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Lynda Coughlan
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Irish virologist/vaccinologist @UMmedschool @UMCVD, Associate Prof, viruses, adenoviral vectors, influenza, vaccines, immunology, scicomm, STEM
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virusnerdette.bsky.social
Ahhhh you thought of us first this year ☺️
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Reposted by Lynda Coughlan
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If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
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A flurry of snowflakes with text reading 'Virus Snowflakes: a collection of paper art viruses by Ed Hutchinson - Download now!' along with the logo of the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
virusnerdette.bsky.social
I’m also frustrated by the lack of clarity in the wording of this. I submitted several grants in the recent cycle and am already struggling with delays to study section, council and now they want to retroactively change due dates? What an awful chaotic inefficient mess for all of us
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by Lynda Coughlan
c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
Her role as one of the first structural virologists is underappreciated.
c0nc0rdance.bsky.social c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Feb 11
It's International Women in Science Day ♀️, and I want to talk briefly about Rosalind Franklin.

A conventional choice for unconventional reasons: Dr. Franklin was one of the FIRST STRUCTURAL VIROLOGISTS. Let's talk about her work outside of the Crick & Watson debacle.
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite. Description: Dr. Franklin looks across a checkered table at everyday objects. I think this is in a cafe or a breakroom. Since we know this is Paris, this photo is likely from 1946? With all she did to make Watson and Crick's discovery possible, Rosalind Franklin was essentially "a de facto collaborator," says Lynne Osman Elkin. Novartis Foundation Dr. Franklin looks to her right, wearing a dark necklace and broad-yoked shirt or blouse. She has short dark hair and eyebrows, and has a look of sharp intelligence, with an edge of weariness.
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM