Since the topic of the moment is the new betacoronavirus with FCS found in Brazil, I would like to draw attention to this preprint. It describes two new betacoronaviruses found in the same genus of bats as Takada et al, and propose a new subgenus, the ambecoviruses. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Pega essa... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our new study shows that two DENV-4 genotype II strains - a lab-adapted and a clinical isolate - differently affect Aedes aegypti fertility, flight, and infection, revealing genotype-specific impacts on vector competence. 📄 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #Dengue #VectorBiology #Aedesaegypti

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Vassili Grossman. Terminando a descrição da cena da câmara de gás.

Lá se vai um excelente (e raro) jornalista brasileiro. Obrigado pelo trabalho de décadas. www.cartacapital.com.br/carta-capita...

Aedes albopictus at my house in Strasbourg.

Sigamos...

This is beautiful! "Our intent is to honor the efforts of the Drosophila community". www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Livro 2. Seguindo.

Kegg metabolic pathways.

Livro 2. Seguindo...

Just received the most disrespectful peer review comment of my career. "These lengthy statements are not necessary, other than augmenting the word count. "

First class as an assistant professor at the University of Strasbourg. What an honor!

Livro II

The expansion of arboviruses.

Do they really think they are going to impact something by putting only 500 million euros? www.statnews.com/2025/05/05/e...

It is interesting how some publishers have predatory practices, especially when charging APCs, and complain about other publishers' profit strategies take part of the market. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How long will it be before private healthcare providers implement this as a way to save money in routine medical trials at hospitals? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Making AI Less "Thirsty": Uncovering and Addressing the Secret Water Footprint of AI Models arxiv.org/abs/2304.03271

Aedes aegypti were decapitated and given blood enemas. Surprisingly, they produced more urate. All due to endocrine control. Dungern and Briegel - Journal of Insect Physiology 47 (2001) 73–82

Cooking the next grant application with some serious (and classic) insect biochemistry.

There is so much knowledge in the bookshelves of the office I am using! Lots of Immunology, biochemistry, cell biology, insect science.

Nice science! www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

Survival curve with 100000 Aedes aegypti! pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

3 months of peer review and I'm still waiting to hear anything from the referees on a very straightforward manuscript. This is not due to a busy schedule, it is due to negligence.

This is beautiful! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Very nice! There is so much biology to learn... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A holy grail of biotechnology being solved by Brazilian science! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Beautiful! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The peer review crisis keeps getting worse. Submitted to PLOS NTD—after 3 months, they still couldn’t find an editor. Withdrew and sent it to ASM Spectrum, where it’s been under review since Jan 8. Six months waiting for feedback on a simple manuscript. Meanwhile, predatory publishing keeps growing.

Important discussion for a frequent problem. The solution is not moralism, but a collective revaluation of science practices, like over publication, cult of personality and fair labor conditions. youtu.be/n5nEd600iM0?...

Does anyone know what species of mosquito this is? Photographed in Strasbourg, France. Please, spread the question.

Partiu?

There is a Postdoc job available in my lab to study fundamental mechanisms of antiviral immunity, specifically in the context of viral nucleic acid sensing. Please take a look here and contact me if interested: #immunosky #virology 🧪 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50254/

Check out our paper, co-authored by @akhorramnejad.bsky.social and me. Published in @commsbio.bsky.social We explore how global change will affect mosquito-virus interaction. We use single or multi-generational exposure to heat to address this. A 🧵 with our results (1/5) rdcu.be/d8wse

Thanks for this piece regarding our work on mosquito migration, my #postdoc [email protected] with #ToviLehmann and others. #Mosquitoes swept up in #high-altitude winds may spread diseases far and wide | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @kakape.bsky.social

Ótima conversa de dois rebeldes intelectuais. youtu.be/4yi84v99_o0?...

Amazing!

Oscar? Essa festa não é nossa. Ainda bem. Aquilo lá é mais-valia ideológica cultural, onde nós somos os condicionados. Tô fora. Cinema é ruptura. Cinema é Glauber.

The original publication describing the disease we would come to know as AIDS was published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. It was republished in 2006 by the American Journal of Public Health. This is it. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10....

I just realized I would do a disservice if I didn't mention Sabethes! Hands down my favorite mosquito. This photo was highly commended in @nhm-london.bsky.social's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. You can read about it here: gilwizen.com/wpy-beautifu... #BlueBugs #BlueMonday

Reflexão faltante na Universidade brasileira. A consciência crítica e a alienada como produtora de ciência no país periférico. Por Álvaro Vieira Pinto.

Muito boa a conversa sobre a grave situação da Universidade pública no Brasil. Salles: É grave para as universidades substituir orçamento por emendas parlamentares, fere autonomia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TroV...

HPAI? Worst time to come into contact with this beautiful animal.

Joá de Capote (Nicandra physalodes). Paraná, BR.

Narrator voice: "Those are not, in fact, fruit flies."

OFERTA DE BOLSA - Agradeço se puderem divulgar. Bolsa SET-G FAPESC (título de graduação exigido) com implementação imediata para trabalhar na UFSC Florianópolis estudando atividade larvicida em Aedes aegypti. Valor: R$3.250,00 Duração: 24 meses