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Kavi Mehta

@k4v1.bsky.social
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I believe in science, education and curiosity. PhD, Laimins lab. K99/R00 fellow, Cortez Lab. Assistant Professor at UW-Madison DNA repair, mutagenesis, and HPV. All my views.

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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Excited about our new review! Spearheaded by an undergraduate in the lab!
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The polymerase milieu of human papillomavirus | Journal of Virology
Shope papillomavirus was first discovered in 1933 to cause benign, hyperproliferative lesions in cottontail rabbits that could be induced to undergo malignant conversion following treatment with genot...
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
And of course to the @coonlab.bsky.social who was instrumental in the success of this project!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
@drewtee.bsky.social Yay!!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
@amelieft.bsky.social thanks for connecting us Amelie…at an @embojournal.org conference nonetheless!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This was just such an amazingly fun and productive collaborative effort with @spanier55.bsky.social. I am just so proud and happy that this is out and even happier to have worked with such an amazing and thoughtful team! Here’s to more discoveries!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My new model for fork reversal regulation may be controversial in the field, but I assure you it is both fragrant, beautiful, and high visibility. In summary, why did the stalled replication fork visit the orchard? It heard cherry trees were experts at branch migration.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I wish someone would develop an extremely private, hyper-focused, energy efficient AI tool that has a sole purpose — to fill out doodle polls.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Yeah yeah Wisconsin!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Wisconsinites vote today! Forward!
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Nate Sherer @natesherer.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Go Badgers!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Nice work pal!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
@spurgeonlab.bsky.social and I wrote a cool new review. Check it out! journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
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Viruses and the host replisome: discovering oncogenic mechanisms of small DNA tumor viruses | Journal of Virology
Tumor viruses, or viruses that are etiological agents of tumorigenesis and/or cancer, were first discovered in the early 20th century when Peyton Rous isolated a “filterable agent” from chicken sarcom...
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Forward!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I’m really proud to have been selected as a New Voice in Virology by @jvico-eics.bsky.social
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Amazing!
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Edwin Antony @professorantony.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY We need a structural biologist to work on several CryoEM datasets. For more information, please visit: www.antonylab.org Expertise in structure refinement and model-building are required. Please share.
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ANTONY LAB SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Edwin Antony Lab Website
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I am very proud of this as well as my good friend and colleague @spurgeonlab.bsky.social and the strong @uwmadscience.bsky.social representation. Forward! journals.asm.org/journal/jvi/...
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New Voices in Virology
Annual competition for early-career virologists to publish a minireview in JVI. Their minireviews will be peer reviewed & published in a collection.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
The speed of Apple’s Simplefold is astonishing. I ran it on a MacBook Air last night on GPU. Less than four minutes for a 600 amino acid protein.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Does anyone have another source besides BD for the B44 anti-brdu antibody or one that reacts with Idu and limited with Cldu. It’s badly back ordered.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Very proud to be part of another study from the Mohni lab. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Ubiquitin-specific protease 15 interacts directly with the HSV-1 alkaline nuclease and facilitates viral recombination and replication fork stability | Journal of Virology
HSV-1 is a ubiquitous pathogen in the global population that causes lifelong latent infection with sporadic reactivation in the host. It has long been appreciated that HSV-1 DNA replication exhibits h...
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Truly awful. www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
I had the extreme privilege of meeting him. He was kind to me.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Day 3 #DNATVM2025 has been great. We had a wonderful time speaking to trainees about the future of science!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Day 2 of #DNATVM2025. It’s another beautiful day.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Ope! That was to say #DNATVM2025 Too excited after Bucky!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
#DNATVM2015 is going well!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
This is an extremely good point. Do you have some Badgers gear I can wear as well?
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
@drsprggs.bsky.social‬ You pumped?
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
We are just so excited to welcome you all here in Madison for #DNATVM2025. It’s going to be a beautiful day. We have a wonderful crew of trainees at the airport to guide you to shuttles. I will also be there to greet at intervals. See you soon!
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María Fernández-Casañas @emefece.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Looking forward to the next Helicase Conference! #HelicasesandNucleicAcidBasedMachines #Lisboa2025
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I am proud to be part of this interesting work by our awesome collaborator @spanier55.bsky.social! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40501906/
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SLX4IP acts in parallel to FANCM to limit BLM-dependent replication stress at ALT telomeres - PubMed
Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) is a telomerase-independent telomere maintenance mechanism that enables cancer cells to gain unlimited replicative capacity. ALT relies on recombination-medi...
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
See you soon!!!!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Congratulations pal!!!!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
If they keep the original orientation does it look too much like the PBS logo?!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
As a public service announcement, hand-reared. free range, organic eggs are $1.50 a dozen in Italy.
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Trina McMahon @quendi.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Madison, WI #HandsOff 🥰🥰🥰
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
🇺🇸 Absolutely insane crowd here in Madison, Wisconsin — the Capital of Democracy! #Handsoff
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Forward and On Wisconsin!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Welcome!!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I’ve been seeing them dance in the sky from Bakke!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Great stuff!
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This seems bad. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Today was a very nice day.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Stand up for science.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I made a funny.
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a rat is saying `` i made a funny '' .
ALT: a rat is saying `` i made a funny '' .
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
“Wax on. Wax off. Wax on.” “Mouth off. “ ~TMNT at odds
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I’ve learned a lot this week but one message has been that the leaders of this country don’t know what a transgenic animal is nor do many TMNT fans.
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Christine Cucinotta @chrstne.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
this is truly sickening.
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Kavi Mehta @k4v1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
My SRO.
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