This is absolutely fantastic. Well done on the illustration but the research behind this must have been enormous.

Today’s entry for “study that broke my brain”: jci.org/articles/view/… Apparently when sooty mangabeys get SIV they just function normally(?) with double negative T cells.

“I’ll have a civet steak, medium rare, with a side of SARS-CoV-3, please” theguardian.com/environment/20…

This is amazing to be able to test for 4 different viruses in a single, low-cost, in-home rapid test. This type of technology should be accelerated for review. The impact on early, appropriate treatment & breaking transmission could be remarkable.

Worrisome but informative article by Kai Kupferschmidt on the latest H5N1 outbreak in mammals science.org/content/articl…

“We’re very early,' Boo-trino Lab says.. But every sample from #LongCovid patients has revealed #MicroClots." "They are not capable of clogging large vessels.. but they can significantly affect organ function." nationalgeographic.com/magazine/artic…

Johnson & Johnson stops development of all antibacterial programs. Sigh! J&J developed Levaquin, bedaquiline, and several other life-saving antibiotics. Obviously this happens because they can't make money on antibiotics. Thi…lnkd.in/eSQgfX-t lnkd.in/eK-3RuP4

Waiting to see in vivo data in regard to the immuno evasion of this one

How are chromatin marks maintained across DNA replication? 🧬A beautiful study by Vale Flury @GrothLab now out Cell uncovers that modified H2A-2B histones are recycled and help restoring chromatin mods on H3-H4! #NotThecover, but very chuffed with this one! #sciart 🧵

As I reflect today on #InternationalLongCovidAwarenessDay I know that there is a lot of suffering, loss and grief to account for, but I wanted to offer a message of hope. Today, we: 1) Categorically know more about #LongCovid than we did last year 2) Have educated thousands of 1/

A very interesting paper from Dr. Mark Davis’ group shows that in response to the mRNA vaccine, CD8 T cell responses are attenuated in people who had prior COVID compared to uninfected people. What does this mean? (1/) doi.org/10.1016/j.immu…

Just when the Ebola situation was a little under control we now have Marburg in Tanzania

We went on a short lab excursion today to see Flaco in Central Park. And got lucky. Picture credits: Robert Hoelzl and Temima Yellin.

⚠️ BREAKING: Mystery disease kills three people in 3 days in Burundi 🇧🇮 According to witnesses on the spot, "the symptoms include abdominal pain, nasal bleeding which increases after death, acute headaches, high fever, vomiting and dizziness".

Marburg and Ebola ruled out. Maybe it's Lassa? Or something new and horrifying.....

While the response was fast in Tanzania, it wasn't fast enough in EG

Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story Under government pressure, Chinese scientists have retracted studies and withheld or deleted data. #MyGiftArticle Mara Hvistendahl and Benjamin Mueller report The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/04/23/wor…

If you don't get it, you don't get it Download our (updated) massive database of POSTDOC fellowships. We list 373 fellowships w/ description, $ amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship). HERE: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-op…

Turns out Elisabeth Bik is going to visit us at Microbiology to give a seminar on her image forensics. Hope there will be some interactive 'find the fraud' session as well. Looking forward!

Latest US #SARSCoV2 genomics shows continued XBB.1.16 growth advantage vs XBB.1.5 variant covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra… with new booster (September) expected to be monovalent XBB.1.5