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Christina Bergey

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Assistant professor at Rutgers Genetics studying genomic evolution of humans, mosquitoes, monkeys...
New York, NY bergeylab.com Joined March 2010
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Christina Bergey @bergeycm
How mineral mining changes Ebola ecology & makes spillover more likely: "When people expand their farms, they generally push into forests from the edges. Those who seek minerals, in contrast, plunge deep into the core of the forest."
theguardian.com/world/2026/jun…
www.theguardian.com A disease of deforestation: how Ebola is linked to the smartphone in your pocket As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola outbreaks
Christina Bergey @bergeycm
I struggle to wrap my head around various “scales” of this and recent Ebola outbreaks: deaths, geography, healthcare spending gap, etc. But I can't fathom the amount of bravery shown by the people in those clinics caring for the sick at intense personal risk.
Nicholas Kristof Verified account @NickKristof May 23
Important reporting by @declanwalsh on the ground in an Ebola hot spot in Congo, underscoring the challenges of containing the virus -- especially when the US has slashed aid spending and cut support for @who. nytimes.com/2026/05/22/wor…
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Christina Bergey @bergeycm
I teach the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak as the time genomic epidemiology came of age. Rapid viral sequencing showed the potential that was realized in later Ebola/Zika outbreaks. That infrastructure was built with years of US support. It hurts my soul that our will to fund it is gone.
Christina Bergey @bergeycm
I was recently in Uganda, often within a mile of DRC. The speed of this has me very worried. DRC keeps seeing Ebola for structural reasons: collapsed health infrastructure and poverty. Add conflict in eastern DRC, and I’m scared we’re in for repeat of '18-'20 that killed 2000+.
Dr. Tom Frieden Verified account @DrTomFrieden May 20
The early trajectory of the Ebola outbreak in DRC is alarming. Spread of the disease likely went undetected for months. Fast detection and response are crucial to stop outbreaks.
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Preprint! 🧬 PhD student Lindsey Hauff @LindseyHauff led the team to sequence an endangered lemur entirely in Madagascar, steps from the rainforest at @CentreValBio, using @nanopore. Portable seq = game changer for genomics in high-biodiversity countries. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
www.biorxiv.org De novo genome assembly for an endangered lemur using portable nanopore sequencing in rural... As one of the most threatened mammalian taxa, lemurs of Madagascar are facing unprecedented anthropogenic pressures. To address conservation imperatives such as this, researchers have increasingly...