Bryan Mounce
@bryancmounce.bsky.social
Virology, yarn, bright colors. And a bit of nonsense. Associate Professor in Chicago. 🌵 🏳️🌈🧀🦄🏋♂️🧶🦠
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Bryan Mounce
@bryancmounce.bsky.social
· Nov 30
Here to provide some yarn, color, science, and nonsense! ❤️
Caroline in my lab made these and I'm OBSESSED.
October 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Caroline in my lab made these and I'm OBSESSED.
Even though she didn't perform Artpop, she DID perform Summer Boy!!! 5/5 would recommend. 😎🌞🏝️
September 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Even though she didn't perform Artpop, she DID perform Summer Boy!!! 5/5 would recommend. 😎🌞🏝️
Office decor coordination. 💚💚💚
September 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Office decor coordination. 💚💚💚
Going through my dad's old photos from when he was in the navy and motorcycling through California. Finding some great shots! 🚁
September 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Going through my dad's old photos from when he was in the navy and motorcycling through California. Finding some great shots! 🚁
We could all use a crocheted cactus right now. 🌵 💕
September 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We could all use a crocheted cactus right now. 🌵 💕
He said yes! We are officially ENGAGED! 🧡
September 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
He said yes! We are officially ENGAGED! 🧡
Packing for ASV! Only the essentials! 🚙🍁🌲☃️
July 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Packing for ASV! Only the essentials! 🚙🍁🌲☃️
Does anyone else wonder what Long Legs Louise, from "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" by Shania Twain, is up to these days?
May 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Does anyone else wonder what Long Legs Louise, from "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under" by Shania Twain, is up to these days?
Learned how to strip paint off concrete so I guess you can call me a lumberjack now. 🌲 🎨 🖌️
May 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Learned how to strip paint off concrete so I guess you can call me a lumberjack now. 🌲 🎨 🖌️
Checking eRA Commons to see if NIH still exists. 🙃
a woman wearing a pearl necklace and earrings is looking at the camera
ALT: a woman wearing a pearl necklace and earrings is looking at the camera
media.tenor.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Checking eRA Commons to see if NIH still exists. 🙃
Nice write-up on our PLOS Path paper - highlighting the work of the graduate students in the lab, Yazmin and Natalie, and postdoc Delaina. 🎉
Also, the cover photo is me in the lab mixing chemicals to see what colors I could make! 🌈
Also, the cover photo is me in the lab mixing chemicals to see what colors I could make! 🌈
Loyola University Chicago Research Uncovers New Antiviral Targets: Loyola University Chicago
www.luc.edu
January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Nice write-up on our PLOS Path paper - highlighting the work of the graduate students in the lab, Yazmin and Natalie, and postdoc Delaina. 🎉
Also, the cover photo is me in the lab mixing chemicals to see what colors I could make! 🌈
Also, the cover photo is me in the lab mixing chemicals to see what colors I could make! 🌈
First finished project of 2025! 🎉 🧶 🐼
January 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
First finished project of 2025! 🎉 🧶 🐼
First little virus of the new year. The goal is to make at least one per day... Gotta build up for ASV 2025 in Montréal!
January 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
First little virus of the new year. The goal is to make at least one per day... Gotta build up for ASV 2025 in Montréal!
Jammin’ around the Christmas tree with Maya! Wishing everyone a very happy holiday. Merry Christmas!🎄#merrychristmas #pajamarama #matchingpajamas
December 25, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Jammin’ around the Christmas tree with Maya! Wishing everyone a very happy holiday. Merry Christmas!🎄#merrychristmas #pajamarama #matchingpajamas
Speeeeeeeeedboat
December 24, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Speeeeeeeeedboat
Happy Birthday to Cathy, who is actually celebrating Taylor Swift's birthday today! 🎂 🎉🎈🥂🎁
December 14, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Happy Birthday to Cathy, who is actually celebrating Taylor Swift's birthday today! 🎂 🎉🎈🥂🎁
I got myself a cheap pompom maker for Christmas so prepare for some pompommed yarn viruses in 2025! ❤️🧶
December 12, 2024 at 12:02 AM
I got myself a cheap pompom maker for Christmas so prepare for some pompommed yarn viruses in 2025! ❤️🧶
Yaay! It's out! Maria's paper on a drug screen we performed with acute and persistent CVB3 infection in PANC-1 cells has been published in ACS Infectious Diseases.
doi.org/10.1021/acsi...
Congrats to Maria and everyone involved! It's been fun working with these cells!
doi.org/10.1021/acsi...
Congrats to Maria and everyone involved! It's been fun working with these cells!
Rapid Screening to Identify Antivirals against Persistent and Acute Coxsackievirus B3 Infection
Enteroviruses cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, and Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) is one of the most commonly reported. Coxsackieviruses establish persistent infection, characterized as ...
doi.org
December 9, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Yaay! It's out! Maria's paper on a drug screen we performed with acute and persistent CVB3 infection in PANC-1 cells has been published in ACS Infectious Diseases.
doi.org/10.1021/acsi...
Congrats to Maria and everyone involved! It's been fun working with these cells!
doi.org/10.1021/acsi...
Congrats to Maria and everyone involved! It's been fun working with these cells!
Big congrats to Maria on the acceptance of her paper!! 🥳🎊🥂🎉🎀🧀
December 4, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Big congrats to Maria on the acceptance of her paper!! 🥳🎊🥂🎉🎀🧀
Super excited about this paper out in PLOS Pathogens: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Polyamines, lipids, glycolysis!
Polyamines, lipids, glycolysis!
Polyamines mediate cellular energetics and lipid metabolism through mitochondrial respiration to facilitate virus replication
Author summary Cells and viruses rely on metabolic circuits to survive and replicate. The small metabolites called polyamines support cellular homeostasis by supporting mitochondrial function. Without...
journals.plos.org
December 2, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Super excited about this paper out in PLOS Pathogens: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Polyamines, lipids, glycolysis!
Polyamines, lipids, glycolysis!
Wove together a couple of these little yarn vaccines this weekend to send out on Monday!
December 1, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Wove together a couple of these little yarn vaccines this weekend to send out on Monday!
Here to provide some yarn, color, science, and nonsense! ❤️
November 30, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Here to provide some yarn, color, science, and nonsense! ❤️