Nate Upham @n8_upham@qoto.org
Evolutionary biologist & Mammalogist at ASU. He/him. Connecting rodent evolution, genomics, & ecology to life's cosmic problems 🌒 \\ Views are my own // #BLM
@moritz_negwer @cyrilpedia Yeah wow, Rattus now too -- such a labile virus. Each species it spills into will be a different selective environment, but likely most of them will weaken the virus relative to human immune systems if spillback were to occur. The question is which wild mammals might actually select for more problematic variants... We need to know a lot more comparative immunology to predict that!
New Yorkers, not great news regarding your Rodent Overlords:
"We evaluated SARS-CoV-2 exposure among 79 rats captured from NYC during the fall of 2021. Our results showed that 13 of the 79 rats (16.5%) tested IgG- or IgM-positive, and partial SARS-CoV-2 genomes were recovered from all 4 rats that were qRT-PCR (reverse transcription-quantitative PCR)-positive."
#COVID #Zoonosis #Covid19 #spillover
cc @n8_upham
@busybee @cyrilpedia Yeah amen to that, seems pretty clear that the costs outweigh any benefits of soft warm clothing, and that's before considering the animal suffering part
@cyrilpedia it's our turn to host next, come find us in AZ!!
@cyrilpedia just like being back at your dinner table!!
Young Napoleon presents project to thesis committee
Villa Masséna Musée, Nice
Immune sensing of food allergens promotes aversive behaviour
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.19.524823v1.full.pdf
Sherlock Holmes...as a Capybara.
by Don_Pacosaurius in r/capybara
Link: https://reddit.com/r/capybara/comments/10imykt/sherlock_holmesas_a_capybara/
RT @n8_upham
Lunar New Year visitors to the AZ desert -- morning hike to welcome in the #YearOfTheRabbit 🐇🐰🌵🏜️
@danmucida @carolilucas @florsheim_eb
@cyrilpedia Can you help me get started here?
QT: https://qoto.org/@n8_upham/109712079271501794
Toot toot! How does one ride this here Mastodon?
Evolutionary biologist & Mammalogist at ASU. He/him. Connecting rodent evolution, genomics, & ecology to life's cosmic problems 🌒 \\ Views are my own // #BLM
