Colin Parrish
@colinparrish.bsky.social
Virologist, studies viruses that have caused epidemics and pandemics. New Zealander, been at Cornell since 1988. Former American Society of Virology President, NAS, editor J. Virol. Hiking, kayaking, biking, traveling, photography.
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Watch our stunning film and tell me what you think. youtube.com/watch?v=FFyp...
Why Not Scotland? | The Rewilding Nation documentary
YouTube video by The Scottish Rewilding Alliance
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April 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Watch our stunning film and tell me what you think. youtube.com/watch?v=FFyp...
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Our department is looking to hire an Associate/Full Professor in the field of Virology. Please share and apply if you are intersted. Also happy to answer any questions
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
Associate/ Full Professor of Virology in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
April 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our department is looking to hire an Associate/Full Professor in the field of Virology. Please share and apply if you are intersted. Also happy to answer any questions
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552
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Hi #Drosophila folk: I'm advertising a 2-year #Postdoc, funded by a BBSRC grant on the genetic and immune determinants and evolutionary constraints underlying extreme pathogen transmission phenotypes. Deadline 29 April, details in the link below, or feel free to email:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ231/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ231/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate at The University of Edinburgh
Apply now for the Postdoctoral Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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April 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Hi #Drosophila folk: I'm advertising a 2-year #Postdoc, funded by a BBSRC grant on the genetic and immune determinants and evolutionary constraints underlying extreme pathogen transmission phenotypes. Deadline 29 April, details in the link below, or feel free to email:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ231/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMQ231/p...
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99% Invisible is up for 3 Webbys & I'm really feeling the need to win them. Would you consider voting for us?
We're up for best Arts & Culture for Power Broker
Best A&C episode for Rocket Man
Best Limited Series for Power Broker (we are currently losing this!)
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We're up for best Arts & Culture for Power Broker
Best A&C episode for Rocket Man
Best Limited Series for Power Broker (we are currently losing this!)
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April 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
99% Invisible is up for 3 Webbys & I'm really feeling the need to win them. Would you consider voting for us?
We're up for best Arts & Culture for Power Broker
Best A&C episode for Rocket Man
Best Limited Series for Power Broker (we are currently losing this!)
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
We're up for best Arts & Culture for Power Broker
Best A&C episode for Rocket Man
Best Limited Series for Power Broker (we are currently losing this!)
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
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“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
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US Applicant Week
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April 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
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U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
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My former and current departments are hiring. Exeter (former) is hiring for Lecturer (Asst Professor) in IR. At Southampton (current department), @rikkidean.bsky.social is hiring a post doc for his ERC. Both departments are wonderful, and happy to speak glowingly of either. Links to each in thread.
April 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My former and current departments are hiring. Exeter (former) is hiring for Lecturer (Asst Professor) in IR. At Southampton (current department), @rikkidean.bsky.social is hiring a post doc for his ERC. Both departments are wonderful, and happy to speak glowingly of either. Links to each in thread.
A New Zealand-based program seeking out phage for a variety of different biocontrol programs...looks interesting!
The website for the Adaptable Phage Solutions programme has now gone live! This is a lot of what I am working on and thinking about these days! Great work Laura Williamson, our awesome Programme Manager for getting this up :) www.phagesolutions.co.nz
Adaptable Phage Solutions
An Aotearoa-NZ platform for precision biocontrol for primary industries. The Adaptable Phage Solutions is a five year research programme enabled by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment thro...
www.phagesolutions.co.nz
March 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A New Zealand-based program seeking out phage for a variety of different biocontrol programs...looks interesting!
The epidemiology and evolution of H3N2 canine influenza virus in dogs over 20 years. Lead by @brianrwasik.bsky.social shows that spread is determined by the dog population structure. The virus has not become better at transmitting in dogs after 1000s of transfers. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40040347/
March 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The epidemiology and evolution of H3N2 canine influenza virus in dogs over 20 years. Lead by @brianrwasik.bsky.social shows that spread is determined by the dog population structure. The virus has not become better at transmitting in dogs after 1000s of transfers. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40040347/
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With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' author @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy
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John Green Tackles An Injustice Called Tuberculosis
With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' celebrity author John Green is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy
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March 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' author @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
A new study from Femi (Oluwafemi) Adu and our collaborators Susan Hafenstein and Hyunwook Lee, showing the structures of the two main antibody forms in dog found in the polyclonal response to the canine parvovirus capsid after modified-live virus vaccination. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
March 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A new study from Femi (Oluwafemi) Adu and our collaborators Susan Hafenstein and Hyunwook Lee, showing the structures of the two main antibody forms in dog found in the polyclonal response to the canine parvovirus capsid after modified-live virus vaccination. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Extremely well preserved waka found on Rēkohu.
An incredibly rare find of an ocean going canoe in the dunes of the Chatham Islands.
#Kikorangi
An incredibly rare find of an ocean going canoe in the dunes of the Chatham Islands.
#Kikorangi
A waka found on the beach could be the most important discovery in New Zealand archaeology.
YouTube video by Te Ao with Moana
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March 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Extremely well preserved waka found on Rēkohu.
An incredibly rare find of an ocean going canoe in the dunes of the Chatham Islands.
#Kikorangi
An incredibly rare find of an ocean going canoe in the dunes of the Chatham Islands.
#Kikorangi
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Happy BHM! Celebrating our history and taking pride and joy in the contribution of Black Americans to this society has been and will continue to be a form of resistance
February 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy BHM! Celebrating our history and taking pride and joy in the contribution of Black Americans to this society has been and will continue to be a form of resistance
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4 dairy herds in Nevada recently diagnosed with #H5N1 #birdflu were infected with a different version of the virus than has been spreading in cows elsewhere. Evidence of a second (at a minimum) spillover points to the challenge of stopping spread, experts say. www.statnews.com/2025/02/05/u...
USDA milk testing shows different strain of H5N1 bird flu in Nevada dairy herds
The USDA said four Nevada dairy herds were infected with an H5N1 bird flu strain that has circulated in wild birds, making prospects for containment in cows appear dim.
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February 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
4 dairy herds in Nevada recently diagnosed with #H5N1 #birdflu were infected with a different version of the virus than has been spreading in cows elsewhere. Evidence of a second (at a minimum) spillover points to the challenge of stopping spread, experts say. www.statnews.com/2025/02/05/u...
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Come be my colleague! Public Health Entomology faculty position at Penn State (Assistant/Associate). 70% research, 30% extension.
(I am not on the search committee but happy to answer any questions that I can)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
(I am not on the search committee but happy to answer any questions that I can)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Assistant/Associate Professor of Public Health Entomology
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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January 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Come be my colleague! Public Health Entomology faculty position at Penn State (Assistant/Associate). 70% research, 30% extension.
(I am not on the search committee but happy to answer any questions that I can)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
(I am not on the search committee but happy to answer any questions that I can)
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
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Wendy Barclay and I are recruiting a postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of swine influenza viruses and how this impacts future pandemic potential.
Job is based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Job is based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Description
Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
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January 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Wendy Barclay and I are recruiting a postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of swine influenza viruses and how this impacts future pandemic potential.
Job is based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Job is based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b... yeah sure ill use blueskinstagram
Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a
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January 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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FMDV in Germany! Highly transmissible virus that can cause devastating economic consequences if not controlled immediately.
German authorities move to contain foot-and-mouth disease.
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German authorities move to contain foot-and-mouth disease – DW – 01/11/2025
An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been detected near Berlin — Germany's first such cases in 35 years. The state of Brandenburg has banned animal transport for three days to contain the virus.
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January 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
FMDV in Germany! Highly transmissible virus that can cause devastating economic consequences if not controlled immediately.
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"The most likely career path for anyone who has committed misconduct is a long and fruitful career. Because most people, if they’re caught at all, they skate." Our Ivan Oransky on
Freakonomics, in an updated episode re-airing this weekend.
Freakonomics, in an updated episode re-airing this weekend.
Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (Update) - Freakonomics
Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? (Update) - Freakonomics
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January 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"The most likely career path for anyone who has committed misconduct is a long and fruitful career. Because most people, if they’re caught at all, they skate." Our Ivan Oransky on
Freakonomics, in an updated episode re-airing this weekend.
Freakonomics, in an updated episode re-airing this weekend.
Want to keep track of the H5 viruses that are circulating so widely, and infecting so many animals now - including cows and humans!
Our lab's 2nd preprint is now on bioRxiv! Led by Jordan Ort, we made H5 datasets that enable rapid clade assignment with Nextclade. We released these builds in the spring (due to cow flu) & finally wrote the paper! TLDR: it's fast, easy, accurate, and we hope, useful www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Development of avian influenza A(H5) virus datasets for Nextclade enables rapid and accurate clade assignment
The ongoing panzootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses is the largest in history, with unprecedented transmission to multiple mammalian species. Avian influenza A viruses of t...
www.biorxiv.org
January 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Want to keep track of the H5 viruses that are circulating so widely, and infecting so many animals now - including cows and humans!
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Join us in Montréal for the 2025 ASV Annual Meeting (July 14-17)! Abstract submission closes on February 3rd, 2025 at 11:59 PM (EST). See details here: asv.org/asv2025/
ASV 2025 | American Society for Virology
The website for the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology.
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January 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Join us in Montréal for the 2025 ASV Annual Meeting (July 14-17)! Abstract submission closes on February 3rd, 2025 at 11:59 PM (EST). See details here: asv.org/asv2025/
Great study by an expert team showing that one of the polymerase genes (PB2) of the bovine H5N1 shows multiple adaptations to allow better interactions with the ANP32 protein of the host - so that (along with the HA changes) the virus replicates better...multiple steps of adaptation happening.
Really proud to share our preprint describing early adaptation of H5N1 to US dairy cattle, and showing how these mutations enhance the ability of the virus to infect other mammals, such as pigs and humans.
With @influenzal.bsky.social @vidhid.bsky.social @drclairesmith.bsky.social and many more!
With @influenzal.bsky.social @vidhid.bsky.social @drclairesmith.bsky.social and many more!
Polymerase mutations underlie adaptation of H5N1 influenza virus to dairy cattle and other mammals.
In early 2024, an unprecedented outbreak of H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza was detected in dairy cattle in the USA. The epidemic remains uncontrolled, with spillbacks into poultry, wild birds...
www.biorxiv.org
January 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Great study by an expert team showing that one of the polymerase genes (PB2) of the bovine H5N1 shows multiple adaptations to allow better interactions with the ANP32 protein of the host - so that (along with the HA changes) the virus replicates better...multiple steps of adaptation happening.
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North American HPAI panzootic was driven by ∼8 independent introductions into North America via the Atlantic and Pacific Flyways. Transmission via Anseriformes, shorebirds, Galliformes. Songbirds, raptors, and owls dead-end hosts (1/2)
👉 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
North American HPAI panzootic was driven by ∼8 independent introductions into North America via the Atlantic and Pacific Flyways. Transmission via Anseriformes, shorebirds, Galliformes. Songbirds, raptors, and owls dead-end hosts (1/2)
👉 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
👉 biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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This lecture is strongly recommended.
For those interested, my lecture for the University of Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute “The global expansion of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza” is available here on YouTube. It is from May 2024, but is still pertinent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImFD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImFD...
The global expansion of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza - Prof Thijs Kuiken
YouTube video by Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute
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December 28, 2024 at 7:21 AM
This lecture is strongly recommended.
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Nice review of where we are with Ancient DNA and changes in immune-related variants through time.
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Tracing the Evolution of Human Immunity Through Ancient DNA | Annual Reviews
Infections have imposed strong selection pressures throughout human evolution, making the study of natural selection's effects on immunity genes highly complementary to disease-focused research. ...
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December 22, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Nice review of where we are with Ancient DNA and changes in immune-related variants through time.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...