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Kavi Mehta

@k4v1.bsky.social

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I believe in science, education and curiosity. PhD, Laimins lab. K99/R00 fellow, Cortez Lab. Assistant Professor at UW-Madison DNA repair, mutagenesis, and HPV. All my views.

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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 13d

The speed of Apple’s Simplefold is astonishing. I ran it on a MacBook Air last night on GPU. Less than four minutes for a 600 amino acid protein.

Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 19d

Does anyone have another source besides BD for the B44 anti-brdu antibody or one that reacts with Idu and limited with Cldu. It’s badly back ordered.

Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · Aug 18

Very proud to be part of another study from the Mohni lab. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Ubiquitin-specific protease 15 interacts directly with the HSV-1 alkaline nuclease and facilitates viral recombination and replication fork stability | Journal of Virology

HSV-1 is a ubiquitous pathogen in the global population that causes lifelong latent infection with sporadic reactivation in the host. It has long been appreciated that HSV-1 DNA replication exhibits h...

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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · Aug 15

Truly awful. www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · Aug 9

I had the extreme privilege of meeting him. He was kind to me.

Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · Aug 9

RIP

Even Jim Lovell could not survive the present administration.

Rui Gonçalo Martinho @martinholab.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · Jul 16

Day 3 #DNATVM2025 has been great. We had a wonderful time speaking to trainees about the future of science!

Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · Jul 15

Day 2 of #DNATVM2025. It’s another beautiful day.

Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · Jul 15

Ope! That was to say #DNATVM2025 Too excited after Bucky!

Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · Jul 15

#DNATVM2015 is going well!

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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · Jul 14

This is an extremely good point. Do you have some Badgers gear I can wear as well?

Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · Jul 14

@drsprggs.bsky.social‬ You pumped?

Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · Jul 14

We are just so excited to welcome you all here in Madison for #DNATVM2025. It’s going to be a beautiful day. We have a wonderful crew of trainees at the airport to guide you to shuttles. I will also be there to greet at intervals. See you soon!