The Diploid Duo
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Nicole and Qian Hua are two stem cell biologists whom are passionate about all things related to biology, biomedical sciences, health and medicine. The Diploid Duo is a fun avenue to discuss about new and exciting frontiers in biological research and also to share about what life as a researcher entails.
The Diploid Duo
1y ago
This episode of TDD, Nicole and Qian Hua, joined by special guest Professor Ooi Eng Eong, address more concerns the public has about the COVID19 vaccines and discuss further about the Science behind the vaccines. Prof Ooi co-directs the Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. He is also a professor at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the National University of Singapore. Prof Ooi also introduces an upcoming COVID19 vaccine, LUNAR-COV19, which he is co-developing with American ..read more
The Diploid Duo
1y ago
For today's 5-minute journal club, Nicole presented on a Stem Cell Translational Medicine article 'Longitudinal neuroimaging evaluation of the corticospinal tract in patients with stroke treated with autologous bone marrow cells' from a group at University of Texas Health Science Center. Link to the article: https://stemcellsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sctm.20-0369
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The Diploid Duo
1y ago
This episode of TDD, Nicole and Qian Hua, joined by special guest Professor Ooi Eng Eong, address more concerns the public has about the COVID19 vaccines and discuss further about the Science behind the vaccines. Prof Ooi co-directs the Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. He is also a professor at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the National University of Singapore. Prof Ooi also introduces an upcoming COVID19 vaccine, LUNAR-COV19, which he is co-developing with American ..read more
The Diploid Duo
1y ago
For today's 5-minute journal club, Nicole presented on a Nature Communications article 'Transneuronal delivery of hyper-interleukin-6 enables functional recovery after severe spinal cord injury in mice' from a group at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Here is the link to the article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33452250/
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The Diploid Duo
1y ago
In this episode of TDD, Nicole and Qian Hua gave a crash course on vaccinations and dived into the specifics of the different COVID19 vaccines that are starting to be distributed and administered globally. They also answered all of the pressing questions you have pertaining to the vaccines.
References:
Pfizer studies:
Phase 1/2 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2639-4
Phase 2/3 - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577
https://www.fda.gov/media/144245/download
Moderna studies:
Prelim/ Phase 1 - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2022483 (July 2020)
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The Diploid Duo
1y ago
For today's 5-Minute journal club, Nicole presented on the Cell article 'Top-Down Control of Sweet and Bitter Taste in the Mammalian Brain' from the Zuker Lab in Columbia University, U.S.A. Here is the link to the article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33417862/
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The Diploid Duo
1y ago
This episode of TDD, Nicole and Qian Hua introduces themselves, tell a story of how they met and explain what 'The Diploid Duo' is.
Nicole's Science blog - www.two-cells.com
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The Diploid Duo
3y ago
This episode of TDD, Nicole and Qian Hua, joined by special guest Professor Ooi Eng Eong, address more concerns the public has about the COVID19 vaccines and discuss further about the Science behind the vaccines. Prof Ooi co-directs the Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. He is also a professor at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the National University of Singapore. Prof Ooi also introduces an upcoming COVID19 vaccine, LUNAR-COV19, which he is co-developing with American ..read more
The Diploid Duo
3y ago
For today's 5-minute journal club, Nicole presented on a Stem Cell Translational Medicine article 'Longitudinal neuroimaging evaluation of the corticospinal tract in patients with stroke treated with autologous bone marrow cells' from a group at University of Texas Health Science Center. Link to the article: https://stemcellsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sctm.20-0369
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The Diploid Duo
3y ago
This episode of TDD, Nicole and Qian Hua, joined by special guest Professor Ooi Eng Eong, address more concerns the public has about the COVID19 vaccines and discuss further about the Science behind the vaccines. Prof Ooi co-directs the Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. He is also a professor at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the National University of Singapore. Prof Ooi also introduces an upcoming COVID19 vaccine, LUNAR-COV19, which he is co-developing with American ..read more