Priya Shah
@whatthefugacity.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Joe & Essie Smith Endowed Chair at UC Davis, and dog lover. Integrates virology and engineering to study virus-host interactions in shahlab.ucdavis.edu
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Priya Shah
@whatthefugacity.bsky.social
· Jun 19
www.biorxiv.org
🚨PRE-PRINT ALERT🚨
We mapped yellow fever virus-host protein interactions and did cool stuff with the data! 🧵 1/n
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We mapped yellow fever virus-host protein interactions and did cool stuff with the data! 🧵 1/n
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Priya Shah
Happy 134th birthday to humans knowing that viruses exist! OTD in 1892 Dmitri Ivanovsky presented his evidence of a tobacco mosaic disease caused by filterable agents (not bacteria!). Martinus Beijerinck confirmed this independently in 1898. And voila, virology is born!
February 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Happy 134th birthday to humans knowing that viruses exist! OTD in 1892 Dmitri Ivanovsky presented his evidence of a tobacco mosaic disease caused by filterable agents (not bacteria!). Martinus Beijerinck confirmed this independently in 1898. And voila, virology is born!
Reposted by Priya Shah
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Excited to share that PNAS published our research article focused on "Why are Ralstonia goofy?"
Excited to share that PNAS published our research article focused on "Why are Ralstonia goofy?"
January 23, 2026 at 5:43 AM
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Excited to share that PNAS published our research article focused on "Why are Ralstonia goofy?"
Excited to share that PNAS published our research article focused on "Why are Ralstonia goofy?"
Reposted by Priya Shah
ASV 2026 Abstract Submission ✅
ASV 2026 Travel Award Application ✅
Stay tuned for details on the ASV 2026 Video Abstract Competition!
$1000 for first place!
$500 for second place!
$250 for third place!
ASV 2026 Travel Award Application ✅
Stay tuned for details on the ASV 2026 Video Abstract Competition!
$1000 for first place!
$500 for second place!
$250 for third place!
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
ASV 2026 Abstract Submission ✅
ASV 2026 Travel Award Application ✅
Stay tuned for details on the ASV 2026 Video Abstract Competition!
$1000 for first place!
$500 for second place!
$250 for third place!
ASV 2026 Travel Award Application ✅
Stay tuned for details on the ASV 2026 Video Abstract Competition!
$1000 for first place!
$500 for second place!
$250 for third place!
Reposted by Priya Shah
Trainees and Virology Instructors! Today is the last day to submit your travel award application for ASV 2026!
www.asv.org/travel-awards
www.asv.org/travel-awards
Travel Awards
www.asv.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Trainees and Virology Instructors! Today is the last day to submit your travel award application for ASV 2026!
www.asv.org/travel-awards
www.asv.org/travel-awards
Not only did my samples have DNA this time, I had a 90% success rate on cloning gRNAs! Onward!
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Not only did my samples have DNA this time, I had a 90% success rate on cloning gRNAs! Onward!
Reposted by Priya Shah
Reposted by Priya Shah
🚨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
media.tenor.com
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
Did you know that 9 year olds can get the HPV vaccine? I vaccinated my daughter early in December 2024 because…you know…idiots…
I’ll be vaccinating my son once he turns 9 (already got the appointment scheduled).
I’ll be vaccinating my son once he turns 9 (already got the appointment scheduled).
I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Did you know that 9 year olds can get the HPV vaccine? I vaccinated my daughter early in December 2024 because…you know…idiots…
I’ll be vaccinating my son once he turns 9 (already got the appointment scheduled).
I’ll be vaccinating my son once he turns 9 (already got the appointment scheduled).
Reposted by Priya Shah
I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
Reposted by Priya Shah
true friends remember the name of your *second* child
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
true friends remember the name of your *second* child
At the “I don’t want a career, I just want a job” stage of exhaustion and it’s not even February folks.
January 23, 2026 at 1:52 AM
At the “I don’t want a career, I just want a job” stage of exhaustion and it’s not even February folks.
I successfully setup a restriction digest and ran a gel. Would help if I had any DNA. Please still clap. #PIinthelab
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I successfully setup a restriction digest and ran a gel. Would help if I had any DNA. Please still clap. #PIinthelab
This is a hard read, but worth it if you think midterms are going to be a cakewalk.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump, the Economy, Immigration, Venezuela: 11 Republicans Discuss (Gift Article)
The group discusses the economy, immigration, President Trump’s recent actions in Venezuela and more.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
This is a hard read, but worth it if you think midterms are going to be a cakewalk.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Priya Shah
The American Society for Virology (ASV) is dedicated to advancing knowledge of viruses and the diseases they cause. ASV does not support the scaling back of the childhood vaccine schedule recently announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. See our statement attached.
January 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The American Society for Virology (ASV) is dedicated to advancing knowledge of viruses and the diseases they cause. ASV does not support the scaling back of the childhood vaccine schedule recently announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. See our statement attached.
Reposted by Priya Shah
Like the best satire, this takes a turn from the ridiculous to the sublime.
if you want a long read that involves udders, a hot air balloon, and some extremely dubious data on egg prices, the story I’ve been working on for the last few months where I tried to single-handedly take on every government function myself is now online! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Like the best satire, this takes a turn from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Reposted by Priya Shah
The scientific (bureaucratic) uncertainty over what constitutes gain of function research is going to stymie important research into pathogens, just as the US & Canada are poised for a dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases thanks to the ‘wisdom’ of non-scientists who have abandoned reason.
ANOTHER NIH leader resigns—John Beigel—over 'a flu study dustup'
A Beigel supporter within NIH "called the flu study dustup a 'pseudomanufactured concern' that was meant to force him out, so officials could bring in a researcher who has strongly supported Trump"🙄
www.science.org/content/arti...
A Beigel supporter within NIH "called the flu study dustup a 'pseudomanufactured concern' that was meant to force him out, so officials could bring in a researcher who has strongly supported Trump"🙄
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH official resigns after flap over risks of seasonal flu virus study
Agency may be expanding list of pathogens subject to dangerous “gain-of-function” regulations
www.science.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 AM
The scientific (bureaucratic) uncertainty over what constitutes gain of function research is going to stymie important research into pathogens, just as the US & Canada are poised for a dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases thanks to the ‘wisdom’ of non-scientists who have abandoned reason.
I have made an NIH Biosketch in ScienCV. Please clap.
January 9, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have made an NIH Biosketch in ScienCV. Please clap.
Reposted by Priya Shah
Thrilled to share the first major preprint from the lab. Viruses are classically viewed as targets of host sensing. Do viruses also sense and respond to the host? We propose viruses may act as “biosensors” of the host signaling state. A thread👇🏾 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Global Landscape of Human Kinase Motifs in Viral Proteomes
Viruses are classically viewed as targets of host sensing, yet whether they also sense and respond to host cues remains largely unexplored. We propose that host-driven post-translational modification ...
www.biorxiv.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thrilled to share the first major preprint from the lab. Viruses are classically viewed as targets of host sensing. Do viruses also sense and respond to the host? We propose viruses may act as “biosensors” of the host signaling state. A thread👇🏾 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
FUNDED! Always be pending, folks. Not an R01, but even small pots help right now.
Not discussed x2. That is a gut punch.
December 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
FUNDED! Always be pending, folks. Not an R01, but even small pots help right now.
Pro-tip: best way to get over a grant rejection(s) is to #alwaysbepending
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Pro-tip: best way to get over a grant rejection(s) is to #alwaysbepending
Not discussed x2. That is a gut punch.
December 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Not discussed x2. That is a gut punch.
Are you an early career researcher applying to faculty positions this cycle? My #1 piece of advice is to keep an open mind about what the right department looks like. You might be surprised.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
On professional mutualism: a blueprint for early-career virologists | Journal of Virology
As virologists, we are constantly studying symbiosis. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites and symbionts as a result. Symbiotic virus-host relationships can be antagonist, neutral, or mutualistic for the host (1). It is these mutualistic relationships that are perhaps the most curious. How can a virus, which uses cellular resources, benefit a host? It all depends on context and the right conditions for mutualism to emerge. However, we should not stop at understanding virus-host mutualism from a scientific perspective. We should also consider mutualistic symbiotic relationships in our careers. The right conditions for professional mutualism in virology may surprise you.
journals.asm.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Are you an early career researcher applying to faculty positions this cycle? My #1 piece of advice is to keep an open mind about what the right department looks like. You might be surprised.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Clearly the font of this administration is Comic Sans
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Clearly the font of this administration is Comic Sans