Today, Coefficient Giving is launching the Strep A Vaccine Fund, a multi-donor initiative to accelerate vaccine development against one of the world's most neglected infectious diseases relative to its scale.
Strep A kills ~639,000 people a year. There is no vaccine. I think that can change 🧵
Made it to #ksbeyondantibiotics26. Saw wildlife right away!
Kind of makes sense. I mean, we haven't had the outbreak of a new and deadly worldwide pandemic in almost five years.
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
The American Academy of Microbiology proudly announces the election of 63 fellows to the Class of 2026. Over the past 50 years, the Academy has elected +2,700 distinguished scientists. This year, the new fellows hail from 14 countries. Read press release: asm.social/2OC
Guess what NIH funded friends. No more paylines! This will be replaced by an entirely opaque system that appears to bool down to “whatever we want.”
They have destroyed the meritorious peer review system. Score will just be “considered”.
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No more paylines at the NIH
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Unraveling Streptococcus pyogenes Carriage: Genomic and Transcriptomic Insights from Acute and Post-Treatment Phases https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.22.683982v1
Opening Remarks happening NOW!! Come join us at #IDSOG2025