Happy to see our BANAL-CoV paper featured this week on TWiV! 🙂 #LoveVirology Prof. Akiko Iwasaki Craig Wilen

What makes SARS-CoV-2 so infectious? In a new study, Yale Department of Immunobiology researchers investigate two of the #COVID-19 #virus’s closest cousins to shed new light on what what shapes a pathogen’s “#pandemic potential.” brnw.ch/21wLGrG

BREAKING: WHO declares Mpox a public health emergency of international concern

There are now multiple, concurrent public health crises: an international mpox emergency, unprecedented outbreaks of H5N1, the highest levels of Covid in a long time. Infectious diseases are the recurring hazards of our times. They require sustained commitment to preparedness.

Faculty search! YaleMicroPath is looking to hire assistant professor(s) focused on the pathogenesis of viral, bacterial, parasitic, or fungal infections. Info: apply.interfolio.com/151755. Q&A webinar in Sept. Please RT!

idk, lightning is pretty cool

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 detected in a small poultry farm (80 birds) in Mexico. #vogelgriep wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/58…

science and fun 🧵: Our study of 🦇🦠🇻🇳 has been published. Many new genomes: 32 SARSCoVr, 4 SARSCoV2r, and 2 recombinants of SARSCoVr and SARSCoV2r (RecSar), a spike protein closely related to that of SARS-CoV-2, evidence of co-inf with 4 different CoVs doi.org/10.1111/mec.17…

Thanks ⁦Stephanie N. Langel⁩ and ⁦Cindy Leifer⁩ for inviting me on Microbe TV! I enjoyed talking to you guys at AAI. And it was great to meet ⁦Dr. Brianne Barker⁩ IRL. Immune Booster #7: Emerging viruses with David Martinez microbe.tv/immune/ib-007/

Going into my 5th year of PhD, and I still get really motivated after meeting with my two mentors on the same day.

For all those virology post-docs, tenure-track Assistant Professor position available in the Dept of Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale. Great department and community. Please apply. Yale School of Medicine YaleMicroPath apply.interfolio.com/151755

Have you heard of the ongoing outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) that claimed the lives of ~10,000 cats in Cyprus and was imported to the UK? Learn about it and its causative coronavirus (FCoV-23) in our study led by Ale Tortorici 1/17 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

This may be one of my favorite moments of the 2024 storm chasing season. As the sun begins to set on 8/26/24. Le Sueur, MN. #mnwx Girls Who Chase

📆Make your calendars! We are excited to have Paul Ahllquist McArdle Laboratory give the 2nd annual lecture in honor of 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚑 🌊 on Oct 10! Yale Department of Immunobiology Yale Medicine Department of MCDB YaleMicroPath

Our lab at Cornell is hiring a postdoc to lead investigations of viral #zoonoses in #Bats and develop strategies for pandemic prevention. Background in #DiseaseEcology, #OneHealth, #EEID, or epidemiology. More details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28001

Perhaps one of the coolest experiences I've had as a scientist to hear @AbrahamLabHMS wy paper on western equine encephalitis virus featured on TWiV! "Heartbeats and hoofbeats" Thank you at Vincent Racaniello! (starts at about 51 min) ❤️🐎Harvard Micro youtube.com/watch?v=j5fKOi…

A very interesting new study by Petter Brodin and colleagues shows that gender-affirming testosterone therapy changes immune phenotypes leading to reduced type I interferon and enhanced TNF signatures nature.com/articles/s4158…

Really incredible work, high-risk viruses are already circulating in wild and farm animals, including CoVs. This underscores the importance of pandemic preparedness research to stop future naturally occurring pandemics. 👇 nature.com/articles/s4158…

BREAKING: Missouri reports human case of H5 bird flu with no known link to animals

BREAKING: #H5 bird flu detected in Missouri individual with no reported contact with animals. It's not yet clear if this the same version of the virus that has been circulating in dairy cows. More questions than answers at this point. statnews.com/2024/09/06/mis…