Charlotte Barker (@EditorCharlotte) header
Charlotte Barker (@EditorCharlotte) profile picture

Charlotte Barker

@EditorCharlotte

Likes: science, puns, peanut butter, bees, feminism, vaccines, editing the atom.

 England, United Kingdom
Joined October 2014
  • Tweets1.6K
  • Following490
  • Followers578
Our Head of CMC, Piper Trelstad, had the opportunity to speak with @EditorCharlotte at @VaccineInsights to discuss her career in the vaccine field, keys to successful partnerships and new vaccine technologies. Read the interview: insights.bio/vaccine-insight…
Optimizing CMC to make vaccines for the world

Optimizing CMC to make vaccines for the world

Charlotte Barker, Editor, Vaccine Insights, speaks to Piper Trelstad, Head of CMC, Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute about her long career in vaccine manufacturing and recent move to...

insights.bio
1
2
282
"The phone never rang – in fact, it was years before people were interested," Drew Weissman told me last year about his pioneering mRNA research with Katalin Karikó. On Monday, they were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine! insights.bio/vaccine-insight…
RNA vaccines: past, present & future

RNA vaccines: past, present & future

RNA vaccines have been one of the success stories of the COVID-19 pandemic – but the platform has not always been so popular with vaccine developers. We caught up with RNA pioneer Drew Weissman to...

insights.bio
134
This is a crazy/fascinating story! Tasmanian devils are being decimated by contagious cancers transmitted by their constant fighting. Now a vaccine that primes the immune system against tumor cells is going into trials. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Tasmanian devil cancer vaccine approved for testing

Tasmanian devil cancer vaccine approved for testing

Nature - The vaccine was inspired by COVID jabs, but if it is approved, it will be delivered in edible bait.

nature.com
1
1
91
Don’t miss out on this recent Vaccine Insights issue: RNA vaccines Part 1: Exploring future potential #vaccines #RNAvaccines Link to issue online ow.ly/H10150OVvsE

Vaccine Insights Volume 2 Issue 3

insights.bio
1
1
1
86
Best part of being Editor of @VaccineInsights is talking to amazing, passionate scientists like @CarinaDewiJoe (@JennerInstitute), who worked 16+ hour days through the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic to scale up manufacturing of the ChAdOx1 vaccine platform!
Image from Charlotte Barker (@EditorCharlotte)
Vaccine Insights (@VaccineInsights) profile pictureVaccine Insights@VaccineInsights23 Jun 2023
Optimizing adenovirus vector-based #vaccineproduction Read this interview to learn about University of Oxford’s Carina Joe’s role in scaling up the #adenovirusvectoredvaccine: ow.ly/FYug50OQfNP
Optimizing adenovirus vector-based vaccine production

Optimizing adenovirus vector-based vaccine production

Arriving at the University of Oxford in late 2019, postdoctoral researcher Carina Joe hoped to apply her skills in biologics manufacturing to viral vector vaccines, a new area for her. Within months,...

insights.bio
2
109
Exploring original #antigenic sin as the basis for S. aureus vaccine failures Read the article below to learn more about the recall of memory response to a primary #influenzainfection by subsequent #influenza infections or vaccines ow.ly/rhqZ50OrPxy
1
58
Embracing Complexity: Pioneering enteric disease researcher @GKangInd discusses her work on #rotavirus vaccines, understanding immune responses to #oralvaccines and mentorship for the next generation of Indian #healthsciences researchers. insights.bio/vaccine-insight…
Image from Vaccine Insights (@VaccineInsights)
4
6
BioInsights - “Should we vaccinate against long-COVID?” The latest article from our ⁦@TheLancet⁩ Commission on COVID19 (Vaccine Subgroup) insights.bio/vaccine-insight…

Should we vaccinate against long-COVID?

The primary goal of current COVID-19 vaccination programs is preventing hospitalizations and deaths from acute disease. However, an important additional role for vaccination could be in preventing or...

insights.bio
2
22
5
38
Charlotte Barker retweeted
PATH (@PATHtweets) profile picture
PATH@PATHtweets16 Jul 2022
How is the pandemic changing the vaccines space? In a new @VaccineInsights Spotlight guest edited by PATH's Dr. Fred Cassels, some of the world's top experts explore how COVID-19 has changed – and is still changing – the vaccine field. insights.bio/vaccine-insight…
COVID-19: how is the pandemic changing the vaccines space?

COVID-19: how is the pandemic changing the vaccines space?

COVID-19: how is the pandemic changing the vaccines space?What have we learned from the past two years and how can we apply our experience going forward?New platforms: Following the rapid commercia...

insights.bio
3
4
As new #covid19 variants spread globally, more research is needed on the impact of #LongCOVID as infection rates rise. Our latest article in @VaccineInsights. Lancet @Commissioncovid task force on #vaccines and #therapeutics. @PeterHotez @mebottazzi insights.bio/vaccine-insight…
Image from Bhavna Lall, MD MPH MPA FACP (@lall_bhavna)
7
9
Should we #vaccinate against long-Covid? By @PeterHotez et al. An important additional role for #covid #vaccination could be in preventing/treating post-acute #covid19 syndrome, known as #longcovid. Read more here: bit.ly/3RgPvHB
Should we vaccinate against long-COVID?

Should we vaccinate against long-COVID?

The primary goal of current COVID-19 vaccination programs is preventing hospitalizations and deaths from acute disease. However, an important additional role for vaccination could be in preventing or...

insights.bio
2
3
RNA vaccines: past, present & future In this interview with #RNA pioneer Drew Weissman, find out how #RNAvaccines became the hottest technology in #vaccinedevelopment Read more: bit.ly/3I80AGP #vaccines #covid
RNA vaccines: past, present & future

RNA vaccines: past, present & future

RNA vaccines have been one of the success stories of the COVID-19 pandemic – but the platform has not always been so popular with vaccine developers. We caught up with RNA pioneer Drew Weissman to...

insights.bio
1
2
How has the #COVID19 pandemic changed the #vaccine field? Nick Jackson, Clover’s President of Global R&D, opines in the 1st edition of @VaccineInsights with guest editor, Frederick J Cassels, @PATHtweets bit.ly/3bkqlXV
Image from Clover Biopharmaceuticals (@CloverBiopharma)
2
6
#Vaccine R&D in the post-COVID-19 era We sat down with Philip Dormitzer @GSK to discuss speeding up vaccine development, the future of #RNAvaccines, and how the #pandemic has shaken up the industry Read more here: bit.ly/3xYTQGj
Image from Vaccine Insights (@VaccineInsights)
1
Huge thanks to Peter Gilbert (@fredhutch), Peter Dull (@gatesfoundation), and Stanley Plotkin (@Penn) for sharing their insights in our Expert Roundtable on correlates of protection - and to our excellent moderator Fred Cassels (@PATHtweets)! bit.ly/3OqyOXO
Correlates of protection for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

Correlates of protection for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

Vaccine Insights brought together three leading experts to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has advanced our understanding of correlates of protection – and where further research is needed.Peter...

insights.bio
Vaccine Insights (@VaccineInsights) profile pictureVaccine Insights@VaccineInsights24 Jun 2022
We brought together three leading experts to discuss how the COVID-19 #pandemic has advanced our understanding of correlates of protection and where further research is needed. #vaccination #covid Read/watch the roundtable discussion here: bit.ly/3OqyOXO
Image from Vaccine Insights (@VaccineInsights)
2
Interview: In search of vaccinology’s Holy Grail - developing a pan-sarbecovirus #vaccine We speak to Linfa Wang about preparations for the next #pandemic #vaccination Read the full #interview here: bit.ly/3HFNtME
Image from Vaccine Insights (@VaccineInsights)
1
Charlotte Barker retweeted
PATH (@PATHtweets) profile picture
PATH@PATHtweets22 Jun 2022
How is the COVID-19 pandemic changing the vaccine landscape? The inaugural issue of @VaccineInsights, guest edited by PATH’s Global Head, Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases, Fred Cassels, asks leading experts just that. bit.ly/3zXQd6o
Image from PATH (@PATHtweets)
6
5
Very cool to speak with Dr. Fauci! Wishing him a speedy recovery from his own bout of COVID💐
Vaccine Insights (@VaccineInsights) profile pictureVaccine Insights@VaccineInsights17 Jun 2022
Replying to @EditorCharlotte
@EditorCharlotte speaks with Dr Anthony Fauci @NIAIDNews about endemicity, pandemic preparedness, misinformation, and the potential for broadly protective vaccines. insights.create-social-card.…
1
Our new journal - @VaccineInsights - is live! Putting the launch issue together has been exciting, enlightening, and eye-opening! Take a look to find out what vaccine experts think are the key lessons we should learn from COVID-19...
Vaccine Insights (@VaccineInsights) profile pictureVaccine Insights@VaccineInsights16 Jun 2022
In the inaugural issue of Vaccine Insights, we asked leading vaccine experts to share their thoughts on how the pandemic has changed vaccine development, manufacture, and delivery – and how we can better protect against future pandemic threats. insights.clicksocialimg.top/…
1
1
Lovely to see bumblebees coming out of hibernation as the weather warms up - here’s what to do if you spot one on the ground 🐝
The Bee Guy (@the_beeguy) profile pictureThe Bee Guy
@the_beeguy13 Mar 2022
Lots of people asking us about #bumblebees at the moment - why they’re seeing them on the ground - so here’s a quick thread to explain what they’re up to. Please share as every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year! 1/7
1
5
Load more