First time ever! I beat @nature.com to breaking news about a hot new study that just came out. Okay, I was a co-author, but still. Thanks for featuring , @maxkozlov.bsky.social! Grateful to do such high impact scientific work w/ @akelvinlab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Great to see our latest preprint on MPXV clade IIb infection in the testes of mice covered by @nature.com Dr Cynthia Swan of the lab did fantastic leading the study

“Mpox viruses have caused two public-health emergencies in the past three years, so we need to be paying attention to it.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Researchers are racing to understand how mpox spread globally in 2022 - and how it might do so again go.nature.com/4qNEI8O

Here’s the 1st episode (w/ corrections & apologies for spreading misinformation about HBV virion structure & mispronouncing names). Topics include: why the US isn't Denmark, aluminum salt adjuvants, and hep B If you like it, let me or @microbetv.bsky.social know! www.youtube.com/watch?v=60VR...

@microbetv.bsky.social is a legend in both doing & teaching virology. Now that means speaking up about what Trump & RFK Jr are doing to science & public health. So when he asked if I'd join forces on a show to break it down & rant, I said “obviously.” rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/rasmussen-...

Very happy to share my latest preprint on clade IIb MPXV. After infection in a mouse model, the virus had highest titre in the testes with delayed clearance. This led to significant destruction in the testes and reduced sperm - what are the longterm implications? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Mpox is transmitted by sex, but is it transmitted by semen? We first need to know if the virus is actually replicating in the testes, so that’s what we set out to find, led by @akelvinlab.bsky.social Yep, there’s MPXV growing in those balls! rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/is-that-mp...

⏰ #GIA2025 kicks off tomorrow at 9 AM! We’re so excited to see everyone in UCommons 2-350 (Alfred Sorenson Community Hall, @UAlberta) or virtually. Less than 24 hours to go! 🎉 #glycotime

I am always so impressed by @marioskoutsakos.viralvaxlab.com’s elegant work on influenza B virus vaccines. Congratulations, Marios, on your Early Career Researcher Award! #19vaccinecongress

Kaori Sano is our Host Country Early Career Researcher Award recipient, who has done incredible work in Japan & the rest of the world on immune imprinting, antibody responses, & class switching. Congratulations, Kaori! #19vaccinecongress

Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social breaking down current policies and the anti-vaccine trends/rhetoric within the US that will lead to significant global health ramifications - #19vaccinecongress

Our review of viral infection in the mammary gland is out in JVI journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

This past flu season was a deadly one for kids. The #CDC reported today that it has been informed of another 4 pediatric flu deaths, which takes the year's to-date total to 235. The only worse season on record was the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, which was really hard on kids. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

I just voted. Make sure you do, too. #CanadaStrong

Elbows up 🇨🇦❤️

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Wab Kinew is a true leader.

VOTE #calgary

Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.

Elon is upset that the public is staying informed. So many threats from him lately. We are public servants, not Elon servants.

Pre-print is up! SARS-2 produces a truncated N protein to antagonize multiple antiviral pathways. A very collaborative project in the @corcoranlab.bsky.social with @nogasharlin.bsky.social, Danyel Evseev, and Max Bui-Marinos, and of course the boss Jenn Corcoran www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our newest work reveals that SARS-CoV-2 evolved to produce a truncated version of its N protein to antagonize antiviral responses. This 'mini' N, called N*M210, sequesters dsRNA, blocks interferon activation, defeats RNaseL & disassembles stress granules and p-bodies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

If you feel unsafe doing this, fly a Star Wars Rebellion Alliance flag instead—just tell people you’re a fan of Star Wars. ;)

Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.

Strong women and cocktails make everything better @akelvinlab.bsky.social @sammaciag.bsky.social

Who did this?

I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze. I worked at an organization that -helped veterans who have lost a limb -Assisted elderly and disabled people -Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs

Here I am! Ready to fill everyone’s feed with cozy knits, especially on this blistering cold day (it’s -20 Celsius with the windchill over here). What’s the weather like where you are? #knittingismytherapy #knitters #knitting #knittersgonnaknit #diknitthis

Christmas mug 2024.

Thanks to @akelvinlab.bsky.social for giving me this crocheted F-bomb to drop on my enemies

Vaccines are under attack like never before and pathogens just don’t stop emerging, so in related news... I’m honored to lead Vaccine & face these challenges w/ my co-Editors-in-Chief Florian & Ivan. I’m ready to elevate vaccine research, defend evidence-based policy, & stand up for public health!

Montréal -- The Tragically Hip (live 2000). A tribute to the 14 victims of the Polytechnique massacre Dec. 6, 1989 youtu.be/PaLb52ILCgw #femicide

Grateful to @smritimallapaty.bsky.social for covering our analysis of host transcriptional infection signatures at the Huanan market! Still not the “smoking raccoon dog” but getting closer… www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fantastic hearing Dr Theresa Tam speak about Health Emergency Readiness Canada at the Canadian Immunization Conference this morning

Seems like a good time to repost this: #IDSky ★ Just published: #Communicable episode “Avian flu” @angelahuttner.bsky.social & Nav Narayanan are joined by Ron Fouchier to discuss #birdflu #H5N1 outbreaks, cross-species transmission, risk & action plans that could stop viral spread ow.ly/6ZyL50ThGCR

Poignant frontline perspective of a #Rwandan physician responding to the recent #marburg outbreak. It is well worth a read. We are are two weeks into the 42 day countdown to declaring the outbreak over🤞🏾. These brave HCPs kept us safe. #medsky #idsky 🧪 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

I can't think of a better first post than to highlight STM's recent special issue on #longcovid. www.science.org/toc/stm/16/773

Seems like a very good time to bolster investment in CIHR, develop independent capacity for vaccine design and trials and reverse the drain of talent (globally) that the US relies upon but doesn't realise is one of it's major ecconomic advantages.

Disappointing uptake of flu and Covid vaccines in the hospitals in Toronto despite a big effort by the infection control teams. Vaccination fatigue is a thing, but you know what? Viruses never rest.