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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · 18d
I hope the one unnamed Whitehouse source cited here is correct. Clear, official confirmation of this would be nice, 12 hours before the deadline.
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Francisco De La Vega @ribozyme.bsky.social · 18d
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No new fee for existing H-1B visas | LinkedIn
A new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas that takes effect Sunday will not apply to existing holders of valid visas who are re-entering the U.S., Axios reports, citing an unnamed White House official.
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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 18d
I think there's a lot of confusion right now.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19d
Deleted the below posts out of an abundance of caution. Despite the words of the Proclamation, an unnamed White House official told New York Times that they intend to apply the $100,000 only to new applicants only.

If that is correct, the implications are not as urgent.
* I cannot express enough how serious this is. We are looking at a potential Travel Ban 1.0 in 2017 situation, where people with legal status were detained at airports. Trump has written a ban so broad that on its face it blocks the entry of people with current, valid visas. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmel... • 3h If you are an H-1B visa holder and you are currently outside the country on vacation or visiting family or whatever, if you don't get back here in the next 24 hours, you may not be allowed back in until this is blocked in court or you or your employer come up with $100,000. Seriously. Tyler Pager @tylerpager X.com The Trump administration's new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas only applies to new applicants, a White House official said. w/ @Haleaziz More details on the new policy here:
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · 18d
My understanding is that the situation for H1B visa holders outside the US today is urgent: if a current H-1B holder seeks entry into the U.S. after 12:01 a.m. EDT on September 21, 2025, it is too late to avoid the fee—entry will be restricted without the newly-imposed $100,000 employer payment.
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · Jun 7
Hi all - I have a couple of positions open for lab management and research!

Please pass this on to creative and enthusiastic folks who might be interested. (And repost if you don't mind.)

Ability to learn/adapt more important than specific skills!

Thanks so much.

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Research Professional II (Multiple Positions)
-Work independently on defined experiments (e.g., set up, scheduling, data acquisition) and report on the findings to the PI.-Have a general understan...
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · May 4
Ah, nice, thanks!
worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · May 4
Hey - glad to be here!
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · May 4
Yeah - h/t to co-author Chris Ruis for this fine analysis!
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · May 4
Ha ha! Not enough sleep for me the last 12 days.
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · May 4
Scientist here, and the astonishment at what can be gleaned from a set of pathogen sequences still hasn't worn off for me.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · May 4
The 2-part report found on virological.org is a very interesting read. Astonishing what can be discerned from the #H5N1 #birdflu sequence data. (Or astonishing to me, a non-scientist.)
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · May 3
And I'm sure you're interesting, but I meant to say "if you're interested..."
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · May 3
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · May 3
Part 2 of 2:

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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · May 3
If you're interesting in the #H5N1 outbreak in cattle in the US, please have a look at our preliminary analyses just posted.

Part 1 of 2:

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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · May 3
Part 2 of 2:

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · May 2
Great to see #USDA put up a preprint of what their analysis of what #H5N1 #birdflu genetic sequences tells us about the outbreak in dairy cows. Would be even greater if they shared enough data to let other scientists help in the effort. www.statnews.com/2024/05/02/b...
Tracking bird flu virus changes in cows is stymied by missing data, scientists say
Scientists are frustrated that the USDA again failed to include basic information about H5N1 genetic sequences from cows when the data were released this week.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · Apr 28
A little more background on our (re)sharing of assembled H5N1 genomes with required metadata that had to be scraped.

This is really not a model to follow moving forward. Critical data such as these - generated with public funds - must be fully open and "FAIR".

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Note about availability of H5N1 2.3.4.4b consensus sequences from cattle and other species:
On Sunday, April 21st, 2024, “in the interest of public transparency and ensuring the scientific community has access to this information as quickly as possible to encourage disease research and devel...
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · Apr 28
Tom Peacock, Oliver Pybus, Andrew Rambaut, Angela Rasmussen, Christopher Ruis, Lorena Mariana Malpica Serrano, Marc Suchard, Joel Wertheim, Michael Worobey
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · Apr 28
Karthik Gangavarapu, Jonathan Pekar, Florence Débarre, Kristian Andersen, Gytis Dudas, Daniel Goldhill, Joseph Hughes, Xiang Ji, Jeffrey Joy, Moritz Kraemer, Philippe Lemey, Louise Moncla, Martha Nelson, Stuart Neil,
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · Apr 28
We are sharing our high quality consensus genomes, as well as date of sampling and US state for >100 #H5N1 cases in cattle.
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · Apr 28
"We, in turn, encourage researchers globally to use these sequences to support biomedical research, public health, animal health and welfare, and safe and secure food production within the U.S. dairy industry and beyond."
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · Apr 28
"We hope the H5N1 genome sequences we have assembled from sequence read data generously shared publicly by [@usda.bsky.social] will assist in the USDA’s goal of enabling timely outbreak responses and infectious disease research."
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worobey.bsky.social @worobey.bsky.social · Apr 28
My colleagues and I have just posted a
"Note about availability of #H5N1 2.3.4.4b consensus sequences from cattle and other species" on virological.org.

Consensus genomes and metadata.

virological.org/t/note-about...
Note about availability of H5N1 2.3.4.4b consensus sequences from cattle and other species:
On Sunday, April 21st, 2024, “in the interest of public transparency and ensuring the scientific community has access to this information as quickly as possible to encourage disease research and devel...
virological.org
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