C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines

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Pace of N.I.H. Funding Slows Further in Trump’s Second Year

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Dan Weinberger and I @yalesph.bsky.social are hiring multiple research positions in microbial/virus sequencing and bioinformatics workflows with respiratory pathogens, including Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, RSV, and/or hMPV.

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We are looking for a research scientist to join us!
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Scientist Irritated by Lab Colleague Accused in Poisoning Attempt

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Opinion | You Can’t Game Your Way to a Real Education

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Viruses allegedly stolen from high-security lab cause stir in Brazil Nature - The missing samples — reported to include chikungunya and dengue viruses — have been recovered, but questions linger over motive.

Brazil’s federal police arrested a researcher late last month for allegedly taking samples of viruses from a high-security biosafety laboratory at a leading Brazilian university

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UNC-Chapel Hill faculty say civics school is eroding trust, formalize concerns about its leadership The School of Civic Life and Leadership has been controversial since its inception and increasingly so in recent times.

In a partially divided vote, UNC-Chapel Hill faculty have adopted two resolutions formalizing their concerns about the university's School of Civic Life and Leadership.

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US lawmakers intensify scrutiny of scientific-publishing practices A congressional hearing covered the rise of paper mills and the costs of open-access publishing — but there was little agreement on what reform would entail.

In a rare show of unity, both R and D US lawmakers agree: the scientific publishing industry needs reform.

Lawmakers are worried about the literature being flooded with 'AI slop' and the high open-access fees that some publishers charge.

Read more @nature.com on this week's House Science hearing

The Maturation of a Scientist: An Autobiography I was shaped by World War II, years of near starvation as a war refugee, postwar chaos, life in several countries, and relative affluence in later life. The truth is that as I was growing up I wanted ...

Very sad to hear about the passing of Bernard Roizman. A real powerhouse in virology whose trainees are numerous and many have also had a profound impact on virology: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

We are recruiting 1-2 postdoctoral fellows to investigate the specificity of human anti-influenza virus antibodies, and to determine how these antibodies impact global antigenic drift of influenza viruses.

Join our lab at Penn in Philly. Reach out if you are interested in applying! Please repost!

The Social Lives of Viruses is coming to Vancouver, Canada, from 4th-8th August 2026!

This is a free meeting dedicated to all aspects of virus-virus interactions & evolution.

To apply: socialviruses.zoology.ubc.ca

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Registration for SERVC 2026 closes Fri Apr 10 - don't miss out!
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We have an outstanding program lined up - see you in Atlanta Apr 24-26!
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The UNC School of Medicine is hiring a Research Administration Subject Matter Expert, responsible for interpretation and application of complex federal, state, and institutional policies.
Application deadline 4/15/26
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Congratulations to the newly elected ASV Council!

The Bourgeois Lab is recruiting a postdoc to work on our DoD-funded human genetics project aimed at understanding Lyme disease outcomes.

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UNC School of Medicine Office of Research is hiring a Training Grant Project Manager. Application deadline 4/10/26

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Don't miss early registration for the Southeastern Regional Virology Conference - closes March 20!
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We have an outstanding program lined up - see you in Atlanta for SERVC 2026!
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Annual reminder: if you’ve been accepted to multiple graduate programs and are still deciding, please let the ones you’re definitely not going to know as soon as possible!

-Someone who got into his PhD off the waitlist the day after the deadline

Reposting our open #postdoc position with link to the application website . Come join us and learn how encephalitis triggers seizures and how to treat them jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/postdoc...

🚨VIROLOGY GRADUATE STUDENTS 🚨 Are you looking for a postdoc? We have a webinar Just for you We hope you come | American Society for Virology 🚨VIROLOGY GRADUATE STUDENTS 🚨 Are you looking for a postdoc? We have a webinar Just for you We hope you come

Thinking about a #virology #postdoc in academia, industry, or government?

Register now for @amersocvirology.bsky.social #ASV365 webinar on finding the right fit for your postdoc!

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Postbac positions available in experimental and computational biology working on #virusevolution, tick-borne viruses and computational drug discovery! Reach out if you’d like to discuss projects in the #QVEU at NIH-NIAID. Please share with any talented undergrads or MS students you know!

UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.

UNC-Chapel Hill will “scrap” a policy that would have allowed administrators to secretly record professors, Chancellor Lee Roberts said Friday. The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.

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As editor in chief of @asm.org #mSphere sometimes I need to work at home on papers submitted to the journal. Knowing that we have a dedicated scientists who read our papers makes all the work worth it. Here's one of our dedicated readers

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers.

The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

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Congrats to the 2026 Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Awardees Arinjay Banerjee (left) and Louise Moncla (right). Check out their accolades in your member email. Read more about Ann Palmenberg's impact on virology and ASV here:

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Two great 4y positions up for grabs with us and Ross working on his BBSRC MosquitoNI project, with collaborators in GB. Deadlines in a week (research fellow) and 2 weeks (RA). Lots of vector ecology and modelling but also looking at what viruses can we find in our 🦟!

There was a decision to announce ahead of the meeting to allow for more congrats and recognition!

Home - Cytokines 2026 Local Organizing Committee Simon A. Jones, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK, meeting co-chair Iain McInnes, University of Glasgow, UK, meeting co-chair Clare Bryant, University of Cambridge, UK…

Save the date: Cytokines 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland - Oct 18-21, 2026
Key dates:
→ Abstract deadline: May 15
→ Early-bird registration ends: June 26
→ Notifications: Mid-June
Reach out if you're interested in volunteering to review abstracts or more! buff.ly/n7n1tU7
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