To all aspiring young #WomenInSTEM: Mentee: Should I avoid being pregnant while trying to secure a faculty position? Me: Be pregnant & go on interviews. If they don’t welcome you with open arms and offer childcare options, they don’t deserve you. #KnowYourWorth

Varicella-zoster virus reactivation (shingles) is linked to an increased risk of dementia, based on health records of >100 million people in the US, adding to many other studies demonstrating this link. Vaccination reduces this risk. #Alzheimer #Herpes https://t.co/51A4AZGxiJ

Helft uns gemeinsam mit @weandmecfs die ME/CFS Biobank an der MedUni Wien unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Eva Untersmayr-Elsenhuber zu finanzieren. Für beschleunigte Forschung, Internationale Kooperation &Diagnose und Therapie! #mecfs #longcovid #research https://t.co/5EEel0t6eM

Dr. Akiko Iwasaki @VirusesImmunity spoke to @AmerMedicalAssn about Long COVID. This video is a great primer for your providers, employers, family and friends to better understand LC. Please share!💙 https://t.co/kqKmGekmNp

コロナ後遺症「ブレインフォグ」克服の糸口につながる研究結果 患者の脳を分析「アンパ受容体」の密度が健常者より高いと判明 横浜市立大学病院 新たな... https://t.co/n2VEvsM3yQ via @YouTube @VirusesImmunity @SystemsVirology 🧐

This interview with Yale's Akiko Iwasaki about Long COVID has more than 1.3K views at this point:

1) A major genetic study on fibromyalgia just came out with DNA samples from 50.000 patients and 2.5 million controls. Most of the hits point to the brain and several implicated genes (RABGAP1L, OLFM4, DCC) were also found in the DecodeME study on ME/CFS.

Thanks to @VirusesImmunity for talking with me yesterday about Long COVID, the recent Keystone Symposium, the debate over viral persistence, and more. Here's our interview:

"There is a fundamental inability in some people to clear the virus in the acute phase" — @VirusesImmunity at the @HHSGov roundtable on #LongCovid last week. She outlines the fundamental drivers of LC, and recommends strategies to address the root cause of symptoms👇

Thank you, @keio_university, for this incredible honor. Thank you to my lab family, my collaborators, patients, and everyone who made this possible. We are committed to developing mucosal vaccines and searching for causes and treatments for post-acute infection syndromes. (end)

Canada and the US provided me with the opportunity to pursue my dream of becoming a scientist and the freedom to follow my curiosity with the most advanced tools and a collaborative environment. I truly hope such opportunities will continue to exist for future immigrants. (3/)

This honor belongs to my mother who fought for women’s workplace rights, to my father who encouraged me to pursue science, to my mentors who believed in me, the incredible team I work with to tackle COVID and Long COVID, and the patients who inspire us to keep going. (2/)

I’m overwhelmed with profound gratitude. I became the first female Japanese scientist to receive the Keio Medical Science Prize in its 30-year history 🙏🏼 #KeioMedicalSciencePrize #WomenInSTEM #Immunology Also, huge congratulations to @brangwynnelab! https://t.co/HpSAl6OaDF

Congrats, @VirusesImmunity. Grateful for all you do for us.

Prof Iwasaki at the HHS LC Roundtable yesterday💙

🥇 @VirusesImmunity’s work focuses on antiviral immunity and viral disease pathogenesis, with the goal of developing and improving vaccines and therapies.

🎉 Congratulations to HHMI Investigators Clifford Brangwynne & Akiko Iwasaki, winners of the 30th annual Keio Medical Science Prize. This international prize, awarded by @KeioGlobal, honors scientists who have made major contributions to the fields of medical or life sciences.

慶応医学賞に米エール大学・岩崎明子教授らが選ばれる。 岩崎氏は新型コロナウイルスの後遺症の仕組みを解明した。#コロナ後遺症 は長期にわたって倦怠（けんたい）感や息切れなどが続き、「世界的な課題」だ。 https://t.co/cEXNUMfyzw @VirusesImmunity @k_hirahata @ygjumi @yosuke_owa

Great to see @VirusesImmunity at this Roundtable. Was super frustrated when they skipped her in introductions. Love that she jumped in. :) She’s such an asset, especially at that table, and should be treated as such. 💙

@SecKennedy @RogerMarshallMD @DrMakaryFDA @NIHDirector_Jay @LongCFoundation @PutrinoLab @DrBobRedfield51 @NIH @Invivyd @polybioRF @brucep13 @MichaelPelusoMD @ARPAHealth It sounds like some real news was just made today by @SecKennedy @HHSGov: it appears @ARPAHealth WILL now take on #LongCOVID for the first time, after two years of patient advocacy & outreach! A huge testament to our Hill partners & community engagement. #HHSLongCOVID 14/x

#GVN hosted a panel discussion on #LongCOVID at the @KeystoneSymp on 8/12/25. Calling for collaboration, Dr. Akiko Iwasaki (@VirusesImmunity @YaleCII @YaleMed @HHMINEWS) said, “We need a common repository where we can put in whatever data we may have.” #KSLongCOVID26