A clever new tool for building full icosahedral capsids from AlphaFold models — from the talented team behind ViperDB. FoldaVirus, a knowledge-based icosahedral capsid prediction tool using AlphaFold www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Excited to announce our newest paper 📚 where we explore alpharetrovirus envelopes co-opted multiple times across bat lineages 🦇

Aris Katzourakis@ariskatzourakis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our paper on the enigmatic alpharetrovirus lineage in bats is out! Huge credit to @emma-harding.bsky.social, and of course all co-authors involved in helping experiment, draft, analyse and discuss. @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk #paleovirology journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

New preprint! We show that poxvirus gene repertoires are shaped by expansion-biased birth-and-death dynamics and genome architectural constraints. Led by Arnon Plianchaisuk (@chainorato) in our lab. Please share! (1/10) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Are you an ecologist/evolutionary biologist looking for an ongoing academic position? Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences is hiring! Come join us in Melbourne, Australia! Details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Thrilled to be co-organising a symposium dedicated to Endogenous viral elements! Together with @thekatybrown.bsky.social , @rtarlinton.bsky.social and the Royal Society we will host a two day event in Birmingham, UK in February 2026. Register below to attend! royalsociety.org/science-even...

🚨The draft programme for EEID-AP is live! Check out our incredible lineup of talks and keynote speakers. Registration closes on the 27th of July, secure your spot below 👇 eeid-asiapacific.org #EEIDAP2026

From Molecules to Ecosystems: Uniting pathogen ecology, evolution and One Health across the Asia–Pacific region and beyond.

Click here to submit an abstract Click here to register Click here to register for the pre-conference workshop August 26-28 2026, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Abstract submissions for talks are c...

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Hi #TEsky, please remember that we have an amazing community in the TransposonsWorldWide slack channel (join.slack.com/t/transposon...), which I encourage you to join. Another great resource is tehub.org. Please share !

Join TransposonsWorldwide on Slack

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Very excited to share our paper (and first for my PhD) on RdRpCATCH in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics! doi.org/10.1093/narg... Co-authors: @urineri.bsky.social, @ingrida.bsky.social, Justine Charon, @sho1.bsky.social, @xinhou.bsky.social, Dick de Ridder, Mark P. Zwart, and @annecmg.bsky.social

RdRpCATCH: a unified resource for RNA virus discovery using viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase profile Hidden Markov models

Abstract. Recent advances in large-scale sequence mining have expanded our knowledge of RNA virus diversity. Most genome mining approaches for detecting RN

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Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in ants - several likely underpinning functional innovations, primarily by mediating immune-system adaptations or facilitating nutritional niche expansions academic.oup.com/gigascience/... #biodiversity #genomics

Comparative analysis of 163 ant genomes reveals recurrent horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to ants

AbstractBackground. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from bacteria can drive phenotypic innovation and adaptation in eukaryotes. Ants are likely carriers of

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Excited to be in Stockholm this week for the International Conference on Palaeogenomics! 🧬🦴 #ICP2026 Looking forward to a week of talks on ancient DNA, human evolution 🚶🏼‍♂️, dental calculus 🦷 and more! @palaeogenomics.bsky.social

Until Friday, Australia was the only continent free from HPAI H5N1. Sadly, this is not the case - a 2344b confirmation in a Brown Skua, and a suspected case in a Northern Giant Petrel which turned up in WA. 👉 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06... (1/x)

Are you looking for a postdoc in 2027? Are you passionate about using ecological theory to address real-world conservation issues? Take a look at this www.deakin.edu.au/research/our... and drop me a line!

Our two-part analysis of the current MV Hondius Andes virus outbreak is now live, including reconstruction of the outbreak molecular clock dating of the closest known ancestors of the outbreak lineage. Part 1: outbreak sequence reconstruction and rooting virological.org/t/molecular-...

Molecular evolutionary analysis of the current MV Hondius Andes virus outbreak

Preliminary reconstruction of the current MV Hondius Andes virus outbreak sequences Note on data use This is an informal analysis of currently available consensus sequences and is not intended as a fo...

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The #ArtemisII crew has launched on their way to the Moon. Read what they'll do next and what is up with NASA's Moon base plans: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪🔭

Lift off! Artemis II mission sends humans to the Moon — opening a new era of exploration

The astronauts will fly by the far side of the Moon in the coming days, taking in views never seen by the human eye.

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Need to catch up on #ArtemisII science ahead of today's launch attempt to the MOON? See our explainer at @nature.com 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Artemis II mission is about to fly humans to the Moon — here’s the science they’ll do

Set to lift off this week, the NASA flight will take astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

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It is almost five years since I first applied AlphaFold to a handful of viral proteins. Today, hundreds of thousands of predictions and many discoveries later, we are delighted to announce the integration of our Viro3D dataset into the @ebi.embl.org and Google DeepMind AlphaFold Database.

EMBL-EBI@ebi.embl.org · 7mo ago

The AlphaFold Database, jointly developed with Google DeepMind, now contains datasets from specialist communities. This includes rich datasets for microbes, viruses & parasites associated with tropical diseases. Explore the new datasets in the AlphaFold Database. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u...

The University of Helsinki seeks a postdoctoral researcher for a 3-year role in statistical ecology and evolution, focusing on sex-specific differences in immunity and life history. Apply by Feb 28, 2026. More in… https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-science/faculty/mathematics-and-statistics #postdoc

Mathematics and statistics | Faculty of Science | University of Helsinki

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is Finland’s largest university department for mathematical sciences. Its multifaceted research has received the highest points in numerous assessments. The Department collaborates actively with other higher education institutions and with several government research institutes both in Finland and abroad.

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Proposing targetted culls of sharks is a nonsense & demonstrates Dr Adam Smith is ignorant about shark life history, ecology & behaviour, & changing the statistical probability of exceedingly rare events. Sharks behave nothing like kangaroos, koalas & starfish. au.news.yahoo.com/calls-grow-f...

'Too many sharks': Calls grow for controversial experiment in Aussie waters

Australia is searching for answers following four shark attacks.

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Open Senior Bioinformatician position at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Tree of Life, to work on the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative with @marakat.bsky.social and me. 📅 Apply by January 18 🔗 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco... Please share with anyone who might be interested!

I've slowly been reformatting notes from my population and conservation genetics course at Montana State University into a web book—a rough draft is now live here: elinck.org/popgen_conge...

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...

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...

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🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines Special interest: AI methodologies 📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026 👥 2-12 years post-PhD Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea... #JobOpportunity #Research

Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research

The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...

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Are you excited about pangenomics? If so, join us in Edinburgh on 8-9th June to discuss the latest methods & insights from using these approaches across biodiversity! More details here: royalsociety.org/science-even... Organised together with @henrylnorth.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social!

Pangenomics transforms evolutionary biology | Royal Society

This Theo Murphy meeting organised by Dr Joana Meier, Dr Henry North and Dr Charlotte Wright, will showcase cutting-edge pangenome tools, applied uses of pangenomes which are transforming health and a...

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Save the date - don't miss out! The 72nd Australian Mammal Society Conference will be held in Canberra (Shine Dome) from 5th - 10th July 2026! This very special conference will be jointly held with the #australasianbatsociety - ECR workshops on 5th - focussed #bat and #dasyurid symposia on 6th 🦇🐾🐭🐨

I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio

GitHub - alanrogers/popgen: A course on population genetics

A course on population genetics. Contribute to alanrogers/popgen development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Studying penguin virology in #Antarctica: @arizonastateuni.bsky.social researchers lead in discovery of new viruses in Antarctic penguins, expanding knowledge of polar ecosystems @viralnomad.bsky.social news.asu.edu/b/20251124-s...

I'm excited to introduce our new workflow for detecting endogenous viral elements - HI-FEVER. 🖥️🧬 academic.oup.com/bioinformati... 🧵 Big thanks to @ariskatzourakis.bsky.social, @humanceae.bsky.social, José Gabriel and Cormac for bringing this from conception to fruition!

HI-FEVER: a Nextflow pipeline for the high-throughput discovery and annotation of endogenous viral elements

AbstractSummary. Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) offer valuable insights into virus and host evolution, but their detection remains computationally and bi

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Registration is now open for SMBE 2026! Head over to the registration page to find all the details and secure your spot 🏃‍♀️ 📝 smbe2026.org/registration 🐦 Early-bird deadline: March 31, 2026 If you are an active member of the SMBE you can register for the meeting with discounts. #SMBE2026

Come join the Workshop on Phylogenomics in Cesky Krumlov, Czechia, from January 25 through February 7, 2026! Applications close November 15! #phylogenetics #evolution #genomics #ai evomics.org/apply-worksh...

Apply: Workshop on Phylogenomics 2026 - Evolution and Genomics

Application for the 2026 Workshop on Phylogenomics Use this form to apply for the 2026 Workshop on Phylogenomics being held in Cesky Krumlov, Czechia from 25th January through 7th February, ...

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One of astronomy's most inspiring figures, Dame Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell was in Sydney this week. @cosmicrami.com sat down for an interview with her, discussing the impact of her discovery and community advocacy legacy. www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/inte... #SpaceAustralia 📸 Uni. of Cambridge