Our work on pooled protein recruitment is finally out Cell Genomics! cell.com/cell-genomics/…

I'm delighted to share that I will be joining the Department of Microbiology at Harvard Medical School in January 2025. The Laboratory of Systems Virology will study the dark proteome of viral genomes to understand how viruses work their magic🪄 Thrilled to be back in beautiful Boston 🌟

Happy to share our lab's first manuscript, describing a drug repurposing screen against HSV-1. We identified decitabine as a potent inhibitor in vitro, and showed it dramatically increases the mutation rate of HSV-1, likely leading to lethal mutagenesis journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/sp…

We are HIRING! Our department is looking for MORE THAN ONE Tenure Track Assistant Professors! Come be my colleagues! See detail below. Please consider applying and sharing widely! @WUSM_MolMicro WashU Medicine

We are really excited to share this story! We discovered that a major function of the KSHV RNA, kaposin, is as an architectural non-coding RNA that recruits nuclear speckles proximal to viral genomic RNA. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We are hiring! The Corcoran lab seeks individuals with molecular virology or RNA biology experience to work on the kaposin RNA and its role as a non-coding architectural RNA that optimizes KSHV infection. Please share!

With the acceptance of our lab's first paper and the receipt of new funding, I'm excited to share that we are hiring at least a new postdoc. Please RT. #postdoc #ovariancancer #myeloidcells #innateimmunity nature.com/naturecareers/…

Ahhhh, the ceremonial post-grant-submission closing of the tabs. Very refreshing.

Delighted to share our work developing an mRNA vaccine for C. difficile, published today in Science Magazine. This study with The Drew Weissman Lab was co-led by two truly amazing scientists: Alexa Sem from the Zackular lab and Mohamad-Gabriel Alameh (now at CHOP Research)! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

My department is hiring a tenure-track faculty focusing on RNA biology! UC Irvine has a large, vibrant and super supportive RNA community! Come join us! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09320

RNAWorld xkcd.com/3002

We have two new job postings on our website (1) Tenure track faculty in tumor virology (2) Postdoc in the Lambert lab researching HPV-driven cancers: mcardle.wisc.edu/jobs-at-mcardl…

Beyond thrilled to present our O-MAP—now *published* Nature Methods (!!!) O-MAP is a powerful new method for biochemically "dissecting" the subcellular microenvironment around an RNA of interest, using off-the-shelf parts and standard manipulations. 🧵 nature.com/articles/s4159…

Well, my three year old daughter hugged me this morning and said "It will be ok, Daddy." For her sake, I hope it will be.

Come and join a friendly, productive lab doing impactful tumour virology research. Take a look at some of the recent papers published by our PhD students. nature.com/articles/s4146… nature.com/articles/s4138… nature.com/articles/s4138…

We're once again about to enter an era where these "obvious facts" must be shouted from the rooftops. Thank you, Kristen, for continuing to fight the good fight!

Clean those cages! (Or don't?)

Geometriphylogenetics xkcd.com/3010

Our work on cellular RNA interactions with MAVS that promote antiviral signaling is finally live. So grateful to our indispensable collaborators as well as reviewers who helped to strengthen our work. #RNA #innateimmunity #virology @RamLabUW science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

So excited to join the Division of Immunobiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital MC in March 2025. My lab will study how RNA biology regulates and is regulated by infection and immunity. We'll be hiring at all levels in 2025 - stay tuned! gokhalelab.com