After this weekend’s extensive firings at NIH and CDC - focused mainly on young scientists - like the ENTIRE class of epidemic intelligence service - I have a hard time to choose my music. This is the closest I have been to bitter - in my 30 years in US science.

Global Parasitology Seminar next Monday: Ira Blader on Toxoplasma & oxygen. 2/10/25 12 pm EST in person & zoom. ⁦‪@TrendsParasitol‬⁩ ⁦‪@BSPparasitology‬⁩ ⁦‪@parasitesrule‬⁩ ⁦‪@AmSocParasit‬⁩ ⁦‪@AS_Para‬⁩ ⁦‪@pennvet‬⁩ ⁦‪@SFParasitologie‬⁩ ⁦‪@CTEGD‬⁩

As the days begin to wear on me and I wake up with more worry than usual I saw this (posted by ‘English Literature’) … and it saved some part, of a day I rued.

First Global Parasitology Seminar of 2025: Nathan Schmidt on Malaria & Microbiome. Monday 01/27 12 pm US EST. @womeninmalaria @BSPparasitology @FightingMalaria @AmSocParasit @UPenn_I3H @MBLBoP

First meeting of 2025 this Wednesday!

Don’t miss Yi-Wei summarizing his amazing work as an Assistant Professor. This will be both, great science and a lot of fun!

My neighborhood has a cool new mural!

Belated holiday wishes everyone! I don’t have a Christmas sweater in me but Bethan Wallbank suggested this as closer to my persona. BTW if you (like me) are still figuring out whether to ditch X for bluesky, try the app called buffer where you can do both with one post for now.