If Texans paid attention to COVID as much as they(we) do to cold weather, we’d find ourselves in a better position.

The calendar on my wall says March 2020. I didn’t touch it after the work-from-home order was lifted. Worst anniversary ever. Let’s hope I can take it down this year and not next.

We look forward seeing you all tomorrow for another great webinar by Dr. Marcelo Labruna, on the "Reemergence of Brazilian spotted fever: The Role of Human-modified Landscapes" ACAV NIAID-CREID Institute for Human Infections & Immunity (IHII) UTMB Provost's Office UTMB Pathology_Research Agência FAPESP

Can anyone recommend a good plasmid for creating ACE2/TMPRSS2-transgenic cells? I think I found one that’s back ordered. Many thanks in advance.

Amazing news! nytimes.com/2021/03/31/hea…

Might need to hang this one in the lab #Tcellexhaustion

Catnip as mosquito repellent? Everything about this study I love. advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/4/ea…

New publication: our lab has described testicular infection in SARS-CoV-2-infected hamsters. Huge thanks and congrats to the team Rafael Kroon Campos @vidyleison Sasha R. Azar c Eduardo EyzaguirreMD !bit.ly/3wCbXQF via UTMB News EurekAlert!

La meilleure explication du fonctionnement du #Vaccin contre le #Covid x.com/ChefEff/status…

Your methods section might be obvious to *you* but not to others—get feedback from people outside your lab and think carefully about your audience

According to the CDC, 1,000 babies were born to women in the U.S. who had Zika during their pregnancies in 2016. Five years later, researchers are learning more about its impact on children. n.pr/3pttglB

Our new preprint shows testicular damage in critically ill #COVID19 patients. So much of this virus pathogenesis is yet to understand! UFMG Mauricio Nogueira’s lab @Famerp medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congrats to Drs. Scott Weaver & Nikos Vasilakis on a new Fogarty at NIH International Training Research Grant Award. Their new program will advance emerging disease research through multidisciplinary scientific & public health training for scientists at West African institutions.

A good day for a scientist ….. is to find out that UTMB Health has one of the most advanced single cell genomic center in the Texas Medical Center. UTMBPresident The University of Texas System Thanks to Drs. McCaffrey and Vasilakis for the vision and for building it up.

Check out our viewpoint Science Translational Medicine in which we discuss the increasing threats posed by zoonotic mosquito-borne viruses. We emphasize the need for global preparedness through proactive measures of prediction, surveillance, prevention, and treatment. science.org/doi/full/10.11…

You still have 2 weeks to apply to ACAV's Student/Trainee Leadership Group! Don't miss out on this invaluable opportunity! See a testimonial from our own ACAV's STLG president:

Our work on ILHV is finally out. cell.com/heliyon/fullte…. Collaborative efforts with Mauricio Nogueira’s lab @Famerp Dr. Shannan_Rossi UTMB World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses Sasha R. Azar Rafael Elias Marques Lívia Sacchetto. Cx spp refractory to vectoring ILHV, but Aedes spp are not! ASTMH NIAID-CREID Sociedade Brasileira de Virologia ACAV

A minor change in presentation order. Dr. Kroon Campos Rafael Kroon Campos will present on April 9th "Unveiling arbovirus transmission: Zika virus in the male reproductive tract and the risk of Mayaro virus urban adaptation". NIAID-CREID Sociedade Brasileira de Virologia ASTMH Mauricio Nogueira’s lab @Famerp ACAV

Science must protect thinking time in a world of instant communication nature.com/articles/d4158…. Something to think about; perhaps get some inspiration from the Aesopian tales...ASTMH Sociedade Brasileira de Virologia ACAV NIAID-CREID CREATE-NEO Dr. Shannan_Rossi @bahanbug Mauricio Nogueira’s lab @Famerp

Excited to be part of the CREATE NEO-INCT One Health Symposium at FAMERP. Thanks to the organizers and congrats to the speakers! Nikos Vasilakis is kicking us off. CREATE-NEO Mauricio Nogueira’s lab @Famerp