microviro&beers
@MicroviroB
the inarticulate musings of a (micro)biologist. BLM. he him
The crowd at the artificial intelligence discussion @FEMSmicro conference - huge of course! #FEMSmicro
In case you were worried about aluminium in vaccines. Vaccines are a critical prevention tool that reduces human suffering and death
A very big study from Denmark generates some reassuring findings about aluminum in childhood vaccines, finding no association between aluminum and development of a number of illnesses, including asthma. statnews.com/2025/07/14/alu…
Legionella pneumophila steals a lot of host genes! Truly a copycat bacteria. Lots to learn @FEMSmicro
Carmen Buchrieser delivers the first plenary lecture @FEMSmicro conference
#FEMS2025 is just about to start Happy to be here @FEMSmicro
More details on censorship at the CDC from @Alexander_Tin. TLDR; Trump officials stopped CDC scientists from publishing data on bird flu in the MMWR. Instead, they forced CDC scientists to publish on the health risks of wildfires to bolster Trump's attacks on CA Gov Newsom.
Here's how stupid Trump thinks we are: he just dumped a bunch of valuable water from 2 federal flood control dams, wasting it into the Tulare Lake bed where it evaporates. None goes to LA, but he claims he's saving LA. Pissing on us and telling us it's raining.
Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams latimes.com/environment/st…
Great review article on flow virometry, for those interested in #viruses journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…
Very interesting study on #AvianFlu #H5N1 hemagglutinin cell.com/cell/abstract/…
The scientist who is responsible for driving GLP-1 drugs for the treatment of obesity and testing them for prevention of Alzheimer's disease—Lotte Bjerre Knudsen— tells her story in a remarkable conversation. Full transcript, or video, all free, no ads. Link in my profile,…
Found blue sky moving there asap. Look me up @microvirob.bsky.social not sure if I want to keep a presence on ex Twitter as it gets worse every day
Very interesting article on what has been called trained immunity resulting in otherwise counterintuitive consequences of #SARSCoV2 infection cell.com/immunity/abstr…
Oh you just have to read this. Please please please nature.com/articles/d4158…
Type 2 #diabetes is increased after #COVID19. What happens with vaccination? Less diabetes, says a study performed on 16M people. #VaccinesWork thelancet.com/journals/landi…
#Dengue is a serious emerging viral threat so news of a 67% effective, safe vaccines are great! thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
And here is another. contribution on #LongCovid from the co-leader of the LC action committee of the Global Virus Network @GlobalVirusNews thelancet.com/journals/lance…