Happy 134th birthday to humans knowing that viruses exist! OTD in 1892 Dmitri Ivanovsky presented his evidence of a tobacco mosaic disease caused by filterable agents (not bacteria!). Martinus Beijerinck confirmed this independently in 1898. And voila, virology is born!

A receptor-like kinase controls plasmodesmal transport of conserved 30K viral movement proteins through phosphorylation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.10.705008v1

Heads up, Triangle residents — one of the locations is in Cary.

Today is the last day to submit an abstract to ASV 2026! www.asv.org/abstract-sub...

🚨ABSTRACT DEADLINE FEBRUARY 2🚨 🚨TRAVEL AWARD DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9🚨 Share your virology research by submitting an abstract for ASV 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern on Monday 2/2/26 Need financial support? Trainees & teachers can apply for travel awards www.asv.org/abstract-sub... www.asv.org/travel-awards

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The scientific (bureaucratic) uncertainty over what constitutes gain of function research is going to stymie important research into pathogens, just as the US & Canada are poised for a dramatic resurgence of infectious diseases thanks to the ‘wisdom’ of non-scientists who have abandoned reason.

Thankful for a #Packers win on Thanksgiving 🦃 #LockedOnPackers

Bacterial wilt devastates crops worldwide, but what if we could disrupt the pathogen's ability to "sense" its host? Dr. Caitilyn Allen reveals research on RprR, a plant-responsive protein that controls Ralstonia virulence. https://bit.ly/3WqLF2p #apswebinars #planthealth

A great day for this early career scientist! Exciting work on TSWV and thrips interactions. Congrats to Peyton LaBonte for defending her thesis! #virology

Grapevine Red Blotch Disease: A Threat to the Grape and Wine Industries - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Lab Legends and Field Phantoms: The Tale of Virus-Resistant Plants - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Antiviral Double-Stranded RNA Sensing Immunity in Plants - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

In 2 days we celebrate #BlackInMicro Week, Oct 14-16. This year’s theme, HARMONY, honors collaboration, resilience & shared experiences. Join us to amplify Black scientists, grow careers & community. RSVP: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro. Support: tinyurl.com/GiveBiM#BlackInMicro(links in bio)

💉 The most recent Annual Review of Virology is now online. Most read article so far is "In Transition: How Influenza Virus Switches from Transcription to Genome Replication" by Tao Deng et al. arevie.ws/42kxUFU For full TOC: arevie.ws/3IDG4Cz

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

Virologists Can Help Make America Healthy Again | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

ASV Fall Council is in full swing! Stay tuned for updates in the ASV President's Newsletter.

A movie star to his core, Robert Redford has died after a visionary career in cinema, including founding the Sundance Institute that transformed the market for independent films.

Termite genomes shed light on the enigmatic deltaviruses, their ancient origins, and an intriguing example of co-option of viral genes by a host. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

The goal of a PhD is not to learn some facts or read a few papers or learn a bunch of techniques. The goal of a PhD is to learn independence, problem solving, how to finish things you start, resilience, & gain the ability to adapt & think creatively. Learning these things is hard.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has distributed federal funds to both PBS and NPR for decades, announced Friday that it's shutting down. The news comes after President Donald Trump recently clawed back more than a billion dollars of funding for public broadcasting.

How can mosquitoes tolerate viral infections? In our latest preprint we show that mosquitoes that can regulate their metabolism after infection can tolerate viral infections better. Thanks to all the authors for all your ideas and contributions www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Preprint on tandem split-GFP influenza viruses is now up! We strung 7 copies of GFP11 together to make a bright virus with minimal fitness defects. Fluorescence requires GFP1-10 from cells, so we made a few that are relevant for flu. See this fluorescent love story: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.

David Baulcombe @dcb40.bsky.social delivers the Michael Goodin lecture #ASV2025

The Michael Goodin lecture at #ASV2025 presented by Sir David Baulcombe #plantvirology

Plant defenses against viruses @moffettpeter.bsky.social talks about RNADie and nonhost resistance! #ASV2025

Plant viruses as a cure! Cool work from Nicole Steinmetz showing how plant viruses can be used for good! #ASV2025

Femi Alabi presents on viruses impacting your wine! 🍷🍾🥂#ASV2025 plant virology

Emerging mite-borne viruses- important and interesting viruses of plants! Juliana Freitas-Astua presents at #ASV2025!

Fangfang Li highlights hidden viral proteins at #ASV2025 #plantvirology

@gesahoffmann.bsky.social presents on transgenerational barriers in plant virus transmission at #ASV2025 ❤️Plant Virology 🦠🌱

Come find us at #ASV2025!! 🦠🇨🇦 Cientifico Latino, Inc. co-founders Olivia Goldman and Robert W. Fernandez will be hosting a workshop and part of a panel discussion at this year's ‪@amersocvirology.bsky.social‬ conference in Montréal, Canada! Check out the program here: asv.org/asv2025/scie...

#ASV2025 Don't forget to join us at 8:30 am on 7/14 for the Plant Virology Satellite Symposium. We have a great lineup of international speakers!

First time in Montreal, first time at #ASV2025, first time giving an invited talk at a conference! I am stoked for the next days ‼️

Who’s excited for #ASV2025? We’ve got a great week planned! If you haven’t already, download the Whova app and log into the meeting site. You’ll be able to find detailed program information, logistical information, and connect with other attendees! #LoveVirology

Congrats to former postdoc, Marlonni Maurastoni, on this paper-Protein landscape of the brush border membrane of first instar larvae of Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips ! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

🌾🦠 Trade, war, and viral rice A new study traces how Rice yellow mottle virus spread across Africa via caravan trade, seed exchange – and even WWI troop movements. Plant virus history is human history too. 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #PlantPathology #Rice #SciComm 🧪

On 18 June 1983, Sally Ride at 32 became the first American woman to go to space and the youngest American astronaut. Onboard the Challenger, she was the first woman to operate the robotics arm. She was the first known LGBT astronaut. Video from the National Women's History Museum. 🔭 🧪 #HistSci

I hope to see lots of plant virologists at the American Society for Virology Meeting. asv.org/2025/05/09/p...

This quote is from the article but it summarises my feelings exactly, especially about the robot lifting weights. Learning takes real effort, developing critical thinking skills can't be outsourced! 👇

There's another workshop scheduled to support this initiative, June 6th, 12pm ET, led by Dr. Katherine Xue, assistant professor at UC Irvine who has written for The New Yorker, Harvard Magazine, and The Conversation. blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)

Fine Grain: Molecular, Cellular, and Genomic Details of Cereal Crop Diseases | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

Some of my colleagues tell me that it will not make a difference whether one person says something or not. But I think everyone can make a small contribution to highlight the importance of fact-based science. 🧪💪 @standupforscience.bsky.social #Academicsky

Another great paper in the Phytovirome special issue! Ecological Connectivity of Plant Communities for Red Blotch Disease Dynamics Revealed by the Dietary Profiles and Landscape-Level Movement of Spissistilus festinus | Phytobiomes Journal apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

The Phytovirome | Phytobiomes Journal apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10..... Schönegger et al. (2025) found that wild carrots harbored a greater diversity of virus taxa relative to farmed carrots and documented key differences in the virus communities of each host type.