Finally, getting a NIH grant is as much about resilience & persistence as it is about good data, good team, good plan. My best proposals have been #NotDiscussed several times, including one recently awarded. Be like a #pachyderm. Only mistake you can make is to stop trying.

I just found out in PowerPoint that if you longpress cursor-arrow in slideshow mode it becomes a laser pointer. The whole life was a failure.

Great collaboration with Pomin lab identifying structural activity relationship of marine sulfated glycan mediated inhibition of SARS-CoV-2.

You have just started your first career job. This is not continued undergraduate education.

Looking forward to serving on the editorial board of Microbiology Spectrum and contributing my expertise as well as a passion for open science.

Diversity in science is not only important, it’s critical for discovery.

Research day The University of Mississippi Medical Center, such great studies by grad students and postdocs going on UMMC Graduate School, well done everyone !

Wonderful, inspiring, and supportive conversation this morning with Dr. LouAnn Woodward M.D. and the leadership group of the new Department of Cell and Molecular Biology The University of Mississippi Medical Center including Dr. Reckelhoff (chair), Robinson, Licy Yanes Cardozo, Damian Romero, Ritesh Tandon, PhD, FAHA, and Gibert

NIH Grants!

Microbiology was named the M2 Department of the Year. Dr. Stray was named a M2 All-Star Professor again. Great work guys!

Honored to receive this recognition from American Society of Microbiology and glad that our work made it into the top cited publications in virology. lnkd.in/g5ezP-Cb JVI top cited publication 2023: lnkd.in/gKuuHbdX

Always stoked to chat with NPR NPR Goats & Soda's Max Barnhart. Abraar Karan & I answer reader questions on Covid 🦠 🤒😷... "Coronavirus FAQ: Are we in a surge? How do you cope if your whole family catches it?" npr.org/sections/goats…

This years Drosophila service award goes to the yeoman efforts over many decades by the leadership and staff of the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center; no fly lab exists that does not owe them a huge debt of gratitude 🙏 congrats all!