I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 34. I had 1 year old and 3 year old, and I was exactly one year into my tenure track position. I still miss my old body. But everything is easy after that. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

OTD in 1911 Peyton Rous published that bacteria could cause cancer in fowl. Psych, it was "filterable agent" (A VIRUS). But seriously, cancer-causing viruses are no joke and this was the first of many viruses discovered to have this "oncogenic" nature. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Is the goal to make it hard to find reviewers so that it can be done by AI or political appointees?

"This Notice...ends Continuous Submission, announces modifications to reasons considered for late submission, and announces the prohibition of Fellowship, Small Business, and International Collaboration late applications...review service is the only pre-authorized reason for a late submission" 🧪

Huh, sounds systemic: "Although paternity leave policies were hoped to directly addressing traditional social norms around care-giving, our findings suggest that their ability to significantly reduce the child penalty may, too, be limited." clef.uwaterloo.ca/wp-content/u...

When #nokings lands during a vacation, you meet new friends. Thank you SLC, UT, lovely crowd!

I have informed the lab that the new bar for paper titles is “I need someone to write an article 15 years later about how cringe the title is”

Important dog news! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/s...

It's NOT the first Fido, but a new pair of papers shows humans across Europe were paling around with Some Very Good Dogs more than 14,000 years ago, pushing a domestication even back another 5,000 years. TY to @wwrfd.bsky.social for keeping my puns. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

ASV congratulates Dr. Felicia Goodrum, the 2026 Wolfgang and Patricia Joklik Distinguished Service Awardee. Thank you very much for your many years of service to ASV, Dr. Goodrum!

Very sad to hear of the passing today of our UCSF colleague Mike Bishop at the age of 90. A legendary and inspiring figure. He also led UCSF as Chancellor. Have a listen to his Nobel lecture. youtube.com/watch?v=CDv7...

This is Hank. He is incredibly invested in this plumbing project that does not require him in the slightest. 13/10 (TT: compound_interest_)

Diedre Reitz ( @diedrereitz.bsky.social ), PhD, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at UC Davis, will be giving a seminar on Monday, March 23rd at 4:00pm in Kollros Auditorium. We hope to see you there!

Big day today! Introduced the kids to A Tribe Called Quest

Pedro Pascal as Falvey Library Book Covers. A Thread.

🦟 " #Dengue virus detected in pool of #Aedes #mosquitoes north of Alps (in Basel/ #Switzerland 🇨🇭) for the first time." via SWI Swissinfo www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/...

Is this…humidity?

Dogs evolved to eat your leftovers! Comparing dog & wolf genomes revealed dogs have up to 30 EXTRA copies of the amylase gene (AMY2B) that helps digest starch. This is a key genomic signature of living alongside humans & table scraps for thousands of years 🐕 www.nature.com/articles/nat... #2026MMM

Go home everyone, this is the best one

Angelika showed us all how to pursue science with limitless enthusiasm, rigor, and generosity. Excited to announce the call for this year's Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award! Please encourage PhD students outside the United States who embody her infectious passion for biology to apply.

Got back our sequences for the intro bio "is this sushi what it claimed to be?" lab activity and the answer is a resounding "absolutely not"

Vannevar Bush, an electrical engineer who built one of the first analog computers, was born #OTD in 1890. He headed the Office of Scientific Research and Development during WWII, proposed what became the National Science Foundation, and devised an early hypertext system. 🧪 ⚛️

4 days ago, NPR reported that the Trump administration is still withholding, in violation of the Epstein files statutes, 37 pages of documents that implicate him in the rape of a child. This should end his presidency. www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.

We found a viral Trojan Horse: a virus can hide inside another virus.This one surprised us: deltaviruses don’t just borrow a helper virus. They can travel inside it. A literal Trojan Horse “virus-in-a-virus” route into cells. 🤯 Kudos to 1st author @viroscope.bsky.social and co-authors !

The Trojan Horse is real, and it’s microscopic! 🐴🦠 Our paper is out today in @cellcellpress.bsky.social! We discovered that deltaviruses physically hide INSIDE helper viruses to sneak into new cells. And to prove it, we had to image them from every angle. 🧵👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Today I’m Standing Up for Science! Hope to see you in Civic Center SF!

Spouse who is an immigration lawyer just got the world’s greatest USPS forever stamps for his mail

🚨VIROLOGY GRADUATE STUDENTS 🚨 Are you looking for a postdoc? We have a webinar Just for you We hope you come

We've come a long way, but current policies risk reversing the progress we've made in the fight on AIDS. You can read more about the decreased access to HAART here: thehill.com/policy/healt...

OTD in 1985 the first HIV blood test was approved by the FDA. Though HIV can now be managed with access to the right treatments, it would be another 11 YEARS before that antiviral cocktail, HAART, would be approved.

Quintessential #ucdavis

California has its problems, but my god I love this state

From my institution. The OVCR released guidance today re the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy, specifically the applicability of the Government Use License/Federal Purpose License: research.washu.edu/topics/publi...

Congrats to the 2026 Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Awardees Arinjay Banerjee (left) and Louise Moncla (right). Check out their accolades in your member email. Read more about Ann Palmenberg's impact on virology and ASV here: news.wisc.edu/remembering-... journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Do you want a say in the future of ASV leadership? Look for your election ballot for ASV Councilors and President Elect in your member email!

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Happy 134th birthday to humans knowing that viruses exist! OTD in 1892 Dmitri Ivanovsky presented his evidence of a tobacco mosaic disease caused by filterable agents (not bacteria!). Martinus Beijerinck confirmed this independently in 1898. And voila, virology is born!

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Excited to share that PNAS published our research article focused on "Why are Ralstonia goofy?"

ASV 2026 Abstract Submission ✅ ASV 2026 Travel Award Application ✅ Stay tuned for details on the ASV 2026 Video Abstract Competition! $1000 for first place! $500 for second place! $250 for third place!

Trainees and Virology Instructors! Today is the last day to submit your travel award application for ASV 2026! www.asv.org/travel-awards

Exciting news!

Not only did my samples have DNA this time, I had a 90% success rate on cloning gRNAs! Onward!

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🚨ABSTRACT DEADLINE FEBRUARY 2🚨 🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨 Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26 Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards www.asv.org/abstract-sub... www.asv.org/travel-awards

Did you know that 9 year olds can get the HPV vaccine? I vaccinated my daughter early in December 2024 because…you know…idiots… I’ll be vaccinating my son once he turns 9 (already got the appointment scheduled).

I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one. It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.

I am so sad

true friends remember the name of your *second* child

At the “I don’t want a career, I just want a job” stage of exhaustion and it’s not even February folks.