Eric Waltari

TL;DR: Most convalescent plasma samples obtained from individuals who recover from COVID-19 do not contain high levels of neutralizing activity, and rare but recurring RBD-specific antibodies with potent antiviral activity were found in all individuals tested, suggesting that a vaccine designed to elicit such antibodies could be broadly effective.

TL;DR: Comparing ENM-based reconstructions of LGM refugial locations with those resulting from the more traditional molecular genetic and phylogeographic predictions confirms that ENM scenario exploration can provide a useful complement to molecular studies, offering a less subjective, spatially explicit hypothesis of past geographic patterns of distribution.

TL;DR: It is suggested that climatic variability through the last 250 kyr impacted the northern and the southern forests differently, and sub-regional differences in climate dynamics will enhance the ability to understand those processes shaping high phylogeographic and species endemism, in the Neotropics and beyond.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors re-examine the past and present distributions of 13 Great Basin montane mammals using ecological niche modelling techniques that utilize now widely available species occurrence data and new, fine-scale past climatological GIS layers in the present and at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM).

TL;DR: Rare but recurring RBD-specific antibodies with potent antiviral activity were found in all individuals tested, suggesting that a vaccine designed to elicit such antibodies could be broadly effective.