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Winbuzzer<p>Study: AI-Powered Research Now Prowess Outstrips Human Experts, Raising Bioweapon Risks</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biohazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biohazard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biosecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biosecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DualUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DualUse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AISafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AISafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VCT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EthicsInAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsInAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIRegulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AISafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AISafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIEthics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/23/study-ai-research-prowess-outstrips-human-experts-rising-bioweapon-risks-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winbuzzer.com/2025/04/23/study</span><span class="invisible">-ai-research-prowess-outstrips-human-experts-rising-bioweapon-risks-xcxwbn/</span></a></p>
SPQR<p>Well done dumb asses: "Measles has spread to 109 more people in Ontario over the last week, bringing the province’s total cases to 925 since an outbreak began in October. Sixty-nine people have required hospitalization – that’s eight more than last week – including four in intensive care."<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InfectiousDiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDiseases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/more-than-100-new-measles-cases-reported-in-ontario-as-total-reaches-925/article_8adf7f9b-cae6-55e5-a5ab-6c89d4833105.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/news/ontario/more-</span><span class="invisible">than-100-new-measles-cases-reported-in-ontario-as-total-reaches-925/article_8adf7f9b-cae6-55e5-a5ab-6c89d4833105.html</span></a></p>
SPQR<p>Well done dumbasses: "Health officials in Alberta are reporting 29 new cases of measles, bringing the province’s total to 118 since early March."<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InfectiousDiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfectiousDiseases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alberta</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/alberta/alberta-reports-29-new-cases-of-measles-bringing-total-to-118/article_b337f5ba-07c1-5912-b2e7-bb501172854a.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/news/canada/albert</span><span class="invisible">a/alberta-reports-29-new-cases-of-measles-bringing-total-to-118/article_b337f5ba-07c1-5912-b2e7-bb501172854a.html</span></a></p>
SPQR<p>Everything is fine: "The spread of measles in the Southwest now constitutes the largest single outbreak since the United States declared the disease eliminated in 2000, federal scientists told state officials in a meeting on Monday."<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/health/measles-southwest-outbreak.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/22/health/</span><span class="invisible">measles-southwest-outbreak.html</span></a></p>
Dryad<p>NEW ON DRYAD: The herpes simplex virus pUL16 and pUL21 proteins prevent capsids from docking at nuclear pore complexes </p><p>Dataset▶️ <a href="https://bit.ly/4isumqa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/4isumqa</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Article▶️ <a href="https://bit.ly/4lH0N6U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/4lH0N6U</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> published in PLOS Pathogens</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/nucleocapsids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nucleocapsids</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/herpessimplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herpessimplex</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/sciencesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencesky</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Identifying Environmental Risk Factors and Mapping the Distribution of West Nile Virus in an Endemic Region of North America<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000161" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000161</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br>[an older paper (2018) but a good one, including showing the versatility &amp; usefulness of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FedScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FedScience</span></a> spatial datasets]<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WestNile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestNile</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WestNileVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestNileVirus</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedscience</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NationalLandCoverDatabase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalLandCoverDatabase</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NLCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLCD</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/arboviruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arboviruses</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedscience</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geocoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geocoding</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/landcover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landcover</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/physiography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physiography</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/transmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transmission</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/regressiontree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regressiontree</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazard</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/riskmaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riskmaps</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/elevation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elevation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humidity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rainfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainfall</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/precipitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>precipitation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/integrated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>integrated</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mosquito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mosquito</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDakota</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pasturelands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pasturelands</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/crossdiscipline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crossdiscipline</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/earthobservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthobservation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Pathobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pathobiology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Epidemiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epidemiology</span></a> <br>@USGS @USGS_EROS</p>
Frank Aylward<p>Video and article from our lab about our latest giant virus paper </p><p>"Researchers discover large dormant virus can be reactivated in model green alga"</p><p><a href="https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/04/researchers-discover-large-dormant-virus-can-be-reactivated-in-m.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.vt.edu/articles/2025/04/r</span><span class="invisible">esearchers-discover-large-dormant-virus-can-be-reactivated-in-m.html</span></a></p><p>And link to original paper <br><a href="https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-2552/full" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/stoken/author-toke</span><span class="invisible">ns/ST-2552/full</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/viruses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viruses</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microbes</span></a></p>
Charité Berlin<p>While little is known about the mysterious <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Oropouche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oropouche</span></a> virus in Latin America, a number of deaths have been reported along with impacts on unborn babies. A <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Charit%C3%A9Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharitéBerlin</span></a> study has discovered that the pathogen is more widespread than previously thought.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/a_mysterious_pathogen_oropouche_virus_more_common_in_latin_america_than_previously_thought" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">charite.de/en/service/press_re</span><span class="invisible">ports/artikel/detail/a_mysterious_pathogen_oropouche_virus_more_common_in_latin_america_than_previously_thought</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Charit%C3%A9Virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharitéVirology</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Charit%C3%A9Paper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharitéPaper</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/MedMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/Medibubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medibubble</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/travelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travelling</span></a> <a href="https://wisskomm.social/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a></p>
François Ferron 🇪🇺 🔷️🔶️<p>Beware scientists official deep fakes are coming our ways. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> will be under pressure.<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/rfk-autism-study-1.7508733" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/health/rfk-autism-</span><span class="invisible">study-1.7508733</span></a></p>
SPQR<p>Measles is among the most contagious viruses known. A single case can cause dozens more in places where people are unvaccinated. Infants too young for vaccination, immune-compromised people and the elderly are all at risk. Measles isn’t just a fever and rash. It can cause pneumonia, brain inflammation, permanent disability and death.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infectiousdiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infectiousdiseases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/opinion/measles-epidemic-texas.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/02/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/measles-epidemic-texas.html</span></a></p>
Michael Emerman<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <br>Incredibly shortsighted and just plain stupid for the amateurs in charge to force an early termination to NIH funded COVID grants because as they claim in the article "Now that the pandemic is over, the grant funds are no longer necessary”</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/saying-pandemic-over-nih-institute-starts-cutting-covid-19-research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/sa</span><span class="invisible">ying-pandemic-over-nih-institute-starts-cutting-covid-19-research</span></a></p>
Michael Emerman<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ThrowbackThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThrowbackThursday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a><br>The oldest piece of equipment in my lab, a &gt;55 year old refractometer that I inherited from the lab next door when they retired in 2010. It consists of a light source and prisms and measures the concentration of dissolved substances by their ability to bend light through the prism. In virology, we use gradients of sucrose spun at high speeds to purify viruses which will settle at distinct sucrose densities as measured on the refractrometer. It still works.</p>
Michael Emerman<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <br>The Story behind the Science: On the discovery of respiratory syncytial virus | mBio <a href="https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mbio.03074-24" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1</span><span class="invisible">128/mbio.03074-24</span></a></p>
daniel campion<p>Four ways <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23COVID19" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#COVID19</a> changed <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23virology" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#virology</a>: lessons from the most sequenced virus of all time ⚕️ <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00730-y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.nature.com/articles/d41...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00730-y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Four ways COVID changed virolo...</a></p>
François Ferron 🇪🇺 🔷️🔶️<p>Our project for the SHADOC 🇪🇺 doctoral program has been selected. If you are interested to do an international <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a> in structural virology <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/afmblab.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>afmblab.bsky.social</span></a></span> , the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HellenicPasteurInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HellenicPasteurInstitute</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SynchrotronSoleil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SynchrotronSoleil</span></a> please visit our proposal : <a href="https://schadoc.univ-amu.fr/en/call-candidates/health-well-being/garcom" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">schadoc.univ-amu.fr/en/call-ca</span><span class="invisible">ndidates/health-well-being/garcom</span></a><br>➡️ For application procedure please read carefully : <a href="https://schadoc.univ-amu.fr/en/call-candidates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">schadoc.univ-amu.fr/en/call-ca</span><span class="invisible">ndidates</span></a><br>➡️ Call for candidates are open between March 10th and april 21st.<br> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/strucbio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>strucbio</span></a></span> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/StructuralBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StructuralBiology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/CryoEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryoEM</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SXT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SXT</span></a></p>
Pierre Lindenbaum<p>"2020: an isolation odyssey" <a href="https://vimeo.com/446927270" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vimeo.com/446927270</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> </p><p>"2020: an isolation odyssey is a reenactment of the iconic finale of 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968). Restaged in the context of home quarantine, the journey through time adapts to the mundane dramas of self-isolation–poking fun at the navel-gazing saga of life alone and indoors."</p>
François Ferron 🇪🇺 🔷️🔶️<p>2 great artists gone, ... noticeably Betsy Arakawa died of an <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/hantavirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hantavirus</span></a> mis-diagnosed... I wonder how common that news is in New-Mexico ? <br>Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa died of natural causes about a week apart. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89ydyjewjlo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c89ydyje</span><span class="invisible">wjlo</span></a></p>
Mohamed Samy Abousenna<p>🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨</p><p>I’m excited to share our latest research, published in Scientific Reports, titled:</p><p>“Emergency response for recently isolated Foot and Mouth Disease virus type A Africa in Egypt 2022”</p><p>In 2022, Egypt faced a severe outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) caused by the A/Africa/G-IV variant.<br>📖 Read the full article here: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88906-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-889</span><span class="invisible">06-4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VeterinaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeterinaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FMD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnimalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VaccineDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VaccineDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScientificReports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificReports</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a></p>
readbeanicecream<p>As Measles Outbreak Spreads, RFK Jr. Reverses Message and Urges Vaccination</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-jr-measles-recommends-vaccination-mmr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-jr-m</span><span class="invisible">easles-recommends-vaccination-mmr</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a></p>
Amelia Cervera 🧬<p>The conserved HIV-1 spacer peptide 2 triggers matrix lattice maturation.<br><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Virology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a>-1 <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Gag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gag</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08624-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-08624-9</span></a></p>