New #sciart! Watercolor brains expressing different states of mind. Original paintings, not prints; one of each. artologica.etsy.com

They’re calling Megyn Kelly “Megyn R. Kelly" now.

Steelers Victory Squirrel! Also, thank you, 🐻

For #WorldPolioDay, @asm.org named the University of Pittsburgh a Milestones in Microbiology site to honor Dr. Jonas Salk for developing the world’s first polio vaccine. After use in the early 1950s, it reduced paralytic polio in the U.S. by 96% in only a few years.

Wildflowers 🌼

LFG

This show makes me feel awful yet I keep watching to see what happens. They are all terrible people.

I’ve thought about this several times over the years

Rift valley fever is terrible for many reasons and especially for pregnant women.

My heart is broken for all of my #CDC and #NIH colleagues and friends. You don’t deserve this.

So any study sections cancelled/postponed yet? ✍🏻 📑👩🏼‍💻

Well, now this brings it back

A discovery doesn't usually happen as a single moment but in 3 phases: 1. Observing the results from experiments & analyses, 2. Realizing the big story when writing up the paper, 3. Understanding what's truly new about the work when presenting to friends, reviewers & audiences.

Important to spend several minutes each day asking your dog how he got so handsome.

@roguerifter.bsky.social Lab outing today!! In true #yinzer style 🖤💛 #LoveVirology

Two sisters side by side. Sunny spent one night away and is back today with Gizmo. I wonder if Sunny will stay for the night? #bigbeareagles

Sunny fledged the nest today. I can’t seem to share it here. So go find the video. I am legit 😭☠️. Gizmo watching her fly away from the nest…😓 Way too many parallels with my son graduating and heading off to college…

By far my most proud & exciting experiment

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Wishing us all this level of peace ✌🏼 ☮️

Vintage find at my grandmas: 1976 Pitt National Champions Michter’s burboun decanter 💙💛🏈 #Pitt #H2P

Excited to be visiting Tulane and giving a seminar tomorrow. We are all heartbroken and disheartened. But we shall carry on doing good science. 💪🏼

As of today, at least 73 study sections have not met. If they review 50 applications, plus 30 triaged, 10% funding rate = 8 grants per SS. That's 584 fundable grants on hold. Probably 5000 researchers affected in those teams composed of our best and brightest. SABOTAGE.

NIH freeze by the numbers, and the conclusion is correct. This is sabotage, and we are quickly reaching a point where even if everything were to open back up today, it would be too late to save many labs.

This Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.

This was just a month ago and it literally feels like years

Fitting description of the past 2 weeks

I am thrilled that Kaleigh Connors @sciencekaleigh.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD thesis on Monday to a record crowd both in-person and on zoom!!

Health officials in Louisiana say a person there has died after catching bird flu. This marks the first reported death in the U.S. from the virus during the current outbreak.

Don’t care what anybody says, I love #AndersonCooper

100% I have such wonderful memories with my kids at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. I still love to go there myself as an adult. 🥰

Happy holiday naps to you and yours 🐕 💤

Wait, rats are driving cars?! 🐀

I just learned that my grandfather contracted #dengue during the battle of #Guadalcanal in #WW2 Never knew this

Today’s the day. It’s the 2024 Hater’s Guide to the Williams Sonoma catalog! defector.com/the-2024-hat...

We developed a microscopy-based technique🔬 to measure attachment of viruses #phages to host cells. 🦠 The paper was posted online today: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #phagesky #microsky

Fantastic read about mpox in DRC by @cohenjon.bsky.social

Use it or lose it: Unless we publish papers in our society owned and published journals they will cease to be, along with all the conferences and meetings the proceeds support. Microbiology Society publishes many excellent journals, all edited by experts. #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org

I will knock the Phlebo riftsense into you!!! 🤛🏼👊🏼

Seems I posted this on FB 9 years ago. Still works. artologica.etsy.com

Happy pre-thanksgiving! My daughter helped me set up and made it clear what’s what in case anyone was confused 🤣

Those with NIAID funding: What level of panic you at right now? 🔴 circling the want ads and looking for a good lawyer 🟡 hoping gridlock prevails 🟢 carry on until something changes

I’m in my “Screw it, I’m ordering a case of wine” era 🍷

I want people to make their references list neat and readable. Include all authors so I can see if it’s your work or not. Bold ones from your own work. My biggest pet peeve is having to look up a PMID.

True story

Cliche yes - but the Hot Zone came out when I was in high school. I was sold on figuring out how viruses cause disease.

Super excited to repost this pre-print by Cindy McMillen @goingviral88.bsky.social !! (she just made the jump to bluer skies) Oropouche virus infects human placenta as a potential mechanism for fetal infection seen during the ongoing outbreak Check it out! 👀👇