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Lyme Disease Biobank

@lymebiobank.bsky.social

Non-profit providing human biological samples to investigators developing better tests for Lyme and tick-borne infections. Whole blood, serum, plasma, & urine available from people with early Lyme, persistent Lyme, & controls. We also have a tissue bank.

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Really interesting article about a 35 year study in PNAS showing in forests with oak trees, more acorns = more mice the following year, and more nymphal ticks the year after that. Acorn masting could predict Lyme disease 2 years later. Science is so cool! www.medicaldaily.com/acorn-crops-...

Thirty-Five Years of Forest Data Suggest Acorn Crops Predict Lyme Risk Better Than Deer Counts Do

A 35-year study found that deer numbers did not predict tick density in one forest. Acorns and mice did. What does it mean for tick prevention?

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 2mo ago

JAMA article about Lyme disease - highlights gaps in testing and new prevention strategies in development. Acknowledges that EM doesn't appear in all patients and treatment options haven't changed in 25 years. Great quotes from my colleagues, too! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Lyme Disease Is Outpacing Medical Advances

This Medical News article discusses the emerging advances in Lyme disease diagnostics, prevention, and therapeutics as well as the practical challenges that continue to limit innovation.

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Dr. Luis Marcos and colleagues found tick-borne viruses (Bourbon and Heartland) in patient samples from Long Island. www.easthamptonstar.com/villages-hea... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42119530/

New Tick-Borne Virus Makes First Appearance in New York | The East Hampton Star

The Bourbon virus, a potentially deadly tick-borne disease first discovered in 2014 in a man from Bourbon County, Kansas, has recently shown up in New York State, and the most common tick on the East ...

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New editorial summarizes 6 articles about Lyme Borreliosis: classification, clinical follow-up, treatment of persistent symptoms, epidemiology, vaccine modeling, and the patient and economic burden of chronic tick-borne illness. Article 2 is from our biobank. www.frontiersin.org/journals/med...

Frontiers | Editorial: Evolving strategies in Lyme borreliosis treatment and prevention

Together, these studies provide a comprehensive and timely overview of the current landscape in Lyme borreliosis research-demonstrating how improved classifi...

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Really excited the IGenex manuscript was published today showing iDART immunoblots identify more cases than standard two-tier testing, using CDC and LDB samples. These IBs have the 1st and 2nd tiers in a single step with broader coverage. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Single-step immunoblot tests with recombinant protein antigens for detecting IgG and IgM antibodies in Lyme disease | Microbiology Spectrum

The immunoblot (IB) tests described here are one-step tests that separately detect IgG and IgM antibodies for the serological diagnosis of Lyme disease in the United States. The IB tests are more sens...

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Want to learn more about Lyme Disease Biobank and how these samples are fueling the research engine? Check out the podcast. 👇

Bay Area Lyme Foundation@bayarealyme.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A biobank stores patient samples so researchers can develop better diagnostics and treatments. @lymebiobank.bsky.social has been doing that since 2014 — 1,250+ patients, 25,500+ aliquots distributed, already delivering results. Listen to Liz Horn, PhD, MBI on Ticktective. #LymeDisease #Ticktective

Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New article demonstrates utility of TBDCapSeq and VirCapSeq-VERT (capture sequencing assays using Illumina) on MinION, Oxford Nanopore's portable sequencer. Another step towards bringing NGS diagnostics to clinical labs. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Adaptation of custom capture sequencing panels to the Oxford Nanopore MinION platform - Molecular Biology Reports

Background Next generation sequencing (NGS) remains underutilized in clinical microbiology applications despite providing broad pathogen spectrum detection superior to other molecular methods. This is...

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Great blog about James Bruzzese, MD, and his quest to help patients with Lyme and tick-borne illness including his call to action for the next generation of medical professionals. (Yes - medical students would benefit from more than 1 lecture on Lyme disease).

Bay Area Lyme Foundation@bayarealyme.bsky.social · 8mo ago

James Bruzzese, MD, represents something the #Lyme community urgently needs: a new generation of doctors who understand that Lyme is real, that patients deserve better, and that the status quo must be challenged.

Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Great interview with @bayarealyme.bsky.social executive director David Walsey. He highlights 3 things that need to happen in the Lyme field: recognition of patients, more research funding (private and federal), and education of clinicians.

Bay Area Lyme Foundation@bayarealyme.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Authority Magazine just published a Social Impact Heroes interview with our Executive Director, David Walsey. David shares what brought him to Bay Area Lyme Foundation and what it will take to make #Lyme and other #tickbornediseases easy to diagnose and simple to cure.

Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Great Q&A with @jutraslab.bsky.social about the role of peptidoglycan in Lyme arthritis. Nice summary of elegant and complex experiments. Is PG important in other complex presentations of Lyme, like carditis and neuroborreliosis? www.healio.com/news/rheumat...

Study reveals potential Lyme arthritis pathogenesis, treatment

The chemical structure of the Borrelia burgdorferi cell wall may dictate the frequency and severity of Lyme arthritis, a finding that could have implications for future treatment, according to data pu...

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Partnership for new diagnostics for Lyme! Love the shout out to @bstevensonlab.bsky.social - fostering the careers of two great scientists @jutraslab.bsky.social and Jen Miller. Thanks @lymenews.bsky.social for highlighting the importance of collaboration. www.lymedisease.org/galaxy-virgi...

Galaxy Diagnostics and Virginia Tech unite in the race for a better Lyme test | LymeDisease.org

Galaxy Diagnostics has entered a new partnership with Virginia Tech to bring Dr. Brandon Jutras’ discovery of Borrelia peptidoglycan into clinical

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Learn more about @bayarealyme.bsky.social new executive director and how the biobank is fueling the research engine.

Bay Area Lyme Foundation@bayarealyme.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today, Bay Area Lyme Foundation announced that David A. Walsey has joined the organization as Executive Director. Behind that announcement is a deeply personal story, follow along on for the story on BAL’s LinkedIn. 🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/bayare... #Lyme #tickbornedisease

Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Check out @bayarealyme.bsky.social Dr. Charlotte Mao's call to action for Lyme research in 2026, building on @hhsofficial.bsky.social roundtable on Lyme. www.bayarealyme.org/blog/a-new-y... #Ticksky #Microsky

A New Year Call to Action After December 15, 2025, HHS Roundtable - Bay Area Lyme Foundation

Bay Area Lyme Spotlight Series By Charlotte Mao, MD, MPH, Bay Area Lyme Foundation “Chronic Lyme Disease patients have been ignored for too long. That must end now.” – Charlotte Mao, MD, MPH A Long-Ov...

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 11mo ago

So grateful for Biobank research participants and families who make this resource possible. I'm honored to work with amazing investigators and collaborators working on novel diagnostics for Lyme! We are making progress on this complex disease.

Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Check out @lymenews.bsky.social MyLymeData 2025 Research Chartbook! Great graphical representation of registry data and what we are learning from Lyme patients. What an important resource for the community. 10 years of data and counting.

LymeDisease.org@lymenews.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This year marks a major milestone for the MyLymeData patient registry—our 10th anniversary. To celebrate, we’re publishing the MyLymeData 2025 Research Chartbook—a visual summary of a decade of groundbreaking research, collaboration, and progress. READ MORE: www.lymedisease.org/mylymedata-2...

Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Funding opp! 2 X 150K awards: 1 on Lyme disease and a new award on tick-borne pathogens (bacterial or parasitic) Academic or private-sector researchers at the post-doctoral through associate professor level (or equivalent) Due: February 15, 2026, at 11:59pm PT www.bayarealyme.org/blog/bay-are...

Bay Area Lyme Foundation Opens Applications for 2026 Emerging Leader Awards and Research Grants - Bay Area Lyme Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bay Area Lyme Foundation Opens Applications for 2026 Emerging Leader Awards and Research Grants Annual program to fund two $150,000 grants to revolutionize diagnosis and treatmen...

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Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · last yr.

This is another single-tier test that I'm really excited about. We require sample users to provide results before we break the blind on the samples. This test from InBio and Kephera's Hybrid ELISA both look really good in early Lyme (~ 1 week) where current serology tests are insensitive.

Lyme Disease Biobank@lymebiobank.bsky.social · last yr.

New study in @jclinmicroeic.bsky.social shows a new multiplex Lyme serology test is more sensitive than standard two-tier serology tests! Detected more cases w EM at 7 days. Great collaboration with Pete Gwynne @tuftslyme.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...