Priya Shah

I might have yelled it and all the students just shrugged.

Yesterday’s stunning double rainbow in Davis

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!

🚨 Nominations/Applications are open for the Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award and the Global Scholar Travel Award for #asv2026 🚨 #lovevirology

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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

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.

Shot in the Arm SHOT IN THE ARM explores vaccine hesitancy historically and in the context of Covid-19.

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

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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Halloween isn’t scary This is. Vote in your local elections this Tuesday, or better yet, this weekend!

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In professor world, Halloween is the one night a year professors can make horrible jokes and all the students have to laugh.

Bravo!

Happy Halloween! You have my eternal respect if you guess my costume.

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...

eRA Commons in the time of chaoslera Finally got around to checking in with Internet Assisted Review on eRA Commons. The study section meeting I was supposed to be on has now disappeared. I can’t remember if I looked after the c…

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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.

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.

Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.

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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

Nothing prepares you for the stress of a 3rd grade soccer game going to PKs. I need a Xanax.

President Trump reduces trade surplus in profitable export industry that provides middle-class jobs all across America.

#NoKings Walnut Creek, CA

Odd to consider, but T-Rex had a Krebs cycle

Proud to be an MIT alum today.

mitochondria from bipolar patients are closer to the nucleus in these images; control patients' are spread out further

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… 🧵

a woman is riding on the back of a pink horse ALT: a woman is riding on the back of a pink horse

You know what they say. Never waste a Friday night on a fascist news dump.

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 .

DID YOU GIRL BOSS TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN?

Call it what you want, but TS is a singular talent.

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!

No one:
Me trying to convince my students to read their textbook:

ChatGPT says yes, this needs a real person to draw it

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

Self medicating with Fat Bear Week and @weratedogs.com

At this point you think I would know better and just not check the news on Fridays specifically.