Thinking Out Loud (Blog)
Lab Day at the Beach 2022
Each July, the EpiVax team takes a day to relax and recharge at the beach! EpiVax CEO/CSO Dr. Annie De Groot started this tradition over 25 years ago as a professor at Brown University, and we've kept it going each year since! This year we were lucky to have the...
Monkeypox, Avian Flu and Q Fever, Oh My!
Monkeypox, Avian Influenza and Q Fever, Oh My! Before getting to other news, we share your sorrow and horror over the lives lost in Texas this week and agree that common sense gun legislation is long overdue in the USA. EpiVax team members are appalled and saddened...
Advocates Push FDA to Include T cell Analysis as Immune Correlate
Do you need a COVID Booster? Take a look at this headline: "Scientists Demand FDA Recognize T cells". The article is on behalf of the poor, neglected T cell that is doing all the work behind the scenes driving protective immunity. Why do we care? Because more COVID-19...
Women stepping up! And Gene Therapy
Gene Therapies – time to think about Immunogenicity I just returned from the Gene Therapies for Rare Disorders meeting in Boston… and wow, what an exciting time for these therapies! Here’s a good overview of AAV therapies currently approved and in clinical trials for...
Imagining (Global) Peace (and Love)
Love your Community It is important to keep goals in mind despite the chaos. We are imagining peace and sending out love to the citizens of countries impacted by conflict this month. EpiVax is promoting love locally and globally by doubling down on our commitment to...
Oh-My cron and the Importance of HOPE
Oh-My cron hits Rhode Island I’d like to start by saying Happy New Year! My resolution for 2022 is to hold onto Hope and Joy. To combine both concepts in one eyeful, ->here<- are the three J's: J-Hope, Jimin, and Jungkook dancing to Megan Thee Stallion's...