John Williams
@jgecko77.bsky.social
Virologist, Peds ID doc
All opinions are my own
All opinions are my own
SNAP benefits stop today, who knows for how long. Please donate to your local food bank.
November 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
SNAP benefits stop today, who knows for how long. Please donate to your local food bank.
I am loving the Moon book.
That is all.
That is all.
Yes you did! I signed a few thousand tip-in sheets in January and they went out to stores when the book was released.
@scalzi.com Did I just find a signed copy at @booksandbooks.bsky.social Coral Gables, FL?! 📖❤️
#WhenTheMoonHitsYourEye
#BookSky #Books
#WhenTheMoonHitsYourEye
#BookSky #Books
April 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I am loving the Moon book.
That is all.
That is all.
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Excited to share our latest, out today in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social Bacteriocin production facilitates nosocomial emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium www.nature.com/articles/s41... @idpittstop.bsky.social
Bacteriocin production facilitates nosocomial emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium - Nature Microbiology
Genomic and functional analyses of healthcare-associated vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium reveal that bacteriocin T8 is enriched in emergent lineages and provides a competitive advantage in v...
www.nature.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Excited to share our latest, out today in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social Bacteriocin production facilitates nosocomial emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium www.nature.com/articles/s41... @idpittstop.bsky.social
Amazing scientists doing amazing science!
👋 We're the Pittsburgh Phage Program (P3)! Based at Pitt, we advance precision medicine using phages—viruses that kill bacteria. We fight antibiotic resistance through compassionate use & clinical trials.
Follow for 🔬research, 💡phage facts, 📢success stories!
#PhageTherapy #P3
Follow for 🔬research, 💡phage facts, 📢success stories!
#PhageTherapy #P3
March 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Amazing scientists doing amazing science!
ASM legacy society journals are all high quality and not based on a profit model. Which, sadly, many “high-impact” journals now are. If more of us publish in our relevant society journals for microbiology, virology, immunology, etc., we can strengthen academic over profit publishers.
Delighted that Pitt libraries renewed “all-inclusive” @asm.org journal subscriptions for 2025 including the 6 S2O "legacy" journals.
➡️Pitt authors can publish open access in any of the 6 S2O journals this year without paying OA publishing fees/APCs. ➡️More info: journals.asm.org/s2o-author-faq
➡️Pitt authors can publish open access in any of the 6 S2O journals this year without paying OA publishing fees/APCs. ➡️More info: journals.asm.org/s2o-author-faq
S2O Author FAQ
Discover how ASM's Subscribe to Open model benefits authors. Learn about ASM Journals author discounts, open access publishing, and funder compliance for 2025.
journals.asm.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
ASM legacy society journals are all high quality and not based on a profit model. Which, sadly, many “high-impact” journals now are. If more of us publish in our relevant society journals for microbiology, virology, immunology, etc., we can strengthen academic over profit publishers.
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Wrote a quick and dirty illustrated explainer on The Department of Education because if I have to hear any more misinformation about it I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...
Some Facts on the Department of Education
because even the president seems to have no idea what they do
open.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wrote a quick and dirty illustrated explainer on The Department of Education because if I have to hear any more misinformation about it I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...
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If the NYT cared to check facts instead of peddling again conspiracy theories about what scientists did or did not think (see QT'd thread), they'd realize that what happened in April 2020 was actually a forewarning for what is currently happening -- arbitrary political cancellations of grants. ▫️6/6
Well worth a read. Not because of the content - it's total horseshit - but because it's a prime example of what happens when you mix anti-science, conspiracism, arrogance, and a total lack of expertise.
Maybe one day NYT OpEds will engage with the actual science 🤷♂️.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Maybe one day NYT OpEds will engage with the actual science 🤷♂️.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | We Were Badly Misled About Covid (Gift Article)
The same dangerous mistakes. The same lack of candor.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If the NYT cared to check facts instead of peddling again conspiracy theories about what scientists did or did not think (see QT'd thread), they'd realize that what happened in April 2020 was actually a forewarning for what is currently happening -- arbitrary political cancellations of grants. ▫️6/6
Transmissible clamcer. Science rules.
It feels odd to just present science here now, but I am happy to share our new report of two lineages of transmissible cancer in cockles in Puget Sound, and our finding of repeated horizontal transmission of mitochondria.
March 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Transmissible clamcer. Science rules.
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The session State of the Art - Pneumonia at St. Jude/PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference features a pair of presenters and is moderated by Dr. Matthew Kelly (UAMS). #IDSKy
March 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The session State of the Art - Pneumonia at St. Jude/PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference features a pair of presenters and is moderated by Dr. Matthew Kelly (UAMS). #IDSKy
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Good crowd here in Pittsburgh for #standupforscience2025
March 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Good crowd here in Pittsburgh for #standupforscience2025
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#standupforscience in Pittsburgh from the Cooper Lab and
@raplab.bsky.social
Personal fave: Dictyostelium over Dictators
@raplab.bsky.social
Personal fave: Dictyostelium over Dictators
March 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#standupforscience in Pittsburgh from the Cooper Lab and
@raplab.bsky.social
Personal fave: Dictyostelium over Dictators
@raplab.bsky.social
Personal fave: Dictyostelium over Dictators
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Falling debris from a failed test of a SpaceX Starship prototype disrupted flights at several Florida airports.
SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports With Unsuccessful Test Flight
Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Falling debris from a failed test of a SpaceX Starship prototype disrupted flights at several Florida airports.
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PIDS member Dr. Natasha Halasa presents the next Frontiers in Pediatric ID - Pediatric Transplant/Immunocompromised Hosts Platform - Influenza Vaccine Optimization Strategies in Immunocompromised Hosts at the 2025 St. Jude/PIDS Conference. #IDSky
March 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
PIDS member Dr. Natasha Halasa presents the next Frontiers in Pediatric ID - Pediatric Transplant/Immunocompromised Hosts Platform - Influenza Vaccine Optimization Strategies in Immunocompromised Hosts at the 2025 St. Jude/PIDS Conference. #IDSky
Especially with no aim.
Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
February 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Especially with no aim.
I have racing disease. My doctor said I had to let it run its course.
I have airport disease.
My doctor says it's terminal.
I'll stop now.
My doctor says it's terminal.
I'll stop now.
February 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I have racing disease. My doctor said I had to let it run its course.
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Our February member spotlight is Latania Logan, professor of pediatrics and associate division chief, peds ID @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social and PIDS IDWeek chair. Read more about Dr. Logan's career in peds ID at pids.org/2025/02/19/m...
February 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Our February member spotlight is Latania Logan, professor of pediatrics and associate division chief, peds ID @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social and PIDS IDWeek chair. Read more about Dr. Logan's career in peds ID at pids.org/2025/02/19/m...
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As an uncle, I'm devastated for the family of this child. As an Infectious Disease physician, I'm angry at people who have spread misinformation about vaccines leading to this outbreak.
apnews.com/article/meas...
apnews.com/article/meas...
An unvaccinated child has died in the Texas measles outbreak
A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As an uncle, I'm devastated for the family of this child. As an Infectious Disease physician, I'm angry at people who have spread misinformation about vaccines leading to this outbreak.
apnews.com/article/meas...
apnews.com/article/meas...
The truth cannot be too often repeated
I DON'T NEED TO SEE THE TOE SUCKING VIDEO ANY MORE THANK YOU
February 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The truth cannot be too often repeated
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This is why research funding is important to me.
February 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is why research funding is important to me.
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The Revolution will be AI-icized
February 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Revolution will be AI-icized
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Everyone who ever got funding through NIAID should be aware of this bill and start sending messages to their US legislators. The bill intends to dissolve NIAID. This is Project 2025
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
February 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Everyone who ever got funding through NIAID should be aware of this bill and start sending messages to their US legislators. The bill intends to dissolve NIAID. This is Project 2025
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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🎉 This is the best news in a month!! Hold the line, America.
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.
February 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
🎉 This is the best news in a month!! Hold the line, America.
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A US Senator Joins the Fray. Thank you
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
Senator Murray Blasts Trump & Elon for Illegally Paralyzing Lifesaving Research Again, Threatening to Extinguish Ongoing and Groundbreaking Work - Senator Patty Murray
ICYMI: Murray Blasts Trump and Musk Decimating HHS, Risking Americans’ Health and Livelihoods Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and...
www.murray.senate.gov
February 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A US Senator Joins the Fray. Thank you
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
@murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please!
www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
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Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.thetrevorproject.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.thetrevorproject.org