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Review
. 2021 Oct 6;109(19):3041-3044.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.07.022. Epub 2021 Aug 6.

How COVID-19 has transformed my science

Akiko Iwasaki  1
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How COVID-19 has transformed my science

Akiko Iwasaki. Neuron. .

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a seismic shift in my career, including its scientific focus, research approach, and efforts to communicate with non-scientists. In this NeuroView, I recount pivotal moments that have transformed the way I do science.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of interests A.I. served as a consultant for Spring Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Adaptive Biotechnologies and is a member of the scientific advisory board of 4BIO Capital. A.I. is a co-founder of RIGImmune. A.I. holds a patent entitled “Interferon Production Using Short RNA Duplexes,” United States Patent Number 10947543.

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The Yale IMPACT team and documentation (A) The first meeting of the Yale IMPACT Team, March 2, 2020. Clockwise from left: Saad Omer, YIGH; Nathan Grubaugh, YSP; Albert Ko, YSP; Akiko Iwasaki, YSM, Immunobiology; Ellen Foxman, YSM, Lab Med; Marie Landry, YSM, Lab Med. (B) Meeting notebooks filled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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