Understanding bats through research. Pathogen surveillance/Host-Pathogen responses/Comparative Biology. opinions my own. GZLab @batresearch@bsky.social
Guangzhou, China
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Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
US: Bird flu has been spreading for around two months on a Utah mink farm holding thousands of animals. None have been culled, workers aren't being monitored, and the USDA says it doesn't regulate mink. So thousands of animals are exposed, workers could be at risk, and nobody seems to be taking responsibility.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
Nature research paper: Elp1 is required for myeloid differentiation and brain repopulation
go.nature.com/4jtnqgN
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
US prize-winning cancer scientist Wan Fengyi joins China’s Zhejiang University scmp.com/news/china/science/…
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
How tissue dissociation impacts scRNA-seq: Standard protocols can lose reactive astrocytes & key pathological signatures! 🧠
Check out our new paper in Molecular Neurobiology on optimized workflows: link.springer.com/article/10…
#SingleCell #Neuroscience #Astrocytes
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
🧑🔬PhD Opportunity!
Together with @Mahan_Ghafari (Oxford uni) we're advertising an exciting project on exploring the deep evolutionary and structural conservation of viral antigen proteins, through Pasteur's prestigious PPU program!
Apply here: ppu.pasteur.fr
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
Michael Mina on inclusion of serological assays as part of the toolbox for modern surveillance. @NatureConf. Advocates the use of synthetic biology to allow detection of antibodies to a broad range of antibodies tom the entire proteome of all pathogens science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
Today we are launching RootPath BinderVerse, a cloud lab for AI-designed binders.
Sequence in, binding data out in as few as 3 days, gene synthesis time included! Antibodies and Fab fragments made with CHO cells (TAT from 6 days) and CAR-Ts made with primary T cells (TAT from 10 days) can also be created from your binder sequences and tested.
Trustable data at lightning speed -- Learn more at binderverse.rootpath.com
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
Deeply saddened by the passing of @HelenBranswell, a journalist of integrity and professionalism. Throughout her career, Helen demonstrated an unwavering commitment to evidence, science and truth, helping the public understand some of the most complex and consequential health challenges of our time. At a moment when misinformation competes with facts, her reporting was a trusted source of clarity, honesty and insight.
We at @WHO were privileged to work with Helen over many years, whether through one-on-one interviews or the hundreds of press conferences she attended during COVID-19 and beyond. Her questions were always informed, thoughtful and fair, reflecting a deep commitment to helping the public understand the facts and their implications for health.
On behalf of WHO, I extend my sincere condolences to Helen’s family, friends and colleagues. She will be greatly missed.
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
Five years after its establishment, the @WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence has become an integral part of the global health security system.
Its new strategy charts a clear path towards 2030, uniting governments and partners around a shared goal: a world in which every country can rapidly respond to health threats before they turn into major crises: bit.ly/4s0rPde
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
.@WHO welcomes the adoption of the #UNGA Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, and commends co-facilitators Armenia and Rwanda for their leadership in building consensus. This important milestone reflects a shared commitment to equity, global solidarity and collective action to make the world safer from future pandemics. We also welcome the ambition to successfully conclude negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing Annex.
who.int/news/item/12-10-2026…
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
The wildest part of the Nobel drama is that the least-discussed guy left out, Zhuo-Hua Pan, has a better claim on the tech than Boyden and he’s the only one with any shot of turning opto into a real therapy….he just wasn’t at a prestigious institution
statnews.com/2016/09/01/opto…
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
New speakers announced for CEPI's World Health Summit panel discussion, From Crisis Response to Resilience: Innovating for Health Security Beyond Borders.
Additional panellists include:
🔵 Dr. Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director General, EC HERA
🔵 Salina Grenet Catalano, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Director of Global Affairs, France
🔵 Prof. Dr. Muyembe Jean-Jacques, DG of Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale
🔵 Prof. Dr Charlotte Watts, Executive Director of Solutions, Wellcome Trust
Echoing the World Health Summit 2026 theme, “From Crisis to Resilience: Innovating for Health”, this session will position CEPI 3.0 as a practical framework connecting technological innovation, cross-sector and cross-border partnership, and population-level resilience – and explore how investment in CEPI 3.0 helps countries mitigate the health, socio-economic and security impact of outbreaks.
Date: Monday, 12th October; Time: 16:00-17:30 CEST
Attend in person or watch the livestream. Register now: worldhealthsummit.org/sessio…
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
Happy 𝘽𝙖𝙩 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝! 🦇 What do you most appreciate about bats?
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
Genome project opens the next chapter for studying bat evolution nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
Summer is over Inflammazoom is back: next Monday two great speakers.....
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
SURPRISE! Key interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) can be induced without interferon! Sounds like an oxymoron, but it is true! Read the paper to find out more.
Switching of transcriptional control from interferon regulatory factor 2 to interferon regulatory factor 1 drives innate immune cell activation: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
🔉 Major new funding for CEPI announced today.
Ethiopia, Norway and the UK have pledged a combined US$240 million to support CEPI’s five-year plan to transform the world’s ability to prevent and respond to future epidemic and pandemic threats ➡️ cepi.net/ethiopia-norway-and…
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
Biologists use specialized open-source models for tasks like modeling the structure of molecular systems, designing drug-like molecules, and predicting the effects of genetic mutations. But these models are often expensive to run, potentially limiting their impact.
In our latest Science Blog, we share how Claude was able to optimize inference for more than 30 open-source models, making them 4x faster on average, partly by writing custom software for GPUs. We’re open sourcing all of the optimization code.
Read more: anthropic.com/research/claud…
Bat Researcher - PRS Aaron Irving retweeted
SARS-CoV-2 saltation variant PJ.2.1 has raised concerns over another JN.1-like event.
Here we found:
1. PJ.2.1 shows markedly higher ACE2 binding.
2. PJ.2.1's antigenicity remains comparable to the JN.1 family.
3. No increased immune evasion against human plasma.
While PJ.2.1 currently lacks the immune evasion capabilities of other contemporary strains (XFG, PQ.16.1.1, BA.3.2.2...), its robust baseline receptor-binding strength mirrors the early evolutionary trajectory of BA.2.86 to JN.1, necessitating continued genomic, epidemiological, and virological surveillance of the PJ.2.1 lineage.
Details can be found in the recent BioRxiv manuscript:
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
