Generation of quality-controlled SARS-CoV-2 variant stocks

Maren de Vries, Grace O. Ciabattoni, Bruno A. Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Keaton M. Crosse, Dominick Papandrea, Marie I. Samanovic, Dacia Dimartino, Christian Marier, Mark J. Mulligan, Adriana Heguy, Ludovic Desvignes, Ralf Duerr, Meike Dittmann

Published: 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-023-00897-6

SARS-CoV-2 variants

quality control

viral stocks

clonal isolation

protocol development

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Neuroscience robotics for controlled induction and real-time assessment of hallucinations

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Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)（单细胞RNA测序）

Data integration（数据集成）

Heterogeneity（异质性）

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