The 2021 TIME 100 Next List includes artists, innovators, advocates... Me. Honored. Blessed. Prepared. Purposed. Next. Profile written by Dr. Anthony Fauci. time.com/collection/tim…

What a waste the we are not using wastewater surveillance, capable of forecasting covid cases 3 weeks in advance "High-throughput surveillance could greatly ameliorate comprehensive community prevalence assessments by providing robust, rapid estimates" msystems.asm.org/content/6/2/e0…

The work that alerted us to increased transmissibility of B 117 now out in science science.sciencemag.org/content/early/…

📢 We are hiring! Currently seeking a lab technician (fixed-term) to join our team and support us in molecular biology and in vivo experimentation for a project developing glycopolymer therapeutics. RTs appreciated! #glycotime jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen…

Those planning on travelling for Easter or spring holidays in the EU should be aware that current incidence and mortality levels in the EU are 25-30 times higher than they were in July last year. Travel safe if you must.

Numbers from the science table show new variants spreading rapidly in the province The variants are “essentially out of control," said Anthony Dale, CEO of Ontario Hospital Association. “It seems pretty self-evident that we’re in the early stages of the third wave.” tgam.ca/covid19-numbers

#OnThisDay 1879: Scientist Maud Menten was born. She co-devised the Michaelis-Menten equation, one of the fundamental models in enzyme kinetics #WomenInSTEM

Want to join our team? Check out this unique, collaborative opportunity: wesparkhealth.com/upl/fm/Job%20P… Schulich WesternU Windsor Regional Hospital @HDGHWindsor University of Windsor St. Clair College

Story of a 66-year-old researcher, an immigrant, who rarely got grants, never got her own lab, never earned more than $60K. For four decades, she kept working on mRNA—a path considered foolish. Her work is the basis for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. nytimes.com/2021/04/08/hea…

The Sammies are the Service to America Awards given government employees each year in different categories. KizzyPhD and I are finalists in the People’s Choice category. If you agree with the shirt you can vote every day. servicetoamericamedals.org/peoples-choice…

NEW: B.1617.2 is fuelling a third wave in the UK, with not only cases but also hospital admissions rising. Vaccines will make this wave different to those that have come before, but it remains a concern, and one that other countries will soon face. Thread on everything we know:

Knowing a lot about a research area and having the skills to be a great leader are not the same thing. Academia would be so much healthier if we stopped conflating these things.

Immunity in people who have had COVID-19 and get a vaccine is a fascinating topic. There are really impressive immune responses! I discuss this in Science today, particularly highlighting recent discoveries. 🧵 science.sciencemag.org/content/372/65…

At this point, you are either vaccinated or you are going to catch Delta. And whether you are young adult or old, when you catch Delta unvaccinated, you will have the highest chance of being hospitalized compared to almost any disease you have caught in your life.

Structural studies of codeinone reductase reveal novel insights into aldo-keto reductase function in benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis jbc.org/article/S0021-… 👍Congrats and thanks to sam carr, Megan Torres, Jeremy Morris and Peter Facchini!!

Today we publish a paper in Science Magazine that expands nanopore readings to the proteome: a nanopore-based scanner to read off PROTEINS at the single-molecule level! 🤩 Awesome experiments by postdoc Henry Brinkerhoff of our #CDlab, with MD simulations of AksimentievLab 1/x

We are hiring! Please consider joining our great Department of Integrative Biology UWindsor Integrative Biology as Assistant Professor of Neuroethology/Behavioural Neuroscience: universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?jo…. The Department and Faculty offer many amazing opportunities. Please share!

A highly contagious virus has been detected in a local pet rabbit, according to the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society. cbc.ca/news/canada/wi…

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