Ian Hewson

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Cheering on the Buffalo bills in tonight’s Super Bowl!

Virome analysis reveals ORF7 sequences of type 2 porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus (PRRSV) for the first time in a rodent host (Microtus pennsylvanicus) The lung virome of meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) from six neighbouring locations in New York State, USA was investigated using metagenomics to…

Nice to see this published! TBT when I was focused almost exclusively on viral discovery:

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An airline security card but instead of oxygen masks, it's squid. Just roll with it.

Secure your own squid first before helping others.

(I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)

The distance between truth and reality has become an abyss

I’ve always wanted to do a comparison between coral larvae settlement and the settlement of stuff on empty lab benches.

Empirically worked out that the courier that starts with D and ends in HL is one of the most unreliable, confusing, and painful companies to work with. 3 weeks in transit for overnight?

You know you’re into a project when you’re rushing to get multiple gels done ahead of a winter storm…

Loaded 188 samples on a single gel today. That’s a new one for me…

Hi Hannah, would love to collab! I’ve got them cooking in f/2 on a 12:12 light dark cycle in a dilution series. If I can isolate them enough, happy to share!

We have a lot of interest in culturing the Dino Triops (Cerarium) furca, Protoperidinium, and a couple of others. Only problem is my knowledge of Dino culture is awful. Anyone have any experience or advice? Or want to collaborate :)?

Other echinoderms, including ophiuroids (shown here), holothurians, and a single asteroid we found appear normal.

The urchins are definitely lethargic even away from the affected site

Final morning in St Thomas for our NSF Diadema project emergency trip responding to an outbreak. Cultures are growing, urchins continue to die, and a quick survey of the site on the way to the airport revealed constrained impact for the moment. Collaborators at UVI will continue monitoring.

And also got to see another echinoderm nearby

This is what it looks like when they’re just about to die

Another day of responding to Diadema disease as part of our NSF project in St Thomas. Today a different site where they are totally fine then a return to the impact site to gain cultures. Sad to see these important organisms in distress. Had a clue today from microscopy about another stressor.

Same signs, seems from microscopy to be the same thing. But has it been here all along? That’s what we are trying to figure out

Had only 2 hours to work before the sunset, but will be back at it tomorrow to further our work.

Emergency sampling in the USVI as part of our NSF Diadema project. Didn’t even know I was coming down here yesterday at breakfast; today flew down, and was in the water within 45 mins of arrival. Unfortunately, it’s happening at our site (but this is good for our study). Urchins are dying…

Emergency for Caribbean collaborators: There appears to be Diadema mortality somewhat reminiscent of the 2022 die off occurring right now in the USVI. If anyone hears of wider occurrences in the region please let us know! Please re-post!

My first first-author paper is posted! Glad to have this out! 🦠🚨🕺

We show that pGpp production depletes GTP, inhibits translation, and remodels the transcriptome faster than (p)ppGpp.

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Hi there! Any word on when we might expect information about registration costs etc? Without a website or even registration cost info it is difficult for some to plan (and have approved by administration)

Latest work on the Diadema pathogen and its seasonal occurrence at a time series site

Returning home from another holiday season in Australia with my mum. I don’t typically do science when I’m home, but this year will launch a new collaboration with folks in Sydney and Tasmania since global disease pandemics include the antipodes. Back to cold and grey Ithaca…

Marking 17 years today that I arrived in Ithaca and started as an assistant professor at Cornell. This was the view from the plane at the airport- it was 17F…

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Apropos my last post about FedEx losing urchin specimens in Memphis. Shipped 12/11, cleared by usfws 12/15 and then disappeared by FedEx. Well today got an invoice for $12.75 for tariffs (on a $50 declared value). Beware importers of frozen materials to the US: it seems this may not be possible.