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Priya Shah
@whatthefugacity.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Joe & Essie Smith Endowed Chair at UC Davis, and dog lover. Integrates virology and engineering to study virus-host interactions in shahlab.ucdavis.edu
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We mapped yellow fever virus-host protein interactions and did cool stuff with the data! 🧵 1/n

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Yesterday’s stunning double rainbow in Davis
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Interested in shaping ASV decisions? Do you know someone who is? Nominations for ASV President-Elect and a number of Virology Councilors are due on November 21. Look for the nomination form in your ASV member email!
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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🚨 Nominations/Applications are open for the Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award and the Global Scholar Travel Award for #asv2026 🚨 #lovevirology

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November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Best part of this job is hearing about admissions and job offers. Today was a fucking good day. I’m so glad to see our lab members persevering in a tough job market.

For those in the thick of it. Remember, job offers are like cloning — you only need that one. Keep at it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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If you need more scary fun this weekend, the documentary “A Shot In The Arm” is free on PBS until 11/9. Lots of interviews with RFK Jr pre-HHS fame. Narrated by @neildegrassetyson.com from @scotthamkennedy.bsky.social. #Virosky #LoveVirology #TruthisScarierThanFiction

www.pbs.org/show/shot-in...
Shot in the Arm
SHOT IN THE ARM explores vaccine hesitancy historically and in the context of Covid-19.
www.pbs.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Halloween isn’t scary This is. Vote in your local elections this Tuesday, or better yet, this weekend!

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In professor world, Halloween is the one night a year professors can make horrible jokes and all the students have to laugh.
November 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Happy Halloween! You have my eternal respect if you guess my costume.
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Want to turbo charge your R skills? The Bioinformatics online R courses here are very good I hear. It will definitely help you know when your AI generated R code is actually stupid registration.genomecenter.ucdavis.edu/events/r_nov...
Genome Center Event Registration
registration.genomecenter.ucdavis.edu
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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If anyone is hiring a technician, I’ve got a great candidate. I wish I could hire her myself! She’s got the grit, she knows how to hustle, and she does publication quality work. Lots of molecular biology, protein, and cell culture experience. Please DM me if you are interested.
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If anyone is hiring a technician, I’ve got a great candidate. I wish I could hire her myself! She’s got the grit, she knows how to hustle, and she does publication quality work. Lots of molecular biology, protein, and cell culture experience. Please DM me if you are interested.
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/s...

An unknown sea otter was spotted stealing surfboards at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz this week. Is 841 back to her old ways or have other otters learned to hang 10? Check out my latest for @nytimes.com
Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Nothing prepares you for the stress of a 3rd grade soccer game going to PKs. I need a Xanax.
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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President Trump reduces trade surplus in profitable export industry that provides middle-class jobs all across America.
New federal data has revealed a 19% year-on-year decline in international students entering the US in August 2025, including a 45% drop from India, America’s largest sending country. thepienews.com/internationa...
International student arrivals to the US fall by 19%
The US recorded a 20% drop in student visa arrivals this August, though the full picture remains unclear amid contradictory datasets.
thepienews.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#NoKings Walnut Creek, CA
October 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Odd to consider, but T-Rex had a Krebs cycle
October 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Proud to be an MIT alum today.
October 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
You know what they say. Never waste a Friday night on a fascist news dump.
a woman is riding on the back of a pink horse
ALT: a woman is riding on the back of a pink horse
media.tenor.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
DID YOU GIRL BOSS TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN?

Call it what you want, but TS is a singular talent.
a little boy is driving a red toy car on the street .
ALT: a little boy is driving a red toy car on the street .
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October 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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We are currently in the process of recruiting a technician. 🥼🐭🔬

If you know anyone with enthusiasm to learn new skills and stamina to hear me go on and on about IFNs, please have them reach out to me for more details!
October 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
No one:
Me trying to convince my students to read their textbook:
October 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM