• cological consequences of Australia's “Black Summer” bushfires: Managing for recovery 

      Dickman, Christopher R.
      Published 2021
      Fire has long been a part of the Australian environment and remains a potent force in shaping the adaptations of species, the dynamics of populations, and the structure of ecological communities. However, the fire regime ...
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    • Total Infectomes Characterization of Respiratory Infections in pre-COVID-19 Wuhan, China 

      Shi, Mang; Zhao, Su; Yu, Bin; Wu, Wei-Chen; Hu, Yi; Tian, Jun-Hua; Yin, Wen; Ni, Fang; Hu, Hong-Ling; Geng, Shuang; Tan, Li; Peng, Ying; Song, Zhi-Gang; Wang, Wen; Chen, Yan-Mei; Holmes, Edward C.; Zhang, Yong-Zhen
      Published 2021
      At the end of 2019 Wuhan witnessed an outbreak of “atypical pneumonia” that later developed into a global pandemic. Metagenomic sequencing rapidly revealed the causative agent of this outbreak to be a novel coronavirus - ...
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    • Risks, real and imagined 

      Bulley, Adam; Schacter, Daniel L.
      Published 2021
      Older adults are at high risk of suffering debilitating health effects from COVID-19. Effective communication of associated risks is therefore paramount. A new study finds that imagining a personalized disease transmission ...
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    • A systematic review and meta-analysis of tobacco smoking behaviour changes during the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Vaneckova, Pavla; Sarich, Peter; Cabasag, Citadel Jungco; Liebermann, Erica; Carle, Chelsea; Hughes, Suzanne; Egger, Sam; O'Connell, Dianne; Weber, Marianne; da Costa, Allini Mafra; Caruana, Michael; Gouda, Hebe; Canfell, Karen; Ginsburg, Ophira; Steinberg, Julia; Soerjomataram, Isabelle
      Published 2021
      Background Globally, tobacco smoking remains the largest cause of premature death. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced nations to take unprecedented measures including ‘lockdowns’ that might impact tobacco smoking behaviour. ...
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    • Discovery of Antiviral Cyclic Peptides Targeting the Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2 via mRNA Display 

      Johansen-Leete, Jason; Ullrich, Sven; Fry, Sarah E.; Frkic, Rebecca; Bedding, Max J.; Aggarwal, Anupriya; Ashhurst, Anneliese S.; Ekanayake, Kasuni B.; Mahawaththa, Mithun C.; Sasi, Vishnu M.; Passioura, Toby; Larance, Mark; Otting, Gottfried; Turville, Stuart; Jackson, Colin J.; Nitsche, Christoph; Payne, Richard J.
      Published 2021
      Abstract Antivirals that specifically target SARS-CoV-2 are needed to control the COVID-19 pandemic. The main protease (M pro ) is essential for SARS-CoV-2 replication and is an attractive target for antiviral development. ...
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