Ira Blader
@bladerlab.bsky.social
I'm a Professor who studies how parasites grow and cause disease. NY ➡️ קיבוץ כפר בלום ➡️ VT➡️UAB ➡️Stanford ➡️OUHSC ➡️UB➡️VT. Currently, Head of Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at Virginia Tech Vet School https://tinyurl.com/mrxm2uhm
We cheated yesterday and had our Thanksgiving dinner a day early so I hope that everyone's turkey will be as good as this one was. Happy Thanksgiving and #GoBills
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We cheated yesterday and had our Thanksgiving dinner a day early so I hope that everyone's turkey will be as good as this one was. Happy Thanksgiving and #GoBills
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Introducing ** Incendiamoeba **, a eukaryote that can live at temperatures well beyond what we thought possible. 63C!!
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Introducing ** Incendiamoeba **, a eukaryote that can live at temperatures well beyond what we thought possible. 63C!!
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
Read @hbrappap.bsky.social thread to see what we’ve already started to learn from this amazing organism!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#MicroSky #protistsonsky 🧪 #evobio
When your school's mascot is a turkey, this is how you will everyone a Happy Thanksgiving !
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
When your school's mascot is a turkey, this is how you will everyone a Happy Thanksgiving !
Every day he gets more dangerous. Now relitigating AIDS. AIDS Opportunistic infections (what he's talking about ) have few, if any, effective treatment options. Includes Tuberculosis, cryptosporidiosis, cryptococcosis, KSHV cancers to name a few. AZT saved millions of lives x.com/EndTribalism...
x.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Every day he gets more dangerous. Now relitigating AIDS. AIDS Opportunistic infections (what he's talking about ) have few, if any, effective treatment options. Includes Tuberculosis, cryptosporidiosis, cryptococcosis, KSHV cancers to name a few. AZT saved millions of lives x.com/EndTribalism...
Here's a masterclass in gaslighting. NIH won't use paylines anymore and they are doing so because they say that they want peer review to have larger say in funding decisions. But paylines are only based on peer review scores! tinyurl.com/25z6xd3c
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Here's a masterclass in gaslighting. NIH won't use paylines anymore and they are doing so because they say that they want peer review to have larger say in funding decisions. But paylines are only based on peer review scores! tinyurl.com/25z6xd3c
This may be the best bagel I have ever had. From Apollo Bagel in the Village. @mikefeigin.bsky.social should be on your bucket list.
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This may be the best bagel I have ever had. From Apollo Bagel in the Village. @mikefeigin.bsky.social should be on your bucket list.
@mikefeigin.bsky.social you breathing bro?
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
@mikefeigin.bsky.social you breathing bro?
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Bradon Beane talking with his scouting staff
two soldiers are carrying a large black ace comb in the sand
ALT: two soldiers are carrying a large black ace comb in the sand
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Bradon Beane talking with his scouting staff
My first attempt at #beefonweck IYKYK. #GOBILLS
November 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My first attempt at #beefonweck IYKYK. #GOBILLS
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Congrats to James Romero Masters on publishing his lab's first paper!! An Editor's Pick no less!!! @asm.org #journalofvirology #asm journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
MmuPV1 E7 promotes phenotypes associated with “high-risk” HPV infection in mouse keratinocytes | Journal of Virology
In this study, we determined the ability of the MmuPV1 E7 oncoprotein in promoting
disruption of keratinocyte homeostasis in mouse keratinocytes. Using a multiomics
approach, we observed that MmuPV1 E...
journals.asm.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Congrats to James Romero Masters on publishing his lab's first paper!! An Editor's Pick no less!!! @asm.org #journalofvirology #asm journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
This is beautiful work. Congrats to @mbonhivers.bsky.social and Derrick as well as yoour colleagues
The flagellar pocket collar (FPC) is a cytoskeletal structure essential for nutrient uptake & immune evasion in #Trypanosome. @mbonhivers.bsky.social &co use U-ExM to provide novel insights into FPC biogenesis, and reveal 2 unknown cytoskeletal structures @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n3bWi6
October 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is beautiful work. Congrats to @mbonhivers.bsky.social and Derrick as well as yoour colleagues
I know football coaches salaries are largely from athletic foundation funds. But it's ridiculous for a public institution being on the line for millions if they fire a coach who was sucking ass. The greed in college sports has destroyed it and has made it unwatchable
October 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I know football coaches salaries are largely from athletic foundation funds. But it's ridiculous for a public institution being on the line for millions if they fire a coach who was sucking ass. The greed in college sports has destroyed it and has made it unwatchable
October 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Tell Aaron Boone that she is ready to pinch hit #newyorkyankees
October 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Tell Aaron Boone that she is ready to pinch hit #newyorkyankees
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Evolution of polyamine resistance in Staphylococcus aureus through modulation of potassium transport
#mSphere from @biobarber.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#mSphere from @biobarber.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Evolution of polyamine resistance in Staphylococcus aureus through modulation of potassium transport | mSphere
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of infectious disease-related deaths globally. Understanding factors
that govern adaptation and survival of S. aureus and other pathogens in the host environme...
journals.asm.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Evolution of polyamine resistance in Staphylococcus aureus through modulation of potassium transport
#mSphere from @biobarber.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#mSphere from @biobarber.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Happy to share this new article online at #mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Human nasal organoids (HNOs) are a new model system for studying bacterial colonization and interspecies interactions. A big congratulations to the whole team, especially co-first authors: Andrea Boyd and Leah Kafer
Human nasal organoids (HNOs) are a new model system for studying bacterial colonization and interspecies interactions. A big congratulations to the whole team, especially co-first authors: Andrea Boyd and Leah Kafer
Nasal microbionts differentially colonize and elicit cytokines in human nasal epithelial organoids | mSphere
Human nasal microbiota often includes highly pathogenic members, many of which are
antimicrobial resistance threats, e.g., methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and drug-resistant Streptococcus ...
journals.asm.org
October 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Happy to share this new article online at #mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Human nasal organoids (HNOs) are a new model system for studying bacterial colonization and interspecies interactions. A big congratulations to the whole team, especially co-first authors: Andrea Boyd and Leah Kafer
Human nasal organoids (HNOs) are a new model system for studying bacterial colonization and interspecies interactions. A big congratulations to the whole team, especially co-first authors: Andrea Boyd and Leah Kafer
Look who just learned how to use an AI Image generator
September 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Look who just learned how to use an AI Image generator
I bet that no one can write a significance and innovstion section for a NIH grant than this.
September 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I bet that no one can write a significance and innovstion section for a NIH grant than this.
!!שנה טובה ומתוקה
The Rapture is upon us, according to TikTokers, some of whom have latched on to a prediction that on Tuesday, September 23 — today — Jesus Christ will return to Earth and take true believers to Heaven. Predicting the Rapture is a longstanding practice.
The Rapture Was Predicted to Happen Today. TikTok Has Some Advice.
There are thousands of videos to help prepare those who may or may not ascend into the heavens on Tuesday.
nyti.ms
September 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
!!שנה טובה ומתוקה
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[We are Hiring!]
The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.
This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.
DM for more info!
The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.
This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.
DM for more info!
September 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
[We are Hiring!]
The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.
This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.
DM for more info!
The Weiss Lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (NY) is hiring a Postdoc Scientist to explore the Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall using XL-MS, Split TurboID, & U-ExM.
This project aims to unlock new strategies for treating toxoplasmosis.
DM for more info!
@livgolfleague.bsky.social @pganews.bsky.social are you going to allow hate speech by one if your players against a sitting member if congress?
September 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@livgolfleague.bsky.social @pganews.bsky.social are you going to allow hate speech by one if your players against a sitting member if congress?
Whats wrong college football? Head coaches are out of control
September 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Whats wrong college football? Head coaches are out of control