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UNC Charlotte Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics and Genomics. Computational molecular synthetic virologist. Github - github.com/raw-lab Website - rawlab.org

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I would love to do a YouTube show with you on stromatolites/microbialites, origin of life on Earth, and the search for life beyond Earth. Let me know if you game for such a show?

08.08.2025 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done video. Thanks for the shout out to microbialites/stromatolites. They are our favorites!! We work on the modern ones all over the world.

06.08.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Embattled 'arsenic life' paper retracted by journal Science 15 years after publication A controversial 2010 study that suggested bacteria could grow using arsenic instead of phosphorus has been retracted by the research journal Science.

Glad Science retracted the Arsenic life paper.

Brilliant work by Rosie Redfield and others showed this study had issues 15 years ago.

Rosie's paper in science
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

24.07.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bat Immunological Training Education (BITE) outreach at Discovery Place today. Around 584 visitors at our booths today. We will continue to educate the public about bats, rodents, and infectious diseases

At Discovery Place every 3rd Saturday of the month. #BITE #teamraw #rawlab

Great job team!

20.07.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Missing TJ. I have to add him in later for the special edition directors cut

21.06.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RAW Lab picture day! Summer 2025
Thank you @morgancarterphd.bsky.social for the photo.
Missing TJ but it is what is. #teamraw #rawlab

21.06.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bat Immunological Training Education (BITE) at Discovery Place today. Around 366 visitors at our booths today. We will continue to educate the public about bats, rodents, infectious diseases, and immune responses.

At Discovery Place every 3rd Saturday of the month. #BITE #teamraw #rawlab

21.06.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of secondary metabolite clusters, a plasmid that appears to be lost or transferred, weird ANI boundaries, something for everyone!

We were also lucky that our neighbors in the @raw937.bsky.social lab looked for prophage in these endosymbionts. Did not think they would be there but they are!

17.06.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New from the Carter Lab!

Led by @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social, we sequenced almost twice as many complete genomes as were available for the endofungal Mycetohabitans genus.

Unsurprisingly, they are a little weird, giving us insight into endosymbiotic genome changes 🧬 🦠
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

17.06.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

You're welcome! Great PI, great lab, and cool system 😎
We are super happy to find our lovely phage as another layer of complexity in this tripartite system. #carterlab #rawlab

17.06.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bat Immunological Training Education (BITE) at Discovery place today. A busier day today with 375 visitors at our booths. We will continue to educate the public about bats, rodents, infectious diseases, and immune responses.

At Discovery place every 3rd Saturday of the month.

17.05.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A little smashing pumpkins this morning #smashingpumpkins #bacteriophage #phage

11.05.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Bat Immunological Training Education (BITE) at Discovery place on Saturday. A slow day, only 232 visitors. We continue to educate the public about bats, rodents, infectious diseases, and immune response.

At Discovery place every 3rd Saturday of the month.

23.04.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you Mike Cove and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to host Bat Immunology Training Education (BITE) outreach. We had over 256 people visitors to our booths with preparation of samples.

We will be at NCMNS in Raleigh (our state capital) four times a year (quarterly).

15.04.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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H5N1 bird flu mutates to better hijack human cells, new UNC Charlotte study shows | Newswise The latest CIPHER research on H5N1 viral lineages could have major implications for vaccine development.

www.newswise.com/articles/h5n...

25.03.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some phages of Streptomyces are polyvirulent.

24.03.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some are specialists but are generalists. Rarely if at all do they cross phyla or class.

24.03.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Representing UNC Charlotte internationally here in Essen Germany.

The #ZWUWaterDay2025!

My talk, "Elucidating Microbialites to Resolve Ancient Aquatic Ecosystems", will take us on a journey through time.

#WaterResearch #Microbialites #AquaticEcosystems #Unccharlotte #Charlotte

#ZWU

22.03.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Super happy to be hosting Prof. Richard Allen White III AKA @raw937.bsky.social from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte at @unidue.bsky.social for 3 surprisingly sunny weeks!! Great to have you around Rick!! 🦠🧬

17.03.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations 🎊 πŸ‘ πŸ’ πŸ₯³ Morgan!!

27.02.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations 🎊 πŸ‘ πŸ’ πŸ₯³ Morgan!!

27.02.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations 🎊 πŸ‘ πŸ’ πŸ₯³ 🎊
to Dr. Madeline Bellanger, the first PhD student to successfully defend her PhD in the my lab (RAW lab).

Well done, Madeline Bellanger !

27.02.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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my first PhD student will be defending her thesis tomorrow.

25.02.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have successfully cloned myself. We are borg. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. #startek

24.02.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bat adaptations in inflammation and cell death regulation contribute to viral tolerance | mBio The increased incidence of pandemics and viral outbreaks in recent years has drawn attention to understanding host-virus interactions in recognized reservoir species and developing prevention measures...

Cell death (understudied in bats) is a phenomenal process that plays a role in controlling the spread of virus infection, among many other important roles. Read the latest on this here. @keshu-vrimmch.bsky.social #LZCI

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

22.02.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Bat Immunology Training Education (BITE) team is at Discovery Place in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Today was a slow day, with only 337 visitors.

We continue to volunteer in North Carolina, educating the public about bats, rodents, immunology, and ecology.

22.02.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Bat Immunology Training Education (BITE) team is at Discovery Place in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Today was a slow day, with only 337 visitors.

We continue to volunteer in North Carolina, educating the public about bats, rodents, immunology, and ecology.

22.02.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Facts

22.02.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bats are amazing. This an excellent paper.

22.02.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Neat paper Arinjay!

22.02.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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