Postdoctoral Fellow in @florian_krammer lab at @IcahnMountSinai working on #SARSCoV2 and #Influenza #Vaccines PhD with @PrNickGay @Cambridge_uni on #Ebola
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Michael Scherm retweeted
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
Turns out @MicrobiomDigest 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!
Michael Scherm retweeted
If you don't get it, you don't get it
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We list 373 fellowships w/ description, $ amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship).
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Michael Scherm retweeted
Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story
Under government pressure, Chinese scientists have retracted studies and withheld or deleted data.
#MyGiftArticle
@MaraHvistendahl and @benjmueller report @nytimes
nytimes.com/2023/04/23/world…
While the response was fast in Tanzania, it wasn't fast enough in EG
Marburg and Ebola ruled out. Maybe it's Lassa?
Or something new and horrifying.....
⚠️ 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".
ALT An Ebola victim is buried in a Muslim cemetery in the city of Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Photograph by Jerome Delay / AP
Michael Scherm retweeted
⚠️ 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".
ALT An Ebola victim is buried in a Muslim cemetery in the city of Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Photograph by Jerome Delay / AP
Michael Scherm retweeted
We went on a short lab excursion today to see Flaco in Central Park. And got lucky.
Picture credits: Robert Hoelzl and Temima Yellin.
Just when the Ebola situation was a little under control we now have Marburg in Tanzania
Last week #Tanzania reported 7 cases of people with fever, vomiting, bleeding and renal failure, 5 died.
Today the MOH announced the cases are due to #MarburgVirus
This is the 1st #Marburg outbreak in #Tanzania
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Michael Scherm retweeted
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.immuni.202…
Michael Scherm retweeted
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/
Michael Scherm retweeted
How are chromatin marks maintained across DNA replication? 🧬A beautiful study by @ValeFlury @GrothLab now out @CellCellPress uncovers that modified H2A-2B histones are recycled and help restoring chromatin mods on H3-H4!
#NotThecover, but very chuffed with this one!
#sciart 🧵
ALT Journal cover inspired by Escher's The drawing hands. Two old wrinkled hands emerge from a nucleosome and write chromatin modifications on the other histones
Waiting to see in vivo data in regard to the immuno evasion of this one
The leading candidate to replace the XBB.1.5 "Kraken" lineage around the world appears to be the new XBB.1.9.1 variant, probably originating from Indonesia.
It's growing quite strongly in several places, notably Austria, UK and California.
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Michael Scherm retweeted
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
Michael Scherm retweeted
“We’re very early,' @PutrinoLab 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/magaz…
Worrisome but informative article by @kakape on the latest H5N1 outbreak in mammals science.org/content/article/…
Michael Scherm retweeted
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.
Influenza A positive test result.
Test 4 respiratory infections at the same time with the combo #Fluorecare test. Available @Measie_ : measie.com/product/4-in-1-co…
Michael Scherm retweeted
“I’ll have a civet steak, medium rare, with a side of SARS-CoV-3, please” theguardian.com/environment/…
Michael Scherm retweeted
Today’s entry for “study that broke my brain”:
jci.org/articles/view/44876
Apparently when sooty mangabeys get SIV they just function normally(?) with double negative T cells.
This is absolutely fantastic. Well done on the illustration but the research behind this must have been enormous.
awesome visualization of europe’s changing powers, 1500-2022
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