There really is no better feeling than going into the lab on a weekend to make sure your tiny spiky spheres are growing to high titer. #virology 🦠

Unreliable and underperforming antibodies are a longstanding problem, so while the reveal of apparently manipulated antibody data in Thermo Fisher's catalog was a shock, the frustration it sparked among many researchers is perhaps no surprise. My reporting:

Science sleuths uncover more than 100 suspicious images in Thermo Fisher antibody catalogue

Scientists have long worried about the reliability of commercial antibodies, and the latest findings have sparked fresh concerns.

nature.com

Time Machine Conversation xkcd.com/3251/

Here a clear instructions on how to write a good comment about how you would be personally harmed by the new OMB rule that would drastically reshape American science. Comments from people at any career stage are valuable! Members of the public too!

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

🚨New pre-print!🚨 Because influenza virions are highly variable in form no single method can show their molecular architecture in detail. Here, we integrate multiple structural and compositional approaches to identify new features of these beautiful virus particles www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Elated to be the People’s Choice at the UVM 3MT competition. Honored to represent @brucelab.bsky.social and CMB! Congratulations to all my competitors on a job well done!

So proud to represent @brucelab.bsky.social for the 3MT competition! I love what I research and it wouldn't be possible without the mentorship of Dr. Bruce, and the support of the lab! :) Three Minutes. Two Goals. One Cellular Grand Theft Auto. uvmlarnermedblog.com/2026/04/09/t...

Transient RNA structures play a key role in the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses! Great to see this collaboration with Mathis Funk, Mathilde Richard, Stephen Cusack, and others in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Polymerase trapping as the mechanism of H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus genesis

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) derive from H5 and H7 low pathogenic avian influenza viruses (LPAIVs). Although insertion of a furin-cleavable multibasic cleavage site (MBCS) in the...

science.org

The Gold Standard. ​These are Vero E6 cells (African Green Monkey kidney), the workhorses of virology. They lack interferon, making them the perfect host for viral research. ​Today, they are just pristine jewels. ​💛 Gold: Actin 🩵 Sapphire: Nuclei #SciArt #Virology #FluorescenceFriday

We are in the worst flu season in over a decade. Children have died. Hospitals are filled with people sick from flu. 13 million fewer Americans have taken the flu shot this season compared to last year. www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

RFK Jr. says it may be "better" if fewer children receive the flu vaccine

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed there is "no scientific evidence" the flu vaccine prevents hospitalizations or death in children, despite previous CDC guidance.

cbsnews.com

I wrote a festive little piece for @uk.theconversation.com about the invisible but beautiful world of viruses, our fight against viral diseases, and how you can explore all of this, and more, by making paper snowflakes ❄️🦠🤓❄️ #scicomm #sciart theconversation.com/the-twelve-v...

NIH APPLICANTS: Your application will be WITHDRAWN BEFORE REVIEW if you have an international collaboration and do not include a Foreign Justification. Normally this could be provided after review as JIT but NOT ANYMORE. You have been warned.

Really enjoyed writing about one of my favorite topics (influenza filaments). There is so much exciting new filament research now, it is clearly no longer 'the graveyard of postdocs' Bob Lamb called the topic during my PhD. www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Influenza filaments: a graveyard of postdocs no longer? | The EMBO Journal

EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.

embopress.org

The colors on these Aspergillus were just so beautiful. The green one is Aspergillus flavus, and the tan one is Aspergillus terreus. The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️. Fungus is so amazing ❤️ #IDsky #MicroSky #ClinMicro

Preprint from our lab is out! We identified a peroxisome-localized acyl-coA binding protein AcbdA - that regulates peroxisome movement. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Congratulations to members of my lab and the Christensen lab @christensenlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Acyl-coA binding protein AcbdA regulates peroxisome hitchhiking on early endosomes

Motor-driven transport on microtubules is critical for distributing organelles throughout the cell. Most commonly, organelle movement is mediated by cargo adaptors, proteins on the surface of an organ...

biorxiv.org

RNA xkcd.com/3056

Great to see lots of folks out for Stand Up For Science!!!