Dr. Priyom Bose

Feature Writer

B.Sc. Botany, M.Sc. Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Ph.D. Plant Biology and Biotechnology

Priyom holds a Ph.D. in Plant Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Madras, India. She is an active researcher and an experienced science writer. Priyom has also co-authored several original research articles that have been published in reputed peer-reviewed journals. She is also an avid reader and an amateur photographer.

Articles from Priyom

Chronological changes in SARS-CoV-2 immune responses after BNT162b2 vaccine

A new study focused on the chronological changes in humoral and cell-mediated immune responses, during and after the BNT162b2 vaccine administration, among hospital workers of a national medical institution in Japan.

10 Nov 2021

COVID-19 drug candidate with wide-ranging antiviral activity

A new study investigated the antiviral activity and mechanism of action of Brilacidin against multiple human coronaviruses.

9 Nov 2021

Invalidation of potential SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitors

Researchers identified several structurally disparate compounds that can inhibit the viral protease PLpro and determined whether the identified PLpro inhibitors are truly effective and should be further investigated.

9 Nov 2021

Identification of a candidate effector gene at COVID-19 risk locus

A new study focuses on developing a comprehensive platform to decode the effects of sequence variation identified by GWAS.

8 Nov 2021

COVID-19 vaccination and deaths amongst US veterans

A new study studies the vaccine effectiveness and death in the Veterans Health Administration.

8 Nov 2021

A review of antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19

Scientists conducted a systematic review of the use cases and performance of Ag-RDTs for detecting SARS-CoV-2.

8 Nov 2021

Reproduction number of COVID-19 in Africa

Scientists used a SEIR model and a Bayesian inference framework to estimate the basic reproduction number of COVID-19 across Africa.

8 Nov 2021

New data points to major SARS-CoV-2 animal reservoir in deer in Iowa

A new study tests the hypothesis that white-tailed deer are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

7 Nov 2021

Reducing airborne transmission of infectious respiratory viruses with portable air purifiers

A new computational study focuses on the performance of portable air purifiers based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations.

7 Nov 2021

APOL1 variant risk may extend to poorer outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection

Now, a new study published on the medRxiv* preprint server tests the hypothesis that adverse COVID-19 outcomes are associated with the variants of the APOL1 gene.

4 Nov 2021