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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, February 20, 2025, Nicole Mideo, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto will be presenting on the evolutionary ecology of malaria transmission from a parasite’s perspective.

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Hard problems, meaningful work. The lab seeks molecular biologists, entomologists, geneticists, cell biologists, and symbiosis enthusiasts. Researchers will have the important role to decipher the reproductive manipulation tactics of bacteria in animals. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

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🚨 New pub alert! 🚨 Our study shows that #Wolbachia #prophage Cif proteins come at a cost to #Drosophila sperm development. @symbionticism.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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#CIDDSeminar This Tuesday, February 11, and Wednesday, February 12, Luis Barreiro Professor of Medicine, Committee Chair of Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology Committee on Immunology, from the University of Chicago will present the Spring 2025 Marker Lecture.

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#CIDDSeminar: CIDD graduate students Victoria, Christina, and Jack will present their research this Thursday, February 6, 2025!

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, January 30, 2025, Megan Stanifer, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine will be presenting.

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A paper that has literally spent years in review. But cool (now old) work led by Tyrus Berry on equilibria in the SIR model with behavioral feedbacks.

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🌸 The Wait is Over! 🌸 Our Spring 2025 CIDD Seminar Schedule is here. Featuring talks from @meganstanifer.bsky.social @foxandtheflu.bsky.social, @kaurr.bsky.social, and many more!

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Anthropological Research in Science Education (ARISE) at Penn State is a summer institute in integrated anthropological sciences for historically underrepresented and underserved undergraduate students from the United States. APPLY NOW!

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Come be my colleague! Public Health Entomology faculty position at Penn State (Assistant/Associate). 70% research, 30% extension. (I am not on the search committee but happy to answer any questions that I can) psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, January 23, 2025, CIDD Alumni will be presenting a panel on careers post-graduation.

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New paper in collabroation with @joshuabenoit.bsky.social lab! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Thank @roryjgibb.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute toward building a 'people and nature' paradigm for biodiversity-disease research and action as part of this new special issue.

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Lucy wants you to know that there will be no CIDD events from December 19 through January 9. Have a great winter break!

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: “the only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” #Wolbachia had a big plan for herself, and the B-lab celebrated her majesty today. The grocery store staff were very happy that she's lived to 100. 🥰 Cake idea by @kaurr.bsky.social! We're hiring too!

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Congratulations Callum on passing his defense! 🥳

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, December 12, 2024, Lisa Akhtar, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases, Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern will be presenting.

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The report from the September meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization is now published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record. This includes the recommendation for universal introduction of rubella containing vaccination into all countries. iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...

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“What’s alarming to me is that we often realize we have a pandemic after the pandemic has started” from @ciddpsu.bsky.social faculty member Troy Sutton on H5N1

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📢 Hey! We're hiring a Research Technologist (Advanced Professional) to accelerate discoveries on the molecular biology of the symbiosis between #Drosophila and #Wolbachia. Know anyone who loves molecular studies of bugs, bacteria, and/or bacteriophages? psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_St...

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Delighted to visit @ciddpsu.bsky.social and looking forward to interactions today & tomorrow. My seminar will cover the double-edged sword of asymptomatic infections. Location: Thursday 12/5, W-202 Millennium Science Complex

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, December 5, 2024, Joshua Weitz (@joshuasweitz.bsky.social), Professor and Clark Leadership Chair in Data Analytics at the University of Maryland will be presenting on asymptomatic COVID-19 transmission.

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No CIDD events this week. From all of us at CIDD, we wish you a restful and safe break!

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New CIDD Starter Pack. Follow along! go.bsky.app/FkKF3zX

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, November 21, 2024, Penn State Counseling & Psychological Services will be presenting a workshop on Stress Management, Mental Health Resources, and Coping Strategies.

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Lucy wants everyone to know that she hangs out over on this account sometimes too!

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There has been progress, but approximately 300 children under 5 years of age died from measles every day last year. Participating in this work is my most impactful, and most discouraging, activity every year.

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, November 14, 2024, Alicia Romero, Katie Yan, and Kaiyue Zou Cidd graduate students (@CIDDGrads) will be presenting their research.

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Join #CIDD and the Center for Malaria Research for lunch with Dr. Johan Ankarklev of Stockholm University on Monday, November 11 at 12:00 p.m. in MSC W-201! Pizza provided!

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, November 7, 2024, David Hughes (@DH_PlantVillage) from Penn State will be presenting on the Plant Village.

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Join #CIDD and Beth McGraw (@McGrawLab) to discuss arbovirus data in need of a model on Monday, November 4 at 12:20 p.m. in MSC W-201! BYOL!

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, October 31, 2024, Merck representatives Kevin Baker, Ruthie Berger, and Rachel Oidtman will be presenting.

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, October 24, 2024, Chantal Vogels from Yale University will be presenting on the impact of arbovirus ecology and evolution on public health.

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, October 17, 2024, Liliana Salvador from the University of Arizona will be presenting on computational zoonoses using animal tuberculosis data.

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Join #CIDD and Engineering faculty to discuss optimal control strategy applications to infectious disease systems on Monday, October 14 at 12:20 p.m. in MSC W-201! BYOL!

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, October 10, 2024, Ana Longo from the University of Florida will be presenting lessons from amphibians in a changing world.

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#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, October 3, 2024, Hector Aguilar-Carreno from Cornell University will be presenting on emerging viral glycoproteins.

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