Jumpei Ito

By rapidly quantifying interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) expression across 220k RNA-seq data sets from diverse animals, we comprehensively identified “hidden viral infections” in wildlife and livestock (1/n). biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

@WiniAshby Thanks!

New tool for virus discovery in RNA-seq data from wildlife.

@Cas9Bandit Thanks!

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@SystemsVirology Thank you! I’m relieved that we were able to bring Luca, Hiroaki, and Kyoko’s outstanding work together into a preprint before I leave your lab.

Fantastic study led by Jumpei🦠 This would be the last piece by Jumpei in my lab. Will miss him🥲

@ImmunoFever @SystemsVirology @nishimura_luca @SpyrosLytras @J_191206 Thanks so much for the RT! We’ve also released it as an analysis package, so please give it a try if you have a chance: github.com/TheSatoLab/ISG…

@jampei2 @SystemsVirology @nishimura_luca @SpyrosLytras @J_191206 It's rare that people look beyond human pathogens but there's so much to learn from the approach that you took here!!!

By rapidly quantifying interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) expression across 220k RNA-seq data sets from diverse animals, we comprehensively identified “hidden viral infections” in wildlife and livestock (1/n). biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

I forgot to mention the most important thing—this is a standout preprint from our team! We’d greatly appreciate it if you could RT the original post to help it reach as many people as possible.

Bonus: From April, I will start a new lab at Osaka University. Virus discovery and phenotypic prediction based on host gene expression will remain a central topic—stay tuned! (16/n) sites.google.com/view/virus-inf…

Finally, I thank my current supervisor, Kei, for providing an environment that made this work possible. This study was primarily supported by JST PRESTO “Pandemic Social Infrastructure” (15/n).