Ursula Hofer
@hoferu.bsky.social
Desk-chair virologist, EiC of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, previously at different Nature journals, MD PhD. She/her/expert. Opinions my own.
I sometimes joke that I get paid to be judgemental 😉
But it takes time and experience to make good decisions. I can see how it's easier to outsource decisions to peer reviewers if you're lacking in either of these factors (not blaming individuals, workloads, training etc are systemic factors).
But it takes time and experience to make good decisions. I can see how it's easier to outsource decisions to peer reviewers if you're lacking in either of these factors (not blaming individuals, workloads, training etc are systemic factors).
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I sometimes joke that I get paid to be judgemental 😉
But it takes time and experience to make good decisions. I can see how it's easier to outsource decisions to peer reviewers if you're lacking in either of these factors (not blaming individuals, workloads, training etc are systemic factors).
But it takes time and experience to make good decisions. I can see how it's easier to outsource decisions to peer reviewers if you're lacking in either of these factors (not blaming individuals, workloads, training etc are systemic factors).
Or they try to solve problems we don't have...
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Or they try to solve problems we don't have...
Reposted by Ursula Hofer
Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2 - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2
The constant emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants has driven the COVID-19 pandemic
and sustains the current endemic. Saltation variants, such as BA.2.86,1 encode highly
mutated spike (S) proteins th...
www.thelancet.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2 - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
So sponges are the original cool aunties...
Nice work!
Nice work!
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
So sponges are the original cool aunties...
Nice work!
Nice work!
Now I want a sweatshirt like that...
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Now I want a sweatshirt like that...