【Journal Club】 Rabies masterfully manipulates the cytoskeleton!

[@tronjet66]

Computer hardware engineer here I just like learning how the body kinda works, but more importantly, how it breaks. It's super interesting how much we learn just by doing fault analysis!

[@phylumchannel]

FOR THE VOD WATCHING GANG: I EVENTUALLY DO FIX THE POWERPOINT

[@astroace]

thank you 🙏

[@dots5641]

Hey, just would like to let you know your powerpoint is broken. :)

[@Hailfire08]

your discord link is broken :(

[@Hailfire08]

Didn't catch the stream on time but I'm a physics student (starting PhD in astrophysics next month). I just think biochem is really neat, all these little machines working together and doing complicated things, and fundamentally it's just charges doing charge stuff. If I didn't go into physics I'd have probably gone into biochem.

[@Liberperlo]

I love that there are people with so many different backgrounds. Similar to what I see as a public librarian. We. take you from where you are to where you want to go. Life-long-learning is my motto

[@tronjet66]

I have an alternate theory on RAC1/cytoskeleton stuff (comment made at 1:58:56 ) I wonder if the upregulation in cytoskeleton activity is important when the rabies gets in to increase the network available for transporting the virus, and then after the virus has passed through the area, it becomes much less advantageous because that same cytoskeleton will be used to take interferons to the membrane to leave the cell. So its kinda like doing an invasion with a train, blow the tracks after youve crossed over them to prevent the enemy from using them

[@phylumchannel]

Nice hypothesis! Sounds plausible!

[@Liberperlo]

Fascinating how viruses work. Especially since I am getting over the flu! Currently rooting for my Ts and Bs.