We all know vaccines target the pathogen, but can you also target the vector? 📢 in a new paper out today in Vaccines, we show that a vaccine targeting mosquito salivary peptides, AGSv-PLUS, enhances human skin immune response to biting. Open access: www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13... 1/6

The spectacularly produced new art book, Mesozoic Art II, hit the shelves! I happen to be one of the artists featured in the line-up of fantastic people who bring the dead back to life! A great opportunity to talk about my creative journey 🧵

Even by arthropod standards this is completely nuts

Cutter's 1878 patented "Box for Vaccine Matter". For carrying and protecting smallpox scabs, which were to be used for vaccinations. #MicroSky images from my collection

Day 26 #SciArtSeptember prompt forage. My #linocut of #botanist Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010), 🧪🐡👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci renown algae expert, celebrated seaweed cook, devoted teacher & mentor, expert on Hawaiian ethnobotany, the first Indigenous Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science & the first woman

The Microbiology Society has published a new policy briefing on human, animal and environmental microbiomes. 🌍🔬 Microbiome research has far-reaching applications, from strengthening global food security to combatting disease and improving animal welfare.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

re: the elephants drawn by people who had never seen elephants, it is ESSENTIAL to click through to the master interactive, where you can enlarge each successively worse elephant (and link to the original source!!)

OK, this is amazing. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue. The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea. From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...

Whatever one's personal view of Bill Gates is, it's undeniably that his foundation has continued to step-up especially at a time when support for global health is declining. This impactful pledge makes a difference for fighting Malaria, TB, HIV and others globally. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

@nikomccarty.bsky.social on the magic of aquaporin proteins

And the hepatitis B vaccination vote is indefinitely postponed… This is what is possible when people speak out and demand the scientific evidence actually be followed in a commitment to public health www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

🚨 Following the #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC, WHO is launching a US$ 21 million appeal to help the country: - Scale up operations - Interrupt transmission chains - Prevent further spread - Mitigate the impact on human health Full donor support is critical to halt the outbreak 👉 bit.ly/3KtjsVG

LSTM keeps growing!

Principal Investigator of the iDPCC, Dr. Stephan Bour, discusses the strengths of the Center and its function in supporting data management, coordination, training, and communications for the CEIRR Network: www.ceirr-network.org/news/the-cei...

Today is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay. Worried someone might be struggling with suicidal thoughts? Your presence can be powerful. A simple check-in could be the lifeline they need. 💙 Learn more about #SuicidePrevention 👉 bit.ly/4phPYKi

Brilliant to hear so much cool science and discussions from virology students at the first PVGN meeting @uofglasgow.bsky.social Hopefully the first of many!

It’s my first ID #MythBustingTuesday Let’s tackle one that is seasonal and comes up every single year: 👉🏾 “The flu shot gave me the flu.” Spoiler: that’s not how science or vaccines work. 🧵

If you are planning a short (one-to three-month) research visit to another laboratory, don’t miss your opportunity to apply for funding via our Research visit grant Check your eligibility and apply before 01 October 2025 at 23.59 BST. microb.io/ResearchVisi...

Legend David Baltimore died yesterday. He understood the way things should work: "the real contribution of MIT is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. It takes ideas seriously, but the people are relatively informal. They are not self-aggrandizing the way academics can be."

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

A reminder of what biomedical research and education in the UK looks like. #WeAreInternational

On the jump forward of CRISPR genome editing beta islet cells, preempting the need for immunosuppression, for a one-shot treatment of autoimmune (Type 1) diabetes www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

As RFK testifies in front of the Senate today, ASV wants to emphasize the risks posed by his decisions related to virus outbreaks and the public health of Americans. Together with our partner organizations, we call for RFK's resignation: asm.org/press-releas...

Here is a demonstration of ice nucleation protein made by Pseudomonas syringe in my #Bio350 #Micronauts in my #Microbiology course at @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology

The WHO has confirmed and officially declared an Ebola outbreak is unfolding in the Kasai province of the DRC. Thankfully this time there is stockpile of 2000 vaccines readily available to be deployed to respond to this outbreak. Following this closely. www.afro.who.int/countries/de...

This is absolutely incredible

If you’ve ever compared unvaccinated kids to vaccinated kids, you’ve seen the former are more likely to die.

The pre-vaccine era was HELL for kids. We have already failed them on gun safety, we cannot fail them on the issue of vaccines. #VACCINES cause Adults!

The CDC shaped my career and saved countless lives around the world. To see it hollowed out and replaced by ideology is devastating. In my latest essay, I share my own CDC story and why its unraveling matters for all of us. open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...

BBC News - Children to be offered chickenpox vaccine on NHS www.bbc.com/news/article...

Another hopeful and inspiring story. Reporting on the first HIV cure study conducting on the African continent. So far one woman was remained in longterm remission two years after the study. While not a home run the FRESH study brings hope that there is progress. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

The speed of light: it’s fast, but also slow... (Credit: Dr. James O'Donoghue/physicsJ)

Very timely updated guidance for maternal immunization - COVID, Influenza and RSV from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. This is a trusted source and the recommendations are backed by scientific evidence. www.acog.org/news/news-re...

💧 Hidden life in groundwater Underground microbes react differently to climate extremes. Connected aquifers bounce back from short shocks but suffer in the long run, while isolated ones resist quick changes but weaken over time. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #SciComm 🧪 #ClimateCrisis

Check this review! Lots of work led by @minealtinli.bsky.social on bacterial dsRNA delivery. Thanks for including me.

Will a #virus spillover into a new host species lead to dead-end infection or sustained #epidemic? This study uses a nematode-virus model to show that early #spillover traits, especially infection prevalence & shedding, are important predictors of viral persistence @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3UCnZHp

📢 VACANCY | Genomics Research Assistant Play a leading role in a UKRI-funded collaboration (MRC-UVRI) with a focus on #CCHF virus. More: bit.ly/CVR-WorkWithUs Ref 180092 Apply: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/

PhD or MSc student in virology? Today is the last chance to submit an abstract for this peer-led meeting - don't miss out!

If you've ever wondered why your phone never renders a sunset the way your eyes do, why all the soft pastels turn harsh neon, this explanation (with a side of ravishing 19th-century Norwegian art) is for you: www.themarginalian.org/2023/12/12/k...

🚨 The deadline for abstract submission is coming up this Wednesday! 🚨 There's still some time to submit, so get writing 📝 A great opportunity to present and discuss your work with other postgraduate virologists - link for submission is below! forms.gle/oyBy6oKGV9Ep...

Postgrad virology students (in or near the UK and Ireland) - still time to submit your abstracts to this meeting. Great venue, great keynote, but most importantly a great chance to interact with other virology PGRs. The deadline is this Wednesday - don't miss out!

Saddened to learn of the passing of Moselio "Elio" Schaechter—Distinguished Professor at Tufts, SDSU and UCSD—humanist and visionary leader in the fields of microbiology and scientific communication—mentor, friend, and inspiration to me and so many others Small Things Considered Big Things Achieved

Are microbes in glacial ice just impurities? Far from it: "oceanographers would not treat fish in the sea as impurities” Alongside the (extremely grim) climate science there is some completely incredible environmental microbiolgy in here www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Yesterday I discovered that ChatGPT's PhD-level expertise didn't extend to bird anatomy. This morning I thought, perhaps I was being too hard on the half-trillion-dollar company. Birds are a little weird, anatomically speaking. Let's try something more familiar. A mammal. Behold.

The Roslin Institute is looking for a full time Engagement Officer. Great to see them highlight that you don’t need a research background or PhD. My research background is a massive help to me in my career, but that is just one of many routes that people can take into engagement. We need all voices!

Rare as hen's teeth: an Assistant Curator job, with our fantastic team at National Museums Scotland! Closing date 24th August #museums #museumjobs careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553