Rick Byers Lab
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Yes! I dream of a day when regular checkups will include a broad antibody profile like in this research: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
VirScan: High-throughput Profiling of Antiviral Antibody Epitopes
Profiling the specificities of antibodies can reveal a wealth of information about humoral immune responses and the antigens they target. Here, we present a protocol for VirScan, an application of the phage immunoprecipitation sequencing (PhIP-Seq) ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 4, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Yes! I dream of a day when regular checkups will include a broad antibody profile like in this research: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
Oh oh 😬. My Google News feed thought this was a story I'd be interested in... abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-inves....
Would I get the same press coverage if police searched my house and found this? At least they'd find nothing labeled HIV or Ebola in my freezer!
Would I get the same press coverage if police searched my house and found this? At least they'd find nothing labeled HIV or Ebola in my freezer!
February 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Oh oh 😬. My Google News feed thought this was a story I'd be interested in... abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-inves....
Would I get the same press coverage if police searched my house and found this? At least they'd find nothing labeled HIV or Ebola in my freezer!
Would I get the same press coverage if police searched my house and found this? At least they'd find nothing labeled HIV or Ebola in my freezer!
Wow, I am constantly impressed by Google Antigravity and Gemini 3.5 pro. I used it to build a whole blog website, including totally custom Tweet archive, in just a few hours of work! Eg. see lab.rbyers.ca/posts/2024. Code at github.com/Rbyers/lab-b....
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Wow, I am constantly impressed by Google Antigravity and Gemini 3.5 pro. I used it to build a whole blog website, including totally custom Tweet archive, in just a few hours of work! Eg. see lab.rbyers.ca/posts/2024. Code at github.com/Rbyers/lab-b....
I hear Science Twitter has largely moved to BlueSky, is that true? I've moved my @RickByersLab profile from X here to BlueSky.
I've also archived my old tweets at lab.rbyers.ca/posts (largely because I use my tweets as my own memory).
I've also archived my old tweets at lab.rbyers.ca/posts (largely because I use my tweets as my own memory).
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February 2, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I hear Science Twitter has largely moved to BlueSky, is that true? I've moved my @RickByersLab profile from X here to BlueSky.
I've also archived my old tweets at lab.rbyers.ca/posts (largely because I use my tweets as my own memory).
I've also archived my old tweets at lab.rbyers.ca/posts (largely because I use my tweets as my own memory).