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[CRID @cam_crid]

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2024
#scientists
#motivationalspeaker
#IWD2024
#researchers
#womeninvectorcontrol
@Pamca_Wivc
@LesGOsciencent
@followers

[Global Schistosomiasis Alliance @elimin8schisto]

Check out the first GSA #Schistosomiasis Research Update newsletter of 2024. With #ResearchGrants, opportunities, recent publications & more!
https://t.co/HHKj8ZFB8m
#BeatNTDs #FGSchisto #Parasitology #OneHealth

[CRID @cam_crid]

13th of February, #CRID in collaboration with #PAMCA and PAMCA Women in Vector Control is hosting a workshop on "Effective #Communication: Techniques and tips for Young #Women #Researchers". @pamcafrica @Pamca_Wivc @MinsanteCMR @BillGates @USEmbYaounde @cam_crid @ScienceNews

[Paul Wischmeyer MD @Paul_Wischmeyer]

🙋‍♂️ Extraordinary scans reveal what obesity does to a human
#MedTwitter #MedEd

[Misonge Kapnang Ivan @IvanMisonge]

Malaria Modelling symposium in Cameroon. 1st of its kind organized by @HealthOrganisa4 together with @AMMnetwork, @CameroonPamca and @cam_crid . An enriching opportunity for participants as they learnt much about modelling and as tool for decision making.

[Samuel Hume @DrSamuelBHume]

Women are 4-times more likely to have autoimmune diseases than men. Why is this?

From Dou et al. in Cell, today

In females, the second X chromosome is silenced by a long non-coding RNA, called Xist (pronounced 'exist') - males don't express Xist

Xist, together with almost 100 unique proteins, wraps itself around the second X chromosome, silencing it. It's thought that Xist-protein complexes are highly immunogenic, and may represent targets for autoantibodies

Dou et al. devised a system to induce expression of Xist in male mice. They found that Xist expression led to the production of autoantibodies, similar to levels found in female mice (RIBO P0/P2 are lupus autoantibodies, CENPA/B are scleroderma autoantibodies):
In a mouse model, these autoantibodies in Xist-expressing males were sufficient to cause significant lupus pathology (including in the kidney and the lung):
In humans, autoantibodies against the Xist ribonucleoprotein complex were enriched in female patients with lupus, scleroderma, and dermatomyositis

Therefore, Xist may solve the puzzle of female-biased autoimmunity

https://t.co/95sqEMGqJ8

[UofG SBOHVM @UofGSBOHVM]

We are delighted to announce that our next visiting speaker is Jennifer Lord (@jenniesuz ) from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. All staff and students are warmly invited.

[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

Dear Ojeiwa Omogbai,

Thank you for your feedback. Actually, you might not have your facts correct. This is not peculiar to Nigeria. There are PhD holders driving buses in England. Please Google. PhD holders are working at fast-food chains in Canada. Please research it. Canada has 235,000 PhD holders, and they have room for only 23% of them in academic fields. Therefore, the vast majority must make do with whatever work they find. This is because only 2% of jobs in Canada require a PhD. Most PhDs in Canada earn the same amount of money as a secretary. Again, do fact-check me.

Brian Acton and Jan Koum are both highly educated from Ivy League schools, like Stanford. Yet, they were unemployed until frustration drove them to invest WhatsApp.

Australia has more PhDs than there are academic jobs for them, forcing many into unskilled jobs. Again, please fact-check me. The challenge is that many Nigerians have a negative bias against Nigeria. It is a deep-seated inferiority complex that sees everything Nigeria as negative. 

Are you aware that Nigeria was the first nation on Earth to exit the Wild Ebola Virus epidemic due to our superior public healthcare? The major challenge with our healthcare is not even funding. It is the fact that our healthcare professionals are so good that other countries poach them. And I mean developed nations.

Nigeria (Lagos) is now a top destination for health tourists from Europe. So, please stop talking down on Nigeria. We are not where we need to be, but we will not get there by talking down on our country. 

But as to the specific cases of unemployed PhDs in Nigeria, the reason is that a lot of them get PhDs in the social sciences and liberal arts and other disciplines that have little relevance to the developmental challenges Nigeria faces. I cannot see a PhD in engineering, mathematics, medicine, or other scientific fields looking for a menial job in Nigeria.

Thanks again, and may God bless you. 

#TableShaker

[NIHR Global Health @NIHRglobal]

The Global Advanced Fellowship is open to #PostDoctoral, #GlobalHealth researchers from LMICs and the UK. Researchers can receive up to £750,000 to fund:
1️⃣ a research project
2️⃣ training and development
3️⃣ LMIC institutional capacity strengthening

Applications open April 2024

[Mbacham @wilfredmbacham]

Some 60 African Nuclear Scientists completed 5d of practicals in Vienna on how to foster development in Africa. As Chair of the Program Mg't Committee for IAEA-AFRA, I was chanced to share with them that Program success is not about money, but about credibility. Africa is rising

[Rose Gana F.Leke @LekeRose]

Shared my thoughts on the new malaria vaccines! A potential game-changer, but vaccine hesitancy poses challenges. Communication is crucial. Read more about the vital need for public acceptance. https://t.co/z4PFveB2dz

[(fan) Trey @UTDTrey]

Nigeria 2 goals, 4 points.
Ghana 3 goals, 1 point.

Work smarter not harder.

[Global Schistosomiasis Alliance @elimin8schisto]

Great to start the new year with some exciting events! Our friends at @iCHORDS_CoP are hosting a webinar on addressing #FGSchisto using a gender-sensitive & #HumanRights based framework
📅18 Jan 10am EST
https://t.co/EfhmAh8SWD