🆕 The Lancet This week it was widely announced we surpassed 6 million global Covid deaths. The real number is likely more than 18 million, as determined by excess mortality at the end of 2021. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Coot 1 is out and it’s cooler than ever!🎉 #ccp4 ✅ the GUI has been re-implemented ✅ the graphics has significantly improved, you can now export maps and models as glTF files to be used in #Blender3d and other 3D software. ✅ coot is now a module to be imported in Python 3

CryoET 101 has officially launched! Check out the first chapter, made in collaboration with Julia Brasch (Julia Brasch) and Peter Shen. cryoem101.org/chapter-1-et/

What a fantastic thread with great visual examples! Think outside Times New Roman. 😜

Kicking off the start of year 4 of grad school with the official NoA for my NIAID F31. 🎉 Feeling deeply grateful for the support of so many lovely scientists, funding agencies, and donors over the years. The adventure continues!

(1/5) Our latest work on intermediates in the SARS-CoV-2 spike-mediated cell entry pathway: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Many scientists are working toward the gold standard of infectious disease prevention: universal vaccines. But what does that mean? A quick intro! (& as always, a huge shoutout to Matt, Faith, and Drew—teamwork makes the dream work!) Scripps Research youtube.com/watch?v=1ROgFu…

New stickers are out featuring HIV, flu, and coronavirus virions.🦠 Show pride for your research with these shiny new additions! -- #sciart #hiv #influenza #coronavirus etsy.com/listing/128912…

Really excited to finally share our work on #Lassa's fusion glycoprotein (GPC) on bioRxiv! We explore GPC structures across lineages, antibodies targeting the apex of the trimer (which impede receptor binding), and describe a new NAb! Read more here!🔬 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to share this work completed during my postdoc with @Sara_Sawyer_, and in collaboration with our colleagues Jens Kuhn, Tony Goldberg, Arturo Barbachano-Guerrero, Qing Yang and others! We believe simian arteriviruses pose a risk for human infection. cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

How talented is Hailee Perrett ?! Here, I have HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza virus stickers. Now I need to find the perfect place to put them 😍

The first paper from my postdoc is officially out in Science, Space & Robots today! We solved the first structure of the "spike" protein for the #hepatitisC virus 🦠 (HCV) and pave the way for future HCV #vaccines 💉. Read the full story here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 🥳🥳🥳🤩🤩🥰🥰

They asked me to talk about #MAP7 #MTs and #kinesin but I couldn't stop talking about #trains and #art 😍- and let's just say I laughed a little too hard at my own jokes 🤣! Thank you to Chi-Min Ho Michael Cianfrocco Liz Kellogg ❄️🔬 and Microscopy & Spectroscopy for having me on #ThePlungePodcast! 🥳

Beautiful work from Philip, Aleks Antanasijevic Lab @ EPFL, and the rest of the team! 👏

Welcome to twitter, Aleks Antanasijevic Lab @ EPFL! Had a lot of fun working with my former colleague, mentor, and close friend on the logo for his new lab at EPFL which will continue his journey in structural virology and immunology. Can't wait to see what's to come from his lab! 💛

Yay! LOVE-ly work, friends! 😜 Michaela Medina Ben Barad

Scientists in The Ward Lab have determined the structure of the critical protein complex that lets #Lassa virus infect human cells. They also identify new antibodies that bind & neutralize the virus, paving the way toward more effective vaccines & treatments scripps.edu/news-and-event…

So happy to see this finally out and grateful for the many wonderful collaborators who made this work possible (including The Ward Lab Bryan Briney Antanasijevic Lab @ EPFL Maddy Newby Max Crispin Grace Gibson)! 🔬🎉

Immune memory shapes human polyclonal antibody responses to H2N2 vaccination biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_immuno

What a gift to the community!