Emma Kate Loveday
@doctorloveday.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Montana State University. Exploring single cell virology and influenza A viruses.
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We’d like to end today with a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt:
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
We’d like to end today with a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt:
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
Just keep going. Goodnight, heroes.
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Substantial overview of HPAI H5 cases in humans, 1997-2005. Huge effort in data curation and cleaning, bring together a really clear and comprehensive story.
👉 academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-...
👉 academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-...
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Substantial overview of HPAI H5 cases in humans, 1997-2005. Huge effort in data curation and cleaning, bring together a really clear and comprehensive story.
👉 academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-...
👉 academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-...
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H5 has been found in vampire bats in Peru, particularly those that feed on coastal wildlife species. This isn't just detection of H5 from prey blood in their stomach/mouth, but bona fide infection as shown by immunohistochemistry. Impact on bats?
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
H5 has been found in vampire bats in Peru, particularly those that feed on coastal wildlife species. This isn't just detection of H5 from prey blood in their stomach/mouth, but bona fide infection as shown by immunohistochemistry. Impact on bats?
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecology and spread of the North American H5N1 epizootic - Nature
The panzootic of highly pathogenic H5N1 since 2021 was driven by around nine introductions into the Atlantic and Pacific flyways, followed by rapid dissemination through wild migratory birds, primaril...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Front yard in Bozeman. Amazing everytime.
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Front yard in Bozeman. Amazing everytime.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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When the chickens come home to roost carrying H5N1.
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
www.vpm.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
When the chickens come home to roost carrying H5N1.
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Our lab's first paper is out! Led by Jordan Ort, we developed NextClade datasets that enable rapid H5 clade assignment via NextClade. We deployed these during the start of the H5 cattle outbreak, and we finally published the paper in Virus Evolution academic.oup.com/ve/article/1...
Development of avian influenza A(H5) virus datasets for Nextclade enables rapid and accurate clade assignment
Abstract. The 2022 panzootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses has led to unprecedented transmission to multiple mammalian species.
academic.oup.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our lab's first paper is out! Led by Jordan Ort, we developed NextClade datasets that enable rapid H5 clade assignment via NextClade. We deployed these during the start of the H5 cattle outbreak, and we finally published the paper in Virus Evolution academic.oup.com/ve/article/1...
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Now with comments... Lots of comments
(A long thread)
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(A long thread)
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September 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Now with comments... Lots of comments
(A long thread)
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(A long thread)
1/n
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September 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Cow B3.13 vs EA-2020-C: 🔺 replication in cow mammary gland cells, 🔺 viral polymerase activity + 🔺 interferon antagonism in cow cells. Many IAVs able to replicated in bovine cells, particularly mammary gland.
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Cow B3.13 vs EA-2020-C: 🔺 replication in cow mammary gland cells, 🔺 viral polymerase activity + 🔺 interferon antagonism in cow cells. Many IAVs able to replicated in bovine cells, particularly mammary gland.
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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NEW: Don't ask too many questions, but...
NIH may not re-terminate the 900ish grants at issue in the main NIH lawsuits after all.
To the PIs of reinstated grants, SPEND NOW!
🧵 Here's what NIH is probably thinking. Bear with me:
NIH may not re-terminate the 900ish grants at issue in the main NIH lawsuits after all.
To the PIs of reinstated grants, SPEND NOW!
🧵 Here's what NIH is probably thinking. Bear with me:
August 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NEW: Don't ask too many questions, but...
NIH may not re-terminate the 900ish grants at issue in the main NIH lawsuits after all.
To the PIs of reinstated grants, SPEND NOW!
🧵 Here's what NIH is probably thinking. Bear with me:
NIH may not re-terminate the 900ish grants at issue in the main NIH lawsuits after all.
To the PIs of reinstated grants, SPEND NOW!
🧵 Here's what NIH is probably thinking. Bear with me:
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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Current and former members of the NIH community have valuable personal perspectives to share about the devastation that is happening to US biomedical research, our federal agencies, and our democracy. This starter pack is a great way to hear what they have to say and what you can do about it.
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August 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Current and former members of the NIH community have valuable personal perspectives to share about the devastation that is happening to US biomedical research, our federal agencies, and our democracy. This starter pack is a great way to hear what they have to say and what you can do about it.
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New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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THE QUACK HAS GOT TO GO!
In September we will hand delivery the petition and signatures to key members of Congress. WE NEED EVERYONE TO HELP!
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼SIGN AND SHARE!✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
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#firebobby #impeachthequack #31daysofaction
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In September we will hand delivery the petition and signatures to key members of Congress. WE NEED EVERYONE TO HELP!
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼SIGN AND SHARE!✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
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#firebobby #impeachthequack #31daysofaction
@standupforscience.bsky.social
✍️ It's day 14 of #31DaysOfAction: Sign and share our petition demanding the immediate removal and impeachment of RFK Jr.
Secretary Kennedy’s words and actions are killing Americans: science and public health must come first. Link: zurl.co/VWSkk
Secretary Kennedy’s words and actions are killing Americans: science and public health must come first. Link: zurl.co/VWSkk
August 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
THE QUACK HAS GOT TO GO!
In September we will hand delivery the petition and signatures to key members of Congress. WE NEED EVERYONE TO HELP!
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼SIGN AND SHARE!✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆
#firebobby #impeachthequack #31daysofaction
@standupforscience.bsky.social
In September we will hand delivery the petition and signatures to key members of Congress. WE NEED EVERYONE TO HELP!
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼SIGN AND SHARE!✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆
#firebobby #impeachthequack #31daysofaction
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
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Preprint on tandem split-GFP influenza viruses is now up! We strung 7 copies of GFP11 together to make a bright virus with minimal fitness defects. Fluorescence requires GFP1-10 from cells, so we made a few that are relevant for flu. See this fluorescent love story: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
a bald man in a blue suit is making a face .
ALT: a bald man in a blue suit is making a face .
media.tenor.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Preprint on tandem split-GFP influenza viruses is now up! We strung 7 copies of GFP11 together to make a bright virus with minimal fitness defects. Fluorescence requires GFP1-10 from cells, so we made a few that are relevant for flu. See this fluorescent love story: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Ireland said “I hear there’s an opening for world leader in research and we’re here to report. Also, we like Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and we’ve put it in line 2.”
Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland
Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...
www.researchireland.ie
July 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ireland said “I hear there’s an opening for world leader in research and we’re here to report. Also, we like Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and we’ve put it in line 2.”
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Hearing rumors from multiple sources that NIH COO Eric Schnabel was terminated yesterday for allegedly trying to award a large contract to his wife (who sometimes uses her maiden name) for "public outreach" associated with the autism data science initiative.
#EndlessGrift
#EndlessGrift
a woman drinking a cup of tea with the words " i got the tea " below her
ALT: a woman drinking a cup of tea with the words " i got the tea " below her
media.tenor.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Hearing rumors from multiple sources that NIH COO Eric Schnabel was terminated yesterday for allegedly trying to award a large contract to his wife (who sometimes uses her maiden name) for "public outreach" associated with the autism data science initiative.
#EndlessGrift
#EndlessGrift
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*Having grown up in a Zionist home, lived the first half of my life in Israel, served in the I.D.F. as a soldier and officer and spent most of my career researching and writing on war crimes and the Holocaust, this was a painful conclusion to reach."
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
*Having grown up in a Zionist home, lived the first half of my life in Israel, served in the I.D.F. as a soldier and officer and spent most of my career researching and writing on war crimes and the Holocaust, this was a painful conclusion to reach."
Gift link 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Gift link 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
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This is going to get messy…Council members do important work and having appropriate expertise is important.
In the past, there was no concern about political alignments.
In the past, there was no concern about political alignments.
NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities
The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
www.nature.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This is going to get messy…Council members do important work and having appropriate expertise is important.
In the past, there was no concern about political alignments.
In the past, there was no concern about political alignments.
Reposted by Emma Kate Loveday
22 papers across two issues document the impact of #AvianInfluenza and assess effectiveness of management responses. They show the unprecedented scale of the outbreak, decimating populations across Europe, Africa, North and South America to the South Atlantic.
📚 bit.ly/bird-study-h...
#Ornithology
📚 bit.ly/bird-study-h...
#Ornithology
June 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
22 papers across two issues document the impact of #AvianInfluenza and assess effectiveness of management responses. They show the unprecedented scale of the outbreak, decimating populations across Europe, Africa, North and South America to the South Atlantic.
📚 bit.ly/bird-study-h...
#Ornithology
📚 bit.ly/bird-study-h...
#Ornithology