W. Allen Miller, molecular virologist
@wallenmiller.bsky.social
Professor: Plant Pathology, Entomology & Microbiology (and Biochem, Biophys & Mol Biol) Iowa State University
Research: Positive strand RNA viruses, bizarre translation mechanisms
Research: Positive strand RNA viruses, bizarre translation mechanisms
Congress finally asserts itself. At least on research funding.
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Congress finally asserts itself. At least on research funding.
I think the number of new grad students (future scientists) is going to plummet way more in 2026 than shown here for 2025. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I think the number of new grad students (future scientists) is going to plummet way more in 2026 than shown here for 2025. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I'd gut it and turn it into a state-of-the-art gym!
October 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'd gut it and turn it into a state-of-the-art gym!
Jim was director when I was at CSIRO in Canberra, 1984-88. He was basically my boss for my first year when my advisor was away on sabbatical. A great guy, brilliant, competitive scientist, always up on the latest techniques. Those were exciting times in the early days of plant gene cloning.
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Jim was director when I was at CSIRO in Canberra, 1984-88. He was basically my boss for my first year when my advisor was away on sabbatical. A great guy, brilliant, competitive scientist, always up on the latest techniques. Those were exciting times in the early days of plant gene cloning.
89.6%
October 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
89.6%
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Finally! Translon: A term for the sequence that actually gets translated. ORF or CDS just won't do when you work with viruses that break the rules by frameshifting, readthrough, non-AUG starts, etc. Thank you Pavel Baranov et al! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Translon: a single term for translated regions - Nature Methods
Nature Methods - Translon: a single term for translated regions
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Finally! Translon: A term for the sequence that actually gets translated. ORF or CDS just won't do when you work with viruses that break the rules by frameshifting, readthrough, non-AUG starts, etc. Thank you Pavel Baranov et al! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Virology as a field is facing hard times ahead. I’m grateful to my friend and colleague @shanluliu.bsky.social for stepping up to lead our community as we face this challenge. Lfg, Shan-Lu! 💪🏻✊🏻
I am honored to serve as president of the American society for Virology, thank you for your support. I wish to thank our past president Hector Aguilar-Carreno for a wonderful service and look forward to working with everyone.
July 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Virology as a field is facing hard times ahead. I’m grateful to my friend and colleague @shanluliu.bsky.social for stepping up to lead our community as we face this challenge. Lfg, Shan-Lu! 💪🏻✊🏻
Pleased to see that, despite extreme belt-tightening budgets year upon year, my CALS ranks #12 in the world! www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
QS World University Rankings for Agriculture & Forestry 2025
Discover the world's top universities for Agriculture & Forestry 2025. Explore the QS World University Rankings by Subject in various disciplines.
www.topuniversities.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Pleased to see that, despite extreme belt-tightening budgets year upon year, my CALS ranks #12 in the world! www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
Didn't know we are still planting elm trees this century. I have a couple healthy old ones in my yard, but park my car right near this one. 😬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2RM...
Dutch Elm Disease Explained: A Tree's Tragic Decline
YouTube video by Integrated Pest Management
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June 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Didn't know we are still planting elm trees this century. I have a couple healthy old ones in my yard, but park my car right near this one. 😬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2RM...
On se voit à Montréal aussi!
June 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
On se voit à Montréal aussi!
Sadly, “Trump’s polls are plummeting” is a gross exaggeration.
June 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Sadly, “Trump’s polls are plummeting” is a gross exaggeration.
If not on ketamine then what’s his excuse?
June 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If not on ketamine then what’s his excuse?
We all are going to die A LOT SOONER because Joni and all the other Republicans approved RFK Jr as head of HHS!
May 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We all are going to die A LOT SOONER because Joni and all the other Republicans approved RFK Jr as head of HHS!
How to win the war against science. Call experts "so-called experts". www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.
www.nature.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
How to win the war against science. Call experts "so-called experts". www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Nobel Prize winning science.
Moderna's combo Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial
A combination shot would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against Covid and the flu at the same time.
www.nbcnews.com
May 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Nobel Prize winning science.
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In light of the skinny budget (55.8% reduction), 6 past NSF directors and 7 NSB chairs have sent the House Committee on Appropriations a letter advising doubling the NSF budget.
"We face a fork in the road. Do we want to win or concede the race for new knowledge and a competitive STEM workforce?"
"We face a fork in the road. Do we want to win or concede the race for new knowledge and a competitive STEM workforce?"
May 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
In light of the skinny budget (55.8% reduction), 6 past NSF directors and 7 NSB chairs have sent the House Committee on Appropriations a letter advising doubling the NSF budget.
"We face a fork in the road. Do we want to win or concede the race for new knowledge and a competitive STEM workforce?"
"We face a fork in the road. Do we want to win or concede the race for new knowledge and a competitive STEM workforce?"
Immigrants today. Native born citizens tomorrow.
April 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Immigrants today. Native born citizens tomorrow.
From the CDC: In the last 6 months in the US, there were: 8-13 million illnesses and 26,000-44,000 deaths from COVID-19. Yet HHS "will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago”. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to cut grants for COVID research, documents reveal
Studies on climate change and South Africa are also on the latest list of grants to be terminated, according to updated documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
From the CDC: In the last 6 months in the US, there were: 8-13 million illnesses and 26,000-44,000 deaths from COVID-19. Yet HHS "will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago”. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Parents should be arrested for child neglect.
April 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Parents should be arrested for child neglect.
