Bats' genetic adaptations: How they tolerate coronaviruses without becoming ill

New research from the University of St Andrews has shown that bats can tolerate coronaviruses and other viruses without becoming ill, thanks to special adaptations of their immune system.

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We are organizing an online Bat1K meeting, aka "Batellite", scheduled for April 27th, @16.00 CEST / 10:00 EDT / 09:00 CDT / 09:00 ECT / 11:00 BRT / 07:00 PDT / 15:00 BST / 08:00 CST / 16:00 SAST /17:00 EAT / 22:00 CST As a community, we would like to further discuss and develop the methodologies, concepts and scientific exploration of the 50+ bat genomes that have been generated at Bat1K. There will be multiple scientific papers stemming from these genomes exploring the amazing biology of bats and we need input, involvement, and commitment from all that are interested in analyzing these data to maximize the output and use of these assemblies. We propose to pitch a package of scientific papers to Science/Nature and their companion journals exploring bat genomics and we are now looking for additional champions of topics and themes. We would like to assess key topics, key players, data sharing, data analyses, and community engagement and together envision our plans moving forward. So what would you do with >50 bat genomes? Are there questions you would like to address? If you have an idea, please bring it to the table at this Batellite

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