Lots of debate about whether #Masks work in schools. Here is some of our initial analysis looking at the question with @CMU_Stats – analysis done by fantastic technician in my lab (Meredith Shephard) from code developed by CMU masters capstone project.

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨 We are tackling BIRD FLU. There's been tons of talk about how this H5N1 could lead to the next pandemic. So — how worried should we be?

We hear from Dr. Seema Lakdawala @Lakdawala_Lab & Dr. Richard Webby

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When it comes to the bird flu, you are probably panicking about the wrong things! Understand the bird flu’s impact on wild birds, chickens, cows, cats, your grocery bill and whether or not your health is at risk. 

Dr. Seema Lakdawala (@lakdawala_lab), a molecular virologist from re to calm your fears with the latest bird flu news and help you better understand how the virus will impact you. She breaks down everything you need to know— what the H5N1 virus is and how it spreads, if the bird flu will become a pandemic, the difference between avian influenza and the seasonal flu, the bird flu symptoms in humans, how bird flu is affecting chickens, ducks and cows, how infections in wild birds are causing the spread of the virus and how you can best protect yourself from infection. Understand the impact vaccines will have against the virus and why we need to offer the vaccine to our poultry farmers and veterinarians, how your cat could be at risk for the bird flu virus and why infected chickens are causing high egg prices and egg shortages.

And be sure to stay tuned until the end of the video! Mayim shows you a few egg substitutes for baking to save you money and precious eggs while we combat this virus and sky-high egg prices!

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An amazing opportunity to sitdown with @missmayim Bialik and discuss the ongoing bird flu outbreak. Check out the @BiaIikBreakdown podcast youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Why do you need to be concerned about bird flu? The virus is changing and moving into mammals. To understand what can be done to stop the spread of the virus, watch the full episode. Click the ▶️ linktw.in/vhAtQu 🧠💥#BialikBreakdown #mayimbialik #mentalhealthpodcast @EmoryUniversity

I just made a blue sky profile.. will try to post threads on our manuscripts on both sites. If you like hearing about our science follow @LakdawalaLab there ... :)

Team effort from @statnews here to assess how the U.S. response to #H5N1 bird flu is going so far. In short, it's a difficult situation — and there are serious concerns. statnews.com/2024/06/26/bir…

Second paper we characterize the stability of HPAI H5 on milk inflation liner materials and find that unpasteurized milk stabilizes the virus on the rubber and steel found in milking units wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30…

This work was supported by @CEIRRNetwork Penn-CEIRR pandemic project; lots of thanks to our collaborators at USDA. @PittCVR @EmoryUniversity @scrippsresearch (Paulson lab) all the members in my lab especially Val Le Sage and AJ Campbell!

Gearing up for #asv2024 come check out the talks, flash talks, and posters from our team! #lovevirology @AmerSocVirol

You never know where following the science will take you.

In 2009 I became interested in the regulation of Ctla4 by FOXO1. In 2015 I decided to focus my new academic lab on understanding the multiple mechanisms of action of 1st gen anti-CTLA-4s.

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I am so excited to meet the amazing citizen scientists in the New York Virus Hunters Program! Beyond honored to be invited to speak to share some of our science with them.

Register here: redcap.mountsinai.org/redcap/surveys…

I wrote about what's standing between us and a bird flu pandemic in my latest for @voxdotcom

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Enjoying my visit to @ClevelandClinic FRIC. It’s always a pink blazer in FL!

Lots of chatter about swine to human spillovers of H1N2 viruses. Check our preprint on alpha-del H1N2 viruses and their pandemic potential to transmit to ferrets even in the context of preexisting immunity. We also devise a pipeline for risk assessment biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We're excited to spotlight @NaharaVM, a graduate student in Dr. @anice_lowen's lab, for her outstanding poster presentation and networking skills. Read more about her research, inspiration, hobbies, and more: ow.ly/E1OB50PVefZ

Today I started to work in my new office that used to be the Nobel Prize-winner Albert Szent-Györgyi's at the Department of Molecular and Analytical Chemistry @Uni_Szeged Hungary.

Thrilled @TheAtlantic highlighted our new work on flu transmission - big shout out to @nicolecrockey and our whole mitigate flu team @linseymarr @MartinEpi @anice_lowen (to name a few) and @TheFluLab for funding this ‘crazy’ idea!!