Professor | Our lab studies how viruses interact with their host. We spend a lot of time thinking about non-standard viral genomes. Posts are my own.

St Louis, MO
Joined March 2010
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About a month after Donald Trump took office as the 47th US president, almost all grant-review meetings remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. go.nature.com/4k8Njjx
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BREAKING: Wyoming woman hospitalized after testing positive for H5N1 bird flu, health department says
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Mourning the loss of Dr. Diane Griffin, who passed away on Monday. Dr. Griffin was a founding member of @CMM_JHU and chaired our advisory board. A distinguished virologist, she was an elected member of Natl Acad Sci and Natl Acad Med. We remember her with gratitude.
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A WashU Medicine mouse study shows that respiratory viruses can hide in lung immune cells after infection, creating inflammation that leads to chronic lung diseases such as asthma. medicine.wustl.edu/news/viru…
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SLC35A2 modulates paramyxovirus fusion events during infection biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_micrbio
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Registration Now Open! *13.75 TOTAL CME AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT HOURS-ACCME *Talks from Key Opinion Leaders from Around the World *No Concurrent Sessions *20 Opportunities for Oral Abstract Presentations *2 Poster Sessions *Networking Opportunities *Speaker List on Website
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APPLY NOW - Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease buff.ly/3wwevlF DEADLINE for letters of intent - July 18, 2024 #bwfpath
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Now Open: The Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award provides $500,000 over 5 years to support accomplished investigators at assistant professor level to study pathogenesis. #bwfpath #fundingopportunity #pathogenesis buff.ly/3wwevlF
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Curious what working virologists think about: our field the last 3 yrs research safety oversight gain-of-function research SARS-CoV-2 origins etc? 156 virologists signed this piece, including many of the “quiet ones” who are not on social media. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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Multiple postdoctoral positions avaliable funded by @cziscience and @NIGMS funds. Please share.
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MONDAY 11/14 is the deadline to apply to @WUSTLdbbs Vagelos Undergraduate Research Fellows! Don't miss your chance to work with award-winning faculty and explore a career in the biosciences! Open to all @WUSTL undergrads; APPLY TODAY! Learn more here: ow.ly/6ibS50KY66Z
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Replying to @WashU
@WUSTL undergrads - interested in a summer research program with world-renowned faculty, hands-on lab experience, and a generous summer stipend? Apply for the new @WUSTLdbbs Vagelos Undergraduate Research Fellows program! Apply by 10/15! Learn more here: ow.ly/6ibS50KY66Z
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We are hiring! Tenure track position at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University. Please retweet. Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology facultypositions.stanford.ed…
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Please share this broadly. We are excited to continue to expand our community of microbiologists!
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Felt and colleagues show that negative-sense RNA virus populations include particles w/ diverse, interacting viral genomes called quasispecies that shape infection outcome journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128… @ASMicrobiology #MMBRJournal
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New, Lopez & Felt: negative-sense RNA virus populations consist not only of standard viral genomes but also of many genome variants that likely interact and have implications for therapy development journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128… @CBLopezLab @SebastienFelt @ASMicrobiology #MMBRJournal
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Apply by June 20 for Global Health Award! @KeystoneSymp #ViralImmunity & #RespiratoryViruses. LMIC eligible. Explore #viral #immunity #immuneresponse #virology #SARSCoV2 alongside field experts @kedzierskalab @PGTimmune @TheDohertyInst @WHOCCFluMelb @CBLopezLab & more!
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Are you looking for a #postdocposition ? I am looking for a motivated postdoc to help study the regulation of HPV oncogene expression and test anti-viral candidates in vitro and in vivo. DM me for details! Please RT!
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Looking forward to your own PATH award? The submission window is now open for the 2023 round!
Now Open: The Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award provides $500,000 over 5 years to support accomplished investigators at the asst professor level to study pathogenesis. bwfund.org/funding-opportuni… #bwfrtp #bwfpath