Koenraad Van Doorslaer
@kvd.bsky.social
Assoc. professor at @uazresearch and @uazBIO5. We study the #evolution of #viral #cancer and #oncogenes. co-leader cancer biology program @uazcancer
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Honored that our latest study was chosen as Paper of the Week by IPVS. It was spearheaded by student Jonathan Shin with the help of great collaborators 😄
#PersistentInfection of HPV requires genome maintenance and partitioning during cell division, but #LiveCellMonitoring tools were lacking. This study applies #ANCHOR technology to visualise HPV18 genome tethering, providing a tool for therapy development. ➡️bit.ly/3ITp8Yu
#IPVSPaperoftheWeek
#IPVSPaperoftheWeek
August 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Honored that our latest study was chosen as Paper of the Week by IPVS. It was spearheaded by student Jonathan Shin with the help of great collaborators 😄
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📢New job posting!📢
Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? 🧑🏻💻🧬
My group at @swisstph.ch has an opening working with ARTIC2, @pathoplexus.org, & Loculus - read on!
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Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? 🧑🏻💻🧬
My group at @swisstph.ch has an opening working with ARTIC2, @pathoplexus.org, & Loculus - read on!
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July 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
📢New job posting!📢
Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? 🧑🏻💻🧬
My group at @swisstph.ch has an opening working with ARTIC2, @pathoplexus.org, & Loculus - read on!
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Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? 🧑🏻💻🧬
My group at @swisstph.ch has an opening working with ARTIC2, @pathoplexus.org, & Loculus - read on!
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Does anyone know of an immigration lawyer in Pennsylvania who may be willing to do some pro bono work for a student who is being detained by DHS? This student was finalizing their green card application and was taken a week ago. Please hit me up.
July 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Does anyone know of an immigration lawyer in Pennsylvania who may be willing to do some pro bono work for a student who is being detained by DHS? This student was finalizing their green card application and was taken a week ago. Please hit me up.
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Exciting news: Carla Saleh is now Chair of Virology at Pasteur! Congrats to Carla and all who will benefit from her exceptional leadership!
Thrilled (and humbled!) to share that since today I am the Chair of the Virology Department at @pasteur.fr. Grateful to my colleagues for their trust. Now let’s push the frontiers of virus research together. The sky is the limit! 🦠🔬 #Virology #Science #TeamPasteur
July 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Exciting news: Carla Saleh is now Chair of Virology at Pasteur! Congrats to Carla and all who will benefit from her exceptional leadership!
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A new OpEd by @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social and me about the dangers of RFKJr appointing a new vaccine advisory committee. progressive.org/op-eds/rfk-j...
RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Panel Puts Our Nation at Risk
The move by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to replace medical experts with anti-vaxxers will be catastrophic.
progressive.org
June 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A new OpEd by @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social and me about the dangers of RFKJr appointing a new vaccine advisory committee. progressive.org/op-eds/rfk-j...
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Preprint on "Improving spliced alignment by modeling splice sites with deep learning". It describes minisplice for modeling splice signals. Minimap2 and miniprot now optionally use the predicted scores to improve spliced alignment.
arxiv.org/abs/2506.12986
arxiv.org/abs/2506.12986
June 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Preprint on "Improving spliced alignment by modeling splice sites with deep learning". It describes minisplice for modeling splice signals. Minimap2 and miniprot now optionally use the predicted scores to improve spliced alignment.
arxiv.org/abs/2506.12986
arxiv.org/abs/2506.12986
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What he said... ✊
Rage against the machine
Rage against the machine
June 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
What he said... ✊
Rage against the machine
Rage against the machine
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Good morning to those USA military personnel who are looking to file as a conscientious objector. You don't have to obey unlawful orders, and in fact you must not.
There's a website for you. I hear the phone line is pretty tied up right now, because you are not alone.
There's a website for you. I hear the phone line is pretty tied up right now, because you are not alone.
GI Rights Hotline: Military Discharges and Military Counseling
Are you in the military or thinking about joining? Are you unsure of where to get reliable answers? Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487. Call for yourself or someone you care about Free and c...
girightshotline.org
June 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Good morning to those USA military personnel who are looking to file as a conscientious objector. You don't have to obey unlawful orders, and in fact you must not.
There's a website for you. I hear the phone line is pretty tied up right now, because you are not alone.
There's a website for you. I hear the phone line is pretty tied up right now, because you are not alone.
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Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
And all the sinners saints
June 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
And all the sinners saints
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The Autocrat's parade, by @anntelnaes.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Autocrat's parade, by @anntelnaes.bsky.social
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Dogme: A nextflow pipeline for reprocessing nanopore RNA and DNA modifications pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40501581/ 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/mortazavilab...
June 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Dogme: A nextflow pipeline for reprocessing nanopore RNA and DNA modifications pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40501581/ 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/mortazavilab...
It’s a rough life 😊
June 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It’s a rough life 😊
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Here is the official posting for a faculty job in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center! Feel free to DM or email with questions.
roswellpark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Ext-RP...
roswellpark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Ext-RP...
June 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Here is the official posting for a faculty job in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center! Feel free to DM or email with questions.
roswellpark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Ext-RP...
roswellpark.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Ext-RP...
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My HPC team at UC Davis is hiring! Looking for an experienced sysadmin to help build and maintain clusters (hardware and software). HPC experience great, but if you’re an experienced sysadmin and willing to learn, please apply!
careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucdavis/...
careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucdavis/...
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careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu
June 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
My HPC team at UC Davis is hiring! Looking for an experienced sysadmin to help build and maintain clusters (hardware and software). HPC experience great, but if you’re an experienced sysadmin and willing to learn, please apply!
careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucdavis/...
careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucdavis/...
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“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
June 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
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AI can simulate millions of hypotheses in seconds, but only science can tell us which ones matter. We can automate analysis, but not imagination. The scientific spark is still, and always, human.
May 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
AI can simulate millions of hypotheses in seconds, but only science can tell us which ones matter. We can automate analysis, but not imagination. The scientific spark is still, and always, human.
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Calling all virologists: my lab is hiring a tech for high containment work! Come work with our amazing team at 🇨🇦's National Pandemic Research Centre, using experimental, systems biology, & AI-driven approaches to study infection & pathogenesis of emerging viruses.
vido.applytojobs.ca/research/38682
vido.applytojobs.ca/research/38682
May 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Calling all virologists: my lab is hiring a tech for high containment work! Come work with our amazing team at 🇨🇦's National Pandemic Research Centre, using experimental, systems biology, & AI-driven approaches to study infection & pathogenesis of emerging viruses.
vido.applytojobs.ca/research/38682
vido.applytojobs.ca/research/38682
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The median number of Measles deaths among children in the US for the last 50 years has been 0.
That's the benchmark. ANY more is a failure of policy. Bobby is currently a failed Secretary.
You cannot yadda-yadda the life of a child that should not die.
That's the benchmark. ANY more is a failure of policy. Bobby is currently a failed Secretary.
You cannot yadda-yadda the life of a child that should not die.
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The median number of Measles deaths among children in the US for the last 50 years has been 0.
That's the benchmark. ANY more is a failure of policy. Bobby is currently a failed Secretary.
You cannot yadda-yadda the life of a child that should not die.
That's the benchmark. ANY more is a failure of policy. Bobby is currently a failed Secretary.
You cannot yadda-yadda the life of a child that should not die.
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Are you a postdoc ready for transition to an independent position? You connect infection biology with cutting-edge structural biology or multimodal imaging? Are you aware of such a colleague?
I am seeking speakers for "The Next Generation in Infection Biology" microsymposium on June 6 2025.
I am seeking speakers for "The Next Generation in Infection Biology" microsymposium on June 6 2025.
April 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Are you a postdoc ready for transition to an independent position? You connect infection biology with cutting-edge structural biology or multimodal imaging? Are you aware of such a colleague?
I am seeking speakers for "The Next Generation in Infection Biology" microsymposium on June 6 2025.
I am seeking speakers for "The Next Generation in Infection Biology" microsymposium on June 6 2025.
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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We know we've been going in on some Star Wars rebellion quotes lately but this one really sings to how we want to fight. Gnight folks!
This one by Rose Tico, in The Last Jedi
This one by Rose Tico, in The Last Jedi
May 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
We know we've been going in on some Star Wars rebellion quotes lately but this one really sings to how we want to fight. Gnight folks!
This one by Rose Tico, in The Last Jedi
This one by Rose Tico, in The Last Jedi
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Terry Dermody and I wrote an op-ed about chronic diseases ("Make America Healthy Again"), the role of viral infections, and how virologists can help. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Terrence S. Dermody and Julie K. Pfeiffer: To tackle chronic disease, turn to the virologists
Despite the United States being a global leader in many areas, Americans are not healthy. Life expectancy is lower than in other industrialized nations,...
www.post-gazette.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Terry Dermody and I wrote an op-ed about chronic diseases ("Make America Healthy Again"), the role of viral infections, and how virologists can help. www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
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🧪👩🔬🧠 I don’t know the cartoonist (and will credit when I know!) But this is exactly how I feel these days.
April 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
🧪👩🔬🧠 I don’t know the cartoonist (and will credit when I know!) But this is exactly how I feel these days.
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Credit where it’s due, Jeff Taubenberger is a great choice for the head of NIAID. He’s been at NIAID for years & is a terrific scientist who has done pivotal work on influenza virus, most notably reconstructing 1918.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Researcher of 1918 flu virus takes over NIAID
Jeffery Taubenberger becomes acting director of NIH’s second largest institute
www.science.org
April 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Credit where it’s due, Jeff Taubenberger is a great choice for the head of NIAID. He’s been at NIAID for years & is a terrific scientist who has done pivotal work on influenza virus, most notably reconstructing 1918.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...