Benjamin Sievers

Oxford Cambridge NIH PhD Scholar. Fulbright Scholar. Let’s eradicate measles. Researcher at the J. Craig Venter Institute.

[Benjamin Sievers @BenSievers3]

@E_A_Karlsson @ClaireGuinat @PasteurCambodia Awesome

[NIHOxCam @NIHOxCam]

Welcome to OxCam, ⁦@BenSievers3⁩! https://t.co/Bm195bJ3L1

[Benjamin Sievers @BenSievers3]

@hankgreen Hi Hank, glad to hear that your scans look encouraging. My father helped bring the ADC for Hodgkins to approval back in 2010. We are following your story closely and would be happy to connect if you’d like.

P.S. I’m a cancer patient too!

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

Measles was eliminated in the US and much of the world for years

Reduced vaccination undermines elimination & measles will return across the US / beyond

Measles harms children and adults whose immunity has waned - and causes serious disease

We don’t want measles to return.

[Erik Karlsson @E_A_Karlsson]

#Innovation in surveillance is critical at the animal-human interface for cost-effective solutions, reduced risk, and broader detection for improved real-time information such as this "terrestrial drone" air sampler. #OneHealth #TechForGood #IndicalBioscience

[Cell Reports Medicine @CellRepMed]

CD4+ T cell longitudinal dynamics after SARS-CoV-2: Data suggest that SARS-CoV-2-specific, TNFα-producing CD4+ T cells might play important role in antibody maintenance post-COVID-19. @Stanford_ID, @stanfordimmuno, @prasannaj77, @labtaia, @ZichengHu, @EPPIcenter_UCSF

[@EPPIcenter at UCSF @EPPIcenter_UCSF]

Great work
@ZichengHu @BenSievers3 @kar_jacobson @parsonnt @maureenty @DRuizBetancourt @laurendelaparte @sakitakahashi1 @isabelrodbar @bgreenhouse1 @LabTaia @prasannaj77 @JCVenterInst @czbiohub @stanfordimmuno @sciencedirect https://t.co/Pkye7QRdXC

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Neutralizing #antibody activity from #SARSCoV2 infection or #mRNA #vaccines is reduced against a pseudovirus that expresses the spike protein mutations of the #Omicron variant, according to new work in @ScienceTM. Read more: https://t.co/9EtFUUPzFw

[Science Translational Medicine @ScienceTM]

Unlike antibodies elicited by mRNA vaccines against #COVID19, some non-neutralizing, afucosylated IgG antibodies specific to #SARSCoV2 may be associated with progression to more severe disease, according to new research. https://t.co/tdJ5NeHh9D

[Science Translational Medicine @ScienceTM]

Neutralizing #antibody activity from #SARSCoV2 infection or #mRNA #vaccines is reduced against a pseudovirus that expresses the spike protein mutations of the #Omicron variant, according to new research. Read more: https://t.co/WpKOcEPheS

[J. Craig Venter Institute @JCVenterInst]

Omicron and Beta variants evade antibodies elicited by vaccines and previous infections, but boosters help, but boosters help. See our research in @ScienceTM.

https://t.co/BJUnlb1gkr #SARSCoV2 #Omicron

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

My next worry outside of covid is the return of measles, which historically in N. Hemisphere occurred late winter or early spring and could become an issue if covid vaccine hesitancy/refusal spills over to routine childhood vaccinations.