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Principal investigator studying virus-associated cancers with a focus on virus-induced mutations and structural variants | Opinions are my own

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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Nov 17

Great to see so much activity from the science community here! Now feels like a good time to (re)introduce myself. I am an investigator at the National Cancer Institute. I mostly study how polyomaviruses can cause cancer through integration and somatic mutagenesis. I dabble with virus discovery.

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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Mar 10

Also apologies to anyone that has tried to DM me, I didn't realize I had them locked down. Everything should be good now.

Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Mar 10

FYI, she has an MPH in general epidemiology from Michigan. She worked with my group for a little under two years as an intern, contractor, and biologist.

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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Mar 10

Potentially

Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Mar 10

DC, Maryland, Virginia area

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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Andy Pekosz @andrewpekosz.bsky.social · Mar 2

A massive loss to the virology community. Ann was an amazing scientist and mentor, whose service to UW and the virology community in general will be sorely missed.
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Ann Carol Palmenberg, Ph.D Obituary February 20, 2025 - Cress Funeral and Cremation Services

View Ann Carol Palmenberg, Ph.D's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · Jan 14

Yes, they can hallucinate papers that don't exist, discuss results that seem to be imaginary, and can be confusing and inconsistent. But talking to tenured professors may still be helpful

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Nicolas Robine @nicorobine.bsky.social · Jan 3

Ou en versant espagnolisant “GOL FC”

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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · Dec 18

They can all be downloaded from here: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl..., except for...

Virus Snowflakes — CVR Engagement

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Bryan White, MS Bio, MPH 🧬 @crvscience.com · Dec 18

"But evolution has no finish line. There is no end goal, no final state. Organisms evolve by natural selection acting at a specific geologic moment, or..."

This is a great quote - especially for those of us trained in evolutionary biology.

From Jacob Suissa, phys.org/news/2024-12...

🧪 #EvoSky

The evolution of reproductive leaf dimorphism in two globally distributed fern families is neither stepwise nor irreversible, unless further specialization evolves

Abstract. A contemporary interpretation of Dollo’s Law states that the evolution of a specialized structure is irreversible. Among land plants, reproductiv

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Mart Krupovic @mkrupovic.bsky.social · Dec 13

Who would have thought that #dolphins (short-finned pilot whale, killer whale, false killer whale and pantropical spotted dolphin) host #anelloviruses with the most complex, extravagantly large capsid proteins? Collab. with the Varsani (@viralnomad.bsky.social) team journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · Dec 8

This is exhausting and a waste of time and money. The vaccine/autism connection has been tested & found lacking, whether for MMR, thimerosal, aluminum, "too many too soon" & more. This just further stigmatizes autism & casts doubt on vaccines (which is the point).

Trump says RFK Jr. will investigate the discredited link between vaccines and autism: ‘Somebody has to find out’

Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition. Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe.

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Ed Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · Dec 13

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which lurk in dark corners and stalk us in the bodies of rats, mice and all kinds of domestic animals; which fly and crawl with the insects, and waylay us in our food and drink and even in our love."

-Hans Zinsser, `Rats, Lice and History' (1934) [courtesy Alison Jacobson, 1984]

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Ed Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · Dec 13

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...About the only sporting proposition that remains unimpaired by the relentless domestication of a once free-living human species is the war against those ferocious little fellow creatures,

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Ed Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · Dec 13

An apt quote for these times:

"Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the lance grows rusty in the chimney corner...

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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Dec 13

This is a war crime

Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Dec 5

Sad that my grad school Google workspace account will be deactivated in two days. Glad that I managed to back up all 500GB of data on there despite not being allowed to use takeout or any other tool to do so.

Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Dec 3

Aww, yeah

Bluesky @bsky.app · Dec 3

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Dec 3

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.

A Place of Joy.

Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Nov 28

Stuffing too

Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Nov 28

Happy thanksgiving! As is my holiday tradition, I made too much food for two adults and a baby:

• Roast chicken
• Penne with ground turkey marinara
• Mashed potatoes and gravy
• Green bean casserole
• Pan fried yellow squash
• Fresh cranberry sauce
• Pumpkin cheesecake

I need to lie down.

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JAMA @jama.com · Nov 28

Cervical cancer mortality in US women younger than 25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination.

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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Nov 27

This is our golden retriever, Mia. She's 13 years old. My wife and I rescued her when she was 8 on New Year's of 2019. She's a retired breeding dog and is absolutely amazing.

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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Nov 27

Much appreciated!

Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · Nov 27

Does anyone have any good pick-me-up feed recommendations (cute animals or the like)? My dog is getting chemotherapy today and I need some light hearted distraction.

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Karim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social · Nov 26

Virus-modified paraspeckle-like condensates are hubs for viral RNA processing and their formation drives genomic instability - Nature Communications

KSHV modifies paraspeckles during its lytic replication cycle. They enhance virus replication by functioning as hubs for viral RNA processing and their modification is implicated in virus-mediated gen...

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