Libin Abraham

1) Some guy called Yohan here is on his way making up a "big" thread that he feels is going to debunk me claims. Lets learn a little more about Yohan

@voxscientisti @theliverdoc Read about “ idiosyncratic toxicity”. Arsenic (found in himalaya ) has idiosyncratic toxicity. In other words, your argument is like “I smoked 20 years ago and did not get cancer. So smoking does not cause cancer”:)

@theliverdoc @drlibinabraham Just below highlighted region is written no adverse effects was attributable to the drugs. 6 months is long time for adverse effects to manifest. If it has not shown beneficial effects, it has not shown any adverse effects also. Selective acceptance is not good science.

@RajeevJayadevan @shinsmon Ever considered the rise of immune escape variants, rather than assuming unvaccinated have natural protection over time? In other words,, the tall one losing a part of his leg and becoming shorter, rather than building “imaginary heels” only to shorter person? :)

@drlibinabraham @shinsmon You could believe anything you choose to believe. There is no need of a modelling study to “prove” that a group of unvaccinated people followed over several months will acquire a degree of immunity due to natural infection, and therefore will trend closer to the vaccinated group.

Be careful while reading conclusions like “waning vaccine effectiveness at 6 months” ❗️Always ask: How did they measure “effectiveness”? Such studies compare 2 groups of people over time: vaccinated & unvaccinated. There is a flaw I had described earlier. See thread. 1/2

@shinsmon @RajeevJayadevan Exactly! The heel analogy doesn’t make any sense to me. Authors found that “rates of covid-19 related hospital admission and death were substantially lower among vaccinated than unvaccinated adults”. This suggests that “heel” in unvax (natural immunity?) is not very useful :)

@RajeevJayadevan Also, how is it fair to assume that heels artificially increased height only in one group?

@RajeevJayadevan Mr. Jayadevan. True. But vast majority of uninfected (unvaccinated) also have pre-existing T cell cross protection from other common corona viruses that skew vaccine effectiveness (based on the same narrative you are proposing :) cell.com/cell/fulltext/…. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

@drlibinabraham Mr Abraham, most of COVID-19 is either asymptomatic, unnoticed or undocumented. Check my earlier tweets about studies that established this fact. Of course they did well to exclude the few who had been officially documented.

Next up is our 'First person' interview with Veena Mathew @VeeLib on her Postdoc work @pcstirling @BCCancer, investigating genome instability, gene expression regulation and protein quality control: jcs.biologists.org/content/133/23…

#Asthma rates are falling, says a study by @TurveyLab, published in @LancetRespirMed. Being prescribed #antibiotics in the 1st year of life is associated with almost double the risk of being diagnosed with asthma by age 5. bcchr.ca/asthma @BCChildrensHosp @UBCmedicine

Short and sweet one from @VeeLib and others to @biorxivpreprint biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I know nothing about activated b-cells and actin, but @drlibinabraham and @MikeGoldVan sure as heck do. This is old data from June 2017 using @OlympusLifeSci FV3000 resonant scanner. Thanks to Libin for sample prep, great chats, and guidance on cool biology #microscopyTBT

@DanCoombsUBC Ha ha. that 1 was me :) i thought you need volunteers/controls for testing.

I'd like to present highly rigorous survey results from our group meeting today. 5 out of 8 people present said they would be interested in taking an antibody test. 4 out of 8 people present had cold or flu symptoms this winter. Overlap of these two groups was 4 people. 1/2

BREAKING: A breakthrough in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma gets one step closer to breaking down cancer cells. Discovered by @BCCancer Drs. Healy, Steidl & Scott, this finding is a leap forward in #immunotherapy research in #BC. READ: bit.ly/2SSW9Yj 🧬🧫 #BCNews

Looking forward to my new project--supporting first-gen students with mentoring as well as funding for activities that will promote personal/career goals. If you have experience mentoring first-gen students or thoughts about what would have helped you, let's talk!

Some tasks need the proper PPE #shutthesash @campusUBC @sustainUBC @ubclifesciences

So proud! Our wonderful PhD student, Henry Lu (@realHenryLu), has been appointed as a 2019 UBC Killam Laureate. 👏👏👏 @UBCmedicine @BCCHresearch @_HealthyStarts @BCCHRTrainees @KillamTrusts

1/n Since the launch of Chandrayaan-2 on July 22, 2019, India and the world watched its progress from one phase to the next with great expectation and excitement.

@NikoTsopoulidis Great capture!

I still love watching this video. T cell getting activated on a stimulatory surface. Left: nuclear and cytoplasmic actin dynamics, right: calcium release. immunology.sciencemag.org/content/4/31/e…

Phase separation and clustering of an ABC transporter in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pnas.org/content/early/…. A fun collaboration with a great team! @UBCMicroImmuno @ubcmsl @MikeGoldVan @ubclifesciences

M&I @UBCMicroImmuno Thank you Reception for Dr. Mike Gold @MikeGoldVan Thank you Mike for being a fantastic leader, your dedication and contributions to M&I and UBC is exemplary! You went above and beyond to make M&I outstanding!