Margaret Dedloff

Thanks Kat!

I'm so proud of this work and how it all came together!

Interferon lambda signaling to maternal dendritic cells protects against congenital Zika virus infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.25.701624v1

UCS Is Building an Alliance for Independent Science UCS is working to build a powerful alliance for independent science. Its new web resource hosts information and resources for current and former advisory committee members, current and former federal ...

US science is under assault like never before, but in response the scientific community can build an alliance for independent science--that can fill gaps left by the decimation of Federal science and reimagine the role of science in policy and society. 🧵 blog.ucs.org/genna-reed/u...

Immigration Agents Coming to Raleigh Tuesday, Sources Say Democratic legislative sources briefed by Gov. Josh Stein’s office told The Assembly and INDY agents are coming to the state capital.

Stay safe out there tomorrow Triangle area folks, looks like ICE is moving our way after Charlotte.

indyweek.com/news/northca...

You fool, that issue that affects you and not me is obviously a distraction from the real issue, the one that affects me and not you

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Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows

BWF Expands Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program to Support 14 Pre-Doctoral Scholars - Burroughs Wellcome Fund DURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of the Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program (GDEP)—fourteen outstanding pre-doctoral scientists whose work re...

Congratulations to the Burroughs Wellcome Fund GDEP awardees @bwfund.bsky.social, including Lazear Lab grad student Celeste Robles! @celeste-robles.bsky.social
www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-exp...

Portrait of Jesse Lazear, photo of an Aedes aegypti mosquito, image of Jesse Lazear’s fever chart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_William_Lazear CDC Public Health Image Library ID#9257 Fever chart for Jesse W. Lazear, September 19, 1900, Box-folder 3:47, Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection 1806-1995, Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia

Jesse Lazear died of yellow fever Sept. 25, 1900. Along with other research by the Yellow Fever Commission, his demonstration that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes provided the basis for efforts to control this devastating disease.
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I wish you guys could've seen my jaw hit the floor when I got the email! So honored to be a part of the 2025 Gilliam Fellow cohort!! 😄

2025 Gilliam Fellows program announcement highlighting graduate student Celeste Robles from UNC Chapel Hill (advisor Helen Lazear)

So proud of Celeste Robles @celeste-robles.bsky.social for being selected as a 2025 Gilliam Fellow! Thrilled to be joining the Gilliam community @hhmi.org
www.hhmi.org/programs/gil...

Group photo of UNC virologists attending the 2025 American Society for Virology conference in Montreal. They are standing in front of a brightly colored mural, wearing their conference name badges, with bright smiles because of all the virology.

UNC Virologists at #ASV2025
Thanks @amersocvirology.bsky.social for a great meeting!
@joelrc.bsky.social @abbieweight.bsky.social @nigelmgo.bsky.social @mdedloff.bsky.social @ascone.bsky.social @dapontediaz.bsky.social

Group photo of the Lazear Lab at ASV 2025 in Montreal. We are wearing our name badges and everyone is smiling because our presentations are done and went great!

Composite photo of Lazear Lab members during their presentations. Margaret, Mikhala, Abbie, and Cormac are giving oral presentations; Mikhala, Nigel, and Celeste are standing in front of photos. An ASV 2025 meeting logo is at the top.

The Lazear Lab at #ASV2025 - great to see all these folks present their cool work on so many different viruses! @amersocvirology.bsky.social
@mdedloff.bsky.social @abbieweight.bsky.social @nigelmgo.bsky.social @joelrc.bsky.social

@amersocvirology.bsky.social

Come see me chat about congenital ZIKV infection tomorrow! This project has been a labor of love and I’m so excited to share the progress we’ve made! 🦠 #ASV2025

Group photo of the Lazear Lab outside

So many accomplishments to celebrate as we close out this academic year! I'm so lucky to get to work with these awesome folks in the Lazear Lab!
@mdedloff.bsky.social @nigelmgo.bsky.social @abbieweight.bsky.social @viralvibes365.bsky.social @monicareece.bsky.social

Science Under Threat in the United States: Feeling abandoned but energized Many individual researchers are frustrated by the response - or the lack of a response - from universities to a growing crisis.

My OpEd in @elife.bsky.social

“It feels as if we are trying to fight a series of attacks on science with one arm tied behind our back and our lips half sewn shut.”

“Yet we are not beaten, and some of us are downright energized.”

elifesciences.org/articles/106...

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow

The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

an elderly woman is riding a roller coaster with her mouth open . ALT: an elderly woman is riding a roller coaster with her mouth open .

Live footage of the average NIH-funding academic as we cycle between maybe no longer having a job and court rulings allow NIH to resume evaluating and funding grants.
I do not recommend this life style, it sucks
Most of us just want to do important science unpeturbed.

🧪🧬🔬◼️ !!happy international day of [redacted] and [redacted] in science!! ◼️🔬🧬🧪

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

Hey science friends?

I know that many of you are concerned about the perceived neutral and apolitical role of science in decisionmaking.

But scientists are being targeted. We didn't start it.

And advocating *for the role of scientific evidence in policymaking* is not unprofessional advocacy.

If you’re at the Positive Strand RNA Viruses Keystone Symposia, come visit my poster (number 1037) tonight! I’m super excited to be presenting some new microscopy data that’s been in the works for several years now 😎🔬🦠

Dedloff 2024 Ann Rev Virol Fig 2: diagram summarizing the antiviral and immunomodulatory effects of IFN-L at the maternal-fetal interface

New from Margaret @mdedloff.bsky.social in Annual Review of Virology: Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Effects of Interferon Lambda at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

I absolutely love this work & feel so lucky to be doing it. I’m so grateful I got to share it today! 🦠 #ASV2024 #LoveVirology

Registration for the 2024 Southeastern Regional Virology Conference is live! Visit tarheels.live/servc for more details - abstracts are due March 1!