Javier Irazoqui
@javierira.bsky.social
Professor of Microbiology @ UMass Chan Medical School | Host-Microbe Interactions | Bacteria | Immunology | Artificial Intelligence
Virginia health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of locally acquired dengue fever
Virginia resident has state’s 1st locally acquired case of dengue fever - WTOP News
Virginia health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of locally acquired dengue, a viral disease usually associated with international travel.
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Mentee sign-ups are open for the 2026-2027 C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program! Choose: - One-to-one mentoring with an experienced mentor - A peer-mentoring group with people at your career stage Or sign up for both, it takes just 2-5 minutes. And please spread the word! 🧵
Mentee sign-up for the C. elegans Community Mentor Match program
The 2026 cycle of the C. elegans Community Mentor Match is open to graduate students, postdocs, and faculty at any career stage. ⏱️ This form takes only 2–5 minutes to complete depending on your choic...
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Here’s exactly what to do if you’ve been bitten - The Washington Post apple.news/AdbFEv4JiQBe...
So, you got bit by a tick. Here’s exactly what to do next. — The Washington Post
Experts explained what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin, including how to remove it and document it, and when to seek medical advice.
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Computational design of antimicrobial peptide nanopores - Nature Chemical Biology
A computational de novo design framework enables the design of α-helical peptides that assemble into transmembrane barrel-stave pores (TBPs). Here, TBPs are designed for antimicrobial activity, with b...
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Severe Covid leads to persistent viral reactivation, with >10 different viruses noted in the first 40 days after hospital admission. Long Covid was specifically associated with reactivation of latent Anelloviridae virus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19 - Nature
Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prog...
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For those in New York, Northeastern is hiring a full time teaching assistant professor at the NYC campus (formerly Marymount Manhattan College) for General Biology, General Biology labs, and a ‘Biology and Society’ course. Please apply asap and spread the word to those interested!
Assistant Professor - Biology in New York City, NY for Northeastern University
Exciting opportunity in New York City, NY for Northeastern University as a Assistant Professor - ...
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We need your help spreading the word about the C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program! Please talk about the program in your next lab meeting and share this slide with your lab: docs.google.com/presentation...
Mentor match QR codes 2026
Join the C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program! sign up for mentors sign up for mentees and to join peer-mentoring groups https://forms.gle/nfNWQRnpymu6tCYC9 https://forms.gle/pZdwor7wERmQ4oMG8
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AI Detectors Are Out, New Approaches Are In
A growing number of universities have prohibited AI detectors, arguing they are ‘unreliable’ indicators of cheating. But where does that leave faculty, who know all too well that cheating is rampant i...
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Federal government could improve infectious disease monitoring, says federal government - STAT apple.news/AMVk13lnURYW...
Federal government could improve infectious disease monitoring, says federal government — STAT
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$47 million program responds to shrinking opportunities for careers in academic science www.statnews.com/2026/07/29/h...
NSF testing new Ph.D. model giving trainees academic and industry experience
Students working in fields eligible for NSF funding will be able to participate, including chemistry, engineering, and basic life science research that doesn’t deal directly with the treatment of dise...
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See how academic freedom is changing around the world - Scientific American apple.news/AqvjB80PoQDG...
See how academic freedom is changing around the world — Scientific American
Some countries have seen a stark decline in academic freedom over the past decade The ability to research and teach without interference from politics, wealthy donors or religious institutions produce...
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The two men who tanked Clarium Capital were Michael Kratsios (CFO) and Jim O'Neill (managing director). Peter Thiel kept both of them on for years and has now installed them on top of US science. (Jim O'Neill is nominated to head NSF). It's not Trump but Peter Thiel who is taking over US science. 2/
capitolhunters@capitolhunters.bsky.social · 6mo agoUS science is being turned over to Peter Thiel, who will kill it. Trump installed one longtime Thiel lieutenant as his science advisor. Now another Thiel lieutenant, Jim O'Neill, will head NSF. Both are the least-qualified ever, with NO science training. They're picked because they serve Thiel. 1/
Berg Curves in the wild! These funding curves--first created by @jeremymberg.bsky.social last year--continue to be one of the more impactful pages on Grant Witness' webpage. Hard to argue that NIH is healthy when the facts are so stark and staring at you in the face.
Britt Lundgren@brittlundgren.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat a photo.
🧵The US no longer meets criteria for measles elimination. Utah's outbreak has lasted for more than a yr. And cases this yr are at a 35-yr high. I talked w/pediatricians treating measles & talking w/parents who don't vaccinate. My latest @wired.com @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/the-ch...
‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out
Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah, as the US faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous disease...
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1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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It's important to realize that Trump's science advisor Michael Kratsios, now presiding over the destruction of US science, has no science training at all. His primary professional accomplishment is loyalty to Peter Thiel, and helping Peter's Clarium Capital lose over a billion dollars 1/
capitolhunters@capitolhunters.bsky.social · last yr.Today 19 Dem Senators helped enable both Trump's attack on science and the techbro power grab by confirming the most unqualified person ever to lead the Office of Science & Technology Policy: a non-scientist (BA in politics) who spent 8 years working for Peter Thiel. 1/
Direct link for podcast with my friend and colleague Derek Angus at JAMA. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Derek was the PI of the first clinical trial that NIGMS ever funded (that is how I first met him). Testing a new alternative for protocolized treatment of early septic shock.
Why and How Should the Government Fund Biomedical Research?
Government funding for biomedical research is the topic of this Healthy Dialogue conversation between JAMA Senior Editor Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, and Jeremy Berg, PhD, former editor in chief of Scienc...
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As promised, the results of actually reading the New Golden Age report. It is a very strange one, and it's hard to fully capture the its oddities (which is why the piece below is 2,300 words or so). But it also contains some general themes here that have been consistent throughout Trump II.
Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 2w ago
White House report calls for big changes to ‘calcified’ U.S. science system | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
White House report calls for big changes to ‘calcified’ U.S. science system
In Congress today, Trump science adviser Michael Kratsios faced critics of the proposals
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White House to redirect billions in research funds toward AI and away from colleges - The Wall Street Journal apple.news/AWRhlfd6pTHe...
White House to Redirect Billions in Research Funds Toward AI, Away From Colleges — The Wall Street Journal
The overhaul will reshape $200 billion in spending a year and favors individual scientists to outpace China
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"The current ruling—if not reversed on appeal or rendered moot by the proposed OMB rule—will help protect current and future grants to higher ed institutions and researchers in the states that sued." www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Agencies Can’t Cite Changed Priorities to Terminate Grants
The ruling limits the Trump administration’s power to cancel research and other funding based on the Office of Management and Budget’s termination clause. OMB’s proposed rule may change that.
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U.S. judge rejects Trump’s justification for terminating thousands of grants | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. judge rejects Trump’s justification for terminating thousands of grants
States hail decision, but White House may try other ways to end funding
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Did 500,000 people comment on controversial U.S. grantmaking rule? Not likely, analysts say | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Did 500,000 people comment on controversial U.S. grantmaking rule? Not likely, analysts say
Quirk of comment website allows savvy submitters to vastly inflate count
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