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John Williams

@jgecko77.bsky.social
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Virologist, Peds ID doc All opinions are my own

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John Williams @jgecko77.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
SNAP benefits stop today, who knows for how long. Please donate to your local food bank.
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John Williams @jgecko77.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I am loving the Moon book. That is all.
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Daria Van Tyne @dariavantyne.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Excited to share our latest, out today in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social Bacteriocin production facilitates nosocomial emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium www.nature.com/articles/s41... @idpittstop.bsky.social
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Bacteriocin production facilitates nosocomial emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium - Nature Microbiology
Genomic and functional analyses of healthcare-associated vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium reveal that bacteriocin T8 is enriched in emergent lineages and provides a competitive advantage in v...
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John Williams @jgecko77.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Amazing scientists doing amazing science!
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John Williams @jgecko77.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
ASM legacy society journals are all high quality and not based on a profit model. Which, sadly, many “high-impact” journals now are. If more of us publish in our relevant society journals for microbiology, virology, immunology, etc., we can strengthen academic over profit publishers.
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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Wrote a quick and dirty illustrated explainer on The Department of Education because if I have to hear any more misinformation about it I'm going to lose my goddamn mind. open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...
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Some Facts on the Department of Education
because even the president seems to have no idea what they do
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Flo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 16/03/2025
If the NYT cared to check facts instead of peddling again conspiracy theories about what scientists did or did not think (see QT'd thread), they'd realize that what happened in April 2020 was actually a forewarning for what is currently happening -- arbitrary political cancellations of grants. ▫️6/6
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John Williams @jgecko77.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Transmissible clamcer. Science rules.
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PIDS @pidsociety.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The session State of the Art - Pneumonia at St. Jude/PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference features a pair of presenters and is moderated by Dr. Matthew Kelly (UAMS). #IDSKy
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whiskeyboy.bsky.social @whiskeyboy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Good crowd here in Pittsburgh for #standupforscience2025
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 07/03/2025
#standupforscience in Pittsburgh from the Cooper Lab and @raplab.bsky.social Personal fave: Dictyostelium over Dictators
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/03/2025
Falling debris from a failed test of a SpaceX Starship prototype disrupted flights at several Florida airports.
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SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports With Unsuccessful Test Flight
Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.
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PIDS @pidsociety.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
PIDS member Dr. Natasha Halasa presents the next Frontiers in Pediatric ID - Pediatric Transplant/Immunocompromised Hosts Platform - Influenza Vaccine Optimization Strategies in Immunocompromised Hosts at the 2025 St. Jude/PIDS Conference. #IDSky
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John Williams @jgecko77.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Especially with no aim.
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John Williams @jgecko77.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I have racing disease. My doctor said I had to let it run its course.
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PIDS @pidsociety.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Our February member spotlight is Latania Logan, professor of pediatrics and associate division chief, peds ID @emorydeptofmed.bsky.social and PIDS IDWeek chair. Read more about Dr. Logan's career in peds ID at pids.org/2025/02/19/m...
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Glenn Rapsinski MD, PhD @rapskiid.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
As an uncle, I'm devastated for the family of this child. As an Infectious Disease physician, I'm angry at people who have spread misinformation about vaccines leading to this outbreak. apnews.com/article/meas...
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An unvaccinated child has died in the Texas measles outbreak
A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.
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John Williams @jgecko77.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The truth cannot be too often repeated
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Zandrea Ambrose, Ph.D. 🦠🧬🧪🧫 @zandrea.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This is why research funding is important to me.
NIH research funding supports medicine and my lab
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The Revolution will be AI-icized
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Andy Pekosz @andrewpekosz.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Everyone who ever got funding through NIAID should be aware of this bill and start sending messages to their US legislators. The bill intends to dissolve NIAID. This is Project 2025 www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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John Williams @jgecko77.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-tru... This is not good for national security.
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Trump Fires Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 22/02/2025
🎉 This is the best news in a month!! Hold the line, America.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A US Senator Joins the Fray. Thank you @murray.senate.gov ! More of this, please! www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
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Senator Murray Blasts Trump & Elon for Illegally Paralyzing Lifesaving Research Again, Threatening to Extinguish Ongoing and Groundbreaking Work - Senator Patty Murray
ICYMI: Murray Blasts Trump and Musk Decimating HHS, Risking Americans’ Health and Livelihoods Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and...
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org
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Donate - Trans Lifeline
Support our work with a donation! Trans Lifeline is primarily funded by individual donors; donations of all sizes are deeply appreciated and put to good
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 21/02/2025
➡️ NIH grants in '23 included $26B of direct costs and $9B of F&A = 26% of total costs or 35% of total direct costs. These are LOW overhead rates for any R&D-intensive industry. Academic biomedical research is an efficient bargain. ➡️ Every $1 of NIH support generates ~$2.50 of economic activity.
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John Williams @jgecko77.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Or the 70s! Jim Croce’s “Operator”? Does not compute.
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PIDS @pidsociety.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
We're pleased to announce the 2025 SUMMERS Research Scholars Award. This program has funded 55 young researchers to date and we're enthusiastic about funding more. Review the application criteria & encourage anyone who may benefit to apply by April 4. #IDSky pidsfoundation.org/summer-resea...
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