Inna Ricardo-Lax

Postdoc, Rice lab, Rockefeller University. Studies viral RNA modifications and builds new SARS-CoV2 experimental systems. A mom and a photographer too.

[Inna Ricardo-Lax @innalax]

Excited to share our latest story @ScienceMagazine from @RiceLaboratory, co-led with @virologistjoe, on deliverable SARS-CoV-2 self-replicating RNAs, aka replicons, for studying SARS-CoV-2 and testing antivirals. Collab with @Thao_TTN @ProfVolkerThiel lab https://t.co/QdY7RaTo7u

[Oren Schuldiner's Lab @lab_oren]

My lab was totally destroyed tonight by an Iranian missile. Nobody was hurt. Flies, plasmids, cells, equipment - all gone. Heart breaking. If during the course of the past 16 years, you have received something from my lab - please keep them safe.

[Inna Ricardo-Lax @innalax]

@KarinaYaniv חושבים עליכם מרחוק 🤍💙 בטוחה שתצליחו לבנות מחדש אפילו יותר טוב

[Inna Ricardo-Lax @innalax]

My favorite place on earth, the @WeizmannScience got hit with an Iranian rocket, destroying the building where I did science for over 2 years of my life. Years of cancer and other research destroyed. I chose to share this moment instead of pictures of the damage.

[raz sauber - רז זאובר @raz_sauber_]

This is the most Israeli thing I’ve seen.

Taken at the Weizmann Institute of Science, following the Iranian attack.

[ScienceAbroad @ScienceAbroad]

NYC MAY 15 18:00
ערב חברתי באווירה קלילה עם אנשים מעולים מהאקדמיה 🇮🇱
מינגלינג, חיבורים אישיים, ואנרגיה טובה
בואו לפגוש את נציגי האקדמיה הישראלית והתעשיה
אוכל טעים, חברה נהדרת וכיף
ההשתתפות חינם — הירשמו היום! https://t.co/gmoVxGuRQl
@EladArad @innalax @LioraKatz1

[Jérémie Le Pen @Jeremie_Le_Pen]

Check out our latest paper published in @PLOSBiology, “A genome-wide arrayed CRISPR screen identifies PLSCR1 as an intrinsic barrier to SARS-CoV-2 entry that recent virus variants have evolved to resist.” https://t.co/r5qmv1W1fH
🧵1/10

[Inna Ricardo-Lax @innalax]

@virusninja Congrats, Ben!

[Inna Ricardo-Lax @innalax]

@ShiriGurCohen @UCSDCancer @ucsdstemcell @UCSDMedSchool @pewtrusts Amazing news, Shiri. Congratulations! 👏👏👏

[Inna Ricardo-Lax @innalax]

@ArbleMatan בשעה טובה, והמון בהצלחה! אם עוד לא עשית את זה, אשמח לקשר אותך למנהל האיזורי של @ScienceAbroad בNIH, יש שם מרכז מאוד פעיל ומגובש, וזה ממש יכול לעזור בנחיתה רכה וגם בהמשך

[Judea Pearl @yudapearl]

Dear friends in academia,
We are in receipt of an urgent petition against Boycotts of Israeli Academicians which I thought you would wish to sign. It started with scholars from the humanities and social science, but can be signed by academics from other fields as well.
https://t.co/BhffIPz4S4
Here’s the description:
Statement against the Boycott of Israeli Academics
We, scholars from the humanities and social sciences, though not exclusively from these fields, are deeply concerned about the increasing isolation of our academic colleagues in Israel. Calls for boycotts against Israeli academic institutions are not new, but since the brutal attack by Hamas on October 7th and the subsequent Israeli-Hamas War, these calls have taken on a new dimension. On April 12, 2024, the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz published an article based on interviews with over 60 Israeli scholars and reported an astonishing range of discriminatory practices. These include the termination of scientific collaborations, cancellation of conference invitations, refusal to consider scholarly submissions to journals, rejections of promotion evaluations, and withdrawal of offers for academic appointments, among other instances.Regardless of how each of us currently analyzes the situation on the ground and evaluates the actions of the Israeli government and army, we want to make clear that we stand against all forms of boycotts targeting Israeli scholars and Israeli academic institutions. We firmly advocate for cooperation and continued work with them. We are also convinced that the gradual, often subtle exclusion of Israeli scholars contradicts fundamental principles of professional comportment and academic freedom. Moreover, an academic boycott against Israel is counterproductive regarding internal Israeli debates as well as Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, as Barak Medina argued in his essay Is it Justified to Boycott Israeli Academia?We strongly believe that international exchange – especially in troubled times like these – is essential for maintaining an open and global academic community. The alarming trend of excluding Israeli scholars from international academic discourse requires unequivocal response on our part. We, the undersigned, call on scholars to stand in solidarity with our Israeli colleagues on this critical issue.Statement AuthorsAnne Rethmann (FU Berlin/Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Daniel Siemens (Newcastle University)Helmut Walser Smith (Vanderbilt University)
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Feel free to share it with your friends and colleagues.

Let me just add that, in my opinion, the statement is too mild. The next statement to sign is one calling for doubling down on our Israel-collaboration efforts.

Thanks
Judea
Computer Science and statistics
@yudapearl

[Inna Ricardo-Lax @innalax]

@ArbleMatan איזה כיף! הולכת לבדוק באלפא פולד קישור לRNA, שהיה לוקח לי חודשים לבדוק במעבדה

[Inna Ricardo-Lax @innalax]

@KarinaYaniv @EVB_Org @yaniv_lab Congratulations Karina!

[Noa Tishby @noatishby]

BREAKING: Rocket sirens ring across Israel. #IsraelUnderAttack

[Inna Ricardo-Lax @innalax]

Worried about my family and friends back home. What a shitty world.

[Noa Tishby @noatishby]

🚨 BREAKING: Iran reportedly launched a swarm of drones at Israel. #IsraelUnderAttack

[Prof. Brian Keating @Briankeating]

Violent protests and hateful rhetoric targeting Jews and Israelis on multiple @UofCalifornia campuses.

@UCSanDiego Faculty advised to “consider remote operations” on Wednesday.

@UCPrezDrake what are you doing about this?

https://t.co/Qqktulr0dh

https://t.co/V5RazTgVSg

https://t.co/dY6D4ZdRg9

[Gal Haimovich ☣ 🔬🎗 @grnfluoresceblg]

📣💥Dear fellow scientists: #HelpIsraeliScience
Israel's academia and science are under attack by its own government.
A few examples:
1) Budget cuts for @Volcaninstitute (agricultural research inst.) which will, de facto, stop any new research and might even get it to close.
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[Naama Aviram @NaamaAviram]

It's out! Our work on the type III CRISPR response reveals not only HOW bacteria exit dormancy but also touches upon the evolutionary WHY. Led by yours truly with @AKShilton and @MarraffiniLab. Special thanks to @hey_its_nia, @Bernardo_S_Reis, and @brivanlou for contributing!🦠🔬

[Saeed Lab @drmohsan]

My laboratory at Boston University is hiring a postdoc with expertise in virus-host interactions. Please send your applications at [email protected]
The job details can be accessed here.
https://t.co/sJvyvEVzV6

[Inna Ricardo-Lax @innalax]

@RackMada תלוי אם יש תופעות לוואי לכדור

[Shai Davidai @ShaiDavidai]

The videos speak for themselves:

@Columbia University is either unwilling or unable to protect its Jewish and Israeli students, faculty, and staff

I personally didn't feel safe going to campus today.

To understand why, see below.

(A thread of with alarming videos)

[Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @VirusesImmunity]

Deep sadness over @BrettLindenbach’s passing 💔
His love of virology was truly inspiring.
Please consider supporting Brett’s legacy by contributing to the Brett Lindenbach Virology Fund, to help train the next generation of scientists in virology.

https://t.co/OckumOdIpy