@spyroslytras.bsky.social is one of the most inspiring researchers of our cohort and while extremely fun to be around, also intelligent, smart and innovative. I couldn't wish for a better PI - anyone looking for their postdoc and moving to Paris?:) Sharing is caring! #job #position #postdoc

Antigen Evolution & Design Lab@antigenevo.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 JOB ALERT🚨 We are very excited to be hiring the lab's ✨very first postdoc✨! Work on new AI technologies for decoding antigen protein evolution in a fresh research environment, at the heart of Paris 🇫🇷 Details & link to apply: research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd... Deadline: Sep 1st

🚨VIROMICS WORKSHOP 2026🚨 Application is now OPEN for the 8th International Viromics Workshop, Oct. 14-16, 2026, in-person at Ohio State University. Application closes Aug. 7. Apply: forms.gle/pJFLDCNEBvAe... Full details: u.osu.edu/viruslab/vir... #viromics #viruses #ecology #workshop

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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Our review on the role of metagenomics in the future of One Health is now published in One Health Outlook @eddieholmes.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Empowering One Health with metagenomics - One Health Outlook

In an increasingly connected world a global One Health approach to the management of human, animal and ecosystem health will be critical to effective infectious disease responses. The emergence and ra...

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What matters most for childhood brain organization? We analyzed 649 variables. The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers. Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES. In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨 Registration for VEGA26 is 👏 officially open 👏 🚨 The 5th edition of our Viral EcoGenomics and Applications symposium will be held November 18-19, 2026, on the UC Berkeley campus 🧬 🦠 🔬 🧫 Event website ➡️ jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us... Registration link ➡️ cvent.me/e0RnA0

📢 Join us for the next Viruses in silico webinar lecture! 🎙️ "The ICTV at Sixty Years: Classifying the Worldwide Virosphere" 👨‍🔬 Elliot J. Lefkowitz (University of Alabama at Birmingham, US) 🗓️ 25 June 2026 🕑 4 PM CEST 📍 Zoom - Register to receive the login details 👉 evbc.uni-jena.de/events/virus...

It's today - don't miss it - simply click on zoom link below to join, no registration needed :) but adding it to your calendar for a reminder - suggested ;) @rdrpsummit.bsky.social

Ingrida Olendraite@ingrida.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RNA virus Journal Club is back after the pause for #ViBioM2026 📚 June 11th | Thursday, 15:30 Central European Time. AmpliDiff: a tool to find discriminatory genomic regions in viral genomes of a single species! Perfect for primer design! Join, talk & discuss! Details ⬇️ @rdrpsummit.bsky.social

RNA virus Journal Club is back after the pause for #ViBioM2026 📚 June 11th | Thursday, 15:30 Central European Time. AmpliDiff: a tool to find discriminatory genomic regions in viral genomes of a single species! Perfect for primer design! Join, talk & discuss! Details ⬇️ @rdrpsummit.bsky.social

. @davidlrobertson.bsky.social is chairing the phylogenomics session of #VibioM2026 ; Great talks 👏 from @evogytis.bsky.social @willharv.bsky.social

We’re excited to highlight our invited keynote speakers at #ViBioM2026 🎉 🗓️ Mon 18 May – Rayan Chikhi (@rayanchikhi.bsky.social) 🗓️ Tue 19 May – Darius Kazlauskas (@dariusbio.bsky.social) 🗓️ Wed 20 May – Mathias Munschauer (@munschauerlab.bsky.social) 👉 evbc.uni-jena.de/events/vibio...

🌟 Day 1 of #ViBioM2026 at Vilnius University 🏛️ with a warm welcome by Manja, Gytis, and Ingrida – we already feel at home! Excited to start a full programme of talks, posters, and discussions on computational approaches in #virology. #viralgenomics #datascience #virusevolution

The #ViBioM2026 was everything I could have dreamt about. There are several points that made me really happy in this transitional period of my life. 💻 Virus Bioinformatics 🦠 - is the joy and food for my soul: 3 days of ongoing talks, chats, discussions - it was good to be back!

We had an amazing time at #ViBioM2026 last week in Vilnius 🇱🇹🤝 Researchers from around the world shared insights on virus #metagenomics, #phylogeny, protein & RNA biology, and #ML approaches. Huge thanks to all organizers, helpers, and our sponsors (GoVilnius, Viruses/MDPI, @febsopenbio.bsky.social)!

🏗 Working on virus #bioinformatics tools or data curation? Interested in building lasting, open-source workflows? 🛠 Join the satellite #hackathon at #ViBioM2026, online or in Vilnius! 👉 More information and registration until 8 May: evbc.uni-jena.de/events/vibio...

Book by Thursday of this week! (April 30th) :) Can't wait to hear from the most amazing virus bioinformaticians :)) Literally last change :) while everyone who registered - excited to meet you in Vilnius :)

European Virus Bioinformatics Center@evbc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

⏲️Deadline approaching! 2 days left to register for the International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting in Vilnius! Join the community at ViBioM 2026 for talks, posters & networking. 🗓️ Registration closes: 30 April, 23:59 CEST 🔗 evbc.uni-jena.de/events/vibio... #ViBioM2026 #virology #bioinformatics

#ViBioM2026 is not just in the next few weeks, but also has a fabulous satellite event (different projects different days, between May 12-17). Don't forget to register, explore the projects, suggest your own!

European Virus Bioinformatics Center@evbc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🏗 Working on virus #bioinformatics tools or data curation? Interested in building lasting, open-source workflows? 🛠 Join the satellite #hackathon at #ViBioM2026, online or in Vilnius! 👉 More information and registration until 8 May: evbc.uni-jena.de/events/vibio...

Now !:)

Ingrida Olendraite@ingrida.bsky.social · 5mo ago

RNA virus Journal Club is on! 🌳March 17th | Tuesday, 10 AM Berkeley time / 18 PM CET 🕰️ You've probably heard about the meta-virus resource? We will get to dive into metaVR database & huge viral diversity within thanks to @mattlabguy.bsky.social 🥳 All welcome! Details ⬇️ @rdrpsummit.bsky.social

RNA virus Journal Club is on! 🌳March 17th | Tuesday, 10 AM Berkeley time / 18 PM CET 🕰️ You've probably heard about the meta-virus resource? We will get to dive into metaVR database & huge viral diversity within thanks to @mattlabguy.bsky.social 🥳 All welcome! Details ⬇️ @rdrpsummit.bsky.social

Paper alert 📢: What drives variation in humoral responses to viruses? collab with @etienne-patin.bsky.social @darraghduffy.bsky.social @lquintanamurci.bsky.social we show that for ~98k viral epitopes immunodominance vary by genetics, sex and origin: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hooray 🎉 from virologists! :)

EMBL-EBI@ebi.embl.org · 6mo 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...

I cherish this mug so much that I don't even use it for liquids.. And it's from the 1993 my beloved paper by Dolja and Koonin. I will forever be grateful for @thekatybrown.bsky.social for such a thoughtful gift! :) Their work was also what got me into virology without any hesitation:)

Milica Raco hosting the prof Dolja! :) Join us on Zoom: oregonstate.zoom.us/j/9426515785... RNA virus club by @rdrpsummit.bsky.social

what can be better than global RNA virome and Dolja? Nothing for me.. :) Join RNA virus club (by @rdrpsummit.bsky.social ) already tomorrow: Thu, Feb 12, 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US 🇺🇸, Canada🇨🇦) (or 7pm London time 🇬🇧) for an hour with one and only Prof. Valerian Dolja (Oregon State University)

Remember? RNA virus journal club is already this Thursday! 🤩 Join us and join our (RdRp summit) slack (link in the comment): calendar.app.google/K2fwcsL78K1E... RNA Virus Journal ClubJoin Zoom Meeting us02web.zoom.us/j/8109697228... Meeting ID: 810 9697 2281 Passcode: 174610

Gytis Dudas - Baltic | RNA virus Journal Club — Invitation via Google Calendar

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Ingrida Olendraite@ingrida.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Save the date for phylogenetics! RNA virus Journal Club returns ( @rdrpsummit.bsky.social ) with @evogytis.bsky.social intro to his "Baltic" - python module to visualise phylogenetic trees. January 15th (Thu) - EEST Vilnius Time 3:00 PM Join slack for updates: join.slack.com/t/rdrp-io/sh...

Save the date for phylogenetics! RNA virus Journal Club returns ( @rdrpsummit.bsky.social ) with @evogytis.bsky.social intro to his "Baltic" - python module to visualise phylogenetic trees. January 15th (Thu) - EEST Vilnius Time 3:00 PM Join slack for updates: join.slack.com/t/rdrp-io/sh...

Loved this brilliant biography of Crick by @matthewcobb.bsky.social But what struck me from the start: it's also a portrait of a lost time in science: no grant applications or teaching, big travel budgets: the job only to think, talk & get science done. Future scientific biogs will be so different.

It's today! December 11th Finding endogenous viral elements in genomic data 🧑‍💻 by Sebastian Lequime (University of Groningen @rug.nl ) Time: 2pm EST🇺🇸 / 8pm CET 🇪🇺 / 4am JST 🇯🇵 Join @rdrpsummit.bsky.social RNA Virus Journal Club talk & discussion: oregonstate.zoom.us/j/9164101918... #rdrpsummit

detectEVE: Fast, Sensitive and Precise Detection of Endogenous Viral Elements in Genomic Data

Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) are fragments of viral genomic material embedded within the host genome. Retroviruses contribute to the majority of EVEs because of their genomic integration during t...

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Expressions of interest are now open to host the @isvm-society.bsky.social #VOM28 conference. Let us know if you'd like to host the world's leading conference on viruses of microbes! isvm.org #phagesky #virus

RNA Virus Journal Club – Upcoming Talk - this thursday (Nov 6th !) With @rdrpsummit.bsky.social - excited to announce talk and discussion with Dr Sanguu Kim about HF nanopore sequencing strategy for virology :) calendar.app.google/oyRVP6v5Tvjg... CET: 14:00–15:00, Format: 30 min + 30 min

CLAE: A High‐Fidelity Nanopore Sequencing Strategy for Read‐Level Viral Variant Detection and Environmental RNA Virus Discovery

High-fidelity Nanopore sequencing offers a cost-effective, portable path to uncovering viral dark matter in complex environments—but suffers from severe read-length bias, low throughput, and limited ...

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