After a brief memorial, laz lit the cigarette at 11:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons has begun. #BM100

Happy #caturday from two idiots who can go from fisticuffs to this in under a minute

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

My first first-author paper is out! If you are curious about how alternative splicing fine-tunes the antiviral specificity of IFITMs in horseshoe bats, make this the last paper you will read in 2024⬇️

Collab with Dr Sara Clohisey (genomics/mice), Prof Neil Mabbott (immunology) and @glover-lab.bsky.social (development)

My lab is advertising just one PhD studentship this year, investigating the consequences of maternal infection for foetus. Please see link for more info!:

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Happy #caturday! Her Xmas came early

Ahh you’re right it’s so good to be back punning again! Musk is such a tat

Surprised with your expertise in HIV you’re not making a gag about that

Time flies when you’re having pun 🤪

Stunning: 58 new #H5N1 #birdflu infected herds in California confirmed by #USDA today.
The US dairy industry needs to have a long think about biosecurity. If H5 killed cows, the industry would be sunk. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

I am looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join my lab to work on the role of HIV-1 accessory proteins in the pathogenesis of HIV/AIDS and viral latency.

Please contact me informally or ‘re-sky’ to anyone you think may be interested. Closing Dec 10th

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV639/p...

Hope so 😝

As in there are three of us now, adults included 😅

Sneak preview results of latest project in collab with @glover-lab.bsky.social !

According to CDC's wastewater program, almost all wastewater sample sites in California, from San Diego in the south to Redding in the north, have tested positive for H5 bird flu.

The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. A remarkable achievement.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

⚠️ BREAKING:

H5N1 bird flu found in second lot of raw milk sold in California, according to California Department of Public Health.

Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list!

go.bsky.app/SinqoJU