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PhD candidate at @TUDelft in collaboration with @Vitens and @Dunea. Minerals & microbes in groundwater treatment. #pwLC
Den Haag
Joined November 2009
Join our team! We are looking for a #postdoctoral researcher with expertise on #bioinformatics (-omics) & #muscle for our #LongCOVID projects. Project is for 2 years (we love to keep you longer!) and based in Amsterdam. Official vacancy is not out yet, but please DM me your CV!
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Veel post-COVID patiënten met een cruciaal beroep komen niet in aanmerking voor compensatie en bij het UWV en gemeenten vallen patiënten te vaak buiten de boot. Ook over het onderwijs en kinderen met post-COVID maak ik mij samen met mijn collega @Lisawesterveld grote zorgen.👇
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Our "weird oxygen production" paper is finally out! The polymetallic nodule-covered seafloor is making oxygen. We don't know exactly how - lots of fun work ahead! - but a new source of O2 may help fuel the deep-sea biosphere. 👏 to @ProfAKSweetman for leading the charge 👏
Brief Communication: Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor @ProfAKSweetman @d_de_jonge @alyciajsmith @jj_marlow @Alylough @clarewoulds @willhomoky @SAMSoceannews @JNCC_UK @BU_Tweets
https://t.co/gTfUNw6y0S
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An unpopular insight from science (as is climate change), which should not be dismissed just because it’s unpleasant: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling https://t.co/3ggmY5tSqG
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I’ve been fortunate enough to have some time to stand back and reflect on the state of the field of post-acute infection syndromes(PAIS)/infection associated chronic conditions (IACC) such as #LongCOVID, #MECFS and chronic #Lyme and I wanted to share some opinions. Before I 1/
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🚨Aankondiging opening eerste 3 poliklinieken Heel erg goed nieuws! Minister Pia Dijkstra van het Ministerie van VWS deelt net het heugelijke nieuws dat binnen enkele weken de eerste 3 Post Covid klinieken gaan openen. Het Erasmus MC, het UMC Amsterdam en het UMC in Maastricht
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Update petitie!✍️ Vandaag gaan we met de petitie ‘Stem voor post-COVID-poliklinieken’ naar Den Haag. De petitie is al meer dan 105.000 keer ondertekend en loopt nog door. Om 13.15 uur bieden we, @LongCovidNL samen met @PostCovidNL, @NietHersteld, @KinderenLC en @StLongCOVID, de
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Positive mindset is not a valid treatment for #LongCovid. It’s a way to cope with LongCovid. Two points: -Targeted chemo still works on grumpy people. - Our attitude didn’t make us sick, a virus did. We need targeted pharmaceutical TREATMENT #PhysicianPatient
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1/ We’re on a mission to make invisible illness visible. Making your health data easier to share with healthcare providers & researchers is a crucial part of that. So today, we’re launching all-new Health Reports + Data Export for #LongCovid & #MECFS 🎉 https://t.co/LqpjZCYa9B
makevisible.com
We’re launching brand new ways for you to view, analyse and share your Visible data.
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In dit artikel in de Volkskrant wordt een paper besproken van Lihui Guo & Brent Appelman (AMC), ook @RobWust. https://t.co/QJuOjJ3Z3L Zonder paywall: https://t.co/lWwRLvkiSc Hier heb ik het samengevat ⬇️
Interesting! 🇳🇱 Hypothesis-generating paper with small sample. Hypothesis: increased (30H-)anthranilic acid ⬇️ IDO2 expression in PBMCs ⬇️ mitochondrial dysfunction in those cells & increased autophagy (but not apoptosis) https://t.co/WCrBxKnkff
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More background: not taking any supplements right now besides daily Vit D3 (20ug), weekly B12, and daily cetirizine (allergy related). Did occasionally smoke in the past so nicotine isn't completely new to me, which is why I didn't start with half a patch (that's the suggestion).
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Started with 7mg and planned to take it off for the first night, but then I didn't. Sleep wasn't great but not horrible either. No nausea so far, feeling ok this morning with day 2 of #TheNicotineTest.
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First observations: patch application this morning was a bit fiddly (edges didn't glue very well). Brain fog lifted initially but is back right now. No side effects or effect on muscle pain yet. #TheNicotineTest
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Joined @TheNicotineTest today, self-testing the hypothesis that low dose nicotine patches can help with #LongCovid recovery. Details in the hypothesis paper by @LeitzkeMarco
https://t.co/ZEeUKUkXdL.
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Doesn't correlate with #LongCovid symptoms so far. Past days were pretty bad without concerning lactate values (brain fog, muscle pain). Let's see what the next days will bring, it's only a few days for now and no trend.
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first few days of #theacidtest: only one measurement >2, i.e. no really concerning values. Filled circles 1h after breakfast, empty ones after waking. Method is not very robust though, remeasured the high value twice (with new lancets) and it turned out much lower.
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First data point, after coffee (protocol says after waking) and some technical issues that delayed the measurement: 1.4 mmol/L LAC 3/X
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Simplified hypothesis: covid fucked up the blood circulation, cell metabolism shifting to anaerobic at rest. Lactate builds up, which should be visible in capillary blood, which can be measured at home (mostly used by athletes). [long read: https://t.co/nvVTHlJPvi] 2/X
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Will share some lactate measurements in the coming 2-3 weeks doing #theacidtest which is especially exciting for someone who loves to be in the lab doing experiments but it's still mostly housebound due to long covid. 1/X
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Our NEW publication in #WaterResearch explores the influence of filter age on #iron, #manganese and #ammonium removal in #rapidsandfilters used for drinking water production:
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