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Mohanad Al-Obaidi

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Medical mycology and transplant ID

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Bats and viruses. #IDSky #microbiology #virology #episky

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Let's talk about Bergmann's rule. It states: within closely related organisms, as latitude increases (closer to the poles), average height and volume of an organism increases. For example, the size of penguins increases as a continuous function of latitude. (🧑‍🎨: Karel Frydrýšek)

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Stephen Schwartz's avatar Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social
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Today in 1961, the Antarctic Treaty entered into force, affirming that Antarctica is exclusively for peaceful, scientific uses by demilitarizing the entire continent, creating the first nuclear-weapon-free zone (covering testing and deployment), and banning the disposal of radioactive wastes.

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Great presentation by our ID fellow Maryam Naveed at university of Arizona showcasing our work evaluating antifungal susceptibility result in the management of mucormycosis. #ASMicrobe #microbe24

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If you’re new to #ASMicrobe from @ASMicrobiology there’s a lot going on you might not know about. Here’s a few things that might help you have a better experience #BinningSingletons 1/n

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John Ross's avatar John Ross @johnrossmd.bsky.social
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Paxlovid did not improve long COVID symptoms in one randomized, placebo-controlled, double blinded trial at Stanford. Other trials of Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) to treat long COVID are ongoing

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More C auris.. now clade VI. Witnessing this happening in real life as it becomes part of future life and textbooks is frightening and in the meantime mind blowing.
#IDSky #EpiSky

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C. auris candidemia in LVAD 😨

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Possible clonal spread of C. parapsilosis. We need more data on Azole-resistant yeasts.

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Bluesky has gifs now! Here is a gif of Cordyceps.

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I guess this is Firethorn! Isn’t it amazing just standing there taking a picture and your phone can tell you what plant is?!

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Last fall, planetary scientists got the delivery of a lifetime: a sample from an asteroid named Bennu.

In today's episode, we explore the
seven-year mission to collect a chunk of the asteroid and return it back to Earth.

Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284

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Thiago Carvalho's avatar Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social
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'Invivyd has not yet disclosed a price, although CEO Dave Hering indicated on a Friday call with investors that it would likely cost more than antibody drugs did during peak Covid, when companies charged around $2,000 per dose.'

www.statnews.com/2024/03/22/c...

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The asteroid Bennu could hold information that would help unlock our solar system’s secrets.

Dr. Dante Lauretta joins us for a behind-the-scenes account of this high-stakes mission to secure a sample from the asteroid Bennu.

www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ast...

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'Measles is among the most contagious of diseases; each infected person can spread the virus to as many as 18 others. The virus is airborne and can stay aloft up to two hours after an infected person has left the room, spreading rapidly through homes, schools and child care facilities.'

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Bluesky's avatar Bluesky @bsky.app
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📢 App Version 1.70 is rolling out now (1/6)

Hashtags! You can now use #hashtags in your posts. When you tap them, you’ll get a menu with lots of handy options:

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Phil Plait's avatar Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social
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There's a script that will delete all your posts and comments en masse, and it's easy to use. Follow the instructions here:

github.com/j0be/PowerDe...

After I used that I went to reddit and deleted my account as well.

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🤦‍♂️arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/scientists-aghast-at-bizarre-ai-rat-with-huge-genitals-in-peer-reviewed-article/

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Scientists have recovered the DNA of thousands of new species of fungi, but they aren’t eligible for scientific names.

Dr. David Hibbett joins us to discuss why naming living things might help us better protect the Earth’s biodiversity.

www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dar...

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Let's talk about radiotrophic fungi. I want to start with the most surprising fact about them: they don't just SURVIVE in high radiation environments, they grow at *FOUR TIMES* the rate they would in background radiation. Our best guess is they're "eating" radiation.

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"The history of science is full of revolutionary advances that required small insights that anyone might have had, but that, in fact, only one person did." - Isaac Asimov.

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I still remember traveling in the height of Covid!

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President Gerald Ford ate the same lunch almost every day: a cottage cheese ball drowned with a gravy boat of A-1 sauce, served with a slice of raw onion or tomato and with butter pecan ice cream for dessert.

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Solar Eclipse 2024!

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The original study. Despite the added diagnosis of Plasma cell-free DNA metagenomic sequencing, there are a lot of unknowns. But still a nice technology to have! #IDSky #infectiousdiseases

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CID editorial regarding the new Plasma cell-free DNA metagenomic sequencing study.

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Eric Topol's avatar Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social
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Important update on myocarditis from Covid mRNA vaccines for people age 12-39 who received bivalent boosters: only 2 cases among over 550,000 people dosed. Presented at CDC meeting today cdc.gov/vaccines/aci...

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One of the signs of legitimate telemedicine when they advertise for “Anti-aging”

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Tara C. Smith's avatar Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social
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FDA approves new COVID booster shots for 6 months+. Next to ACIP meeting tomorrow. 🧪 episky medsky pedsky

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X updated its privacy policy to let the company use data X collects to train its AI models; Musk says X may use "just public data, not DMs or anything private" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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#IDbsky #Epidemiology

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Maryn McKenna's avatar Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social
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Fungal infections are rising: occurring more frequently, affecting more people, becoming more difficult to treat. Climate change may be teaching fungi to thrive at warmer temperatures — and for us warm humans, that doesn't bode well.
Me, in WIRED: www.wired.com/story/the-ba...

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Very interesting and sad to learn this.

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"Arizona reported the largest number of neuroinvasive cases (1,140) and the highest incidence of WNV neuroinvasive disease (15.7 per 100,000 population)" #IDbsky #epitwitter #MedSky

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