Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
@grampositivephd.bsky.social
PhD Student in @brucelab.bsky.social 🦠 | UVM CMB
| Medical Laboratory Scientist | Microbiology |🍸 | Opinions are my own
| Medical Laboratory Scientist | Microbiology |🍸 | Opinions are my own
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
We are in the worst flu season in over a decade. Children have died. Hospitals are filled with people sick from flu.
13 million fewer Americans have taken the flu shot this season compared to last year.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
13 million fewer Americans have taken the flu shot this season compared to last year.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr. says it may be "better" if fewer children receive the flu vaccine
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed there is "no scientific evidence" the flu vaccine prevents hospitalizations or death in children, despite previous CDC guidance.
www.cbsnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
We are in the worst flu season in over a decade. Children have died. Hospitals are filled with people sick from flu.
13 million fewer Americans have taken the flu shot this season compared to last year.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
13 million fewer Americans have taken the flu shot this season compared to last year.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
I wrote a festive little piece for @uk.theconversation.com about the invisible but beautiful world of viruses, our fight against viral diseases, and how you can explore all of this, and more, by making paper snowflakes
❄️🦠🤓❄️ #scicomm #sciart
theconversation.com/the-twelve-v...
❄️🦠🤓❄️ #scicomm #sciart
theconversation.com/the-twelve-v...
December 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I wrote a festive little piece for @uk.theconversation.com about the invisible but beautiful world of viruses, our fight against viral diseases, and how you can explore all of this, and more, by making paper snowflakes
❄️🦠🤓❄️ #scicomm #sciart
theconversation.com/the-twelve-v...
❄️🦠🤓❄️ #scicomm #sciart
theconversation.com/the-twelve-v...
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
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Normally this could be provided after review as JIT but NOT ANYMORE.
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June 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NIH APPLICANTS:
Your application will be WITHDRAWN BEFORE REVIEW if you have an international collaboration and do not include a Foreign Justification.
Normally this could be provided after review as JIT but NOT ANYMORE.
You have been warned.
Your application will be WITHDRAWN BEFORE REVIEW if you have an international collaboration and do not include a Foreign Justification.
Normally this could be provided after review as JIT but NOT ANYMORE.
You have been warned.
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Really enjoyed writing about one of my favorite topics (influenza filaments). There is so much exciting new filament research now, it is clearly no longer 'the graveyard of postdocs' Bob Lamb called the topic during my PhD. www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Influenza filaments: a graveyard of postdocs no longer? | The EMBO Journal
EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
www.embopress.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Really enjoyed writing about one of my favorite topics (influenza filaments). There is so much exciting new filament research now, it is clearly no longer 'the graveyard of postdocs' Bob Lamb called the topic during my PhD. www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
The colors on these Aspergillus were just so beautiful. The green one is Aspergillus flavus, and the tan one is Aspergillus terreus.
The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️.
Fungus is so amazing ❤️
#IDsky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️.
Fungus is so amazing ❤️
#IDsky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
April 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The colors on these Aspergillus were just so beautiful. The green one is Aspergillus flavus, and the tan one is Aspergillus terreus.
The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️.
Fungus is so amazing ❤️
#IDsky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️.
Fungus is so amazing ❤️
#IDsky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Preprint from our lab is out! We identified a peroxisome-localized acyl-coA binding protein AcbdA - that regulates peroxisome movement. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Congratulations to members of my lab and the Christensen lab
@christensenlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@christensenlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Acyl-coA binding protein AcbdA regulates peroxisome hitchhiking on early endosomes
Motor-driven transport on microtubules is critical for distributing organelles throughout the cell. Most commonly, organelle movement is mediated by cargo adaptors, proteins on the surface of an organ...
www.biorxiv.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Preprint from our lab is out! We identified a peroxisome-localized acyl-coA binding protein AcbdA - that regulates peroxisome movement. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Congratulations to members of my lab and the Christensen lab
@christensenlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@christensenlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Reposted by Matthew Owens, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Great to see lots of folks out for Stand Up For Science!!!
March 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Great to see lots of folks out for Stand Up For Science!!!