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Invivyd Tracks SARS-CoV-2 Evolution, Prepares for Future Variants

2 months ago | contagionlive.com | Sophia Abene |Robert Allen

Invivyd, Inc announced that its pipeline candidate, VYD2311, demonstrated promising neutralizing activity against the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant XEC. This result aligns with earlier findings for the variant KP.3.1.1, further supporting the effectiveness of Invivyd’s monoclonal antibodies, including PEMGARDA™ (pemivibart). Both antibodies are designed to provide long-term protection against SARS-CoV-2 despite viral mutations.
Pemgarda Maintains Effectiveness Against Evolving SARS-CoV-2 Variants

2 months ago | contagionlive.com | Sophia Abene |Robert Allen

Invivyd announced that new in vitro data confirms Pemgarda™ (pemivibart) continues to effectively neutralize the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant XEC. This underscores the monoclonal antibody's ongoing effectiveness despite the virus’s evolving variants. The CDC reports that XEC and KP311 now account for 69% of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants in the US as of December 21, 2024.
Links for November

Dec 1, 2024 | medium.com | Robert Allen

Robert Allen·Follow2 min read·--An under-discussed upside to self-driving tech: Self-driving makes road transport much cheaper by removing safety costs. A route to 10x more productive farming. A smart approach to solar radiation management to counter global warming — Don’t dim the Sun; Brighten the water. Creating microbubbles in the ocean could meaningfully cool surface temperatures, and unlike aerosol injection, it’s more localised and doesn’t involve adding pollutants.
Don’t Miss Your Chance: DeepLock Airdrop Guide Revealed

Aug 25, 2024 | medium.com | Robert Allen

Introduction: The world of cryptocurrency is buzzing with excitement over the concept of airdrops. For those unfamiliar, airdrops are a way for cryptocurrency projects to distribute tokens to a large number of wallets in a short period. If you’re looking to maximize your earnings through airdrops, especially in the realm of DeepLock, this ultimate guide is tailored just for you.
Pair space based mirrors with HCPV panels for more land efficient solar power

Jul 21, 2024 | medium.com | Robert Allen

There's a surprisingly strong economic case for reflecting sunlight from space to power solar farms. It makes way more sense than space based solar, because a) you don't have to put solar panels in space, just really cheap, thin, lightweight mirrors, and b) you don't have to convert the energy into microwaves to beam back down which would need a huge amount of space based and ground based infrastructure.
An exploratory view into allelic drop‐out of sequenced autosomal STRs

Mar 20, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Megan Foley |Jun Fu |Robert Allen |Gerwald Koehler

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no conflicts of interest and have no disclaimers to disclose. Supporting Information Filename Description jfo15504-sup-0001-TablesS1-S2.docxWord 2007 document , 15 KB Tables S1–S2. REFERENCES 1. From next generation sequencing to now generation sequencing in forensics. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2019; 38: 175–180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.10.017 2, , , , , , et al.
Impact of industrial versus biomass burning aerosols on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Mar 1, 2024 | nature.com | Robert Allen

AbstractThe ocean’s major circulation system, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), is slowing down. Such weakening is consistent with warming associated with increasing greenhouse gases, as well as with recent decreases in industrial aerosol pollution. The impact of biomass burning aerosols on the AMOC, however, remains unexplored. Here, we use the Community Earth System Model version 1 Large Ensemble to quantify the impact of both aerosol types on the AMOC.
Using the Perseverance MEDA-RDS to identify and track dust devils and dust-lifting gust fronts

May 12, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Robert Allen |Ákos Kereszturi |Stephen M. Metzger

1 IntroductionDust devils (DDs) are dry, dusty convective vortices that play a major role in the Mars dust cycle Newman et al., 2002; Basu et al., 2004). Their horizontal wind speeds are intense enough to transport the dust available on the surface into the atmosphere, and there, the lifted dust particles can directly affect the energy balance of the planet by absorbing and scattering the solar radiation (Changela et al., 2021).