The Ott Lab
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Melanie Ott's lab @ Gladstone Institutes studying host-viral pathogen interactions. Posts from lab members. Reposts are not endorsements.
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💉🧬 We're kicking off National Immunization Awareness Month with our faculty spotlight, Dr. Melanie Ott! Head to our Instagram to hear her take on how immunizations keep us safe—and how you can help to keep vaccines accessible for all: www.instagram.com/reel/DM_A9Sc...

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Portrait cutout of Dr. Melanie Ott with her name and credentials above the image. Text to the left of this reads “Faculty Spotlight.” The ImmunoX logo is in the top left corner on an indigo-purple background with two multicolored circles along the right side. Connect with Dr. Ott:

Website: https://ottlab.gladstone.org/
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Congratulations Fran! @franzapatero.bsky.social
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Meet amfAR’s 2025 Mathilde Krim Fellows: Drs. Hastie, King, Ou & Zapatero Belinchon. As HIV research faces steep NIH cuts, amfAR is proud to back these bold young scientists and their innovative ideas. Learn more: www.amfar.org/news/new-amf...
amfAR Awards Boost Aspiring HIV Researchers
At a critical time for funding, amfAR awards four Mathilde Krim fellowships to early-career researchers studying innovative strategies to cure HIV.
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We are delighted that we could help with this work. Check it out here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lEffL7PXu...
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🎧 Listen to this podcast featuring virologist Melanie Ott. Ott discusses how measles works and the way it breaks into our body to make us sick.
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How does measles make us sick?
And the damage left in its wake...
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Thank you to everyone who attended the HIV Mini-Symposium on March 13th!

Our next Mini-Symposium will be September 23, 2025 titled 'Viral Landscapes: How to Comprehensively Monitor Evolutionary Trajectories'. We hope to see you there!

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HIV Persistence: Where We Are Now and Where We Need to Go
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Did you know that viruses don’t just infect humans—they also target bacteria in our microbiome? These viruses, called phages, play a crucial role in shaping our health and could be the key to fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

In this short, @theottlab.bsky.social explains.
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At Gladstone, researchers are working toward curing HIV for good. Their work also sheds light on how viruses influence our long-term health. Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology explains why curing HIV remains a crucial scientific challenge.

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Gladstone recently hosted the German Center for Research and Innovation San Francisco for their Innovation Summit. The event addressed the challenge of sharing data across sectors, institutions, and borders, a key question for global health. Speakers included Melanie Ott (@theottlab.bsky.social)
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HIV research has led to breakthroughs in antiviral treatments & cancer therapies. amfAR’s Dr. Andrea Gramatica & Dr. Melanie Ott (@theottlab.bsky.social) discuss how investing in one virus drives medical innovation. www.amfar.org/news/shaping...
Shaping the Future of HIV
amfAR interviewed Gladstone Institutes’ Dr. Melanie Ott about her work on HIV, hepatitis C, and other viruses, and the promise of new technologies.
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Yesterday we hosted the German Consulate and the German Research Foundation for their Global Innovation Summit at @gladstoneinst.bsky.social Thank you to everyone involved!

Photos by © Barak Shrama
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Our CEO, Eric Verdin answered questions about the administration’s proposed budget cuts to the NIH at a hearing before the Senate Special Committee on Aging this afternoon. Hear his exchange with Angela Alsobrook D-MD here: youtu.be/XrhHldez1AI
Eric Verdin, MD, President of the Buck Institute in hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging
YouTube video by Buck Institute for Research on Aging
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Interesting bioRxiv preprint by a team around Charles Craik, Adam Renslo and @theottlab.bsky.social. Inhibitors for Mpro of coronaviruses based on a dihydrouracil chemotype and a propargyl amide warhead as reactive group to engage the catalytic cysteine. #chemsky #ChemBio www.biorxiv.org/cont...