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1/50 #Science is an ongoing process that serves to investigate phenomena, gain new insights or "correct prior knowledge" and this only works in #discourse. This includes diversity of #Opinion, #tolerance and a broad debate space. This is a large thread.
2/50 "#trust the science" is in my view the most #antiscience statement ever. #Questioning science is how you do #Science. This thread gives some examples and further questions.
scientificamerican.com/article/why-do…
scientificamerican.com/article/why-do…
3/50 What about good ##scientific #Practice? I found a glaring example here (of all things, in what I consider to be a rush to #vaccine #approval). #blotgate
trialsitenews.com/a/startling-ev…
trialsitenews.com/a/startling-ev…
26/50 The detected "SV40 promoter with 72bps indel" is a "nuclear localization signal" that means either the #plasmid or one of its expressed proteins can be transported into host cell nuclei,...
27/50 ...where the host DNA is found, creating an open question of whether host DNA interaction will occur and to what effect e.g. integration with human DNA. anandamide.substack.com/p/sequencing-o…
28/50 Potential effects of plasmid #contamination in vivo? Notable, five chemistry professors from German universities have been studying #Pfizer #BionTech's covid vaccine. They addressed some questions to the company. Where does the gray tone come from?
berliner-zeitung.de/gesundheit-oek…
berliner-zeitung.de/gesundheit-oek…
🦠🧬🖥️ Excited to share release v1.0 of Bakta: a new tool for rapid & standardized annotations of bacterial genomes & #plasmids github.com/oschwengers/ba… more details 👇 1/n
Bakta annotates bacterial genomes & plasmids in minutes comparable to Prokka (kudos @torstenseemann) adding distinct features: annotation of small proteins, alignment-free protein identification, a taxon-independent DB, ample Dbxrefs, JSON output, utilizing complete replicons 2/n
In addition to standard feature types, Bakta also detects and annotates known small proteins (#sORF) (<30 aa) which are often overlooked b/c they’re not called by gene prediction tools, e.g. Prodigal. They play vital roles in virulence, stress response, gene regulation, etc. 3/n
Check out our new paper by @smartinezarbas et al. about #CRISPR mediated interactions within a wastewater #microbiome in @NatureMicrobiol! Exciting collaboration between @uni_lu @TGen @IUBloomington @isbsci @KU_Leuven. Funding by @FnrLux
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In parallel with recent work of @mhe345 @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s4146…, we explored the roles of #plasmids and #phages within a wastewater treatment plant microbial community, using longitudinal integrated #omics data 2/9
"The live SARS-like coronavirus SL-CoV-WIV1 has been isolated for the first time from bat droppings; and such virus has been confirmed to invade the host cells through the ACE2 of human beings..." 
Bat Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Like Coronavirus WIV1
Encodes an Extra Accessory Protein, ORFX, Involved in Modulation of the Host Immune Response. (2016) #ZhengLiShi #PeterDaszak #EcoHealth
Funding: #NIAID 110964
Encodes an Extra Accessory Protein, ORFX, Involved in Modulation of the Host Immune Response. (2016) #ZhengLiShi #PeterDaszak #EcoHealth
Funding: #NIAID 110964
In this study, we have developed a fast and cost-effective method
for reverse genetics of coronaviruses by combining two approaches developed by others..As the genomes can be divided into multiple short fragments, mutations can be introduced into individual
fragments easily.
for reverse genetics of coronaviruses by combining two approaches developed by others..As the genomes can be divided into multiple short fragments, mutations can be introduced into individual
fragments easily.
