🚨 New paper! Working with colleagues from @cvrinfo.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social & ISARIC4C study, we investigated the emergence of tecovirimat resistance during severe mpox infection in a patient with advanced HIV. 🦠 💊 🧬 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"The situation in Gaza constitutes a complex humanitarian crisis. The right to health- including access to HIV prevention, testing and treatment - remains protected under international human rights law and should be enforced even during armed conflict. By Rafał Majka & Samer Abuzerr

Wie sprechen wir heute über HIV? Ab dem 11. Juni lädt eine Ausstellung im #Stadtmuseum #Tübingen dazu ein, Vorurteile zu #HIV zu hinterfragen. Studierende der @unituebingen.bsky.social haben die Ausstellung mit der #Aidshilfe Tübingen-Reutlingen und unserem Institut konzipiert tinyurl.com/y2bw25sj

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Melanie Mitchell@melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Science is not simply a sequence of tasks that can be optimized....The scientific system thrives on inefficiency: redundant efforts, failed attempts, and divergent paths. These are not costs to be eliminated but sources of discovery." Excellent essay! ⬇️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Had an excellent time at the @lstmnews.bsky.social @pintofscience.uk #pint26 event presenting on #HIVcure and the current state of #HIV #AIDS. A great evening focussed on discussions of equity in global health and the paths toward this

✨#pint26 is starting today!✨ 👀🎟 Discover the programme and grab your tickets here pintofscience.co.uk 3 nights of fun science talks for everyone in pubs, come meet & chat with scientists! 🗓 18-20 May 2026 📍 +45 locations across the UK 👓 Nearly 450 events

LSTM researchers have identified a previously unknown bacterium strongly associated with the devastating tropical disease noma. This discovery offers a vital insight that could transform the way one of the world's most neglected diseases is detected and treated in the future: lstm.ac/4bId3RO

🇲🇿 Mozambique launched #lenacapavir for #HIV #PrEP (#LEN) today, clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambi.... For the latest on the rollout of LEN visit #PrEPWatch at, www.prepwatch.org.

Ending #HIV requires research in and with South Africa www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... (free access with website registration) @thelancet.com

Ending HIV requires research in and with South Africa

Recent changes to US federal funding policies have reinstated mechanisms for submitting foreign research component grants following a prolonged period of uncertainty. However, despite the absence of a...

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Cheers Belfast, you’ve been grand!

Cheers Belfast, you’ve been grand!

Lancet HIV: Ending HIV requires research in and with South Africa Danielle Giovenco et al bit.ly/48OqFsI

@lstmnews.bsky.social goes #MicroSoc! Phase separation between bacteriologists and virologists is an artifact just for the picture 😊 @microbiologysociety.org

How we might be able to target the viral Nef protein to improve #HIVcure strategy efficacy - very much enjoyed presenting in the Virus Forum at this year’s #microsoc26 @microbiologysociety.org @lstmnews.bsky.social #HIV #virology #PhD

Arrived in Belfast by ferry for #microbio26 to add some discussion on #HIVcure to the virus forums @microbiologysociety.org @lstmnews.bsky.social 🦠

Here is some non-satire for you: Trans rights forever.

Very pleased to see this work published. We analysed the oral microbiomes of children with noma and found that previously uncharacterised Treponema bacteria were both prevalent and highly abundant. journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...

Shotgun metagenomic analysis of the oral microbiomes of children with noma

Author summary Noma is a rapidly progressing necrotic disease that destroys the tissues of the mouth and face, mainly affecting children living in abject poverty. Although antibiotic treatment can be ...

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Today on International Women's Day 2026, we spoke to inspiring women in science from Nigeria to Spain, Sudan to Australia all about resilience, leadership & breaking barriers 👩‍🔬🔬 Read more here: https://microb.io/40GxXKC #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #WomenInScience

HIV-1 Vpr does more than degrade cellular proteins! Johanna and Carlos dug deeper and found that Vpr activates the transcription factor NFAT to reprogram T cells. Nearly half of Vpr-deregulated genes were NFAT-controlled, and NFAT inhibition eased Vpr-induced G2 arrest and reduced HIV-1 replication.

BREAKING: We reached a settlement that requires the Trump administration to permanently maintain medical research that had been erased on a government website. The government doesn't get to censor science.

As of 17 December, a total of 1283 attacks on health care – on facilities, staff, patients, supplies and ambulances – have been reported during the year, causing 1980 deaths and 1163 injuries among health workers and patients. Health care is NEVER a target.

Last month, my team had the great pleasure of hosting a fantastic guest PhD student, Bridget Fisher, from Sharon Lewin's lab at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, for our collaborative work on #HIVCure. Looking fwd to continuing this exciting joint study. Very well done Bridget!

A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...

This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.

Funded PhD opportunity through the DiMeN DTP: studying HEV proteolysis. You’ll be primarily based in the Herod lab at Leeds, and work with us on the use of MS-based proteomics to study proteolysis! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular Regulation of Proteolysis by Hepatitis E Virus as a Basis for Therapeutic Intervention at University of Leeds on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular Regulation of Proteolysis by Hepatitis E Virus as a Basis for Therapeutic Intervention at University of Leeds, listed on FindAPhD.com

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www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025... ".., despite a circular from ... National Department of Health, Dr Sandile Buthelezi, greenlighting six-month ART dispensation for eligible patients in February 2025, no facilities were officially implementing this strategy..."

Report spotlights ‘system-wide slide’ in basics for health facility standards after Pepfar cuts

A report by the community-led monitoring group Ritshidze has shown that among 326 public health facilities surveyed by the team, 48% reported reduced capacity after the Pepfar disruptions that took pl...

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Had an excellent time at this year’s #RetroPATH2025 meeting in Tübingen, Germany, talking about my work on #HIVcure. Many thanks to @agschindler.bsky.social and Daniel Sauter for hosting. Especially interesting was the variety of talks on #HERVs @goffinetlab.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social

Flossie Wong-Staal, née Wong Yee Ching, 黄以静, was a virologist and molecular biologist who was the first to molecularly clone HIV. She also created a map of its genes, which was crucial to proving that HIV causes AIDS. Read more and subscribe: adalovelaceday.subst...

Prof Flossie Wong-Staal, Virologist and molecular biologist

Prof Flossie Wong-Staal was a virologist and molecular biologist who was the first to molecularly clone Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

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💉 SA plans to roll out the twice-a-year anti #HIV shot, #LEN, in 2026. To end #Aids, we need millions of people on it. Can our health system track who’s getting & staying on it? Find out. #EndAIDS #PrEP bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

The six-monthly anti-HIV jab is coming. But can SA keep track of millions of users?  - Bhekisisa

In April next year, South Africa plans to start rolling out an anti-HIV jab, taken only twice a year, that could end Aids in the country within 14 to 18 years. But is our public health system…

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👀Good thread on some very good news, for some countries, on #lenacapavir for #HIV PrEP, and what remains to be done to ensure affordable access for all.⬇️

Shailly Gupta@shaillygupta.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Unprecedented!!! The new price lands exactly in the range researchers projected last year ($35–$46/year with 2M doses in demand). A huge win for CSOs & HIV communities who campaigned tirelessly for this 🎉🎉🎉 unitaid.org/news-blog/le...