Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 09/03/2025If anyone is looking for a lab technician/manager with nucleic acid isolation, library prep, and sequencing analysis experience preferably in the DMV, my former biologist is looking for a job. She was unfortunately terminated in Feb as part of the probationary employee firings. DM me for her info 39392160
Reposted by Gabe StarrettAndy Pekosz @andrewpekosz.bsky.social · 02/03/2025A massive loss to the virology community. Ann was an amazing scientist and mentor, whose service to UW and the virology community in general will be sorely missed. www.cressfuneralservice.com/obituaries/a...cressfuneralservice.comAnn Carol Palmenberg, Ph.D Obituary February 20, 2025 - Cress Funeral and Cremation ServicesView Ann Carol Palmenberg, Ph.D's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook. 04115
Reposted by Gabe StarrettRan Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Yes, they can hallucinate papers that don't exist, discuss results that seem to be imaginary, and can be confusing and inconsistent. But talking to tenured professors may still be helpful 14744167
Reposted by Gabe StarrettNicolas Robine 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇺🇸 @nicorobine.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Ou en versant espagnolisant “GOL FC” 011
Reposted by Gabe StarrettEd Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · 18/12/2024They can all be downloaded from here: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl..., except for...cvr-engagement.co.ukVirus Snowflakes — CVR Engagement 11412
Reposted by Gabe StarrettBryan White, MS Bio, MPH 🧬 @crvscience.com · 18/12/2024"But evolution has no finish line. There is no end goal, no final state. Organisms evolve by natural selection acting at a specific geologic moment, or..." This is a great quote - especially for those of us trained in evolutionary biology. From Jacob Suissa, phys.org/news/2024-12... 🧪 #EvoSkyacademic.oup.comThe evolution of reproductive leaf dimorphism in two globally distributed fern families is neither stepwise nor irreversible, unless further specialization evolvesAbstract. A contemporary interpretation of Dollo’s Law states that the evolution of a specialized structure is irreversible. Among land plants, reproductiv 55816
Reposted by Gabe StarrettMart Krupovic @mkrupovic.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Who would have thought that #dolphins (short-finned pilot whale, killer whale, false killer whale and pantropical spotted dolphin) host #anelloviruses with the most complex, extravagantly large capsid proteins? Collab. with the Varsani (@viralnomad.bsky.social) team journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... 34112
Reposted by Gabe StarrettTara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 08/12/2024This is exhausting and a waste of time and money. The vaccine/autism connection has been tested & found lacking, whether for MMR, thimerosal, aluminum, "too many too soon" & more. This just further stigmatizes autism & casts doubt on vaccines (which is the point).nbcnews.comTrump says RFK Jr. will investigate the discredited link between vaccines and autism: ‘Somebody has to find out’Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition. Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe. 821384378
Reposted by Gabe StarrettEd Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇬🇧🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · 13/12/20243/n which lurk in dark corners and stalk us in the bodies of rats, mice and all kinds of domestic animals; which fly and crawl with the insects, and waylay us in our food and drink and even in our love." -Hans Zinsser, `Rats, Lice and History' (1934) [courtesy Alison Jacobson, 1984] 131
Reposted by Gabe StarrettEd Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇬🇧🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · 13/12/20242/n ...About the only sporting proposition that remains unimpaired by the relentless domestication of a once free-living human species is the war against those ferocious little fellow creatures, 121
Reposted by Gabe StarrettEd Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇬🇧🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · 13/12/2024An apt quote for these times: "Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the lance grows rusty in the chimney corner... 1/n 132
Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Sad that my grad school Google workspace account will be deactivated in two days. Glad that I managed to back up all 500GB of data on there despite not being allowed to use takeout or any other tool to do so. 000
Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Happy thanksgiving! As is my holiday tradition, I made too much food for two adults and a baby: • Roast chicken • Penne with ground turkey marinara • Mashed potatoes and gravy • Green bean casserole • Pan fried yellow squash • Fresh cranberry sauce • Pumpkin cheesecake I need to lie down. 130
Reposted by Gabe StarrettJAMA @jama.com · 28/11/2024Cervical cancer mortality in US women younger than 25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination. ja.ma/4i9ghPC 322052612
Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Does anyone have any good pick-me-up feed recommendations (cute animals or the like)? My dog is getting chemotherapy today and I need some light hearted distraction. 221
Reposted by Gabe StarrettKarim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social · 26/11/2024nature.comVirus-modified paraspeckle-like condensates are hubs for viral RNA processing and their formation drives genomic instability - Nature CommunicationsKSHV modifies paraspeckles during its lytic replication cycle. They enhance virus replication by functioning as hubs for viral RNA processing and their modification is implicated in virus-mediated gen... 0175
Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Biowulf is such an invaluable resource to my lab's and so many other IRP labs' work. Happy birthday and cheers to many more years and CPU hours! 030
Reposted by Gabe StarrettRyan Langlois @langloislab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Excited 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...hr.myu.umn.edu 25560
Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I had a very nice (although brief) time at #AMP2024 in Vancouver. Now the long trek back to the East Coast. 000
Reposted by Gabe StarrettHannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · 21/11/2024300,000 women die from cervical cancer every year. But this is a cancer we can effectively eliminate with the HPV vaccine. This is something very few people know about. Article from my colleague @scientificdiscovery.dev: ourworldindata.org/hpv-vaccinat... 11473151
Reposted by Gabe StarrettChristian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky another incredible piece of news! www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgLike ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on BlueskyAfter recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede 18122
Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I've been awake since 3:30 am. Espresso has never tasted so good. 040
Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I wasn't warned that becoming a father as a PI would also come with constantly oscillating between guilt of not doing enough for my child and not doing enough for my lab. #AcademicSky #SciSky 4111
Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Starting the long trek to Vancouver for #AMP2024! Looking forward to talking about virus integration tomorrow 000
Reposted by Gabe StarrettElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/11/2024HPV vaccine doesn’t “just” prevent cancer. It also prevents precancerous lesions and other conditions like recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. In addition, the HPV vaccine also saves the United States $9 billion per YEAR in direct medical costs. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....sciencedirect.comUpdated estimate of the annual direct medical cost of screening and treatment for human papillomavirus associated disease in the United StatesThe annual direct medical cost attributable to human papillomavirus (HPV) in the United States over the period 2004–2007 was estimated at $9.36 billio… 4445150
Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 19/11/2024My wife tested positive for COVID for the FIRST time today. A feat made even more incredible since she rode the metro daily during the early pandemic, did weekly testing (if not more frequent), and works as a physical therapist. She feels crummy but hopefully will be over it quickly. 000
Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Great to see so much activity from the science community here! Now feels like a good time to (re)introduce myself. I am an investigator at the National Cancer Institute. I mostly study how polyomaviruses can cause cancer through integration and somatic mutagenesis. I dabble with virus discovery. 350
Reposted by Gabe StarrettMatthew Lawrenz @lawrenzlab.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Not a new story, but as important as ever to get out there. NIH research not only supports better health but the economy. We know this, but need others to know it also.fiercebiotech.comReport: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returnsResearch funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an 33316