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Ira Blader

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I'm a Professor who studies how parasites grow and cause disease. NY ➡️ קיבוץ כפר בלום ➡️ VT➡️UAB ➡️Stanford ➡️OUHSC ➡️UB➡️VT. Currently, Head of Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at Virginia Tech Vet School https://tinyurl.com/mrxm2uhm

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Fuck!!! just no other to react

01.08.2025 17:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congrats Vasant on this very well deserved promotion.

01.08.2025 14:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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No. Good name tho. This is it Willie's Bagel Cafe

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31.07.2025 02:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Did you stop at the bagel place in Utica off of the 90? Strong bagels

31.07.2025 01:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Look, I'm overall a dummy. But I can name a wing place from 500 miles away

30.07.2025 12:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He’s at Duffs. Automatic disqualification

30.07.2025 09:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

No one ever wanted to actually approve the previous meeting’s minutes buy we still do that.

29.07.2025 19:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The finality of my move from Western New York has just hit me

28.07.2025 17:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's like how I used to gag as i was walking up to empty the diaper genie. It steadied me for the stink that was about to happen

28.07.2025 15:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Based on this reasoning why isn’t ICE going after Trump?

27.07.2025 20:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s always ALWAYS the self righteous holier than thou assholes who push their morals on us that have no actual morals nondoc.com/2025/07/25/b...

26.07.2025 14:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So RFK Jr is accepting or rejecting MMWR papers. Does this mean that if there is a conference for editor-in-chiefs of microbiology journals that RFK Jr would attend? Asking for a friend

26.07.2025 01:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Leigh. Really appreciate it

25.07.2025 19:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Any recommendations for a mouse anti-HA antibody that works well for immunofluorensce? Thanks in advance

25.07.2025 15:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Some papers are called a tour-de-forces. This one can be added to that list of papers. Amazing work. congrats to @ghostpathogen.bsky.social @saterialelab.bsky.social

24.07.2025 14:26 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A majority of Americans also believe that it is morally wrong to have high-powered guns to shoot other people. Yet, we haven't changed any laws about that!

23.07.2025 20:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dear Knishless in Buffalo,
What happened here is what’s known as a yiddish coup. part overthrow, part knish block, and a whole lot of mishegas with a side of chutzpah

23.07.2025 17:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Your paranoia will make that knish more enjoyable

23.07.2025 17:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

so many questions: 1) did you find the lab, 2) did your student label all the tubes for your, 3) how far did they move the pipettor you like from your "bench", 4) you posted this late yesterday afternoon - was anyone left in the lab to observe this "help", 5) let's see how the gel looks.

22.07.2025 13:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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One of the most fun parts about being a department head is seeing talented faculty members team up and use their distinct research interests in developing new projects. Congrats to Erin and Albert. Can't wait to see how the project develops. @virginiatech.bsky.social @fralinbiomed.bsky.social

17.07.2025 16:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Maybe I'm wrong but the big difference between the past cases and the Texas gerrymandering is that Trump isn't even trying to hide that fact that he's trying to game the system (cheat) to stay in power. Will the court respond to the brazenness? I won't hold my breath

16.07.2025 17:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Obviously you’re only response should be

16.07.2025 02:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you the man in charge of the country’s drug testing. Also so much for the amazing gold standard science

14.07.2025 22:00 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Like i said IF. It's like everything else this administration does. They start off with solid constructive points but their conspriratorial tendencies and need to prove everyone else is evil and wrong forces them to base their arguments on lies and misrepresentations.

09.07.2025 17:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

As you know, I'm no fan about anything they do. But my understanding is that paylines and such are set with future years taken into account (one reason for end of year funding decision and why yearly cuts are so common). so with proper planning this can be good but that's a huge IF.

09.07.2025 16:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Son of a bitch. At most I got a thanks.

04.07.2025 00:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

To them you’re only as good as your last dog

03.07.2025 23:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

My guess is that you are not from Buffalo - the city whose baseball stadium is named after the hotdog

03.07.2025 23:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There is one who likes it charred beyond recognition. She would yell at me till I got it cooked just right.

03.07.2025 23:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That’s rich coming from a guy whose only job in 30 years has been serving as a representative. Like maybe he should get a real job!!!

03.07.2025 23:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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