Nathan Grubaugh
@nathangrubaugh.bsky.social
Associate Professor YaleEMD / YaleSPH. Studies 🦟🦠 🧬transmission, evolution, and emergence. PI of http://dengue-lineages.org. Will sequence for 🍺.
Lab website: https://grubaughlab.com/
Lab website: https://grubaughlab.com/
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If you do dengue virus sequencing +/- phylogenetic analysis, check out our new system for classifying lineages.
Led by Verity Hill, this was a large collaborative effort by dengue researchers from 14 countries.
Paper -> journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Website-> dengue-lineages.org
Led by Verity Hill, this was a large collaborative effort by dengue researchers from 14 countries.
Paper -> journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Website-> dengue-lineages.org
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Our paper on the Genomic Epidemiology of DENV2/3 in Colombia and the Americas is finally out @cp-cellreports.bsky.social, check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Big thanks to my collaborators @lambod50.bsky.social, @viralverity.bsky.social, @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social, and many others!
Big thanks to my collaborators @lambod50.bsky.social, @viralverity.bsky.social, @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social, and many others!
January 16, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Our paper on the Genomic Epidemiology of DENV2/3 in Colombia and the Americas is finally out @cp-cellreports.bsky.social, check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Big thanks to my collaborators @lambod50.bsky.social, @viralverity.bsky.social, @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social, and many others!
Big thanks to my collaborators @lambod50.bsky.social, @viralverity.bsky.social, @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social, and many others!
Check out our new print that combines dense sequencing and phylodynamics to uncover a bunch of 😎 things about an understudied virus.
- Doesn't evolve for 10 months a year ✅
- Uses some mossies for maintenance, others for spread ✅
- Established in Northeast for ~300 years ✅
- Doesn't evolve for 10 months a year ✅
- Uses some mossies for maintenance, others for spread ✅
- Established in Northeast for ~300 years ✅
January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Check out our new print that combines dense sequencing and phylodynamics to uncover a bunch of 😎 things about an understudied virus.
- Doesn't evolve for 10 months a year ✅
- Uses some mossies for maintenance, others for spread ✅
- Established in Northeast for ~300 years ✅
- Doesn't evolve for 10 months a year ✅
- Uses some mossies for maintenance, others for spread ✅
- Established in Northeast for ~300 years ✅
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Our latest study dedicated to the massive 2024-2025 chikungunya virus outbreak on Réunion island is now available as a preprint on medRxiv: doi.org/10.64898/202.... With more than 54,000 confirmed cases this is the second major chikungunya outbreak on the island, following the 1° one 20 yrs ago. 1/9
Unravelling the epidemiological and dispersal dynamics of the 2024-2025 chikungunya virus outbreak on Reunion island
Reunion island just experienced a massive chikungunya virus outbreak in 2024-2025, with more than 54,000 confirmed cases. This is the second major chikungunya outbreak on the island, following the fir...
doi.org
January 12, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Our latest study dedicated to the massive 2024-2025 chikungunya virus outbreak on Réunion island is now available as a preprint on medRxiv: doi.org/10.64898/202.... With more than 54,000 confirmed cases this is the second major chikungunya outbreak on the island, following the 1° one 20 yrs ago. 1/9
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I am very glad to share the preprint for our latest study on the 2024-2025 chikungunya virus outbreak on Réunion island, with primary data produced thanks to the massive efforts performed by Marie-C Jaffar and Etienne Frumence and analyses led by Simon Dellicour. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Unravelling the epidemiological and dispersal dynamics of the 2024-2025 chikungunya virus outbreak on Reunion island
Reunion island just experienced a massive chikungunya virus outbreak in 2024-2025, with more than 54,000 confirmed cases. This is the second major chikungunya outbreak on the island, following the fir...
www.medrxiv.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I am very glad to share the preprint for our latest study on the 2024-2025 chikungunya virus outbreak on Réunion island, with primary data produced thanks to the massive efforts performed by Marie-C Jaffar and Etienne Frumence and analyses led by Simon Dellicour. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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🦟📄 New preprint! Our first large-scale phylodynamic study of Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) reveals how mosquito ecology shapes the evolution, persistence, and spread of this understudied arbovirus in North America.
Read it here! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Read it here! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Evolutionary history of Jamestown Canyon virus disentangles complex multi-vector ecology
Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) is a re-emerging mosquito-borne virus of increasing concern in North America. It has been historically understudied, leading to significant gaps in our understanding of it...
www.biorxiv.org
January 12, 2026 at 10:58 AM
🦟📄 New preprint! Our first large-scale phylodynamic study of Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) reveals how mosquito ecology shapes the evolution, persistence, and spread of this understudied arbovirus in North America.
Read it here! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Read it here! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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🚨Call for papers🚨
Microbial Evolution: Impacts on Human Health
in the society journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
Guest Editors: Bob Woods, Silvie Huijben & Camilo Barbosa
EIC: me
This will be great, please submit and share!
academic.oup.com/emph/pages/m...
Microbial Evolution: Impacts on Human Health
in the society journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
Guest Editors: Bob Woods, Silvie Huijben & Camilo Barbosa
EIC: me
This will be great, please submit and share!
academic.oup.com/emph/pages/m...
January 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
🚨Call for papers🚨
Microbial Evolution: Impacts on Human Health
in the society journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
Guest Editors: Bob Woods, Silvie Huijben & Camilo Barbosa
EIC: me
This will be great, please submit and share!
academic.oup.com/emph/pages/m...
Microbial Evolution: Impacts on Human Health
in the society journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
Guest Editors: Bob Woods, Silvie Huijben & Camilo Barbosa
EIC: me
This will be great, please submit and share!
academic.oup.com/emph/pages/m...
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👀There will be a Keystone Symposium with a focus on Vector-Pathogen Interactions to be held in Geneva, Switzerland in February 2027. It should be a great meeting and hope to see you there! www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!
www.keystonesymposia.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
👀There will be a Keystone Symposium with a focus on Vector-Pathogen Interactions to be held in Geneva, Switzerland in February 2027. It should be a great meeting and hope to see you there! www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Children will die with RFK Jr.'s new vaccine recommendations. We're NOT doing the "experts disagree" game. The US vaccine schedule was painstakingly constructed through a deep & thorough process by experts with unquestionable expertise. This is policy by fiat. It is pre-meditated murder. 1/
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I cannot emphasize this enough, if you're cold-emailing me applying to my lab I would so much rather get the bulleted broken list of genuine interests than whatever letter ChatGPT spits out in its stead
If you're training with me, I'm working with you not an LLM. I want to see who you are!
If you're training with me, I'm working with you not an LLM. I want to see who you are!
January 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I cannot emphasize this enough, if you're cold-emailing me applying to my lab I would so much rather get the bulleted broken list of genuine interests than whatever letter ChatGPT spits out in its stead
If you're training with me, I'm working with you not an LLM. I want to see who you are!
If you're training with me, I'm working with you not an LLM. I want to see who you are!
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December 25th. The day the Fellowship departs Rivendell to destroy the One Ring.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
December 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
December 25th. The day the Fellowship departs Rivendell to destroy the One Ring.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.
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NEW!🦠🌡️ : What makes a "dengue year" like 2023-24? It's hard to pin down an answer unless you can homogenize out all the spatial variation and temporal trends. But once you do, the answer is pretty clean: dengue years are hot years.
Last one of the year (unless...?) 👉 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Last one of the year (unless...?) 👉 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW!🦠🌡️ : What makes a "dengue year" like 2023-24? It's hard to pin down an answer unless you can homogenize out all the spatial variation and temporal trends. But once you do, the answer is pretty clean: dengue years are hot years.
Last one of the year (unless...?) 👉 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Last one of the year (unless...?) 👉 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Variations in annual dengue intensities are explained by temperature anomalies
Our new work led by Abbey Porzucek, @rafalpx.bsky.social, @colincarlson.bsky.social, Dan Weinberger to develop a method to compare relative dengue intensity between years and countries.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Our new work led by Abbey Porzucek, @rafalpx.bsky.social, @colincarlson.bsky.social, Dan Weinberger to develop a method to compare relative dengue intensity between years and countries.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Variations in annual dengue intensities are explained by temperature anomalies
Our new work led by Abbey Porzucek, @rafalpx.bsky.social, @colincarlson.bsky.social, Dan Weinberger to develop a method to compare relative dengue intensity between years and countries.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Our new work led by Abbey Porzucek, @rafalpx.bsky.social, @colincarlson.bsky.social, Dan Weinberger to develop a method to compare relative dengue intensity between years and countries.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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We are recruiting two postdoc roles to work with #DeZiNetwork on dengue, Zika, and other emerging arboviruses:
🔬 Viral Computational Genomics
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eq-dqCJb
🧪 Viral Genomics and Immunology
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eMEKWb9b
More on DeZi here: lnkd.in/edwBg-qX
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
🔬 Viral Computational Genomics
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eq-dqCJb
🧪 Viral Genomics and Immunology
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eMEKWb9b
More on DeZi here: lnkd.in/edwBg-qX
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
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December 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We are recruiting two postdoc roles to work with #DeZiNetwork on dengue, Zika, and other emerging arboviruses:
🔬 Viral Computational Genomics
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eq-dqCJb
🧪 Viral Genomics and Immunology
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eMEKWb9b
More on DeZi here: lnkd.in/edwBg-qX
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
🔬 Viral Computational Genomics
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eq-dqCJb
🧪 Viral Genomics and Immunology
🔗 Apply here: lnkd.in/eMEKWb9b
More on DeZi here: lnkd.in/edwBg-qX
Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
Variations in annual dengue intensities are explained by temperature anomalies
Our new work led by Abbey Porzucek, @rafalpx.bsky.social, @colincarlson.bsky.social, Dan Weinberger to develop a method to compare relative dengue intensity between years and countries.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Our new work led by Abbey Porzucek, @rafalpx.bsky.social, @colincarlson.bsky.social, Dan Weinberger to develop a method to compare relative dengue intensity between years and countries.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Variations in annual dengue intensities are explained by temperature anomalies
Our new work led by Abbey Porzucek, @rafalpx.bsky.social, @colincarlson.bsky.social, Dan Weinberger to develop a method to compare relative dengue intensity between years and countries.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
Our new work led by Abbey Porzucek, @rafalpx.bsky.social, @colincarlson.bsky.social, Dan Weinberger to develop a method to compare relative dengue intensity between years and countries.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Preprint now, submit to journal in January
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Preprint now, submit to journal in January
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Can't pass ACA extensions but don't worry. We're going to probe whether Lyme disease is a US bioweapon instead.
RFK, Jr.–Backed Lyme Disease Conspiracy Theory May Be Probed under New Bill
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S. military bioengineered Lyme disease
www.scientificamerican.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Can't pass ACA extensions but don't worry. We're going to probe whether Lyme disease is a US bioweapon instead.
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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Review: Phylogenetic insights into the transmission dynamics of arthropod-borne viruses by @viralverity.bsky.social, @sdellicour.bsky.social, Marta Giovanetti & @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social
go.nature.com/4iX9R6N
go.nature.com/4iX9R6N
Phylogenetic insights into the transmission dynamics of arthropod-borne viruses - Nature Reviews Genetics
Arthropod-borne viruses have a substantial impact on global health, with climate change and urbanization exacerbating their emergence. Integrating genomic surveillance and phylogenetic models with eco...
go.nature.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Review: Phylogenetic insights into the transmission dynamics of arthropod-borne viruses by @viralverity.bsky.social, @sdellicour.bsky.social, Marta Giovanetti & @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social
go.nature.com/4iX9R6N
go.nature.com/4iX9R6N
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Yale’s part-time Executive MPH is designed for working professionals, with live online courses in the evenings and three in-person trainings on Yale’s campus. Apply by January 15. Learn more at sph.yale.edu/emph
Yale Executive MPH: Designed for Working Professionals
YouTube video by Yale School of Public Health
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Yale’s part-time Executive MPH is designed for working professionals, with live online courses in the evenings and three in-person trainings on Yale’s campus. Apply by January 15. Learn more at sph.yale.edu/emph
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1/2 🚨New paper
In a collab b/w my group + @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social, led by a fabulous doctoral student, we synthesize the data on epistasis across several viral pathogen systems (e.g., influenza, HIV, SARS-CoV-2, tobacco etch virus, etc).
academic.oup.com/ve/article/1...
In a collab b/w my group + @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social, led by a fabulous doctoral student, we synthesize the data on epistasis across several viral pathogen systems (e.g., influenza, HIV, SARS-CoV-2, tobacco etch virus, etc).
academic.oup.com/ve/article/1...
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
1/2 🚨New paper
In a collab b/w my group + @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social, led by a fabulous doctoral student, we synthesize the data on epistasis across several viral pathogen systems (e.g., influenza, HIV, SARS-CoV-2, tobacco etch virus, etc).
academic.oup.com/ve/article/1...
In a collab b/w my group + @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social, led by a fabulous doctoral student, we synthesize the data on epistasis across several viral pathogen systems (e.g., influenza, HIV, SARS-CoV-2, tobacco etch virus, etc).
academic.oup.com/ve/article/1...
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Exciting opportunity @pasteur.fr for junior scientists aiming to create their research group !
🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research
The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...
research.pasteur.fr
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Exciting opportunity @pasteur.fr for junior scientists aiming to create their research group !
Has anyone applied the the NSF Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) or similar that would be okay with sharing their application with me?
I'm looking for examples on how it should be structured and focused for a MCA.
Also, I've never applied for an NSF grant...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
I'm looking for examples on how it should be structured and focused for a MCA.
Also, I've never applied for an NSF grant...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)
www.nsf.gov
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Has anyone applied the the NSF Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) or similar that would be okay with sharing their application with me?
I'm looking for examples on how it should be structured and focused for a MCA.
Also, I've never applied for an NSF grant...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
I'm looking for examples on how it should be structured and focused for a MCA.
Also, I've never applied for an NSF grant...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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We are happy to share that Yale will soon introduce a replacement loan option for student borrowers whose federal loan eligibility has been affected by recent changes. This new program will offer comparable, if not more competitive, loan terms compared to previous Grad PLUS loans.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We are happy to share that Yale will soon introduce a replacement loan option for student borrowers whose federal loan eligibility has been affected by recent changes. This new program will offer comparable, if not more competitive, loan terms compared to previous Grad PLUS loans.
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No games of note tonight, so let's do a dumb data dive. Number of possessions that have produced X amount of points this season:
0: 108059 (50.5%)
1: 9532 (4.5%)
2: 67696 (31.6%)
3: 28118 (13.1%)
4: 563
5: 118
6: 15
7: 2
8: 2
0: 108059 (50.5%)
1: 9532 (4.5%)
2: 67696 (31.6%)
3: 28118 (13.1%)
4: 563
5: 118
6: 15
7: 2
8: 2
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
No games of note tonight, so let's do a dumb data dive. Number of possessions that have produced X amount of points this season:
0: 108059 (50.5%)
1: 9532 (4.5%)
2: 67696 (31.6%)
3: 28118 (13.1%)
4: 563
5: 118
6: 15
7: 2
8: 2
0: 108059 (50.5%)
1: 9532 (4.5%)
2: 67696 (31.6%)
3: 28118 (13.1%)
4: 563
5: 118
6: 15
7: 2
8: 2