The NIH NIAID-CREID just launched its Pilot Research Program 2021 call for applications! Goal: to mentor and train the next generation of emerging infectious disease researchers around the world. creid-network.org/pilot-program

Interested in vector-virus-host interactions, arbovirus emergence, and be part of the UTMB community? Join my lab? We have 2 postdoctoral positions starting September 1. DM or RT. Nikos Vasilakis CREATE-NEO UTMB Pathology_Research Institute for Human Infections & Immunity (IHII)

3 year U.S. National Science Foundation EEID post-doctoral fellowship in viral epidemiology for a project in SE Asia together with EpiCenterUCD team members Christine K Johnson and Tierra Smiley Evans and KadingLaboratory at Colorado State and @BootsLab at UC Berkeley! ucdavis.box.com/s/6yh6s84aig4y…

Come work with our team! Post-doctoral fellowship in virology available immediately @UCDavis. #SARSCoV2, #chikungunya, #postdocjobs

Larval rearing water shapes mosquito development & vector competence for #Zika virus by a lot! Compared to tap, water from outdoors makes #Aedes aegypti slower to develop & less capable of spreading Zika. @alternatewill Lark Coffey journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mS… ASM #mSphere

I’ve just done it. The dreaded ‘reply all’. And after about 20 more followed suit.🤦🏽‍♀️

UC and National Lab reseasrchers are coming together across disciplines and locations to ATTACK future pandemics with expertise and speed. CNSI at UCLA UCLA UC San Diego UC Davis UC Berkeley UC Irvine UC Riverside Sandia National Labs Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory bit.ly/3qEVb2N

During my grad school interview @UTMB, I told the program director, ‘Genomics is going to adversely impact biomedicine.’ He said ‘What!? Explain!’ And that’s how I learned the correct definition of ‘adversely’. 😬 Still got in. Don’t berate yourself if you mess up interviews.

New pub alert! "Neuroanatomical abnormalities in a nonhuman primate model of congenital Zika virus infection" out now in eLife TL;DR: Microcephaly isn't the only outcome of fetal Zika virus infection. Infection causes brain-wide abnormalities. 1/🧵 elifesciences.org/articles/64734

Interested in making data more useful for public-health decisions? Our VectorSurv team is hiring for 6 new positions, and we would love to hear from you. Please share with anyone else who may be interested! mailchi.mp/b14a7ca4e03c/j…

Now open! Assistant/Associate Professor in Microbiology at the University of California, Davis. Please share. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05081

Data visualization inspiration thanks to DALL-E: how Rothko, Basquiat, Picasso, and Monet would create an academic chart.

Join us on Aug 19 for the inaugural Graduate Group Integrative Pathobiology DEI symposium with the incredible 𝘿𝙧. 𝘾𝙧𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 ≽(◕ ᴗ ◕)≼ 🐥🐸 as the keynote! RSVP by August 12. Zoom option available. ucdavis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4G…

There is still time to apply!

Congratulations Dr. Louie @alternatewill on a beautiful exit seminar! To see Will’s latest work aimed at understanding how microbes reduce susceptibility of Aedes aegypti to Zika virus, check this out: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Today, we approved the first chikungunya vaccine for individuals 18 years of age and older who are at increased risk of exposure to chikungunya virus. fda.gov/news-events/pr…