Alvin Crespo-Bellido @alvincrespo2

Evolutionary virologist🦠 | Postdoc @NLM_NIH | research: flu + SC2 evo at human-animal interface | 2020 HHMI Gilliam fellow 🇵🇷 opinions my own Joined September 2018

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Drop Site @DropSiteNews

4 months ago

Co-host of MSNBC’s The Weekend: Primetime Catherine Rampell (@crampell) asked Pulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian author @MosabAbuToha if he “would like to clarify” a Facebook post he wrote months ago about Israeli soldier Emily Damari, who was captured by Palestinian resistance…

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Julia Van Etten @CouchMicroscopy

4 months ago

This week, Kevin Bird explains the events of the last 3 months, how science is funded in the United States, why it is being attacked so aggressively, and the ideologies behind these attacks. Found everywhere you get podcasts! #standupforscience #resist open.spotify.com/episode/0E9lty…

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Cassava Virus Evolution @CassavaVirusEvo

6 months ago

International ssDNA virus meeting (formerly the geminivirology congress) moved and postponed to 2026:

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Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar

12 months ago

That gaslighting fraud @EylonALevy got cooked and humiliated by @mehdirhasan. Here are the highlights.

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Sam Díaz-Muñoz (they/them) @sociovirology

a year ago

My lab is hiring! We're looking for a post-doc or lab tech to work on an NIH-funded project studying the basis of strain dependent reassortment potential in flu viruses. DM for more details or *any* questions. Pls RT #newishPI #SocialViruses #ASV2024 #ASM2024 #LoveVirology

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Asher Leeks @AsherLeeks

a year ago

I am absolutely delighted to be joining the University of British Columbia next year as an Assistant Professor @ZoologyUBC. We will study social evolution in viruses.

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dr. alicia andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz

2 years ago

oh, F-it. here's a Google doc with my article "When Students Harass Professors," not behind a paywall. we all need education on this issue. I repeat: that email is not an anomaly. female professors go through this every semester. TW: sexual harassment docs.google.com/document/d/116…

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Rafa Pinilla-Redondo @rafapinilla92

2 years ago

1/3 Excited to share our work published in @Nature! We uncover how phages inhibit CRISPR-Cas immunity via RNA anti-CRISPRs (𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗿𝘀)! nature.com/articles/s4158…

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Rubén González @GonzalezRvirus

2 years ago

"The study of viruses that naturally infect existing and emerging model organisms represents an opportunity to push virology forward in useful and hard to predict ways." annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/an…

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Alvin Crespo-Bellido @alvincrespo2

2 years ago

Congrats to all the new fellows with a special shout-out to @IrvingEsteve !! 🎉 🎉🎉 Gilliam is an awesome community and is very lucky to have you 😊 #GilliamFellows @HHMINEWS

HHMI @HHMINEWS

2 years ago

Congrats to all the new fellows with a special shout-out to @IrvingEsteve !! 🎉 🎉🎉 Gilliam is an awesome community and is very lucky to have you 😊 #GilliamFellows @HHMINEWS

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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte

2 years ago

A total of 20 extremely well-founded (Startup of $1.6M) tenure track positions in Data Driven Life Science are available in Sweden, with deadlines in October 2023. scilifelab.se/careers?filter…

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya_amano

2 years ago

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

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David R. Liu @davidrliu

2 years ago

Three of the more costly and frequently used reagents in molecular biology are rolling circle amplification (RCA) mix, chemically competent MachOne (or other E. coli) cells, and Gibson assembly mix. Postdoc Julian Willis—who is starting his own lab in the UK soon—developed…

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hasanabi @hasanthehun

2 years ago

how are you supposed to mend racial wounds if even the bandaid solutions are now considered racist?

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Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatin

2 years ago

📝Have you received a fellowship in the last few years? We are accepting fellowship materials from previously awarded applicants to serve as examples for GSMI and GSEC students applying for fellowships! Submit your fellowship materials below ⬇ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

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Dr. Chrystal Ama Starbird PDB Depositer @drstarbird

2 years ago

As someone from an extremely poor background who excelled academically (perfect scores in math meets, captain of mock trial team, award for highest state test scores, etc), this merit argument is a joke. It was hard at every level for me to succeed in academic environments:

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Alvin Crespo-Bellido @alvincrespo2

2 years ago

Short review is out! We discuss the mechanisms that fuel virus evolution (mutation and genetic exchange) and use a variety of recent examples to illustrate how they contribute to the counter-defense of viruses across all domains of life 🦠 @DuffyLab sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Julia Van Etten @CouchMicroscopy

2 years ago

I’m excited about this week’s #TinyLivingBeings episode. @dsboothacosta tells us all about #choanoflagellates. We cover what these microbes have to do with animal evolution and their fascinating ecological interactions! Found everywhere you get podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/2Rboxx…

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Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union @ruaaup

2 years ago

For the first time in the history of Rutgers University, all three faculty, grad, EOF, and postdoc unions have voted to go on strike. Monday morning, we are ON STRIKE. See you on the picket line. #RUOnStrike