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BRULab UCT

@BruLabUCT

The BRU Lab: an exciting, dynamic molecular farming laboratory at the University of Cape Town! We make proteins in plants 😁

Joined March 2022
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C’mon, Wordle 1,340 6/6, that’s an abbreviation for hipster affectations! ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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The chain of command in the USA rn
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For a change, eh, Wordle 1,302 3/6? 🙄 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Goes against it, eh, Wordle 1,287 5/6? 😎 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Well, damn, Wordle 1,286 6/6! Way to be obscure…🙄 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Not in our climate right now, eh, Wordle 1,283 3/6? 😎 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Frontiers | A plant-produced SARS-CoV-2 spike protein elicits heterologous immunity in hamsters | @scoopit frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
Frontiers | A plant-produced SARS-CoV-2 spike protein elicits heterologous immunity in hamsters

Frontiers | A plant-produced SARS-CoV-2 spike protein elicits heterologous immunity in hamsters

Molecular farming of vaccines has been heralded as a cheap, safe and scalable production platform. In reality, however, differences in the plant biosynthetic...

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Chimaeric plant-produced bluetongue virus particles as potential vaccine candidates | @scoopit link.springer.com/article/10…
Chimaeric plant-produced bluetongue virus particles as potential vaccine candidates

Chimaeric plant-produced bluetongue virus particles as potential vaccine candidates

Archives of Virology - Bluetongue virus (BTV) causes bluetongue disease in ruminants and sheep. The current live attenuated and inactivated vaccines available for prevention pose several risks, and...

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2/2 Furthermore, we must champion the development of African-centric preclinical and clinical models and tools to allow African patients to derive maximum benefit from modern drug discovery and development.
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1/2 To make medicines that are optimal for use in Africa, African data must be incorporated into drug discovery and development campaigns. Read our Comment in @NatRevDrugDisc: nature.com/articles/d41573-0… @DrClintVeale @Bio_BRU @H3D_UCT

Including African data in drug discovery and development

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery - The low number of clinical trials in Africa and biomedical datasets that disproportionately represent populations of European ancestry contribute to the suboptimal...

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And here it is! Our Director’s report on the WHO/MPP mRNA Tech Transfer meeting in Cape Town recently. By the good offices of @onisillos and @LancetMicrobe 😁 thelancet.com/journals/lanmi…
First WHO/MPP mRNA Technology Transfer Programme Meeting

First WHO/MPP mRNA Technology Transfer Programme Meeting

In June, 2021, WHO and the MPP announced the establishment of a technology transfer programme for mRNA vaccines in South Africa. This programme was to be hosted by Afrigen, the Biovac Institute, and...

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This is what viral diversity looks like! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… Together with our EM wizard Ulrike Mersdorf at @mpi_mr_hd and Jeff Blanchard at @UMassAmherst, I am thrilled and proud to present our latest work on virus-like particles on soil! (1/7)
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Unsafe and ineffective: a detailed analysis of why you probably want to listen to someone other than Aseem Malhotra on the topic of COVID-19. sciencebasedmedicine.org/uns…
Unsafe and Ineffective: Aseem Malhotra | Science-Based Medicine

Unsafe and Ineffective: Aseem Malhotra | Science-Based Medicine

British consulting cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra has become the latest darling of the COVID-19 minimization and antivaccine movement in the UK.

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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary Well,again,anyway 😎
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RSV continues to trend upward across all surveillance programmes in South Africa. Note: RSV cases for all ages from the Pneumonia surveillance programme are shown.
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During a HPV Awareness Day seminar held on Thursday, 9 March by UCT’s Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre (GCRC) Prof Anna-Lisa Williamson, div of Virology, delivered the keynote address: HPV vaccinations crucial for people living with HIV news.uct.ac.za/article/-2023… @UCTIDM

HPV vaccinations crucial for people living with HIV

During a belated HPV seminar, UCT’s Professor Anna-Lise Williamson recommended that all people living with HIV be vaccinated for HPV to reduce the burden of disease.

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It is known 😎
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Lymphocytes xkcd.com/2749
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Fact of the Day: A young Vulcan fighter jet searches for food after being abandoned by its parents at 6 months old, many are killed for food by red Hawks, only 8.0085% of Vulcan babies make it to maturity Photographed from a Canberra #AvGeek #aviationlovers #Planespotting
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I'm a simple man who asks for so little
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