The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds the receptor ACE2 and drives virus-host membrane fusion through refolding of its S2 domain. Whereas the S1 domain contains high sequence variability, the S2 domain is conserved and is a promising pan-betacoronavirus vaccine target. 1/

Cash for catching scientific errors 💰 The ERROR project offers researchers a bounty for spotting mistakes in published papers — a strategy borrowed from the software industry. go.nature.com/4fShk50

How to become a scholar overnight: People buy/sell google scholar citations! That too in bulk! I heard about services that write a paper and get it published in your name rapidly for a fee! Now this! Depressing!

Beautiful data showing how HPV vaccines prevent cancer. Keep in mind, the vaccines show effects even if given a little later in life and they work not just against cervical cancer but basically all HPV-caused cancers.

Novel filoviruses: indication of a global threat or cause to reassess our risk perception? nature.com/articles/s4429…

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Heat shock protein 90 is a master regulator of HIV-1 latency biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

Deadly mosquito virus has Mass. towns urging people to stay in at night washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08…

These proteins all have the same molecular weight. In fact they all have the same amino acid composition

One of the reasons I've been quiet on Twitter for a few months is because I've been working on something big - something I'm really happy to share now! Pathoplexus.org A new, open-source database for pathogen sequence sharing. 👐🧬🌎 1/12

Four US academic pandemic intelligence centres funded forbes.com/sites/michaelt…

#mBio Minireview: Deciphering the roles of ISGs and their interactions with viral pathogens can help identify novel targets for antiviral therapies and enhance our preparedness to confront current and future viral threats. doi.org/10.1128/mbio.0…

In vivo CAR T-cell generation in nonhuman primates using lentiviral vectors displaying a multidomain fusion ligand Blood Journal Umoja Biopharma doi.org/10.1182/blood.… doi.org/10.1182/blood.…

We are thrilled to share a truly exciting discovery by cryo electron tomography: the “hemifusome”- a new cellular organelle complex containing a hemifusion diaphragm! Tavakoli et al. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Amirrasoul Tavakoli, shiqiong hu and @Becharakachar Tweetorial below (1/8)

HIV: how close are we to a vaccine — or a cure? nature.com/articles/d4158…

Wow! That is quite a revelation!