Anderson Brito
Virology🦠 | Bioinformatics 💻 | Epidemiology ⚕️
PhD @ImperialCollege・Postdoc @YaleSPH・🇧🇷→🇬🇧→🇺🇸
Coordinator @YalePostdocAsso | Member of @Toastmasters 📢
Thought Leader
| #317 | Infectious Disease |
Last synced from Twitter 90d ago
Covid-19 expert Akiko Iwasaki fights a different virus: sexism in science
To know virologist Akiko Iwasaki is to know that she is passionate about combatting sexism, power imbalance, and toxic behavior in academia.
CURSO DE PYTHON BÁSICO
O curso de Python básico é gratuito e tem o objetivo de fomentar a inserção no mercado de pessoas historicamente preteridas na área de TI. Portanto, ele é destinado a dois públicos:
+ pessoas autodeclaradas pretas, sobretudo mulheres
+ trans
Ele...
The engines of SARS-CoV-2 spread
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread rapidly across the globe, causing epidemics that range from quickly controlled local outbreaks (such as New Zealand) to large ongoing epidemics infecting millions (such as the...
Stand Up - Against street harassment
Stand Up is a training program designed to help prevent street harassment and build safe, inclusive spaces for all, powered by @Lorealparis in partnership with the NGO @ihollagram.
Anderson Brito
Stand up is an interesting simulation that shows us how to safely intervene when we see street harassment happening. It is based on 5 Ds: Direct, Delegate, Distract, Document, and Delay.
It takes a few minutes, it's quite interactive and instructive.
94d
Early use of nitazoxanide in mild Covid-19 disease: randomized, placebo-controlled trial
The antiparasitic drug nitazoxanide is widely available and exerts broad-spectrum antiviral activity in vitro. However, there is no evidence of its impact on SARS-CoV-2 infection. In a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial,...
Vermífugo reduz carga viral, mas não diminui mortes nem sintomas graves de Covid, dizem especialistas
Governo havia anunciado bons resultados do uso de nitazoxanida para tratar Covid-19, mas artigo sobre estudo só foi publicado nesta sexta, ainda sem revisão. '[Resultado] é muito pouco para a gravidade da doença', afirma infectologista.
Anderson Brito
Saiu o pre-print sobre o uso da Nitazoxanida em casos leves de COVID-19. Conversei com o G1, juntamente com @PauloLotufo e outros especialistas.
De forma geral: a nível de tratamento da doença, infelizmente, o benefício é limitado. Não é a bala de prata.
95d
COVID-19 Update: A Conversation with Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
COVID-19 Update: A conversation with Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
A vacinação obrigatória contra a covid-19 no Brasil é prevista enquanto estiver vigente o estado de calamidade pública
Um meme compartilhado mais de 9,2 mil vezes nas redes sociais desde meados de outubro afirma que o governador de São Paulo, João Doria, proibiu a hidroxicloroquina pois os testes não eram conclusivos, mas quer obrigar a população a tomar uma vacina...
Online Workshop: Postdoc in Germany - Brazil 2020, with EURAXESS participation
On November 9th and 10th, the Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin), the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the University of Münster (WWU Münster), the University of Potsdam and the Ruhr-Universität...
Anderson Brito
Para quem tem interesse em fazer #postdoc no exterior, nos dias 09 e 10 de Novembro a @EuraxessBrasil e universidades alemãs vão promover um webinar para apresentar oportunidades na Alemanha. 🇩🇪
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/braz… pic.twitter.com/FgwH4pPKIk
96d
Todas as vacinas em teste no Brasil passaram por fase pré-clínica, ao contrário do que diz médico : Projeto Comprova
FALSO: Todos os compostos que estão em testes no Brasil passaram pelo estágio pré-clínico, etapa na qual o imunizante é aplicado em animais, ainda em laboratório, para saber se ele é seguro para ser testado em humanos
Yale Postdoc Symposium 2021: Committee Search
Despite the last minute switch to an online event, we received an overwhelming positive response to our 2020 event. It is time to start planning the 2021 event so we would like to collect details of those who may be interested in helping make the...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Virus Evolution Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Virus Evolution Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
YPA Virtual Run
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
An Outbreak of COVID-19 Associated with a Recreational ...
This report describes an outbreak of COVID-19 at a hockey game in Florida.
Reconstruct the Past - Vir(Ev)o Episode 2
Vir(Ev)o, a one-off and collaborative project, is a short series of educational videos that explains, in an entertaining and scientifically rigorous manner, ...
Estimating effective population size changes from preferentially sampled genetic sequences
Author summary Estimating changes in the number of individuals in a given population is a challenging problem in some settings. For example, estimating population size trajectories of the number of people infected by a pathogen (e.g., Influenza...