Julian Smith

Postdoc in the @avgousti_lab @fredhutch | Ph.D. from @UW_Immunology | He/his.

[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

@SenBillCassidy Are you going to investigate it with the same veracity as you did RFK Jr? If so just sit back and collect your pay check cause you’re unnecessary.

[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

@JDVance Shut up you class traitor.

[Emmanuelle Genoyer @immunuelle]

Thrilled to announce I'm joining the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in January 2026! My lab will study RNA virus-host interactions with a particular focus on the spatial regulation of viral replication and innate immune activation.

[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

@nadjsombati @AlanaWelm @jakob_moltke @JCChildsFund So cool! Congrats Marija!

[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

Do you ever wonder which viral RNAs are sensed during an infection? Well @immunuelle did! Check out this awesome work and find out what the answer is here!👇

[Emmanuelle Genoyer @immunuelle]

Excited to share my postdoc work from the Gale lab!

We asked where/what vRNAs are sensed during WNV infection. Turns out low levels of -vRNAs make their way into the cytoplasm during egress to be sensed by RIG-I and their accumulation underlies heterogeneous immune activation!

[bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv_micrbio]

Exposure of negative-sense viral RNA in the cytoplasm initiates innate immunity to West Nile virus https://t.co/05Dk315mIG #biorxiv_micrbio

[Andy Vaughan also on bluesky @vaughandy]

For the love of God people just do some experiments, enough with the single cell seq atlases

[Tina Termini @CterminiPhD]

The UW graduate student union has been renegotiating their contracts for 3 months. UW failed to address wage increases & student protections while increasing healthcare premiums from $0/year to $1100/year!

Faculty: please sign to support students: https://t.co/gpyXza9VYJ

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

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[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

Me doing my silly little experiments:

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

Becoming a postdoc after complaining for 4 years during your PhD

[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

@Snyderses @wwu_bio_dept Congrats Annelise! Excited for you and all the future trainees that get to learn from you! Best of luck.

[Nandan Gokhale @nandangokhale]

Fantastic joint lab holiday party with the Ram, Blanco-Melo, Jordan, and Hyde labs featuring Science Family Feud between the PhD and not-yet-PhD families hosted by @immunuelle and @JulianRSmith!!! The not-yet-PhD family won…

[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

Very cool to see this amazing work go live! Congrats @nandangokhale et al.!

[Nandan Gokhale @nandangokhale]

m7GpppNm - VERY EXCITED to share my postdoctoral work in with @RamlabUW, now out @bioRxiv. We found that cellular RNA interacts with MAVS, the adaptor protein of the RIG-I-like receptor pathway, to promote antiviral signaling. "🧵":

https://t.co/Ik5yYQsLaP

[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

@DAgalliu @FGarrettiPhD @ConnorMonahan8 @NeuroCellPress Congrats to all! This looks like a wonderful story, can’t wait to read it.

[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

Woohooo!! Paper is out on @CellReports. Congrats @adforu lab and Ram Lab! Special shout out to @dowlja11 for all the hard work!

[Dr. Adriana Forero @adforu]

The lab’s first publication in @CellReports! We show that loss of MEF2A elicits R-loop accumulation and IFN production. R-loop associated molecules, ATR and DDX41, are required for the activation of STING. https://t.co/qiqqwd2NOm

[Dr. Adriana Forero @adforu]

The lab’s first publication in @CellReports! We show that loss of MEF2A elicits R-loop accumulation and IFN production. R-loop associated molecules, ATR and DDX41, are required for the activation of STING. https://t.co/qiqqwd2NOm

[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

@nandangokhale I say let the emails fly whenever! I will simply not look at it until I’m ready.

[Julian Smith @JulianRSmith]

@TheHornerLab Thank you!