HOUSTON/GALVESTON AREA FRIENDS!! AWIS - Houston is hosting a happy hour & networking event THIS THURSDAY (3/21/24) at Yard House (Baybrook Mall location)! Come see me and let's catch up!

Details & registration can be found here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Join our team as a Research Associate or Postdoctoral Researcher. We work on preparedness and response for outbreaks and epidemics caused by emerging RNA viruses. Please apply, retweet, or share it. 🦠🦟🖥️📊

Apply now! desouzalab.com/careers/

Our work on ILHV is finally out. cell.com/heliyon/fullte…. Collaborative efforts with Mauricio Nogueira’s lab @Famerp Dr. Shannan_Rossi UTMB World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses Sasha R. Azar Rafael Elias Marques Lívia Sacchetto. Cx spp refractory to vectoring ILHV, but Aedes spp are not! ASTMH NIAID-CREID Sociedade Brasileira de Virologia ACAV

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Our research at Cell Host & Microbe found that chikungunya can infect multiple organs, cause severe inflammation & cross the blood-brain barrier 🦟🦠 🧠

Read: rb.gy/v567fp

Every. Single. Day🤣

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Your poem lacks novelty
- Reviewer 2 😘

I’m gonna read this paper when I get home

Me when I get home

Check out our viewpoint Science Translational Medicine in which we discuss the increasing threats posed by zoonotic mosquito-borne viruses. We emphasize the need for global preparedness through proactive measures of prediction, surveillance, prevention, and treatment.

science.org/doi/full/10.11…

Potential of Ilhéus virus to emerge biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We just posted this preprint about Ilheus virus, a neglected flavivirus.

Nikos Vasilakis CREATE-NEO NIAID-CREID ACAV FAMERP

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
'India🇮🇳,
I reached my destination
and you too!'
: Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 has successfully
soft-landed on the moon 🌖!.

Congratulations, India🇮🇳!

#Chandrayaan_3
#Ch3

Prospective PhD Students: You can choose up to 3 of our basic biomedical and translational science programs to consider your application for admission! Register and join us on August 8th to learn more about our programs and which ones are best for you. zoom.us/meeting/regist…

For someone who’s just starting their PhD, here are some pointers, I wish I knew before I started:
1. Keep all relevant publications at 1 place as they come.
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#AcademicChatter PhD Voice - Independently Run

#DidYouKnow the lifespan of an average #mosquito is less than two months? It's true! Males typically live for 10 days or less, while females can live up to 8 weeks. Of course, that's assuming we don't get them first! Enjoy your weekend! #funfactfriday

Our own Rafael Kroon Campos Rafael Kroon Campos is now presenting his work on 'Assessing the role of the immune response in Zika virus long-term infections of the testes'. Sociedade Brasileira de Virologia NIAID-CREID CREATE-NEO @astmh ACAV Mauricio Nogueira’s lab @Famerp Dr. Shannan_Rossi UTMB Provost's Office Institute for Human Infections & Immunity (IHII)