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Wonderful thread about polio virus, the vaccines, and why we need to keep vaccinating.
My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines.
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.
So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻
December 19, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Wonderful thread about polio virus, the vaccines, and why we need to keep vaccinating.
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This is fascinating! Congrats @brunetlab.bsky.social & colleagues! Cool findings on vascular/pericyte & meningeal/perivascular fibroblast cell types - important to exercise to keep those 🧠 blood vessels young and functional 🏃♀️🏋️♂️...but also what are the fibroblasts up to?!? 👀 🧪 #BBB #fibroblast
December 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
This is fascinating! Congrats @brunetlab.bsky.social & colleagues! Cool findings on vascular/pericyte & meningeal/perivascular fibroblast cell types - important to exercise to keep those 🧠 blood vessels young and functional 🏃♀️🏋️♂️...but also what are the fibroblasts up to?!? 👀 🧪 #BBB #fibroblast
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Autopsies of 15 COVID-19 cases showed SARS-CoV-2 in multiple organs (lungs, heart, liver, etc.) even in non-immunocompromised individuals.
The virus mutated differently in each organ, supporting theories of viral reservoirs and rapid evolution.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The virus mutated differently in each organ, supporting theories of viral reservoirs and rapid evolution.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Multi‐Organ Spread and Intra‐Host Diversity of SARS‐CoV‐2 Support Viral Persistence, Adaptation, and a Mechanism That Increases Evolvability
Intra-host diversity is an intricate phenomenon related to immune evasion, antiviral resistance, and evolutionary leaps along transmission chains. SARS-CoV-2 intra-host variation has been well-eviden....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 14, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Autopsies of 15 COVID-19 cases showed SARS-CoV-2 in multiple organs (lungs, heart, liver, etc.) even in non-immunocompromised individuals.
The virus mutated differently in each organ, supporting theories of viral reservoirs and rapid evolution.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The virus mutated differently in each organ, supporting theories of viral reservoirs and rapid evolution.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6
A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn (Gift Article)
Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.
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December 12, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6
Genome Informatics in the Age of AI With Ben Busby
@dcgenomics.bsky.social at DNAnexus
@dcgenomics.bsky.social at DNAnexus
Genome Informatics in the Age of AI With Ben Busby, DNAnexus
Today we begin a new series co-produced with GenomeWeb on the state of genome informatics. To do that, we’re joined by Ben Busby, principal scientist at DNAnexus.
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December 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Genome Informatics in the Age of AI With Ben Busby
@dcgenomics.bsky.social at DNAnexus
@dcgenomics.bsky.social at DNAnexus
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As an early riser I have been observing this for decades, but only recently learned that it’s the earths shadow. Mind blown.
December 7, 2024 at 4:04 PM
As an early riser I have been observing this for decades, but only recently learned that it’s the earths shadow. Mind blown.
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Bay Area Winery meetup was delightful! And this is not the last one of the year! More meetups coming up before the holidays 🧬✨
December 7, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Bay Area Winery meetup was delightful! And this is not the last one of the year! More meetups coming up before the holidays 🧬✨
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WOW! @UCLAHealth hiring Associate Dean for Health AI Innovation & Strategy and Director, @UCLA Center for AI & Smart Health! Tenure-track and non- options available. Opportunity to shape and drive #AI vision and strategy. Apply soon! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10032
Associate Dean for Health AI Innovation & Strategy and Director, UCLA Center for AI & Smart Health (non-tenured track)
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
December 4, 2024 at 2:25 AM
WOW! @UCLAHealth hiring Associate Dean for Health AI Innovation & Strategy and Director, @UCLA Center for AI & Smart Health! Tenure-track and non- options available. Opportunity to shape and drive #AI vision and strategy. Apply soon! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10032
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This is f-tastic
Our Big Fantastic Virus Database (BFVD) is now published NAR! It contains protein structure predictions of major viral clades, enhanced by petabase-scale homology search and it's explorable on the web.
🌐 bfvd.foldseek.com
💾 bfvd.steineggerlab.workers.dev
📄 academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
🌐 bfvd.foldseek.com
💾 bfvd.steineggerlab.workers.dev
📄 academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
December 4, 2024 at 2:43 AM
This is f-tastic
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Re-reposting @scottehensley.bsky.social post, since this is the same mutation identified in the recent paper in Science from my colleagues at @scripps.edu.
As always, nature gets there first. The more chances we give the virus, the more chances it'll hit goal...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
As always, nature gets there first. The more chances we give the virus, the more chances it'll hit goal...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 6, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Re-reposting @scottehensley.bsky.social post, since this is the same mutation identified in the recent paper in Science from my colleagues at @scripps.edu.
As always, nature gets there first. The more chances we give the virus, the more chances it'll hit goal...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
As always, nature gets there first. The more chances we give the virus, the more chances it'll hit goal...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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