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⏰ #GIA2025 kicks off tomorrow at 9 AM! We’re so excited to see everyone in UCommons 2-350 (Alfred Sorenson Community Hall, @UAlberta) or virtually. Less than 24 hours to go! 🎉 #glycotime

I am always so impressed by @marioskoutsakos.viralvaxlab.com’s elegant work on influenza B virus vaccines. Congratulations, Marios, on your Early Career Researcher Award! #19vaccinecongress

Kaori Sano is our Host Country Early Career Researcher Award recipient, who has done incredible work in Japan & the rest of the world on immune imprinting, antibody responses, & class switching. Congratulations, Kaori! #19vaccinecongress

Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social breaking down current policies and the anti-vaccine trends/rhetoric within the US that will lead to significant global health ramifications - #19vaccinecongress

Influenza infection of the mammary gland | Journal of Virology The mammary gland is a specialized organ for producing milk, which nourishes offspring and provides critical immunological factors for early development (1, 2). During pregnancy, the mammary gland und...

Our review of viral infection in the mammary gland is out in JVI journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

This past flu season was a deadly one for kids. The #CDC reported today that it has been informed of another 4 pediatric flu deaths, which takes the year's to-date total to 235. The only worse season on record was the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, which was really hard on kids.
www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

Mark Carney gives a thumbs up after casting his ballot in the federal election at a polling station.

I just voted.

Make sure you do, too. #CanadaStrong

Elbows up 🇨🇦❤️

Graphic: As many as 69 million American women lack access to valid birth certificates

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?

Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.

Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Wab Kinew is a true leader.

VOTE #calgary

Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.

Elon is upset that the public is staying informed. So many threats from him lately. We are public servants, not Elon servants.

Pre-print is up! SARS-2 produces a truncated N protein to antagonize multiple antiviral pathways. A very collaborative project in the @corcoranlab.bsky.social with @nogasharlin.bsky.social, Danyel Evseev, and Max Bui-Marinos, and of course the boss Jenn Corcoran

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A truncated SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein enhances virus fitness by evading antiviral responses Viruses face a selective pressure to evade cellular antiviral responses to control the outcome of an infection. However, due to their limited genome size, viruses must adopt unique strategies to confr...

Our newest work reveals that SARS-CoV-2 evolved to produce a truncated version of its N protein to antagonize antiviral responses. This 'mini' N, called N*M210, sequesters dsRNA, blocks interferon activation, defeats RNaseL & disassembles stress granules and p-bodies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

If you feel unsafe doing this, fly a Star Wars Rebellion Alliance flag instead—just tell people you’re a fan of Star Wars. ;)

Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.

Strong women and cocktails make everything better @akelvinlab.bsky.social @sammaciag.bsky.social

Who did this?

I just lost my job, along with most of my coworkers, due to the illegal grant freeze.
I worked at an organization that
-helped veterans who have lost a limb
-Assisted elderly and disabled people
-Helped hospitals better treat people who have lost limbs

Those are nice floors!

So horrific

Here I am! Ready to fill everyone’s feed with cozy knits, especially on this blistering cold day (it’s -20 Celsius with the windchill over here). What’s the weather like where you are? #knittingismytherapy #knitters #knitting #knittersgonnaknit #diknitthis

Christmas mug 2024.

Thanks to @akelvinlab.bsky.social for giving me this crocheted F-bomb to drop on my enemies

Tweet from @Els_Vaccine: welcoming our incoming Vaccine Editors-in-Chief: @IvanHung2 (Ivan Hung), @angie_rasmussen (Angie Rasmussen), & @florian_krammer (Florian Krammer). Looking forward to work with them on establishing the journal further as a platform for evidence-based vaccination policies and critical vaccine research and development! Pictures of (L to R) Ivan Hung (good looking dude with black hair wearing a purple tie and a dark suit and with a wry clever expression), Angie Rasmussen (tired looking blonde woman in a lab coat who looks like she’s about to make some snide comment), Florian Krammer (also good looking dude with brown hair and a goatee who is wearing sunglasses and smiling so also looks cool)

Vaccines are under attack like never before and pathogens just don’t stop emerging, so in related news...

I’m honored to lead Vaccine & face these challenges w/ my co-Editors-in-Chief Florian & Ivan. I’m ready to elevate vaccine research, defend evidence-based policy, & stand up for public health!

YouTube video by TheTragicallyHipVEVO The Tragically Hip - Montréal (Live From Molson Center, Montréal/2000)

Montréal -- The Tragically Hip (live 2000). A tribute to the 14 victims of the Polytechnique massacre Dec. 6, 1989
youtu.be/PaLb52ILCgw #femicide

Sick animals suggest COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market A preliminary analysis takes a closer look at genomic data collected at the market.

Grateful to @smritimallapaty.bsky.social for covering our analysis of host transcriptional infection signatures at the Huanan market! Still not the “smoking raccoon dog” but getting closer…

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fantastic hearing Dr Theresa Tam speak about Health Emergency Readiness Canada at the Canadian Immunization Conference this morning