Eleven ASBMB members contributed to an article in Cell by 52 Black scientists about the context of #Juneteenth in STEMM. "We review racism’s history in science & provide institutional-level solutions to reduce the burdens on Black scientists," they write. cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Saad B. Omer Adding some arguments to yours, including that the majority of new drugs that obtain marketing authorization are not providing any clinical benefit compared to what we have already, which is wasteful R&D spending bmj.com/content/380/bm…

CDC's #ACIP votes 13-1 to recommend the updated COVID-19 vaccines for all, ages 6 months and up. A universal recommendation.

Welcome to the NIH OxCam Scholars Program, Marc Theberge ! Marc is mentored by Dr. Eli Boritz (NIAID-VRC) and Prof. Nicholas Matheson (Cambridge). #WelcomeClassof2023

So pleased to report that our Mount Sinai-Yale long COVID (MY-LC) paper with @putrinolab & others is now published!! Proud of the hard work of all who contributed. We found biological signatures that can distinguish people with vs. without #longCOVID (1/) nature.com/articles/s4158…

42 years after the first AIDS cases were reported 27 years after the development of a combination of drugs that effectively treat HIV and prevent AIDS 6 years after it was confirmed that undetectable means untransmittable… living with HIV still carries a burden of stigma. 🧵

Looking for great postdocs to work on cool RNA/Protein/Condensate projects spanning multiple labs! ...new Chan Zuckerberg Initiative-funded program with Arjun Raj Jerelle A Joseph #KlingeLab #Cristealab & Liu Lab (Dr. Kathy F. Liu) More info here: docs.google.com/forms/d/14Fvws… (please apply & also help spread the word!)

Love to explore how HIV hides in CD4 T cells? Love single-cell multiomics, bioinformatics, genomics, and immunology? Wanna join Michelle and Sam, the freshly minted CROI New Investigator Awardees? About to graduate from PhD? Join our lab as a postdoc now! jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/652233/pos…

And I was pleased to see that Yale University, where Brett spent his career as a faculty member, has established the Brett Lindenbach Virology Fund, to train the next generation of scientists in the field he loved and spent his life elevating. medicine.yale.edu/news-article/t…

It’s good sign for our future that Jennifer Doudna is advocating for access to gene editing. “…life-saving medicine cannot be treated as a luxury, and we cannot simply wait to let market forces drive prices down over time.” wired.com/story/gene-edi…

I love it. Health and disease are so much more complex than we, as scientists, sometimes make it out to be. “It’s time to admit that genes are not the blueprint for life.” nature.com/articles/d4158…

Of there are any journal editors reading who might be interested in a review of HIV denial over the years, with inclusion of COVID/ vaccine denial merger since 2020, I have one all ready to go. Trying to figure out the best home and happy to share a draft.

84000 children died of HIV related causes in 2022. Children are 4 more likely to die of HIV than adults. Brilliant talk on long acting agents from LEAP guru: Charlie Flexner #CROI2024 “ people don’t fail drugs, drugs fail people”. Let’s not leave kids behind.

More injectable PrEP on the way, and this seems very promising!! Injections every 6 months! Gilead’s Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir Demonstrated 100% Efficacy and Superiority to Daily Truvada® for HIV Prevention gilead.com/news-and-press…

Denied a chance to represent and learn in person at #AIDS2024, many selected delegates faced similar issues. Future hosts of the IAC - the International AIDS Conference must address these barriers to ensure the call to #PutPeopleFirst Read more: thebody.com/article/health… TheBodyPro

Despite encouraging progress in the global #HIV effort, the Sustainable Development Goal of ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030 is not on track. Ahead of #WorldAIDSDay, our latest Editorial "Triumphs and threats: HIV in 2024". Read this & more: hubs.li/Q02ZRN1m0