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I had such a great time meeting so many great scientists and learning more about ID&GB (in person!!)

I agree with every bit of this. The thing about small victories is that they’re easier to carry with you. I’m calling myself the champion of popping every single kernel of popcorn in the microwave last night.

Me everyday in lab

Cats in STEM.

TWO new papers from the lab published this week. Both in JVirology Editors . Together the studies demonstrate reactivation of HSV from latency results in *Phase I* gene expression in both primary neurons and ex vivo, and we have now put to rest some previous controversies.

From Abby Whitford . To ensure Phase I this was not just in vitro we looked in reactivating ganglia ex vivo. Again criteria for Phase I gene expression were also met – late gene expression independent of viral DNA replication and histone demethylase activity was not required.

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

Importantly - reactivation in both cases requires the host protein DLK. Hoping to test some new DLK inhibitors in vivo soon.

Congrats to MIC Grad students- Nicole Kirk, Kathy Nowak, Abby Whitford, Casey Bauchle, Yadeliz Serrano Matos, Nadia Holness, Samantha D’Spain, Emily Byrd, Ana Royo Marco, Carly Van Wagoner, Harish Narasimhan, Audrey Putelo who passed their Qualifying exams UVA_BIMS 🔬🥽🎓, UVAimmunology

Interested in *Key questions on the epigenetics of herpes simplex virus latency*? Check out our latest review in #PLOSPathogens from Abby Whitford. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

So excited to experience #TWiV in person!! #ASV2022

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Congratulations to the members of the BIMS 2020 cohort who have completed their quals/proposal defense and have advanced to CANDIDACY! 💙🧡 We were honored to have Melina Kibbe join us and share her experiences at the bench and encouraging words for the time ahead. UVA School of Medicine

"HIV-Infected Cell" shows a T-cell with integrated HIV-1 DNA (thin white lines at upper right) and viruses assembling and budding at the cell surface. Full-size files, hand drawn at a scale of 1 nm/pixel, are free for use at: hivecenter.net/resources/visu… and pdb101.rcsb.org/sci-art/goodse….

We are fortunate to work on neurons - a fascinating cell type with distinct immune responses. Then add HSV and things get even more interesting! Here we discuss how immune signaling regulates the nature of HSV latency and can also trigger reactivation. Well done to Sean Cuddy!

Dept. of Medicine’s ID Division organized a group of grad students, physician fellows, pharmacists, lab specialists and faculty to run the Charlottesville Women’s Four Miler on Sept. 2. The event supports the UVA Breast Cancer Care program. UVA ID UVA Department of Medicine UVA Cancer Center