Excited to share our new story co led by Liz Fay and Steph Aron: journals.plos.org/plospathogens/… We built a single cycle flu lacking the gene for one of the polymerase segments, PB1. This virus is grown in a PB1 complementing cell line and can only undergo primary transcription (1)

Come on Minnesota, it’s way too early for me to start complaining about the cold

Being a PhD student is really just feeling like the dumbest nerd in the world all the time.

I’m so looking forward to the day I take my oath as a naturalized citizen and actually be proud of this country #Inauguration2021

Got my 2nd dose of #Pfizer yesterday 🥳 but now trying to ride the fever, chills, and body aches by watching my favorite sick day movie- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off!

Look at these baby scientists (circa 2014) Tracy Tran. Gained a lot of virology skills and best friends along the way!

New work from our team exploring how cytomegalovirus #CMV infection affects placental function online now! 1/7 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Happy 4th! Next year I’ll be celebrating as an American citizen but in the mean time, I’ll learn more about the US history from other perspectives

The Indonesian army has ended a controversial practice of virginity tests on women who apply to become cadets, according to its chief of staff, a move welcomed by activists who have long campaigned against it. cnn.it/2XmnBlW

SE Asians are underrepresented in STEM. The label 'Asian' boxes them out more. UC San Francisco disaggregates data to better reflect URM groups, but it needs to be more common. One challenge with being from an under-acknowledged URM group? Many don’t even know… npr.org/2021/12/12/105…

Thrilled to share our paper led by Liz Fay, Keir Balla, Keir Balla, @AFranOfScience out in JExpMed using ‘dirty’ rodents as bridge between natural and laboratory settings to study within- and cross-species virus transmission. rupress.org/jem/article-ab… 1/5

Playing dirty with virus transmission. Christin Herrmann and Cadwell Lab highlight study (bit.ly/3sYrE5P) by Liz Fay,Keir Balla, Shanley “Stan” Roach, @AFranOfScience, Ryan Langlois and colleagues. bit.ly/3FURife #InfectiousDisease #HostDefense

I don’t usually get home sick but dang I haven’t seen my parents in 4 years nor spent the holidays with them ever since I moved to the US 10 years ago #COVIDsucks

Can’t wait for the next #KSRespiratoryVirus22! made new connections and seriously can’t wait to hear more science next time

Langlois Lab and company had a blast at Wisc-e-sota 2022 🤓 Ryan Langlois Tristan Thomas Neal @AFranOfScience Jordan T Becker Dira Putri Sofia Moraes Clayton Mickelson Alison Barkhymer

BREAKING: The Minnesota Senate has passed the PRO Act, which would guarantee a right to abortion into state law pending Gov. Walz's expected signature. Even if a future court reverses guarantees abortion access, services would be protected. mprnews.org/story/2023/01/…

IT'S THE POST YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR: UMN GRADUATE WORKERS HAVE A UNION! We won 2487 yes votes to 70 no- that's 97% in favor of a union! The hard work of countless graduate workers pays off!

Great talk today @Minnesotaimv symposium by Dira Putri, former member of Department of Pediatrics @umnpeds and now terrific UMN graduate student studying Murine Kobuvirus, interesting model of picornavirus infection.

As a non-native English speaker, the hardest part is to convey my ideas in a concrete and concise manner! But I’m fortunate to have a supportive lab & supervisor to guide me through the process 🙂

We are hiring a technician and/or postdoc! If you're interested studying how viral infection during pregnancy affects placental function and fetal development, please reach out! Will be at IFPA '23 and would love to talk then. Feel free to DM!