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Gabe Starrett

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Principal investigator studying virus-associated cancers with a focus on virus-induced mutations and structural variants | Opinions are my own

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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Also apologies to anyone that has tried to DM me, I didn't realize I had them locked down. Everything should be good now.
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
FYI, she has an MPH in general epidemiology from Michigan. She worked with my group for a little under two years as an intern, contractor, and biologist.
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Potentially
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
DC, Maryland, Virginia area
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
If 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
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Andy Pekosz @andrewpekosz.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
A 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...
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Ann Carol Palmenberg, Ph.D Obituary February 20, 2025 - Cress Funeral and Cremation Services
View Ann Carol Palmenberg, Ph.D's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Yes, 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
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Nicolas Robine 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇺🇸 @nicorobine.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Ou en versant espagnolisant “GOL FC”
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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
They can all be downloaded from here: cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl..., except for...
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Virus Snowflakes — CVR Engagement
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Bryan 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... 🧪 #EvoSky
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The evolution of reproductive leaf dimorphism in two globally distributed fern families is neither stepwise nor irreversible, unless further specialization evolves
Abstract. A contemporary interpretation of Dollo’s Law states that the evolution of a specialized structure is irreversible. Among land plants, reproductiv
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Mart Krupovic @mkrupovic.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Who 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/...
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
This 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).
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Trump 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.
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Ed Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇬🇧🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
3/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]
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Ed Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇬🇧🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
2/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,
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Ed Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇬🇧🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
An 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
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This is a war crime
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Sad 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.
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Aww, yeah
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Stuffing too
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy 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.
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JAMA @jama.com · 28/11/2024
Cervical 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
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This is our golden retriever, Mia. She's 13 years old. My wife and I rescued her when she was 8 on New Year's of 2019. She's a retired breeding dog and is absolutely amazing.
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Much appreciated!
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Does 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.
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Karim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
nature.com
Virus-modified paraspeckle-like condensates are hubs for viral RNA processing and their formation drives genomic instability - Nature Communications
KSHV 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...
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Biowulf 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!
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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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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I had a very nice (although brief) time at #AMP2024 in Vancouver. Now the long trek back to the East Coast.
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Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
300,000 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...
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Christian Frezza @frezzalab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky another incredible piece of news! www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I've been awake since 3:30 am. Espresso has never tasted so good.
Cup of espresso on a white plate
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Congrats!
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Can I join the editorial board?
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Not thinking about this for any reason as I sit at the airport to travel for a conference as my child is getting over a cold and my wife just came down with COVID. Very thankful for my MIL for being in town to help.
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I 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
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Wishing her a swift recovery!
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Starting the long trek to Vancouver for #AMP2024! Looking forward to talking about virus integration tomorrow
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Can you let me know the accessions of any of these? I know some folks I can ask.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
HPV 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....
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Updated estimate of the annual direct medical cost of screening and treatment for human papillomavirus associated disease in the United States
The annual direct medical cost attributable to human papillomavirus (HPV) in the United States over the period 2004–2007 was estimated at $9.36 billio…
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My 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.
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I'm giving a talk on Thursday!
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This thread might be the tipping point for my first tattoo
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Preclinical macaque vaccination with a multivalent BK/JC vaccine has been published. A phase I clinical trial will hopefully starting next year. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A multivalent polyomavirus vaccine elicits durable neutralizing antibody responses in macaques
In 2019, there were about 100,000 kidney transplants globally, with more than a quarter of them performed in the United States. Unfortunately, some en…
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Thanks!
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I am from Wisconsin. I did my BS at the University of Wisconsin and my PhD at the University of Minnesota. I love cold weather and drink cold brew all year round. I'm an avid DIYer and hobbyist woodworker. I am also a new dad! Looking forward to interacting with all of you.
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Great 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.
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Matthew Lawrenz @lawrenzlab.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Not 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.com
Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns
Research 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
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I'd appreciate being added, thanks!
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I'd love to be added, thanks!
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Gabe Starrett @starrett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Can you add me?
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