Mart Lamers

Institut Pasteur du Cambodge on LinkedIn: The Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) is looking for: -… The Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) is looking for: - 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 – 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧-𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥…

The Virology Unit at IPC has 3 positions open in #OneHealth:

*Postdoc – Reconstructing Past Outbreaks

*Postdoc – Environmental Surveillance

*Clinical Manager

These aren’t just jobs. They’re front-row seats to global health in action. Ready?

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#ViroSky #IDSky 🦠🔬🧬🥼🧪

Variable DPP4 expression in multiciliated cells of the human nasal epithelium as a determinant for MERS-CoV tropism | PNAS Transmissibility of respiratory viruses is a complex viral trait that is intricately linked to tropism. Several highly transmissible viruses, inclu...

The upper respiratory tract tropism of MERS-CoV may vary between individuals due to differences in DPP4 expression, providing an explanation for the unpredictable transmission pattern of MERS-CoV @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The importance of stupidity in scientific research I recently saw an old friend for the first time in many years. We had been Ph.D. students at the same time, both studying science, although in different areas. She later dropped out of graduate school...

"...if we don't feel stupid it means we're not really trying"

Human stupidity is the engine that drives innovation & discovery in research.

Yet our system is built on ego, imposter syndrome, & every effort to not look dumb or foolish

Are we failing ourselves & our trainees?

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Bird flu could be ‘one pig away’ from ‘a big threat’ pathologists say • Iowa Capital Dispatch Pathologists are encouraged by laboratory preparedness for the bird flu but are worried about the number of infected animals in the country.

Views about highly pathogenic avian influenza in the USA by College of American Pathologists.
iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/bird-...

Regulation of human interferon signaling by transposon exonization Transposable element exonization can yield functional protein isoforms as seen for primate-specific IFNAR2.

I’m excited to share our latest study led by @giuliapasquesi.bsky.social out today in @cellpress.bsky.social , uncovering a new way transposons have been repurposed for human interferon signaling! Read on for a thread on cryptic splice variants, decoy receptors, and viruses (1/N) 👇🧵 #TESky 🧪

Before this hysteria spreads any further, a graphical explanation of what ICTV does and doesn't do. None of the virus names have been changed or will ever be changed by ICTV (it's outside the remit). Only species names have changed. This has been explained so many times... doi.org/10.1007/s007...

Great story on the Duke-NUS Insectary, mosquitos, and Menchie Manuel - the lab tech taking care of these little blood suckers 🩸
www.duke-nus.edu.sg/medicus/2024...

Why hasn’t the bird flu pandemic started? Some scientists examining mutations found in H5N1 viruses fear major outbreak is imminent but others says pathogen remains unpredictable

If an #H5N1 pandemic starts tomorrow or in three months, there will be little mystery as to how it happened. The conditions are all there. They have been for a while.
So in some ways the more interesting question to me at the moment is: Why aren’t we in a pandemic yet?
Story here, 🧵 to come:
🧪#IDSky

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#Organoid research starter pack.
I didn't find many researchers from the field yet, please comment/text me to be added!
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Postdoc fellowship for applicants from ASEAN countries. Great opportunity to do a postdoc in Singapore! See list of PIs working on infectious diseases. 🦠https://snas.org.sg/saseaf

Interessant artikel @helenbranswell.bsky.social (StatNews) over wetenschappelijke achtergronden #H5N1 #vogelgriep over ernst & risico's besmettingen van mensen in USA met evaluatie 4 hypothesen. Met bijdragen van NL-virologen Ron Fouchier, @marionkoopmans.bsky.social & @thijskuiken.bsky.social e.a.

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Identification and genomic characterization of a novel bisegmented coronavirus in the lesser panda Coronaviruses (CoVs) are enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses and are renowned for their capacity to infect a diverse range of animals, including humans. In this study, we report the i...

Identification and genomic characterization of a novel bisegmented coronavirus in the lesser panda
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Gene behind orange fur in cats found at last After 60 years, scientists know why gingers, calicos, and tortoiseshells look the way they do

“Most orange cats are boys, a quirk of feline genetics that also explains why almost all calicos and tortoiseshells are girls.”
I had no idea… 🧪

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Isolation of an infectious mammalian chu-like virus from tumor cells of the endangered Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) Jingchuvirales (negative-sense RNA viruses) were initially discovered in invertebrates, with both exogenous and endogenous jingchuviruses subsequently identified in fish, reptiles and mammals. To date...

Chu-like viruses are weird and wonderful and now infect Tasmanian devils! Definitely worth adding to the reading list 📚

Awesome work by @julienmelade.bsky.social @erinharvey.bsky.social
@eddieholmes.bsky.social

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