Muhamad Afiq Aziz, PhD

Government servant @ University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

[Muhamad Afiq Aziz, PhD @afiqazizphd]

@E_Sugrue @SamJWilsonPhD @virologist_atu Miss you guys and disco life in TC … congratulations everyone 🍾

[Wilson Lab @WilsonLabCITIID]

New work from our @CVRinfo lab led by @virologist_atu revealing another innate immune 'defect' in horseshoe bats and linking this to why some people get more severe COVID-19:

https://t.co/af89Js1cTT

#CVRCovidResponse

[Wilson Lab @WilsonLabCITIID]

Firstly, a special mention for Wilson lab co-lead authors @MTurnbullCVR and @virologist_atu. Pictured here a year ago tomorrow visualising our first #SARS_CoV_2 plaques (before 😷😷😷 were the done thing).

[Wilson Lab @WilsonLabCITIID]

Great to see the paper describing the CoV Toolkit that we helped make/validate is finally out (https://t.co/oqLCE8Ugzw). The reagents were made available immediately (not for profit https://t.co/PJTTO7kqwp) but the paper describing them is now out.

[Muhamad Afiq Aziz, PhD @afiqazizphd]

@BenHalePhD @GoatsLiebr @UZH_Virology @UZH_Science @UZH_en Good luck Intern.. have fun with your PhD journey.. 😊

[Muhamad Afiq Aziz, PhD @afiqazizphd]

After 2 rejections 😔, finally we secured a grant to work on COVID-19 project. Looking forward to having a student on my own and getting back in the lab after 4 months WFH 😊.. such a good news for me and my collaborators..🕺🏻🥂

[Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS🧫🦠 @richdavisphd]

What does a mask do? Blocks respiratory droplets coming from your mouth and throat.

Two simple demos:

First, I sneezed, sang, talked & coughed toward an agar culture plate with or without a mask. Bacteria colonies show where droplets landed. A mask blocks virtually all of them.

[Emma Thomson @emcat1]

Good luck to the scientists at the Jenner @UniofOxford with their new vaccine entering preliminary trials - wishing them every success from @CVRinfo

[Robert Gifford @Paleovirologist]

Please check out CoV-GLUE - an online #coronavirus resource that aims to facilitate comparative genomic analysis of the COVID-19 virus.
#SARS_COV_2 #COVID19 #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Evolution #VirusEvolution #GlueTools

[VignuzziLab @VignuzziLab]

A Semi-Solid Agarose Plaque Assay for detection of the SARSCoV2. Protocol here:

[Muhamad Afiq Aziz, PhD @afiqazizphd]

@JulienAmat1 More time to spend in REBL CL3 cause it’s always warm there 😅

[Connor G. G. Bamford, Ph.D @cggbamford]

"We should be optimistic that nCoV-2019 outbreak will be overcome soon but only support of more research into emerging infections will mean that outbreaks like these are no longer threats to humanity." https://t.co/TNUbHALKUH @QUBelfast @WWIEM_QUB

[Muhamad Afiq Aziz, PhD @afiqazizphd]

My last day at @CVRinfo. It’s really hard to say goodbye to everyone @WilsonLabCVR especially my PhD mentor @SamJWilsonPhD. Thank you for this wonderful PhD journey.

[Muhamad Afiq Aziz, PhD @afiqazizphd]

@WilsonLabCVR @CVRHutchinson @GauntLab Thank you @GauntLab and @CVRHutchinson for your time and let me pass. Thank you to my wonderful supervisor @SamJWilsonPhD for the continuous supports. For sure, I will miss my PhD life @WilsonLabCVR

[Michael Malim @michael_malim]

How MX2 recognises the HIV-1 capsid to inhibit infection is more complex than thought, and autoregulation by the short isoform. More immunoblots than we care to count!
https://t.co/HshI6a1Fkm

[Wilson Lab @WilsonLabCITIID]

A good day for @afiqazizUM! Not only did he successfully defend his thesis, he also apparently won the @CVRinfo beauty contest! Thanks to @CVRHutchinson and @GauntLab for examining! 👨🏼‍🎓🍾

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

Custom-designed immune cells can vanquish pockets of HIV hidden in the cells of people infected with the virus. #ResearchHighlight https://t.co/BHjSnCfi8z

[Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @VirusesImmunity]

A key skill to develop as a leader is how to deliver bad news to someone.

- Be respectful
- Be truthful
- Be kind
- Put yourself in that person's shoes
- Always leave the door open for future opportunities

#Leadership #ThoughtForTheDay

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

#Measles infection destroys immune memory. 2 studies out today with @RLdeSwart & @rorydevries key to both. Congrats to @veli_pet @colinrussell... for their paper in @SciImmunology, and our team at @harvardmed @BrighamWomens @HarvardChanSPH @CCDD_HSPH in @sciencemagazine links 👇

[Molly Ohainle, Ph.D. @MollyOhainle]

Excited that our latest work is out now in BioRxiv. TRIM34 restricts infection of some HIV and SIV capsids. and (surprise!): it needs TRIM5 to do its job. HIV-CRISPR Screening FTW! (Part II)

TRIM34 acts with TRIM5 to restrict HIV and SIV capsids https://t.co/QUFLFS3RmR