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Sean P.J. Whelan @vsv512

Virologist, cook, globe trotter, eonophile, fitness enthusiast and husband 🏳️‍🌈.

Joined August 2011
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Whisky tango foxtrot…. Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts nytimes.com/2026/02/13/techn… via @NYTimes

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers...

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Tyranny knows no boundaries. We can either stand up and be counted or acquiesce to a tyrant. I know which will be on the right side of history. nytimes.com/interactive/2025…

Read Harvard’s Response to the Trump Administration (Published 2025)

Harvard University’s lawyers responded on Monday to the Trump Administration’s letter demanding a series of policy changes, saying the demands were unlawful and that Harvard would not comply.

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Harvard University
@Harvard
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“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond347t

The Promise of American Higher Education

No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue

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Making America WHAT Again?
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Hard to see this as anything but a fit of pique. Concerning that the “leader” of the free world suspends all military support to a country fighting against an invading tyrant.
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Lawrence H. Summers
@LHSummers
1 Feb 2025
Aside from the general issues about Trump‘s tariff and his economic nationalism strategy, today’s actions against Canada and Mexico are inexplicable and dangerous. 1/8
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Come join this meeting for the latest in the negative-strand field. Organized by the community, for the community, since 1969. #NSV2025 @PittCVR @wendybarclay11 @WashUMicro @vsv512 see you in Montpellier!
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Olivier Moncorgé@MoncorgeOlivier
7 Dec 2024
Get ready! Negative Strand RNA Virus meeting #NSV2025 registration will open soon! Co-organized with @wendybarclay11, @vsv512 and Paul Duprex. It will be in vibrant Montpellier, south of France, in June 2025! Please RT
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Congratulations to Siyuan Ding @sding88 for receiving the Ann Palmenberg award at ASV2023 @ASVPresident @WUSTL @WUSM_MolMicro
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The end of a 21 year era….only 6 for Paul though ⁦@paulrothlauf⁩ ⁦@harvardmed⁩ ⁦@VirologyHarvard⁩ great exam too ⁦@SchmidtLabHMS⁩ ⁦@ChandranLab⁩ ⁦@HmsMicro⁩
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Wafaa.Alsoussi@als_wafaa
4 Apr 2023
Overjoyed to finally be able to share our latest publication ⁦@Nature⁩ in which we show that boosters targeted against the Omicron variant alone can engage rare naive B cells targeting variant-specific epitopes. ⁦📖Check it out!📖⬇️ nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

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WashU Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases@WashUMedID
31 Mar 2023
Michael Diamond, PhD and Sean Whelan, PhD lead a team working to minimize risk of another pandemic @vsv512 source.wustl.edu/2023/03/sci…

Scientists aim to develop vaccine against all deadly coronaviruses

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis scientists are working to minimize the risk of another devastating coronavirus pandemic by designing a vaccine that reduces sickness and death...

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The Story Collider@storycollider
23 Mar 2023
⚠️STL! Join us Apr. 11 @stlpublicradio for personal stories on how we classify ourselves & others. Hosted by @GabeMontesanti @WuTangSammy with storytellers @KatieMurphyPhD @BGDSTEM @kriskleindienst @vsv512 @InnerGyinme Don't miss it, get tix 👉ow.ly/ENSx50NnthT
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Please share this exciting program we are launching.
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Excited to share this program targeted to senior graduate students and early stage post-docs who are interested in academic careers. Please share.
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Rice Lab@RiceLaboratory
10 Dec 2022
Drs. Harvey Alter and Charles Rice, 2020 Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine, acknowledged at the 2022 #Nobel ceremony. (2020 Nobel laureate Michael Houghton who shares the prize not pictured.) @NobelPrize
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Congratulations Jianrong Li - this is truly spectacular! news.osu.edu/2-health-scienc…

Ohio State fellows – National Academy of Inventors

Two Ohio State University health sciences professors have been elected as members of the National Academy of Inventors 2022 class of fellows.Jianrong Li, professor of virology in the College of...

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Center for host-pathogen interaction@mosconaporotto
1 Nov 2022
Includes discussion of antiviral research in our Center for host-pathogen interaction, spearheaded by Matteo Porotto. @DonnaFarber3 @wendybarclay11 @vsv512 nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Could a nose spray a day keep COVID away?

Nature - Scientists are working on fast-acting nasal sprays to block coronavirus infections — but formulating the sprays is a challenge.

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What an amazing woman. Seven decades of leadership - apolitical - through good times and bad. A global stateswoman.
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I am just boarding my return flight after 6 days of vacation. It was awesome to spend time with my parents and siblings. Judging by my email inbox I’m not watching the in flight movie 🤣. Time to prioritize!
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