
Alison Farrar
@alisonefarrar
🧫🔬 @AchillesKap lab | MD-PhD student @HarvardMed + @Ox_DTP + @OxfordPhysics | @UA_RRSP alum | she/her | Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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http://alisonfarrar.github.io 16-01-2016 02:38:56
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Malaria is one of the big killers of young children globally. A new vaccine against malaria showed an efficacy of 77% in a trial in Africa! This is very good news. This vaccine was also developed by the scientists here at University of Oxford. eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2…


I’m working on detecting a faster test for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and we’ve launched a Zooniverse project so people around the world 🌍 can help us learn what these bacteria look like 🔬! Achillefs Kapanidis Conor Feehily

Science is for everyone! Today, we celebrate the incredible achievements of women in STEM and the positive impact they have on our world. #WomenInScienceDay #WomenInSTEM 🔬👩🔬🚀 Department of Physics at University of Oxford MPLSOxford The Kavli Foundation #KavliOxford Alison Farrar University of Oxford


Infection Inspection was featured in New Scientist magazine in @layallivs column about citizen science! Check it out: newscientist.com/article/mg2573…


🦠💊🌍 How can a citizen science project improve an already accurate AI-based test for antimicrobial resistance? Alison Farrar of our Antimicrobial Resistance programme explains more in this insightful blog. Read more: i.mtr.cool/darerepopi


What we learned about identifying AMR 🧫🔬 from the Infection Inspection citizen science project funded by Oxford Martin School ox.ac.uk/news/features/…

Our work on rapid detection of antibiotic resistant and susceptible cells using ribosome phenotypes is out today! We used fluorescent imaging and changes in bacterial structure to classify single cells with high accuracy. Achillefs Kapanidis Oxford Martin School doi.org/10.1038/s42003…