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UTMB World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses

@UTMB_WRCEVA

We isolate, identify, characterize and distribute arboviruses, emerging viruses and associated reagents. Located at UTMB

 Galveston, TX
utmb.edu/wrceva
Joined February 2020
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@UTMB_WRCEVA is proud to be a part of the #SARSCoV2 infectious clone paper with the Shi lab and @TheMenacheryLab bit.ly/3bRfEXE The reporter virus and infectious clones of the WT and tagged SARS-CoV-2 will soon be available for distribution.
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@AbrahamLabHMS@abrahamlabhms24 Jul 2024
Excited to share our new study @nature led by @VirologyHarvard grad student Wanyu @wanyuviridae that explores shifted receptor usage by a unique “submerging” arbovirus, western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV).🤩 nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Nikos Vasilakis@Vasilakis_Lab11 Apr 2024
Mentor, colleague and friend Scott Weaver giving a thought provoking keynote lecture on urban emergence of zoonotic arboviruses in the Americas.@ihii_utmb @UTMB_SPECTRE @sbviro @ASTMH @ACAV_ASTMH @create_neo @Virology_FAMERP @UTMB_WRCEVA @Rossi_viruslab
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Mauricio Nogueira’s lab @Famerp@Virology_FAMERP17 Mar 2024
Potential of Ilhéus virus to emerge: Heliyon cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2… a new collaboration with our friends: @Vasilakis_Lab @ihii_utmb @Rossi_viruslab @CNPEM @scottweaverutmb @LiviaSacchetto @afversiani @natyngridd @UTMB_WRCEVA (1)
Potential of Ilhéus virus to emerge

Potential of Ilhéus virus to emerge

Ilhéus virus (ILHV)(Flaviviridae:Orthoflavivirus) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) endemic to Central and South America and the Caribbean. First isolated in 1944, most of our knowledge derives...

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Divya Mirchandani (Shinde)@mirchandanid315 Mar 2024
Our pre-print is up! Yellow Fever Emergence: Role of Heterologous Flavivirus Immunity in Preventing Urban Transmission biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… @UTMB_WRCEVA @scottweaverutmb @Vasilakis_Lab @Azar_SR @LiviaSacchetto @RafaelKCampos @drumond_betania – at League City, TX
Yellow Fever Emergence: Role of Heterologous Flavivirus Immunity in Preventing Urban Transmission

Yellow Fever Emergence: Role of Heterologous Flavivirus Immunity in Preventing Urban Transmission

During major, recent yellow fever (YF) epidemics in Brazil, human cases were attributed only to spillover infections from sylvatic transmission with no evidence of human amplification. Furthermore,...

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Rafael Kroon Campos@RafaelKCampos18 Oct 2023
Check out our viewpoint @ScienceTM in which we discuss the increasing threats posed by zoonotic mosquito-borne viruses. We emphasize the need for global preparedness through proactive measures of prediction, surveillance, prevention, and treatment. science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
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Nikos Vasilakis@Vasilakis_Lab25 Jul 2023
Scott Weaver @scottweaverutmb is giving the opening talk on yellow fever @ihii_utmb @astmh @ACAV_ASTMH @create_neo @CREID_Network
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William Marciel de Souza@wmarciels17 Jul 2023
At @NatureComms, we showed the kinetics of the humoral response to homologous or heterologous COVID-19 vaccines in Syrian hamsters for up to 9 months.💉🦠🐹 Led by Rafael Machado and a great team!!! @utmbhealth @UTMB_WRCEVA Available on: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-4…
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Rafael Kroon Campos@RafaelKCampos5 May 2023
I am thrilled to share that my K99 application has been funded by NIAID!! I am excited to continue my studies on host and viral factors affecting the transmission of arboviruses, and to have the opportunity to start my own lab.
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UTMB News@utmbnews15 Nov 2022
Congrats to Dr. Scott Weaver, Dr. Nikos Vasilakis and Dr. Vineet Menachery for being recognized a Highly Cited Researcher 2022 by @ClarivateAG!! See the full list: bit.ly/3fPhNLo #HighlyCited2022 @themenacherylab @vasilakis_lab @scottweaverutmb @UTMB_WRCEVA @utmbhealth
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ACAV@ACAV_ASTMH4 Oct 2022
#VirusAppreciationDay Today's tweet highlights @UTMB_WRCEVA The World Reference Center for Viruses and Arboviruses at UTMB offers access to thousands of viruses and reagents. This accessibility helps expand our knowledge and ability to study all our favorite viruses!
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Divya Mirchandani (Shinde)@mirchandanid3113 Aug 2022
Excited to share my new first author review article titled "Yellow Fever: Roles of Animal Models and Arthopod Vectors in Epidemic Emergence" published in @MDPIOpenAccess mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/8/1578… @UTMB_WRCEVA @scottweaverutmb
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The Menachery Lab@TheMenacheryLab26 Jul 2022
New approach to streamline our paper tweeting pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.22…
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The Menachery Lab@TheMenacheryLab19 Jul 2022
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@utmbhealth past & present at #ASV2022 With close to 2% of the 1600+ attendees, it is clear our virologists will keep shaping the field now and well into the future. @ihii_utmb @bmb_utmb @UTMBPathRes @UTMBProvost
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Divya Mirchandani (Shinde)@mirchandanid317 Jul 2022
Excited to present my work on dengue and yellow fever at @AmerSocVirol conference in Madison! My poster will be up on July 17th (Exhibit Hall B, P6) and I will be available for discussion from 8:30-10:00pm! Looking forward to meeting fellow virologists!
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The Menachery Lab@TheMenacheryLab8 Jun 2022
We are looking to expand our work on #SARSCoV2 and #COVID19. Projects include both virus-oriented & host-oriented studies. See job ad for post-doctoral fellows: bit.ly/3xiZXoM Or research associates: bit.ly/3tr7TDb Contact PI for further information.
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UTMB Provost's Office@UTMBProvost13 Apr 2022
Congrats to Drs. Scott Weaver & Nikos Vasilakis on a new @Fogarty_NIH International Training Research Grant Award. Their new program will advance emerging disease research through multidisciplinary scientific & public health training for scientists at West African institutions.
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Divya Mirchandani (Shinde)@mirchandanid3126 Mar 2022
Super happy to win the McLaughlin Travel Award worth $1000 for our work on yellow fever virus, dengue virus, and cross-protection. @UTMB_WRCEVA @scottweaverutmb @Vasilakis_Lab @Azar_SR @LiviaSacchetto @ihii_utmb
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The Menachery Lab@TheMenacheryLab24 Nov 2021
Our transmission study examining #SARSCoV2 N501Y mutation is now out @Nature Anothe great collaboration with @ihii_utmb @UTMB_WRCEVA @bmb_utmb @scottweaverutmb nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Nikos Vasilakis@Vasilakis_Lab8 Sep 2021
Correct link for the webinar is: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…. Apologies for any confusion this may have caused @ASTMH @ACME_ASTMH @UTMB_WRCEVA @create_neo @CREID_Network
CREATE-NEO (@create_neo) profile pictureCREATE-NEO@create_neo8 Sep 2021
Gentle reminder to register @ zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_… the upcoming webinar on Sept. 12. Dr Plante will be presenting "World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses: Seventy years on the frontlines of emerging virus research". @ASTMH @UTMB_WRCEVA @Vasilakis_Lab
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CREATE-NEO@create_neo8 Sep 2021
Gentle reminder to register @ zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_… the upcoming webinar on Sept. 12. Dr Plante will be presenting "World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses: Seventy years on the frontlines of emerging virus research". @ASTMH @UTMB_WRCEVA @Vasilakis_Lab
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