#ThrowbackThursday #virology
The oldest piece of equipment in my lab, a >55 year old refractometer that I inherited from the lab next door when they retired in 2010. It consists of a light source and prisms and measures the concentration of dissolved substances by their ability to bend light through the prism. In virology, we use gradients of sucrose spun at high speeds to purify viruses which will settle at distinct sucrose densities as measured on the refractrometer. It still works.
H5N1 bird flu spills over again; Nevada cows hit with different, deadly strain
The discovery of a #henipavirus in North America is highly significant, as it suggests these #viruses may be more globally distributed than previously thought.
#Virology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/01/vi01282501.html
We're just migrated from another instance, so here is our (re)introduction:
Neurofrontiers is a bilingual blog about interesting neuroscience topics that tries to be accessible to the broader public while still maintaining scientific accuracy. It's run by a team of two people: a computational neuroscientist, and a graphic designer. We think that being on social media allows us to stay up-to-date with the most recent discussions in science and hope to be able to connect with like-minded individuals.
Posting interests below so we show up in mutual searches:
#neuroscience #brain #mentalhealth #neuro #neurology #depression #medicine #health #covid #neuropsychology #psychiatry #psychology #genomics #genetics #virology #biology #chemistry #biochem #physics #history #geology #astronomy #research #MedTwitter #ScienceTwitter #academia #stem #science #scicomm
Dr. Offit has a few things to clarify about RFKJr's wrong and harmful ideas
#vaccines #virology #TWiV #PublicHealth #medicine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asjnbtKj_i8
#virology
How Indigenous Knowledge Helped Solve a Mysterious Outbreak
COVID-19 Is Widespread In ‘Common Backyard Wildlife’ In US
"A variety of backyard wildlife, such as rabbits, mice and bats, had SARS-CoV-2 infections, potentially making evolution of this virus more unpredictable."
by @grrlscientist via @medium
#COVID #virology #wildlife #evolution #ecology #UrbanWildlife #SciComm https://medium.com/grrlscientist/covid-19-is-widespread-in-common-backyard-wildlife-in-us-4ac06185737a
"When you inoculate children with polio vaccine, you don’t sleep well for two or three months."
American virologist & medical researcher Jonas Salk was born #OTD in 1914. He developed the first safe & effective vaccine for poliomyelitis.
Got my Covid vaccine booster yesterday on the second day it was available at work. Only side-effect today is some soreness at the site of injection and irritation about how long a journal is taking to send out a manuscript for review (although the latter is more likely unrelated)
#virology
New server, new #introduction.
A former voracious reader, but life’s gotten in the way of turning page after page. Keen on using fountain pens and inks, scribbling away or drawing in my little notebook.
Professionally interested in infectious diseases and medical microbiology. A non-professional interest in flora and fauna when out and about.
Infrequently posting in either English, Norwegian, or Dutch.
#introduction
Hello everyone!
I’m an associate prof at Virginia Tech studying viral diversity. Lately my group has been focusing on giant viruses, but we are also interested in other protist viruses, and the role of viral endogenization in host genome evolution.
#GiantViruses #ViralDiversity #TreeOfLife #Protists #Microbiology #Bioinformatics #Evolution #Virology #Genomics
Recently we have been examining the strange and complex genes encoded in giant virus genomes!
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuad053
#introduction #sciencemastodon #virology #hiking #biketooter #PNW
I am a Professor at the Fred Hutch in Seattle. My lab studies host-pathogen interactions, especially how HIV adapted to humans and how HIV latency is controlled. We do a lot of CRISPR screens. I teach a graduate level virology class every other year. I also hike, bike, and garden in the Pacific Northwest
