi, Genomics, Climate & Infectious diseases, Global health digital data science ↓

NEW: Global study reveals how movement restrictions during COVID affected flu evolution—and what it could mean for improving vaccine effectiveness & global health resilience. #PandemicGenomics Learn more: i.mtrbio.com/grpizpiboh Paper: i.mtrbio.com/pzkkbferna