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Studying viruses at Indiana University.
Enjoying non-science life as well.
Enjoying non-science life as well.
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“At the age of 23, before she'd even earned her PhD, Carol Greider made the discovery that would earn her the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Along with her supervisor and co-laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, she discovered the enzyme telomerase…”
Along with her supervisor and co-laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, she discovered the enzyme telomerase…”
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“At the age of 23, before she'd even earned her PhD, Carol Greider made the discovery that would earn her the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Along with her supervisor and co-laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, she discovered the enzyme telomerase…”
Along with her supervisor and co-laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, she discovered the enzyme telomerase…”
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A nice article about someone who has become a good friend - did a Master’s with someone I know in Germany, a PhD with another friend from UK, bounce around the same conferences, coathored 2 reviews - explaining her very cool work. www.the-scientist.com/plant-viruse...
Plant Viruses: The Unsung Heroes That Deliver Drugs and Destroy Tumors
Nicole Steinmetz engineers plant virus nanoparticles into versatile drug-delivery platforms. This work expanded into cancer vaccines and immunotherapy.
www.the-scientist.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
A nice article about someone who has become a good friend - did a Master’s with someone I know in Germany, a PhD with another friend from UK, bounce around the same conferences, coathored 2 reviews - explaining her very cool work. www.the-scientist.com/plant-viruse...
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Not all West Nile virus lineages behave alike: vector competence and minimum infectious dose differences between lineages 1 and 2 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.03.700853v1
February 4, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Not all West Nile virus lineages behave alike: vector competence and minimum infectious dose differences between lineages 1 and 2 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.03.700853v1
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
February 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
Full job description is linked below.
Come join us on the Palouse!
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I share this often because we easily forget
Reality is very different from Equality, Equity and Justice
Equality is different from Equity
Equity is different from Justice
We should aspire to justice for all
I like to describe myself as someone who stands for justice in all of its iterations
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Reality is very different from Equality, Equity and Justice
Equality is different from Equity
Equity is different from Justice
We should aspire to justice for all
I like to describe myself as someone who stands for justice in all of its iterations
❤️💙🧡
February 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I share this often because we easily forget
Reality is very different from Equality, Equity and Justice
Equality is different from Equity
Equity is different from Justice
We should aspire to justice for all
I like to describe myself as someone who stands for justice in all of its iterations
❤️💙🧡
Reality is very different from Equality, Equity and Justice
Equality is different from Equity
Equity is different from Justice
We should aspire to justice for all
I like to describe myself as someone who stands for justice in all of its iterations
❤️💙🧡
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🚨ABSTRACT DEADLINE FEBRUARY 2🚨
🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨
Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26
Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards
www.asv.org/abstract-sub...
www.asv.org/travel-awards
🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨
Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26
Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards
www.asv.org/abstract-sub...
www.asv.org/travel-awards
a black cat is using an apple laptop with the words deadline is coming written below it
Alt: a black cat is using an apple laptop with the words deadline is coming written below it
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January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
🚨ABSTRACT DEADLINE FEBRUARY 2🚨
🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨
Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26
Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards
www.asv.org/abstract-sub...
www.asv.org/travel-awards
🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨
Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26
Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards
www.asv.org/abstract-sub...
www.asv.org/travel-awards
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FoldMason is out now in @science.org. It generates accurate multiple structure alignments for thousands of protein structures in seconds. Great work by Cameron L. M. Gilchrist and @milot.bsky.social.
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
💾 github.com/steineggerla...
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
💾 github.com/steineggerla...
Multiple protein structure alignment at scale with FoldMason
Protein structure is conserved beyond sequence, making multiple structural alignment (MSTA) essential for analyzing distantly related proteins. Computational prediction methods have vastly extended ou...
www.science.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:11 AM
FoldMason is out now in @science.org. It generates accurate multiple structure alignments for thousands of protein structures in seconds. Great work by Cameron L. M. Gilchrist and @milot.bsky.social.
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
💾 github.com/steineggerla...
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
💾 github.com/steineggerla...
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Abstract submissions are now open for the 4th International Meeting on Arboviruses and their Vectors! Share your work on hosts & vectors, control/prevention, ecology & evolution. Talks & posters selected from abstracts.
Submit now:
https://microb.io/IMAV26abstracts
Submit now:
https://microb.io/IMAV26abstracts
January 29, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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The ability of alphavirus replicases to synthesize non-viral type I interferon-inducing RNAs correlates with viral RNA synthesis and has a diverse impact on virus replication and pathogenicity journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The ability of alphavirus replicases to synthesize non-viral type I interferon-inducing RNAs correlates with viral RNA synthesis and has a diverse impact on virus replication and pathogenicity | Journ...
Alphaviruses are important mosquito-borne emerging pathogens. Their ability to interact
with cellular defenses, including type I IFN, is crucial for infection. Here, we found
that alphavirus replicase...
journals.asm.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The ability of alphavirus replicases to synthesize non-viral type I interferon-inducing RNAs correlates with viral RNA synthesis and has a diverse impact on virus replication and pathogenicity journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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A prophage-encoded abortive infection protein preserves host and prophage spread www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A prophage-encoded abortive infection protein preserves host and prophage spread - Nature
A Gifsy-1 prophage–encoded higher eukaryotes and prokaryotes nucleotide-binding protein, HepS, senses Siphoviridae infection, activates abortive defence by cleaving host transfer RNAs, blocks rival ph...
www.nature.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
A prophage-encoded abortive infection protein preserves host and prophage spread www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The names of 72 female scientists will be added to the Eiffel Tower, to accompany those of 72 male scientists that are already engraved there tinyurl.com/e2satnyp
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January 28, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The names of 72 female scientists will be added to the Eiffel Tower, to accompany those of 72 male scientists that are already engraved there tinyurl.com/e2satnyp
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Now out in Nature! We visualize infection of the RNA virus RSV in real-time with single-vRNP resolution to understand how RSV establishes viral factories, biomolecular condensates that act as sites of viral replication. A huge collaborative effort led by Dhanushika Ratnayake!
rdcu.be/e1bBW
rdcu.be/e1bBW
Pre-assembly of biomolecular condensate seeds drives RSV replication
Nature - Viral ribonucleoprotein–viral protein networks form pre-replication centres that nucleate viral factories and drive respiratory syncytial virus replication.
rdcu.be
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Now out in Nature! We visualize infection of the RNA virus RSV in real-time with single-vRNP resolution to understand how RSV establishes viral factories, biomolecular condensates that act as sites of viral replication. A huge collaborative effort led by Dhanushika Ratnayake!
rdcu.be/e1bBW
rdcu.be/e1bBW
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Biochemist/molecular biologist Joan Steitz was born #OTD in 1941.
She (& team) figured out how our cells read/use genetic instructions to make proteins. A key person who helped crack the code on RNA—the molecule that acts like a messenger between DNA & and the proteins our bodies need. #WomenInSTEM
She (& team) figured out how our cells read/use genetic instructions to make proteins. A key person who helped crack the code on RNA—the molecule that acts like a messenger between DNA & and the proteins our bodies need. #WomenInSTEM
January 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Biochemist/molecular biologist Joan Steitz was born #OTD in 1941.
She (& team) figured out how our cells read/use genetic instructions to make proteins. A key person who helped crack the code on RNA—the molecule that acts like a messenger between DNA & and the proteins our bodies need. #WomenInSTEM
She (& team) figured out how our cells read/use genetic instructions to make proteins. A key person who helped crack the code on RNA—the molecule that acts like a messenger between DNA & and the proteins our bodies need. #WomenInSTEM
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Crown shyness. Pretty Zen, no? Stare. Lose yourself. Come back though.
January 23, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Crown shyness. Pretty Zen, no? Stare. Lose yourself. Come back though.
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Cryo-electron tomography reveals coupled flavivirus replication, budding and maturation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cryo-electron tomography reveals coupled flavivirus replication, budding and maturation - Nature Communications
In this study, Dahmane et al use a method called cryo-electron tomography to uncover new details of how tick-borne flaviviruses transform cells into virus factories.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Cryo-electron tomography reveals coupled flavivirus replication, budding and maturation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I’m excited to recruit a postdoc to join my lab at NIAID (Rocky Mountain Labs). We study mucosal immunity and vaccine responses to respiratory viruses in a collaborative, supportive environment.
Details & apply: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-miv...
#Postdoc #Immunology #Virology #NIHJobs
Details & apply: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-miv...
#Postdoc #Immunology #Virology #NIHJobs
www.training.nih.gov
January 24, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I’m excited to recruit a postdoc to join my lab at NIAID (Rocky Mountain Labs). We study mucosal immunity and vaccine responses to respiratory viruses in a collaborative, supportive environment.
Details & apply: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-miv...
#Postdoc #Immunology #Virology #NIHJobs
Details & apply: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-miv...
#Postdoc #Immunology #Virology #NIHJobs
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I am super happy to share this paper in its final form. We used FIB milling to "dig in to" cell lines and mouse brains infected with tick-borne flaviviruses, followed by cryo-ET to study the virus replication. It's open access, so have a look!
#virology #teamtomo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#virology #teamtomo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cryo-electron tomography reveals coupled flavivirus replication, budding and maturation - Nature Communications
In this study, Dahmane et al use a method called cryo-electron tomography to uncover new details of how tick-borne flaviviruses transform cells into virus factories.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I am super happy to share this paper in its final form. We used FIB milling to "dig in to" cell lines and mouse brains infected with tick-borne flaviviruses, followed by cryo-ET to study the virus replication. It's open access, so have a look!
#virology #teamtomo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#virology #teamtomo
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Absolutely terrible.
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Absolutely terrible.
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Excited to share: We show that basal IFNλ2/3 signaling helps human intestinal epithelial cells stay ready for viral infections, even before an acute infection. A reminder that a lot of innate immune defense happens quietly in the background. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Basal IFNλ2/3 signaling is required for ISG expression and viral control in human intestinal epithelial cells
Author summary Interferon-lambdas (IFNλs) are antiviral molecules that help protect the surfaces of our body, such as the gut and lungs, from infection. While IFNλs are best known for being produced d...
journals.plos.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Excited to share: We show that basal IFNλ2/3 signaling helps human intestinal epithelial cells stay ready for viral infections, even before an acute infection. A reminder that a lot of innate immune defense happens quietly in the background. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Join us in congratulating Philip J. Kranzusch (@kranzuschlab.bsky.social) of @danafarber.bsky.social and @harvardmed.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 NAS Award in Molecular Biology for his groundbreaking work advancing understanding of innate immunity! www.nasonline.org/award/nas-aw... #NASaward
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Join us in congratulating Philip J. Kranzusch (@kranzuschlab.bsky.social) of @danafarber.bsky.social and @harvardmed.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 NAS Award in Molecular Biology for his groundbreaking work advancing understanding of innate immunity! www.nasonline.org/award/nas-aw... #NASaward
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How do viral proteins reshape the metabolic milieu of host cells during infections? This #JVirology review offers mechanistic insights, which may reveal novel therapeutic targets. Read the article: asm.social/2Ml
January 21, 2026 at 7:54 PM
How do viral proteins reshape the metabolic milieu of host cells during infections? This #JVirology review offers mechanistic insights, which may reveal novel therapeutic targets. Read the article: asm.social/2Ml
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Congratulations to IU Biology Professor Clay Fuqua and his research team, who have been funded for a four-year project via an R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health.
Learn more: go.iu.edu/8wNy @fuquaclay.bsky.social
Learn more: go.iu.edu/8wNy @fuquaclay.bsky.social
IU biologist leads NIH-funded study on bacterial biofilm regulation
IU Bloomington Department of Biology News: IU biologist leads NIH-funded study on bacterial biofilm regulation
go.iu.edu
January 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Congratulations to IU Biology Professor Clay Fuqua and his research team, who have been funded for a four-year project via an R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health.
Learn more: go.iu.edu/8wNy @fuquaclay.bsky.social
Learn more: go.iu.edu/8wNy @fuquaclay.bsky.social
Love it!!
THE Indiana University
January 20, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Love it!!
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#Virology
Herpesviruses exploit a cellular membrane protein, once thought to transport chloride, to escape the nucleus by tapping into an ancient membrane fusion process
Herpesviruses exploit a cellular membrane protein, once thought to transport chloride, to escape the nucleus by tapping into an ancient membrane fusion process
ER protein CLCC1 promotes nuclear envelope fusion in herpesviral and host processes - Nature Communications
Herpesvirales utilize a unique nuclear egress route for capsid export. Here the authors show that herpesviruses exploit a cellular membrane protein, once thought to transport chloride, to facilitate membrane fusion and egress from the nucleus.
dlvr.it
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
#Virology
Herpesviruses exploit a cellular membrane protein, once thought to transport chloride, to escape the nucleus by tapping into an ancient membrane fusion process
Herpesviruses exploit a cellular membrane protein, once thought to transport chloride, to escape the nucleus by tapping into an ancient membrane fusion process