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Mehman Bunyatov

@complement.bsky.social

Postdoc @DeLisaGroup, Cornell Eng, PhD @UU_Glycoscience, G.J.Boons group Glycoperson, obsessed with anti-glycan antibodies

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PhD Position in Virus-Glycan Interactions If you're ready to solve virus-glycan interaction puzzles and shape the future of novel in vitro models, join us!

I have a PhD position open in my lab! viruses and glycans... who does not love that combo๐Ÿ˜‰. Please share!. #glycotime #lovevirology www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

17.03.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean hiring freeze for faculty positions.

13.03.2025 02:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was it officially announced by all universities? I recently applied for a position at UCB, but I haven't heard anything back.

13.03.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Granzyme K activates the entire complement cascade - Nature Nature - Granzyme K activates the entire complement cascade

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Granyzmes from CD8+ T cells activate complement through a previously unknown mechanism.
#complementtime

07.02.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Painting by Sir Charles Bell depicting opisthotonos, which can be caused by tetanus (1809)

Painting by Sir Charles Bell depicting opisthotonos, which can be caused by tetanus (1809)

Tetanus on demand! (not for bioweapons, but for neuroscience research)

Tetanus toxin induces paralysis by using a protease to cleave VAMP2, a protein required for synaptic vesicle fusion and neurotransmitter release.

To harness this toxicity and use it as a beneficial tool for neuroscience,

30.01.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Huge loss to the carbohydrate community as well...

01.01.2025 04:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RIP Legend...

31.12.2024 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Genetic Sequences of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses Identified in a Person in Louisiana CDC has sequenced the influenza viruses in specimens collected from the patient in Louisiana who was

www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/spo...
In person mutation of avian influenza A virus shows binding to a2-6 sialic acid.

28.12.2024 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always happy to be connected with immunology folks ๐Ÿ˜Š

20.12.2024 23:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats, Rob!

16.12.2024 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhD position to develop synthetic carbohydrate materials

#PhDposition available in my group at the @mpici.bsky.social!
Join us to develop new #carbohydratematerials

#chemistryjobs #researchjobs #glycotime

jobs.mpikg.mpg.de/jobposting/a...

04.12.2024 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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a man sitting on a couch with a black shirt on that says fox ALT: a man sitting on a couch with a black shirt on that says fox

Me! Me!

06.12.2024 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors In 2024, several human infections with highly pathogenic clade 2.3.4.4b bovine influenza H5N1 viruses in the United States raised concerns about their capability for bovine-to-human or even human-to-h...

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Wow!

06.12.2024 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A jaw dropping paper! Sorry, PAGER.

04.12.2024 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a donkey and a fox are standing next to each other ALT: a donkey and a fox are standing next to each other
22.11.2024 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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