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Studying comparative genomics & evolution of neurotropic viruses & chronic infections, @CIDDPSU and @PSUScience. We value diversity in STEM & beyond. she/her

Pennsylvania State University
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
5 months
Those individuals based at government agencies such as NIH, CDC, FDA who are planning to submit abstracts for ASV 2025 should contact the ASV office (asv@asv.org) if current restrictions impact their on-time abstract submission.
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
5 months
One last reminder -- tomorrow is the last day to submit an abstract for ASV's annual meeting! We have a new, shorter schedule of just 4 awesome days -- July 14-17, 2025, in Montréal 🇨🇦. The ASV Program Committee is eagerly awaiting your excellent abstracts! ✍️.
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American Society for Virology
7 months
The 2025 American Society for Virology meeting will be hosted by McGill University and held at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada from July 14 - 17, 2025. Abstract submission, travel award apps, and registration are now open!
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
6 months
Heads up, virologists! ASV's annual meeting is going to Montréal 🇨🇦 in July 2025, and abstract submission closes in <3 weeks -- Monday Feb. 3rd!!! 🔬 🧬 The ASV Program Committee is eagerly awaiting your excellent abstracts! ✍️.
@AmerSocVirol
American Society for Virology
7 months
The 2025 American Society for Virology meeting will be hosted by McGill University and held at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada from July 14 - 17, 2025. Abstract submission, travel award apps, and registration are now open!
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
10 months
RT @maxewilkinson: My favourite discovery ever has just come online. Can I please tell you about some seriously wacky molecular biology? Th….
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
11 months
RT @firefoxx66: One of the reasons I've been quiet on Twitter for a few months is because I've been working on something big - something I'….
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
11 months
Check out this & other @PSUScience classes about #viruses here:
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
11 months
They enjoyed dissecting the science & #scicomm of #viruses in popular movies like Contagion & Outbreak, and real-world films like "Virus", about a Nipah outbreak in India. #lovevirology
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
11 months
Everyone found a song, poem or similar audio on #viruses. The students are way more dialed-in than me, and got me (a bit) caught up on pop-culture in the process:.
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
11 months
Excited to start classes next at #PennState, welcoming one & all to a new gen-ed (SC297G) where we look at #viruses in art, science, society, & more. Last year's class looked for viruses in music, & came up with gems like this one:
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
11 months
Feel free to reach out or DM me with any questions!.
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
11 months
Here is #4 of the new tenure-track faculty jobs @PSUScience and @PSUresearch. This one is in @BMB_PSU. Its theme is Genetics and Cellular & Developmental Biology. #Virology ties into all of these, so please apply!.
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
11 months
Here is @FacultyJobs ad # 3 of 4, all of which are part of @PSUScience -- which is an awesome place to do research! This one is in the Department of Biology, and its theme is Ecology: .
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
11 months
Part 2 for #virology & all #microbiology colleagues on the faculty job market: @BMB_PSU has a faculty ad open in Microbiology! Link #2 of 4 here (open topic): .
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
11 months
Calling all #virology and #microbiology friends who are on the faculty job market: @PennStateBio department & @BMB_PSU have multiple faculty openings with ads up now! Link #1 of 4 here -- this one's theme is Evolutionary Genomics (open topic): .
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
1 year
RT @sociovirology: The scientific program of #SocialViruses wraps up with a panel on Historical Perspectives in Sociovirology with Eugene K….
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
1 year
Exciting to kick off the Social Lives of Viruses meeting with @AsherLeeks and @sociovirology #socialviruses
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
1 year
RT @AmerSocVirol: Did you know ASV hosts specialized satellite symposia prior to the start of the annual meeting? This year topics include….
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
1 year
RT @huckinstitutes: Assistant Professor of Biology @nicoleacrowley has been appointed director of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute at….
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
1 year
RT @ASBMB: .@ASBMB members @BookerMan_PSU, @girirajan16 and @LlinasLab — all at @penn_state — received recent honors. Congrats, y’all! htt….
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Moriah Szpara (also at @szparalab.bsky.social)
1 year
Abstract submission for the biggest US-based meeting in virology #ASV2024 closes in under 3 weeks! ASV's Program Committtee is ready & excited to receive your abstracts, due by February 1!
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