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By applying acoustic field and magnetic field to a magnetised artificial cell, membrane tension can be induced to activate MscL, enabling Ca2+ flux & thus fluorescence. No protein = no flux, protein but no magnet = no flux. So mag = protein on/off switch!
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We've a new pre-print "Building programmable multicompartment artificial cells incorporating remotely activated protein channels using microfluidics and acoustic levitation" up on @biorxivpreprint. Great effort by @JinLi_AOR on this work.
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Haven't been on here much, mainly due to recovering from longcovid and it being exhausting. Despite all that, v.pleased with our latest collaborative work (aptly) on rapid SARS-CoV-2 variant detection with ability to discriminate single nucleotide changes. medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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We've seen exceptionally rapid spread of Omicron in South Africa. Although we should expect this rapid spread to follow in other geographies, we've mostly lacked data to confirm this until recently. 1/21
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Just be be clear on something as I'm still awake, this was better than I expected of Omicron. The fact that it still needs the ACE2 receptor and that escape is incomplete means its a tractable problem with the tools we got
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It’s great to see politicians so excited by science that they want to do experiments. But perhaps they should start with smaller scale ones…
The world has its eyes on the UK where the government plans to drop nearly all measures for mitigating the spread of COVID–19 across England in less than a week. go.nature.com/3kjbQG9
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I’ve asked my 3rd year illustration students at @sva to come up with a post-pandemic New Yorker magazine cover. Here is what they sent in:
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Earlier, I've put it to a German club official that the Super League 12 must have some really clever ideas to get around all the obstacles, relative to the huge reputational risk they're facing.
Answer: "Never underestimate the incompetence of people."
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Wow.
Looking at this - it's very clear why we are where we are.
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This is both shocking and not shocking. 1.1 million of us.
An estimated 1.1 million people in the UK were experiencing self-reported long COVID (symptoms persisting more than four weeks after the first suspected #COVID19 episode not explained by something else) over the four-week period ending 6 March 2021 ow.ly/SgzX50Ee9zV
ALT 1.1 million People in the UK reported experiencing long COVID over the four-week period ending 6 March 2021
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For the 13 people who liked this tweet: @emmahayes1 providing tactical instructions while offering @samkerr1 & @PernilleMHarder encouragement & motivation for the difficult shift they had to put in pressing-wise.
Apologies if I misheard or misinterpreted some instruction.
