It's been a busy work for the lab. Thomas (holding 🍾) passed his @UWMadisonMDTP qualifying exam with aplomb. Very excited to see him tackle his project as a dissertator. Congrats Thomas.
Thrilled to share that our review on bacterial G-quadruplexes is now online! Thankful for my lab mate and friend @SarahMcMillan05 who wrote this review with me! https://t.co/t54lt9NUiM
New preprint📢 We created *really* diverse libraries of barcoded #influenza viruses & used them to track viruses in hosts. We found multiple narrow within-host bottlenecks → genetically distinct "islands" of infection in a single host. Check it out⬇️ https://t.co/iPm71xZ0Rh
What factors shape evolution of influenza virus within an individual? Happy to share our collaborative work led by @kaaamato with Luis and Kat and @tcflab, @SSCLabQuips, and @KoelleLab that shows genetic bottlenecks restrain intrahost influenza virus evolution. 1/10
Hello world! The Baker Lab is opening in mid October, 2021 at @LovelaceBio in ABQ, NM. Excited to keep serving up research on influenza, host-switch, and alternative RNA splicing. Actively recruiting an experienced technician & postdoc: https://t.co/KWro4caZVK
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Excited for the lab to present our latest at #ASV2021. intra-host transmission dynamics by @kaaamato W13-7; and host factors by @BakerVirusMaker W34-6, @GraceSchaack W34-8, @casonthemason W34-9.
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New work led by @BakerVirusMaker: What happens when host cells dual purpose critical genes with cryptic antiviral function? Viruses are forced to “choose” between two bad options – suffer the antagonism or attack the essential gene and limit resources to make progeny. 👇🧵1/7
So excited it's finally in print!
We worked hard to characterize patterns of #SARSCoV2 transmission in Wisconsin this past spring.
Check out what we found here⬇️
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Our paper is now live at PLOS Pathogens. Several new polymerase structures came out since we submitted, and we were happy include these and discuss the potential impact of phosphorylation, especially on template exit channel formation. https://t.co/yxHwKjdoRm
Excited for our paper on influenza virus and IFIT2 now at @NatureMicrobiol : A mystery in 3 parts where things aren’t always what they seem. It has something for everyone, with CRISPR screens, CLIP-Seq, ribosome profiling, and ribosome pausing. 1/n
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We have been working hard to characterize #SARSCoV2 in #Wisconsin, USA. Our work is being peer reviewed now, but our preprint is available here: https://t.co/pnCmjLLyrT
Here is what we have learned about #SARSCoV2 in WI:
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Just out: preprint of study on face covering use in WI grocery stores during #COVID-19 shows only 41.2% of people wearing masks, need for interventions to ⬆️use. By entire 1st-year @uwsmph@UWMSTP cohort w/mentoring from Dr. Nasia Safdar. Read & comment: https://t.co/QBsxP8B4W5