Whitney Winter, PhD

Part wordsmith, part scientist, part sailor, part cyclist, part Aussie, part mom. Love solving puzzles of everyday life. Views are my own.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

We didn't know the mechanism for why relapse occurs in multiple sclerosis.
@NatureMedicine today:
Reactivation of the Epstein-Barr virus and priming of the immune response
https://t.co/ydhbNxWao5

[Whitney Winter, PhD @MakeSciGoViral]

https://t.co/8D4u5F0sKx

[Whitney Winter, PhD @MakeSciGoViral]

@CrabbBrendan As always, very insightful and useful. Thanks for writing this, @CrabbBrendan !

[Prof Brendan Crabb @CrabbBrendan]

Thread on my routine for personal risk assessment for airborne infections. A surprise at the end, that provides a compelling additional reason to monitor CO2. 1/

[Prof Brendan Crabb @CrabbBrendan]

A few days ago @BurnetInstitute launched a new look & tagline - Reach for the many. To tell our story better. Check out our new website for more at https://t.co/A1rEvpck6D & this video we prepared to explain what we are about https://t.co/MP7jj9RS9Q

[Bernard A Fox @BernardAFox]

“You have cancer” Dr James Gulley @gulleyj1 Co-Dir Cntr 4 #Cancer Research, @theNCI walks us thru that moment when a patient hears those words, and the discussion that follows. For this cancer he continues “I think #immunotherapy has best chance for cure” #IO360nyc @NCIDirector

[U.S. FDA @FDA]

Today, we amended the authorizations of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to authorize updated formulations of the vaccines for use as a single booster dose at least two months following primary or booster vaccination. https://t.co/1mS2TNqXaA

[STAT @statnews]

The pandemic has unraveled progress combating antimicrobial resistance. https://t.co/jqj0abs6oR

[U.S. FDA @FDA]

Hearing a lot of conflicting information about COVID-19 vaccines for children? Get the scoop on getting your child vaccinated from Dr. Peter Marks in this newest episode of “Just a Minute!”

[Whitney Winter, PhD @MakeSciGoViral]

@Jamie_Rossjohn @RossjohnLab @MonashUni @MonashBDI Congrats A/Prof Reid!

[Nature Reviews Microbiology @NatureRevMicro]

Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity

https://t.co/iFL1AD4q2l

@pvmarkov, @ArisKatzourakis & Stilianakis argue that ongoing rapid antigenic evolution is likely to produce new variants that may escape immunity and be more severe.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Only 1 vaccine program in history (Covid) went from pathogen identification to success in < 1 year.
This week one vs malaria got the green light by @WHO after none for 140 years
An mRNA 💉 vs HIV, 38 years later, starts a major trial next month
graph by @MaxCRoser @OurWorldInData

[Nicole Mifsud @miffy3005]

Thrilled for latest publication in JCI. Great collaboration with Alex Sharland and Eric Son @Sydney_Uni and my group @MonashBDI. Special thanks to @tony_purcell8. JCI - The self-peptide repertoire plays a critical role in transplant tolerance induction https://t.co/uYbjHeo4pr

[Whitney Winter, PhD @MakeSciGoViral]

@miffy3005 @Sydney_Uni @MonashBDI @tony_purcell8 Congrats @miffy3005 + co-authors!