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Alison McBride @hobbesmcb.bsky.social · Sep 7

Latest work from our lab from Ashley Della Fera 😀

bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · Sep 6

Chromatin assembly by the histone chaperone HIRA facilitates Human Papillomavirus replication https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.05.674520v1

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Alison McBride @hobbesmcb.bsky.social · Aug 1

Honored that our latest study was chosen as Paper of the Week by IPVS. It was spearheaded by student Jonathan Shin with the help of great collaborators 😄

International Papillomavirus Society @ipvsociety.bsky.social · Aug 1

#PersistentInfection of HPV requires genome maintenance and partitioning during cell division, but #LiveCellMonitoring tools were lacking. This study applies #ANCHOR technology to visualise HPV18 genome tethering, providing a tool for therapy development. ➡️bit.ly/3ITp8Yu

#IPVSPaperoftheWeek

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Chelsey Spriggs @drsprggs.bsky.social · Mar 14

So proud of my first graduate student for successfully defending her thesis yesterday!

Karen is an incredible scientist with a ton of consulting experience. If you know of any life science industry/consulting agencies in the LA area who are hiring, let me know 🤗

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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Mar 9

If anyone is looking for a lab technician/manager with nucleic acid isolation, library prep, and sequencing analysis experience preferably in the DMV, my former biologist is looking for a job. She was unfortunately terminated in Feb as part of the probationary employee firings. DM me for her info

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Alison McBride @hobbesmcb.bsky.social · Mar 6

Latest study from our lab spearheaded by Ashley Della Fera and Warda Arman

bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · Mar 6

Sp100A isoform promotes HIRA histone chaperone localization to PML nuclear bodies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.06.641437v1

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bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · Mar 6

Sp100A isoform promotes HIRA histone chaperone localization to PML nuclear bodies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.06.641437v1

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Mandy Muller @mandymuller.bsky.social · Feb 25

For my first official post on here I have some news to share: the lab is moving! After ~12 wonderful years in the US, Muller lab 2.0 will reopen this summer at the Institute of Microbiology in Lausanne🇨🇭Switzerland🇨🇭! We'll be recruiting at all levels so keep us in mind for your future adventures!

Vue sur la Cité, le lac , les Alpes, Lausanne -- Fotograf: Regis Colombo 2014

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Anne Simon 🧪🌱🐴🦠🍊🇨🇦🇺🇦 @annealiz1.bsky.social · Dec 23

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Great open rank position available for Ecology and Evolutionary Biologist using microbial systems in the Biology Department at the University of Maryland, College Park (the main campus). A great place to live and work!

Open Rank - Assistant/Associate/Full Professor

Job Description Summary Organization Summary Statement The Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), invites applications from individuals studying fundamental questions...

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Alison McBride @hobbesmcb.bsky.social · Dec 18

A great opportunity!

Jack Ferguson @jackf7.bsky.social · Dec 17

🚨 Job klaxon alert 🚨

Senior Research technician post available in Jo Parish's Lab working on our MRC Grant looking at HPV immune modulation.

Details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLC699/s...

Senior Research Technician at University of Birmingham

An academic position as a Senior Research Technician is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Karolin Luger @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social · Dec 14

this is now published y'all #giantvirus
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

BFVD—a large repository of predicted viral protein structures

Abstract. The AlphaFold Protein Structure Database (AFDB) is the largest repository of accurately predicted structures with taxonomic labels. Despite provi

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Zhilong Yang @zhilong.bsky.social · Dec 6

New book on poxvirus methods and protocols. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Vaccinia, Mpox, and Other Poxviruses

This book covers methods for vaccinia virus, as well as mpox virus, lumpy skin disease virus, and myxoma virus.

link.springer.com

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Alison McBride @hobbesmcb.bsky.social · Dec 7

That looks great and useful! Congratulations!

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Alison McBride @hobbesmcb.bsky.social · Nov 28

Love the Rennie Mackintosh vibe!

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Patrick Dolan @ptdolan.bsky.social · Nov 28

Excited to have this second paper out from the QVEU! Postdoc @williambakhache.bsky.social led this effort along with @orrwalk.bsky.social and Lauren McCormick to explore the tolerance of the Enterovirus EV-A71 to substitutions, insertions, and deletions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Deep mutation, insertion and deletion scanning across the Enterovirus A proteome reveals constraints shaping viral evolution - Nature Microbiology

Deep mutational scanning of Enterovirus A71 maps and quantifies the impact of genomic insertions, deletions and substitutions on virus fitness and highlights the role of insertions and deletions in th...

www.nature.com

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Alison McBride @hobbesmcb.bsky.social · Nov 28

I hope it went well - here is a distraction- my childhood golden retriever and pups - Scotland, late 70s.

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Jack Ferguson @jackf7.bsky.social · Nov 25

MIBTP PhD projects are live and I have a project open for applications!

The project is looking at co-infection of the tonsils with HPV and Staph A.

Get in touch if you have any questions and apply here - warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

Dr Jack Ferguson

warwick.ac.uk

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Greer Burkholder @greerb.bsky.social · Nov 20

NIH BioArt Source, a free science and biomedical art resource library created by professional medical illustrators for researchers, students, and other science communicators, is now available from NIAID. #IDSky go.nih.gov/SLWQFNz

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