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Daniel Blanco-Melo
@dbm003.bsky.social
Studying past, present, and potentially future host-viral interactions 💀👨🏻‍💻👨🏻‍🔬🦠 #loveVirology #LatinxInSTEM 🇲🇽 | Assistant professor
@fredhutch.bsky.social - https://research.fredhutch.org/blanco-melo/
Actively looking for a postdoc interested in host-virus evolution. Please apply to the #MahanFellowship This fellowship provides early career scientists with the opportunity to join a Fred Hutch CompBio lab (like ours!). If interested please contact me to coordinate proposal and apply by Dec 05 2025
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October 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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We mourn the passing of Nobel laureate David Baltimore, a towering figure in molecular biology and virology, and a pioneer and founder of ASV. His discoveries transformed science and medicine, and his mentorship inspired generations. His legacy will continue to guide and inspire virology and ASV.
September 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
HVTN 25th Anniversary:
The journey to an HIV vaccine 💪🏼

Full movie of this incredible 25yr effort 👇🏼

www.helpendhiv.org/25-anniversa...
25 Anniversary - HelpEndHIV
https://vimeo.com/1080978050
www.helpendhiv.org
May 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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On today's front page @nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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It was a pleasure to attend the first #APG2025 symposium at UNAM Juriquilla and to listen to great keynote lectures given by @christinawarinner.bsky.social and
@scs22.bsky.social. A big thanks to @dbm003.bsky.social and @paleogenomics.bsky.social and their organizing committee 👏.
April 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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📢📢One more day to submit your abstract to the Ancient Pathogen Genomics Symposium 🧬🦠🦴📢📢

Great program and community 💚

🔗 Details: liigh.unam.mx/apg/

🇲🇽 ¡Nos vemos en Querétaro! 🌮🪅
March 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Our Diversity is our strength! #StandUpFor Science-Seattle
March 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Seattle #StandUpForScience
March 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!?

Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one!

#standupforscience2025
March 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Hello Again #Bluesky Im officially over with the #DeadBlueBird. Ready to engage with all of you and all things Viral #LoveVirology🦠
February 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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🌍 Hello #AncientPathogens community! 🦴🧬🦠

APG's Preliminary Program is up!
Registration waivers for LMIC trainees (thanks to Novogene & Twist Bioscience)! 🙌Abstract deadline extended! ⏳

🔗 Details: liigh.unam.mx/apg/

🇲🇽 ¡Nos vemos en Querétaro! 🌮🪅

Please RT!
February 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Very Happy to share the very first paper of the Lab! Qing Yang & Ben Nilsson-Payant found that modulating Influenza NS1 levels reveals a ranking in its inhibitory roles: IFN < ISGs < UPR. Huge thanks to Ben tenOever for his helpful advice! For many more to come 🥂
bit.ly/NS1Priority
Modulation of Influenza A virus NS1 expression reveals prioritization of host response antagonism at...
Influenza A virus (IAV) is an important human respiratory pathogen that causes significant seasonal epidemics and potential devastating pandemics. As part of its life cycle, IAV encodes the multifunct...
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October 13, 2023 at 8:13 PM
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Exciting work from @nandangokhale.bsky.social Nandan plans to continue studying how RNAs scaffold immune signaling platforms as an independent investigator, and is on the job market. Hire him!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 28, 2023 at 3:25 PM
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Hello #BlueSky friends! I work on #cancer #genomics in 🇲🇽, focused on acral #melanoma, #liver diseases and also on capacity building and training. We seek to generate genome sequences from cancer and pre-cancer from Latin America to study risk factors & contributors. Excited to join this community!
July 27, 2023 at 12:54 PM
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👩‍🔬New **PostDoc** Opportunity!👨‍🔬

My new Epidemiology & Virus Evolution (EVE) group at SwissTPH is looking for a PostDoc in evolution & phylogenetics of respiratory viruses 🦠🌳

Interested? See here for more details & to apply!
jobs.swisstph.ch/Vacancies/92...

Please share!😁
September 29, 2023 at 11:31 AM
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m7GpppNm - VERY EXCITED to share my postdoctoral work in @ramlabuw.bsky.social’s lab, now @bioRxiv. We find that cellular RNA interacts with MAVS, the adaptor protein of the RIG-I-like receptor pathway, to promote antiviral signaling. A 🧵:
September 26, 2023 at 8:07 AM
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We have an open virology faculty search at the University of Illinois! We have world class core facilities and a fantastic collaborative group of young faculty working on cutting edge questions in virus biology...you could be next!

Please re-post/RT/re-bleet/whatever it is called here!
September 5, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Hello #AcademicBlueSky! Great to see you again. Ready to share and learn all things #LoveVirology
September 25, 2023 at 4:46 PM