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HIV-1 capsid found guilty of breaking and entering - Nature Microbiology Two new studies find that HIV-1 can enter the nucleus by cracking or distorting nuclear pore structures, explaining how the HIV-1 capsid can seemingly ignore the size limitations associated with conve...

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Two new studies find that HIV-1 can enter the nucleus by cracking or distorting nuclear pore structures, explaining how the HIV-1 capsid can seemingly ignore the size limitations associated with conventional nuclear import.

#MicroSky

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Aggies Use Genetic Engineering of Bacterial Viruses to Fight Antibiotic Resistance Resistance Fighters: Aggies Use Genetic Engineering of Bacterial Viruses to Fight Antibiotic Resistance By: TAMU Biology Dr. Jolene Ramsey, a prominent researcher at Texas A&M University Departmen...

Fighting Antibiotic Resistance with Phages! Dr. Jolene Ramsey in TAMU Biology is using genetically engineered bacteriophages to combat drug-resistant infections. Now, with new funding, undergrads will get hands-on experience in this cutting-edge research! tx.ag/1fGO0Qh

Kenyon is hiring a TT microbiologist! Please share widely. I’m the search chair & am happy to answer any questions. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

Our latest preprint is now available doi.org/10.1101/2025...! Led by my postdoc, Luqiang Guo @luqiang.bsky.social, we determined a ~2.4 A resolution structure of the hantavirus glycoprotein tetramer on the surface of VLPs. Also determined structures of dimers of tetramers and Fab-bound tetramers.

Charlie Rice is the only scientist who could get a Nobel Prize for his findings and give a keynote address at #ASV2025 and never mention he won a Nobel Prize! #LoveVirology

And attend a workshop session and ask questions kindly and enthusiastically!

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Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Awardee: Kinjal Majumder from UW-Madison. The Majumder Lab studies how viruses localize to host nuclear sites to establish viral replication centers. 5:20-5:40 PM #LoveVirology

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Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Awardee: Adam Bailey from UW-Madison. The Bailey Lab aims to make meaningful contributions in the fight against global infectious diseases by studying viral pathogenesis, zoonosis, and medical countermeasures for several viruses. 5:00-5:20 PM #LoveVirology

Segmenting cryo-electron tomography data: Extracting models from cellular landscapes Cryo-electron tomography provides an unprecedented view of cellular architecture, yet extracting meaningful biological insights remains challenging. S…

I have lots of opinions—but for your sake, I’ve limited them to segmentation in cryo-ET for this article 😉
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Atomic-resolution structure of a chimeric Powassan tick-borne flavivirus The 2.8-Å resolution structure is presented for a chimeric construct of an emerging tick-borne flavivirus, Powassan virus.

New in @science.org
We built a safe, atomic-resolution version of the Powassan virus—a deadly tick-borne #flavivirus with no vaccine.
✅ First structure ever
✅ Safe to handle (BSL-2)
✅ Platform for vaccines & antivirals

Let me show you 🧵 (1/5)

Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Over 400 Indiana higher education degrees eliminated, suspended 249 programs from IU campuses will be impacted, with 116 from IUB.

Here is just one of many articles describing what I think is a disaster. I am just shaking my head as I read the list of degrees that are being eliminated.

@harmitmalik.bsky.social and I had a lot of fun sharing our science with intrepid science spotlight reporter David Sokolov (not on blue sky)! I should hire him as my writing coach. Check out his excellent write-up describing our recent study here: www.fredhutch.org/en/news/spot....

Exciting news: Carla Saleh is now Chair of Virology at Pasteur! Congrats to Carla and all who will benefit from her exceptional leadership!

Journal of Virology Seminar Series Blocking the Competition: Superinfection Inhibition by Giant Viruses July 21, 2025 Isabella Aquino, Ph.D., M.S.Federal University of Minas Gerais Kristin Parent, Ph.D., Michigan State University Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Ph.D. (moderator), Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Virology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital journals.asm.org

🚨 Join us July 21 at 1 p.m. ET for the next Journal of Virology Seminar Series as we explore how giant viruses block competition by downregulating phagocytosis in amoebas.

📅 Save your spot: asm.social/2tA
📄 Read the paper: asm.social/2tz

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...

Lenacapavir is a new small drug that disrupts HIV capsid hexamers and thus prevents the virus from infecting new cells.

Excited to be part of this great network!

This is wild!
Engineering E. coli bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol (Tylenol)
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We’re pleased to announce Dr. Jay Lennon as the Chair of ASM’s Applied and Environmental Microbiology unit. He brings extensive leadership experience across ASM and a collaborative vision to this role. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Lennon! Learn more: asm.social/2sM

Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.

A US judge has ordered hundreds of terminated research projects at the US National Institutes of Health to be reinstated, calling the processes that led to their cancellation “bereft of reasoning”.

https://go.nature.com/4kOmXDy

Sign the Bethesda Declaration Not all public health declarations need to involve "let 'er rip" mass infection strategies

I signed the Bethesda Declaration and you should too. If not because it's the right thing to do, then because Jay Bhattacharya is a menace to American health and science and he is destroying NIH.

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ASM urges the Department of Health and Human Services to reinstate the ACIP and to ensure that all future committee appointments include experts with diverse scientific expertise in public health, virology, immunology and epidemiology: asm.org/press-releas...

IU Bloomington Distinguished Professor of Biology Roger Innes.

IU biologist Roger Innes, newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences, is advancing research on plant immune systems that could increase crop yields and reduce costs for farmers. @inneslab.bsky.social @msr20.bsky.social @luciaborniego.bsky.social

Read more: go.iu.edu/8tDD

Congratulations @tbharat-lab.bsky.social !

At the international virus assembly workshop in Alghero, Sardinia. This afternoon we took some time out to tour the old town. A beautiful walk with friends.

Check out our latest study, led by grad student Ryan McCool @rmccool.bsky.social‬, in collaboration with Vaccine Company. We were able to stabilize EBV gB in the prefusion conformation, determine its cryo-EM structure to 3.1 A, and assess its immunogenicity in mice. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

Congrats to @adforu.bsky.social and @novaislab.bsky.social !!! First ever to be selected for this honor at Ohio State!

Wow! Congrats to all!