Great post about the challenges of making a vaccine for vaccine non-experts!

This is the most important trial result for COVID-19 so far. Significiant reduction in mortality in those requiring oxygen or ventilation from a widely available, safe and well known drug. Many thanks to those who took part and made it happen. It will save lives around the world.

This is so perfect.

small, gatekept groups can augment cooperation. loners are useful! echo chamber size mitigated by the quest for distinctiveness (olivia chu, "an adaptive voter model in heterogeneous networks") #sciku #SMB2020

Cambridge spin-out DIOSynVax has received £1.9million from Innovate UK to take a DNA vaccine against the #coronavirus to clinical trials: bit.ly/3jdesSh UK Research and Innovation @southamptonCRF #COVID19 #vaccine

So very proud of Niklas Lindlbauer for submitting his PhD thesis Cambridge Judge! Congrats!! @JanLodgeJBS Monika Żebrowska Andrea Wessendorf Tom Pape Harshita Kajaria-Montag

#NobelPrize: Professor Sir Roger Penrose, Honorary Fellow and alumnus of St John's College, Cambridge, has jointly won the 2020 The Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity. bit.ly/3jAS6uD #CambridgeAlumni

"You are not alone." In a 2017 study, over 50% of doctoral students reported experiencing at least two symptoms of poor mental health in recent weeks, highlighting the mental health challenges that many graduate students face. #WorldMentalHealthDay fcld.ly/cs8k18v

“the most consistent predictor of decreased susceptibility to misinformation about Covid-19 was numerical literacy” - great study (COI, by my colleagues) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… Data literacy is vital theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…

Georgia election officials have a proof of the continuum hypothesis.

Having a 3rd vaccine with such strong early results (incl 1 regimen w 90% efficacy) is stunning. AZ/Oxford vax: - Regimen 1 (1/2 dose then, 1 mo later, full dose): 90% - Regimen 2 (2 full doses): 62% - Refrigerator storage - Just $2.50 per dose Now let's get thru winter alive

Cambridge and Oxford students are organising a joint fundraiser towards COVID-relief measures in India. Friends and colleagues, please consider donating/amplifying. shorturl.at/zNRT0

A new COVID-19 Tracker for India has been developed in collaboration with National Institute of Economic and Social Research and Health Systems Transformation Platform, providing forecasts of the pandemic’s trajectory over the coming two weeks. The model is described in a paper recently published in Harvard Data Science Review. orlo.uk/ZF0ay

If coronavirus infections continue to grow in a few large states, cases are likely to begin growing across India as a whole, tipping the present balance. Dr Paul Kattuman spoke to Bloomberg about India's COVID case rate. orlo.uk/Kd29U

Job market candidate, Alexander Montag, has a specialist interest in #EntrepreneurialFinance, #AssetManagement & #PrivateMarkets. Learn more about Alexander & other Saïd Business School doctoral students currently on the job market on our website: sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/deg…

Congrats Olivia Jessica Chu!!

My son has lived through four chancellors, three home secretaries, two prime ministers and two monarchs. He's four months old.

Having a ‘regular doctor’ can significantly reduce GP workload - Continuity of care works! 👏👏 ⁦Harshita Kajaria-Montag⁩ Stefan Scholtes ⁦⁦Cambridge Judge⁩ cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

If all GP practices moved to a model where patients saw the same doctor at each visit, it could significantly reduce doctor workload while improving patient health, a study from Cambridge Judge suggests 🩺 Read more about one of the largest studies of its kind 👇

Totality at Indiana University during the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse. (Alex Kumar/Indiana University video) 🚁: Mavic 3 Pro Cine