My first graduate student so it is truly a milestone for our lab! @washumicrobiology.bsky.social

Congratulations to Juhee on a stellar thesis defense! Clear, thoughtful, and thorough. Your work on rotavirus and SARS-CoV-2 reflects incredible perseverance. It's been a privilege watching you grow into an independent scientist. Wishing you all the best in your next chapter!🎓👏

Great collaborations with lots of people including folks from the Sibley, Liu, Shen, and Dermody labs. @washumicrobiology.bsky.social @natcommag.bsky.social

Its function is highly conserved in multiple cell types including primary human intestinal epithelial cells and hepatocytes and many vertebrate species.

I presented part of this data at ASV2023 almost two years ago! Very happy to see it comes to fruition! Truly a heroic effort by Gaopeng.

We identified SAMD9 as a common sensor of cytosolic dsDNA and dsRNA molecules and a key host restriction factor of the infection of multiple dsRNA viruses in vitro and in vivo!
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First post on Bluesky! Excited to share the first paper from our lab in 2025! cell.com/cell-host-mi.... Our study demonstrates that UV-inactivated replication-defective rotaviruses can cause diarrhea in neonatal mice, suggesting the host response also contributes to diarrhea to flush out the virus.