Nate Sherer
@natesherer.bsky.social
University of Wisconsin-Madison McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and Institute for Molecular Virology. Viruses and cells. Opinions my own.
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We are excited to announce a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Computational Biophysics and Biochemistry, exploring the intricate molecular and cellular processes and the complex interactions of their macromolecular components!
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November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We are excited to announce a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Computational Biophysics and Biochemistry, exploring the intricate molecular and cellular processes and the complex interactions of their macromolecular components!
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Anyone else getting grant termination notices for gain-of-function concerns at 5pm two days before thanksgiving?
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Anyone else getting grant termination notices for gain-of-function concerns at 5pm two days before thanksgiving?
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NIH FY26 might be worse than FY25.
We have a CR and the NIH still citing the presidents budget request, an unofficial multi year funding mandate, apparently no paylines, IC leadership turnover, continued OMB/Vought interference, more shutdowns likely
This is a recipe for total paralysis.
We have a CR and the NIH still citing the presidents budget request, an unofficial multi year funding mandate, apparently no paylines, IC leadership turnover, continued OMB/Vought interference, more shutdowns likely
This is a recipe for total paralysis.
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NIH FY26 might be worse than FY25.
We have a CR and the NIH still citing the presidents budget request, an unofficial multi year funding mandate, apparently no paylines, IC leadership turnover, continued OMB/Vought interference, more shutdowns likely
This is a recipe for total paralysis.
We have a CR and the NIH still citing the presidents budget request, an unofficial multi year funding mandate, apparently no paylines, IC leadership turnover, continued OMB/Vought interference, more shutdowns likely
This is a recipe for total paralysis.
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A lot of the transformational advances in HIV science — Truvada PrEP, Treatment as prevention (HPTN 052), U=U, lenacapavir PrEP etc. happened under Carl's watch. A kind and generous person to boot. Huge loss.
As @gregggonsalves.bsky.social said, here is the main winner in the forced departure of Carl Dieffenbach.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A lot of the transformational advances in HIV science — Truvada PrEP, Treatment as prevention (HPTN 052), U=U, lenacapavir PrEP etc. happened under Carl's watch. A kind and generous person to boot. Huge loss.
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As someone who has worked in HIV for 35+ years, I can tell you Carl is a consummate scientific leader. We’ve been lucky to have him at head of DAIDS. The only thing that wins here is the virus.
Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
As someone who has worked in HIV for 35+ years, I can tell you Carl is a consummate scientific leader. We’ve been lucky to have him at head of DAIDS. The only thing that wins here is the virus.
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What should we expect this flu season?
Here’s a forecast from a wastewater perspective (because sh*t don’t lie)
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Here’s a forecast from a wastewater perspective (because sh*t don’t lie)
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November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
What should we expect this flu season?
Here’s a forecast from a wastewater perspective (because sh*t don’t lie)
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Here’s a forecast from a wastewater perspective (because sh*t don’t lie)
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Sharing this important article... for no reason whatsoever.
"We must also continue to deepen and refine our understanding of fundamental biological processes because these details frequently hold the keys to major advances in applied research."
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
"We must also continue to deepen and refine our understanding of fundamental biological processes because these details frequently hold the keys to major advances in applied research."
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Sharing this important article... for no reason whatsoever.
"We must also continue to deepen and refine our understanding of fundamental biological processes because these details frequently hold the keys to major advances in applied research."
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
"We must also continue to deepen and refine our understanding of fundamental biological processes because these details frequently hold the keys to major advances in applied research."
elifesciences.org/articles/102...
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Come be our colleague! We are looking for a tenure track cell / molecular biologist with focus on biochemical sciences. Strong bio department, lovely rural communities and living among the redwoods! Ask me questions !
careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...
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Tenure Track Faculty - Department of Biological Sciences (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
Cal Poly Humboldt and the Department of Biological Sciences invites applicants for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position with an emphasis in Cellular and Molecular Biology with a f...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Come be our colleague! We are looking for a tenure track cell / molecular biologist with focus on biochemical sciences. Strong bio department, lovely rural communities and living among the redwoods! Ask me questions !
careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...
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This is a very sad day for public health and evidence-based science in general.
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is a very sad day for public health and evidence-based science in general.
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Our newest #WisconsinIngenuity essay explores how @uwmadison.bsky.social and Stellenbosch University are co-creating solutions to urgent challenges, from epidemic surveillance to sustainable materials. #WARF100 @uwbiochem.bsky.social
Science without borders: How Wisconsin and Stellenbosch are redefining collaboration
The most urgent scientific questions of our time—from global health to climate resilience—cross every border. They demand collaborations that unite different strengths, perspectives and environments.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Our newest #WisconsinIngenuity essay explores how @uwmadison.bsky.social and Stellenbosch University are co-creating solutions to urgent challenges, from epidemic surveillance to sustainable materials. #WARF100 @uwbiochem.bsky.social
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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Remembering Linda D. Scott, A UW–Madison School of Nursing tribute: nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...
Remembering Linda D. Scott
Dean Emerit Linda D. Scott, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FADLN FNAP, FAAN, who served as the eighth dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing and was a nationally recognized leader in nursing ...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Remembering Linda D. Scott, A UW–Madison School of Nursing tribute: nursing.wisc.edu/remembering-...
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it’s that time of year again… the virus snowflakes are back! 😊
If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
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Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
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November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
it’s that time of year again… the virus snowflakes are back! 😊
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Merck is accepting applications for its 2026 Future Talent Program - these are internships and co-ops in a variety of areas including drug discovery, vaccines, clinical trials, biostatistics, epidemiology, HEOR, data science, regulatory affairs, and more
#chemsky 🧪⚗️
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September 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Merck is accepting applications for its 2026 Future Talent Program - these are internships and co-ops in a variety of areas including drug discovery, vaccines, clinical trials, biostatistics, epidemiology, HEOR, data science, regulatory affairs, and more
#chemsky 🧪⚗️
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From MBoC… Dorothy Lerit (Emory University) shows how cells choreograph RNA delivery to their division centers—keeping the process of cell division precise and on time.
🔗 www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
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November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
From MBoC… Dorothy Lerit (Emory University) shows how cells choreograph RNA delivery to their division centers—keeping the process of cell division precise and on time.
🔗 www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10....
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Hooray for Aussie!
Aussie Suzuki focuses on kinetochore functions in faithful chromosome segregation to study how the loss of kinetochore integrity causes cancer. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @mcardlelab.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/ip_aussiesuzuki/
November 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hooray for Aussie!
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Notes on NIH matters as the government opens up again drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/n...
Notes on NIH matters as the government opens up again
A tweet from someone apparently positioned to know claimed the damage totals from the government shutdown amounted to 379 study sections postponed, within which 24,380 NIH grant applications were s…
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November 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Notes on NIH matters as the government opens up again drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/n...
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My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, broadly defined. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, broadly defined. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have.
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Really great initiative by the Journal of Virology and @asm.org — the “New Voices in Virology” feature highlights an excellent group of early-career virologists. journals.asm.org/journal/jvi/... #virology
New Voices in Virology
Annual competition for early-career virologists to publish a minireview in JVI. Their minireviews will be peer reviewed & published in a collection.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Really great initiative by the Journal of Virology and @asm.org — the “New Voices in Virology” feature highlights an excellent group of early-career virologists. journals.asm.org/journal/jvi/... #virology
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📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project.
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Miguel Montez) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Wellcome Trust project led by Dr Miguel Montez and hosted within the Dodd Group at the John Innes Centre.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project.
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
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it was a pleasure to write this spotlight article. Many questions remain about sensing of missegregated DNA by NoCut, but the @longchrom.bsky.social lab makes exciting progress. They put the helicases Srs2/PARI in the picture, suggesting new mechanisms for genome protection.
Spotlight: @juanmartin-serrano.bsky.social highlights work from Dam, Moreno, Brownlow, @longchrom.bsky.social et al. (rupress.org/jcb/article/...), which reveals how Srs2/PARI act as a missegregated chromatin sensor for NoCut, delaying cytokinetic abscission. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Cytokinesis
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November 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
it was a pleasure to write this spotlight article. Many questions remain about sensing of missegregated DNA by NoCut, but the @longchrom.bsky.social lab makes exciting progress. They put the helicases Srs2/PARI in the picture, suggesting new mechanisms for genome protection.
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Excited to host my friend and colleague, Dr. Amanda Dudek from the University of Iowa, for a seminar today at noon. She is an expert at AAV gene editing, which she has recently been using to understand HIV infection.
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Excited to host my friend and colleague, Dr. Amanda Dudek from the University of Iowa, for a seminar today at noon. She is an expert at AAV gene editing, which she has recently been using to understand HIV infection.
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Yet another mechanism to hurt scientific research progress in the U.S.
The eds-and-meds economy that reshaped Pittsburgh after the collapse of steelmaking relies on skilled H-1B visa holders.
The administration’s disruption of these visas pose challenges for Pitt, the area’s largest employer of H-1B workers, and many others
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The administration’s disruption of these visas pose challenges for Pitt, the area’s largest employer of H-1B workers, and many others
www.publicsource.org/h1b-visa-app...
Trump change in visa fee could curb hiring by Pitt, BNY, UPMC and others
A new $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications may deter hires of international talent, and could discourage skilled foreign workers from staying here.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Yet another mechanism to hurt scientific research progress in the U.S.
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We are looking to recruit a Ph.D. student to start in Q1 2026 for an exciting new project that is part of the newly funded SynthImmune Cluster of Excellence. Are you interested in the intersection of virology and immunology? Please see the attached info and apply at application.synthimmune.de.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We are looking to recruit a Ph.D. student to start in Q1 2026 for an exciting new project that is part of the newly funded SynthImmune Cluster of Excellence. Are you interested in the intersection of virology and immunology? Please see the attached info and apply at application.synthimmune.de.