Chanakha Navaratnarajah

A budding virologist...

[Chanakha Navaratnarajah @choxybus]

Does SARS-CoV-2 affect the heart? A tweetorial based on our preprint: https://t.co/RjEhn95ecj
@MayoClinic
@myosightJWS

[Dr Chandana Wickaramasinghe @DrChandanaWick]

I’m a doctor- and what I’m witnessing right now in Colombo and Kotte is frightening.

Although it's not the first time but yes this has become a seasonal disaster every now and then.

Chikungunya is back, and it’s not coming quietly. In just the past few days, I’ve treated patients—some as young as 12, some over 70—crippled by joint pain so severe they couldn’t walk.
"One elderly man sobbed in my clinic, not because of the fever, but because he couldn't hold a spoon."

Cases are rising fast.
���� The Aedes mosquito doesn’t need a dirty swamp—just a flowerpot.

The virus causes fever, rash, and joint pain—but it’s the long-term pain that ruins lives.
There’s no cure. No vaccine. Only painkillers and hope.

30–70% of people develop chronic arthritis-like pain lasting months or even years. Some never fully recover. For the poor, this means lost wages. For the elderly, lost mobility. For all of us—it means a health disaster we can still prevent.

But we’re running out of time.
✅ Clear standing water.
✅ Wear long sleeves.
✅ Use repellents.
✅ Shut your doors before dusk.
✅ Don’t ignore early symptoms.

You have the power to stop this—starting at home.
Please act now. Don’t wait for the pain to knock on your own door.

Share this. Clean your space. Protect your loved ones.

#Chikungunya #HealthAlert #SriLanka #lka #MosquitoKills #PublicHealthEmergency

[Kay Choi lab @KayChoi_lab]

Post-doc position is available in Choi laboratory at IU. Our research focuses on the structure and function of viral RNAs and replication. Experience in biochemistry or structural biology (X-ray crystallography & cryo-EM) is required. Please apply to [email protected]

Please RT.

[JVirology Editors @JVirology]

Just in time for 2025, the Journal of Virology is announcing its Seminar Series! Join us on Jan. 21 at 1 pm ET for our inaugural webinar and learn more about our EICs' vision and goals for this series. #jvirology. Register today at https://t.co/zTfZxDysvo

[JVirology Editors @JVirology]

@jvirology congratulates JVI Editor Suchetana Tuli Mukhopadhyay for winning the ASM Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women, and Editorial Board Member Susan R. Weisser for winning the ASM Lifetime Achievement Award. Full list of recipients: https://t.co/9vI0BK9qGP

[Connie Chang @thechanglab]

Excited that our collaboration with the Taylor lab @dr_mptaylor is now published in @ScienceAdvances. We cultured single #neurons on Matrigel #hydrogels created using #droplet #microfluidics and watched infection with herpes #virus (HSV-1). https://t.co/nMFUsoyH0m

[Alison Feder @AlisonFeder]

Measles is normally acute & self-limiting, but in rare cases it can enter the CNS and cause fatal encephalitis (SSPE). In a collab with the Cattaneo lab & led by Iris Yousaf (@VIris__) and Will Hannon, we reconstructed the genetic events accompanying MeV brain colonization. 1/

[Iris Yousaf (She/Her) @VIris__]

So excited to share my first author publication! 😁 In this unprecedented work, we recreated the history of measles virus evolution in human brain in collaboration with @AlisonFeder and Will Hannon 😊
https://t.co/CXB0chhxn6

[Vajra Chandrasekera @_vajra]

Hey, so THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS ebook is hugely discounted down to $2.99 for today (Dec 21) anywhere that you can buy ebooks. Please do boost! If you've been waiting to pick up a copy, or if you've thought it would make a good gift for someone in your life, today is a good day!

[Vajra Chandrasekera @_vajra]

Hey, my book's out in the world at long last! I've collected some of the very nice things people have been kind enough to say about it, along with links to buy it in hardcover, ebook, or audiobook. Thank you for your patience, and I hope you enjoy it!
https://t.co/PCOA68Nbtv

[MSU Phage Peeps @Phage4Lyfe]

@TuliLab and I are establishing an endowed lectureship to honor an outstanding virologist and colleague, Dr. Mavis Agbandje-McKenna. ASV members can donate via https://t.co/5X0OsyK12I and non members can donate at https://t.co/bC3z1Kwnyr

[Chanakha Navaratnarajah @choxybus]

@DrAaronJJohnson @Cori_Fain Congratulations @Cori_Fain!

[Ayusha Amarakone @AAmarakone]

#TurkeyEarthquake & Siriya needs your help with Tents, Blankets, Heaters, Portable toilets & Baths, Sleeping Bags, Reinforced shelters @turkeyairlines @RedCross @flysrilankan @RW_UNP @PMOfficeSL @MedhelpInter

[Ayusha Amarakone @AAmarakone]

Sri Lanka-Dengu NSI Antigen Test Kits Shortage. Economy -#SriLankaCrisis made the Ministry Of Health unable to provide these kits to Gov hospitals.@BillGates @gatesfoundation SL will be a great testing ground for this cause! @Dailymirror_SL @WHOSriLanka @SLinSouthKorea @JithmaA

[American Society for Virology @AmerSocVirol]

Interested in measles virus? Go to Iris Yousaf @VIris__’s presentation on Tuesday at 1:45 (W48)!

[Iris Yousaf (She/Her) @VIris__]

@choxybus presenting his work on Henipaviruses at #NSV2022 😁

[Chanakha Navaratnarajah @choxybus]

Share this with as many Sri Lankan medical professionals as possible.
#lka
#SriLankaCrisis
#medicalhelpsrilanka

[WatchDog @TeamWatchDog]

The Watchdog guide to the Sri Lankan medical crisis is here!

Share as widely as you can, we need eyeballs on this! #lka #SriLankaCrisis

https://t.co/z0QY1FNeh5

[Chanakha Navaratnarajah @choxybus]

This is a phenomenal effort. It would be great if all Sri Lankan hospitals and medical professionals used this platform to report their medical needs. A centralized list would greatly facilitate efficient disbursement of donations.
#medicalhelpsrilanka
#SriLankaCrisis

[Chanakha Navaratnarajah @choxybus]

Thank you to everyone who supported to get us to the $20,000 goal. Next week goal is to reach $40,000.

PLEASE HELP BY DONATING & SHARING OUR CAMPAIGN!! 👍

Thanks you so much again!

#medicalhelpsrilanka
#SriLankaEconomicCrisis
#SriLankaCrisis
#SriLanka

https://t.co/Xe2WBeOwl4

[Chanakha Navaratnarajah @choxybus]

Sri Lankans are suffering without basic medical supplies due to the current economic crisis in the country. Please help if you are able. Thank you 🙏🏾

#MedicalHelpSriLanka
https://t.co/OIni5l30sk

[Vajra Chandrasekera @_vajra]

For folks outside Sri Lanka wondering how you can help, I want to do a quick demonstration of how to donate to local groups that are keeping people fed.