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The latest news and opinions related to microbiology research
Marked differences in immune response profiles of long COVID (LC)-affected patients as compared to matched control subjects not suffering from LC have been recently described. Still of interest, lower cortisol levels have been additionally reported in LC-affected individuals (1).
An outsider studying the processes of knowledge production and biomedical and biotechnological innovation in the United States and the European Union. Part 2: a fragmented European health research system
In this blog I am going to post a series of reflections on how a vision from the global south can be useful to improve and democratize biomedical innovation processes in the United States and Europe. In part 2, I present a study on the health research system in the EU
An outsider studying the processes of knowledge production and biomedical and biotechnological innovation in the United States and the European Union. Part 1: The fear of Ebola fever.
In this blog I am going to post a series of reflections on how a vision from the global south can be useful to improve and democratize biomedical innovation processes in the United States and Europe. In part 1, I present a study on the structure of Ebola research.
Alien crab species as potential carriers of pathogens impacting marine megafauna's health and conservation
Climate change, with special emphasis on global warming, is believed to be a key driver of the accelerated rate of alien species expansion into the Mediterranean Sea basin and, more in general, into all marine and oceanic ecosystems (Zenetos and Galanidi 2020).
Petition for a holiday of graduate supervisors
Why don't we have a holiday for graduate supervisors? I am writing to share my personal story with my PhD mentor whose mentorship has deeply infused into my career DNA.
LRRC15, a newly identified, ACE-2-antagonizing SARS-CoV-2 viral receptor
A new SARS-CoV-2 viral receptor, "leucine-rich repeat containing protein 15" (LRRC15), has just been described by a team from the University of Sydney (Loo et al., 2023).
Climate Change and One Health, One Earth, One Ocean
Although seas and oceans cover approximately 70% of our Planet, much more attention has been hitherto devoted to terrestrial ecosystems.
Increasing the success potential of promising biotech companies
Biotech startups benefit society by solving unmet scientific and medical needs, but more can be
done to move their technologies to market more quickly. We propose a novel equity-free Post-I-Corps Program modeled on academic and private sector accelerators, dedicated exclusively to I-Corps graduates.