YaoTsun Li

Taiwanese.

[Marcus Mah @marcusmahh]

A short piece about the latest ACE2-using merbecoviruses and how PREPARE in Singapore is leading the WHO Collaborative Open Research Consortium for Coronaviruses (CORC-CoV). Research oriented priorities are urgently needed for pandemic preparedness
https://t.co/IvdLkUwGrL

[Parasites Without Borders @PWB_Global]

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dickson D. Despommier. Dickson was one of the Directors of Parasites Without Borders, but most importantly, he was our friend.

Here’s a little bit about Dickson. Dr. Dickson Despommier spent 38 years as a professor of microbiology and public health in environmental health sciences at Columbia University, where he won the Best Teacher Award six times. In 2003, he received the American Medical Student Association’s National Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence. His work on vertical farms was featured on such top national media as the BBC, French national television, CNN, The Colbert Report, and The Tonight Show, as well as full-length articles in The New York Times, Times magazine, Scientific American, and The Washington Post. He spoke at the TED Conference, PopTech, and the World Science Festival, and was invited by the governments of China, India, Mexico, Jordan, Brazil, Canada, and South Korea to work on their environmental problems. He was invited to speak at numerous national and international professional annual meetings as a keynote speaker, and at universities, including Harvard and MIT. He was one of the visionaries featured at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

The world lost a great mentor, friend, and scientist on February 7th, 2025.

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

Our preprint (out for a while) dives into the long-term circulation of a less-known H5 lineage in Taiwan. Our study highlights the need to look into factors of virus spread during different epidemiological phases for better targeted control measures
https://t.co/Ujb2pGMDzr

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

H5N1 is still being reported in US cattle, and it feels like people are starting to get used to this virus hanging in the Americas. But this wasn't the norm just a few years ago. Many have raised concerns about endemic circulation in new areas. https://t.co/QfxunYTe68

[Kirstyn Brunker @kirstynbrunker]

🚨🧐‼️ New paper to take a look at:
Viral sequencing to inform the global elimination of dog-mediated rabies - a systematic review. A labour of love from @Gurdeep_Jaswant @VetEssel! https://t.co/Yw3ImSaRhk
@RabiesAlliance @MissionRabies @EndRabiesNow

[Kirstyn Brunker @kirstynbrunker]

Eliminating #rabies from Pemba island🇹🇿: insights from contact tracing and genetic data led by @KenyLushasi! A fantastic example of #OneHealth in action #zeroby30 https://t.co/MiJbTqbH2Y

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

Ok. I noticed that there's a line of code in the ‘1.0.fig_1_underrepresentation_of_countries.ipynb’

world.loc[https://t.co/hhArOIGAAf == 'Taiwan', 'iso3'] = 'CHN'

It looks like they may have done this to include us in another country. Thank you for the effort to recognize us!

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

How close are currently circulating H5N1 (c2.3.4.4) in poultry to the virus leading to human infection in Cambodia (c2.3.2)? >15 yr ago their ancestors were siblings

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

@stasbutler If that’s real, you should have seen the place became a famous fb/instagram check in place…

[Kathryn Campbell @ThatKatC]

Its out! My first paper, introducing MAD DOG - tool for #viral classification for #genomic surveillance, and RABV-GLUE - #rabies #virus sequence data resource!
@hampson_katie
@kirstynbrunker
@Paleovirologist
@AineToole
@viralverity
@joshWentViral
@arambaut https://t.co/ZvUB7Bkpkt

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

Part of my thesis work finally out. This would not have been possible without tremendous support from @GavinJDSmith, Yvonne and friends in @dukenus.

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

@niccijsmith This is mainly because the UK is still classified as a high risk area and the crews will need to undergo longer quarantine. As delta also accounts for >99% isolates in the USA, put UK on the list (for the reason of delta) is unjustifiable. Worst decision IMO

[Marcus Mah @marcusmahh]

Pleased to share our study where we passaged hCoV 229E in Rhinolophus cells. Replication was sustained throughout passaging despite large dels in the S-ORF4 for all isolates. Our results suggest a spike-independent maintenance of CoVs in bats
https://t.co/uBG3aE8cZv

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

Great work (again) by Jing @TzuJingYang !

[Tzu-Jing Yang @TzuJingYang]

Very happy to share our COVID paper out in
@NatureSMB
"Effect of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 mutations on spike protein structure and function".
I am very proud of being a part of this great team!
https://t.co/fJ8VNuMBvj

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

@chasewnelson Add another geom_text line in addition to geom_bar with https://t.co/JK6zWgf3Wz

[Chase W. Nelson 倪誠志 @chasewnelson]

Accepting China's vaccines is hard because "the two are political foes"? No, @BBCWorld. #Taiwan hesitates bc #China "a) didn't release full trial data, b) points missiles at it, c) keeps it out of the @WHO" (@catielila) and d) sabotages other acquisitions. https://t.co/VhJtvZvhef

[Chase W. Nelson 倪誠志 @chasewnelson]

The COVID outbreak in #Taiwan 🇹🇼 involves B.1.1.7, which is 43-90% more transmissible due to a longer INITIAL—possibly symptomless—stage of infection. If we WAIT for coworkers to get sick, it will be TOO LATE to #WorkFromHome.
➡️https://t.co/ElEhoPfKSW
➡️https://t.co/6hufRPmNTu

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

This can not be done without the great tool #ggtree from @guangchuangyu

[Virus Evolution @Virus_Evolution]

Out (a while back) in @Virus_Evolution: Co-circulation of both low and highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 viruses in current poultry epidemics in Taiwan. https://t.co/A14eul3uco

[YaoTsun Li @yaotsunli]

people in the country/institute are respectable but the leadership (& the party) sucks

[Trevor Bedford @trvrb]

Excellent reporting by @AP outlining timeframe of release of #SARSCoV2 genetic data in early Jan as the #COVID19 outbreak unfolded in Wuhan. 1/6
https://t.co/tf10gugfiJ