Johnson Mak

Virologist, @GlycoGriffith, @johnsonmak.bsky.social, molecular virology, cell biology, and biophysical tools. Co-Editor-in-Chief for Retrovirology

[Johnson Mak @johnsonmak]

Principles of CRISPR-Cas13 mismatch intolerance enable selective silencing of point-mutated oncogenic RNA with single-base precision | @Farehlab | Science Advances https://t.co/5kYFAVYoNk

[Johnson Mak @johnsonmak]

Glycan induced structural activation of HPV @NatureComms - https://t.co/OWRidteUSY

[Johnson Mak @johnsonmak]

Virus-modified paraspeckle-like condensates @WhitehouseLab https://t.co/T4MTosFTOQ

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https://t.co/WDL4PQDLnC

[Carlson Laboratory @lacarlsonlab]

WOW!

[Johnson Mak @johnsonmak]

A B cell screen against endogenous retroviruses identifies glycan-reactive IgM that recognizes a broad array of enveloped viruses | @VirusesImmunity Science Immunology https://t.co/V1xzpjwYPH

[Doherty Institute @TheDohertyInst]

🌏 Congratulations to Professor Patrick Reading on his appointment as Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza! Prof Reading replaces Prof Kanta Subbarao, Honorary Fellow at @TheDohertyInst who led the Centre for eight years before taking up a prestigious professorial position in Canada earlier this year. @TheRMH @UniMelbMDHS https://t.co/isMh6cj6Kv

[Johnson Mak @johnsonmak]

Retrotransposons are co-opted to activate hematopoietic stem cells and erythropoiesis | Science https://t.co/juWbcuzqZa

[Prof. Thumbi Ndung'u @Thumbi_Ndungu]

I am absolutely delighted on being elected a member of the US National Academy of Medicine. Grateful to many mentors, partners, collaborators, students and colleagues who have been part of my journey
@SANTHEafrica
@SciforAfrica
@UCLInfectImm
@HPP_Research
@ragoninstitute

[Nature Microbiology @NatureMicrobiol]

Hot off the press 🔥 Host cell glycosylation selects for infection with CCR5- versus CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 Spearheaded by @HannahItell

https://t.co/D7Q7k9dlwO

[Johnson Mak @johnsonmak]

LINE1 modulate human T cell function by regulating protein synthesis during the life span | Science Advances https://t.co/mv7HilQPtk

[Sarafianos Lab @SarafianosLab]

Wow! Spectacular news for the HIV prevention armamentarium: Lenacapavir showed 100% efficiency...they stopped the blinded phase of the trial to offer it to all participants...aaand it's twice yearly regimen! long way since the muliple horse pills per day!
https://t.co/Ke6C0zZ10Y

[Julie Pfeiffer @jkpfeiff]

What has 126 figure panels and a completely new antiviral pathway? The @GammonLab's latest paper in @NatureMicrobiol, featuring student Emily Rex's tour de force discovery of the FEAR pathway. Huge congrats to the team! https://t.co/drzbHWgFa2

[Retrovirology @Retrovirology]

Endogenous feline leukemia virus long terminal repeat integration site diversity is highly variable in related and unrelated domestic cats https://t.co/67fxHt7zjk

[Doherty Institute @TheDohertyInst]

Researchers solve an 80-year mystery confirming categorically that mosquitoes transmit Mycobacterium ulcerans, the bacteria that causes #BuruliUlcer, from the environment to humans.🦟
https://t.co/Rv8RsxuELZ
Published in @NatureMicrobiol, led by @tstinear

@UniMelbMDHS @TheRMH

[Retrovirology @Retrovirology]

Retrovirology is proud to have a new article collection, entitled "HIV infection of uncommon host cells", guest edited by J Victor Garcia-Martinez of University of North Carolina

Read the published articles at:

https://t.co/TYroIiMR4u

[The Sato Lab (Kei Sato) @SystemsVirology]

BREAKING🔔 A new study from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out! The preprint will be out so soon, but we first show our results on the efficacy of XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccine - comparison between infection-naïve and XBB-infected individuals. Please retweet/repost🔥 1/

[Johnson Mak @johnsonmak]

POLE3 is a repressor of unintegrated HIV-1 DNA required for efficient virus integration and escape from innate immune sensing | Science Advances https://t.co/KuQAqXvwNO

[Johnson Mak @johnsonmak]

Hydrogel implant rehabilitates muscles through electrical stimulation https://t.co/w4P0iQwBHI

[Johnson Mak @johnsonmak]

Selective control of transposable element expression during T cell exhaustion and anti–PD-1 treatment | Science Immunology https://t.co/4iXNUSlvLS