Vibhu Prasad
vibhuprasad.bsky.social
Vibhu Prasad
@vibhuprasad.bsky.social
Assistant professor of microbiology and molecular medicine @ University of Geneva | molecular virology
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The question of the origin of #SARS-CoV-2 is a matter of significant scientific and public interest. Current publicly available data suggests a natural origin, while evidence supporting a lab origin remains scarce. Although no hypothesis has been definitively proven, the available data indicate...
April 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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‼BREAKING‼
We’ve secured new funding for the Boston Bioimage Analysis Course (BoBiAC) this July at Harvard Med School! Course fees down 37%, with fee waivers for academic applicants, for an intensive hands-on intro to bioimage analysis with Python!

Apply by June 1st!
iac.hms.harvard.edu/bobiac/2025
April 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Importin-9 and a TPR domain protein MpH drive periodic patterning of ciliary arrays in #Tetrahymena, say Anushi Suwaneththiya Deraniyagala, Wolfgang Maier, Jacek Gaertig @universityofga.bsky.social and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#Cilia #Development
April 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ER stress in cells (cell-autonomous) can be transmitted to neighbouring unstressed cells to generate a broader systemic ER stress response (cell non-autonomous ER stress) and hence have a wider impact in an organism where the stress was initially induced. Its significance to virus infections! 👇🏽
Transmission of unfolded protein response—a regulator of disease progression, severity, and spread in virus infections | mBio
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a cellular stress response pathway activated by the accumulation of misfolded or unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (1). The UPR aims to restore...
journals.asm.org
January 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Infection with #SARSCoV2 has highlighted how altered endothelial functions contribute to multiorgan health effects during the acute phase of #COVID19 and potentially to the longer-term consequences associated with #LongCovid.

Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective:
Endothelial inflammation in COVID-19
Disrupted endothelial function underlies the multiorgan complications of COVID-19
scim.ag
December 17, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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We focused on a biological process shared between the 2 tissues: the unfolded protein response (UPR). Both tissues become highly secretory but make different cargoes. Cells activated the UPR prior to cargo production, suggesting developmental anticipation of future stress. (5/)
November 26, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Viruses are therefore important: they affect all life on earth. They themselves also change, as we now notice with #SARSCoV2 who has made the leap to humans. Viruses can sometimes even determine what will survive. Don't underestimate these little bundles of information.
December 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Regulatory interactions between APOBEC3B N- and C-terminal domains biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2024.12.11.628032v1
December 13, 2024 at 10:53 AM
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Submit your research abstracts for the 34rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology before it's too late. You only have a little more than a week left! Deadline is 1 December!

🔗 virology-meeting.de/registration...

#GfV #GfV2025 #virology #virologymeeting #virus #viruses
November 24, 2024 at 3:06 PM