So many accomplishments to celebrate as we close out this academic year! I'm so lucky to get to work with these awesome folks in the Lazear Lab! @mdedloff.bsky.social @nigelmgo.bsky.social @abbieweight.bsky.social @viralvibes365.bsky.social @monicareece.bsky.social

A huge new NIH-funded clinical trial of 20,000 girls has shown that a single dose of HPV vaccine yields the same response as two doses after 4.5 years. This is critical to public health efforts to save lives with this vaccine. Yes. We still have to battle RFK Jr. to ensure access to HPV vaccine.

If they proceed with this plan, it will effectively choke whatever life is left out of the health research academic community. To put it bluntly it will kill any possibility of a grant funded career doing health research in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...

Attn foreign students:

Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.

Had a wonderful first day as a post-doc in the @lazearlab.bsky.social! I'm excited to get started and be part of the amazing work here!

The clarity is absolutely spectacular…..The Pillars of Creation by the James Webb Space Telescope 💫😲💫✨💫💙💫

Metformin May Help Shrink HIV Viral Reservoir: The diabetes drug could potentially be used as part of a “shock and kill” strategy to achieve a functional #cure for #HIV. www.poz.com/article/metf...

Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪

Z.B. Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1)

#CUAnschutz researchers are among the first to recognize how Herpes simplex virus type 1 infiltrates the brain, leading to a better understanding of how it may trigger neurological diseases. The study was recently published in the Journal of Virology. ⬇️🧠