Arinjay Banerjee @sci_questions Twitter profile

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Arinjay Banerjee

@sci_questions

2 years

Some personal news. Today I became a citizen of Canada 🇨🇦. An amazing country that gave me a second family, education and the opportunity to train the next generation of scientists. Thank you friends, mentors and family❤️. I shall go buy poutine now! 🍁

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3 years

The mutation in the spike protein of circulating #SARSCoV2 has been the focus of many stories over the last couple of days. We and others have shown that coronaviruses exist as mixed populations (quasispecies) in a host.. here’s what we know. A THREAD.. #mutantcovid

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3 years

🚨BREAKING Just 0.04% of Israelis caught #COVID19 after two shots of #Pfizer #vaccine . More IMPORTANT - all those infected experienced only a mild form of the disease, and NONE were hospitalized. So, get the #covidvaccine . It may save your life.

Just 0.04% of Israelis caught COVID-19 after two shots of Pfizer vaccine

Maccabi health fund releases preliminary results of a study comparing vaccinated and not vaccinated members’ likability to contract the disease and said vaccine 92% effective.

www.jpost.com

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4 years

Long hours, lots of planning and the work has only begun. So much to do. Every one is working very hard! Research team has isolated the COVID-19 virus. @MacHealthSci @McMasterU @UofT @Sunnybrook @McMasterIIDR #Covid_19 #CoronavirusPandemic

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3 years

If you feel the need to shame #India on its policies, blame the people for rising #COVID19 cases and deaths, DON’T. You aren’t helping. Living in India is complex and not everyone can just shut down and wait it out. For most, no work = no food. So if you can’t help, get lost.

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@sci_questions

2 years

In 5 seconds my priorities flashed before my eyes today. Hug your loved ones today and tell them that you love them. Do it for me.

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@sci_questions

2 years

Hello prospective #students ! Applying to a laboratory for graduate studies? Don’t make these common mistakes. I often notice these in emails and they instantly dampen my enthusiasm. A 🧵 on tips for your first contact email with potential thesis supervisors. #AcademicTwitter

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3 years

The Laboratory of Zoonotic Viruses and Comparative Immunology () will be opening its doors on April 1, 2021 at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization ( @VIDOInterVac ) @usask . Come work with us. We will be looking for trainees at all levels.

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3 years

Thus, the existence of #SARSCoV2 as quasispecies is not surprising. Mutations within spike are concerning because current vaccines induce antibodies against spike. But as noted by other experts, one or two amino acid changes within spike ‘May not’ affect antibody binding.

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@sci_questions

3 years

I work with viruses ( #SARSCoV2 too) and I study how cells interact with viruses. My parents received two doses of the #AstraZenaca vaccine and I am not worried at all. If you received this vaccine, you have nothing to worry about. You made the right choice! #COVID19Vaccination

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1 year

Its not the bats, it’s us. 🦇

Human disturbance increases coronavirus prevalence in bats

Bats in human-disturbed landscapes have higher coronavirus infection rates than bats in less disturbed habitats.

www.science.org

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@sci_questions

3 years

🚨Emerging data🚨 #SARSCoV2 B.1.1.7 #variant is 43–82% more transmissible than preexisting variants. 👇🏾 #COVID19 #VOC #coronavirus

Nick Davies

@_nickdavies

3 years

We've updated our preprint on the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 VOC 202012/01, aka B.1.1.7, with new statistical and modelling methods. Headline: we estimate VOC is 43–82% more transmissible than preexisting variants. UNDER PEER REVIEW (1/6)

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22 days

🚨Canadian academics/trainees, your advocacy paid off. Finally a welcome increase in scholarships and fellowship amounts. MSc ($27k), PhD ($40k), and PDF ($70k). Today feels like a small win, tomorrow we continue to build a resilient future for our young scientists. #Budget2024

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2 years

Just another day. Filling up at a gas station. Dude: get the fuck out of this country. Me: talking to me? Dude: yes. Look at you. Me: ah, what? 😂 😂 Shouldn’t have burst out laughing. Enraged him further? Eventually dude just took off. 😂🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

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@sci_questions

3 years

He was my best friend through grades 11 and 12. He inspired me to become a microbiologist and then a virologist. #COVID19 stole him from me. He is my hero, my no. 1 cheerleader. RIP Dr. Gramps. 💔

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@sci_questions

2 years

🚨Findings represent the FIRST evidence of a highly divergent lineage of #SARSCoV2 in white-tailed deer and of deer-to-human transmission. Work by excellent colleagues.

Highly divergent white-tailed deer SARS-CoV-2 with potential deer-to-human transmission

Wildlife reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2 can lead to viral adaptation and spillback from wildlife to humans ([Oude Munnink et al., 2021][1]). In North America, there is evidence of spillover of SARS-CoV-2...

www.biorxiv.org

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Arinjay Banerjee

@sci_questions

2 years

Obesity has been a risk factor for high pathogenic coronaviruses since before #COVID19 , but we didn’t really fully understand the mechanism. Now, a recent study highlights that #SARSCoV2 can infect some ‘fat cells’ and induce inflammation. We have much to learn about CoVs.

Prof. Akiko Iwasaki

@VirusesImmunity

2 years

An important study from @blish_lab and Tracey McLaughlin groups showing that mature adipocytes and adipose tissue macrophages become infected with SARS-CoV-2. Another potential viral reservoir? By @RoniNYTimes with comments from @VishwaDeepDixi1

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2 years

🚨New study: We tested if antibodies from previously infected and vaccinated individuals can neutralize ancestral #SARSCoV2 , #beta , #delta , and #omicron variants. (1/7) Short thread on what we found. #COVID19 @VIDO #LZCI

Immunogenicity of convalescent and vaccinated sera against clinical isolates of ancestral SARS-Co...

The omicron variant of concern (VOC) of SARS-CoV-2 was first reported in November 2021 in Botswana and South Africa. Omicron has evolved multiple mutations within the spike protein and the receptor...

www.biorxiv.org

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1 year

Today was my first time presenting a @TEDx talk, and I loved it! We will have the video soon to share. Grateful to @usask for the opportunity. Learnt so much and will continue to improve. #LoveVirology #PandemicPreparedness #ScienceTwitter

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1 year

I am incredibly honoured to be mentioned alongside such talented colleagues as @CBCSask ’s Future 40. Grateful to my mentors, family, friends, and trainees. Let’s continue to build together. #LZCI @usask @VIDOInterVac @LMP_UofT @UBCbiochemistry . 🧵 (1/3)

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3 years

My ribosomes are working at the rate of up to 6–9 amino acid residues per second. You got this little guys. Pump out that spike protein. #COVID19Vaccination

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3 years

Made it to Saskatoon after 4 days of driving (>3000 kms). Drove through rain, sunshine and a snow storm. 😆 This view - totally worth it! 😍 On to the next chapter of my life. #Zoonotic viruses, antiviral #immunity , #bats and more. 🤩

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2 years

🚨 Just out. 👇🏾 How do vaccine and infection induced antibodies perform against ancestral SARS-CoV-2 and alpha, beta, delta and omicron variants.

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2 years

🚨 New article from the lab. Bats 🦇 play a critical role in our environment. Here @toriagraison summarizes factors that enable bats to carry viruses. She put this together to consolidate information for current and new researchers in the field. #LZCI

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2 years

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant emerged under immune selection.

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant emerged under immune selection

Nature Microbiology - Comprenhensive analysis of human antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 variants and animal sarbecoviruses finds that Omicron escapes neutralization more readily than distantly...

www.nature.com

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Arinjay Banerjee

@sci_questions

3 years

This is it folks! Wrapping up our last experiment @McMasterIIDR @MacGlobalNexus . I start my move to Western Canada next week. Follow our journey as we continue to investigate emerging #zoonotic viruses @VIDOInterVac . It's been a pleasure @MossmanLab @McMasterU . Arinjay out! 🙏🦇

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2 years

No more sweaty hands after wearing gloves in the lab for long hours. @toriagraison ’s first paper from the lab now comes in a towel format. #LZCI @iScience_CP 👏🏾 👇🏾 Link to Victoria’s article:

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Arinjay Banerjee

@sci_questions

6 years

Passed my PhD #thesis #defense . Woot woot! @AcademicChatter @PhDForum #phdlife . Now to start my postdoc @McMasterU @McMasterIIDR as a M.G. DeGroote fellow in basic sciences. More cool science coming your way #twitter .

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@sci_questions

3 years

Fellow reviewers, please be aware of the 3x amount of work/time it takes to complete studies in a #BSL3 / #CL3 facility. What may seem simple to you, requires arduous paperwork, risk assessment and SOP approval prior to validation and execution. 🙏🏾 #SARSCoV2 #PeerReview

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Arinjay Banerjee

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4 years

A number of you have followed me over the last few weeks. Thank you. I am a virologist and I study how bats coexist with their viruses, including coronaviruses. Currently working on #SARS_COV_2 and it’s pathogenesis. Stay safe, stay strong and stay grateful. Love to all. :)

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@sci_questions

3 years

Fellow #CL3 / #BSL3 workers, please be gentle on yourself and take adequate rest. Long hours in a biosafety cabinet inside a high-containment lab is rough on your back, neck & shoulders. Let me share my personal story since we started work on #COVID19 last year. 🧵

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2 years

We will be hiring a PhD student. Please contact us if you’d like to work on #coronaviruses and immune adaptations in humans and bats. You can find out more about our work and contact us using the link below 👇🏾. More details soon. Please RT 🙏🏾. #LZCI

Home — Laboratory of Zoonotic Viruses and Comparative Immunology

Laboratory Home page

banerjeelab.ca

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@sci_questions

1 year

💥 And just like that, two years since starting a new lab. Grateful and excited for the future. #LZCI #LoveVirology

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3 years

Retracted.

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@sci_questions

3 years

Follow-up: The journal is taking action.

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@sci_questions

5 years

#Postdocs are not students. Our title is not ‘PDF’. We have earned our PhD just as much as anybody else. Our proper title is Dr. If you are using titles in your institution, please use the correct title for all. As for me, I’m Arinjay or Jay. :) @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

Krysta Coyle, PhD 👩🏽‍🔬

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5 years

Hot take: I'm a qualified scientist continuing to build skills. I'm not a student, intern, or kid.

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3 years

My partner just printed out some pictures and I realized how intricately @usask is connected to our lives. I did my doctoral studies here, we got married on campus and now my laboratory is back at @VIDOInterVac @usask ! ❤️

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Arinjay Banerjee

@sci_questions

4 years

I study viruses: How my team isolated the new coronavirus to fight the global pandemic via @ConversationCA @McMasterIIDR @MacHealthSci

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@sci_questions

2 years

Makes perfect sense and hence #SARSCOV2 replicates to higher levels in the nasal epithelia, where temperatures are lower and antiviral response less potent. @EllenFoxman and @VirusesImmunity have laid the premise for this with rhinoviruses (common cold virus). Study link in 🧵 👇🏾

PLOS Biology

@PLOSBiology

2 years

#SARSCoV2 doesn't like it hot. #COVID19 involves onset of fever, raising body temp to 38-41°C; study shows that raising temp to 40°C limits replication of #SARSCoV2 in respiratory airway cultures, independently of interferon-mediated defences #PLOSBiology

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@sci_questions

2 years

Dysregulated host responses and interference by highly pathogenic coronaviruses drive severe disease. An excellent summary: 👇

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@sci_questions

3 years

Our latest study to understand the dynamic regulation of #interferon ( #IFN ) and #SARSCoV2 infection. 🧵summarizing what we found and what needs to be done to understand the dynamic interplay of infection and #IFN regulation. @iScience_CP #COVID19

Experimental and natural evidence of SARS-CoV-2-infection-induced activation of type I interferon...

Immunology; Virology

www.cell.com

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@sci_questions

2 years

One year since I lost my grandpa to #COVID19 . It still hurts. This pandemic sucks! He was the biggest supporter of #science in my family and we always talked about #microbes . I am starting this #tag in his honour. We grieve for our loved ones together. ❤️ #FamilyLostToCovid19

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2 years

Thank you everyone. My partner is recovering now. Thank you for all your caring notes. I read through them as I sat in the ER. You are all good people. ❤️. I will tell her about all the love here too.

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@sci_questions

3 years

If you are worried that the #CovidVaccine will integrate in your genome or become part of your DNA, there is now scientific evidence that #sarscov2 RNA does not enter your DNA. So, the mRNA in the vaccine will not become part of your DNA either. Go get the shot. 💉

Cell Press

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Online now: "No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing" - Read the Report from @Faulkner_Lab and colleagues in @CellReports

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3 years

Our little team is up and running @VIDOInterVac and we are exploring #coronavirus biology, innate immunology and the wonderful world of #bats . I am already so proud of Akarin, @BaidKaushal and @toriagraison . #LoveScience 🦇 #LZCI

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3 years

Excellent #CovidVaccine news 👏 BNT162b2 (Pfizer vaccine) can neutralize three #VariantsOfConcern - UK (B.1.1.7 lineage), South Africa (B.1.351 lineage), and Brazil (P.1 lineage). #COVID

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3 years

Two vaccine hesitant friends had multiple chats with me to make up their minds. Today they sent me a picture of their smiling faces after the second shot. I count this as a win. I am so proud of them. #CovidVaccine #covid19 💉

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3 years

So, what we realized is that the virus itself doesn’t actively change, but the major represented population does, based on selection pressure. So what does that mean?...

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3 years

Let’s say a coronavirus exists as different variants - A+B+C. The variants exist in different quantities - 4A + 2B + 1C. Now when you sequence a patient sample, your sequencing is likely to pick up the most represented variant - in this case: 4A.

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@sci_questions

2 years

🚨 We are looking for a driven PhD student to lead our studies on coronavirus-host interactions. CL3 work and cutting edge techniques to dissect how coronaviruses (SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV) drive disease symptoms. #LZCI Please RT🙏🏾 Check out our lab website:

Laboratory of Zoonotic Viruses and Comparative Immunology

banerjeelab.ca

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2 years

Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity.

Antigenic evolution will lead to new SARS-CoV-2 variants with unpredictable severity

Nature Reviews Microbiology - The comparatively milder infections with the Omicron variant and higher levels of population immunity have raised hopes for a weakening of the pandemic. We argue that...

www.nature.com

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2 years

I just learnt that as a new Canadian, I get 365 days of free access to museums, parks, science centres, historic sites and art galleries! WHAT! I can't wait to hit these up in the new year! Thank you @inclusion_ca . Very inclusive indeed. <3

Arinjay Banerjee

@sci_questions

2 years

Some personal news. Today I became a citizen of Canada 🇨🇦. An amazing country that gave me a second family, education and the opportunity to train the next generation of scientists. Thank you friends, mentors and family❤️. I shall go buy poutine now! 🍁

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As the virus circulates, due to multiple factors, this ‘represented’ population may evolve and change to become 2A + 4B +2C. Thus, if you sequence this sample from a patient - your sequence will likely represent identify 4B as the circulation strain.

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5 years

In all the labs that I have trained in Canada, we had regular-ish coffee breaks and brainstormed several ideas. Now I see why this may matter. | Why scientists should take more coffee breaks @AcademicChatter

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1 year

Just got an email with the subject line: Best blot ever! PhD student finally optimized the immunoblot to probe for the impression of a bat wing! Never a boring day in our lab. #LZCI 😆

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2 years

Emerging viruses: Cross-species transmission of coronaviruses, filoviruses, henipaviruses, and rotaviruses from bats.

Emerging viruses: Cross-species transmission of coronaviruses, filoviruses, henipaviruses, and...

Tian et al. review interspecies transmission of currently emerging viruses from bats. They focus on the molecular interactions of viral surface proteins with host cell receptors in humans, intermed...

www.cell.com

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3 years

Getting our #COVID19Vaccination today and I am thinking about: 🧵 1. The physician (Dr. Li) who got infected and eventually lost his life, but warned the world of an ‘unknown pneumonia’ outbreak. #COVID19 2. Researchers that shared the sequence of #SARSCoV2 with the world

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3 years

I'll honor him by commiting to fight viruses. I was infecting cells with #SARSCoV2 this morning and I told the virus that this was personal (for many). I'm sure my grandpa is watching over my shoulders. He knew plenty about viruses. 😔 💔

Arinjay Banerjee

@sci_questions

3 years

He was my best friend through grades 11 and 12. He inspired me to become a microbiologist and then a virologist. #COVID19 stole him from me. He is my hero, my no. 1 cheerleader. RIP Dr. Gramps. 💔

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We were delighted to hear from the Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau 🇨🇦 today @VIDOInterVac @usask . 👏🏾 #LoveVirology #LZCI @JeffChenMycoLab @thewhitelab1 @BaidKaushal

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And here it is. The cover of this month's @TrendsImmuno issue features our favourite mammal, bats! Thanks to Brock and Sherri Fenton for sharing their fabulous photograph. Our first time on a cover. We are very pleased. #LZCI

Arinjay Banerjee

@sci_questions

2 months

Can we translate research on bat immunity to improve human health? Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Baid and collaborators, Drs. Irving and Jouvenet weigh in on this emerging topic. #Bats #translationalresearch 🦇 @BaidKaushal @lab_jouvenet @BatResearch #LZCI

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Thanks to an @NSERC_CRSNG Discovery Grant, we can continue to investigate immune mechanisms that allow bats to tolerate virus infections. The funding will also support the training of highly qualified personnel to prevent the next #pandemic . 🙏🏾 #LZCI @VIDOInterVac @usask

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A shoutout to members of my lab and collaborators who have been working meticulously and tirelessly to understand #omicron . Preprint coming soon. To summarize - get your shots! 💉. @VIDOInterVac #LZCI

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Delighted to be here @VIDOInterVac . The Laboratory is now officially open. We shall introduce our trainees over the next few weeks. Now to begin work to understand and 🛑 emerging #zoonotic #viruses .

VIDO

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Glad to welcome Dr. Arinjay Banerjee ( @sci_questions ) to VIDO!! #USask

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Can we translate research on bat immunity to improve human health? Postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Baid and collaborators, Drs. Irving and Jouvenet weigh in on this emerging topic. #Bats #translationalresearch 🦇 @BaidKaushal @lab_jouvenet @BatResearch #LZCI

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3 years

We showed that MERSCoV can select for different variants in cells from an alternate host (I.e. bats):

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As a new #PI , my first week has been slow. I am learning to multitask - permits, grants, ordering, hiring... and these are just work stuff. We are still settling down in our house, which is far from over. I have so much respect for others that are in the same boat. #NewPI

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My mom is an elementary school #teacher in #India and she continues to work with children with so much passion. She is so cool. ❤️😎

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I am so stoked for my friend @Thilina_B who is starting as an Assistant Prof. at the School of Public Health @usask . We did our PhDs together and did some fascinating interdisciplinary #OneHealth work. Now we can develop collaborative programs. 👏🏾 #NewPI #ECR #ScienceMeetsPolicy

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🚨 Victoria ( @toriagraison ), doctoral fellow in the lab just had her *first* *first* author paper accepted. Such a privilege to work alongside talented trainees and watch them grow👏🏾. Details about the article will follow soon. #LoveVirology #LZCI @NSERC_CRSNG

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My mentor and friend, Dr. Karen Mossman ( @mossmanlab ) always told me: “Data are what data are”. I stand by that statement. What one liner did you pick up from your #mentor ? #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

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1 year

Not the best news tonight 😞, but my grandparents are now together. I am sure they are dancing away wherever they are❤️..

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3 years

Our latest on #interferon and #SARSCoV2 . Still lots to learn about the nuances of modulation of immune responses by this virus during the course of #COVID19 .

Cell Press

@CellPressNews

3 years

"Experimental and natural evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced activation of type I interferon responses" - Read the article by Arinjay Banerjee ( @sci_questions ) and colleagues now in @iScience_CP

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We are now looking for a MSc student to lead studies on virology and comparative innate immunology. If you are up for a challenge, please contact us. Link to lab website below👇🏾. Selected candidates will be contacted with further details. Please RT. 🙏🏾

Arinjay Banerjee

@sci_questions

2 years

We will be hiring a PhD student. Please contact us if you’d like to work on #coronaviruses and immune adaptations in humans and bats. You can find out more about our work and contact us using the link below 👇🏾. More details soon. Please RT 🙏🏾. #LZCI

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3 years

First grant as a #NewPI submitted. Here’s to hoping! #LZCI

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4 months

Last week was full of rejections - grants, manuscripts…so I made some Bengali chicken with Kashmiri dried chillies and yogurt.

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5 months

🚨Are you attending #ASV2024 ? Don’t forget the satellite symposium on Bat Virology and Disease Ecology! More details coming soon. 🦇 Please RT. 🙏🏾 ⁦ @AmerSocVirol ⁩ ⁦ @hannahkfrank ⁩ ⁦ @seifert_steph ⁩ ⁦ @danjbecker ⁩ ⁦ @TSchountz ⁩

Program 2024 | American Society for Virology

Misinformation in Science Adam Berinsky, MIT Political Science Monday, June 24, 2024 Preceded by the Wolfgang & Patricia Joklik Distinguished Service Award SYMPOSIUM I – TUESDAY Artificial…

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Structural basis of mismatch recognition by a #SARSCoV2 proofreading enzyme. We all knew about the proof-reading activity of #coronaviruses , but now we have structural data! So cool.

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#COVID19 has changed us forever. > 3.2 million deaths and one of them is my grandpa💔. He is now a star in a sky full of million stars. Millions of moms, dads, brothers, sisters, lovers... Their memories will live with us forever. ❤️

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The D614G mutation redirects SARS-CoV-2 spike to lysosomes and suppresses deleterious traits of the furin cleavage site insertion mutation

The D614G mutation redirects SARS-CoV-2 spike to lysosomes and suppresses deleterious traits of the...

D614G is an intragenic suppressor of deleterious traits caused by the FCSI mutation and furin cleavage of Spike.

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#SARSCoV2 is set to become endemic. The key is to reduce disease severity so that we can coexist with this virus. As vaccines role out, statistics/diagnosis may need to evolve and report severe disease or hospitalizations with #COVID19 . Simply ‘reports’ will not mean much.

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NEW: Netherlands reports 5,475 new coronavirus cases, an increase of 548% from last week

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For future graduate students, I cannot insist the importance of picking a lab that has a supportive environment and supervisor 🧵. Your Masters/PhD is more than just publishing. You will develop interpersonal skills which often happen organically in a supportive environment.

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A bat protein that suppresses inflammasome and inflammatory disease in a mouse model. Talk about learning from natural evolution to design therapies. Just out in @CellCellPress . 🦇 @BatResearch

Bat ASC2 suppresses inflammasomes and ameliorates inflammatory diseases

Bats harbor many viruses and are long-lived. Bat ASC2, unlike its human counterpart, is a potent negative regulator of inflammasomes, thereby revealing a fundamentally distinct property of reduced...

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How do you deal with your emotions when folks are dying by the hundreds: A spark from an air conditioner set an ICU ablaze. The oxygen supply in the room aided the fire and instantly killed the patients. #CovidIndia Families are begging for help.😭

India’s COVID woes worsen amid continued oxygen shortage

Authorities scrambled to supply medical oxygen to hospitals as India reported another 2,624 deaths, a new daily record.

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CoVs can persist in bat guts and bat cells. Perhaps humans aren’t that different? Lots to discover and understand.

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@mocoband @fitterhappierAJ @DrEricDing @EricTopol @DrPatSoonShiong @farid__jalali @dgurdasani1 @jeremyfaust @ToshiAkima @RadCentrism @LeonardiBot @EnemyInAState Thank you @mocoband for sharing. This report adds to a growing evidence of viral persistence in the GI tract, possibly aided by virus shutting down MHC I and evading T cell killing.

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Viruses can jump between species. How do #bats co-exist with #viruses ? Did you know that microbes also kill bats? I recently collaborated with @TED_ED to make this educational video on #bats , their #microbes and bat #immunity . A THREAD to highlight some of the #scientists .

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NEW VIDEO: Why don’t bats get sick from the deadly diseases they carry?

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Happy #Thanksgiving , #Navratri and #DurgaPuja from us to yours. ❤️

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We know very little about gastrointestinal (GI) manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. This recent study suggests prolonged GI infection.

Gastrointestinal symptoms and fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA suggest prolonged gastrointestinal...

Natarajan et al. perform a longitudinal study of fecal SARS-CoV-2 RNA shedding in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19, revealing that patients can shed RNA for up to 7 months after infection,...

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🚨New article from the lab #LZCI . The typeset version of @toriagraison 's mammoth review is now out (39 pages!). Hopefully this'll help you as you navigate your way through studies on bat-virus interactions. Lots to do, and lots to learn..🦇 @iScience_CP

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I am more than delighted that my PhD thesis has been awarded the best thesis award @usask and the Governor General’s Gold medal. I had a fantastic mentor @misravikram1 . #trainingmatters Thankful to @WCVMToday @VIDOInterVac for support and collaboration.

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I was asked if we shall eradicate #SARSCoV2 . It is not about #eliminating or #eradicating #SARSCoV2 right now. It is about reducing transmission, disease severity and deaths from #COVID19 . #Vaccines can do that! One step at a time. #COVIDVaccine #SundayThoughts

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I miss seeing my parents. 3 years and counting… #COVIDSucks

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Zika virus protection by a single low-dose nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccination.

Zika virus protection by a single low-dose nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccination

Nature - Public health efforts to combat Zika virus disease are hampered by lack of a safe and efficient vaccine. Drew Weissman and colleagues report the development of a candidate vaccine that is...

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We only know of #variants that have been detected by countries with intense genomic surveillance. Countries with low to no genomic surveillance have not ‘detected’ variants. There are other variants. They just haven’t been found yet. #COVID #SARS_CoV_2

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It is my pleasure to introduce the first PDF in my newly established laboratory at @VIDOInterVac @usask . Please welcome Dr. Kaushal Baid ( @BaidKaushal ). We met during my postdoc in @MossmanLab @McMasterIIDR , where he developed a passion for #bats and zoonotic #viruses . #LZCI

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There is some confusion about the data that exists for 1-dose vs. 2-dose of the #COVID19 vaccines. In this infographic, I have summarized the three major vaccines and publicly available data for them, including efficacy, dosage and time between the doses. #CovidVaccine

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Accept - 1 Reject - 1 In review - 2 Work in progress - 3 #2020 promises to be interesting. #AcademicChatter @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

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More #coronaviruses , especially Sarbecoviruses in bats that can likely emerge in humans that have antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19 is unlikely to be the last. Very timely and important study by @FViromics , @seifert_steph and colleagues. @PLOSPathogens

An ACE2-dependent Sarbecovirus in Russian bats is resistant to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

Author summary SARS-CoV-2, the sarbecovirus behind COVID-19, emerged in the human population after cross-species transmission from an animal source. While hundreds of sarbecoviruses have been...

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Some thoughts about #SARSCoV2 persistence in humans. 🧵 1/n This recent study identified SARSCoV2 proteins in tissues other than lungs, including colon, appendix and liver up to 6 months after a negative #COVID19 test :