My understanding is that the situation for H1B visa holders outside the US today is urgent: if a current H-1B holder seeks entry into the U.S. after 12:01 a.m. EDT on September 21, 2025, it is too late to avoid the fee—entry will be restricted without the newly-imposed $100,000 employer payment.

Hi all - I have a couple of positions open for lab management and research! Please pass this on to creative and enthusiastic folks who might be interested. (And repost if you don't mind.) Ability to learn/adapt more important than specific skills! Thanks so much. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Scientist here, and the astonishment at what can be gleaned from a set of pathogen sequences still hasn't worn off for me.

If you're interesting in the #H5N1 outbreak in cattle in the US, please have a look at our preliminary analyses just posted. Part 1 of 2: virological.org/t/preliminar...

Great to see #USDA put up a preprint of what their analysis of what #H5N1 #birdflu genetic sequences tells us about the outbreak in dairy cows. Would be even greater if they shared enough data to let other scientists help in the effort. www.statnews.com/2024/05/02/b...

A little more background on our (re)sharing of assembled H5N1 genomes with required metadata that had to be scraped. This is really not a model to follow moving forward. Critical data such as these - generated with public funds - must be fully open and "FAIR". virological.org/t/note-about...

My colleagues and I have just posted a "Note about availability of #H5N1 2.3.4.4b consensus sequences from cattle and other species" on virological.org. Consensus genomes and metadata. virological.org/t/note-about...