Ben Nilsson-Payant
@ben-nilsson-payant.bsky.social
Enthusiastic about understanding what makes viruses tick and what makes humans sick
Virologist | Assistant Prof at Karolinska Institutet | Formerly, TWINCORE (AG Pietschmann), NYU (tenOever lab) and Oxford (Fodor lab)
https://tinyurl.com/48mzfe8f
Virologist | Assistant Prof at Karolinska Institutet | Formerly, TWINCORE (AG Pietschmann), NYU (tenOever lab) and Oxford (Fodor lab)
https://tinyurl.com/48mzfe8f
Reposted by Ben Nilsson-Payant
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects.
The country was until this month one of the only places in the world that did not have a mosquito population. The other is Antarctica. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Rereading Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons for the first time since high school. I never realised how profoundly inaccurately scientific research is depicted in his books….
October 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Rereading Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons for the first time since high school. I never realised how profoundly inaccurately scientific research is depicted in his books….
Big and well-deserved congratulations to our brilliant postdoc Wanda Christ, who received the Sven Gards prize for her PhD dissertation at @ki.se! nyheter.ki.se/wanda-christ...
October 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Big and well-deserved congratulations to our brilliant postdoc Wanda Christ, who received the Sven Gards prize for her PhD dissertation at @ki.se! nyheter.ki.se/wanda-christ...
Happy to share our study demonstrating safe and effective disinfection methods for Andes virus. Thanks to Toni Meister @UKE and Eike Steinmann @mmv-rub.bsky.social for reaching out and helpful collaboration with @mariarosenthal.bsky.social.
www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
Stability of Andes virus and its inactivation by WHO-recommended hand rub formulations and surface disinfectants
Hantaviruses are responsible for thousands of infections globally. In the absence
of vaccines or targeted treatments for severe diseases such as haemorrhagic fever
with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hanta...
www.journalofhospitalinfection.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Happy to share our study demonstrating safe and effective disinfection methods for Andes virus. Thanks to Toni Meister @UKE and Eike Steinmann @mmv-rub.bsky.social for reaching out and helpful collaboration with @mariarosenthal.bsky.social.
www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...
Reposted by Ben Nilsson-Payant
Excited to share our work describing a series of structures that allow us to propose a new model for Hantavirus genome replication by the viral L-protein. Another great experience with @loiccarrique.bsky.social @ben-nilsson-payant.bsky.social @efodor.bsky.social Jon Grimes.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Structural characterization of the full-length Hantaan virus polymerase
Author summary Hantaviruses are widely distributed viruses that can undergo zoonosis where they cause severe disease in humans. Old World hantaviruses, found predominantly in Asia and Europe, can caus...
doi.org
December 13, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Excited to share our work describing a series of structures that allow us to propose a new model for Hantavirus genome replication by the viral L-protein. Another great experience with @loiccarrique.bsky.social @ben-nilsson-payant.bsky.social @efodor.bsky.social Jon Grimes.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...