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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.975 [SLACK_001189] · slack_pm:msg:10174

Date: 2021-07-06 14:06
Type: chat message · slack
recipient: Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Edward C. Holmes
Topics: Natural origin / zoonotic spillover

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!channel Got sent this by my deep throat in China. He said "In case I got silenced later on. This is the tree figure based on very partial S gene that I wanted to show you. Hopefully we will get more complete genome later on, will update you". What he didn't say was what animal it was! This is likely part of the gamey tastes project. I'm guessing pangolin but I'm not sure. [shared file(s): Nice_whether.jpg]

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2021-07-06 14:06 Edward C. Holmes

!channel Got sent this by my deep throat in China. He said "In case I got silenced later on. This is the tree figure based on very partial S gene that I wanted to show you. Hopefully we will get more complete genome later on, will update you". What he didn't say was what animal it was! This is likely part of the gamey tastes project. I'm guessing pangolin but I'm not sure. [shared file(s): Nice_whether.jpg]
2021-07-06 14:09 Kristian G. Andersen open

Interesting - I assume the sequence of interest is "temp4"? If so, more distant than RaTG13 to SARS-CoV-2, but definitely interesting.
2021-07-06 14:10 Edward C. Holmes open

Yes, temp4. It's S though and only RaTG13 has been close in S (other than the pangolin RBD). I do wonder if they have the FCS??
2021-07-06 14:11 Edward C. Holmes open

You can see how distant the other Yunnan bat viruses are.
2021-07-06 14:12 Kristian G. Andersen open

FCS would be exciting....!!!

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