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SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social

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SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social

@SternLab

Studying the evolution of viruses, microbes, their hosts and beyond at Tel-Aviv University.

Israel

Joined June 2017

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SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Jul 18, 2023
Millions of SARS-CoV-2 seqs out there..what info do they hide? Combining phylogeny & deep learning we infer hundreds of chronic infections & show they predict future evolution. Want to know how? 🧵 biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… @SheriHarari @Daniellemlrs @shay_fleishon @BursteinLab
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SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Apr 10, 2021
In Israel, real-world evidence on VOCs and vaccine protection: Mainly, B.1.351 enriched in infected vaccinated individuals, but this is offset by lack of ability of this variant to spread. medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @taliakustin @NoamHarel8 @RanBalicer @TelAvivUni More details:
medrxiv.org
Evidence for increased breakthrough rates of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in BNT162b2 mRNA...
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has been raging for over a year, creating global detrimental impact. The BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine has demonstrated high protection levels, yet apprehension exists that several...
SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Apr 10, 2021
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6. We think that this reduced effectiveness occurs only in a short window of time (no B.1.351 cases 14+ days post 2nd dose), and that the S.A. variant does not spread efficiently. Thus, even more of a reason to get vaccinated and drive down cases to zero!
SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Dec 26, 2023
My brilliant PhD student Nufar, whose brother is a hostage in Gaza for over 80 days. Nothing prepared me to being a mentor under such a scenario. How can we even continue research in the lab?? Please help her, help us, spread this heart-breaking humanitarian call.
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SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Apr 10, 2021
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5. To summarize: we see evidence for reduced vaccine effectiveness against the British variant, but after two doses – extremely high effectiveness kicks in. We see evidence for reduced vaccine effectiveness against the S.A. variant, but it does not spread in Israel.
SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
May 23, 2020
Finally excited to share our work with @KoelleLab @m_a_martin and many others on features of SARS-CoV-2 spread. medrxiv.org/content/10.110… What did we find: 1. Sequenced 212 genomes from Israel @GISAID @nextstrain
medrxiv.org
Full genome viral sequences inform patterns of SARS-CoV-2 spread into and within Israel
Full genome sequences are increasingly used to track the geographic spread and transmission dynamics of viral pathogens. Here, with a focus on Israel, we sequenced 212 SARS-CoV-2 sequences and use...
SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Oct 26, 2023
Please help me spread the story of two hostages, Yogev and Rimon. Yogev is the brother of my amazingly talented & modest Ph.D. student Nufar, whose life has become a nightmare since Oct. 7. giveback.co.il/project/75481 ynet.co.il/news/article/s…
giveback.co.il
מחזירים את רימון ויגב
לא שוכחים את החטופים - תורמים להחזרת רימון קירשט ויגב בוכשטב שנחטפו מביתם בקיבוץ נירים על ידי טרוריסטים מארגון חמאס ביום שבת ה7.10.
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SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Apr 10, 2021
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4. Furthermore, focusing on the partially immunized, we noted more breakthrough by the “British” variant”. We think this might explain why during the early stages of the vaccination rollout in Israel, it took a while till vaccination effects were noted and cases began to drop
SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Feb 28, 2021
So I am formally "tenured + professored " !!! ✨✨✨
GIF
SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Apr 10, 2021
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1. We wanted to test what type of variant infects the very few vaccinated individuals who go on to become infected with SARS-CoV-2. To this end, we generated a case-control cohort: every vaccinee was matched with a non-vaccinated individual infected with the virus
SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Dec 14, 2020
אני הולכת להתחסן ברגע שיאפשרו לי. למה? 1. כדי להמנע ממחלה קשה ולא נעימה כולל תופעות לטווח ארוך, 2. כי יש סיכוי גבוה לדעתי (לא נבדק עדיין אבל הגיוני בהנתן ידע קודם) שככה אגן על הסביבה שלי. 3. רוצה לחזור לחיים פרה העידן המטורף הזה.
SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Apr 10, 2021
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3. All in all – most infections in both categories were from the “British” variant B.1.1.7. However, we noted 8 cases of infection with the “S.A” variant B.1.351 in fully immunized individuals, as compared to only 1 infection in the control (non-immunized).
SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Oct 14, 2023
Nightmares. That my home will be invaded by terrorists. Nightmares & images I can’t even put down in words. Nightmares of crowds jeering at kidnapped children. I walk around at night gazing at my children, wondering how to protect them from my nightmares that are also reality.
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SternLab @sternadi.bsky.social
@SternLab
Apr 10, 2021
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2. Two categories interested us: (i) those fully immunized, 7+ days post the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, (ii) those partially immunized, between 14+ days after the first dose and before 7 days after the second dose.