Helen Fletcher
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Helen Fletcher
@FletcherHelen
Scientific Innovation Lead for Global Public Health @JNJGlobalHealth and @JNJInnovation | Honorary Professor @LSHTM
@JNJGlobalHealth Katılım Mayıs 2011
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So, what makes media go yellow when we do infections?
We’re stumped and more than a little desperate to solve the problem.
Any thoughts welcome!
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Twitter hive mind – help!
What makes cell culture media (DMEM) go yellow?
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We have a problem with growing any HCMV strain that we just can’t crack.
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Only 1 day left to apply for this position! Looking forward to having some to discuss and work with on all the interesting angles that this project is revealing.... 👩💻👩🔬🦠🧓💊
Gwen Knight@gmknght
💫NEW JOB💫 I’m hiring a data scientist to work on questions around the drivers of antibiotic resistance. You’d be joining the great @cmmid_lshtm and @LSHTM_AMR at LSHTM as part of my team working on AMR questions using a variety of microbiological, modelling & economic tools.
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Working on Dengue or Flavivirus? Don’t miss this opportunity below - we want to hear from you!
Johnson & Johnson Innovation@JNJInnovation
Flaviviruses can potentially cause a variety of severe diseases in humans. The Global Health Discovery #QuickFireChallenge: Flavivirus Infections is seeking ideas aiming to treat, control, or prevent flavivirus disease. Learn more & apply by November 4: jji.jnj/flavivirus
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@TheDeJennerate @McShaneTBgroup @chammeeno @adamjohnritchie Aw thanks @TheDeJennerate mentoring is most effective when it’s two way - or on the case of me you and Helen @McShaneTBgroup a three way exchange! Can’t wait to see what we all do next #WomenInSTEM
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I am forever indebted to "The Helens", @McShaneTBgroup & @FletcherHelen, who nurtured me from RA through PhD & postdoc and have been the best #WomenInSTEM role models anyone could wish for; as well as @chammeeno & @adamjohnritchie who helped me develop my teaching career 🙏
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Delighted to announce that from Oct I'll be taking up my dream post as Associate Professor @OxfordBiology & Tutorial Fellow @StHughsCollege! 👩🏻🎓🍾 It's bittersweet to be leaving @JennerInstitute, @wadhamoxford & @Oxford_HumSci after many happy years but excited for #NewBeginnings
Oxford Biology@OxfordBiology
We're excited to welcome Joseph Bull @wildbusiness and Rachel Tanner @TheDeJennerate as new APTFs! Read about them and their work 👇 bit.ly/3T9IQji
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Flaviviruses can potentially cause a variety of severe diseases in humans.
The Global Health Discovery #QuickFireChallenge: Flavivirus Infections is seeking ideas aiming to treat, control, or prevent flavivirus disease.
Learn more & apply by November 4: jji.jnj/flavivirus
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I, along with @SusanWinks, @jgwoodland and @colpil, recently got an opportunity to share our thoughts on ‘Fostering drug discovery and development in Africa’ for an article published in @NatureMedicine.
To read, click here👇🏽
rdcu.be/cRLlb
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@emilybethwong @BWFUND Congratulations Emily! I’ll be following your work and cheering you along the way 👏👏. Such an important and fascinating research question 😎
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Chills. Truly a dream come true to be among the 2022 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease @BWFUND and get my passion project, "Investigating interactions between the human host and Mtb during subclinical tuberculosis" funded for the next 5 years. 1/
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Cells are ready and our Etsy store is now stocked with these for purchase!!! No MTA, no red tape, and all just $20/plasmid or less. Shipping as agar stabs in E. coli BL21(DE3) cells. All proceeds go directly into making more tools for the community. Enjoy!
etsy.com/shop/BinomicaL…
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What better place to see your face! #3Rs
The National Centre for the 3Rs@NC3Rs
The new and improved nc3rs.org.uk is now live! We have worked hard over the last few months to revamp how the site is organised and help you find what you need faster. Find more about the changes and improvements: nc3rs.org.uk/news/welcome-n…
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Wellcome’s ambitions for 2022 and beyond from our Director of Research Programmes: Cheryl Moore
More to come from the Infectious Diseases team and my team’s focus on Prevention
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@wellcometrust wellcome.org/news/wellcomes…
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This important study estimates the global burden of #AMR, using clinical microbiology data meticulously collected by global collaborators. It's a great skill & challenge for LMIC researchers both to capture this data & to build local stakeholder trust to enable sharing @MORUBKK
The Lancet@TheLancet
NEW—An estimated 1.2 million people died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, more deaths than HIV/AIDS or malaria. #GRAMPaper reveals the scale of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR), now a leading cause of death worldwide: hubs.li/Q012sG-t0 #AMRSOS
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I am looking for a postdoc to work on a very exciting project investigating Mycobacterium tuberculosis-mediated drug metabolism
#H3D #UCT #IDM #tuberculosis #drugdiscovery #metabolism @H3D_UCT @UCTIDM @UCT_Research
h3d.uct.ac.za/sites/default/…
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1/The initial paper from our trial of a self-amplifying RNA (SARNA) COVID-19 vaccine is out now. This is a first SARNA vaccine report in humans; what did we discover? @ImperialInfect @ImperialNHS @MRCCTU @robin_shattock @Dr_HMCheeseman
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@jenneratingVacc Congratulation Jyothi! We would have awarded you two PHD’s if possible 😀 Phenomenal, impactful research resulting in billions vaccinated and many thousands of lives saved. A viva I will remember!
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@DrTomWingfield @JNJGlobalHealth @JNJInnovation Many thanks Tom - and it was great to hear you on Radio 4 on the Today programme! Thanks for sharing your experience of the frontline COVID situation in your hospital
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@FletcherHelen @JNJGlobalHealth @JNJInnovation Dear Helen, many congratulations and very best of luck! Sounds like a great opportunity. Best, Tom
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1/ Major news for the New Year. I’m leaving academia for a role with @JNJGlobalHealth and @JNJInnovation. I’ve been appointed as leader for the #JNJ Centres for Global Health Discovery and a Scientific Innovation Lead for Global Public Health. jnjinnovation.com/partnering/glo… 🧵
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1/2 New year, new opportunities! Are you interested in discovering new drug targets to combat #tuberculosis? We are pleased to announce a fully-funded Bloomsbury PhD position in our lab @LSHTM co-supervised by the fantastic Prof. Sanjib Bhakta @BirkbeckScience
See link below ➡️
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