Jeremy Kamil
@macroliter.bsky.social
[He, him.] CMV virologist exploring how viruses
enter cells and other tricky mischief (lately, of the glycoimmune-centric variety). University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. My posts here are my own speech, not my employer’s. #LoveVirology #Glycotime
enter cells and other tricky mischief (lately, of the glycoimmune-centric variety). University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. My posts here are my own speech, not my employer’s. #LoveVirology #Glycotime
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Whether or not you agree with the the views here, this is an insightful interview.
“The system of funding science is fundamentally broken. In some respects, it’s been an unmitigated disaster. It was a house of cards, and it’s not surprising that it’s now falling apart.”
-Mike Lauer, former director of extramural research 🧪
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-Mike Lauer, former director of extramural research 🧪
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What’s Wrong with NIH Grants?
“Science is fundamentally different than remodeling a kitchen”
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January 10, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Whether or not you agree with the the views here, this is an insightful interview.
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So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
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Fascinating research on a terrifying disease: Turns out boring old albumin, the most abundant protein in our blood, plays a crucial role in protecting us from being eaten alive by “black fungus” mucormycosis
#IDsky 🧪
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#IDsky 🧪
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Why a fatal ‘black fungus’ struck India during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mucormycosis may be triggered by low levels of albumin, the most common blood protein
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January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Fascinating research on a terrifying disease: Turns out boring old albumin, the most abundant protein in our blood, plays a crucial role in protecting us from being eaten alive by “black fungus” mucormycosis
#IDsky 🧪
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#IDsky 🧪
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The first rule of Science Fight Club is that you should all talk about Science Figure Club...
2025 sucked.
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
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In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
January 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The first rule of Science Fight Club is that you should all talk about Science Figure Club...
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Are you trying to tell me that Naked Doritos aren't going to make up for not having vaccines?
December 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Are you trying to tell me that Naked Doritos aren't going to make up for not having vaccines?
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Multidisciplinary training, over time, produces the highest impact people
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Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
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December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Multidisciplinary training, over time, produces the highest impact people
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This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027.
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
Two Years to 1.7°C: the “Prediction Game” We Can’t Afford to Lose
Australia’s sweltering through another early-summer heatwave, and I’m trying to decide whether to write about the weather outside my window - or the bigger climate system we’re reengineering on this p...
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December 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027.
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
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These are our most impressive institutions and crucial for our survival as a people and a species.
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
These are our most impressive institutions and crucial for our survival as a people and a species.
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Our🥶COOLNESS paper to date is finally published! Ice cold and lithium dramatically delay forgetting (extend memory) in C. elegans. Why? read all about it! 👇
rdcu.be/eVhn2
rdcu.be/eVhn2
Cold and lithium delay forgetting of olfactory memories in Caenorhabditis elegans
Nature Neuroscience - In this study, we identify an actively regulated process that governs the rate of forgetting in Caenorhabditis elegans, modulated by both temperature and the mood-stabilizing...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Our🥶COOLNESS paper to date is finally published! Ice cold and lithium dramatically delay forgetting (extend memory) in C. elegans. Why? read all about it! 👇
rdcu.be/eVhn2
rdcu.be/eVhn2
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This is exactly right - if it's already at the stage where Vought is tweeting out the hit, no downside to pushing back. Every climate journalist or science organizer in the country has a job to do tonight. Someone at NSF has to carry this order out, and it can very much be gummed up if not stopped
I know we're getting used to the destruction but this one put my jaw on the floor. Very much hoping - for all of us but most immediately for our NCAR/UCAR colleagues - this can be avoided with enough pushback.
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is exactly right - if it's already at the stage where Vought is tweeting out the hit, no downside to pushing back. Every climate journalist or science organizer in the country has a job to do tonight. Someone at NSF has to carry this order out, and it can very much be gummed up if not stopped
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Another insane move from the Trump regime.
One of NCAR's contributions to climate science is the development of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), which is used by researchers worldwide. Here's a simulation of air-sea CO₂ fluxes from CESM.
One of NCAR's contributions to climate science is the development of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), which is used by researchers worldwide. Here's a simulation of air-sea CO₂ fluxes from CESM.
December 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Another insane move from the Trump regime.
One of NCAR's contributions to climate science is the development of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), which is used by researchers worldwide. Here's a simulation of air-sea CO₂ fluxes from CESM.
One of NCAR's contributions to climate science is the development of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), which is used by researchers worldwide. Here's a simulation of air-sea CO₂ fluxes from CESM.
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“The influenza season has begun roughly four weeks earlier than in previous seasons. At least 27 of the 38 countries in the WHO European Region reporting data are now seeing high or very high influenza activity.”
@whoeurope.bsky.social warning of an intense, early flu season
#IDsky 🧪
@whoeurope.bsky.social warning of an intense, early flu season
#IDsky 🧪
More than half of the WHO European Region experiencing intense, early influenza season driven by new strain
Copenhagen, 17 December 2025
Influenza is sweeping across the European Region earlier than
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December 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“The influenza season has begun roughly four weeks earlier than in previous seasons. At least 27 of the 38 countries in the WHO European Region reporting data are now seeing high or very high influenza activity.”
@whoeurope.bsky.social warning of an intense, early flu season
#IDsky 🧪
@whoeurope.bsky.social warning of an intense, early flu season
#IDsky 🧪
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Stand Up For Science! on Instagram: "We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into...
Join Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as he clarifies his stance on MAHA scientific inquiry and vaccine effectiveness. In this engaging interview, he shares his thoughts on vaccine safety and the importance of sc...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Turned to a random page in this biography of Maurice Hilleman and look what I found
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Turned to a random page in this biography of Maurice Hilleman and look what I found
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Confused by all the histones that are cropping up in organisms that are decidedly NOT eukaryotes? check out our review - fantastic work by team NucEvo in the #Lugerlab
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Confused by all the histones that are cropping up in organisms that are decidedly NOT eukaryotes? check out our review - fantastic work by team NucEvo in the #Lugerlab
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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I remember talking ~shingles in class and thinking, “I could probably handle the pain”…
In my 40s, shingles emerged in my hairline and spread across my face.
I’m here to tell you, it hurt like a mother&^%er, and that was before it spread to my eye.
People can go blind from it.
Get the vaccine.
In my 40s, shingles emerged in my hairline and spread across my face.
I’m here to tell you, it hurt like a mother&^%er, and that was before it spread to my eye.
People can go blind from it.
Get the vaccine.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I remember talking ~shingles in class and thinking, “I could probably handle the pain”…
In my 40s, shingles emerged in my hairline and spread across my face.
I’m here to tell you, it hurt like a mother&^%er, and that was before it spread to my eye.
People can go blind from it.
Get the vaccine.
In my 40s, shingles emerged in my hairline and spread across my face.
I’m here to tell you, it hurt like a mother&^%er, and that was before it spread to my eye.
People can go blind from it.
Get the vaccine.
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Vaccines are good for you.
A common vaccine meant to ward off shingles may be doing something even more extraordinary: protecting the brain.
Shingles vaccine may actually slow down dementia, study finds
Research has shown that the vaccine may reduce dementia risk. Now a study has found that vaccinated individuals are almost 30 percent less likely to die of dementia.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Vaccines are good for you.
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We love Gingkos. This is a fun explainer about why they drop all their leaves at once. I have been watching UNC's Davie Hall tree for several years--this year the leaf drop was early this week!
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113K views · 1.8K reactions | Why do ginkgo trees drop all their leaves at once? And what does UNH’s iconic James Hall ginkgo tell us about how frost is coming later in the fall?
Serita Frey, a profe...
Why do ginkgo trees drop all their leaves at once? And what does UNH’s iconic James Hall ginkgo tell us about how frost is coming later in the fall?
Serita Frey, a professor of natural resources,...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We love Gingkos. This is a fun explainer about why they drop all their leaves at once. I have been watching UNC's Davie Hall tree for several years--this year the leaf drop was early this week!
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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Since 2005, the number of wild and domesticated birds H5N1 has killed is greater than the combined human populations of the U.S. and Russia. On this week's episode, why this version of avian influenza won’t go away. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Since 2005, the number of wild and domesticated birds H5N1 has killed is greater than the combined human populations of the U.S. and Russia. On this week's episode, why this version of avian influenza won’t go away. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
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This seems like a crazy important story that is getting very little coverage here - especially if it destabilizes the regime
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This seems like a crazy important story that is getting very little coverage here - especially if it destabilizes the regime
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The official CDC website on autism and vaccines is now a screed of cherry-picked data and conspiratorial thinking claiming that actually vaccines *might* cause autism.
This is where we’re at folks…
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This is where we’re at folks…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The official CDC website on autism and vaccines is now a screed of cherry-picked data and conspiratorial thinking claiming that actually vaccines *might* cause autism.
This is where we’re at folks…
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This is where we’re at folks…
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