Associate Professor at IU School of Medicine. I'm a husband/father first, a virologist second...and probably an entertainer third.
Joined May 2016
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“Undergraduate teaching in the lab is like showing Dorn how to get in front of a ground ball. Teaching Cerrano how to hit a curve ball is graduate-level mentoring.”
Friday conversations with @americolopezy. If you know the reference, we should be friends.
It’s starting to feel real. But I’m excited that my son is officially going to IU on a full-ride academic scholarship.
It’s that annual time where I schedule “work” in the departmental conference room. #MarchMadness
Chris Robinson retweeted
Harvard scientists just shattered one of biology’s oldest rules.
We were taught:
Viruses can’t make their own proteins. They hijack yours. That’s why they’re “not alive.”
Except giant DNA viruses just crossed that line.
Researchers found they carry a full eukaryotic-style translation complex (vIF4F). Translation machinery.
Inside a virus. They can keep making proteins even under stress that shuts down normal viral replication.
If a virus brings its own protein-making tools…
Is it still just a parasite?
For decades we’ve drawn a clean boundary:
Cell = alive
Virus = not alive
Nature doesn’t care about our categories.
Maybe viruses aren’t just evolutionary side notes.
Maybe they helped build complex life.
Paper in Cell 👇
cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
Harvard news: cellbio.hms.harvard.edu/rece…
Chris Robinson retweeted
The P&T Chair saw his shadow, so if your up for tenure this year that’s six more years as an assistant professor.
Congratulations to Yu-chi on passing her Qualifying Exam! I’m excited to watch her continue to grow and develop into an excellent scientist. 🍾
