Congrats to John Bonanni @bananascallops.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry for his collection, RETROVIROLOGY, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social!
UPP will publish RETROVIROLOGY in the Fall 2026:
www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests...
UPP will publish RETROVIROLOGY in the Fall 2026:
www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests...
October 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Congrats to John Bonanni @bananascallops.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry for his collection, RETROVIROLOGY, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social!
UPP will publish RETROVIROLOGY in the Fall 2026:
www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests...
UPP will publish RETROVIROLOGY in the Fall 2026:
www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests...
so I have some news
August 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
so I have some news
Virologist Charlotte Friend (b. #OTD in 1921) proved viruses could cause cancer (1957) & revolutionized virology (& helped define modern retrovirology).
She later pioneered differentiation therapy, showing cancer cells could be "reverted" to health, defining a new path to treat cancer. #WomenInSTEM
She later pioneered differentiation therapy, showing cancer cells could be "reverted" to health, defining a new path to treat cancer. #WomenInSTEM
March 11, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Virologist Charlotte Friend (b. #OTD in 1921) proved viruses could cause cancer (1957) & revolutionized virology (& helped define modern retrovirology).
She later pioneered differentiation therapy, showing cancer cells could be "reverted" to health, defining a new path to treat cancer. #WomenInSTEM
She later pioneered differentiation therapy, showing cancer cells could be "reverted" to health, defining a new path to treat cancer. #WomenInSTEM
COVER REVEAL
We're thrilled to share the cover for retrovirology by @bananascallops.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
Details and preorders are now available on our website: upittpress.org/books/978082...
We're thrilled to share the cover for retrovirology by @bananascallops.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
Details and preorders are now available on our website: upittpress.org/books/978082...
April 8, 2026 at 1:48 PM
COVER REVEAL
We're thrilled to share the cover for retrovirology by @bananascallops.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
Details and preorders are now available on our website: upittpress.org/books/978082...
We're thrilled to share the cover for retrovirology by @bananascallops.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
Details and preorders are now available on our website: upittpress.org/books/978082...
Dr. JoAnn Leong is a pioneer. One of the mothers of retrovirology. Her name belongs alongside Montagnier, Barré-Sinoussi, Gallo, and Levy. Her impact is real—and deserves the recognition history hasn’t fully given her.
#WomenInSTEM #AAPIinSTEM #ScienceHistory #HIVAIDS #Virology #PrideMonth
#WomenInSTEM #AAPIinSTEM #ScienceHistory #HIVAIDS #Virology #PrideMonth
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dr. JoAnn Leong is a pioneer. One of the mothers of retrovirology. Her name belongs alongside Montagnier, Barré-Sinoussi, Gallo, and Levy. Her impact is real—and deserves the recognition history hasn’t fully given her.
#WomenInSTEM #AAPIinSTEM #ScienceHistory #HIVAIDS #Virology #PrideMonth
#WomenInSTEM #AAPIinSTEM #ScienceHistory #HIVAIDS #Virology #PrideMonth
Medical Express highlights a new GVN release on the 50th anniversary of IL-2, a discovery by Dr. Robert Gallo and colleagues that helped establish human retrovirology, advance HIV research, and pave the way for modern cancer immunotherapy.
Read: https://ow.ly/OhA450ZOs8Y
Read: https://ow.ly/OhA450ZOs8Y
September 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Medical Express highlights a new GVN release on the 50th anniversary of IL-2, a discovery by Dr. Robert Gallo and colleagues that helped establish human retrovirology, advance HIV research, and pave the way for modern cancer immunotherapy.
Read: https://ow.ly/OhA450ZOs8Y
Read: https://ow.ly/OhA450ZOs8Y
Happy pub day to retrovirology by John Bonanni! @bananascallops.bsky.social
retrovirology is the winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
Now available everywhere: upittpress.org/books/978082...
retrovirology is the winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
Now available everywhere: upittpress.org/books/978082...
September 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Happy pub day to retrovirology by John Bonanni! @bananascallops.bsky.social
retrovirology is the winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
Now available everywhere: upittpress.org/books/978082...
retrovirology is the winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
Now available everywhere: upittpress.org/books/978082...
I know it’s the Internet & everyone is a doctor who went to Google university, but can people fuck right off with unsolicited (medical) advice?
I was a molecular biologist, & worked on human retrovirology research, & I have a team of actual doctors supervising & instructing my post Covid care.
Shush
I was a molecular biologist, & worked on human retrovirology research, & I have a team of actual doctors supervising & instructing my post Covid care.
Shush
August 1, 2023 at 1:59 PM
I know it’s the Internet & everyone is a doctor who went to Google university, but can people fuck right off with unsolicited (medical) advice?
I was a molecular biologist, & worked on human retrovirology research, & I have a team of actual doctors supervising & instructing my post Covid care.
Shush
I was a molecular biologist, & worked on human retrovirology research, & I have a team of actual doctors supervising & instructing my post Covid care.
Shush
It is a great sadness to hear of Robin’s passing.
He was one of the finest virologists of all time and contributed immeasurably to the field of HIV/retrovirology.
He was a key mentor for a vast number of leading virologists and cancer researchers. And great fun!
So many of us owe him our careers
He was one of the finest virologists of all time and contributed immeasurably to the field of HIV/retrovirology.
He was a key mentor for a vast number of leading virologists and cancer researchers. And great fun!
So many of us owe him our careers
Very sad to hear of the death of Robin Weiss FRS - a great virologist, research leader and mentor in whose lab I learned molecular biology. A wonderfully kind and morally attuned man.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_W...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_W...
March 3, 2026 at 9:07 AM
It is a great sadness to hear of Robin’s passing.
He was one of the finest virologists of all time and contributed immeasurably to the field of HIV/retrovirology.
He was a key mentor for a vast number of leading virologists and cancer researchers. And great fun!
So many of us owe him our careers
He was one of the finest virologists of all time and contributed immeasurably to the field of HIV/retrovirology.
He was a key mentor for a vast number of leading virologists and cancer researchers. And great fun!
So many of us owe him our careers
Thanks so much for giving retrovirology some love in yr latest newsletter, @pshares.bsky.social
September 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Thanks so much for giving retrovirology some love in yr latest newsletter, @pshares.bsky.social
🪡 Over the next few weeks we’ll spotlight new releases from UPP’s Pitt Poetry Series, starting with "retrovirology".
Bonani resurrects Queer elders, weaving AIDS history with a rural childhood.
bit.ly/3TGTJhp
@upittpress.bsky.social
@bananascallops.bsky.social
Bonani resurrects Queer elders, weaving AIDS history with a rural childhood.
bit.ly/3TGTJhp
@upittpress.bsky.social
@bananascallops.bsky.social
August 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM
🪡 Over the next few weeks we’ll spotlight new releases from UPP’s Pitt Poetry Series, starting with "retrovirology".
Bonani resurrects Queer elders, weaving AIDS history with a rural childhood.
bit.ly/3TGTJhp
@upittpress.bsky.social
@bananascallops.bsky.social
Bonani resurrects Queer elders, weaving AIDS history with a rural childhood.
bit.ly/3TGTJhp
@upittpress.bsky.social
@bananascallops.bsky.social
I had the great honour of being invited to speak at the Cold Spring Harbor Retroviruses Meeting in New York last week!
#CSHRetroviruses #Retrovirology #Research
#CSHRetroviruses #Retrovirology #Research
May 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I had the great honour of being invited to speak at the Cold Spring Harbor Retroviruses Meeting in New York last week!
#CSHRetroviruses #Retrovirology #Research
#CSHRetroviruses #Retrovirology #Research
yeah I've got various combinations of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (and accompanying acronyms), bias crime, concealed carry, PPO, retrovirology, and the true horror: turducken
October 5, 2023 at 12:30 AM
yeah I've got various combinations of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (and accompanying acronyms), bias crime, concealed carry, PPO, retrovirology, and the true horror: turducken
Happy to share our new paper on retroviruses in amphibians - a labour of love for our team @unswbabs.bsky.social with Prof. Peter White.
We explore 102 amphibian species to understand what type of retroviruses infect them and their evolution, highlights below 🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We explore 102 amphibian species to understand what type of retroviruses infect them and their evolution, highlights below 🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Transcriptome mining reveals diversity and evolution of circulating and endogenous amphibian retroviruses - Retrovirology
Background The evolutionary history of retroviruses and their impact on vertebrate evolution remains poorly understood, particularly in non-mammalian hosts. In this study, we explore retroviruses asso...
link.springer.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Happy to share our new paper on retroviruses in amphibians - a labour of love for our team @unswbabs.bsky.social with Prof. Peter White.
We explore 102 amphibian species to understand what type of retroviruses infect them and their evolution, highlights below 🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We explore 102 amphibian species to understand what type of retroviruses infect them and their evolution, highlights below 🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 12, 2024 at 5:09 AM
heyhey my book, retrovirology, has a due date! It will be birthed from my loins (and from the loins of the printer) on September 15, 2026 through @upittpress.bsky.social DM me if you want to 1. read together, 2. talk about queer docupoetics, 3. need an ARC, or 4. just nerd out about poetry #booksky
March 31, 2026 at 10:34 PM
heyhey my book, retrovirology, has a due date! It will be birthed from my loins (and from the loins of the printer) on September 15, 2026 through @upittpress.bsky.social DM me if you want to 1. read together, 2. talk about queer docupoetics, 3. need an ARC, or 4. just nerd out about poetry #booksky
"A" base pairings increase the sensitivity to any mismatches or weird bases mis-incorporated into the genome, producing more non-functional genomes.
In this sense, HIV embraces its own failure: it's balanced to produce errors, discard them, and be satisfied with only 5% success.
In this sense, HIV embraces its own failure: it's balanced to produce errors, discard them, and be satisfied with only 5% success.
The biased nucleotide composition of the HIV genome: a constant factor in a highly variable virus - Retrovirology
Viruses often deviate from their hosts in the nucleotide composition of their genomes. The RNA genome of the lentivirus family of retroviruses, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), contains e...
retrovirology.biomedcentral.com
October 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
"A" base pairings increase the sensitivity to any mismatches or weird bases mis-incorporated into the genome, producing more non-functional genomes.
In this sense, HIV embraces its own failure: it's balanced to produce errors, discard them, and be satisfied with only 5% success.
In this sense, HIV embraces its own failure: it's balanced to produce errors, discard them, and be satisfied with only 5% success.
When I was trying to book out readings for retrovirology, I found Boston and the surrounding area a tough nut to crack--lots of 'waitlists' anyway. thank you @keychanged.bsky.social for getting me on this lineup with three powerhouses. Looking forward to 10/2!
Four amazing poets I know have published books this past year: I can’t think of a better reason to celebrate, so meet me at @allshewrotebks.bsky.social on Oct 2 to hear @bananascallops.bsky.social @mrmack88.bsky.social @toshines.bsky.social and Danielle Jones read & chat about their new collections!
September 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
When I was trying to book out readings for retrovirology, I found Boston and the surrounding area a tough nut to crack--lots of 'waitlists' anyway. thank you @keychanged.bsky.social for getting me on this lineup with three powerhouses. Looking forward to 10/2!
The abstract deadline for #RetroPATH2025 is approaching! Submit by Aug 15 to join the international retrovirology community in Tübingen, Oct 6–9. Details & submission: evis.events/event/469/
#Retroviruses #HERVs
#Retroviruses #HERVs
August 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The abstract deadline for #RetroPATH2025 is approaching! Submit by Aug 15 to join the international retrovirology community in Tübingen, Oct 6–9. Details & submission: evis.events/event/469/
#Retroviruses #HERVs
#Retroviruses #HERVs
"It reaches for the dead as if distance were not an abstraction but a surface the poetry could press against." Floored. And so grateful to Juliet Leary at the Provincetown Independent for writing such a deep, attentive review of my book. provincetownindependent.org/arts-minds/2...
To Tell It Right - The Provincetown Independent
In the opening poem of John Bonanni’s retrovirology, the dead are close enough to touch. The title names a class of viruses to which HIV belongs, but Bonanni is interested […]
provincetownindependent.org
September 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
"It reaches for the dead as if distance were not an abstraction but a surface the poetry could press against." Floored. And so grateful to Juliet Leary at the Provincetown Independent for writing such a deep, attentive review of my book. provincetownindependent.org/arts-minds/2...
Dr. Robert C. Gallo, co-discoverer of HIV as the cause of AIDS and founder of the #USFHealth Institute for Translational Virology & Innovation, will speak at GVN's Global Guardians program on the discovery of retroviruses on July 23rd.
#GVN #GlobalGuardians #Retrovirology
#GVN #GlobalGuardians #Retrovirology
July 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Dr. Robert C. Gallo, co-discoverer of HIV as the cause of AIDS and founder of the #USFHealth Institute for Translational Virology & Innovation, will speak at GVN's Global Guardians program on the discovery of retroviruses on July 23rd.
#GVN #GlobalGuardians #Retrovirology
#GVN #GlobalGuardians #Retrovirology
Überblick über potenzielle Verbindungen zwischen dem menschlichen Mikrobiom und #HIV- Virusreservoiren in verschiedenen Körperkompartimenten (z.B. Darm, Lunge, Blut) - wichtig für die Heilungsforschung
Exploring potential associations between the human microbiota and reservoir of latent HIV - Retrovirology
Background The rapid establishment and persistence of latent HIV-1 reservoirs is one of the main obstacles towards an HIV cure. While antiretroviral therapy supresses viral replication, it does not er...
retrovirology.biomedcentral.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Überblick über potenzielle Verbindungen zwischen dem menschlichen Mikrobiom und #HIV- Virusreservoiren in verschiedenen Körperkompartimenten (z.B. Darm, Lunge, Blut) - wichtig für die Heilungsforschung
Save the pub date for AWP’s 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry winner, RETROVIROLOGY by John Bonanni! Selected by judge @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social, John’s book will be out September 15 from the @upittpress.bsky.social!
August 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Save the pub date for AWP’s 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry winner, RETROVIROLOGY by John Bonanni! Selected by judge @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social, John’s book will be out September 15 from the @upittpress.bsky.social!
I remember going the CSH Retrovirology meeting in 96 or 97 as a Grad Student where Wes Sundquist presented the capsid structure data - mind blown- hopefully not hallucinating
July 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I remember going the CSH Retrovirology meeting in 96 or 97 as a Grad Student where Wes Sundquist presented the capsid structure data - mind blown- hopefully not hallucinating
Intra-pol proviral open region of HTLV-1 controls the transcription from both long terminal repeats
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Intra-pol proviral open region of HTLV-1 controls the transcription from both long terminal repeats - Retrovirology
Background Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infects mainly CD4+ T lymphocytes and causes both malignant and inflammatory diseases: the aggressive malignancy known as Adult T-cell leukemia/l...
link.springer.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Intra-pol proviral open region of HTLV-1 controls the transcription from both long terminal repeats
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...