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christoph: I just stumbled upon an older post by Elio - doesn't this FtsZ-less π. π€π°ππͺ looks like a lava lamp from the 1970s ? ahem, the paper is from 2016 (Mercier R, Kawai Y, Errington J doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.91).
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When people prioritize ideology and political agendas over scientific evidence, they focus only on the side that supports their position. Case in point: Prasad's memo uses unsupported claims of dead children to justify ignoring the many benefits of COVID vaccination
02.12.2025 20:27 β π 112 π 39 π¬ 1 π 3TWiP 270: They bake my noodle
TWiP solves the case about the man with abnormal brain MRI
Congrats to our winner John! ππ you said you had been trying to win a bookβ¦ and so it is!
Thereβs a new case study this episode too, submit and perhaps the next winner is you!
TWiP solves the case about the man with abnormal brain MRI, and presents a new case for your solving about a man with some electrolyte issues related to his end-stage renal disease.
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Can we prove that chicken nuggets don't cause autism?
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In honor of World AIDS Day, weβre revisiting an important conversation from Immune Booster Episode 10 with Dr. Amanda Brown of Johns Hopkins University, on how HIV affects the brain and the immune system.
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Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello decry the appointment of the Louisiana State Surgeon General as deputy chief of the CDC, the 3 childrenβs deaths during this fallβs pertussis outbreak.
Excerpt from TWiV 1274: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Blame it on character π
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TWiP solves the case about the man with abnormal brain MRI, and presents a new case for your solving about a man with some electrolyte issues related to his end-stage renal disease.
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Every day is a new opportunity for RFK Jr to make more kids susceptible to more preventable diseases, and every day is a new opportunity for us to stop this culty fucking creep from killing more of our kids
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Want to learn more about Hepatitis E virus?
This episode of "This Week in Virology" from @microbetv.bsky.social features Xiang-Jin Meng talking about our favorite zoonotic disease. Still, there is so much we have to discover π¬
Great episode!
#HEV #TRCiR #scicomm #hepatitis #virology
Also weβve got a brand new episode of the Infectious Disease Puscast!
Episode 94 reviews the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 11/11/ 25 β 11/19/25β¬οΈπ
Hosts:
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Link to the research paper being discussed todayπ
Is anyone having swordfish for lunch that would be pretty meta **no Zuckerberg** π
Livestream and lunch? 1pm with Nels and Vincent!
The paper being discussed today:
βInsertion of an invading retrovirus regulates a novel color trait in swordtail fishβ
Immune discusses cross-reactive antibodies to avian influenza neuraminidases and a role for gut-derived T cells in the brain to regulate eating behavior.
Watch Immune 98: T Cells on the Brainβ¬οΈπ
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TWiV 1272: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
24.11.2025 16:26 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are dismayed by the changes on CDC vaccine website positively stating the link between autism and vaccination
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I stopped by The Incubator to have a little chat with my PhD mentor @microbetv.bsky.social about H5N1 bird flu.
I guess Iβm all grown up as a virologist now that my teacher is asking me questions, but as Prof. Racaniello taught me, you should never stop learning β€οΈπ¦
@angierasmussen.bsky.social stopped by The Incubator today, to share a thoughtful look on whatβs on her radar in public health right now from current flu activity to the ongoing H5N1 outbreaks in poultry and why strong surveillance and preparedness are so important.
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New substack from @pauloffit.bsky.social
CDC 1946-2025: R.I.P.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has now weaponized the CDC website to promote his anti-vaccine viewsβ¬οΈπ
Recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. limited the CDCβs role in monitoring foodborne outbreaks by making it optional to report infections caused by Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter, and toxin-producing E. coli because of his love of raw, unpasteurized milk.πππ
20.11.2025 19:32 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0ICYMI: TWiV 1269 reviewed the research that showed human papilloma-viruses to be present in genital and laryngeal papillomas and in some cervical cancers
19.11.2025 17:25 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hi Dorian! Great question, short answerβ¦we donβt really know. But no worries Iβve got a long answer tooπ
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