Private channel session 551

8 messages over 28m, 2020-11-09 – 2020-11-09.

A “conversation” here is an activity session — a run of messages with under 60 minutes of silence inside it. The channel had no native conversation boundaries.

2020-11-09 09:19 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.253

Not one of the big 4 glam journals (Nature, Nature Med, Cell or Science) , but getting the cover of JVI for an old school virology paper still feels pretty good. Thanks CViSB et al. for funding.... [shared file(s): image.png]
2020-11-09 09:21 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.254

Nice - what is it though? :wink:
2020-11-09 09:25 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.254

two flu virions exposed to a fusogenic/virotoxic peptide fusing with each other.
2020-11-09 09:27 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.254

I don't know if you remember me freaking out when this image of SARS-Cov_2 came out from NIAID - same deal - fusing virions. [shared file(s): image.png]
2020-11-09 09:29 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.254

What the heck is up with that? Once fused, no longer infectious?
2020-11-09 09:40 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.254

Depends on the concentration. Still infectious for the most part at low concentrations/fewer fusion events.
2020-11-09 09:42 Kristian G. Andersen open PDF p.254

Viruses are weird...
2020-11-09 09:48 Robert F. Garry open PDF p.254

We should start a center around that concept....