BatResearch - A.Prof. Aaron Irving
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Understanding bats through research. Host-Pathogen responses/Comparative Biology/Immunology. opinions my own. A. Prof @ZJE_institute Zhejiang University
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It's a great pleasure to share our latest article on yellow fever (Q1, Top 10%).
Cuéllar-Sáenz JA, Rodríguez-Morales AJ, Faccini-Martínez AA. Re-emergence of Yellow Fever in Magdalena Valley, Colombia, 2024-2025. Emerg Infect Dis 2025 Dec; 31(12). Epub Ahead Dec 12 wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Cuéllar-Sáenz JA, Rodríguez-Morales AJ, Faccini-Martínez AA. Re-emergence of Yellow Fever in Magdalena Valley, Colombia, 2024-2025. Emerg Infect Dis 2025 Dec; 31(12). Epub Ahead Dec 12 wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
December 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It's a great pleasure to share our latest article on yellow fever (Q1, Top 10%).
Cuéllar-Sáenz JA, Rodríguez-Morales AJ, Faccini-Martínez AA. Re-emergence of Yellow Fever in Magdalena Valley, Colombia, 2024-2025. Emerg Infect Dis 2025 Dec; 31(12). Epub Ahead Dec 12 wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Cuéllar-Sáenz JA, Rodríguez-Morales AJ, Faccini-Martínez AA. Re-emergence of Yellow Fever in Magdalena Valley, Colombia, 2024-2025. Emerg Infect Dis 2025 Dec; 31(12). Epub Ahead Dec 12 wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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Review @natrevimmunol.nature.com @idikic.bsky.social
Ubiquitination and autophagy in host–pathogen interactions: from immune surveillance to therapeutic targeting
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ubiquitination and autophagy in host–pathogen interactions: from immune surveillance to therapeutic targeting
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Ubiquitination and autophagy in host–pathogen interactions: from immune surveillance to therapeutic targeting
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ubiquitination and autophagy in host–pathogen interactions: from immune surveillance to therapeutic targeting
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Man dies of rabies after kidney transplant from donor who saved kitten from skunk | Michigan | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...?
Man dies of rabies after kidney transplant from donor who saved kitten from skunk
Michigan man received kidney transplant from donor who had fought off a skunk and was later found unresponsive
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December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Man dies of rabies after kidney transplant from donor who saved kitten from skunk | Michigan | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...?
Comparative humoral profiles in mpox cases, survivors, and vaccinated individuals reveal correlates of protection against MPXV: Cell Reports Medicine www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Comparative humoral profiles in mpox cases, survivors, and vaccinated individuals reveal correlates of protection against MPXV
Wang et al. compare humoral profiles in mpox patients, convalescents, and vaccinated
individuals, identifying dominant MPXV-neutralizing targets and defining antigenic
and demographic correlates of or...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Comparative humoral profiles in mpox cases, survivors, and vaccinated individuals reveal correlates of protection against MPXV: Cell Reports Medicine www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Molecular insights into species-specific ACE2 recognition of coronavirus HKU5 | Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Molecular insights into species-specific ACE2 recognition of coronavirus HKU5 - Nature Communications
This study reveals how the bat coronavirus HKU5 recognizes ACE2 receptors across mammals and birds, uncovering a cross-class receptor usage in coronaviruses and highlighting its potential for interspe...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Molecular insights into species-specific ACE2 recognition of coronavirus HKU5 | Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pre-print on the latest human case of H5Nx from Mexico ( and first-ever H5N2 ) around Sept 2025
Young, female, save for her BMI no major risk factor identified; survived but hemoptysis and lung damage observed. Not to be confused with the fatal H5N1 Mx case.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Young, female, save for her BMI no major risk factor identified; survived but hemoptysis and lung damage observed. Not to be confused with the fatal H5N1 Mx case.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Emergence of a novel reassorted high pathogenicity avian influenza A(H5N2) virus associated with severe pneumonia in a young adult
Background Infection of backyard and poultry with low pathogenicity avian influenza LPAI A(H5N2) viruses has occurred in Mexico since 1994, and the first human infection caused by this influenza virus...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Pre-print on the latest human case of H5Nx from Mexico ( and first-ever H5N2 ) around Sept 2025
Young, female, save for her BMI no major risk factor identified; survived but hemoptysis and lung damage observed. Not to be confused with the fatal H5N1 Mx case.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Young, female, save for her BMI no major risk factor identified; survived but hemoptysis and lung damage observed. Not to be confused with the fatal H5N1 Mx case.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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it’s bat friday! im working on this piece of a pallid bat swooping down to eat an arizona bark scorpion (fun fact: arizona bark scorpions are the most venomous scorpions in north america! but these bats can eat them no problem 😊) #science #bats #bugs #arthropods #sciart #illustration
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
it’s bat friday! im working on this piece of a pallid bat swooping down to eat an arizona bark scorpion (fun fact: arizona bark scorpions are the most venomous scorpions in north america! but these bats can eat them no problem 😊) #science #bats #bugs #arthropods #sciart #illustration
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There are 1500 described species of bat in the world with more being added all the time. Each species is unique in its requirements and the role they play in the ecosystem. In the UK we have 18 resident species www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
There are 1500 described species of bat in the world with more being added all the time. Each species is unique in its requirements and the role they play in the ecosystem. In the UK we have 18 resident species www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic
A retreat from investments in drugs and vaccines leaves U.S. less prepared for the next viral scourge, experts warn
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November 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Supporting the hatred of Ibis' everywhere!
“Bin Chicken” is now published in Nature Methods! It substantially improves genome recovery through rational coassembly 🧬🖥️. Applied to public 🌍 metagenomes, we recovered 24,000 novel species 🦠, including 6 new phyla.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Supporting the hatred of Ibis' everywhere!
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After 11 years, Aaron and I tag teamed a joint seminar on Genotype to Phenotype: Bat immunity at #IBRC2025
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August 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
After 11 years, Aaron and I tag teamed a joint seminar on Genotype to Phenotype: Bat immunity at #IBRC2025
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Nipah virus infects another in India's hot spot www.cidrap.umn.edu/nipah/nipah-...
Nipah virus infects another in India's hot spot
The man's illness was found during monitoring contacts of his father who recently died from a Nipah infection.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
July 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nipah virus infects another in India's hot spot www.cidrap.umn.edu/nipah/nipah-...
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#SMBE2025 Symposium 20: Thematic symposium: evolution of immunity
🔗 smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/program/25070
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July 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
#SMBE2025 Symposium 20: Thematic symposium: evolution of immunity
🔗 smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/program/25070
🔗 smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/program/25070
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Yesterday #CDC posted an extraordinary (also thorough & very useful) pre-buttal of claims about thimerosal in flu vaccines that will be made tomorrow at #ACIP. #HHS made CDC take it down.
Never a dull moment these days.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/c...
Never a dull moment these days.
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CDC vaccine advisory committee to review long-approved immunizations
A leader of the CDC's reconstituted vaccine advisory committee said the panel would start a review of long-approved shots.
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June 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Yesterday #CDC posted an extraordinary (also thorough & very useful) pre-buttal of claims about thimerosal in flu vaccines that will be made tomorrow at #ACIP. #HHS made CDC take it down.
Never a dull moment these days.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/c...
Never a dull moment these days.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/c...
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Interferon-epsilon, an estrogen-induced type I interferon, is uniquely exploited by Neisseria gonorrhoeae via effects on sialic acid metabolism
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Interferon-epsilon, an estrogen-induced type I interferon, is uniquely exploited by Neisseria gonorrhoeae via effects on sialic acid metabolism
Kurt-Jones et al. examined IFN-ε, a hormone-responsive type I IFN expressed by genital
epithelial cells, during Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng) infection. They demonstrated that
mice lacking IFN-ε exhibit ...
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June 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Interferon-epsilon, an estrogen-induced type I interferon, is uniquely exploited by Neisseria gonorrhoeae via effects on sialic acid metabolism
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A crazy week. One MSc student successfully defended. A PhD TAC agrees the student can submit. AI (student)-assignmemts marked and the Center for Infection, Immunity & Cancer symposia successfully concluded..
May 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A crazy week. One MSc student successfully defended. A PhD TAC agrees the student can submit. AI (student)-assignmemts marked and the Center for Infection, Immunity & Cancer symposia successfully concluded..
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⚠️ Discovery of a new mode of viral transmission:
Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse !
These viral satellites that do not encode their own glycoproteins, are in fact physically encapsulated within their helper virus particles!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse !
These viral satellites that do not encode their own glycoproteins, are in fact physically encapsulated within their helper virus particles!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A thread 1/14
May 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
⚠️ Discovery of a new mode of viral transmission:
Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse !
These viral satellites that do not encode their own glycoproteins, are in fact physically encapsulated within their helper virus particles!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A thread 1/14
Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse !
These viral satellites that do not encode their own glycoproteins, are in fact physically encapsulated within their helper virus particles!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A thread 1/14
