Natalie Lorenz

[Alana Whitcombe @AlanaWhitcombe]

Can an accurate #StrepA multiplex immunoassay, that simultaneously detects antibodies to eight antigens, be developed? Yes ✅
Is the assay compatible with patient samples, including dried blood samples? Yes ✅
Read here: https://t.co/RMxcteyE6N

[Josh Osowicki @JoshOsowicki]

🔥 The #StrepA Octoplex is here! 🐙 Tiny beads, tiny sample volumes, high throughput, huge results! ⁦@AlanaWhitcombe⁩ ⁦@njmoreland⁩ 🧪 👩‍🔬 https://t.co/toSUrbinBW

[Natalie Lorenz @nat_lorenz]

So great to see my amazing colleagues @njmoreland and @RHCMcG as part of a trans-Tasman team that just launched this important study to find a much needed diagnostic test for #acuterheumaticfever
@BMJ_Open https://t.co/VF9F6U7Hy2

[Natalie Lorenz @nat_lorenz]

Accepted Manuscript can be found here: Serological Profiling of Group A Streptococcus Infections in Acute Rheumatic Fever https://t.co/vIjFwFvoys

[Natalie Lorenz @nat_lorenz]

Our latest work providing serological evidence that #Rheumaticfever patients have significantly more #StrepA exposure than matched healthy controls suggesting that immune priming by repeat infection with a diverse range of M-types contributes to #ARF pathogenesis.

[Steffanie Strathdee, PhD 🗡️ 🦠Superbug Slayer🗡️ @chngin_the_wrld]

Today's #shoutout to #womenInSTEM goes to Natalie Lorenz & Nicole Moreland for their CID paper on serological Profiling of Group A #Streptococcus Infections in Acute #RheumaticFever.

https://t.co/qPmScDmfl0

[Richard Hills @RichardHills_]

75% of people vaccinated so far are from South Auckland.

So we could assume around 75% of the border workers, MIQ staff & people who are keeping this country safe, supporting returnees & managing our exports & imports are from South Auckland.

Thank you South Aucklanders. ❤️

[Natalie Lorenz @nat_lorenz]

Explaining the New Zealand elimination strategy quiet nicely. #ZeroCovid #aucklandLockdown

[@damianchristie @damianchristie]

Very full-on day, but a momentous one, filming the first COVID vaccines being given, logically enough, to the vaccinators themselves to keep them safe. Here’s some of my photos that went to the media.

[Sudhvir Singh @sudhvir]

Fascinating #COVID19 #serology study from NZ.

Several types of #antibody remained stable and were still detectable 8 months after infection.

Because of NZ's #elimination strategy, these results are not influenced by repeat exposure to the virus.

https://t.co/8idDJEE5mw