Vishva Dixit
@dixitvishva
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Vishva Dixit has made many contributions to biomedicine and his early work on apoptosis is prominent in introductory textbooks of Biology.
South San Francisco
Joined May 2014
Promising new treatment approach for severe COVID-19! Clinical trial with Fas ligand blocker shows faster recovery & reduced mortality. Approach targets immune overreaction, potentially effective against future viruses too. #COVID19 #Science #PublicHealth
https://t.co/uPC967yxNJ
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See you there?
Our official poster is out 🪧 EMBO workshop "The inflammasomes - 2024". September 24 - 27, 2024 | Planegg-Martinsried, Germany - 4 keynote lectures - 20 talks - 15 short talk slots - many networking opportunities - 🎡 & 🥨 & 🍻 Register here 👇 https://t.co/Ju8QQasOfx
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Surprise visitor! At the plunge pool in Londolozi - appeared out of nowhere. I got out in a hurry!
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Thirsty in the Kalahari - African Wild Dog - highly endangered!
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Join #EESImmunity, which will bring together microbiologists and immunologists to obtain a global view of host-pathogen interactions in plants and animals 🦠 👩🏻💻 https://t.co/K1JaHPl9gu 🖊️Abstract deadline: 26 Mar 📅18 – 21 Jun 🗺️EMBL Heidelberg & Virtual
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Excited to share our preprint on how a cytosolic bacteria evades LPS ubiquitylation and antibacterial autophagy through an effector with esterase activity. Led by @CMBI_Szczesna in the lab @ImperialInfect @CBRB_Imperial with superb collaborator @jnpruneda
https://t.co/jvXqxWBMFu
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Dr. Vishva Dixit (@dixitvishva) will be joining us in Cape Town, South Africa as a keynote speaker for #IUIS2023! He will be discussing his research into various mechanisms of cell death and associated immunology. Learn more & register at https://t.co/TmiSZIXdvj!
#RoadtoCapeTown
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eLife Community: Ten simple rules for successful and sustainable African research collaboration
elifesciences.org
Learn how you can engage in true collaboration in this guide from African eLife Community Ambassadors
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Targeted alveolar regeneration with Frizzled-specific agonists
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NINJ1 mediates plasma membrane rupture through formation of nanodisc-like rings
biorxiv.org
The membrane proteins Ninjurin1 ( NINJ1) and Ninjurin2 (NINJ2) are upregulated by nerve injury to increase cell adhesion and promote axonal growth in neurons. NINJ1, but not NINJ2, has also been...
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How NINJ1 mediates plasma membrane rupture and why NINJ2 cannot
biorxiv.org
NINJ1 is a recently identified active executioner of plasma membrane rupture (PMR), a process previously thought to be a passive osmotic lysis event in lytic cell death. NINJ2 is a close paralog of...
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Asian Young Scientist Fellowship Announces 2023 Fellow, 12 Early-Career Scientists from the Asian Region #AYSF #Science
media-outreach.com
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 9 May 2023 - The Asian Young Scientist Fellowship announces its inaugural Fellows for the year 2023. The Fellowship has...
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The road to death: Caspases, cleavage, and pores
science.org
Vishva Dixit recounts his favorite discoveries after 30-plus years studying the proteins that allow infected, damaged, or obsolete cells to die.
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What an incredible honor to be invited to have lunch at the @WhiteHouse by Dr. Jill Biden in honor of Mrs. Yuko Kishida, spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan. I discussed #LongCovid, nasal vaccines, and the importance of science with powerful women 🌸 https://t.co/lxZ6wOAtZW
asahi.com
WASHINGTON--Stepping gingerly over the lawn in their spiky heels, first lady Jill Biden and Yuko Kishida, the wife of Japan’s prime minister, planted a cherry tree at the White House on Monday to...
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Meet Bonnie Bassler, 2023 #GairdnerAwards laureate. It's 1994, right after she started her job as Assistant Prof @Princeton. Her discoveries of bacteria communicating were considered "fringe" but Princeton opened the doors for her to transform the field of microbiology. 1/2
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