This book was written in 2014 More relevant today than ever

Our study ‘The #global #human impact on #biodiversity’ is out nature nature.com/articles/s4158… 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲 🫎🦋🐝🪲 Unprecedented #synthesis of >2000 studies shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🧵1/4

📸 Wrapping up two intense and inspiring days at the hashtag#OneBAT General Assembly in Barcelona! Great progress, fruitful discussions, and a strong sense of collaboration — the journey continues. 🦇 #OneBAT | #EUHorizon

Whatever happened to that story about too much residual DNA allegedly found in some vials of mRNA vaccines? Well, turns out their analysis tool confused RNA for DNA. No surprise an mRNA vaccine has RNA in it. Details below.

In a medical milestone, a customized base editor was developed, characterized in human and mouse cells, tested in mice, studied for safety in non-human primates, cleared by U.S. FDA for clinical trial use, manufactured as a complex with an LNP, and dosed into a baby with a severe,

Discover our results of the largest ancient DNA study ever conducted on a single burial site 🧬: 400 skeletons from the Belgian city Sint-Truiden (8th–18th century). A unique glimpse into 1000 years of genetic history. (1/9) Center for Human Genetics (KU Leuven - UZ Leuven) KU Leuven

Ancient sloths ranged in size from tiny climbers to ground-dwelling giants. Now, researchers report in Science that this body size diversity was largely shaped by sloths’ habitats, and that these animals’ precipitous decline was likely a result of increasing human pressures.

A warm welcome to Zoltán from Gabor Kemenesi’s lab, joining Ruzek Lab for his internship! Great to start with a welcome dinner 🍻

Can’t believe my very first grant application was successful! Even happier that I had the chance to apply together with Gabor Kemenesi on a project focused on developing a dual antiviral screening platform to combat Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (#CCHFV).

BSL-3 and BSL-4 training organized by Ruzek Lab for Virology students from Masaryk University MUNI Science – hands-on experience with high-containment labs! ☣️🦠

This is a front/center tactic of the corrupt wellness/influencer industry: discredit scientific journals/medical schools as “mouthpieces of pharma” it’s nonsense. But it helps give free reign to influencers to push their woo, supplements, and pseudoscience, the 3 arms of MAHA

📍 Earlier this week, hashtag#OneBAT took part in the Spring School “Connecting European Expertise for Pandemic Preparedness” in Leuven, Belgium. onebat.eu/onebat-joins-t… #EUHorizon | #OneBAT

The book Tick-borne Viruses: Methods and Protocols is out now, with two chapters from Ruzek Lab: 📘 Methods for Evaluation of Antivirals and Neutralizing Antibodies Against TBEV 🔬 Exploring TBEV–Host Cell Interactions Using Electron Tomography: Methodologies and Protocols

Erdő-ügy, írjátok alá ti is! szabad.ahang.hu/petitions/erdo… Tőle: @aHang

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is no Santa Claus. No tooth fairy. Also no “deep state,” and vaccines aren’t harmful. These are stories for small children and those too credulous to disbelieve them.

🚨 #PhD #Opportunity We will be hiring a PhD student. #LZCI Information about our work: banerjeelab.ca Interested candidates: apply using the email information on our webpage. Send: (1) resume (2) a one page letter of motivation to join the Lab Please repost.

📣Publication alert 📣 A new study from our lab in Journal of Virology by Nguyen et al. reveals that a widely used antifungal enhances SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro. This has major implications for treating fungal co-infections in COVID-19. Summary thread below 🧵: Pandemic Sciences Institute

Oh look raw milk contaminated with campylobacter - a bug which can give you nasty diarrhoea or even Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) which causes paralysis IF ONLY someone had invented a way to get nasty bacteria out of milk…. nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/raw…

Ez még a holdról is látszott 🎉🏳️‍🌈

Today I attended the July 4th celebration at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador, and proudly represented a small part of Hungarian science. We live in challenging times, but science—and the relationships it builds—remains remarkably resilient regardless of politics.