COVID19 Demystified

Science is fighting for you - let us show you how. Student volunteers dedicated to making research accessible to the public. Posts biweekly.

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We're a group of university students who take the latest #COVID19 research and break it down so that anyone can understand. Science is fighting for you- let us show you how.

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New article on work by @HowarthSci @bjorkmanlab and @NussenzweigL, published in @ScienceMagazine.
Learn about their work on mosaic nanoparticle vaccines and why mosaic vaccines are a possible tool against future pandemics.
https://t.co/GYS8qKOKeH
#scicomm #science #STEM #SARSCoV2

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We're back with this article by Dorothy! She demystifies a research letter published in @CDC_EIDjournal that investigates a COVID19 outbreak that may associated with restaurant air conditioning. Keep wearing your masks!
#STEM #COVID19 #scicomm
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It's exam week! COVID19 Demystified will not be posting for the next week. We aim to return to our regular posting schedule in May.

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We were featured in this amazing post by @TeachersLifeCAN. Thank you so much to the Teachers Life team for bringing attention to our cause!

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Teachers, parents and anyone who wants to learn the truth about COVID19, should read this. https://t.co/OZidWfuO9G #COVID19 #TeachingResource #EdChat #EdLeaders #Edu #Education #EduChat #Parents #Principals #Student #Teacher #SciChat

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We have a new post: "Immune States in Severe COVID19 Cases." Original research published in
@nature- authors include @alexis_combes @MaxKrummel @Arrkal. Learn about how the immune system responds to mild-to-moderate and severe cases of COVID19: https://t.co/gRLn5jQoAY…
#COVID19

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New article by our author Ryan Chan- "Cleaning House: How SARS-CoV-2 Evades Cellular Clean-up." Learn about how SARS-CoV-2 impacts cellular autophagy!
This article summarizes work published in @Dev_Cell.
https://t.co/N8T2hnl3Xb
#SARSCoV2 #scicomm #ScienceTwitter #research

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We're honoured to have one of our articles referenced in this research features article by Dr. Helliwell, a renowned crystallographer. Thank you, Dr. Helliwell!
The article (https://t.co/vPqBwSMuxn) summarizes amazing work by @DanielKneller and @KovalevskyAY at @ORNL

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Synergies between synchrotron light sources and neutrons for complete structures of biological molecules towards a whole biology featured here:- https://t.co/k02Fs3ZLCE @ILLGrenoble @essneutron @ORNLNeutrons @esrfsynchrotron @DaresburyLab @CHESS_user @OfficialUoM @UoMChemistry

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Synergies between synchrotron light sources and neutrons for complete structures of biological molecules towards a whole biology featured here:- https://t.co/k02Fs3ZLCE @ILLGrenoble @essneutron @ORNLNeutrons @esrfsynchrotron @DaresburyLab @CHESS_user @OfficialUoM @UoMChemistry

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New article from a new author- The UK Variant: What We Know and What We Don't.
Also- catch some of our team at the "What's In The Vaccine" event tomorrow! Drs. Pieter Cullis and David Patrick will be speaking (https://t.co/bVPjMZF4xB)
https://t.co/hLvgxNITBn
#SARSCoV2 #variants

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COVID19 Demystified is speaking at UBC BSA's "What's in the vaccine" event! Find out about the SARS-CoV-2 virus from UBC’s own resident expert, Dr. Pieter Cullis! Open to students of all year levels.
FB Event Link: https://t.co/qW7Z2hYBdR
#stem #vaccine #SARSCoV2

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We summarized awesome research from @ORNL by a team of scientists including @DanielKneller and @KovalevskyAY. Researchers used neutron crystallography to obtain a highly informative structure of the #SARSCoV2 protease- useful for antiviral development!
https://t.co/Ohu0CPhOus

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We're back with an article from Tristan- Smell and Taste Changes: The Best Way to Guide Lockdown Policy?
https://t.co/hBKZkVMW5a
#COVID19 #testing #STEM

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And we're back! While the school year is underway (and all our authors are busy learning+ doing science), we will be posting 1x a week!
#science

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J-P of Research (Science to English Dictionary: Part 3) https://t.co/FH5ES54FEG

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COVID19 Demystified will be taking a two week break. Our next post will be on October 12th. Stay safe out there!

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Our new demystified article breaks down a paper looking at the T cell response to SARS-CoV-2. This post summarizes work published in @CellCellPress by @marcus_buggert group at @karolinskainst. Perfect for @scilitweek!
https://t.co/xrCuoq4oGr……
#STEM #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #SciLit

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ICYMI: Our author Ryan posted a great article breaking down research on how SARS-CoV-2 infection can impact the human microbiome. This research was published in @AGA_Gastro. @scilitweek
https://t.co/2djEtoGfu0
#scilit #COVID19 #science #STEM #SARSCoV2

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New demystified article by our author Ayah, breaking down research published in @NatureComms. This study looks into how SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in the human airway and how it's different from other coronaviruses.
https://t.co/CBjWwY5r4f
#science #STEM #SARSCoV2

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New video sidebar by our author Demitri! Let's look at how SARS-CoV-2 compares to other coronaviruses:
https://t.co/2n6JQPnW1l
#STEMeducation #COVID19 #SARSCoV2

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In today's post, we go through the Phase 1 /2 data for Pfizer's BNT162b1 RNA COVID19 vaccine candidate. This data was published in @nature, lead author @mjmull
https://t.co/UkkQazJywE
#vaccine #COVID19 #research #STEM