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Julie Pourtois, PhD

@juliepourtois.bsky.social

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Postdoc in Biology at UMD, College Park

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Many thanks to @juliepourtois.bsky.social, @tgoel.bsky.social, and @beckettstephen.bsky.social (U of Maryland) and Eric Schott (IME) for organizing the 2nd Annual Chesapeake Area Viral Ecology (CAVE) workshop in Baltimore last Friday, with folks spanning MD, VA, and DE & support from MD Sea Grant.

CAVE workshop meeting, April 2026
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Stephen Beckett @beckettstephen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Had a great time at the Chesapeake Aquatic Viral Ecology meeting last week. Thanks all for the science and discussions, to fellow coorganizers @tgoel.bsky.social , @juliepourtois.bsky.social and Eric Schott, and to Maryland Sea Grant for supporting our meeting.

Group picture from the 2026 Chesapeake Aquatic Viral Ecology network meeting.

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Proposed scientific funding cuts would be devastating to communities across the country. Proud to be part of the SCIMaP team helping to make these impacts clear, led by @asinclair.bsky.social & @joshuasweitz.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment - Nature Human Behaviour

Nature Human Behaviour - NIH indirect cost cuts will affect the economy and employment

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Weitz Group @weitz-group.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Congratulations to @juliepourtois.bsky.social, a postdoc in our group, on her new paper now available as an In Press Preview on JCI! 🥳🥳🥳 Based on her PhD at Stanford, the study shows how new Pseudomonas infections drive Pf phage spread in CF airways. Read it here: insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

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JCI Insight - New Pseudomonas infections drive Pf phage transmission in CF airways

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Stephen Beckett @beckettstephen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Had a great meeting talking science and discussing avenues for moving frontiers at the Maryland aquatic viral ecology meeting last week. Many thanks to co-organizers @juliepourtois.bsky.social and @tgoel.bsky.social, and to all who participated!

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