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Vinayaka Prasad

@vinayaka2prasad.bsky.social

Die hard HIV virologist focusing on ESCRTs & HIV budding and neuroAIDS; IISc alumnus; AAM Fellow; mBio editor mini reviews and mGems; Hubby to a virologist - Ganjam V. Kalpana

40 Followers  |  55 Following  |  7 Posts  |  Joined: 10.11.2024  |  1.4261

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mBio Formatting Information Overview of types of content published in mBio

You can also contact Chowdhury.anuradha@gmail.com. There are no article processing charges for either format. Please retweet or re-X! ๐Ÿ™๐ŸผMore info here:

journals.asm.org/journal/mbio...

17.09.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello Virologists, do you have an exciting virus (or microbes) topic in an emerging area or clinically important basic science virology finding that you want to write about? mBio offers two formats - minireviews (6000 words) or mGems (1500 words). If interested, please contact me or @YountLabOSU.

17.09.2025 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NIH_since_1_20_25

Dashboard updates

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09.04.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Here we go again!

09.04.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How do mpox outbreaks start? Dead baby monkey provides important clue โ€œLandmarkโ€ study fingers fire-footed rope squirrel as a reservoir of fatal disease

Researchers have been trying for a long time to nail down where in nature mpox lurks.
Now they appear to have caught the virus that causes mpox in the act of spilling over from squirrels to monkeys.
โ€œIt is the best clue so far for what the reservoir might beโ€, says @kgandersen.bsky.social
#IDsky ๐Ÿงช

08.04.2025 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 149    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Apoorva - NOW (sneak peek)
YouTube video by Apoorva Apoorva - NOW (sneak peek)

My daughter (Insta-being.apoorva) is a singer, songwriter & music producer. Her 4th music single drops soon. Would you please watch the video clip and click the 2nd link to presave it? It will help her get on a better Spotify playlist! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

youtu.be/GqPo9ZlQHNc

show.co/GwvSikv

09.04.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Plasma proteomic evidence for increased ฮฒ-amyloid pathology after SARS-CoV-2 infection - Nature Medicine Blood biomarkers in a middle-aged population suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with greater brain ฮฒ-amyloid plaque accumulation.

Blood biomarkers in a middle-aged population suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with greater brain ฮฒ-amyloid plaque accumulation. The findings published in Nature Medicine suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may increase the risk of future Alzheimerโ€™s disease. #Medsky ๐Ÿงช

09.02.2025 03:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 129    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Study debunks claims of 'crisis of trust' in science "Our results show that most people in most countries have a relatively high level of trust in scientists."

A massive study with 71,922 people in 68 countries shows widespread trust in science. Most people believe that scientists should take an active role in shaping public policy www.futurity.org/trust-in-sci...

30.01.2025 03:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 553    ๐Ÿ” 121    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases

Sadly, itโ€™s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
๐Ÿงช #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...

14.12.2024 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10114    ๐Ÿ” 3748    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 230    ๐Ÿ“Œ 154
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Construction of a Macrophage-Tropic Subtype C HIV-1-mGreenLantern Reporter Virus for Studies on HIV-1 Replication and the Impact of Methamphetamine HIV-1 subtype C viruses are responsible for 50% of global HIV burden. However, nearly all currently available reporter viruses widely used in HIV research are based on subtype B. We constructed and ch...

Cool to see this story out, developing new tools for studying HIV-1C viruses. Check it out here:
www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16...

08.12.2024 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

CONGRATULATIONS! Well done!

07.12.2024 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
MID Scholars | Microbiology and Immunology | University of Pittsburgh Microbiology and Immunology Diversity (MID) Scholars Program The purpose of this research program is to engageย students from historicallyย underrepresented orย disadvantaged backgroundsย in the biomedica...

๐Ÿงช Please share! Spring 2025 Microbiology & Immunology Diversity Scholars Program Applications open Dec 4-Jan 15. The program seeks to provide biomedical research opportunities for Pittsburgh area undergrads who are from underrepresented or disadvantaged backgrounds
www.pmi.pitt.edu/research/mid...

02.12.2024 23:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The way I feel since election night! Especially focusing on the fact that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be in charge of our health and of our chances of ever getting vaccinated again for anything andโ€ฆโ€ฆ

23.11.2024 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi @biohacker.bsky.social,
Welcome to Bluesky! Look forward to your AlphaFold or other posts!

17.11.2024 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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