Study shows the SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein ORF7a inhibits HLA-I surface expression levels in human cells More medical news at medpub.io #Pulmonology #MedTwitter #MedEd #MedNews news-medical.net/news/20220601/…

Mmm, #AlbertHeijn. Are these sweet onions as indicated, or apples?

Ignore all the noise of this hellsite and blast this glorious symphony into your head!

At UMC Utrecht we are looking for a postdoc in microbiology or bioinformatics with focus on sequencing (+ analysis). Position is based in the MMB-BioIT group within the research group of Rob Willems at the Dept. of Med. Microbiol. More: edu.nl/6r4by Anita Schürch

Work! Job opening for a PhD candidate at the Medical Microbiology department with Andras Spaan. Great opportunity to join our department! werkenbijumcutrecht.nl/vacatures/wete…

BREAKING NEWS: The 2022 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”

The end of PCR machines? Engineered helicase replaces thermocycler in DNA amplification while retaining desired PCR characteristics doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

As human #herpesviruses are difficult to clear from the body, Hendrik de Buhr from UMC Utrecht investigated host-virus interactions involved in these viruses circumventing the #immunesystem. His findings may be helpful in developing new #antivirals edu.nl/9b83m

Coming soon 2-year postdoc position (CEIRR Pilot Research Program) on prepandemic swine influenza in my group Utrecht Virology Lab in collaboration with Adolfo Garcia-Sastre. Project on virus-receptor interactions (BLI) icw ALI cultures. More info on how to apply etc next week.

My favourite study of "how often does a family with small children get a respiratory infection?" is this one, from the USA: doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci… Children <5y have one of 16 common respiratory viruses detected in a nasal swab 50% of the year!

This terrific and timely effort by Vertex and Moderna has a major CRISPR angle: Folks, the human lung is now editable. Since M+V figured out how to get LNP+mRNA delivery to it, AND got it into the clinic - the mRNA can encode an editor! Gregorspeed, Tessera (and others!).

The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) mourns the death of Harald zur Hausen. The Nobel Laureate in Medicine and long-time Chairman of the Management Board of the #DKFZ died last Sunday at the age of 87.

BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

We are looking for a new Molecular Microbiology PI at the Assistant Professor level to join our Infection Biology team. Come join us at the Utrecht Science Park! Please apply if interested, thanks for retweeting. uu.nl/en/organisatio…

Advies gezondheidsraad over de nieuwe RSV preventie mogelijkheden gezondheidsraad.nl/onderwerpen/va…

Amazing… very interesting finding.