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Ashwanth C. Francis

@ashwanthfrancis.bsky.social

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Asst. Professor of Biological Sciences Imaging All things Viruses @Florida State University

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Ashwanth C. Francis @ashwanthfrancis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🔬 Excited to share the most recent BREAKTHROUGH from our lab, which overcomes a longstanding technical bottleneck in HIV-1 research and provides new insights into how infectious viral cores are assembled. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Ashwanth C. Francis @ashwanthfrancis.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Our affinity capture method for: Time-Resolved Fluorescence Imaging and Correlative Cryo-Electron Tomography to Study Structural Changes of the HIV-1 Capsid | ACS Nano pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Is out!!

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Time-Resolved Fluorescence Imaging and Correlative Cryo-Electron Tomography to Study Structural Changes of the HIV-1 Capsid

The conical HIV-1 capsid protects the internal viral genome and facilitates the infection of target cells. Highly potent antivirals, such as the clinically approved drug Lenacapavir (LEN), block HIV-1...

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Ashwanth C. Francis @ashwanthfrancis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Very nice work!

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Ashwanth C. Francis @ashwanthfrancis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Just read your paper, thanks for sharing. I was wondering if you could us more on how to get some of these probes for our research?

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Ashwanth C. Francis @ashwanthfrancis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Congratulations! @memerman.bsky.social for this well deserved recognition. You are one of my favourites, and your work including amazing achievements on mentorship has inspired me on many fronts

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Ashwanth C. Francis @ashwanthfrancis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

You guys are so awesome! I thought either the cells have become smaller over time and more crowded, or the magnification is different in D1 vs 7. Also the drawings showing inverted image seems so detective like —- well done!

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Ashwanth C. Francis @ashwanthfrancis.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Only recently did I come to know of this platform and joined. Enjoying it so much! Much like Twitter, and much unlike ‘X’. Finding my colleagues has been a challenge though.. but I suppose I will get better at it.

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