
Craig Forrest
@forrest_craig
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Simple country virologist studying gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis and now #COVID19 like everyone else. Views are mine. #friendofscience #scientist #lovevirology
Trapped in the Matrix
Joined October 2012
RT @LTK_KrugLab: Please RT & help spread the word š£š£š£ we are an energetic group at a great institution! Launch š your postgraduate career sā¦.
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To all of my #science colleagues who are fast editors and quick and efficient writers - I envy you.
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Check out super postdoc Shana Owensās @shanamichelle94 talk (W44-11) on a gammaherpesvirus protein that derails adaptive immune responses during #latency establishment #ASV2021
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Check out our collaboration with @LTK_KrugLab on #gammaherpesvirus #vaccine development today in a talk by @UAMSMicroImmuno PhD student Wes Bland @Tides_of_Fate in workshop 36 - talk 11 #ASV2021.
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RT @UAMSMicroImmuno: Check out this month's Microbiology & Immunology Spotlight featuring Steven Murdock from the @forrest_craig Lab! httpsā¦.
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RT @DamaniaLab: Today, @deankedes & I will host an American Society of Virology town hall session at 7pm EST.to answer questions about COVā¦.
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Realization from a group discussion of data/methods today - many people are uncomfortable with gray areas in data interpretations. Not every data set has binary/definitive conclusions - thatās perfectly fine. Just show ALL the data and tell me how you got there. #ScienceTwitter.
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#prouddad moment:.4 swims 4 wins in the AR 6A #highschoolswim state championship! So much fun to watch - esp coming from way back to win the 400 FR! Both womenās and menās teams are state runners up. #littlerockcentralhighschool @lrsd #swimdad #statechamp
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RT @LTK_KrugLab: #PostDoc position open in ā¦Krug lab ā¦@NIHā©! Use animal models to study & stop cancer-causing š¦ #herpesviruses. Stable fundā¦.
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Happy to announce a collaborative project with ā¦Wendy Nembhard of ā¦@UAMS_COPHā© ā¦@KarlB1117ā© and many others establishing a SeroNet project to evaluate humoral immunity in #COVID19 in Arkansas.
news.uams.edu
Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been awarded $1.3 million to study disparities in immune response to SARS-CoV-2, known as COVID-19, through serological...
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Check out our labās new paper in JV!Awesome postdoc ā¦@shanamichelle94ā© used genetic tricks to define when and where a GHV latency gene is important for colonizing a host. #lovevirology #herpes4life
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gammaherpesviruses (GHVs) are DNA tumor viruses that establish lifelong, chronic infections in lymphocytes of humans and other mammals. GHV infections are associated with numerous cancers, especially...
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Back to school during a pandemic - this is essentially a large scale viral transmission experiment using humans. The #scientist in me is curious what will happen. The #parent in me is honestly terrified. Please #WearAMask .Stay safe, friends!.
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RT @LTK_KrugLab: Gammaherpesviruses set up shop in B cells- but do they actively shape the antibody profile of the host cells they hold hosā¦.
mdpi.com
A common biologic property of the gammaherpesviruses EpsteināBarr Virus and Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus is their use of B lymphocytes as a reservoir of latency in healthy individuals that can undergo...
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Friends, this is NOT a parking lot. That is the line for #COVID drive-thru testing on campus - 6 cars wide right now!!! Before today, Iāve only seen 3 wide. Scary! Hereās the PSA:.#WearAMask .#WashYourHands .#StayAtHome if you can. Stay safe!
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Woohoo!!! š„³šš„.Congratulations to @shanamichelle94 on a successful #dissertation Zoom defense!!! Awesome job!.#herpes4life #lovevirology #PhDone .@UAMSMicroImmuno
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RT @UAMSMicroImmuno: Excited for tomorrow when @shanamichelle94 from the @forrest_craig lab will present her dissertation defense seminar!ā¦.
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