Marc-Alain Widdowson
@MAWiddowson
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Rewilding enthusiast, ex-rhino darter, mountain biker. Happy father/husband of multinational family. Previously director of @ITMantwerp
Joined April 2013
Very exciting news. Excludes of course UK which the most depleted of all European countries. More flower species on Table Top Mountain in Cape Town than all of UK.
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Narrow vote causes fury in Vienna where climate minister is threatened with legal action by coalition partners
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Interesting headline spin by @NIH instead of: detectable amounts of infectious virus remained in raw milk samples w/ high virus levels when treated at 72 degrees Celsius for 15 seconds—one standard pasteurization methods used by dairy industry
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The amount of infectious H5N1 influenza viruses in raw milk rapidly declined with heat treatment in laboratory research.
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Check out my latest article: Considerations on dairy cow surveillance for highly pathogenic H5N1 in Europe https://t.co/Db1PB34XuT via @LinkedIn
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“Impossible”. This was the response from a delegate at recent European meeting of epidemiologists and virologists to my question if countries were thinking about active surveillance for HPAI H5N1 of...
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Will Europe have to live with the routine threat of dengue and zika and other arboviruses in the summer?
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Parisian health authorities treat French capital for the first time as Zika and dengue-carrying tiger mosquitoes advance through northeastern Europe
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I’m very happy to share that I’ve been awarded a Higher Doctorate of Science- ScD at University of Cambridge!
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I’m very happy to share that I’ve been awarded a Higher Doctorate of Science- ScD at University of Cambridge! | 60 comments on LinkedIn
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Fungal attacks threaten global food supply, say experts | Fungi | The Guardian
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Climate crisis is exacerbating damage caused by crop-destroying fungi, risking ‘global health catastrophe’
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Not only do antibiotics lead to resistance but also lower immunity. We have to move to less intensive farming models and other protein sources for the good of human health, animal health and the environment. #planetaryhealth
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Study suggests antimicrobial used to promote livestock growth breeds bacteria more resistant to our natural defences
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Congrats to all the postgraduates who graduated today! 🎓🎉 We're proud of your hard work & dedication and wish you all the best in your future endeavors. 🌍 You are now part of a global alumni community making an impact in your respective fields. Let's stay connected! #ITMAlumni
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Great week so far teaching R & statistics to #ANTICOV-IMMUNO investigators with colleagues from @ITMantwerp @ISGLOBALorg in the beautiful Maputo city.
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Epidemiological research has become an important tool in assessing vaccine protection.💉 Learn how to analyse vaccine efficacy, safety and policy in low, middle and high-income countries with our short course. Running 3 - 14 July in London. Apply👉 https://t.co/7eummNQRbz
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Great to be in Addis to participate in this timely and important technical and strategic exchange on One Health with Dr Keith Sumption, Dr Fayesa, Dr Myrthe Pareyn convened by Belgian Ambassador Stefaan Thijs. Stressing the importance of the academic sect… https://t.co/14Ed6fZ3w6
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Great to be in Addis to participate in this timely and important technical and strategic exchange on One Health with Dr Keith Sumption, Dr Fayesa, Dr Myrthe Pareyn convened by Belgian Ambassador...
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Proud to be a board member of this African led initiative with dynamic partners. Let’s make sure we get Africa- specific data not just on Africa- specific diseases, but other infections also.
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PANTHER, a pan-African platform for emergency research and preparedness, is working to lay the groundwork for clinical trials so that they can be rolled out quickly when an outbreak hits.
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Phage therapy is the new frontier to tackle AMR and something ITM has worked on Exciting development to build the first phage library in UK. Would avoid dependence on pharma R&D for new antibiotics which seems to have slowed.
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Spread the word! After 3 years, the @WHO Access to Medicines and Health products Division will resume the Technical Briefing Seminar in Geneva, aimed at professionals working in the #pharmaceutical sector in low- and middle-income countries. Details here: https://t.co/APrOVQ7Qg9
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Congratulations to Dr Kaseya- ITM looks forward to working with you and Africa CDC. @AfricaCDC @DrTedros
Congratulations to Dr Jean Kaseya on his appointment as Director of @AfricaCDC! I and my colleagues at @WHO look forward to continuing to partner with Africa CDC under your leadership.
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Exciting opportunity at ITM - research capacity building is a big part of what we do. Thanks to support from Belgium Development and Cooperation program.
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Reminds me of the Least Publishable Unit concept in research. Better to have a complete and data rich paper than several data sparse ones. As long as not too many messages or Single Overriding Communication Objectives (SOCO). All papers at least in public… https://t.co/nA8wMOKFyW
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Worrying news and so soon after cases in Ghana in July 2022. Need for sequencing to see how these strains could be related. And of course more importantly a vaccine using existing Ebola platforms.
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Delighted to have newly appointed Min Caroline Gennez of the Ministry of Development Cooperation come visit Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp. The Ministry is a major funder of our research capacity-building and sleeping sickn… https://t.co/y1C7x0peSF
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Delighted to have newly appointed Min Caroline Gennez of the Ministry of Development Cooperation come visit Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp. The Ministry is a major funder of our research...
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At Antwerp Diner with Dept Clinical Sciences raising funds for our critical work with HIV.
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