Hasan Al Banna
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Hasan Al Banna
@hbanna.bsky.social
RNA Biologist | Cellular Immunologist | Science Communicator | PhD candidate at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), former fellow at icddr,b
Episode 9 (Season 2) is out now.

We explored dengue fever and the dengue virus with our special guest, Dr. Juliet Obi, who published exciting new research this year.

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Biotech Career, Dengue Virus, Biophysics of NS5 | Research Digest with Dr. Juliet Obi | S2E9
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December 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Happy to share my recently published work.
An individual's response to a vaccine may vary depending on various known and unknown factors. Here we discovered one of those unknowns! Check out the link below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reposted by Hasan Al Banna
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.” This Collection celebrates the award and recognizes the winners’ achievements. #medsky 🧪
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries ...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Happy to start Season 2 of Research Digest Podcast.
We discussed the article- "Dynamic Changes in Heparan Sulfate Nanostructure in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation"

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June 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It was great experience at #RNA25 to talk about our new RNA imaging tool called #SARAbody
Thanks to organizers @rnasociety.bsky.social for amazing management!
June 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
May 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In this episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we discussed the article titled “Temporal recording of mammalian development and precancer”, published in Nature Journal (Volume 634, 1187–1195) in 2024.

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Mirazul Islam on Stem Cell Development, Lineage Tracking, CRISPR, & Cancer | Research Digest | S1E5
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January 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In this episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we discussed the article titled “Loss of HIV candidate vaccine efficacy in male macaques by mucosal nanoparticle immunization rescued by V2-specific response” (Nature Communications, Vol 15, Article #9102, 2024).
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Mohammad Arif Rahman on HIV Vaccine, Immune responses, Nanoparticles | Research Digest | S1E4
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January 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In this episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we discussed the article titled “The RRM-mediated RNA binding activity in T. brucei RAP1 is essential for VSG monoallelic expression”, published in Nature Communications (Volume 14, Article # 1576) in 2023.

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Marjia Afrin on Parasite Infection, Antigenic Variation, TbRAP1 function | Research Digest | S1E3
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January 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In this episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we discussed the article titled “Structural basis for a highly conserved RNA-mediated enteroviral genome replication”, published in Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) Journal (Volume 52, Issue 18, Pages 11218–11233).

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Naba Krishna Das on RNA Structures, Enteroviruses, Viral replication | Research Digest | S1E2
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January 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
In the first episode of the Research Digest Podcast, we discussed the article “Tandem mobilization of anti-phage defenses alongside SCCmec elements in staphylococci” published in Nature Communications journal.

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Motaher Hossain on Bacterial Immunity, Anti-phage defense, Phage therapy | Research Digest | S1E1
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January 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM