CSV2024 is just two days away! We can’t wait to welcome virologists from across the country to Saskatoon! 🦠 #VirologyFTW

It’s happening! On our way to #CSV2024! Looking forward to all the amazing Canadian Virology in the days ahead!

Excellent talk this morning from the Sagan Lab’s Breanna Landry on the ZIKV NS2A protein! Well done Breanna!

Excited to hear my colleague ⁦Maria Tokuyama⁩ speak about endogenous retroviruses at CSV2024! ⁦⁩ #CSV2024 #VirologyFTW

Excited to hear Arinjay Banerjee speak about drivers of bat-borne zoonotic viruses! #CSV2024 #VirologyFTW

Enjoying CSV2024 with the Sagan Lab gang and some alumni! #CSV2024 #VirologyFTW

And it is a wrap. Thank you to all our attendees and we wish you safe travels. Until next time. #CSV2024 Canadian Society for Virology

Thrilled to be a Canada Research Chair in RNA Biology & Viral Infections here at University of British Columbia/UBC Dept of Microbiology and Immunology! Thank you to CIHR-III | IRSC-IMII, the Canada Research Chairs program, and my amazing group for making this possible.

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Selena Sagan and all the newly appointed Canada Research Chairs! From @ubcmbim, Dr. Sagan has been appointed for her outstanding research on RNA biology and viral infections. 👏👏 🔗 research.ubc.ca/nine-new-and-r… UBC Science Sagan Lab

New research from the Sun Lab, co-led by PhD student Yichu Liang, has developed a new compound, SMIP-031, showing promise in treating tuberculosis (TB) by enhancing the immune response. Read more🔗: mbim.ubc.ca/news/sun-lab-c… UBC Science Jim Sun #ubcmbim #tb #tbresearch

Enjoying our coop students’ lab meeting presentations today with some ice cream! Chocolate (Pranjali), Cookie dough (Olivia), and Mint Chocolate Chip (Aaron). A nice cool treat to go with their awesome science! 🍦

This week’s Lab meeting featured Breanna Landry and Manolya, as well as some Matcha and White Chocolate Ice cream!

So proud of my team for our first preprint! We asked how does loss of dystrophin impact satellite cells in DMD? biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Please join us for a special VRC career panel August 7 2024: 4-7 pm including a talk from Trilink, fantastic industry panelists, networking, food/drinks and a raffle! Please register!

Lab meeting this week featured Alex and some Mango Basil Sorbet! 😋 It was a nice way to cool down during a hot week in Vancouver!

This new national training program on One Health and Zoonosis will fill critical gaps in our workforce to tackle emerging zoonotic pathogens and help prevent the next pandemic. Together with the leadership of Dr. Jane Parmley and Drs. Aenishaenslin, Mubareka, Hiller, Leighton,

Are you interested in increasing equity, diversity and inclusion within CSV? The CSV EDI committee is looking for a PI to serve as a co-chair from Sept 2024-2026! If you are interested, please apply by Aug 25th. Details are posted below. #lovevirology

Very proud of Alex Wang, who did an amazing job defending his MSc thesis research today at UBC Dept of Microbiology and Immunology! Stay tuned for a new publication on the evolution of Zika virus Stem-loop A (SLA)! Great job and congrats Alex!

I thought it would be fun to have an end of summer game, I did NOT anticipate that it might drive my people to the brink of madness...youtu.be/V6rnIrT6oR4

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