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Helen Lazear

@lazearlab.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology UNC Chapel Hill Viral pathogenesis, arboviruses, virus-host interactions, antiviral immunity www.lazearlab.org

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David Grimm@david-grimm.bsky.social · 3w ago

The unprecedented move would have ended hundreds of studies at one of the largest academic monkey centers in the United States. But on Thursday, OHSU President Shereef Elnahal told faculty leaders the plan could not move forward because of a lack of federal funding. My latest for @science.org

Plan to turn major monkey research facility into sanctuary may be dead

Lack of federal funds may have forced Oregon university to drop idea of converting national primate center into science-free refuge

science.org

Ellie Bourgikos@ebourgikos.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Jamestown Canyon virus may not be an emerging pathogen in the usual sense. It has been here for centuries. The emergence is in our awareness of it." Such a great summary of our JCV work by John Drake!! Would highly encourage giving it a read! 🦟 www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

A Virus That Predates The Republic Has Been Hiding In American Mosquitoes. Scientists Just Decoded Its History

A mosquito-borne virus circulating since the 1700s went unnoticed until genomic sequencing revealed its centuries-long history and unique two-cycle transmission.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social · last mo.

C.J. Peters, one of the legendary virus hunters of decades past, has died. In 2018, I traveled to his home in Galveston, Tex., where he told me jaw-dropping story after jaw-dropping story. He had an extraordinary brain and was hugely curious. Such a loss. www.statnews.com/2018/02/20/v...

The virus hunter: In a bygone era, C.J. Peters learned how to bend the rules

A legendary scientist reflects on why he became so successful: He got out of the office — and away from bosses.

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ASM@asm.org · 2mo ago

Efforts lacking transparency and clear evidence risk harming individual scientists as well as the broader U.S. scientific enterprise. Read the responses from scientific organizations at the end of the article. ⬇️

Science Magazine@science.org · 3mo ago

Exclusive: Alleging a “pattern of deception” in virus studies done over a decade ago, the U.S. has proposed a ban on federal funding to a prominent coronavirus researcher whose more recent work has incited unproven accusations that he helped start the #COVID19 pandemic. https://scim.ag/3R7nQx1

Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · 2mo ago

When scientists used CRISPR to edit the DNA of human embryos, it made catastrophic mistakes. But now they've used a newer tool to make far more precise edits. Here's my story about how this changes the germline engineering debate. Gift link: nyti.ms/4uiBLOH

In a First, Scientists Precisely Edit Human Embryo Genes

Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists.

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Kristian G. Andersen@kgandersen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is extremely chilling - virologists being targeted for what appears to be minor (if any) "offenses". We all know _why_ this is happening, so I'm not going to belabor that point - but I want to provide some context on the technical details. 🧵 www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH scientists plead not guilty to smuggling monkeypox viruses into U.S.

Defendants face prison time for criminal charges but samples may all have been inactivated and used for routine diagnostics

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