Blair Strang
@strangviruslab.bsky.social
City St George's, University of London.
HCMV, anti-viral drugs, placental infection, transmission, etc etc etc.
#JGV Editoral Board.
Views my own.
HCMV, anti-viral drugs, placental infection, transmission, etc etc etc.
#JGV Editoral Board.
Views my own.
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🚨👇One week left to apply for this fully-funded PhD project to study RNA-protein complexes regulating enterovirus genome replication:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding molecular mechanisms of protein-primed genome replication in enteroviruses at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding molecular mechanisms of protein-primed genome replication in enteroviruses at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🚨👇One week left to apply for this fully-funded PhD project to study RNA-protein complexes regulating enterovirus genome replication:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Do you want to image RNA in living cells? Check out our new live-cell Click labeling approach. An amazing collaboration with the Meier Lab at UHH and the Wagenknecht Lab at KIT! doi.org/10.1002/anie...
Congratulations, especially to Doerte, Eileen, and Iven!
Thanks to DFG CRC1648
Congratulations, especially to Doerte, Eileen, and Iven!
Thanks to DFG CRC1648
Live‐Cell RNA Imaging via Clickable TriPPPro Nucleotide Reporters
The intracellular delivery of trans-cyclooctene and bicyclo[6.1.0]nonyne as sterically demanding groups for the inverse electron-demand Diels–Alder was achieved by the triphosphate prodrug (TriPPPro)....
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Do you want to image RNA in living cells? Check out our new live-cell Click labeling approach. An amazing collaboration with the Meier Lab at UHH and the Wagenknecht Lab at KIT! doi.org/10.1002/anie...
Congratulations, especially to Doerte, Eileen, and Iven!
Thanks to DFG CRC1648
Congratulations, especially to Doerte, Eileen, and Iven!
Thanks to DFG CRC1648
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How does fever work?
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Avian-origin influenza A viruses tolerate elevated pyrexic temperatures in mammals
Host body temperature can define a virus’s replicative profile—influenza A viruses (IAVs) adapted to 40° to 42°C in birds are less temperature sensitive in vitro compared with human isolates adapted t...
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How does fever work?
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence.
This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Hi Bluesky! I’m a molecular virologist studying how innate immune defences restrict cross-species transmission and shape disease severity.
I just joined, so reposts appreciated to help me reconnect with virology, immunology, and host–pathogen interaction folks.
(whiteboard art from Zhuonan Li)
I just joined, so reposts appreciated to help me reconnect with virology, immunology, and host–pathogen interaction folks.
(whiteboard art from Zhuonan Li)
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hi Bluesky! I’m a molecular virologist studying how innate immune defences restrict cross-species transmission and shape disease severity.
I just joined, so reposts appreciated to help me reconnect with virology, immunology, and host–pathogen interaction folks.
(whiteboard art from Zhuonan Li)
I just joined, so reposts appreciated to help me reconnect with virology, immunology, and host–pathogen interaction folks.
(whiteboard art from Zhuonan Li)
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Are you fascinated by viruses? Would you like to design your own original research project in the UK's largest virology centre? Why not come and do a PhD @cvrinfo.bsky.social - application deadline 6th Jan 2026 (1/1): www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
FindAPhD : The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) PhD Funded Programme at University of Glasgow
Apply for a PhD: The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) PhD Funded Programme at University of Glasgow
www.findaphd.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Are you fascinated by viruses? Would you like to design your own original research project in the UK's largest virology centre? Why not come and do a PhD @cvrinfo.bsky.social - application deadline 6th Jan 2026 (1/1): www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
Well, this has certainly cheered me up!
Crucially, only a reduction, not deletion of CCR5…. Interesting.
Crucially, only a reduction, not deletion of CCR5…. Interesting.
A 60-year old man in Germany became the seventh person with HIV to be announced free of the virus after receiving a stem-cell transplant
go.nature.com/48C68Ib
go.nature.com/48C68Ib
Seventh patient ‘cured’ of HIV: why scientists are excited
A man in Germany is HIV-free after receiving stem cells that are not resistant to the virus.
go.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Well, this has certainly cheered me up!
Crucially, only a reduction, not deletion of CCR5…. Interesting.
Crucially, only a reduction, not deletion of CCR5…. Interesting.
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We are recruiting a Reader/Professor of Immunobiology at @kingslsm.bsky.social . This is a unique opportunity to shape basic immunology at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social . Please RP.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
Reader in/Professor of Immunobiology | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We are recruiting a Reader/Professor of Immunobiology at @kingslsm.bsky.social . This is a unique opportunity to shape basic immunology at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social . Please RP.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131447-...
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This is an extremely painful & distressing—but extremely important—piece to read
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is an extremely painful & distressing—but extremely important—piece to read
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EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
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When a clown moves into the palace, he doesn’t become a king; the palace becomes a circus.
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
When a clown moves into the palace, he doesn’t become a king; the palace becomes a circus.
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Eliminating interactions with the viral Fc receptor improves antibody-mediated protection against neonatal HSV infection in mice www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Eliminating interactions with the viral Fc receptor improves antibody-mediated protection against neonatal HSV infection in mice
HSV-specific antibodies demonstrate improved activity in vitro and in vivo when the IgG Fc domain is rendered insensitive to the viral Fc receptor.
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Eliminating interactions with the viral Fc receptor improves antibody-mediated protection against neonatal HSV infection in mice www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This is a very sad day for public health and evidence-based science in general.
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is a very sad day for public health and evidence-based science in general.
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👧🏽 Since 2008, vaccination against human papillomavirus #HPV is free for girls in Denmark
🔎 Researchers looked at 16,955 cervical cell samples from 8,659 women over a 7-year study period
📉 #vaccination has reduced infections with cancerogenic HPV 16/18 types
#VaccinesWork #CervicalCancer 🛟
🔎 Researchers looked at 16,955 cervical cell samples from 8,659 women over a 7-year study period
📉 #vaccination has reduced infections with cancerogenic HPV 16/18 types
#VaccinesWork #CervicalCancer 🛟
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
👧🏽 Since 2008, vaccination against human papillomavirus #HPV is free for girls in Denmark
🔎 Researchers looked at 16,955 cervical cell samples from 8,659 women over a 7-year study period
📉 #vaccination has reduced infections with cancerogenic HPV 16/18 types
#VaccinesWork #CervicalCancer 🛟
🔎 Researchers looked at 16,955 cervical cell samples from 8,659 women over a 7-year study period
📉 #vaccination has reduced infections with cancerogenic HPV 16/18 types
#VaccinesWork #CervicalCancer 🛟
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We are hiring a computational biology postdoc for a new project on zoonotic diseases, host pathogen interactions and pandemic risk. Please take a look and get in touch for more details www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) in the Centre for Pandemic Risk Management. The Centre for Pandemic Risk Management brings together an interdisciplinary team of
www.cam.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We are hiring a computational biology postdoc for a new project on zoonotic diseases, host pathogen interactions and pandemic risk. Please take a look and get in touch for more details www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
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Finished a virology PhD or finishing soon? Check out this job - www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Londo...
Job vacancy: Healthcare Scientist, UK Health Security Agency, London | trac.jobs
www.healthjobsuk.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Finished a virology PhD or finishing soon? Check out this job - www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Londo...
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Whoah
EBV not only causes multiple sclerosis, it also might be the root of SLE
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An EBV vaccine to rid ourselves of these horrible autoimmune conditions (and many cancers)?
#lupus #medsky #RheumSky
@christosargyrop.bsky.social
EBV not only causes multiple sclerosis, it also might be the root of SLE
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An EBV vaccine to rid ourselves of these horrible autoimmune conditions (and many cancers)?
#lupus #medsky #RheumSky
@christosargyrop.bsky.social
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells to promote pathogenic antinuclear T and B cell responses in lupus.
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Whoah
EBV not only causes multiple sclerosis, it also might be the root of SLE
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An EBV vaccine to rid ourselves of these horrible autoimmune conditions (and many cancers)?
#lupus #medsky #RheumSky
@christosargyrop.bsky.social
EBV not only causes multiple sclerosis, it also might be the root of SLE
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An EBV vaccine to rid ourselves of these horrible autoimmune conditions (and many cancers)?
#lupus #medsky #RheumSky
@christosargyrop.bsky.social
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Almost half of all Americans are hesitant to vaccinate their dogs.
Their primary concern?
Dog autism.
- @caulfieldtim.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Their primary concern?
Dog autism.
- @caulfieldtim.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
On measles and vaccines, Canada can’t keep ignoring the elephant in the room
Study after study has shown that political affiliation is one of the single strongest predictors of vaccination status.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Almost half of all Americans are hesitant to vaccinate their dogs.
Their primary concern?
Dog autism.
- @caulfieldtim.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Their primary concern?
Dog autism.
- @caulfieldtim.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
- Stephen Jay Gould.
- Stephen Jay Gould.
October 18, 2023 at 9:50 PM
"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
- Stephen Jay Gould.
- Stephen Jay Gould.
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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I don't like the sound of this: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
US to demand countries share data on ‘pathogens with epidemic potential’ in return for health aid
Draft template seen by the Guardian has no reference to countries receiving benefits for sharing information, such as guaranteed access to medicines developed as a result
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I don't like the sound of this: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Amazing journal cover for the new Trends In Microbiology special issue on geographic diversity in microbiology
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Amazing journal cover for the new Trends In Microbiology special issue on geographic diversity in microbiology
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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NEW PAPER!
Here is the intro to our theme issue, incl a summary of included papers and overview of key debates in the field
Increasing mechanistic understanding but little work robustly quantifying impact of CMV indirect effects on population health
We suggest a few ways forward!
#IDSky #ViroSky
Here is the intro to our theme issue, incl a summary of included papers and overview of key debates in the field
Increasing mechanistic understanding but little work robustly quantifying impact of CMV indirect effects on population health
We suggest a few ways forward!
#IDSky #ViroSky
The indirect effects of cytomegalovirus infection—mechanisms and consequences | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
In this introduction, we summarize the research papers, review articles, opinion pieces
and important aspects of the facilitated discussion from the meeting ‘The indirect
effects of cytomegalovirus in...
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Applications are open for the NIH-sponsored undergraduate Research Opportunities HIV RNA (ROHR) program for Summer 2026. Successful applicants will get to carry out a research project at a major university and attend a conference at the NIH. Please spread the word!
sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/...
sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/...
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Applications are open for the NIH-sponsored undergraduate Research Opportunities HIV RNA (ROHR) program for Summer 2026. Successful applicants will get to carry out a research project at a major university and attend a conference at the NIH. Please spread the word!
sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/...
sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/...