Psyched to say that Mike Diamond is talking at our next seminar. THURSDAY 20th Nov. All welcome! World leading #virology not to be missed - just email us for a Zoom link. Please help us with a re-post to get the word out 👍

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Here is what grew on plate 2! Thanks to everyone who participated!

Here is what grew on plate 1!

Last Friday, I joined my fellow members of Pitt CVR and IDM to participate in “SciTech” days at the #CarnegieScienceCenter here in #Pittsburgh. I loved coming to this science center as a kid and now more than ever recognize the importance of encouraging the future scientists of America 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 🦠 🔬

Had a fantastic time yesterday at Carnegie Science Center’s SciTech day! 🦠🔬🥼 Sharing our science from Pitt CVR & IDM with a community of future #WomenInSTEM @rushphd.bsky.social @goingviral88.bsky.social @roguerifter.bsky.social

So fun to connect with past peer and colleague Ashley from my PhD program as she interviews for a potential postdoc at a collaborating lab at the CVR! 👩‍🔬 💙 💛 so cool to see how her project has progressed since she first joined the program 😊 👩‍🔬

I am thrilled that Kaleigh Connors @sciencekaleigh.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD thesis on Monday to a record crowd both in-person and on zoom!!

One of the best days of the year, the CVR holiday party!! @pitt.bsky.social #cvrbar #centerforvaccineresearch

APPARENTLY the CVR Bar “doesn’t open until noon” 🦠🍻

I will knock the Phlebo riftsense into you!!! 🤛🏼👊🏼

We have a new pre-print on #Oropouche virus! Recent evidence suggests this emerging #bunyavirus may be associated with #verticaltransmission. Using ex vivo models of the placenta, we found villous trophoblasts are permissive to infection with the #prototype strain BeAn19991.

New preprint out from our lab showing neuronal infection by Jamestown Canyon virus is facilitated by Lrp1 This is work initiated by Zach Frey when he was an undergrad in my lab. He completed the project and is applying to grad school this cycle! biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...