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@RMedzhitov
Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
What we learned so far: Least appreciated jobs are most essential Tony Fauci is a national treasure It is hard not to touch face Zoom meetings are totally fine Every idiot is suddenly an epidemiology expert The fate of this civilization depends on antibodies to a spike protein
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
As predicted (by epidemiologists), now it is immunologists’ turn to be lectured on Twitter by people who don't know what the fuck they are talking about.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
As we anticipate lock-downs.. Cambridge had to shut down in 1665 due to plague. Newton spent the next two years in confinement in Woolsthorpe. During that time, he discovered Calculus and the laws of Optics. This was the greatest intellectual productivity in human history..
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
This virus has revealed many gaps in our knowledge of infection biology. For example, why are the worst assholes on the planet not getting infected despite being exposed?
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Read this morning how an army of teenagers torpedoed our moron-in-chief’s stupid racist rally. Was going to tell my daughter only to find out that she was one of those teenagers (booked 6 tickets a week ago). Best father’s day present ever!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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Taught by hundreds of millions of years of experience, the immune system would never start wound healing process until it completely clears the pathogen that caused the damage. Healing the wound before infection is cleared makes the infection and damage much worse. 1/2
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Just explained Bayesian probability to my (13 yo) daughter, and now I believe I deserve a drink!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
About 2.7 billion years ago, a toxic gas (a byproduct of an energy harvesting mechanism) wiped out most of life on Earth. Some organisms survived by hiding from it. Others started using it for their own energy generators and became dependent on it. That 'toxic' gas is oxygen.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
A plot for a very bad movie: a poorly studied + strand RNA virus jumps from bats to shut down the world; a generously proportioned supreme leader may or may not be dead; a self-proclaimed very stable genius tells his followers to drink bleach and put shiny objects up their asses.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
The fucking nightmare is over!!!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
5 years
This is f-ing awesome!
@neurosocialself
neuro.social.self
5 years
Japan: Intercellular signal transduction during the assembly of slime mould cells • cAMP-sensitive fluorescent probes • signal is transmitted as a spiral wave within the group • amazing • via @kotapub
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
'The failures to contain the outbreak and to understand the scale and scope of its threat stem from an underinvestment in and an under-appreciation of basic science.' Coronavirus Is What You Get When You Ignore Science
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
This will be the end to the US science.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
People who now have to work risking being infected (Nurses, ICU docs, delivery, cleaning and other support staff, grocery stores clerks, etc.) should be exempt from paying taxes for the next 100 years.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Sunset. View from my window right now.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Holly shit, this is so painful to watch..
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Science tweeps: What aspect(s) of inflammation biology do you find most confusing, with current 'textbook' explanations unsatisfying? If there is consensus on what needs discussion, I will try to incorporate into review I am working on.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Just got my copy of the 2nd Ed of this great textbook by Paul Schmid-Hempel, which I would recommend to all immunologists - it fills many important gaps in standard immunology courses
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Ruslan Medzhitov
5 years
You can't define a nonlinear system without first defining a linear system, or define energy without first defining work. Similarly, you can't properly define inflammation without first defining homeostasis.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
This is a fucking CDC director. What a disgrace.
@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
4 years
"First I want to thank you, for your decisive leadership ... I also want to thank you for coming here today ... I think that's the most important thing I want to say" --CDC Director Redfield slathers Dear Leader-style praise on Trump during his tour of CDC headquarters
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
oh, and I almost forgot - fuck trump and every mf who supports and enables that filthy racist sack of shit
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Say what you want, but it’s nice to have a President who is not the absolute worst piece of shit.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Please sign and RT. Get your deans and department chairs sign it too.
@UshmaNeill
Dr. Ushma Neill
4 years
Citizen scientists, please sign this petition written together with Ruslan Medzhitov @RMedzhitov as a signal of support for our immigrant colleagues. The more of you who support this, the more powerful it will be to our electeds. #ImmigrantScience
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Ruslan Medzhitov
5 months
Highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the biology of diseases. A systematic explanation of what, how, and why, can go wrong resulting in a particular spectrum of human disorders. The book is a foundation for a new branch of biomedical science.
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uri alon
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Why do we get certain diseases whereas others do not exist? This new book builds a foundation for systems medicine. Starting from basic laws, it derives why hormone, immune and aging circuits are built the way the are, culminating in a periodic table of diseases.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
2 years
Given how crazy contagious Omicron is even with the usual precautions (masks, etc.), I wonder if it can infect by ocular route (in addition to respiratory route).
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Although on the past we always started the course with a lecture on why immunology/infection biology are important, this year we gonna go ahead and skip that part.
@VirusesImmunity
Prof. Akiko Iwasaki
4 years
@rjhomer57 @YaleMed Thanks, @rjhomer57 😊 @RMedzhitov and I will be teaching #immunology to @YaleMed first year students again this year. This tweetorial is a little primer for a much more detailed discussion of the immune system. And yes, we are using @BioRender slides for all our lectures 💪🏼
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Everybody hates Newton now.. inventing calculus and shit.. during a pandemic.. what a prick..
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Word
@ajphelo
Andrew J Phelan
3 years
You want a @time person of the year? Here he is.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
@GOP hypocrites can fuck right off with their 'healing' message. 2/2
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Ruslan Medzhitov
2 years
Also zero randomized trials on not jumping off the roofs
@VPrasadMDMPH
Vinay Prasad MD MPH
2 years
Zero randomized trials on masking in school Zero randomized trials on masking kids Zero randomized trials on masking adults in high income nations Zero randomized trials on masking anyone in cities Zero randomized trials of school closure Zero randomized trials business closures
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Haiku: Because it's full of garbage, I thought I'd quit Twitter today. And then I saw this..
@sofiabiologista
Sofía Villalpando
4 years
Inside the chromatophore cell, pigment granules are enclosed in an elastic sac, called the cytoelastic sacculus. To change colour the animal distorts the sacculus form or size by muscular contraction, changing its translucency, reflectivity, or opacity 🦑
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Et tu, 2021 ?!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Huge congratulations to Dr. Zuri Sullivan @zurisullivan who had her brilliant thesis defense today! Over hundred people by zoom, from everywhere from Japan to South Africa to California, including 4 generations of mentors, family (including grandma!) and friends!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
2 years
Absolutely gut-wrenching madness, but there is a hope the good will prevail #StandWithUkriane
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Ruslan Medzhitov
5 years
If you are interested in history of biomedical science, read this book. If you are not, definitely read this book.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
We have happy hour by zoom every Friday with my lab. Today we had an 'unhappy hour'.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Most disease have normal physiological counterparts. Here is our views on food allergy from ecological and physiological perspectives. Should be accessible at this link.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Brasil, você é o próximo!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
A haiku: My lab closed today I feel dead inside And yet...
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
This will not age well, unfortunately. Also, Rudy is a fucking moron.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
A plot for an awful sci-fi movie: A stupid asshole takes over the country, his opposition can’t get their shit together, but the world is saved by a coronavirus. Everyone dies in the process, but a couple of hippies who were too stoned to notice there was anything untoward going.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
I probably shouldn't brag about it, but just spent a few minutes solving these problems, including the first one!
@AGCharlesworth
Dr. Amanda Charlesworth 🏳️‍🌈
3 years
I made some little games for my lab mates kids' using @BioRender and I wanted to share with you all! Feel free to print them and give them to kiddos who love (or who you are slowly convincing to love) science! Happy Holidays everyone!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
What the fuck is wrong with this guy?
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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SAVE THE POST OFFICE!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
@VirusesImmunity @leitzkejs @rkhamsi Macrophages are your cellular equivalent of 'essential workers'. Some of them immigrate into the tissue, some already assimilated. But one thing for sure - they get the job done!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Every news about COVID-19 should start with this reminder 👇🏼
@profgalloway
Scott Galloway
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from 2 yrs ago: Trump administration cuts 80 percent of CDC's efforts to prevent global disease outbreak
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Thank you all for your comments. Sounds like collectively we find pretty much all aspects of inflammation 'most confusing'. Maybe a sign we need to upgrade the foundation? After all it is more than 100 years old.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Science tweeps: What aspect(s) of inflammation biology do you find most confusing, with current 'textbook' explanations unsatisfying? If there is consensus on what needs discussion, I will try to incorporate into review I am working on.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
5 years
This is one of the most important papers in the field of autoimmunity.
@UriAlonWeizmann
uri alon
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A physiological counterpart for autoimmune diseases, explaining why certain T cells that attack normal body cells might be essential. Endocrine autoimmune disease as a fragility of immune-surveillance against hypersecreting mutants
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Ruslan Medzhitov
5 years
Deep down, we are all GMOs.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
2 years
Just finished watching ‘In the same breath’ - a documentary by Nanfu Wang about the pandemic from its early days in Wuhan. Heavy stuff. A must watch.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
@guacamolebio "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." Bertrand Russell
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
With senate republicans sometimes you can't tell if they are being stupid AF or just evil.
@RandPaul
Rand Paul
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Great news! - Pfizer vaccine 90% effective - Moderna vaccine 94.5% effective - Naturally acquired COVID-19  99.9982% percent effective*  * (estimating 200 reinfections out of 11 million Americans, which is likely an overestimation of actual reinfections)
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Holy fuck!
@TheDailyShow
The Daily Show
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Hannity. Rush. Dobbs. Ingraham. Pirro. Nunes. Tammy. Geraldo. Doocy. Hegseth. Schlapp. Siegel. Watters. Dr. Drew. Henry. Ainsley. Gaetz. Inhofe. Pence. Kudlow. Conway. Trump. Today, we salute the Heroes of the Pandumbic.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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It is so nauseating to listen to that stupid fuck.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Note to self: don't drink and tweet about sharks..
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Ruslan Medzhitov
2 years
@OdedRechavi this would reveal a lot of speaker's passwords
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
If somebody says: "It's more of a comment than a question" it's only fair to reply with: "It's more of a comment than an answer"
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Yep, sums it up nicely
@DrGRuralMD
Leah B. Gilliam, MD
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😂 I didn’t create this, but I wish I had. This is real life, y’all.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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The law of jealous mediocrity: For every Mozart, there is a Salieri, For every Fauci, there is an Atlas.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
2 years
Read the room, Monkeypox. Read the f #king room.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
2 years
Boa sorte amanhã, meus amigos brasileiros!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
5 years
Thank you - so happy it got "Cool AF" rating!
@ADeczk
Aleks Deczkowska 💔
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soooo gooood! made me think in a new way. and so well written - music! || Control strategies in systemic metabolism by Jessica Ye and @RMedzhitov ||
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Plato's job interview: -And who did you train with? -Socrates -How do you spell .. you know what, never mind. Any notable trainees? -Aristotle -Okey-dokey, we'll call you if anything opens up!
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
This paper reads like a thriller! Congratulations @OdedRechavi for achieving your goal of publishing (what will likely be THE most read) paper, with zero physiological relevance and no mechanism!
@OdedRechavi
Oded Rechavi
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Here’s a wild story on how we tried to piece the Dead Sea Scrolls “puzzle” by sequencing ancient DNA extracted from the animal skins on which the scrolls were written. Please read the @CellCellPress paper, retweet and checkout my short thread👇
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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CNN messed up the headline again. Should read: Dr. Fauci calmly corrects some pompous dick.
@rocketgirlmd
Lucy Kalanithi
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Dr. Fauci is a national treasure
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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So are we watching this thing or fuck it?
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Ruslan Medzhitov
5 years
And the same with chronic inflammation:
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
This guy is a dangerous clown.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
One moron is out, one to go
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Simple – when you remove everything non-essential (The Good) Simplistic – when you remove something essential (The Bad) Complicated – when you add something non-essential (The Ugly)
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Ruslan Medzhitov
5 years
There is one thing we can all agree on: Somebody should invent a WTF emoji.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
@LabRandolph Parasites can manipulate the system to start healing before clearing, leading to chronic problems. This applies to both helminths and republicans.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
For what it's worth, I agree completely that effective vaccines will be developed against Covid and there is no need to despair. The only social distancing we'll need to maintain is from the anti-vaxxers. It's a win-win.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
3 years
Awesome. I would've put 'Understanding' instead of 'Wisdom'
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
OK, I’m gonna go throw up now
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Ruslan Medzhitov
2 years
TFW the top gene in your sophisticated RNAseq experiment is called 'Similar to XP000371-like 2'
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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I have to say I have a lot of respect for @MittRomney now. He's the only GOP senator to stand up against that fucking imbecile in the WH. And now this..
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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After watching The Irishman, now every time I will get a rejection of any sort: Me: "It is what it is.." My inner voice: "It is what it is?" Me: "It is what it is!"
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
problem solved, now back to that zoom meeting..
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Ruslan Medzhitov
2 years
Dang it, that's why mosquitos find me so attractive! I've been wondering about it for years. Very cool study from @EllenDeObaldia and @leslievosshall
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
👇🏼
AAI Councillor Akiko Iwasaki prepares for her visit with Senator Christopher Murphy. #AAIHillDay
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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Mosquitoes in Japan bow and apologize before and after biting you.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
2 years
@OdedRechavi @TelAvivUni so this whole time you were in just a temporary space??
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Well, today can officially go fuck itself.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
This is like when a teenager boy tries to ask a girl for a dance and she is sooo not interested and he pretends he was just passing by to get some soda.
@rmartinledo
Rafael Martín Ledo
4 years
Guys, this is one of the most spectacular encounters I've ever filmed! And I'm sure these are the weirdest creatures you will see today! Specimens from Northern Atlantic Phase contrast microscopy Video by @rmartinledo
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
Thank you!
@AnnualReviews
Annual Reviews
4 years
@VirusesImmunity A timely topic indeed. So you know, we removed access control from ALL 51 journals (not just those with #Covid_19 content) to support faculty & students with the rapid transition to remote learning caused by the pandemic .
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
By now it's like, bring it on, bitch! #Fuck2020
@DavidADC
david alexander
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tomorrow is the second friday the 13th in 2020; the first was in march
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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Есть два типа людей: те кто читали Братьев Карамазовых, и те кто не читали. “There are two kinds of people: those who have read The Brothers Karamazov, and those who have not”. (A Russian saying)
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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From the glorious nation of Kazakhstan.. Sasha Baron is a genius.
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Ruslan Medzhitov
4 years
if you have maga friends/family members, please let them watch this.
@mayaharris_
Maya Harris
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It’s the humility and sincerity for me...
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Ruslan Medzhitov
6 years
Next time you have 10 min to spend on Tweeter, listen to these lectures instead:
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
@TheDailyShow
The Daily Show
4 years
Meanwhile in 2018...
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Ruslan Medzhitov
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@LabListon I don't think we know the answer. Of all sickness behaviors, fever and loss of grooming are two most enigmatic. Kluger's work on iguanas from 70s shows it is adaptive but unclear why.
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