Colin Carlson

@colincarlson

Climate change, global health security, science diplomacy, and good bad futures • Yale • carlsonlab.bio • viralemergence.org • he/they

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Colin Carlson@colincarlson· 29d

Where do diplomats go for scientific advice? We looked at the Pandemic Agreement negotiations, and found that small numbers of scientists, papers, and sometimes industry experts have a huge influence. Our updated book chapter is on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Jul 1

STOP SCROLLING. As you no doubt know, this is Fiorello. If YOU SPECIFICALLY do not sign this letter in support of the Scientific American union in their fight against Springer Nature, I will have no choice but to never post Fiorello again, and also I will sell him to the zoo wgaea.st/sciam-letter

fiorello the cat reaches out in a vicious attack on unionbusting

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Jun 23

I Lived It: someone turned our paper into an AI manga podcast

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Jun 16

To be painfully sincere for just a moment: this is still so surreal, and means the world to me in a very hard year. Also, the whole team that put this issue together was really wonderful. ❤️ Most importantly, I got to hear the world's largest Van de Graaff generator play the Ghostbusters theme 🎸

The cover of Scientific American this month, and I'm on it? Jeez, do they just let anyone on there? No, really, do they know how few dress shirts I own that don't have a hot sauce stain?

A hangover inspired Colin Carlson to meld climate change, public health and ecology. After
a night out with a parasitologist, Carlson sat at
brunch asking that friend whether parasites could—like
so many of the organisms he worked with—go extinct
from climate change. The two went on to conduct the
largest study to date of parasite biodiversity, finding that
up to one third of parasite species are at risk of extinction caused by climate change. Parasites fill important
niches in ecosystems around the world, so the consequences of such a die-off could be catastrophic.
Carlson is now an assistant professor of epidemiology at Yale University, exploring the science and
policy behind planetary health and running a National
Science Foundation research project called Verena, in
which he and his colleagues look for emerging viral
threats. His mission is to help the world understand
what future public health emergencies will look like
and what we can do to mitigate them. He has testified
in front of Congress on public health issues and advocated for increased investment in disease surveillance. The challenge, he says, is getting the people in
power to act.
In a time of funding cuts, misinformation and public
distrust of science, it’s a more formidable challenge
than ever. At the moment Verena is in a “state of profound instability,” with departing staff members, concerns about censorship and uncertainty over lost federal funding. In his laboratory, Carlson keeps a Post-it
note on his desk that says, “Time spent on research is
never wasted.” He lives by it. “This is the hardest this
job has ever been, and I say that kind of tongue in cheek
because this job is hard,” Carlson says. “It is normally
hard but rewarding. Right now it is mostly hard.”
—K. R. Callaway

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Jun 14

nodding thoughtfully

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Jun 7

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Jun 3

Controversial though this take may be, I think scientific journals shouldn't publish brain puzzles that can only be decrypted by using the largest-scale machine to generate child pornography ever created in the arc of human civilization

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Jun 2

me when i'm . but then . when the . me when the when

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Jun 2

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Jun 1

Issuing an urgent statement in response to inquiry from @natureportfolio.nature.com

Statement on my commitment to getting a little tattoo as a grant compliance incentive for the U.S. National Science Foundation — UPDATE (6/1/26)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Haha you fuckin better believe it -cjc

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Jun 1

Happy pride 🦇🦠🦟🏳️‍🌈

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· May 8

My colleague @stephseifertphd.bsky.social just published new groundbreaking work on hantaviruses in the United States as part of our shut down @viralemergence.org project. Want to prevent hantavirus outbreaks here? Fund her work. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

Title page of Genomic Analysis of Sin Nombre Virus Sequences, Northwestern United States, 2023

Figure 3. Evolutionary
dynamics of Sin Nombre virus
sequences, Washington, USA,
2023. A) Phylogeographic
reconstruction of movements
between discrete states using
Markov jumps. Curve weight
reflects Bayes factor support. B)
Tanglegram showing topologic
changes across segment
trees. Connecting lines link
variants. Major shifts indicate
reassortment. Posterior node
support shown at each node. L,
large; M, medium; S, small.

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· May 4

i forgot that bluesky nerfs photo resolution so ignore that last one. but here's a bonus as a replacement

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· May 4

are any of you good at gull id's? i am NOT and i would love to know what you see in these pictures. thank you!!!

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· May 4

Good afternoon bird enjoyers

Do you think I know how to ID gulls? You fool. A gull

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· May 4

Steve was kinda cooking here

The line “I look at the world, not good” from “How I Saved Roosevelt”

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· May 4

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· May 3

Gm post Bella’s

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· May 3

maybe I’m done with you people

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· May 2

The official Lyft x @ifbookspod.bsky.social cross-promotion goes kinda crazy ngl

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Apr 30

beyond parody part 2

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Apr 30

beyond parody

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Apr 30

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 168 HOURS 0 MINUTES 0 SECONDS REMAIN

Thanks so much [NAME]. I'm a bit apprehensive to find out what [REDACTED PHRASE] means practically here, but I guess we'll find out soon enough anyway.

In a last-ditch effort to restore cosmic balance and maintain morale in the lab, I have decided to make a commitment that, should the increment arrive before my lab's meeting one week from today (10:00 AM EST on May 7), I will get a tiny tattoo of a lighthouse. It is my hope that you, and the National Science Foundation, will take under consideration how funny it would be to make me do that.

Thanks and hopefully good news soon,

Colin

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Apr 29

👍🏻

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Apr 29

good evening

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Apr 28

Taylor posting this to her own ig…

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Apr 27

what if we kissed at the

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Apr 26

please discuss the tacky sunglasses

Colin Carlson@colincarlson· Apr 26

Putting aside any thoughts I have about her role in medial disinformation, I do think it’s an extraordinary bit to be a self-identified digital-native reporter on extremely online subculture, and then anytime you receive ANY criticism you immediately default to