First big piece of research from our SG lab: Fadi's work with Chris Brooke's lab. Flu serially passaged 80X selects a defective genome with improved competition, but is nonviable as a full virus! Notable improvement & safety for DVGs as antiviral RNA therapies! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We are searching for a lab manager! If you are detailed oriented, like southern california, HSV-1, sequencing and microscopy, please get in touch :)

Our home department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry at UC Irvine is looking to hire a new tenure-track assistant professor in the broad area of structural biology. Come be our colleague! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09887 Please apply and/or share this post.

I'm thrilled to announce I'll be joining the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in January 2026! My lab will study RNA virus-host interactions with a particular focus on the spatial regulation of viral replication and innate immune activation. genoyerlab.com

UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪 careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

f you’re interested in our latest developments have a look at: Comparative Systems Virology Symposium: Jens Bosse youtu.be/PlAcAR1-IJA?si… via @YouTube Thanks to the @czbiohub for organizing and my amazing team for the great data!

Vincent's new paper, describing the vast heterogeneity in HSV-1 progeny production by individual human keratinocytes, is now on line! (and recieved the Editor's pick). Check it out here: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601

In this study, led by BlueSky-less superstar undergrad Andrew Lazarus, we set out to ask whether longer reactivation events during sleep lead to more memory benefits. Results suggest this is not the case, but there are some disclaimers. Read all about it! #sleep www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It's a hard time to get excited about science, but still - getting ready to CRISPR ✂️✂️

Thank you @bwfund.bsky.social for the support! I am excited to be apart of this year’s #BWFPath cohort.

@virulentmind.bsky.social was just announced as BW investigator! So awesome and truly well deserved. Go Megan!

I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please repost for reach 💚

Our department is looking to hire an Associate/Full Professor in the field of Virology. Please share and apply if you are intersted. Also happy to answer any questions recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552

Many hundreds (perhaps up to 1000) of additional NIH grants appear to be have been terminated on Friday. I have updated the data from the HHS TAGGS site (and converted it from a pdf to an Excel file) on the dashboard but many hundreds are still missing. jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

Excited to share @joelrc.bsky.social 's new paper examining the factors underlying cell-to-cell heterogeneity in interferon induction during flu infection: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Is the Government Shutting Down? Here's what’s happening. youtu.be/Vobvw7JLuEM?...

The House Continuing Resolution budget “adjustments” for NIH are drastic. Here are some examples:

ATTENTION: TALENT AVAILABLE It appears that termination of SROs from institute review branches at NIH is underway (or worse). There are also program officers and SROs who have been terminated over the past month. IF YOU HAVE POSITIONS FOR SKILLED SCIENTIST-ADMINISTRATORS, PLEASE POST INFO HERE

It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.

Out now: how Herpesviruses induce and need the transcription factor DUX4, usually active only at the earliest stages of embryogenesis. Lead by Eva/Florian from @uni-freiburg.de, with @nirdrayman.bsky.social, us from @mdc-bimsb.bsky.social and many others. www.nature.com/articles/s41... … (1/6)

Going over application materials for our grad program, and came across this beauty. Anyone care to explain to the letter writer what's the issue? 😂

Excited for my first bluesky post announcing TWO openings for tenure track positions in virology! I am chair of the search committee and with a new department head Mike Gale we are in an exciting building phase. Please share with anyone who might be interested: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...

I made a list of Herpes virologists you can sue to follow. Please let me know who is already here and I missed! : bsky.app/profile/did:...

Please encourage your undergrad trainees to apply to grad school at UC Irvine! Apps due in 2 w! - competitive, rapidly growing research environment 🧫 - 5 years guaranteed affordable housing for all students 🏡 - sunshine 🌞 - 10 mins from the beach 🏖️ apply.grad.uci.edu/apply/

The last class for my upper division Virology class is coming up, entitled "weird viruses". Please share the weirdest viruses you know of! So far, I plan to talk about virophages, plant viruses and multi-partite viruses, but all suggestions are welcomed :)

Please share: A tenure-track position for a virologist studying zoonotic infections is open in my department in Virginia Tech's College of Veterinary Medicine. We are a collegial and outstanding group of basic and clinical scientists with outstanding resources. DM with questions t.co/Bq3c2NooaV

In our latest paper @pnas, we reported CRISPR-Translate, a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screen-based method designed to identify factors regulating translation. We discovered IRF2 as a novel regulator of OAS3/RNase L-mediated RNA decay during viral infections. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PhD opportunity in our lab at Edinburgh University! Analysing CRISPR screens for proviral and antiviral factors focusing on coronaviruses and influenza A virus. Using a mix of wet lab and computational approaches (full training provided). #ViroSky #ImmunoSky usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...

Our first time transfection zsgreen when using transparent media. Did not expect this 😲

Our department at UC Irvine is recruiting for a tenure-track position in RNA biology! Assistant or Associate level, any area of RNA biology including in microbiology are encouraged to apply. Come join our vibrant research community in SoCal! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09320

Newsky tip: Searching someone's feed here is sorta clunky but here is how it works... "from:@mementomorty.bsky.social [pickles]" or "from:@aetiology.bsky.social [rfk]" If you want to search your own timeline replace the @username with "me". Whatever is inside the brackets is the search term.

I'm looking forward to reading this exciting new paper on circRNAs and herpesvirus infection! Congrats @sarahdremel.bsky.social!

Grad student Drake Philip developed a simple and tractable model for inducing HSV reactivation in mice - we are excited to use this system to study immune responses controlling recurrent HSV disease and to gain new insights into HSV neurobiology. We hope this will be a useful advance for the field!

New paper alert After more than 15 years in the field this is my first paper in @JVirology My student Alina Shitrit had led this project as part of Ph.D, with our collaborators @szparalab.bsky.social @nirdrayman.bsky.social @weitzmanlab.bsky.social and more journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

The deadline for applications is coming up (I believe it's Dec 4). Please share

Our Department (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) at UCI has an open position for a "senior" virologist (Associate / Full). Please reach out if I can answer any questions! Ad: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF08644

Thrilled to share our new preprint @biorxivpreprint!! In this work we investigated how host-virus interactions influence intestinal homeostasis, cellular turnover, and longevity in Drosophila. Follow along to learn about what we found! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵🪰 1/11

Say hello to the recent addition to the herepsphere: @dembowskijill.bsky.social

Yay, @sarahdremel.bsky.social joined us!

Our sequencing is back sooner than expected, and now I have no choice but to install Linux and everything needed for the analysis... Last time in Chicago it took two days. Keep me in your thoughts and prayer 😂

Please share manuscripts that are interesting and cab be digested by undergrads taking virology about : HSV-1, IAV, SARS-COV-2 and HIV.

Are you a virologist in a low to middle income country, hoping to attend the @amersocvirology.bsky.social ASV2024 meeting in Columbus, Ohio from June 24-28? Apply for an ASV Global Scholar Travel Award here, applications open Nov 1-30: asv.org/asv2024/glob...

First libraries made in the Drayman lab are off for sequencing 😍

If anyone has invite codes they don't need, please let me know. There are a few virologists left on Twitter I want to extract 😂

Our Department (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) at UCI has an open position for a "senior" virologist (Associate / Full). Please reach out if I can answer any questions! Ad: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF08644

on the other site, a month or two ago, I asked you about a way to block HSV-1 egress without interfering with the earlier parts of infection. @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social got me on the right track to track down this mutant, with a temperature sensitive protease (tsProt.A). I love this community!

First grant written at UCI now submitted 🥳 (11 days before the deadline too!) Keep your fingers crossed for me.