Sharif Ezzat

Rational optimist, pragmatic futurist, skeptical seeker

[Sharif Ezzat @goodsharif]

Great article from ⁦@WIRED⁩ on changing our default approach to nature by understanding its laws https://t.co/TjZUaBCC5m

[Eterna @eternagame]

Congratulations Eterna principal investigator Rhiju Das @RDasLab who has been identified as one of 33 influential scientists by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for his work on 3D mapping of viral RNA structures, which can aid the design and development of RNA therapeutics!

[Eterna @eternagame]

Building on the success of OpenVaccine, we've launched a B.1.617 mRNA vaccine challenge to focus on the variant emerging in India. Learn more and play now at https://t.co/U6t4JmiK5S #CovidIndia @IndiaCOVIDSOS

[Eterna @eternagame]

Eterna players are once again pioneering the future of biomedicine! In this video, Dr. Rhiju Das of @rdaslab reflects on the success of the #COVID-19 OpenVaccine challenge.
https://t.co/ilj6anyuDI

[Eterna @eternagame]

Excited to reveal the results of the OpenVaccine campaign, our year-long collaboration with @RDasLab @mbarnalab to design improved mRNA therapeutics: https://t.co/MCEeyhLtTF

[Eterna @eternagame]

Citizen scientists on Eterna have designed “superfolder” mRNAs that code for the SARS-CoV-2 spike antigen, with predicted 3x stability of conventionally-designed vaccines. The superfolders are free for use at https://t.co/1Kq8jPuWiu.

How did they do it? A thread! (1/7)

[Sharif Ezzat @goodsharif]

@KQEDForum With the latest news about the potential #COVID19 #vaccine be sure to check out @eternagame players’ efforts to stabilize the mRNA for widespread distribution.

[Knowable Magazine @KnowableMag]

"After about eight hours of practice, you can try your hand at the advanced puzzles related to a stabilized mRNA Covid-19 vaccine."
—Rhiju Das of @Stanford & @eternagame and Martin Skladany of @penn_state
https://t.co/SRZbBAwrhe

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

Quickly vaccinating billions of people around the globe against Covid-19 is going to be an endeavor like no other in human history.

Thousands of online gamers could help expedite the process https://t.co/B8iRSpafyG

[Knowable Magazine @KnowableMag]

NEW:

People beat artificial intelligence hands-down at puzzling out new ways to fold molecules for a potential #SARSCov2 immunization. Thousands more players are needed.

Opinion piece by Rhiju Das of @Stanford @eternagame & Martin Skladany @penn_state: https://t.co/Qoguu6tp0k

[Sharif Ezzat @goodsharif]

Congrats @doudna_lab @igisci! So happy to see this news. What a great win for curiosity-driven basic research! #NobelPrize

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

"We had a sense that we were onto something big," says 2020 Chemistry Laureate Jennifer Doudna on the start of her "curiosity-driven" research into CRISPR.

Listen to our interview with the new laureate, recorded shortly after today’s announcement of her #NobelPrize.

[Basem Al-Shayeb, Ph.D. 🧬 @themicrobeguy]

Doudna this morning: "I hope I can continue to encourage my students, and especially my female students, to embrace their passion for their work and to know that their work will be appreciated by broader society" 🥺 #NobelPrize #ChemNobel #CRISPR @UCBerkeley @igisci

[Eterna @eternagame]

To design better vaccines, we need as many creative minds as possible on board at @eternagame. Check out our new article describing the science behind the OpenVaccine project and our new paper at https://t.co/sW3cpmhS1u

[Eterna @eternagame]

Answer the Call: OpenVaccine! Join Eterna's OpenVaccine Challenge and help invent a vaccine for COVID-19! Get started at https://t.co/U6t4JmiK5S.

https://t.co/dcMdhiVW9q

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

Our World in Data has added a superb Data Explorer interface to their Coronavirus datasets, updated daily. Get per-capita, not just total, cases & deaths across countries. Answer questions like, Who's doing better (for now), Sweden or Norway? https://t.co/qQj54YNJkz

[Eterna @eternagame]

Tune in and watch the special with @novapbs tonight 9/8c to learn more about our fight against COVID-19! If you're willing to go the extra mile, visit https://t.co/XpxVifOlD4 and help Eterna design the next generation of vaccines against the coronavirus!
https://t.co/xzI5d77cf4

[Eterna @eternagame]

Scientists are racing to understand and defeat the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tune in or stream "Decoding COVID-19" on Wednesday, May 13 at 9/8c on @PBS learn more @novapbs

#RNA #citsci #moleculardesign #COVID19

https://t.co/IFqFcpoVpq

[Eterna @eternagame]

The time is NOW: A COVID-19 vaccine for everyone, designed by everyone. Join us in developing the next generation of vaccines to defeat the world's deadliest diseases. https://t.co/mv9BeSnzck
#coronavirus #citsci #coronavaccine #WeAreInThisTogether #joinus

[Sharif Ezzat @goodsharif]

Realizing there are only a few days left before the kids are running the show... #kids #parenting #summer #got #summeriscoming