The paradox of maternal antibodies; protection v interference. Our first paper in this fascinating field is out! www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Rotavirus legends at the 15th International Rotavirus symposium! 🥹

First visit to our collaborators at the inspirational Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia! Such a privilege to see where some of the infant samples we study have come from.

Thanks for another brilliant ASV annual meeting @amersocvirology.bsky.social! The Caddy lab had a fabulous time 😍

A hybrid coronavirus, formed of cat and dog coronaviruses, caused a severe outbreak of disease among cats in Cyprus, researchers found. Their work, in Nature, showed how this new virus was able to cause widespread cases of Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) among the island’s cats.

What are the professional and personal benefits of being on our Editorial Boards? Here's what some of our members had to say about their experience. Journal of General Virology is currently recruiting- find out more about the available vacancies at: microb.io/Vacancies.

Huge congratulations to my postdoc mentor - Leo James FRS!

Terry Dermody and I wrote an op-ed about chronic diseases ("Make America Healthy Again"), the role of viral infections, and how virologists can help. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...

🚨Job alert 🚨 I am looking for an enthusiastic & talented postdoctoral researcher to join our research team in Hamilton, MT, USA. If you are interested in 🦠 emerging respiratory viruses (BSL2-4), 🔬mucosal immunology, and 🐁 in vivo studies, Check out: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdpmire...

Cheers to our 3y reappointment on tenure track - so grateful to be on this journey at #Cornell alongside Assistant Profs Colleen Lau and Andrew Flyak 🤩

After 8 months of peer review, our manuscript was published today @nature.com showing that bovine H5N1 viruses bind poorly to human-type sialic acid receptors. We now know that the virus is only 1 HA substitution away from efficiently binding human receptors. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

View from my office. What the heck April in Ithaca?! Never imagined I’d be missing spring weather in England…

Fame, Cornell style: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025... ❤️ Baker Institute for Animal Health

Such a pleasure to visit my inspirational #rotavirus mentor Ulrich Desselberger at home with his wife Elizabeth. I can’t imagine a kinder or wiser virologist.

Fabulous talk on 30,000 year old viruses by @virologyhouldcroft.bsky.social at #microbio25. Thanks Charlotte!

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Excited to be on a red-eye flight to LHR for @microbiologysociety.org! Travelling without kids is a cinch! microbiologysociety.org/event/annual...

Great to hear this rotavirus paper discussed on #TWiV @microbetv.bsky.social. We covered this in a recent lab meeting and agree the graphical abstract is very eye-catching! www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

3/3 abstracts for ASV 2025 accepted in my lab today 🤩 Thanks to the abstract reviewing team! Montreal here we come…

This conversation with Bill Gates is now several months old, but is highly worth listening to. Great discussion about rotavirus vaccines. #inspiring. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The maternal antibody paradox: how are these antibodies both good and bad? Excited to share our new insights for rotavirus vaccines www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Glad to have played a small part in this big story! Studying the differences between CD28 in humans and mice reveal reasons for the disastrous 2006 trial www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Just a casual Wednesday afternoon with my 4y old in Upstate New York #brightside.

We are looking for new colleagues! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29722 I can’t recommend the Microbiology and Immunology Department at Cornell Ithaca highly enough.

Glad to be spending the day at SUNY Upstate talking about wierd and wonderful antibodies. Syracuse really feels like a metropolis after Ithaca!

Yes it’s cold, but we love Ithaca! Taughannock Falls were incredible yesterday.

Christmas lab celebrations from 2024 compared to 2023! Wonderful to have new faces of all ages!!

The tiny Caddy lab Christmas tree. Got to encourage creativity in the lab👏 Please share your lab decorations!

Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list! go.bsky.app/SinqoJU

I'm new to the concept of #labsgiving (labs celebrating thanksgiving together), but I'm glad to learn! Here is the Caddy lab + friends making dumplings - thanks to our fabulous grad student Serena for hosting 😊.

Glad to have found Bluesky! News from the Baker Institute in Ithaca NY is that it is officially winter today...