Jonas Fuchs

varVAMP: degenerate primer design for tiled full genome sequencing and qPCR - Nature Communications varVAMP is open-source software for designing primers for tiled-amplicon sequencing and qPCR. It simplifies primer design for viral pathogens with high genomic variability by including sequence variat...

So happy that our primer design software is now out. The project started in 2020 and was one of the most fun and collaborative projects so far! Thanks to all involved!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

github.com/jonas-fuchs/...

HKU State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and InnoHK Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics Successfully Develop Nasal Spray H5N1 Avian Influenza Vaccine - All News - Media - HKU HKU State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and InnoHK Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics Successfully Develop Nasal Spray H5N1 Avian Influenza Vaccine The State Key La...

Scientists develop a nasal spray vaccine for #H5N1 avian influenza

Animal studies show that a single dose provides robust protection against infection and sustains immune memory

#birdflu #influenza #vaccines

Trump’s call for ‘gold standard science’ has prompted an outcry: here’s why Thousands have signed an open letter against the US president’s latest order, anxious about political interference in science and more.

Trump signed an order mandating the overhaul of research-integrity policies so that the US government promotes “gold standard science”. But many researchers worry about political interference and are mobilizing opposition.

https://go.nature.com/43EYiKo

You might be wondering why we haven't updated outbreak.info for months.

Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.

After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.

More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.