I’m pleased to announce my transition to Chair of the Department of Microbiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. As part of this role, we’re recruiting two junior faculty for 2025, focusing on infection biology. Learn more and apply:

Curious how the scientific community feels about quality vs quantity as it relates to grant submissions. Given how a single reviewer's opinion can mean the difference between funded or not, which strategy is better? #GrantWriting #Research #Reviewer3isTheWorst

Love the cross-talk between development and innate defenses. Examples include antiviral RNAi being repurposed for developmental miRNA biology, or conversely, developmental TLRs being repurposed for defense. Now we see TLR9 also contributing to memory

Another win for gene therapy. Given the recent successes for the field in the last few years, I think the community should embrace these wins and stop focussing on the failures of the past.

Introducing the newest member of team tenOever. Who knew high throughput robotic RNA sequencing could be so adorable.

@wanderer_jasnah Yes, apparently someone had nothing better to do with their time and I’m rarely on the platform so didn’t notice till now.

While not cited, this group corroborated our published work showing that #LongCovid patients demonstrate a sustained interferon signature in the olfactory bulb (which can also be seen in the golden hamster model of long COVID). vs

@florian_krammer @CMarizzi How could any lab compete with that biobus!

Thrilled to share our first collab with one of my many amazing @nyulangone colleagues, @JefBoeke, describing an innovative approach to create Genetically Engineered Mouse Models (GEMMs) used here to render mice naturally susceptible to #SARSCoV2.

Looking to establish your own virus-based research program? Apply to the Virology Institute of NYU. Appreciate all amazing CVs received so far. Interview invitations going out at the end of the month. Let's make groundbreaking viral research together!

Such a great meeting. A community of scientists who share a passion for RNA and virus biology. Beautiful science, thoughtful questions, and lots of informative discussions. #EMBOeukRNA23

It was an honor to be on @DoctorRadio today with @DrMarcSiegel. Thank you for the opportunity to discuss what I love the most - viruses. #LoveVirology @SiriusXM

Sometimes, the best defense against infection is a clever decoy. Kudos to my amazing colleague Ned @landaulab_nyu for his groundbreaking work on developing an ACE2 decoy as a therapeutic for all variants of #SARSCoV2. See write-up @NIH

Looking to start (or move) a virology-based research program to NYC? Consider applying to the VIRION. We are looking for candidates interested in tool building, virus-host interactions, or fundamental virology. To apply, see

New study from the lab showing how a delayed IFN-I response enables #SARSCoV2 viremia, possibly explaining non-pulmonary symptomatology, including #LongCOVID. Beautiful work by @LuciaCarrau et al.

Stay tuned for more #COVID insights informed by our hamster model including #COVIDToe and conditions that result in #SARSCoV2 viremia.

Excited to join former Maniatis members in celebrating Tom's birthday at this event. Tom is an exceptional mentor, a champion for his trainees, and an amazing scientist. The world definitely needs more Toms to continue inspiring future generations of researchers.

RT @LomvardasLab: Join us in this journey to the birth of molecular biology through the history of the one and onl…

Our latest research with @VannaZachariou sheds light on the neurological impacts of non-infectious #SARS-CoV-2 RNA deposition in the dorsal root ganglia - shedding light on a possible driver of #NeuroPASC. Amazing work by @ra_serafini and @Justin_Frere

@casanova_lab Viruses of our present time maybe... Other ISGs may reflect defenses to older viruses. Supported by Trim5 alpha and retroviruses.