Isn't that basically the cover of "Smell The Glove" that the record label rejected?
Bill Jackson
@wtjackson.bsky.social
Dr. Jackson is a former high school musical star, kaiju enthusiast, and oversees people who do amazing science to understand how viruses do their things. University of Maryland School of Medicine http://www.picorna.com
People are making an "L" shape with their fingers to their foreheads at me when I drive around in my cybertruck, indicating they Love the car
A glimmer of hope. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/s...
Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded.
The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.
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Paper published!!! Tremendous work by Gordana Scepanovic, with key contributions by @negberry.bsky.social and @krothphd.bsky.social. We ask why is mTor signalling necessary for rapid wound repair. 🧪 #drosophila #devbio Share link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kS2e5Sx5g...
Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez@rodrigofg.bsky.social · 3y agoNew lab pre-print!! Rapamycin is an effective immunosuppressant for transplant recipients, but it slows down surgical recovery. Here, we use our wound healing model in the Drosophila embryo to ask why. Titanic work by Gordana Scepanovic. Take a look! 🧪 #drosophila #devbio
Not many celebrity deaths really get to me but Bob Uecker was special. When I was living in Milwaukee for 8 years, Ueck’s announcing could make a terrible baseball game listenable. Many weekend afternoons working outdoors or in the basement were spent listening to his stories. tinyurl.com/bd68pn5f
Beloved Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker has died
Bob Uecker, the voice of the team on the airwaves for 54 years, a Baseball Hall of Famer and local, statewide and national icon, died Thursday.
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Great piece by Paul Offit "When Mr. Kennedy says he wants vaccines to be better studied, what he really seems to be saying is he wants studies that confirm his fixed, immutable, science-resistant beliefs. That’s not skepticism."🧪⚕️
Opinion | RFK Jr. Is a Vaccine Cynic, Not Skeptic. (Gift Article)
My job is to ask tough questions of vaccine makers. That’s not what he is doing.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h... Kudos to Apoorva Mandavilli and @nytimes.com for an article that concisely describes the polio antivaxer problem while reminding older readers (and teaching younger readers) the potential cost of a polio comeback
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence (Gift Article)
In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations has already turned up in the West.
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Make sure not to distribute this cartoon, and the post about it by @anntelnaes.bsky.social, so that it doesn’t become even more widely seen than if the Post had simply published it like a real newspaper would: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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So many sad conversations over the past couple of weeks about the future of diversity in science. If we lose programs to promote diversity, science will be worse off for it.
Repost appreciated: Open #PhDposition in my group! Join us in Umeå, 🇸🇪 to uncover how arboviruses remodel the cellular interior. In situ #cryoET with great #virology and #biophysics collaborators. Customisable project. Application deadline 15 December. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/
Lucky to have Bryan Mounce, a great teacher and famed crochet artist, to talk with our grad students about how viruses can teach us cell biology!
It never ceases to amaze me that we are lucky enough to live in a time when we have a VACCINE AGAINST CANCER and it’s controversial!
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2y agoHPV vaccine doesn’t “just” prevent cancer. It also prevents precancerous lesions and other conditions like recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. In addition, the HPV vaccine also saves the United States $9 billion per YEAR in direct medical costs. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
Sharing recent publications just for fun (part 1). Here, we explored neutralizing epitopes in the porcine deltacoronavirus spike glycoprotein. 🐖 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41... We found that a mAb targeting the N-terminus can trigger partial opening, perhaps mimicking a co-receptor interaction.
To close out the week with another #FluorescentFriday project, I present: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... 🦠🔬🧪#Virosky 🧵1/4
A dual fluorescent herpes simplex virus type 1 recombinant reveals divergent outcomes of neuronal infection | Journal of Virology
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a prevalent human pathogen that infects approximately 67% of the global human population. HSV-1 invades the peripheral nervous system, where latent HSV-1 infecti...
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With all this talk about cutting the NIH, might I remind everyone that the entire NIH budget is less than 5% of the DoD budget. The NIH is so efficient that they already rely upon volunteer labor to do grant review. And they are not even allowed to buy grant reviewers coffee.
Always a pleasure to join @kavehmd.bsky.social, especially when it's to talk shit about lying grifters who are out to destroy public health and add to their already sizable body counts. Also, because my mood is increasingly pessimistic and miserable, I talk about H5N1 and its pandemic potential.
The House of Pod@kavehmd.bsky.social · 2y agoEpisode 250: The Next Pandemic I’m joined by virologist @angierasmussen.bsky.social, author @joho.bsky.social & comedian @turnersparks.bsky.social to discuss Bird Flu updates & what the next pandemic could look like under the Trump administration. iTunes: tinyurl.com/bdr5fd6e
Of course, I remember what Bluesky was like in the old days* * Friday
Viral infection and antiviral immunity in the oral cavity www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Viral infection and antiviral immunity in the oral cavity - Nature Reviews Immunology
The oral mucosa is a critical barrier tissue that is continually exposed to pathogens, but antiviral immune responses in this tissue are poorly understood. Moreover, recent viral outbreaks, including ...
nature.com
Proud of my dad Lynn Enquist .. On #VeteransDay it is important to recognize those who served in the US Public Service Health Service. #USPHS is dedicated to the nation's public health & Science. Most don’t know about USPHS & it’s role in protecting us & that it is one of the uniformed services 🧪🛟
Is there a starter pack of scientific publishers and journals for biomedical sciences already? #MedSkg #ImmunoSky #IDSky
After my observation that limited numbers of HSV and PRV virions transmit from axons, I was lucky enough to start my own lab at Montana State University. As we got going, I became increasingly obsessed with the timing of virion transmission from axons.
Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list! go.bsky.app/SinqoJU
Our short article about a new vaccine candidate for Enterovirus D68; the vaccine “builds itself” in the vaccinated host, providing nice immunity! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Some assembly required: a single-RNA vaccine against enterovirus-D68
A single-RNA-based vaccine against enterovirus-D68, a respiratory virus and causative agent of severe paralytic disease in children, by the Erasmus gr…
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Antibody dependent enhancement of enterovirus infections onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Enterovirus Antibodies: Friends and Foes
Enteroviruses (EV) initiate replication by binding to their cellular receptors, leading to the uncoating and release of the viral genome into the cytosol of the host cell. Neutralising antibodies (NA...
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Like what are we all going to do in November and December if he wins? Is there a plan? Is it a Midsommar thing? Because yeah we should all do a Midsommar in winter thing
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202... So we’re at a place where “poop artist strikes again” is a legit WaPo headline and I’m not crying you’re crying
Poop artist strikes again with neo-Nazi tiki torch statue for Trump
On Monday, an artist -- or artists -- deposited a bronze-colored tiki torch clenched by a fist on Freedom Plaza NW, just a few blocks from the White House.
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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Someone in the organization gets it. Sorry Michelle Norris.
Opinion | It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president
Isn’t this what a newspaper is supposed to do?
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