Sam Speaks

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Yount Lab!

group picture of virology researchers from Ohio (Cleveland Clinic and Ohio State) who attended the Midwest Virology Meeting in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Midwest Virology Symposium this weekend at U Kentucky was one of the best conferences I've been to in years. The science and energy were awesome and we had a great group there from Ohio!

Check out my second, first author publication! A great story and collaboration with past and current members of the lab.

IFITM3-deficient mice as a model for testing influenza virus vaccines via the intramuscular route Influenza virus infections remain a significant global health concern. Development of a universal influenza vaccine has been met with challenges, in p…

Our new paper in collab with @hemannlab.bsky.social.
Shows IFITM3 KO mice that are more easily infected with most, if not all, influenza strains can be used for preclinical challenge studies to test vaccine candidates. 🫁🦠🥼💉https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X25007558

Great presentations today at the Autumn Immunology Conference by @jackroettger.bsky.social and @samuel-speaks.bsky.social from the Yount Lab!

#AIC2024 come visit my talk “GSDMD promotes influenza virus induced mortality through neutrophil amplification of inflammation” in workshop 6 (abstract 59) 🐁🦠

I finished my pre-clinical years of medical school yesterday. What a challenging 1.5 years. So glad I met some awesome people that made studying a little less difficult. Next stop: STEP 1 🫠

Very proud of the great talks my students Parker Denz and Samuel Speaks gave at the Autumn Immuno Conference this weekend in Chicago!