Chief of Science & Assoc. Curator of Microbiology at the California Academy of Sciences; Microbial Diversity and Virus Evolution; Dengue, Zika, Hantavirus
Joined May 2014
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4 Apr 2025
Claude the Albino Alligator Is Curing Our Collective Anxiety With His Livestream vice.com/en/article/claude-t…
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I’m going, too!
1 Dec 2024
I'm heading to the Caribbean tomorrow for a trip in collaboration with a team from the @smithsonian @NMNH, so get ready for a lot of Caribbean reef fish pictures coming your way! Will share more details when I get there! #fishmas
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23 Nov 2024
⚠️ BREAKING:
Wastewater in Saint Petersburg, Florida Tests Positive for H5 Bird Flu; No Active Outbreak in Poultry or Dairy Cows Reported
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20 Nov 2024
I'm hiring a coordinator for our #mesophotic Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) program! This exciting new project will generate unprecedented amounts of information about the biodiversity of deep reefs in the Pacific. Spread the word! us242.dayforcehcm.com/Candid…
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4 Nov 2024
A vote for your mothers daughters partners sisters nieces is a vote for Harris Waltz 2024 - if you care even a smidgeon for the women in your life
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1 Nov 2024
"mothing" is a great way to celebrate the Halloween season!
1 Nov 2024
Sharing this beautiful story by @washingtonpost’s @MJ_Coren about how his trip with our @calacademy scientists led him to fall in love with moths and discover why “mothing” may be the best way to discover the miracle of biodiversity in your own backyard. washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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25 Oct 2024
#cop16 #cnc #citynaturechallenge @RebaFay @alisonkestrel leaders in getting involved with and for biodiversity!
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9 Sep 2024
#dengue DOES have an under-appreciated and significant history in Kenya! It was a great pleasure to work with @sindiso_n and team!
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16 Jul 2024
Our latest publication, led by graduate student Reinaldo Mercado-Hernandez, investigates the association of obesity with dengue virus infection and disease in Nicaragua doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae360
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28 May 2024
Such a warm welcome and wonderful new colleagues!
27 May 2024
Delighted that Prof. Shannon Bennett, Cheif of Scince from California Academy of Science, came all the way to conduct workshops on #virus evolution, #phylogenetic analysis, #microbiome and #metagenomics.
@aicbusjp @DinukaAri @chandi2012
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17 Feb 2024
This is outragous! Natural history collections are irreplaceable and critical for research. I signed this petition and I hope you will too. #CollectionsAreEssential
16 Feb 2024
Urge Duke University to Reconsider Closing Their Herbarium chng.it/tX6R5JgD via @Change
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4 Dec 2023
It's #MolluskMonday and our Observation of the Day is this Miamira flavicostata #nudibranch, seen in #Australia by debiiem!
More details at: inaturalist.org/observations… #nature #marinebio #malacology #biodiversity
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4 Dec 2023
It's my pleasure to announce that the amazing @ashadevos was selected as a 2024 Osher Fellow by the @calacademy! She will spend this week here in San Francisco sharing her great work and passion for marine conservation with us! Welcome Asha! calacademy.org/osher-fellows
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29 Nov 2023
I look forward to working with you more and more, as a colleague and friend! Congratulations, Dr Nyathi!
28 Nov 2023
An achievement I have been able to realize largely due to the support and mentorship of folks like @LaBeaud_Lab, @morde, @KristinSainani, @MicrobeExplorer, and @JasonAndrewsMD! Excited to continue working with such smart scientists to tackle important infectious disease problems.
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29 Nov 2023
Well done Sindiso! A big congrats Dr. Nyathi!!
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23 Oct 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Nikos Vasilakis @Vasilakis_Lab on receiving the 2023 Dalrymple/Young Award from @ACAV_ASTMH! The award is given every three years to a mid-career investigator who has made outstanding contributions to arbovirology. Well-deserved!
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24 Oct 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Shannan Rossi @Rossi_viruslab, who is a new Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene @ASTMH.
Additional, she has been elected Chair-Elect of the American Committee on Arthropod-Borne & Zoonotic Viruses @ACAV_ASTMH. Outstanding!
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29 Oct 2023
Congrats to the record-setting ELEVEN @calacademy_ssi interns selected to present their research at @SACNAS — not just an incredible showing ( 2 category winners!), but an amazing experience all around. Want to join SSI '24? More on our @NSF #REU program @ bit.ly/3pZjTNX
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29 Oct 2023
Congrats to the record-setting ELEVEN @calacademy_ssi interns selected to present their research at @SACNAS — not just an incredible showing ( 2 category winners!), but an amazing experience all around. Want to join SSI '24? More on our @NSF #REU program @ bit.ly/3pZjTNX
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