Elgin Akin

Y3 PhD @johnshopkinsMMI with @andrewpekosz studying influenza host response 🦠 | formerly @UTKMicrobiology 🍊

[Michelle Wille @DuckSwabber]

How well do different HPAI vaccines perform in foie gras geese? Two vaccines (vector, RNA) required a booster dose, a subunit vaccine and two WIV vaccines induced seroconversion after primary vaccination. Vaccinated geese protected, reduced shedding.
👉https://t.co/rjYIEdZFoH

[Greg Folkers 🇺🇦☮️🇺🇸 @greg_folkers]

.@biorxivpreprint : Pathogenicity and transmissibility of bovine-derived HPAI #H5N1 B3.13 virus in pigs // Taeyong Kwon et al

https://t.co/vKdrLclfRg

[Jan Broder Engler @JanBroderEngler]

The #tidyplots paper is now published in @iMetaScience 🎉🥳🔥

Whenever you use tidyplots in your published work, consider citing https://t.co/n58lCO3Epv 🙏

#rstats #dataviz #phd

[Jan Broder Engler @JanBroderEngler]

This website showcases #tidyplots use cases, complete with data and code 🔥

https://t.co/Wvv6VbXlfy

#rstats #dataviz #phd

[Andrew Pekosz @andrewpekosz]

H5N1 is a promiscuous reassorter (did I just make a new word?) and replacing N1 with N9 probably eliminates some preexisting human population immunity, potentially increasing it's pandemic threat. Surveillance is critical to see how well this virus does.

[Molecular Microbiology and Immunology @JohnsHopkinsMMI]

We're sad to share that Diane Griffin, a pioneering infectious disease virologist, scientific leader & esteemed @JohnsHopkins Prof has passed away. She was a world-renowned #expert on #measles, #HIV & #malaria, w/accomplishments spanning 6 decades https://t.co/BQ2dQZlsxR

[Andrew Pekosz @andrewpekosz]

What happens when a former large animal vet (@meghandavisdvm ), a virologist (@andrewpekosz ) and a communications/podcaster/author (@sdesmon ) find each other in a zoom room? Well we discuss avian influenza infections in dairy cows of course!

[Kim Davis Lab @DavisLabJHU]

I got promoted!! 😀 Thanks so much to all my past and current lab members, this wouldn't be possible without all of your hard work! Thank you to my previous (& current) mentors, I appreciate all of your support so much! @WeiserLabNYU @IsbergRalph @andrewpekosz @sabraklein1998

[Katerina Roznik @katroznik]

Excited to share that our paper on MIS-C pathogenesis is coming soon! @JIDJournal #COVIDresearch @AndreaCoxMDPhD

[Elgin Akin @CXCLGIN]

Check out our work on Influenza B host response! Incredible effort started by @joleannawilson and @andrewpekosz.

[Andrew Pekosz @andrewpekosz]

Our latest on Influenza B Virus is out. Similar replication kinetics but very different transcriptional induction of IFN-related genes between Victoria and Yamagata Lineages in Human Nasal Epithelial Cell Cultures @CXCLGIN @CEIRRNetwork @joleannawilson https://t.co/NphBtsrjmJ

[Andrew Pekosz @andrewpekosz]

Another @CEIRRNetwork manuscript with @joleannawilson and @CXCLGIN looking at differences between influenza B virus Victoria and Yamagata lineage infection of human nasal epithelial cell cultures https://t.co/0emsspLHCt

[Andrew Pekosz @andrewpekosz]

Lots of new vaccines and recommendations for the fall, with RSV vaccines for the elderly and a new COVID vax formulation leading the way!

[Andrew Pekosz @andrewpekosz]

If you are at #ASV2023 and interested in influenza, temperature and mitochondria, come to Grant's poster P1-55 tonight!!!

[~~~ @Jillo_matic]

Really happy to work on such an exciting project for the first paper of my PhD!!