Luk Vandenberghe

@broadinstitute @harvard @masseyeandear. intrigued by viruses & how to train them to fight disease. #aav #genetherapy . also bakes bread. tweets, breads my own.

[Luk Vandenberghe @VandenbergheLuk]

Excited for our peer-reviewed report on the development of AAVCOVID vaccine in @cellhostmicrobe. Tremendous collaborative effort with Roger Le Grand (CEA/IDMIT), Jim Wilson @PennGTP, @MassGenBrigham @NovartisGene spearheaded by @zabaleta_nerea and entire @MassEyeAndEar team.

[Cell Host & Microbe @cellhostmicrobe]

AAV-based, single dose COVID-19 vaccine: @zabaleta_nerea @VandenbergheLuk Le Grand &CO report AAVCOVID, experimental #COVID19 vaccine that delivers #SARSCoV2 Spike w/protection from viral challenge, immunogenicity, cross-reactivity w/variants &RT stability https://t.co/0Pea0WmYMC

[Luk Vandenberghe @VandenbergheLuk]

With a team this strong it shouldn’t be a surprise that great things can be achieved: @AkouosInc cleared its IND for AK-OTOF, a first step toward a gene therapy for hearing loss.

[Joni Ernst @SenJoniErnst]

A senseless, horrendous act of evil. My heart is with all those in Texas right now.

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Responding to events like this with "solutions" that politicians know perfectly well make no sense is, well, depraved. And we shouldn't refrain from saying that 8/

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Amazingly, the usual suspects are rolling out the "good guy with a gun" argument — we need armed teachers and security guards — even though in both Buffalo and, reportedly, Uvalde there *were* good guys with guns who tried and failed to stop shooters wearing body armor 2/

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Listen, I'm full of sadness and fury right now. That's what you're seeing here.

But I'm also determined. And pragmatic. If there is a single of my GOP colleagues who is moved to action by what happened today, I am ready to work with you. I am ready to compromise. To save lives.

[Luk Vandenberghe @VandenbergheLuk]

@jaybradner There’s an app for that; https://t.co/ZOmnsPauOv

[Luk Vandenberghe @VandenbergheLuk]

@YIMBY_Princeton @threadreaderapp unroll

[Alexey Navalny @navalny]

1/14 How an ordinary Russian TV viewer (one of whom I currently am) sees it.

I learned about the monstrous events in Bucha yesterday morning from the news that Russia was convening the UN Security Council in connection with the massacre by Ukrainian Nazis in Bucha.

[Addgene @Addgene]

We are excited to announce that Chonnettia Jones, Ph.D, will be assuming the role of Addgene's Executive Director on May 9. Dr. Jones comes to us from @HlthResearchBC, where she served as Vice President, Research. Please join us in welcoming her!

[Paul Sax @PaulSaxMD]

Some thoughts about why "everyone is so chill" (h/t @walidgellad) about Covid despite what's happening in Europe -- and why we ID docs remain nervous Nellies. Because we can hope that case #'s will be lower during a BA.2 surge, but we can’t count on it. https://t.co/gQEiMVzl95

[Luk Vandenberghe @VandenbergheLuk]

A tremendous initiative of @Addgene toward more openness, access, sharing and reproducibility in biomedicine. Eager to see how addgene can help set a new gold standard as they have for plasmid and vector!

[Addgene @Addgene]

We're excited to officially launch our new ready-to-use recombinant antibody service! 🎉🎉🎉 You can learn more about our antibodies here: https://t.co/Jvvtbb35G9

or browse the inaugural antibody collection here: https://t.co/yCzrSXgBkw

[Addgene @Addgene]

On March 28, we'll be launching our ready-to-use recombinant antibody service, supported by Neuroscience AntiBody Open Resource (NABOR), a platform that provides open access to affinity reagents, funded by an NIH grant.

[Jeremy Farrar @JeremyFarrar]

Cherry blossom peak bloom day from Year 812 - Year 2021. The impact of climate change and earlier flowering

[Lloyd Armbrust @larmbrust]

Get ready to be triggered because I’m offending everyone with this post.

I built a 🇺🇸 mask factory in six months capable of producing millions of N95s and Surgical masks every day.

Here’s why I don’t think America cares about COVID or masking anymore.

🧵 1/17

[Peter Markov @pvmarkov]

THREAD summarizing key points from our piece in @NatureRevMicro with @ArisKatzourakis and N. Stilianakis.
The Omicron 🌊 rekindled wishful narratives about SARS-CoV-2. We criticize these and explain the important role of antigenic evolution in the future burden of the virus. 1/13

[Luk Vandenberghe @VandenbergheLuk]

@vanranstmarc There is no cure for ignorance Marc - veel steun om deze onzin te doorstaan.

[Luk Vandenberghe @VandenbergheLuk]

A powerful historical perspective on the Ukrainian awfulness.

[Thomas van Linge @ThomasVLinge]

If you're gonna listen to any speech about #Ukraine 🇺🇦, let it be this one.

The Kenya ambassador to the UNSC perfectly explains how people across Africa understand Ukraine, and what the Kremlin's acts of aggression mean in our post-colonial world.

[Luk Vandenberghe @VandenbergheLuk]

Powerful/thoughtful call to action by @ArisKatzourakis to what I have called the epidemic of wishful thinking.

"Rosy assumptions endanger public health — policymakers must act now to shape the years to come."

COVID-19: endemic doesn’t mean harmless https://t.co/XRC007wAh6

[Luk Vandenberghe @VandenbergheLuk]

The pandemic of wishful thinking.