Slack / Private Message Drop — page 254

[Robert Garry] 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 09:21:16] [Kristian Andersen] Nice - what is it though? :wink: [2020-11-09 09:25:28] [Robert Garry] two flu virions exposed to a fusogenic/virotoxic peptide fusing with each other. [2020-11-09 09:27:26] [Robert Garry] 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 09:29:30] [Kristian Andersen] What the heck is up with that? Once fused, no longer infectious? [2020-11-09 09:40:18] [Robert Garry] Depends on the concentration. Still infectious for the most part at low concentrations/fewer fusion events. [2020-11-09 09:42:25] [Kristian Andersen] Viruses are weird... [2020-11-09 09:48:26] [Robert Garry] We should start a center around that concept.... [2020-11-09 15:11:24] [Eddie Holmes] Well, this went down well: https://twitter.com/profvrr/status/1325894919492399109?s=20 [2020-11-09 15:17:39] [Kristian Andersen] Aaaaaaahahahahahaha - why, oh why, would he even suggest him? So dumb. (I never liked Vince - I think he's a phony). [2020-11-09 15:19:00] [Eddie Holmes] I agree about Vince. [2020-11-09 15:19:04] [Andrew Rambaut] God yes - and his 2 hour podcasts are just soo excruciatingly dull - [2020-11-09 15:21:58] [Eddie Holmes] The funny thing is that Ian has told me on a number of time that he things Vince is a total loser.