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Annual Reviews @annualreviews.bsky.social · 6d

💉 The most recent Annual Review of Virology is now online. Most read article so far is "In Transition: How Influenza Virus Switches from Transcription to Genome Replication" by Tao Deng et al. arevie.ws/42kxUFU

For full TOC: arevie.ws/3IDG4Cz

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Anna E. Whitfield @aewtospo.bsky.social · 10d

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Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition

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Anna E. Whitfield @aewtospo.bsky.social · 12d

Virologists Can Help Make America Healthy Again | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Virologists Can Help Make America Healthy Again | Annual Reviews

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American Society for Virology @amersocvirology.bsky.social · 18d

ASV Fall Council is in full swing! Stay tuned for updates in the ASV President's Newsletter.

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Anna E. Whitfield @aewtospo.bsky.social · 19d

Postdocs on H1B visas make America great. 🗽🌱🦠

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Anna E. Whitfield @aewtospo.bsky.social · 19d

Yes, a terrible move. And, 100k to get one!

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NPR @npr.org · 23d

A movie star to his core, Robert Redford has died after a visionary career in cinema, including founding the Sundance Institute that transformed the market for independent films.

Movie star and visionary Robert Redford has died at age 89

A movie star to his core, Robert Redford has died after a visionary career in cinema, including founding the Sundance Institute that transformed the market for independent films.

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Aris Katzourakis @ariskatzourakis.bsky.social · 24d

Termite genomes shed light on the enigmatic deltaviruses, their ancient origins, and an intriguing example of co-option of viral genes by a host.

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Endogenous viral elements in termite genomes reveal extensive diversity of deltaviruses and provide insights into their origins

Barreat et al. describe the discovery of deltavirus genomic fossils (ẟEVEs) in multiple species of termites. The wide expression of ẟEVEs in termites and a host gene fusion indicate that some ẟEVEs ma...

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TanentzapfLab @tanentzapflab.bsky.social · Aug 13

The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Aug 1

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has distributed federal funds to both PBS and NPR for decades, announced Friday that it's shutting down.

The news comes after President Donald Trump recently clawed back more than a billion dollars of funding for public broadcasting.

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Anna E. Whitfield @aewtospo.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Hugo Perdomo @hugodperdomo.bsky.social · Jul 29

How can mosquitoes tolerate viral infections?

In our latest preprint we show that mosquitoes that can regulate their metabolism after infection can tolerate viral infections better.

Thanks to all the authors for all your ideas and contributions

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Metabolic homeostasis favors tolerance to persistent viral infection in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

The mosquito Aedes aegypti harbors a wide range of persistent viral infections, including both medically important arboviruses and insect-specific viruses (ISVs). However, the mechanisms underpinning ...

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Steve Baker @sfbkr.bsky.social · Jul 28

Preprint on tandem split-GFP influenza viruses is now up! We strung 7 copies of GFP11 together to make a bright virus with minimal fitness defects. Fluorescence requires GFP1-10 from cells, so we made a few that are relevant for flu. See this fluorescent love story: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

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Anna E. Whitfield @aewtospo.bsky.social · Jul 23

He will be missed. He made our progress on negative strand viruses possible!

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Jul 22

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