Jeremy Kamil
[He, him.] CMV virologist exploring how viruses
enter cells and other tricky mischief (lately, of the glycoimmune-centric variety). University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. My posts here are my own speech, not my employer’s. #LoveVirology #Glycotime
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilMy quote of the day We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. Carl Sagan
- 📰 A few years ago I saved to my iPhone home screen (as an icon) this “text only” #News Feed from NPR @npr.org. It hasn’t disappointed. Highly recommend getting your news sans ads & graphics/ advertising bs. #ProTip here’s the link text.npr.org
- Reposted by Jeremy Kamil"I hear the anger from many of my constituents" Contacting lawmakers works. Red district or blue district, state or federal, it doesn't matter: if you oppose this, tell them
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilWife and I in tears reading this…
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilThe killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilSo important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilA reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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- Reposted by Jeremy KamilWOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment "I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to assess the victim. At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilPretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry. It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilThe NYT clearly states in its reporting that the federal government's version of events is contradicted by videos of the shooting today. Here is @melodyschreiber.com piece on the victim, a VA nurse who worked in the ICU www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilNEWS: Minnesota investigators just said they were unable to do any work on the scene where Border Patrol agents shot and killed a US citizen. They even went so far as to obtain a search warrant, and DHS still blocked their access to the scene.
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- Reposted by Jeremy Kamil🦠My latest: RFK's new CDC appointee shrugs off the potential loss of the U.S.’ measles-elimination status and deflects blame to other countries. “It’s just the cost of doing business with our borders being somewhat porous.” @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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- Reposted by Jeremy KamilWhether or not you agree with the the views here, this is an insightful interview.
- “The system of funding science is fundamentally broken. In some respects, it’s been an unmitigated disaster. It was a house of cards, and it’s not surprising that it’s now falling apart.” -Mike Lauer, former director of extramural research 🧪 www.statecraft.pub/p/whats-wron...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilSo when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact. When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilFascinating research on a terrifying disease: Turns out boring old albumin, the most abundant protein in our blood, plays a crucial role in protecting us from being eaten alive by “black fungus” mucormycosis #IDsky 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilThe first rule of Science Fight Club is that you should all talk about Science Figure Club...
- 2025 sucked. In 2026, we are taking back our science! We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club. Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action. open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
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- Reposted by Jeremy KamilAre you trying to tell me that Naked Doritos aren't going to make up for not having vaccines?
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilMultidisciplinary training, over time, produces the highest impact people www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilThis week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7°C by 2027. And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should. #climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilThese are our most impressive institutions and crucial for our survival as a people and a species.
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilOur🥶COOLNESS paper to date is finally published! Ice cold and lithium dramatically delay forgetting (extend memory) in C. elegans. Why? read all about it! 👇 rdcu.be/eVhn2
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilThis is exactly right - if it's already at the stage where Vought is tweeting out the hit, no downside to pushing back. Every climate journalist or science organizer in the country has a job to do tonight. Someone at NSF has to carry this order out, and it can very much be gummed up if not stopped
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilAnother insane move from the Trump regime. One of NCAR's contributions to climate science is the development of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), which is used by researchers worldwide. Here's a simulation of air-sea CO₂ fluxes from CESM.
- Reposted by Jeremy Kamil“The influenza season has begun roughly four weeks earlier than in previous seasons. At least 27 of the 38 countries in the WHO European Region reporting data are now seeing high or very high influenza activity.” @whoeurope.bsky.social warning of an intense, early flu season #IDsky 🧪
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- Reposted by Jeremy KamilTurned to a random page in this biography of Maurice Hilleman and look what I found
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilConfused by all the histones that are cropping up in organisms that are decidedly NOT eukaryotes? check out our review - fantastic work by team NucEvo in the #Lugerlab The Expanding Histone Universe: Histone-Based DNA Organization in Noneukaryotic Organisms - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilI remember talking ~shingles in class and thinking, “I could probably handle the pain”… In my 40s, shingles emerged in my hairline and spread across my face. I’m here to tell you, it hurt like a mother&^%er, and that was before it spread to my eye. People can go blind from it. Get the vaccine.
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilVaccines are good for you.
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilWe love Gingkos. This is a fun explainer about why they drop all their leaves at once. I have been watching UNC's Davie Hall tree for several years--this year the leaf drop was early this week! www.facebook.com/reel/1697871...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilPediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilSince 2005, the number of wild and domesticated birds H5N1 has killed is greater than the combined human populations of the U.S. and Russia. On this week's episode, why this version of avian influenza won’t go away. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/flu...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilThis seems like a crazy important story that is getting very little coverage here - especially if it destabilizes the regime
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilThe official CDC website on autism and vaccines is now a screed of cherry-picked data and conspiratorial thinking claiming that actually vaccines *might* cause autism. This is where we’re at folks… 🧪
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilYikes yikes yikes 😟
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilUnprincipled and weak. The murder of journalists is perhaps the single most direct violation of the right to freedom of speech. (1/2)
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilPrashant Singh in the lab of Tina Iverson at Vanderbilt published this image of the bacterial 🦠flagellar motor, a detailed molecular model made possibly by CryoEM 🔬. The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilHighly pathogenic H5N5 avian flu has mostly been detected in wild birds and transmitted from Europe to N. America by pelagic seabirds. Mammals (seals, walrus, cats) have been infected, but this is the 1st documented human case. Some have a PB2-E627K mutation known to facilitate mammalian adaptation.
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilThe New York Times won’t use the word but we should because it’s obvious: right wing political influencers aren’t just ‘close to’ the administration — they are its propagandists in the most literal sense of that word. They financially benefit from access & loyalty. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilThis interview by @aliroginpbs.bsky.social with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is a masterclass. It should be taught in j-schools and she should receive a medal for it. Here are just a few of the things she does while making it all look easy: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
- 🧪 🦠 Prefusion structure, evasion and neutralization of HSV-1 glycoprotein B www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilHundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
- One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilMy quote of the day As I reflect on my life, I recognize that our greatest achievements often arise from our most profound struggles. Embrace challenges and view failures as opportunities for growth. It is through these trials that we learn, adapt, and ultimately succeed. Marie Curie
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilRemarkable new insights into the archaea that are some of the closest relatives of the ancestral cell that became us! 🧪
- An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- “As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children” #USAID www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
- Reposted by Jeremy Kamil🚨 NEW: The majority holder of the world's genetic sequence data is a bad actor who can cut off access to critics and competing services. We've tolerated this for years, and now it threatens the pandemic treaty. Time for WHO to step in. With @ctrlalttim.com: www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/to-f...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilOn Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
- Reposted by Jeremy Kamiloh my god lmfao
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilYesterday I was discussing the intractibility of glioblastoma with a neuroscience colleague--this could be transformative 🧪
- An extraordinary result for ipilimumab immunotherapy given as a first line therapy for glioblastoma share.google/485XFZxmBm26...
- Reposted by Jeremy KamilGreat lab, great mentor and I love UNC Biology!
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- Reposted by Jeremy KamilHaving a PhD means you can find the word “unfortunately” in an email faster that the search function
