Rafael Kroon Campos
@rafaelkcampos.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Cornell
Arbovirus-host interactions
Arbovirus-host interactions
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Why surveillance is important? 4 years ago we predicted a CHIKV outbreak by detecting its silent circulation (lnkd.in/gx7-4ZeQ). Today, the team @mauriciolnogueira.bsky.social provided a genomic and clinical time map of the massive CHIKV outbreak of 2024 in the area. #FAMERP #SBV #ASTMH #UTMB #ACAV
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Why surveillance is important? 4 years ago we predicted a CHIKV outbreak by detecting its silent circulation (lnkd.in/gx7-4ZeQ). Today, the team @mauriciolnogueira.bsky.social provided a genomic and clinical time map of the massive CHIKV outbreak of 2024 in the area. #FAMERP #SBV #ASTMH #UTMB #ACAV
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Delighted to see Marielena Saivish's manuscript on the "Standardization of Quantitative Plaque-Based Viral Assays for Orthoflavivirus Cacipacoré" published. A collaborative effort with colleagues on our drive to characterize Brazilian neglected orthoflaviviruses. #UTMBHealth #FAMERP #FAPESP #SBV
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Delighted to see Marielena Saivish's manuscript on the "Standardization of Quantitative Plaque-Based Viral Assays for Orthoflavivirus Cacipacoré" published. A collaborative effort with colleagues on our drive to characterize Brazilian neglected orthoflaviviruses. #UTMBHealth #FAMERP #FAPESP #SBV
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We Look forward welcoming you on October 14th for Prof. Kim's webinar "Development of Vaccines Against Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses". Register: www.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
@astmh.bsky.social @utmbhealth.bsky.social @sbvirologia.bsky.social @mauriciolnogueira.bsky.social @rossilab.bsky.social
@astmh.bsky.social @utmbhealth.bsky.social @sbvirologia.bsky.social @mauriciolnogueira.bsky.social @rossilab.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We Look forward welcoming you on October 14th for Prof. Kim's webinar "Development of Vaccines Against Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses". Register: www.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
@astmh.bsky.social @utmbhealth.bsky.social @sbvirologia.bsky.social @mauriciolnogueira.bsky.social @rossilab.bsky.social
@astmh.bsky.social @utmbhealth.bsky.social @sbvirologia.bsky.social @mauriciolnogueira.bsky.social @rossilab.bsky.social
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New paper out by @mosquitohunting.bsky.social!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mal...
This paper explores how variation in mosquito diversity, feeding behavior, vector competence, seasonality, and vector-pathogen interactions shape the transmission, persistence, and evolution of human malaria!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mal...
This paper explores how variation in mosquito diversity, feeding behavior, vector competence, seasonality, and vector-pathogen interactions shape the transmission, persistence, and evolution of human malaria!
Frontiers | Mosquito vector diversity and malaria transmission
Malaria is the most important parasitic disease in the world, killing over half a million people a year. Globally, we have made gains toward eliminating this...
www.frontiersin.org
May 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
New paper out by @mosquitohunting.bsky.social!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mal...
This paper explores how variation in mosquito diversity, feeding behavior, vector competence, seasonality, and vector-pathogen interactions shape the transmission, persistence, and evolution of human malaria!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mal...
This paper explores how variation in mosquito diversity, feeding behavior, vector competence, seasonality, and vector-pathogen interactions shape the transmission, persistence, and evolution of human malaria!
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🚨Job alert 🚨
I am looking for an enthusiastic & talented postdoctoral researcher to join our research team in Hamilton, MT, USA.
If you are interested in
🦠 emerging respiratory viruses (BSL2-4),
🔬mucosal immunology, and
🐁 in vivo studies,
Check out:
www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdpmire...
I am looking for an enthusiastic & talented postdoctoral researcher to join our research team in Hamilton, MT, USA.
If you are interested in
🦠 emerging respiratory viruses (BSL2-4),
🔬mucosal immunology, and
🐁 in vivo studies,
Check out:
www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdpmire...
www.training.nih.gov
April 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
🚨Job alert 🚨
I am looking for an enthusiastic & talented postdoctoral researcher to join our research team in Hamilton, MT, USA.
If you are interested in
🦠 emerging respiratory viruses (BSL2-4),
🔬mucosal immunology, and
🐁 in vivo studies,
Check out:
www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdpmire...
I am looking for an enthusiastic & talented postdoctoral researcher to join our research team in Hamilton, MT, USA.
If you are interested in
🦠 emerging respiratory viruses (BSL2-4),
🔬mucosal immunology, and
🐁 in vivo studies,
Check out:
www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdpmire...
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Our study exploring the evolutionary mechanism of alphavirus opal codon retention is now online! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A conserved opal termination codon optimizes a temperature-dependent trade-off between protein production and processing in alphaviruses
Alphaviruses optimize viral polymerase production and polyprotein processing at distinct temperatures via a premature stop codon.
www.science.org
April 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Our study exploring the evolutionary mechanism of alphavirus opal codon retention is now online! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Cheers to our 3y reappointment on tenure track - so grateful to be on this journey at #Cornell alongside Assistant Profs Colleen Lau and Andrew Flyak 🤩
April 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Cheers to our 3y reappointment on tenure track - so grateful to be on this journey at #Cornell alongside Assistant Profs Colleen Lau and Andrew Flyak 🤩
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View from my office. What the heck April in Ithaca?! Never imagined I’d be missing spring weather in England…
April 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
View from my office. What the heck April in Ithaca?! Never imagined I’d be missing spring weather in England…
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Our study on the molecular basis of shifts in receptor recognition by western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) in the past century, led by Xiaoyi Fan and @wanyuviridae.bsky.social , is online! 👏🎉
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Molecular basis for shifted receptor recognition by an encephalitic arbovirus
Cryo-EM structures and mutational analyses reveal western equine encephalitis virus
E2-E1 glycoprotein polymorphisms that determine shifted receptor usage and allow for
sequence-based prediction of st...
www.cell.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Our study on the molecular basis of shifts in receptor recognition by western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) in the past century, led by Xiaoyi Fan and @wanyuviridae.bsky.social , is online! 👏🎉
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Congratulations to @colinparrish.bsky.social, on his well-deserved election to the American Academy of Microbiology! www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
Prof. Colin Parrish To Be One of 65 New Members of the Microbiology Academy Class of 2025
The Cornell Daily Sun - Independent Since 1880.
www.cornellsun.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Congratulations to @colinparrish.bsky.social, on his well-deserved election to the American Academy of Microbiology! www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
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RNA: I made and ruled this world for eons before your precious proteins even conceived of a peptide bond
AlphaFold’s highly accurate structural models transformed protein biology. Nature reports on the efforts to create a similar system for RNA and why it’s a tougher nut to crack. #RNAsky 🧪
RNA function follows form – why is it so hard to predict?
AlphaFold’s highly accurate structural models transformed protein biology,but RNA lags behind.
go.nature.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
RNA: I made and ruled this world for eons before your precious proteins even conceived of a peptide bond
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Boom. Accepted for publication in Nature Communications. This paper has been a journey, but it is done. Here, we explore the use of constant temperature experiments to predict the thermal suitability for malaria transmission in a diurnally fluctuating environment.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Mean daily temperatures can predict the thermal limits of malaria transmission better than rate summation
Temperature shapes the distribution, seasonality, and magnitude of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks. Mechanistic models predicting transmission often use mosquito and pathogen thermal responses from c...
www.biorxiv.org
March 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Boom. Accepted for publication in Nature Communications. This paper has been a journey, but it is done. Here, we explore the use of constant temperature experiments to predict the thermal suitability for malaria transmission in a diurnally fluctuating environment.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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‼️#aedes albopictus (not aegypti) is the main vector in Reunion island.
#Chikungunya epidemic on Reunion island. ~3000 confirmed cases and 2 deaths during week 10 (3-9 Mar.)
#Aedes aegypti
#Aedes aegypti
March 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
‼️#aedes albopictus (not aegypti) is the main vector in Reunion island.
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The maternal antibody paradox: how are these antibodies both good and bad? Excited to share our new insights for rotavirus vaccines
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Mechanisms of maternal antibody interference to rotavirus vaccination
Maternal antibodies (MatAbs) are transferred transplacentally during pregnancy and through breast milk after birth to provide protection whilst the neonatal immune response is immature. However, MatAb...
www.biorxiv.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The maternal antibody paradox: how are these antibodies both good and bad? Excited to share our new insights for rotavirus vaccines
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Glad to have played a small part in this big story! Studying the differences between CD28 in humans and mice reveal reasons for the disastrous 2006 trial www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Glad to have played a small part in this big story! Studying the differences between CD28 in humans and mice reveal reasons for the disastrous 2006 trial www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We detected yellow fever virus in Haemagogus mosquitoes collected in 2022 in an Amazon rainforest bordering Manaus, Brazil. The viral genome sequence occupied a basal position within the South American I genotype 1E lineage.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31…
March 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We detected yellow fever virus in Haemagogus mosquitoes collected in 2022 in an Amazon rainforest bordering Manaus, Brazil. The viral genome sequence occupied a basal position within the South American I genotype 1E lineage.
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#Australia🇦🇺: #JapaneseEncephalitis #virus detected in #Brisbane for the first time, triggering health warnings 🦟
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Japanese encephalitis virus detected in Brisbane for the first time
Queenslanders are being warned against getting bitten by mosquitoes after the Japanese encephalitis virus was found in Brisbane.
www.abc.net.au
March 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#Australia🇦🇺: #JapaneseEncephalitis #virus detected in #Brisbane for the first time, triggering health warnings 🦟
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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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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@cindyleifer.bsky.social giving an impassioned speech about the attack on science, research, and truth, and calling on all of us to stay vigilant and not to lose hope. Your medicines come from RESEARCH! #scienceisforall #callyourrepresentative
February 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
@cindyleifer.bsky.social giving an impassioned speech about the attack on science, research, and truth, and calling on all of us to stay vigilant and not to lose hope. Your medicines come from RESEARCH! #scienceisforall #callyourrepresentative
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Vaccines work! As measles cases have recently been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York, Rhode Island and Texas, it's important to remember that prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, measles killed 400-500 people and resulted in ~48,000 hospitalizations per year.
February 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Vaccines work! As measles cases have recently been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York, Rhode Island and Texas, it's important to remember that prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, measles killed 400-500 people and resulted in ~48,000 hospitalizations per year.
Come be our colleague at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Cornell! It is a highly supportive environment with exciting science. I am extremely inspired by the extraordinary people here. We are located in beautiful Ithaca, NY.
We are looking for new colleagues! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29722 I can’t recommend the Microbiology and Immunology Department at Cornell Ithaca highly enough.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Come be our colleague at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Cornell! It is a highly supportive environment with exciting science. I am extremely inspired by the extraordinary people here. We are located in beautiful Ithaca, NY.
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Newborns with microcephaly in Brazil and potential vertical transmission of Oropouche virus: a case series - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan....
Newborns with microcephaly in Brazil and potential vertical transmission of Oropouche virus: a case series
We detected OROV IgM in six of 68 newborns with microcephaly of unknown cause. One
infant who died had OROV RNA and antigen in several tissues, including the brain.
The possibility of OROV vertical tr...
www.thelancet.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Newborns with microcephaly in Brazil and potential vertical transmission of Oropouche virus: a case series - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan....
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We look forward seeing you tomorrow at 11 CT for Dr. Lytras' @spyroslytras.bsky.social webinar on "Evolutionary interactions between zoonotic coronaviruses and their hosts". Register at: www.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi.... @createneo.bsky.social @robertwcross1.bsky.social @utmbhealth.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We look forward seeing you tomorrow at 11 CT for Dr. Lytras' @spyroslytras.bsky.social webinar on "Evolutionary interactions between zoonotic coronaviruses and their hosts". Register at: www.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi.... @createneo.bsky.social @robertwcross1.bsky.social @utmbhealth.bsky.social
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Much needed, solid, objective, well done work to realistically assess possible mosquito vectors of the emergent Oropouche virus.
🦟 "Lack of Competence of US #Mosquito Species for Circulating #Oropouche #Virus" by Anne F Payne et al. in #EID Journal
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
Lack of Competence of US Mosquito Species for Circulating Oropouche Virus
Lack of Competence of US Mosquito Species for Circulating Oropouche Virus
wwwnc.cdc.gov
January 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Much needed, solid, objective, well done work to realistically assess possible mosquito vectors of the emergent Oropouche virus.