Tomer Zohar

BioEng PhD student @MIT @ragoninstitute; systems immunology w/ focus on humoral immunity and infectious diseases.

[Tomer Zohar @tzohar2]

Check out👇our new paper on the early development of functional #SARSCoV2 antibody responses in hospitalized individuals with varying #COVID19 severity
https://t.co/WmfVhxGBEH

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The secret is out for how to avoid an emergency room visit, hospitalization and dying from covid.
It's called vaccination.
https://t.co/sg1GXKy1Tt new @CDCMMWR report

[Tomer Zohar @tzohar2]

This was a collaborative effort with 3 other co-authors with both computational and experimental expertise. Thank you @carolin_loos, Stephanie Fischinger, and Caroline Atyeo!!

[Tomer Zohar @tzohar2]

Check out👇our new paper on the early development of functional #SARSCoV2 antibody responses in hospitalized individuals with varying #COVID19 severity
https://t.co/WmfVhxGBEH

[Tomer Zohar @tzohar2]

Interpretation:
Early and strong functional Fc-receptor mediated IgG responses are important in combating severe #COVID19. S2 cross-reactivity may not necessarily be directly providing protection but rather helping jump-start the immune response.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The patient had a whopping (8g) dose of a #SARSCoV2 neutralizing IgG antibody cocktail. Then they detected antibodies. You must be kidding me, Dr. Conley?

[Tomer Zohar @tzohar2]

Check out our new paper on early antibody features associated with #COVID19 outcome.
1) A minimal set of features able to distinguish groups
2) Shift in spike > nucleoprotein reponses in those who recovered
https://t.co/v96tXjSpt9

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

We can see a lot of 'Auschwitz' mentions recently. Remember that a preserved historic site does not equal a statue erected to honor a person. The two have entirely different roles, contexts, messages & meanings. Drawing a simple comparison here is incorrect.

[Tomer Zohar @tzohar2]

Beyond directly blocking infection, antibodies help coordinate the immune response. Antibody signatures can have both protective and detrimental effects. Defining these signatures can tell us more about #COVID19 and how to best design vaccines.

[Tomer Zohar @tzohar2]

Our new perspective on understanding antibody protection against SARS-CoV-2.

https://t.co/3tkQoMjA1S

[Joseph Palmeri @josephrpalmeri]

Attacking medics is a war crime. Enemy combatants in a war have more protections than our own citizens at a peaceful protest in the US.

[Corban Swain @CorbanSwain]

I’m joining #8CantWait to urge local mayors to enact policies that have the power to reduce police violence that results in death in our major cities by up to 72%. I urge you to join me. We simply can’t wait — too much is at stake. Learn more: https://t.co/NPFeNGi68q

[Tomer Zohar @tzohar2]

@PalYurich76 @ExcludedMuddle @VirusesImmunity @HKUniversity Important depends on definition, and antibodies have other important functions past neutralization (mediating phagocytosis, complement deposition, and NK granulation). I think its too early to say which antigen is truly important.

[ScratchpadMD @scratchpadMD]

Do you think years from now when we talk about epidemiology and future pandemics, we’ll reference this year and say hindsight is 2020?

[Faheem Younus, MD @FaheemYounus]

Treatment news! 5 critically ill COVID patients (on ventilators) received antibody-rich plasma from 5 other patients who had recovered from COVID.

Results: 3 discharged; 2 in stable condition!

Now 1 of my recovering patients wants to donate his plasma!

https://t.co/UJqjNwqPps

[Alister Martin @AlisterFMartin]

11 patients placed on ventilators in one day shift. There’s still one hour left. Unprecedented. The curve is not flat. Please stay home, Boston.
#COVID19

[Joseph Palmeri @josephrpalmeri]

PLEASE SHARE. If you are a US based scientist who would be willing to help with diagnostics or other virus-related needs please fill out this form: https://t.co/umm1ulZpMh

[Tomer Zohar @tzohar2]

An important diagnostic test to screen for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. This will inform on past infection, is vital to understanding true infection rates, and will be instrumental in helping clearing individuals while mitigating concerns of infection.

[Florian Krammer @florian_krammer]

Thread: 1) OK, so I promised to explain the manuscript that we just put on medRxiv https://t.co/UMSQ63VPM4

[Joseph Palmeri @josephrpalmeri]

Goes without saying but if you’re a researcher who uses RNA extraction kits (and not working on #COVID19) please consider pausing these experiments so these kits can be diverted to testing

[MIT Dept of BE @MITdeptofBE]

BATS this Fri
S Van Nostrand (LAUFFENBURGER LAB) “Multiscale, Multivariate Models of Complex Molecular and Cellular Phenotypes”
T Zohar (LAUFFENBURGER & ALTER) “The Genetic Architecture of Pathogen-specific Humoral Responses”
Where/when: https://t.co/voxI8xCYj3 @ragoninstitute