@MicrobeExplorer

Chief of Science & Assoc. Curator of Microbiology at the California Academy of Sciences; Microbial Diversity and Virus Evolution; Dengue, Zika, Hantavirus

 San Francisco
Joined May 2014
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Claude the Albino Alligator Is Curing Our Collective Anxiety With His Livestream vice.com/en/article/claude-t…

Claude the Albino Alligator Is Curing Our Collective Anxiety With His Livestream

Meet Claude, San Francisco’s beloved albino alligator—now available to stream live from the comfort of your anxiety cave.

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I’m going, too!
Luiz Rocha, PhD@CoralReefFish1 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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⚠️ 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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Luiz Rocha, PhD@CoralReefFish20 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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November 6, 2024 open.substack.com/pub/heathe…
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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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"mothing" is a great way to celebrate the Halloween season!
Scott D. Sampson@DrScottSampson1 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…

Column | Why you just might fall in love with moths

How “mothing” may be the best way to discover new species in your own backyard.

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#cop16 #cnc #citynaturechallenge ⁦@RebaFay⁩ ⁦@alisonkestrel⁩ leaders in getting involved with and for biodiversity!
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#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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Eva Harris@HarrisProgram16 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

Obesity Is Associated With Increased Pediatric Dengue Virus Infection and Disease: A 9-Year Cohort...

We describe a doubling in the prevalence of obesity in a cohort of 5940 Nicaraguan children followed over 9 years. Children with obesity were more likely t

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Such a warm welcome and wonderful new colleagues!
Neelika Malavige@GMalavige27 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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@calacademy - using science to save corals!
Pim Bongaerts@pimbongaerts22 Dec 2023
Our lab has just returned from 3 wks in Curacao resurveying our monitoring sites during the ongoing coral bleaching event. Despite the heartbreak of witnessing the reefs' deterioration and the loss of century-old colonies, there were also hopeful signs of recovery and resilience
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iNaturalist@inaturalist4 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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Luiz Rocha, PhD@CoralReefFish4 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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I look forward to working with you more and more, as a colleague and friend! Congratulations, Dr Nyathi!
Sindiso Nyathi@sindiso_n28 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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NameGoesHere@RheumEpi29 Nov 2023
Replying to @sindiso_n @LaBeaud_Lab @morde @KristinSainani @MicrobeExplorer @JasonAndrewsMD
Well done Sindiso! A big congrats Dr. Nyathi!!
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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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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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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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Lauren Esposito@ArachnologyNerd29 Oct 2023
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California Academy of Sciences@calacademy29 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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