Michael Schotsaert

Tracking U.S. Measles Outbreaks (Gift Article) As new cases are reported, our maps show the spread of the virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000.

Gift link.

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YouTube video by Concordia A Conversation with New York Governor Kathy Hochul | 2025 Concordia Annual Summit

“States like New York have an opportunity to position ourselves as real leaders in so many different areas.” @governor.ny.gov

Like her, we believe NY is ready for revitalization—by launching a state-wide biomedical institute that boosts jobs, the economy & cures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVtF...

The Harbour in Trieste (1907) by Egon Schiele

🚀 NY-CURES Launch — Championing State-Wide Investment in Science! 🚀

Our new coalition advocates for sustained public support of New York’s vibrant biomedical research ecosystem — creating cures, economic gains & strengthening communities.

Sign up. Stay informed. Join the movement: www.nycures.org/

Angry and determined to win this time: Dulle Griet leads her army of women through a fiery world to plunder at the gates of Hell. As wonderfully conceived by Pieter Bruegel, whose day is today.

Edward Hopper, House at Dusk (1935)

✨ In collaboration with Ian Wilson, Bernie Moss, @carolilucas.bsky.social, @mschotsaert.bsky.social @vivianasimonlab.bsky.social, that’s exactly what we did!
We now have highly potent A35 human mAbs, in vitro and in vivo. They are protective both before and after mouse infection.
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Human monoclonal antibodies targeting A35 protect from death caused by monkeypox virus @cellcellpress.bsky.social @carolilucas.bsky.social @vivianasimonlab.bsky.social @mschotsaert.bsky.social
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FDA warns of H5N1 avian flu detection in raw cat food

FDA warns of H5N1 avian flu detection in raw cat food www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

Science has already saved countless lives and will save many more if we let it. Hearing firsthand from patients whose lives have been saved by medical research (tinyurl.com/m65339fh) shows how vital this funding is, even for those lucky enough not to have needed it yet.
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The labs of George Shaw, Peter Kwong, Lawrence Shapiro and colleagues define—in rhesus macaques —the structural and genetic basis of #HIV-1 V2 apex recognition and demonstrate unprecedented structural plasticity of a highly selected immunogenetic element: rupress.org/jem/article/...

#Virology

Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism Data can easily be manipulated to show a causation that doesn’t exist.

The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism

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Happy 402nd birthday Pieter Janssens Elinga. Because one should always remove one's shoes before sitting down with a good book.

An image showing the ARTIC and Pathoplexus logos connected by blue lines, with the text "Hiring: post-doc/software engineer" and "Global open-source pathogen tools" and "Join Swiss TPH, Work on ARTIC2 and Pathoplexus, Basel, Switzerland"

📢New job posting!📢
Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? 🧑🏻‍💻🧬

My group at @swisstph.ch has an opening working with ARTIC2, @pathoplexus.org, & Loculus - read on!

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Edward Hopper, Two houses on the Dunes, Cape Cod

Inderdaad. Herzele.

Goedemorgen.
Regenwolken. Na de middag vanuit het westen enkele opklaringen maar ook (hevige) buien.
MaxT rond 20 graden.
ZZW-wind 3-4 Bft

Op donderdag 3 juli 2025 om 22 uur bevindt de aarde zich in het aphelium, het verste punt in zijn baan rond de zon, op een afstand van iets meer dan 152 miljoen kilometer. Toch is het nu zomer op het noordelijk halfrond.
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Rabies alert in Port Nolloth - seals AND dogs. After a very friendly dog came up to us at the garage…😳 @anna-lisew.bsky.social

Wat is de gevoelstemperatuur? Je leest een (genuanceerd) antwoord op www.frankdeboosere.be/vragen/vraag...

Rough shepherds stumble in to complete elegant circle of praying hands. Mary's hands form shape of a heart, for her heartfelt devotion. Center panel of the Portinari Altarpiece, 1475, by Hugo van der Goes whose day is today.

Fel onweer nu in de provincie Namen, vooral tussen Namen en Andenne. Deze onweders trekken naar het noordnoordoosten.
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Are you a member of the ISV? If you're interested in vaccines/vaccinology, you should be! Because you could help shape the future of the Society! ISV Board Elections coming up....

Postdoc positions open in my lab (Francis Crick Institute) to study

1. initiation of DNA replication.

2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.

Great for biochemists, biophysicists and cryo-EM/cryo-tomography scientists.

Deadline 3 August 2025.

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It’s About to Get Brutally Hot in New York City Temperatures in Central Park are forecast to soar into the high 90s on Monday and Tuesday, but it will feel like it’s 105 degrees outside.

The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning for New York City from noon on Sunday through 8 p.m. on Tuesday. The stifling weather is predicted to create life-threatening conditions, particularly for older people and anyone without access to air-conditioning.

Goedemorgen.
Zonnig en zeer warm.
MaxT rond 32 graden.
Wind VAR of ZO, 1-2 Bft
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Street in Amsterdam: butchered pig, dog drinking blood, kids inflating bladder, woman suggesting vegetarian alternative. Wonderful if odd scene from 1668 by Michiel van Musscher whose day is today.

PLEASE CHECK OUT this excellent story featuring Mount Sinai Neurosurgery's Dr. Chris Kellner's patient Julie Brothers, who survived a ruptured #BrainAneurysm. Personal & moving, the article is filled w/ info about risk factors/warning signs that could help save a life 👉 nypost.com/2025/06/17/h...

Regulators Approve Lenacapavir for H.I.V. Prevention The drug could change the course of the AIDS epidemic. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries.

The FDA on Wednesday approved a twice-yearly injection that provided a near-perfect shield against HIV infection in clinical trials.