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Matt Frieman

@mattfrieman.bsky.social

Alicia and Yaya Professor of Viral Pathogen Research, Center for Pathogen Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine. #virology #coronavirus #vaccines #Influenza Opinions are my own. FriemanLab.com

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Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 5d ago

JOSH: So what are you going to do? TOBY: Whatever I can to stave off the chaos, mayhem, and self interest that lies just beneath our civil disguise. (The West Wing)

Plague Poems@plaguepoems.bsky.social · 3w ago

She sighed: “it’s getting worse,” and I could not tell if she was describing the cyclospora outbreak or the Ebola outbreak, the dangerous heat or the war, the uptick in Covid cases or the cost of living, and so I simply replied: yeah.

Microbes.Info@microbesinfo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧬🦠 A surprise discovery in a university #lab helped uncover new insights into #Influenza #biology, advancing our understanding of how #flu #viruses function and evolve. #Virology #Microbiology #Research #PublicHealth #Microsky via @vtdigger.bsky.social

One UVM lab’s surprise discovery led to flu science breakthrough - VTDigger

Proteins in the two most common types of flu virus enable them to take very different paths to entering human lungs, a finding that could lead to more directed antiviral treatments.

vtdigger.org

27 UNIHTED@27unihted.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We published an article written by a number of current and former peer review workers in their personal capacities outlining the changes to peer review at the NIH over the last 18 months. It’s a great resource, and we’re grateful to the authors who wrote it! open.substack.com/pub/27unihte...

The Quiet Attack On Science: Subverting NIH Peer Review

Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review, this is an overview of all the changes to NIH's peer review over the last 18 months.

open.substack.com

Andrew D Thaler@drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A wild thread: 490 million years ago, the seafloor which would become the city of Baltimore was a serpentinite-hosted hydrothermal vent complex. Those vents laid the ultramafic structures that would, in 1812, be discovered as America's first chromite mine.

Hensley Lab@scottehensley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are recruiting 1-2 postdoctoral fellows to investigate the specificity of human anti-influenza virus antibodies, and to determine how these antibodies impact global antigenic drift of influenza viruses. Join our lab at Penn in Philly. Reach out if you are interested in applying! Please repost!

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kottke.org@kottke.org · 5mo ago

There are at least 60 Pizza Hut Classics (red roofs, checkered tablecloths, salad bar) in the US…but the company does nothing to promote them. “They are like wormholes in the chain restaurant galaxy, portals to the past found by serendipity.” [nytimes.com]

That Red Roof! Those Tiffany Lamps! It’s a Pizza Hut From the Past.

With heaps of nostalgia but little promotion by their parent chain, Pizza Hut Classics take their fervent fans on a time trip back to a simpler, warmer era.

nytimes.com

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."

As everyone knows, the Country of Canada has treated the United States very unfairly for decades. Now, things are turning around for the U.S.A., and FAST! But imagine, Canada is building a massive bridge between Ontario and Michigan. They own both the Canada and the United States side and, of course, built it with virtually no U.S. content. President Barack Hussein Obama stupidly gave them a waiver so they could get around the BUY AMERICAN Act, and not use any American products, including our Steel. Now, the Canadian Government expects me, as President of the United States, to PERMIT them to just “take advantage of America!” What does the United States of America get — Absolutely NOTHING! Ontario won't even put U.S. spirits, beverages, and other alcoholic products, on their shelves, they are absolutely prohibited from doing so and now, on top of everything else, Prime Minister Carney wants to make a deal with China — which will eat Canada alive. We’ll just get the leftovers! I don't think so. The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup. The Tariffs Canada charges us for our Dairy products have, for many years, been unacceptable, putting our Farmers at great financial risk. I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve. We will start negotiations, IMMEDIATELY. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset. The revenues generated because of the U.S. Market will be astronomical. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Jeremy Yoder says no war@jbyoder.org · 6mo ago

“While not everyone will be funded, there is some expectation of a fair and transparent review process, and that doesn’t seem to be happening ... For new grad students, or those applying this year, the outright rejection without a clear reason is incredibly discouraging” —@kheyduk.bsky.social

Eos@eos.org · 6mo ago

Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...