Sümeyye Yar, Ph.D.

Molecular Biologist / Science Outreach Educator /Making Science Fun Again /#BioFabbing #ArtAndScience #Synbio #OpenScience #BioArt #SciEdu

[Sümeyye Yar, Ph.D. @MinuteBodies]

@ejustin46 So, it would be helpful to use an H1 blocker before potential infection for it to be effective. This proactive approach could be beneficial in high-risk situations. Otherwise, using H1 blocker daily will likely have other side effects, such as Benadryl and the risk of dementia.

[Sümeyye Yar, Ph.D. @MinuteBodies]

@abdullahnaci Covid geçirdiler mi? Nedenin aşı değil de Covid olabileceğini düşündünüz mü?

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

I've met many people who say that California's 2020 orange sky day was the moment they understood what a warming world really looks like.

It was a wake up call. Some changed careers. Others got politically involved.

Maybe this week is that moment for people on the East Coast.

[Yasin İLEMİN @anatoliacaracal]

Büyük bir tehlike bizi bekliyor! Araştırma alanım doğa ve ekoloji olduğu için aktarmam gerekiyor. Yaşanan büyük deprem sonucu devasa bir enkaz ve moloz ortaya çıktı. Bu hafriyatlar uygun bertaraf edilmezse yaşadığımız binlerce kayıptan fazlasını verebiliriz. Nasıl mı? +

[Jennbrophy.bsky.social @jennbrophy7]

Anyone's New Year's resolution to reduce lab waste?

In late Dec, we published a @TrendsBiochem sci life article on setting up a sustainable lab. It's full of resources & anecdotes - please check it out & hit us up w your fav sustainability tips! https://t.co/fOE7cj3pt6

[Sümeyye Yar, Ph.D. @MinuteBodies]

Fascinating study!

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

Why did some people die during the Black Death and others didn’t? Scholars have been pondering that mystery for centuries.

Now, by analyzing DNA from old bones, the answer has been revealed. https://t.co/LMZbfgUscj

[Sümeyye Yar, Ph.D. @MinuteBodies]

This is big and hopefully the beginning of a happy ending. Lab-Grown Meat Receives Clearance From F.D.A.
https://t.co/FU9sXcEQKa

[Sarah Mupo @sarahmupo]

.@MeganMolteni takes a deep dive into what scientists know — and don’t know — about how monkeypox spreads.
https://t.co/ta3SSz3lO6

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Parts of the Antarctic are, um, 70 degrees warmer than normal today.
Fossil fuels are breaking the planet in real time.

https://t.co/GwNvKeYSHA

[Hannah Davis @ahandvanish]

There's a big reality gap right now between people who are actively staying on top of COVID research & those who just trust the current guidelines. There's no judgment here, but I'd like to try to communicate the worldview of the former based on what we know about COVID now:

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[WesElyMD @WesElyMD]

1/🧵 What is #LongCOVID⁉️

A disabling malady from ongoing inflammation, autoimmunity, & potential viral reservoirs (GI, brain?)

NEW DATA: The Lungs “light up” on special MRI Scans 3 to 9 months later in patients never hospitalized for COVID.

https://t.co/I2kyZ4cK5F

[Sümeyye Yar, Ph.D. @MinuteBodies]

@kuru83 Hahah, üzgünüm ama doğrudur, kendimden biliyorum 😬

[Sümeyye Yar, Ph.D. @MinuteBodies]

@kuru83 Rekabet büyük, işin zor 😊

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

CDC’s new guidance to drop isolation of positives to 5 days without a negative test is reckless

Some ppl stay infectious 3 days,Some 12

I absolutely don’t want to sit next to someone who turned Pos 5 days ago and hasnt tested Neg

Test Neg to leave isolation early is just smart

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

This thing has rapidly become the world’s exasperating good news/bad news story. If your head isn’t spinning, you’re not paying attention.

A 🧵on my take on both the good news & the bad, with an emphasis on the things that have changed in the past few days... or minutes.(1/25)

[Sümeyye Yar, Ph.D. @MinuteBodies]

This👇 First, we assumed we could manage an airborne virus with cleaning surfaces, now we are thinking that vax=no transmission, which is wrong! We need widely available rapid tests to control transmission.

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

Many countries are asking for proof of vax, or testing to travel

I don’t understand this. Vax work Well to stop disease…

But it’s time to clarify they do not stop transmission. They slow it down

But it simply is not appropriate to assume that vax = not infectious

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[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Severe Covid and the #brain: infection can induce "string vessels" in patients due to death of endothelial cells (lining blood vessels), signifying microvascular damage, verified in experimental models
https://t.co/4TxBx6M85J @NatureNeuro

[Sümeyye Yar, Ph.D. @MinuteBodies]

@JackKSoh @EricTopol Those who prefer a lower dose with possibly fewer side effects