With first-year rotations done, a big welcome to our newest UNC Microbiology & Immunology PhD students! They presented their projects, recited their Graduate Student Oath, and received their new lab coats. Welcome to M&I! @zach-frey2.bsky.social @nigelmgo.bsky.social @viralvibes365.bsky.social

Rift Valley fever virus activates multiple cell death pathways in neurons journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

One of the best days of the year, the CVR holiday party!! @pitt.bsky.social #cvrbar #centerforvaccineresearch

We have a new pre-print on #Oropouche virus! Recent evidence suggests this emerging #bunyavirus may be associated with #verticaltransmission. Using ex vivo models of the placenta, we found villous trophoblasts are permissive to infection with the #prototype strain BeAn19991.