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brackneylab

@brackneylab.bsky.social

virus-vector interactions, mosquitoes, ticks dengue

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Great opportunities if considering attending the Keystone Symposium on Vector-Pathogen Interactions www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

keystonesymposia.orgVector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies | Keystone SymposiaJoin us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!
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Did you know? 💡 Keystone Symposia offers financial aid to help you attend our conferences: 🎓 Student Discounts 🔬 Trainee Scholarships ✈️ Early-Career Travel Awards 🌍 Global Health Awards See what you're eligible for 👉 keystonesymposia.org/financial-aid

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We are offering Global Health Travel Awards for 11 meetings in 2027, covering registration, lodging, airfare, and ground transportation. Awards for livestream and on-demand access are also available for all of our 2027 meetings. Deadlines vary by meeting. 🔗 in replies

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Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

elizabethginexi.substack.comWhat We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB 2026-10817)What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice

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New Fed guidelines "deemphasize the role of peer review in determining what work to fund, limit the ability of scientists to use federal funds to publish their research or travel to conferences, & offer political appointees more latitude to terminate grants at will" www.statnews.com/2026/05/29/n...

statnews.comTrump administration seeks to overhaul federal grantmaking process, alarming researchersThe Trump administration has released a sweeping proposal to overhaul the bedrock regulation for all federal grants.

Trying to submit a comment on the OMB proposed changes and can't navigate labyrinth to where to directly comment on this pile of shit. Where do you actually go to leave a comment? Anyone?

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Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

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Join us! We're hiring a Research Scientist to support projects on mosquito immunity and mosquito‑borne disease transmission. Ideal for a post‑bac or recent M.S. looking to gain experience in cutting-edge research in vector biology. isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...

isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comMosquito Research ScientistPosition Title: Mosquito Research Scientist Job Group: Professional & Scientific Required Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree Preferred Qualifications: Proficiency in molecular biology techn...

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Wildlife disease data, especially negative data, are one of the last types of data that ecologists just... don't share. We built a place for them to archive it - and now, journals are encouraging people to use it! Big congrats to @danjbecker.bsky.social on this push ❤️

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Exciting news to start 2026: for the first time ever, the PHAROS repository for wildlife disease surveillance is a journal-recommended home for your archived data! Thanks to Integrative and Comparative Biology for taking the leap with us 🦠🔢➡️🌎💻💫 academic.oup.com/icb/pages/Ge...

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Have you been waiting for a conference dedicated to Vector-Pathogen Interactions? Well you're in luck. Myself, Sarah Merkling, Flaminia Catteruccia, and Utpal Pal have organized the conference for you with an amazing lineup. Mark your calendars and share! www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

keystonesymposia.orgVector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies | Keystone SymposiaJoin us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!

Have you been waiting for a conference dedicated to Vector-Pathogen Interactions? Well you're in luck. Myself, Sarah Merkling, Flaminia Catteruccia, and Utpal Pal have organized the conference for you with an amazing lineup. Mark your calendars and share! www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

keystonesymposia.orgVector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies | Keystone SymposiaJoin us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!

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Come to be our colleague! Center of Paris, excellent facilities, research spanning the whole range of basic and biomedical life science topics, enthusiastic and collaborative colleagues, crème brûlée every Friday... What else could one want?

🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines Special interest: AI methodologies 📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026 👥 2-12 years post-PhD Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea... #JobOpportunity #Research

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A new genetic study in Science overturns the myth of the “London Underground Mosquito,” revealing that this common urban insect originated not below the cities of modern Europe, but in ancient Mediterranean civilizations more than a thousand years ago. https://scim.ag/43xWovB

scim.agAncient origin of an urban underground mosquitoUnderstanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...

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I wrote an opinion piece about parental/family leave at UConn. I’m only ~75% happy with it but … something needed to be said. Many things actually. Loudly. Repeatedly. And with as many voices as possible. “This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors” ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...

ctmirror.orgOpinion: This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professorsUConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.

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🚨 New pub alert! Check out our latest one that showcases how chemical and genetic innovations can recreate complex host–symbiotic interactions in the absence of the symbiont. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

cell.comHistone acetylation modulation by a small molecule inhibitor recapitulates symbiont-induced cytoplasmic incompatibilityKaur et al. identify histone acetylation as a host-encoded mechanism underlying Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). Chemical and genetic inhibition of histone acetyltransferase activit...
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#Wolbachia has puzzled scientists with its power to rewire insect reproduction. What if I tell you that we found one of the keys Wolbachia use to rewire its host AND a small molecule inhibitor uses this key to mimic what this microbe has mastered for millions of years. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Apple acquiesced to Trump admin to remove ICEBlocker app from the playstore despite no evidence that these apps have led to ICE agents being targeted as suggested by the WH. Like Disney, these companies only respond to lost revenue. #cancelApple for being cowards www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

nbcnews.comApple removes ICEBlock app after criticism from Trump administrationApple said it is removing ICEBlock and similar apps "based on information we’ve received from law enforcement about the safety risks associated with ICEBlock."