Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Everyone of a certain age will forever read SI as Sports Illustrated; unrelated, government documents are about to get really funny 000
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Every so often I get a stark reminder that I exist in a very different universe than the staff of the New York Times and today is one of those days 000
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I don't post much anymore but the #OSF fiasco brings me out of the woodwork. How many meetings and assurances that OSF was going to be forever, and my institution was a long-term partner with OSF, and it was the ultimate solution to raw data storage. help.osf.io/article/735-...help.osf.ioWhere should I share my Data, Materials, Code now?This Article Is Licensed Under CCO For Maximum Reuse. The following is a Table of Contents that links directly to specific sections within the guide: Table of R 100
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Isn't that basically the cover of "Smell The Glove" that the record label rejected? 030
Reposted by Bill JacksonBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 23/03/2025People are making an "L" shape with their fingers to their foreheads at me when I drive around in my cybertruck, indicating they Love the car 166173931169
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025A glimmer of hope. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/s...nytimes.comWill That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded.The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done. 040
Reposted by Bill JacksonRodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez @rodrigofg.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Paper published!!! Tremendous work by Gordana Scepanovic, with key contributions by @negberry.bsky.social and @krothphd.bsky.social. We ask why is mTor signalling necessary for rapid wound repair. 🧪 #drosophila #devbio Share link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kS2e5Sx5g... 44514
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Not many celebrity deaths really get to me but Bob Uecker was special. When I was living in Milwaukee for 8 years, Ueck’s announcing could make a terrible baseball game listenable. Many weekend afternoons working outdoors or in the basement were spent listening to his stories. tinyurl.com/bd68pn5fjsonline.comBeloved Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker has diedBob Uecker, the voice of the team on the airwaves for 54 years, a Baseball Hall of Famer and local, statewide and national icon, died Thursday. 010
Reposted by Bill JacksonRod Rahimi @rodrahimi.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Great piece by Paul Offit "When Mr. Kennedy says he wants vaccines to be better studied, what he really seems to be saying is he wants studies that confirm his fixed, immutable, science-resistant beliefs. That’s not skepticism."🧪⚕️nytimes.comOpinion | RFK Jr. Is a Vaccine Cynic, Not Skeptic. (Gift Article)My job is to ask tough questions of vaccine makers. That’s not what he is doing. 410741
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 13/01/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h... Kudos to Apoorva Mandavilli and @nytimes.com for an article that concisely describes the polio antivaxer problem while reminding older readers (and teaching younger readers) the potential cost of a polio comebacknytimes.comHow Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence (Gift Article)In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations has already turned up in the West. 040
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Make sure not to distribute this cartoon, and the post about it by @anntelnaes.bsky.social, so that it doesn’t become even more widely seen than if the Post had simply published it like a real newspaper would: anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...anntelnaes.substack.comWhy I'm quitting the Washington PostDemocracy can't function without a free press 000
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024So many sad conversations over the past couple of weeks about the future of diversity in science. If we lose programs to promote diversity, science will be worse off for it. 020
Reposted by Bill JacksonLars-Anders Carlson @lacarlson.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Repost appreciated: Open #PhDposition in my group! Join us in Umeå, 🇸🇪 to uncover how arboviruses remodel the cellular interior. In situ #cryoET with great #virology and #biophysics collaborators. Customisable project. Application deadline 15 December. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/ 05045
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Lucky to have Bryan Mounce, a great teacher and famed crochet artist, to talk with our grad students about how viruses can teach us cell biology! 140
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024It never ceases to amaze me that we are lucky enough to live in a time when we have a VACCINE AGAINST CANCER and it’s controversial! 020
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 16/11/2024defector.com/what-the-fuc...defector.comWhat The Fuck Is A "Vaccine Skeptic"? | DefectorAt darker moments, contesting this kind of stuff in the wake of the 2024 election—and all the shameless, shameful, unforgivable work the American media did to produce that election’s outcome—feels as ... 010
Reposted by Bill JacksonDaniel Hurdiss @danielhurdiss.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Sharing recent publications just for fun (part 1). Here, we explored neutralizing epitopes in the porcine deltacoronavirus spike glycoprotein. 🐖 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41... We found that a mAb targeting the N-terminus can trigger partial opening, perhaps mimicking a co-receptor interaction. 0328
Reposted by Bill JacksonMatt Taylor… @dr-mptaylor.bsky.social · 15/11/2024To close out the week with another #FluorescentFriday project, I present: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... 🦠🔬🧪#Virosky 🧵1/4journals.asm.orgA dual fluorescent herpes simplex virus type 1 recombinant reveals divergent outcomes of neuronal infection | Journal of VirologyHerpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a prevalent human pathogen that infects approximately 67% of the global human population. HSV-1 invades the peripheral nervous system, where latent HSV-1 infecti... 2163
Reposted by Bill JacksonBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 15/11/2024With all this talk about cutting the NIH, might I remind everyone that the entire NIH budget is less than 5% of the DoD budget. The NIH is so efficient that they already rely upon volunteer labor to do grant review. And they are not even allowed to buy grant reviewers coffee. 517353
Reposted by Bill JacksonAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Always a pleasure to join @kavehmd.bsky.social, especially when it's to talk shit about lying grifters who are out to destroy public health and add to their already sizable body counts. Also, because my mood is increasingly pessimistic and miserable, I talk about H5N1 and its pandemic potential. 58625
Reposted by Bill JacksonAndy Purvis @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Of course, I remember what Bluesky was like in the old days* * Friday 1487
Reposted by Bill JacksonThelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Viral infection and antiviral immunity in the oral cavity www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comViral infection and antiviral immunity in the oral cavity - Nature Reviews ImmunologyThe oral mucosa is a critical barrier tissue that is continually exposed to pathogens, but antiviral immune responses in this tissue are poorly understood. Moreover, recent viral outbreaks, including ... 0113
Reposted by Bill JacksonBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Proud of my dad Lynn Enquist .. On #VeteransDay it is important to recognize those who served in the US Public Service Health Service. #USPHS is dedicated to the nation's public health & Science. Most don’t know about USPHS & it’s role in protecting us & that it is one of the uniformed services 🧪🛟 2377
Reposted by Bill JacksonJoram Mooiweer @jorammooiweer.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Is there a starter pack of scientific publishers and journals for biomedical sciences already? #MedSkg #ImmunoSky #IDSky 221
Reposted by Bill JacksonMatt Taylor… @dr-mptaylor.bsky.social · 11/11/2024After my observation that limited numbers of HSV and PRV virions transmit from axons, I was lucky enough to start my own lab at Montana State University. As we got going, I became increasingly obsessed with the timing of virion transmission from axons. 151
Reposted by Bill JacksonJesse Erasmus @jesseerasmus.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list! go.bsky.app/SinqoJU 112341250
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Our short article about a new vaccine candidate for Enterovirus D68; the vaccine “builds itself” in the vaccinated host, providing nice immunity! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comSome assembly required: a single-RNA vaccine against enterovirus-D68A single-RNA-based vaccine against enterovirus-D68, a respiratory virus and causative agent of severe paralytic disease in children, by the Erasmus gr… 1116
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Antibody dependent enhancement of enterovirus infections onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comEnterovirus Antibodies: Friends and FoesEnteroviruses (EV) initiate replication by binding to their cellular receptors, leading to the uncoating and release of the viral genome into the cytosol of the host cell. Neutralising antibodies (NA... 000
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 29/10/2024Like what are we all going to do in November and December if he wins? Is there a plan? Is it a Midsommar thing? Because yeah we should all do a Midsommar in winter thing 000
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 29/10/2024www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202... So we’re at a place where “poop artist strikes again” is a legit WaPo headline and I’m not crying you’re cryingwashingtonpost.comPoop artist strikes again with neo-Nazi tiki torch statue for TrumpOn Monday, an artist -- or artists -- deposited a bronze-colored tiki torch clenched by a fist on Freedom Plaza NW, just a few blocks from the White House. 000
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 28/10/2024www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Someone in the organization gets it. Sorry Michelle Norris.washingtonpost.comOpinion | It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for presidentIsn’t this what a newspaper is supposed to do? 010
Reposted by Bill JacksonKevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 26/03/2024On this day in 1953, Dr. Jonas Salk announces the trial of inactivated polio vaccine was a success - MedSky www.history.com/this-day-in-...history.comDr. Jonas Salk announces polio vaccine | March 26, 1953 | HISTORYAmerican medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio. 03316
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 25/03/2024Anybody have experience with ScienceCast? It seems to be connected to BioRxiv and auto-generates an AI-written and performed audio summary of a preprint, which is basically a paraphrasing of the abstract with bad pronouciation. Is this legit? Useful? Worth leaving up? Taking down? 000
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 23/02/2024I think these four Beatles movies are going to suck. 010
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 14/01/2024I hope in punishment for last night all young people are calling old people and asking how to watch this game on the so-called "Fox Network," which is very hard to find on their phones. 000
Reposted by Bill JacksonAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 03/01/2024We need to go back to when the Ivy League only accepted exceptional scholars based on pure merit 391293140
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 15/12/2023My postdoc Alagie Jassey and I were asked to write a comprehensive review on Viruses and Autophagy almost exactly 16 months ago. Thank you to the editors (including Ashley York), graphic artists, and reviewers that helped us so much with this final product: rdcu.be/dtIH0rdcu.be 033
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 20/11/2023Pretty much convinced that having even a dormant account over at the bird place is a bad idea anymore. However I've seen an argument not to delete my account, because it would allow anyone to grab that account name and be mistaken for me, intentionally or not. Thoughts? 000
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 15/11/2023Fantastic to host @szparalab.bsky.social on our campus today! 050
Reposted by Bill JacksonAmerican Society for Virology @amersocvirology.bsky.social · 24/10/2023Today is World Polio Day. With vaccines and global vaccination efforts, so much progress has been made toward the goal of eradicating this awful virus, yet more funding and resources are needed to eliminate it in the remaining countries where wild polio cases still occur. www.cdc.gov/globalhealth... 043
Reposted by Bill JacksonAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 23/08/2023twitter users stone age in 2023 hunter-gatherers 🤝 mastodon attempt failed, turned to sky worship for sustenance 65102433076
Reposted by Bill JacksonJason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 20/10/2023Congrats to @llinaslab.bsky.social! Very well deserved! www.psu.edu/news/eberly-...psu.eduManuel Llinás named as the Ernest C. Pollard Professor in Biotechnology | Penn State UniversityManuel Llinás, distinguished professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and of chemistry in the Penn State Eberly College of Science, has been named the Ernest C. Pollard Professor in Biotechnol... 0104
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 19/10/2023This Saturday on the Yale campus Nobel laureate Charlie Rice will lecture in honor of Dr. Brett Lindenbach. A link for seeing the event remotely is below. A chance to celebrate all the wonderful professional and personal connections many of us have with Brett. yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Page... 083
Reposted by Bill JacksonCraig McCormick @craigmccormick.bsky.social · 19/10/2023oh no! i deleted the Bad Place app, and now i have a invite code available for the Good Place. Need a GoogleDoc of virologists who want in.... 031
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 18/10/2023Our paper, "SIRT-1 is required for release of enveloped enteroviruses," has been published as a Version of Record. It shows the surprising role of a host histone deacetylase in generating and releasing enveloped virions. Congrats to my postdoc Alagie Jassey! elifesciences.org/articles/87993 030
Reposted by Bill JacksonAnne Estes @mostlymicrobes.bsky.social · 13/10/2023#microbiology TT Job! Towson University - Assistant Prof in Microbiology or virology. New building, CURE-classrooms, nice research space. Good balance of teaching and research. 🦠🧫 towson.taleo.net/careersectio... 21922
Bill Jackson @wtjackson.bsky.social · 12/10/2023My lab's new paper in mBio is out! This is a fascinating and somewhat puzzling story about how acidic vesicles affect enterovirus D68 development at different time points of infection, including assembly and maintenance of capsids. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... 0117