Helen Lazear
@lazearlab.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
UNC Chapel Hill
Viral pathogenesis, arboviruses, virus-host interactions, antiviral immunity
www.lazearlab.org
UNC Chapel Hill
Viral pathogenesis, arboviruses, virus-host interactions, antiviral immunity
www.lazearlab.org
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In his strongest condemnation yet of animal research, RFK Jr. said HHS is “deeply committed to ending animal experimentation.” He also called for an end monkey to imports and claimed national primate centers are driven by profit. My latest for @science.org
Kennedy ‘deeply committed to ending animal experimentation’
HHS secretary vows to end U.S. monkey imports, push for retirement of research primates
www.science.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
In his strongest condemnation yet of animal research, RFK Jr. said HHS is “deeply committed to ending animal experimentation.” He also called for an end monkey to imports and claimed national primate centers are driven by profit. My latest for @science.org
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Proud to be in a class with some seriously impressive up-and-comers. Inaugural class here: journals.asm.org/journal/jvi/...
I'll be penning an article with colleague and friend @hanckslab.bsky.social on mitochondrial proteins that moonlight to execute immune responses
@jvico-eics.bsky.social
I'll be penning an article with colleague and friend @hanckslab.bsky.social on mitochondrial proteins that moonlight to execute immune responses
@jvico-eics.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Proud to be in a class with some seriously impressive up-and-comers. Inaugural class here: journals.asm.org/journal/jvi/...
I'll be penning an article with colleague and friend @hanckslab.bsky.social on mitochondrial proteins that moonlight to execute immune responses
@jvico-eics.bsky.social
I'll be penning an article with colleague and friend @hanckslab.bsky.social on mitochondrial proteins that moonlight to execute immune responses
@jvico-eics.bsky.social
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Reposted by Helen Lazear
The Akhtar Lab @manneresearch.bsky.social and Northwestern University @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social is hiring a full time RESEARCH TECHNICIAN. If you want to study neonatal HSV pathogenesis please send me a message and apply for the position here:
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December 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Akhtar Lab @manneresearch.bsky.social and Northwestern University @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social is hiring a full time RESEARCH TECHNICIAN. If you want to study neonatal HSV pathogenesis please send me a message and apply for the position here:
luriechildrens.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/externalport...
luriechildrens.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/externalport...
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Another shake-up of scientific leadership is underway at NIH after a policy clash over the alleged dangers of funding a study that would alter seasonal flu viruses. That grant is now suspended, Science has learned, and the leader of the NIH division that oversaw it has resigned.
NIH leader resigns after flap over risks of seasonal flu virus study
Agency may be expanding list of pathogens subject to dangerous “gain-of-function” regulations
www.science.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Another shake-up of scientific leadership is underway at NIH after a policy clash over the alleged dangers of funding a study that would alter seasonal flu viruses. That grant is now suspended, Science has learned, and the leader of the NIH division that oversaw it has resigned.
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Feeling festive?
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Feeling festive?
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
Why not deck the halls with @cvrinfo.bsky.social's papercraft #VirusSnowflakes and celebrate the science of viruses and the fight against viral diseases.
Download for free: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
#scicomm #sciart #decorations
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🌟 UNC undergrads—ready to dive into research?
Apply for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)!
✅ $4,000 stipend
✅ 9 weeks of hands-on research
📅 Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
👉 Learn more: our.unc.edu/fund/surf/
#UndergraduateResearch #SURF #UNCResearch #STEM
Apply for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)!
✅ $4,000 stipend
✅ 9 weeks of hands-on research
📅 Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
👉 Learn more: our.unc.edu/fund/surf/
#UndergraduateResearch #SURF #UNCResearch #STEM
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships | Office for Undergraduate Research
our.unc.edu
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🌟 UNC undergrads—ready to dive into research?
Apply for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)!
✅ $4,000 stipend
✅ 9 weeks of hands-on research
📅 Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
👉 Learn more: our.unc.edu/fund/surf/
#UndergraduateResearch #SURF #UNCResearch #STEM
Apply for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)!
✅ $4,000 stipend
✅ 9 weeks of hands-on research
📅 Deadline: Feb 1, 2026
👉 Learn more: our.unc.edu/fund/surf/
#UndergraduateResearch #SURF #UNCResearch #STEM
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We want you to help us celebrate excellence in virology.
CSV is now accepting nominations for our 2026 Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions from trainees through to senior PIs.
🗓 Deadline: March 1st, 2026.
🔗More info can be found here: lnkd.in/eyuzFKJA
CSV is now accepting nominations for our 2026 Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions from trainees through to senior PIs.
🗓 Deadline: March 1st, 2026.
🔗More info can be found here: lnkd.in/eyuzFKJA
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
We want you to help us celebrate excellence in virology.
CSV is now accepting nominations for our 2026 Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions from trainees through to senior PIs.
🗓 Deadline: March 1st, 2026.
🔗More info can be found here: lnkd.in/eyuzFKJA
CSV is now accepting nominations for our 2026 Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions from trainees through to senior PIs.
🗓 Deadline: March 1st, 2026.
🔗More info can be found here: lnkd.in/eyuzFKJA
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Join us on Dec. 8 from 12-1 p.m. ET for a conversation with Nobel Laureate Dr. Katalin Karikó, where she’ll share insights from her memoir "Breaking Through: My Life in Science"—a story of resilience, discovery and revolutionizing medicine. Register now: asm.social/2Ie
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Join us on Dec. 8 from 12-1 p.m. ET for a conversation with Nobel Laureate Dr. Katalin Karikó, where she’ll share insights from her memoir "Breaking Through: My Life in Science"—a story of resilience, discovery and revolutionizing medicine. Register now: asm.social/2Ie
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🚨ATTENTION EARLY CAREER VIROLOGISTS🚨 We have a webinar on how to get a faculty position! Hear from Jean Lim,
@drsprggs.bsky.social and @tylernstarr.bsky.social. Check your email for registration link and form to submit questions in advance.
@drsprggs.bsky.social and @tylernstarr.bsky.social. Check your email for registration link and form to submit questions in advance.
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
🚨ATTENTION EARLY CAREER VIROLOGISTS🚨 We have a webinar on how to get a faculty position! Hear from Jean Lim,
@drsprggs.bsky.social and @tylernstarr.bsky.social. Check your email for registration link and form to submit questions in advance.
@drsprggs.bsky.social and @tylernstarr.bsky.social. Check your email for registration link and form to submit questions in advance.
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About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in.
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
Reposted by Helen Lazear
Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
jobs.charlotte.edu
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
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If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
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Multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill!
We seek creative scientists working in fundamental molecular, cellular, and computational areas. Basic and translational cancer research, all ranks.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/309...
We seek creative scientists working in fundamental molecular, cellular, and computational areas. Basic and translational cancer research, all ranks.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/309...
Open Rank
The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, in collaboration with departments in the School of Medicine and across the entire University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is seeking outstanding ca...
unc.peopleadmin.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill!
We seek creative scientists working in fundamental molecular, cellular, and computational areas. Basic and translational cancer research, all ranks.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/309...
We seek creative scientists working in fundamental molecular, cellular, and computational areas. Basic and translational cancer research, all ranks.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/309...
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Psyched to say that Mike Diamond is talking at our next seminar. THURSDAY 20th Nov. All welcome!
World leading #virology not to be missed - just email us for a Zoom link.
Please help us with a re-post to get the word out 👍
World leading #virology not to be missed - just email us for a Zoom link.
Please help us with a re-post to get the word out 👍
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Psyched to say that Mike Diamond is talking at our next seminar. THURSDAY 20th Nov. All welcome!
World leading #virology not to be missed - just email us for a Zoom link.
Please help us with a re-post to get the word out 👍
World leading #virology not to be missed - just email us for a Zoom link.
Please help us with a re-post to get the word out 👍
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UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts told faculty leaders the university does not plan on signing President Donald Trump’s administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” in exchange for favorable consideration of federal funding.
'We Don't Plan To': Chancellor Downplays Potential That UNC Signs Trump Admin's Higher Ed Compact - Chapelboro.com
Chancellor Lee Roberts told faculty UNC will not sign the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" in its current form.
chapelboro.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts told faculty leaders the university does not plan on signing President Donald Trump’s administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” in exchange for favorable consideration of federal funding.
