#6 graduating from the lab :-) Congrats Dr. Brandwein!!!!!!

Curious what working virologists think about: our field the last 3 yrs research safety oversight gain-of-function research SARS-CoV-2 origins etc? 156 virologists signed this piece, including many of the “quiet ones” who are not on social media. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

Commentary written by many colleagues in the American Society for Virology on : Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse | Journal of Virology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jv…

What a great time visiting w/ fantastic scientists at FLORIDA & UF Medicine! Also was so impressed w/ the diverse & engaged trainees I met. Big thx to Karst Lab_UF for inviting me & being such a lovely host. Training your lab how to milk mice was a highlight 🐭 Hard to leave 80F in Feb!

“Students would learn to appreciate that research projects rarely proceed as expected, and that unexpected developments and discoveries typically evolve from an unpredictable interplay between questions and data.” Thank you - a really great article!

A robust norovirus diarrhea model using newly characterized murine norovirus strain, WU23! Type I IFNs are important for control while type III IFNs are dispensable (may even exacerbate disease🤔). Systemic infection common among diarrheagenic MNV strains. rdcu.be/dbmW6

Research| New online: Peiper, Helm et al. (Karst Lab_UF, FLORIDA) describe a mouse model using newly characterized murine norovirus strain WU23 for detailed investigation of norovirus disease mechanisms. nature.com/articles/s4168…

Great talk by Joyce from Karst Lab_UF Awesome to see UF students out showing their hard work.

The UF Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Department is hiring multiple Assistant Professors in the areas of virology and genetics. Join an incredibly diverse and interactive group of 70 virology labs across campus with your home base in the highly supportive MGM Department.

A short time ago, we were told to stop using slack and to use teams instead. I asked our lab to summarize that transition 👇

Come join us at UF! I joined 1,5 years ago and I love the place. Great faculties, great friends. Contact me if you are concerned about the Florida political landscape. I will give you my honest French opinion! It is really not as bad as the media say.

Job posting is live for an postdoctoral fellow position in the lab! We have more science to do than we know what to do with, so if you are interested in RNA processing, innate immunity, DNA viruses, or even all three, apply or reach out for more info! us231.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePorta…

Reminder - the application deadline for our UF MGM virology and genetics faculty positions is Sept. 30!

Our deadline is coming up next week. Apply and join our dynamic virology community!

Excited to share our new findings on the role of metabolic immaturity and breastmilk bile acids in governing neonatal vulnerability to norovirus diarrhea: Stephanie N. Langel Quyen Marco.Grodzki UF Microbiology University of Florida Research biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

#Norovirus claims the lives of at least 50,000 children every year. The Karst Lab_UF has compiled the first-ever study that identifies the role of breast milk bile acids — a breakthrough that can lower infections in newborns. Learn about their novel study: go.ufl.edu/pnhvuof.

Determinants of heightened newborn vulnerability to norovirus diarrhea New work from Karst Lab_UF demonstrates in mice that neonatal metabolic immaturity and breastmilk bile acids underlie the newborn’s heightened vulnerability to norovirus disease cell.com/cell-host-micr…

nBregs & early-life microbiota Newborn regulatory B cells (nBreg) autocrinally regulate IgM via IL-10. mAbs from intestinal nBregs react against diverse bacteria, highlighting role of nBreg Abs in microbial diversity & early-life microbiota communities cell.com/cell-host-micr…