Branco Weiss Fellow, UC Berkeley | Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago | Disease Ecology, Conservation, Madagascar | she/her
Cara BrookExcited to announce that my new lab at the University of Chicago is recruiting PhD students, postdocs, and field techs to study the ecology and evolution of zoonotic diseases, starting fall 2021! brooklab.org/jointhelabpic.twitter.com/FjCj4mUcUV
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Today we release the genome of the third and last of the three species of Old World Fruit Bat endemic to the island of Madagascar: Eidolon dupreanum. Bats (order: Chiroptera) make up more than one-fifth of mammalian diversity, and they can broadly...
Bats cope with myriad viruses, including the one causing Covid-19, with few ill effects. Scientists are probing their immune systems to fathom how they do it. The answers might help infected people, too.
Anderson Cooper explores the world of bats and their importance to our ecology, economy and medical research in CNN Special Report "Bats: The Mystery Behind Covid-19." Watch Sunday at 10 p.m. ET.
Bats are thought to harbor hundreds of coronaviruses, as well as many other types of viruses that are highly pathogenic in humans. Dr. Cara Brook and Professor Britt Glaunsinger will provide insight i...
Live webcast: Friday, June 12 12–1 P.M. (Pacific) Add to Calendar This event will be broadcast live on this page.You can also watch this event live on the UC Berkeley Facebook page. Bats are though…
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The appearance and spread of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) led to the official declaration of a global pandemic, with states in the US implementing shelter in place orders at an unprecedented scale. SARS-CoV-2...
From Ebola to Marburg, and coronavirus to rabies, bats carry some of the world's worst viruses. Why?
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Cara BrookI talked with Chris Smith from @NakedScientists podcast about our new paper in @eLife elucidating the links between the bat flight, antiviral immunity, and the evolution of virulent viruses -- listen here
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Cara BrookI went on the WhoWhatWhy podcast to talk about the zoonotic origins of COVID-19! Tagline is a bit more melodramatic than I would like, but the conversation is detailed and nuanced--listen here: whowhatwhy.org/2020/03/27/bat…@jeffs2009
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The unique immune systems of bats may drive viruses to spread faster from cell to cell, giving those viruses the potential to cause extensive disease in humans and other animals.
Listen to the news and you may fear a plague or a zombie outbreak. A cruise ship off Japan’s coast has been quarantined with nearly 3,700 passengers. Its American passengers were just evacuated, including 14 infected with the virus. In Wuhan, China,...