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virus-vector interactions, mosquitoes, ticks dengue
Mark your calendars! Just under a year away from an exciting conference on Vector-Pathogen Interactions in Geneva.
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!
https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting/K22027
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Imperial Life Sciences
12 days ago
New PNAS study identifies ESBX, a protein controlling which surface coat gene is active in sleeping sickness parasites - key to immune evasion.
@tiengwe-tryplab.bsky.social
@zephyris-science.bsky.social
@fariatrypslab.bsky.social
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...
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Scientists reveal how sleeping sickness parasites control their surface coat
Researchers have revealed how parasites hide thousands of antigens behind a single-colour coat and how disrupting this control could make the parasit...
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/articles/natural-sciences/life-sciences/2026/scientists-reveal-how-sleeping-sickness-parasites-control-their-surface-coat--/
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Dana Shaw
14 days ago
My department at Washington State University is recruiting an Assistant or Associate Professor in vector-borne disease 🕷️🦟🦠 Full job description is linked below. Come join us on the Palouse!
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Ryan Smith
about 1 month ago
👀There will be a Keystone Symposium with a focus on Vector-Pathogen Interactions to be held in Geneva, Switzerland in February 2027. It should be a great meeting and hope to see you there!
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!
https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting/K22027
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Colin Carlson
about 1 month ago
Wildlife disease data, especially negative data, are one of the last types of data that ecologists just... don't share. We built a place for them to archive it - and now, journals are encouraging people to use it! Big congrats to
@danjbecker.bsky.social
on this push ❤️
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Becky Johnson
6 months ago
So great to finally have this out!!
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Cooper Lund
about 2 months ago
This isn’t fully true! You can request a manual postmark at a post office, you just need to know to do it. Just another thing to educate mail-in voters about.
nstp.org/article/usps...
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Richard Lenski
2 months ago
UNC-Wilmington is hiring 3 faculty positions: Assistant Professor of Invertebrate Biology:
jobs.uncw.edu/postings/38056
Distinguished Professor of Marine Science:
jobs.uncw.edu/postings/37951
Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology:
jobs.uncw.edu/postings/38009
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Assistant Professor – Invertebrate Biology
The Department of Biology and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Invertebrate Biology starting in Aug...
https://jobs.uncw.edu/postings/38056
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Have you been waiting for a conference dedicated to Vector-Pathogen Interactions? Well you're in luck. Myself, Sarah Merkling, Flaminia Catteruccia, and Utpal Pal have organized the conference for you with an amazing lineup. Mark your calendars and share!
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!
https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting/onpage-program/K22027
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Have you been waiting for a conference dedicated to Vector-Pathogen Interactions? Well you're in luck. Myself, Sarah Merkling, Flaminia Catteruccia, and Utpal Pal have organized the conference for you with an amazing lineup. Mark your calendars and share!
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!
https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting/onpage-program/K22027
2 months ago
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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)
2 months ago
#ScienceReadForSunday
: Mapping Plasmodium transitions and interactions in the Anopheles female
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mapping Plasmodium transitions and interactions in the Anopheles female - Nature
Single-cell transcriptomic analyses of Plasmodium falciparum and Anopheles gambiae reveal key developmental stages, processes and factors in parasite–mosquito interactions and identify potential…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09653-0
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Thibaut Brunet
2 months ago
Come to be our colleague! Center of Paris, excellent facilities, research spanning the whole range of basic and biomedical life science topics, enthusiastic and collaborative colleagues, crème brûlée every Friday... What else could one want?
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Ryan Smith
3 months ago
Pleased to share our recent work in collaboration with the
@perrimonlab.bsky.social
in which we perform the first genome-wide CRISPR knockout screen in Anopheles to examine essential fitness genes and genes associated with clodronate liposome function
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A genome-wide CRISPR screen in Anopheles mosquito cells identifies fitness and immune cell function-related genes
Nature Communications - Mosquitoes are major vectors for the transmission of many serious pathogens. This study uses genome-wide CRISPR screens in the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, to reveal new...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65304-y.epdf?sharing_token=TdlH_VX9kvV3-Fr4wSxE_tRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0M2BfZse83MSuTmx_Yj6HdQ2AS6wVuOL3QphEf4f-UIBgj7NAxJxt-2C5SgVpziqKd7ijtVNTJfo5783Io3xzwvfkxhvUTp4DXUajzMdJoB-iVWUgjE5hTmV0-QSymp01M%3D
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Does anybody know the dates for the next Mosquito Genetics Kolymbari meeting next summer?
3 months ago
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Nadav Shai
4 months ago
🦟 We've just published the world's first head-to-toe single-cell atlas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in
@cp-cell.bsky.social
! The
#MosquitoCellAtlas
maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology. Read it here:
shorturl.at/dJWT3
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A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito
A comprehensive single-nucleus RNA-seq atlas of >367,000 nuclei from male and female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reveals sexual dimorphism in sensory systems and brain cell types and widespread co-expres...
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)01137-7
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Science Magazine
4 months ago
A new genetic study in Science overturns the myth of the “London Underground Mosquito,” revealing that this common urban insect originated not below the cities of modern Europe, but in ancient Mediterranean civilizations more than a thousand years ago.
https://scim.ag/43xWovB
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Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...
https://scim.ag/43xWovB
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Sarah Hird, PhD
4 months ago
I wrote an opinion piece about parental/family leave at UConn. I’m only ~75% happy with it but … something needed to be said. Many things actually. Loudly. Repeatedly. And with as many voices as possible. “This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors”
ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...
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Opinion: This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors
UConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.
https://ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/this-is-uconn-zero-guaranteed-paid-family-leave-for-professors/
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Maggie Couvillon
4 months ago
Come have fun with us! Our departement at VT is hiring an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Entomology and Applied Ecology! Check out the job advert here:
careers.entsoc.org/jobs/21758211
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Assistant Professor - Agricultural Entomology and Applied Ecology in Blacksburg, VA for Virginia Tech Department of Entomology
Exciting opportunity in Blacksburg, VA for Virginia Tech Department of Entomology as a Assistant ...
https://careers.entsoc.org/jobs/21758211
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jobRxiv
4 months ago
Assistant Professor of Biology & Ecology/Evolution
#ScienceJobs
#AcademicSky
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Assistant Professor of Biology & Ecology/Evolution
Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!
https://jobrxiv.org/job/new-york-university-arts-and-science-27778-assistant-professor-of-biology-ecology-evolution-2/
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Rupinder Kaur, PhD
4 months ago
🚨 New pub alert! Check out our latest one that showcases how chemical and genetic innovations can recreate complex host–symbiotic interactions in the absence of the symbiont.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Apple acquiesced to Trump admin to remove ICEBlocker app from the playstore despite no evidence that these apps have led to ICE agents being targeted as suggested by the WH. Like Disney, these companies only respond to lost revenue.
#cancelApple
for being cowards
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Apple removes ICEBlock app after criticism from Trump administration
Apple said it is removing ICEBlock and similar apps "based on information we’ve received from law enforcement about the safety risks associated with ICEBlock."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/apple-removes-iceblock-app-criticism-trump-administration-rcna235333
5 months ago
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Cedric Feschotte
5 months ago
📣 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology to join the
@weillinstitute.bsky.social
PLS spread the word!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
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Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
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Takeshi Morita
5 months ago
🚨 Ph.D. Opportunity! 🚨 I’m recruiting students to start in the Spring Semester 2026 (Jan 2026) or the Fall Semester 2026 (Aug 2026) to study the behavior & neurobiology of mosquito-host interactions. Know someone who’d be a perfect fit? Please share! 🦟
#Mosquito
#Neurobiology
#VectorBiology
#Itch
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I am looking for dengue 1-4 infectious clones. If you have or know of anyone that has these and would be willing to share please reach out. Thanks.
6 months ago
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Elodie Couderc
6 months ago
🚀 Excited to share (with a little delay) my first first-author publication on
#Vago
genes in
#mosquitoes
! 🦟 🦠 Have a look to see how we questioned a mosquito immunity dogma and challenged the existing understanding of Vago-like genes as antiviral factors ⬇️
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Aedes aegypti VLG-1 challenges the assumed antiviral nature of Vago genes - BMC Biology
Background Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) such as dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) pose a significant threat to global health. Novel approaches to control the spread of arboviruses foc...
https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-025-02325-5
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Easy to do; Just Do It!
chng.it/fsPhy5C5cj
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Sign the Petition
Demand RFK Jr. Resign: Petition for a Healthy America
https://chng.it/fsPhy5C5cj
6 months ago
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Eric Topol
6 months ago
When mRNA vaccines are wrongly attacked, this is one of many examples of what you're missing. A broad spectrum prevention strategy against viruses
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Perran Ross
7 months ago
Thrilled to be a part of this study on Wolbachia and multiple blood feeding. Now published!
rdcu.be/eyqaG
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Implications of successive blood feeding on Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus inhibition in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Nature Communications - Dengue virus transmission by Ae. aegypti mosquitoes poses a significant public health threat, necessitating innovative control strategies. Here, the authors demonstrate...
https://rdcu.be/eyqaG
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Kevin Maringer (he/they) 🏳️🌈♾️
9 months ago
We have a postdoc position available in which we’re using flavivirus replication/molecular biology to make refractory mosquitoes - in collaboration with the Trevor Sweeney lab at
@pirbrightinst.bsky.social
. Check out the advert on LinkedIn and apply by 12/6.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
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The Pirbright Institute hiring Postdoctoral Researcher in Woking, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 1:09:44 PM. Postdoctoral Researcher – (24P-73)The Pirbright Institute Salary: £38,5000 to 40,000 per annum36…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4240166496/?capColoOverride=true
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Cassandra Koh 🦟🔬🧪
7 months ago
📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc researcher to join my team for a project on mosquito-specific viruses and host interactions. Peep the job description & how to apply below. Perfect for soon-to-be or recent PhD graduates in mosquito vector biology 🦟 or arbovirology 🦠 🗓️ Application deadline 31 August 2025
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD
7 months ago
Wow Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
https://ki.se/en/about-ki/jobs-at-ki/join-a-global-community-of-excellence
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Got, what under normal circumstances, would be a fundable score on my R21 but feel like it has little chance of actually being funded. Sort of a mixed bag of emotions 😁😡😞right now although despair seems to be the strongest of them
7 months ago
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Thelonevirologist
7 months ago
Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy
Macroautophagy/autophagy is a critical modulator of pathogen invasion response in vertebrates and invertebrates. However, how it affects mosquito-borne viral pathogens that significantly burden pub...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15548627.2025.2523735
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The New Republic
7 months ago
While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle.
https://trib.al/ayccoO7
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Despite all the shit going on, we have to celebrate our victories. New publication with
@entomososwin.bsky.social
and
@vectorimmunity.bsky.social
showing that hemocytes play a central role in disseminating flaviviruses to secondary tissues potentially functioning as a Trojan Horse(TBD)
rdcu.be/euj4g
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Mosquito immune cells enhance dengue and Zika virus infection in Aedes aegypti
Nature Communications - Infection of mosquito immune cells by dengue and Zika virus enhances the spread of virus infection to mosquito tissues, such as the salivary glands, to promote virus...
https://rdcu.be/euj4g
8 months ago
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EvolDir
8 months ago
Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info:
https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-biodiversity-research-using-genetics
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Using Genetics - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Center for Kvantitativ Genetik og Genomforskning, Aarhus, Aarhus Universitet
https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-biodiversity-research-using-genetics
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Jason Rasgon
8 months ago
New RasgonLab paper (ahead of print) published in Autophagy! By Dr. Sujit Pujhari & other former RasgonLab members "Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Sindbis virus is suppressed in the yellow fever mosquito aedes aegypti by Atg6/BECN1 (autophagy-related 6)-mediated activation of autophagy
Macroautophagy/autophagy is a critical modulator of pathogen invasion response in vertebrates and invertebrates. However, how it affects mosquito-borne viral pathogens that significantly burden pub...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15548627.2025.2523735
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Joe McKellar
9 months ago
To conclude, we evidence a novel mode of viral transmission – spread through a viral Trojan Horse.
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Sarah Merkling
8 months ago
🎉 Our study is now published in Cell Genomics ! Thank to our reviewers for helping us further improve our work, and congratulations to
@tompvial.bsky.social
who lead this project and the entire team that made it possible !
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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Grant Hughes
8 months ago
Come and join the
@mossi-lab.bsky.social
group! We have a postdoc position available on Wolbachia and Anopheles interactions.
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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Post Doctoral Research Associate in Wolbachia Biology | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Ready to make a difference in vector biology research? We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic researcher to join an exciting BBSRC-funded project exploring the fascinating interactions betwee...
https://app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Careers/CareersPage.aspx?e=LMo8nnTwYNZkSD99he9A961dxU_Ta1f0NRFUj9wzfWlU09avvgwhTq5sLck_p2eLaB-BD7J9x6I&iframe=True&iframe=false
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No Kings Guilford Ct
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The Global Vector Hub
9 months ago
@pennstateuniv.bsky.social
is
#hiring
for a
#vector-borne
#disease
program specialist.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_St...
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Vector-borne Disease Program Specialist
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Staff/job/Penn-State-University-Park/Vector-borne-Disease-Program-Specialist_REQ_0000065841-1
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Marine Petit
9 months ago
OMG! I can finally share my joy to see my SFTSV work published in
@natcomms.nature.com
! This adventure started by the award of my MSCA grant and my move to the Kohl and
@brennanlab.bsky.social
at
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
. Let's chat about how we discovered novel tick anti-viral effectors!
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Multi-omics analysis of SFTS virus infection in Rhipicephalus microplus cells reveals antiviral tick factors - Nature Communications
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) is a deadly tick-borne virus and a growing global health threat. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach on SFTSV-infected tic...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59565-w
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Eric Topol
9 months ago
$9.5 billion of biomedical research support, 2,100 grants, have already been terminated at NIH
www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/n...
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A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut
Harvard's Scott Delaney helped build a database of NIH grant terminations that is being used in litigation against the Trump administration.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/nih-cuts-tracked-in-grant-watch-database-q-and-a-with-harvard-researcher-scott-delaney/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9kw-wmh1i2ocAVby6iGzBeMVCTkI6KxOaqzQWYzT2I4_wiDLxgrowo4GeAhbQwl582viSG3lg1JMxAaqiicyDKGMv72g&_hsmi=363410972&utm_content=363410972&utm_source=hs_email
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Jess Calarco
9 months ago
They don't need anti-vaxx legislation if they can create a business climate where drug companies have no incentive to invest in vaccine production and where insurance companies have no incentive to cover whatever vaccines could be imported from abroad.
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Kristin Michel
9 months ago
Excellent new study from the Catteruccia lab, co-led by Alexandra Probst and Douglas Paton
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In vivo screen of Plasmodium targets for mosquito-based malaria control - Nature
An in vivo screen of small-molecule compounds to inhibit the mosquito-stage development of Plasmodium identified hits that can be incorporated into bed nets and led to effective parasite killing in th...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09039-2
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SalehLab
9 months ago
Stop for a second and try to imagine this: a heat shock protein relocalizes to the cell surface and mediates dsRNA binding and internalization! Intrigued? Read our newly minted paper in Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congrats to all the authors and thanks to reviewers and editor!
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Hsc70-4: An unanticipated mediator of dsRNA internalization in Drosophila
Hsc70-4 localizes to the cell surface of Drosophila cells, binds to exogenous dsRNA, and mediates its internalization.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv1286
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Rep. Jerry Nadler
9 months ago
Trump fired over 1,000 National Park staff in February, and most still haven’t been reinstated. The $45 million he’s wasting on a military parade for his birthday could have paid their salaries for over a year.
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Carine Meignin 🪰🦠🧬🌈
9 months ago
📣 Junior PI Opportunity Join CNRS Strasbourg to lead cutting-edge research on host-pathogen interactions in insects 🪰 450k€ package | Drosophila, RNA, immunity IBMC + Labex NetRNA network 📅 Apply by June 30, 2025 🔗
ibmc.cnrs.fr/en/laboratoi...
#RNA
#Insects
#Drosophila
#NetRNA
#Immunity
#JobAlert
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