Excited to share our new work @MRC_LMB and Alex Kleinpeter @NCICCR_HIVDRP showing that IP6 is pivotal in maintaining immature HIV capsid stability and driving maturation. advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/11/e…

5.048. We are pleased to announce that Viruses has received a new #ImpactFactor of 5.048, ranks 10th out of 36 (Q2) journals in the 'Virology' category, as published in the 2021 Edition of the Journal Citation Reports. Our sincerest gratitude to all who contributed.

"For the first time, I began to question the academic career path I was on." In this week's #ScienceWorkingLife, a scientist took his career in an unexpected direction after weighing the realities of pursuing an academic career path. fcld.ly/84ze7d6

Today our review of the evidence for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 graduated from a pre-print to peer-reviewed pre-proof in Cell. Can we rule out a "lab leak"? No, but if we objectively follow the evidence, it leads us away from that hypothesis. cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

On a clever study that figures out how many people are falsifying their preferences + the whole sports culture war houseofstrauss.substack.com/p/press-box-pr…

Here are some extra twitter thoughts on our perspective on the likely origins of the COVID-19 pandemic recently published Science Magazine - with Wei Xia, Joseph Hughes , Xiaowei Jiang , Robertson . 🧵⬇ science.sciencemag.org/content/373/65…

The Rachel Nichols conversation: Public life, private life, and the crazy demand that they're one in the same houseofstrauss.substack.com/p/the-rachel-n…

NEW: Clemson's Justin Foster saw long-haul Covid change everything about his life. So did I. Here's what we both experienced as we tried to figure out how to move forward. espn.com/college-footba…

I guess Trump & Robert E. Lee both know how it feels to suffer a humiliating defeat at the hands of pro-democracy forces in Pennsylvania.

.Baltimore Ravens pay tribute to Michael K. Williams with Omar's whistling before SNF 🙏

I don’t want to be dramatic but this is the best article I’ve read maybe ever

You Be the Ump 6/7 ⚪️✅✅✅✅✅✅ nyti.ms/3SJsFaS much tougher than I thought.

Our new story is out! HIV-1 uses a protein net to harvest IP6 from cells and build new viruses for further infection. Read here on latest advances in how IP6 is important for HIV-1 capsid assembly #HIV #virus #virusassembly #IP6 doi.org/10.1038/s41594…

We are looking for a post-doctoral fellow to work on HIV nuclear import, uncoating, and integration. Send me an email if you are interested in joining us.

Thanks @LiWu_UIowa!! I'm incredibly excited (and a little scared!) to be transitioning into this new phase my career. I am so happy that I'll get to begin this journey in such a wonderful research community at Department of Microbiology and Immunology Carver College of Medicine!! I'll be hiring in 2025.

Thank you, uiowabiology! I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted a position at University of Iowa, Dept of Biology! Can’t wait to get started and join such a vibrant research community. I will be hiring in 2025!

The Kleinpeter lab is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar! Projects for this NIH-funded position will explore the molecular mechanisms underlying HIV-1 assembly, maturation, and drug resistance. Apply now!