The Fehr Lab

The iracda program at KU is supporting post-doc applications for individuals that want significant teaching experience. Iracda.ku.edu If you’re interested in this opportunity and viral evolution and innate immunity please message me! arfehr@ku.edu

Congrats to KU professors Katie Batza, Anthony Fehr, Bret Freudenthal, and David Slusky, who each received a University Scholarly Achievement Award. 🎉 Their work helps make KU a leading national research university. Rock Chalk! news.ku.edu/news/article/f…

Congratulations to Dr. Tony Fehr @FehrLab for receiving the University Scholarly Achievement Award! biology.ku.edu/news/article/f…

Join us for a Coffee Hour with KU Biology Faculty! Feel free to come and go as your schedule allows and learn about the faculty’s research & path to KU! Free☕🍪 for all attendees! Featured Faculty: @BrianAtkinology & @FehrLab

@FehrLab has new research on the antiviral functions of PARP14 which shows PARP14 represses both coronavirus and herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) replication. Learn more at journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

Claims that vaccines haven’t been tested against placebo are demonstrably false. We’ve documented 661 inert placebo-controlled trials (e.g., saline), including 503 for childhood vaccines. 100% of routinely recommended childhood vaccines have undergone placebo testing.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded funding to KU Molecular Bioscience faculty to research Herpes simplex virus (HVS-1) with the goal of restricting viral replication. molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/news/article/t… @KUMolBio

@KUMolBio @FehrLab was awarded $2.2M to study coronavirus RNA molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/news/article/f…

1/ Tucker Carlson: “Do you think overall the COVID vaccine killed more people than it saved?” RFK Jr: “The truth is, I don’t know.” This is outrageous. I do know. The answer is: unequivocally no. 🧵

Congrats to everyone in the latest Biohawker Monthly. @FehrLab has two publications in this month's edition. #ThatsFehr #KUMolecularBiosciences #KUBiology

Darin Fehr (@DarinFehr2) shows off an explosive arm for @YardBallClub. 6'4 205lbs RHP from Lawrence, KS. #Uncommitted 2026. FB 85-87mph l CB 74-77mph @Noble_Bats Uncommitted Player Spotlight #NobleBatMidwestClassic

Just got this published! Congrats to all involved especially first author Jessica Pfannenstiel! @KUbiology @pshefty @KUMolBio

Identification of a series of pyrrolo-pyrimidine-based SARS-CoV-2 Mac1 inhibitors that repress coronavirus replication | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

@RudraChanna07 Talk about scary! Glad everyone is okay

We are fortunate to have intact house after close brush with fire yesterday, while unfortunately close to 30houses burned in our neighborhood. Pictures are from our backyard. Thanks to brave Stillwater fire department for containing the fire.

Vaccines don’t cause autism. Vaccines aren’t even associated with autism. The biggest predictor of autism? GENETICS. We have decades of data and millions of data points that to show this. This lie insults people with autism too — as if it’s an “adverse effect” of medicine.

Virology lost a giant last week. I and so many others have lost an advocate, mentor and friend. RIP, Ann. 💔 cressfuneralservice.com/obituaries/ann…

NIH funding creates medicines, jobs, and economic growth

It's clear that many do not understand what @NIH-funded research does to improve health. It's time to revive a study published 10 years ago that provides incredible information about this. link in the comment Every single new drug approved by the FDA from 2010–2016 was built on NIH-funded research—that’s all 210 drugs. But what the public sees is just the tip of the iceberg. Pharma takes credit for the final product, but beneath each drug developed, there are ~20 years of basic research, and 90% of the cost is from basic research funded by the NIH, which discovers drug targets, understands disease mechanisms, and creates life-saving treatments. Figuring out how cancer evades the immune system, how addiction rewires the brain, and how heart disease develops is the role of the NIH, creating the foundation for the breakthrough drugs that come 20 years later, and the NIH does all that with only 0.8% of the US budget. Without NIH, there would be no cancer immunotherapy, no anti-overdose medication, no anti-heart attack or stroke medication, no cutting-edge treatments. If NIH funding is cut, the iceberg will melt. That means fewer cures, more suffering, and more lives lost. The science beneath the surface keeps us afloat. Invest in NIH. Invest in life