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Marion Koopmans

@marionkoopmans.bsky.social

Virologist, into emerging viral infections, one health, climate and health. Head viroscience department ErasmusMC, Rotterdam NL. Backup for the ex-bird platform. ORCHID 0000-0002-5204-2312; https://pure.eur.nl/en/persons/marion-koopmans .

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Kristian G. Andersen@kgandersen.bsky.social · last yr.

That "explosive" nature, however, could potentially be caused - as @arambaut.bsky.social lays out - by a combination of long(ish) term cryptic transmission, linked to sexual networks / sex work, followed by more recent detection and reporting. Again, his thread: bsky.app/profile/aram...

Andrew Rambaut (🐏🎀)@arambaut.bsky.social · last yr.

A long thread about mpox and the context specific nature of outbreaks prompted by the large outbreak of MPXV Clade IIb happening at the moment in Sierra Leone:

Kristian G. Andersen@kgandersen.bsky.social · last yr.

For recent outbreaks of Clade Ib in the DRC, similar patters have been seen, although not the same "explosive" nature we're observing in Sierra Leone. @marionkoopmans.bsky.social's paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Epidemiological and genomic evolution of the ongoing outbreak of clade Ib mpox virus in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo - Nature Medicine

Genomic and epidemiologic data suggest that the rapid spread of mpox clade I in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has happened mostly through sexual contact within densely populated areas.

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Mens, Dier & Peel@mensdierenpeel.bsky.social · last yr.

Een belangrijk vaccin dat mensen moet beschermen bij grote uitbraak #vogelgriep staat op losse schroeven nu de VS een contract met Moderna heeft opgezegd. @marionkoopmans.bsky.social: "Dit besluit gaat ongetwijfeld gevolgen hebben voor nieuwe vaccins." eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/vs...

VS stopt met ontwikkeling van vogelgriepvaccin voor mensen, en dat is niet zonder gevolgen

Een belangrijk vaccin dat mensen moet beschermen bij een grote uitbraak van vogelgriep staat mogelijk op losse schroeven nu de VS een miljoenen contract met ...

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Mens, Dier & Peel@mensdierenpeel.bsky.social · last yr.

Trump heeft twee lopende onderzoekscontracten met farmaceut Moderna geannuleerd van in totaal $766 miljoen voor het ontwikkelen van vaccins tegen potentiële pandemische griepvirussen, waaronder #vogelgriep #H5N1 #birdflu RE: Ook dit wordt #TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Marion Koopmans@marionkoopmans.bsky.social · last yr.

x.com/drcrystalhea... Vet saying it like It is

Crystal Heath DVM on X: "This is one of the clearest, most grounded breakdowns of what’s wrong with our current bird flu response—and what actually needs to happen next in terms of vaccination and why. I would also add that we need compel producers to stop relying on heatstroke-based methods to https://t.co/PWXUNOCIsL" / X

This is one of the clearest, most grounded breakdowns of what’s wrong with our current bird flu response—and what actually needs to happen next in terms of vaccination and why. I would also add that we need compel producers to stop relying on heatstroke-based methods to https://t.co/PWXUNOCIsL

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿@notjustdna.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s mad. I wrote a few thoughts about it the other day. Since then someone posted that all the grants cancelled to date are ones started under the Biden administration. If this is all some mad political tit-for-tat it’s utterly pathetic and incredibly destructive. bsky.app/profile/notj...

Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿@notjustdna.bsky.social · last yr.

Apparently US National Institutes of Health will stop all “funding to laboratories and hospitals outside the United States”, at least temporarily 😢 It sounds like the “why should we fund them” rhetoric they’ve played in other areas, with no understanding of the benefits they get, or

Emanuel Wyler@ewyler.bsky.social · last yr.

Interested in SARS-CoV-2 and pandemic preparedness? Join the #covipa symposium on June 2/3 in Heidelberg/Germany, with keynotes by @marionkoopmans.bsky.social, @sanderlab.bsky.social, Florian Krammer, Gülsah Gabriel and Andreas Wack: indico.dkfz.de/event/1169/

International Symposium on Pandemic Preparedness

CoViPa – Virological and immunological determinants of COVID-19 pathogenesis - lessons to get prepared for future pandemics: The research network CoViPa, funded by the Helmholtz Association, is dedica...

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Arie ©®™@satyavacas.bsky.social · last yr.

As I understand this, these are contextual analysis with general llm's and not specifically trained llm's on a certain topic. General llm's are worse at this. Diagnostics is done with specifically trained deterministic Ai what is really different from generative Ai. Thanks for sharing.

Marion Koopmans@marionkoopmans.bsky.social · last yr.

See lots of enthusiasm about generative AI in different areas of medicine. This systematic review shows that optimism is not supported by current evidence, except in urology and dermatology. From promise to validation as a valley of death www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic performance comparison between generative AI and physicians - npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine - A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic performance comparison between generative AI and physicians

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Marion Koopmans@marionkoopmans.bsky.social · last yr.

Paper by Phd student Kesha Kroh under guidance of @CarmenEmbregts and @Corine_GvK studying fundamental aspects of infection with different rabies viruses. Rabies is 100% lethal, and understanding why there is no effective host response is crucial pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40208887/

A comparative analysis of the dendritic cell response upon exposure to different rabies virus strains - PubMed

Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that causes over 60,000 human deaths annually worldwide. Natural infections lack a virus-specific immune response, leading to a near 100% fatality rate unless immedi...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Eddie Holmes@eddieholmes.bsky.social · last yr.

The Wuhan CDC has nothing to do with the origin of COVID-19. Virus genetic engineering and culturing was not their trade (samples were sent to Beijing/Shanghai). They did not have collection of bat viruses from Yunnan. I was told that staff at WCDC did not hear about the outbreak until late Dec.

Flo Débarre@flodebarre.eurosky.social · last yr.

A heavily redacted Jan 2023 assessment by the US National Intelligence Council was just made public via FOIA. It contains the confirmation that, while leaning lab leak, the Department of Energy was not considering the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the source. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Screenshot of heavily redacted text (XXX = redaction). XXX DOE and FBI assess that a laboratory-associated incident was the most likely cause of the pandemic XXX DOE now assesses with low confidence XXX While FBI considers this scenario plausible, it continues to view the WIV as a more likely origin point XXX
Debby van Riel@debbyvanriel.bsky.social · last yr.

We a looking for a Postdoc! Interested in virology, stem-cell derived models, glycans? Apply before 29th of October! @thijskuiken.bsky.social @lisabauervirus.bsky.social @marionkoopmans.bsky.social @rpdevrieslab.bsky.social www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1...

Vacature: Postdoc Virology

The department of Viroscience at the Erasmus MC and the department of Chemical Biology & Drug discovery at Utrecht University have joined forces to identify functional glycan receptors for influenza A...

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Marion Koopmans@marionkoopmans.bsky.social · last yr.

Incredible treat when traveling back from Vienna. The flight crew @KLM thanked me and invited me into the cockpit for landing. With clear skies, the impressive dashboards and nice conversations, we descended into Amsterdam. What a treat! Thanks team, this was very special

Debby van Riel@debbyvanriel.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you (or anyone you know) ambitious, interested in the pathogenesis of arboviruses and ready for Rotterdam? If yes, check out this vacancy for an assistant professor position 👇. More opportunities to join Viroscience will follow soon, so stay tuned 😀

Marion Koopmans@marionkoopmans.bsky.social · last yr.

Please share with people interested in arbovirology. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our team please share if you know of scientists interested in arbovirology, ready to make a move to Rotterdam! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3508...

Antonia Ho@drtoniho.bsky.social · last yr.

Interested in pandemic science & preparedness strategies? Still time to register for 2 meetings in Glasgow with great speakers inc. @marionkoopmans.bsky.social @uofgregiusanna.bsky.social @kennethbaillie.bsky.social @sdwfrost.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social Register by 5pm today👇

MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research@cvrinfo.bsky.social · last yr.

📅 DEADLINE EXTENDED | UK Pandemic Sciences Network & One Health Computational Network Register for the event before Tues 8th April. Don't miss out this incredible opportunity to take part in these important events. UKPSN: ukpsn2025.eventbrite.co.uk OHCN: ohcn2025.eventbrite.co.uk

Marion Koopmans@marionkoopmans.bsky.social · last yr.

Mpox Clade I emerged in 2023 in South Kivu and since has spread sustained through direct human to human contact. Controlling this outbreak has turned out to be a major challenge. Through embedded outbreak research coupled with a local capacity building program, we first....