Ann Simon
Science advisor on the X-Files, co-wrote the episode My Struggle II.
Anne “proud to be woke” Simon 🌊🌈
@Annealiz1
Plant Virologist and Dressage Queen; Prof, U of Maryland; Founder, Silvec Biologics; X-Files science advisor. Currently trying to save citrus trees from HLB!
University of Maryland
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Dr. Anne Elizabeth Simon visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2012.
Invited by Prof. HU Zhihong, Dr. Anne Elizabeth Simon, from the University of Maryland (USA), visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), Chinese Academy of Sciences on May 31th. Dr. Simon is one of the world-recognized virologists, and she also serves as an editor of the Journal of Virology.
Dr. Simon’s seminar was entitled “Non-Template Functions of an RNA Virus Genome”. During her talk, she described the mechanisms on how 3’UTR genomic sequence regulates the replication and expression of virus itself. The 3’UTR can form a functionally three-dimensional structure that is similar to a tRNA, which binds to the P/E site of 60S ribosome, thus serves as 3’ translational enhancer. Her lab also discovered that the 3’UTR structure can form interactive domain with coding RNA sequence to regulate viral processes in replication and expression. Her research work highlights the significance of the higher order structure of the 3’region of RNA genome.
As an editor of the Journal of Virology, she shared her experience on the process of article reviewing, and gave valuable advice on the manuscript preparation and submission.
Dr. Simon’s talk ended with a very warm applause.
Watch this and have your mind blown.
They knew it did this 20 years ago. Whoever wrote the script for this episode of X-Files has to be a time traveler or a senior deep state operative who revealed their entire plan just for giggles. pic.twitter.com/VgYKdW9onn
— MAVERICK X (@MAVERIC68078049) September 23, 2023