Happy to announce that my department is looking for a new Chief Department Administrator careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

This week's cover @thelancet.com

Funding for science is significantly challenged right now and this is particularly devastating to our young scientists. If you have the means to support science on this Giving Tuesday, our trainees would be so grateful! maizeraise.umich.edu/schools/Univ...

Doing my civic duty this am with a science twist

Elliott SoRelle’s lab has a nice preprint out about EBV reactivation dynamics with very cool microscopy methods! nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Denise Kirschner talks about her research for Discovery Research week storage.thankview.com/uploads-vide...

Here is what philanthropy can do for research! storage.thankview.com/uploads-vide...

It’s Discovery Research Week! Every day, the bold work of our U-M researchers and scientists points the way to life-changing treatments and cures patients and families need. Visit victors.us/researchsep25 Please consider supporting the work of departments like M&I.

The Board of Directors has signed this joint statement by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, joining more than 20 national medical and health organizations.

Happy to share the annual report from @umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Nice opinion piece by Mark Schlissel nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Please spread the word and apply for the A Oveta Fuller award!

@umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social Congrats to Vern Carruthers and Alice Telesnitsky on being honored with the Novy Recognition Award!!!

@umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social Congrats to our newly promoted colleagues. Drs. Di, O’Meara, Kharyonchyk, Anderson, Bachman and Dickson. Well done all!!!

It’s the biggest self-own in American history

I couldn’t agree more!

Congratulations to Kamya Gopal from Alice Telesnitsky's lab on her successful PhD defense on “HIV-1 RNA Metabolism as a Source of Heterogeneity in Virus Gene Expression and Release”

I am excited to have the opportunity to serve on the ATS BOD! Please vote and put me to work for you and the society!

Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Rimple on a great dissertation defense today from Vern Carruthers lab!

Slashing the IRS workforce is a handout for the rich: the top 10% of earners account for 64% of unpaid taxes in the US, and the top 1% accounts for a whopping 28%. cc: @budgetlab.bsky.social

In 2024 NIH grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 billion in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

"When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on years of research supported by NIH" apnews.com/article/nih-...

What is this madness??????

This is not good at all. no grants released for a month. the stall is going to force people to start laying off lab personnel if not reversed. These are US taxpayer dollars that were already allocated by Congress in a budget and are supposed to be spent

From the editors of @asm.org journals, a call to action! Below we discuss the U.S. scientific research enterprise and provide evidence and arguments we hope the ASM community can use to advocate for science. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Here is a link for those in SE Michigan to Stand Up For Science nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

We are hearing of program officers being fired at NIH now. The infrastructure to support science across all states red and blue is fading fast I fear. Please contact your representatives. We need nuance!

Because it never loses its relevance. “Measles: A Dangerous Illness” — a letter by Roald Dahl #VaccinesSaveLives

Always liked Sheryl Crow!

AAI is deeply concerned about the risk posed by a drastic reduction in the #NIH workforce. Disruptions of this magnitude could have serious consequences for life-saving research and training the next generation of scientists. Read AAI's full statement: news.aai.org/2025/02/15/s...

Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

Since this post is getting traction: if you work at or receive treatment at an academic medical center, in any role, now’s the time to read this article and speak up accordingly. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...

Agree. Put them in the regular panels. This wastes time!

Hello Bluesky! The University of Michigan Department of Microbiology and Immunology has opened up a new account here to share news about our science and our people. Follow us here at @umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social

Who will develop the technologies of the future? The answer is simple...look to the past. Institutions that invest in exploration make discoveries that change the world. Those that do not, do not.

Join us Thur, Jan 30th at 3pm ET for the first session of this year's "Grant Writer's Toolkit" series! At this session, Bethany Moore, PhD, Andrew Wilson, MD, and Scott Budinger, MD, will provide their insights into crafting a compelling specific aims page. Register here! tinyurl.com/bdf22n86

Love this👇🏼

Just been told these about 2025: 1️⃣ 2025 is a square, 45 x 45 = 2025 2️⃣ It is also a product of two squares, 9² x 5² = 2025 3️⃣ It is also the sum of three squares, 40²+ 20²+5²= 2025 4️⃣ It is the sum of the cubes, of all the single digits, from 1 to 9, 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³ + 6³ + 7³ + 8³ + 9³= 2025

Lions win Michigan wins Texas takes 10 years off my life but they win! Great football start to 2025 but sending prayers to New Orleans.

Happy holidays from the Moore lab. I am blessed to work with such a great group! Also just love the lung holiday shirts!!! Hoping you all have wonderful science in 2025!

My father was crippled by polio…a disease prevented in my lifetime. We cannot allow this nonsense!

Should have specified the BARI GRC is in 2026!

Mark your calendars the Biology of Acute Respiratory Infections GRS/GRC will be Feb21-27 in Pomona California!

Happy to share our annual newsletter from the M&I department at University of Michigan! Read it here: medschool.umich.edu/sites/defaul...

Hello all. Finally made my way to 🦋. Looking for my peeps in host defense, immunology and lung biology! Please help me find you!