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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

If you are searching for a post-doc opportunity in skin biology and HSV-1 research, please reach out to be considered for our T32 Interdisciplinary Training Program in Skin Biology. (please note this fellowship is only available for U.S. citizens or green card holders)

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Voting for ASV (American Society for Virology) president ends next week, and I only now learned that @szparalab.bsky.social is in the running! Moriah is one of the most caring people, especially for trainees, in our field, and I can't recommend her enough ❤️

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Lisa Akhtar @lisanakhtar.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The Akhtar Lab @manneresearch.bsky.social and Northwestern University @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social is hiring a full time RESEARCH TECHNICIAN. If you want to study neonatal HSV pathogenesis please send me a message and apply for the position here: luriechildrens.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/externalport...

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Course evaluations are in (upper division Virology) 😂😂

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Unfortunately not, but I'm always happy to talk to people interested in joining the lab

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

We are searching for a lab manager! If you are detailed oriented, like southern california, HSV-1, sequencing and microscopy, please get in touch :)

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Ribbe Hu Labs @ribbehulab.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Our home department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry at UC Irvine is looking to hire a new tenure-track assistant professor in the broad area of structural biology. Come be our colleague! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09887 Please apply and/or share this post.

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Assistant Professor in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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Emmanuelle Genoyer @immunuelle.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I'm thrilled to announce I'll be joining the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in January 2026! My lab will study RNA virus-host interactions with a particular focus on the spatial regulation of viral replication and innate immune activation. genoyerlab.com

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Genoyer Lab

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Kristen DeAngelis 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @kristenobacter.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

UMass Amherst Microbiology is hiring a tenure-track virologist. Come work with me! 🦠🧪 careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

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Details - Assistant Professor - Virology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst

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Bosse lab at CSSB Hamburg @bosse-lab.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

f you’re interested in our latest developments have a look at: Comparative Systems Virology Symposium: Jens Bosse youtu.be/PlAcAR1-IJA?si… via @YouTube Thanks to the @czbiohub for organizing and my amazing team for the great data!

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Comparative Systems Virology Symposium: Jens Bosse

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Katherine Xue @ksxue.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601

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Junior, Assistant, or Associate Specialist – Xue Lab

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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Eitan Schechtman @eitans.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

In this study, led by BlueSky-less superstar undergrad Andrew Lazarus, we set out to ask whether longer reactivation events during sleep lead to more memory benefits. Results suggest this is not the case, but there are some disclaimers. Read all about it! #sleep www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Manipulating memory processing during sleep to explore the critical duration of reactivation events

Newly encoded memories are reactivated and consolidated during sleep. However, how the reactivation of a specific memory unfolds over time is poorly u…

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

It's a hard time to get excited about science, but still - getting ready to CRISPR ✂️✂️

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Megan Orzalli @virulentmind.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Thank you @bwfund.bsky.social for the support! I am excited to be apart of this year’s #BWFPath cohort.

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

@virulentmind.bsky.social was just announced as BW investigator! So awesome and truly well deserved. Go Megan!

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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please repost for reach 💚

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Our department is looking to hire an Associate/Full Professor in the field of Virology. Please share and apply if you are intersted. Also happy to answer any questions recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09552

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Associate/ Full Professor of Virology in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Many hundreds (perhaps up to 1000) of additional NIH grants appear to be have been terminated on Friday. I have updated the data from the HHS TAGGS site (and converted it from a pdf to an Excel file) on the dashboard but many hundreds are still missing. jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 13/03/2025

Is the Government Shutting Down? Here's what’s happening. youtu.be/Vobvw7JLuEM?...

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Is the Government Shutting Down? Schiff Reveals the Truth.

YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

It was a great meeting, and I found a lot of inspiration and resilience in your talk!

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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The House Continuing Resolution budget “adjustments” for NIH are drastic. Here are some examples:

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

ATTENTION: TALENT AVAILABLE It appears that termination of SROs from institute review branches at NIH is underway (or worse). There are also program officers and SROs who have been terminated over the past month. IF YOU HAVE POSITIONS FOR SKILLED SCIENTIST-ADMINISTRATORS, PLEASE POST INFO HERE

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Sri Kosuri @srikosuri.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.

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Emanuel Wyler @ewyler.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Out now: how Herpesviruses induce and need the transcription factor DUX4, usually active only at the earliest stages of embryogenesis. Lead by Eva/Florian from @uni-freiburg.de, with @nirdrayman.bsky.social, us from @mdc-bimsb.bsky.social and many others. www.nature.com/articles/s41... … (1/6)

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

If not, can we use it to pump some of the carbom out of the atmosphere? 🤔

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

That's true. And it's a good letter and solid candidate. I just found it amusing (and hope they do better math when it counts...)

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

No one forced them. This is a line from their rec letter...

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Going over application materials for our grad program, and came across this beauty. Anyone care to explain to the letter writer what's the issue? 😂

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

This is cool, might try it in the future! Just for your reference, Q5 is known to have a GC bias issue. We do a lot of GC rich PCRs (because the HSV-1 genome is really high in GC), and we use Phusion Plus instead - we get 8kb amplifications witough much trouble!

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Ryan Langlois @langloislab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Excited for my first bluesky post announcing TWO openings for tenure track positions in virology! I am chair of the search committee and with a new department head Mike Gale we are in an exciting building phase. Please share with anyone who might be interested: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Oops, I think I confused you with Blaire 😂

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I made a list of Herpes virologists you can sue to follow. Please let me know who is already here and I missed! : bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Thomas P200 Burke @findmeinthelab.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Please encourage your undergrad trainees to apply to grad school at UC Irvine! Apps due in 2 w! - competitive, rapidly growing research environment 🧫 - 5 years guaranteed affordable housing for all students 🏡 - sunshine 🌞 - 10 mins from the beach 🏖️ apply.grad.uci.edu/apply/

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The last class for my upper division Virology class is coming up, entitled "weird viruses". Please share the weirdest viruses you know of! So far, I plan to talk about virophages, plant viruses and multi-partite viruses, but all suggestions are welcomed :)

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Ira Blader @bladerlab.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Please share: A tenure-track position for a virologist studying zoonotic infections is open in my department in Virginia Tech's College of Veterinary Medicine. We are a collegial and outstanding group of basic and clinical scientists with outstanding resources. DM with questions t.co/Bq3c2NooaV

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https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/664678/assistant-associate-professor-in-molecular-virology/

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Rémi Buisson @buissonlab.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

In our latest paper @pnas, we reported CRISPR-Translate, a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screen-based method designed to identify factors regulating translation. We discovered IRF2 as a novel regulator of OAS3/RNase L-mediated RNA decay during viral infections. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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A CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening identifies IRF2 as a key driver of OAS3/RNase L-mediated RNA decay during viral infection | PNAS

OAS-RNase L is a double-stranded RNA-induced antiviral pathway triggered in response to diverse viral infections. Upon activation, OAS-RNase L supp...

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Sloan Lab @richardsloanlab.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

PhD opportunity in our lab at Edinburgh University! Analysing CRISPR screens for proviral and antiviral factors focusing on coronaviruses and influenza A virus. Using a mix of wet lab and computational approaches (full training provided). #ViroSky #ImmunoSky usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me...

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Meta-analysis of genome wide functional screens to identify broad-spectrum antiviral and immuno-therapeutic targets

Precision Medicine Project - Meta-analysis of genome wide functional screens to identify broad-spectrum antiviral and immuno-therapeutic targets

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Nir Drayman @nirdrayman.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hi Jesse, I'd love to be added.

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