Giuditta De Lorenzo
@serdelor.bsky.social
Italian virologist, studying viruses and cells at AreaSciencePark and ICGEB (Trieste - IT), previously Research Associate at the Centre for Virus Research (Glasgow - UK) https://areasciencepark-rit.gitlab.io/virology/giuditta.delorenzo/#about
Great opportunity!
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
Excited to announce our pre-print on the detection of PPI interfaces using ESM3!!! Big thanks to the very young and talented authors www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Fifth and final @cvrinfo.bsky.social talk at ViBioM 2026. @ulad-litvin.bsky.social presenting viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk and other applications of alphafold in virology.
Version 7. Best effort made to assign a case number for 9-11 (10 described as an inconclusive positive due to POS/NEG test results). Until an authority like @who.int defines the order, I'm charting my own path.
The Virology Group at AreaSciencePark (Trieste, Italy) is looking for ambitious researchers to co-develop a joint MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship proposal 1/2 Details here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting... #MSCAPF #PostdocJobs #Virology #HorizonEU
MSCA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AT AREA SCIENCE PARK – VIROLOGY GROUP
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A little summary of some events. Version 1.
Join our young, dynamic team in beautiful, windy Trieste! We are looking for a motivated PhD student to work on neutralizing antibodies, vaccines, and antiviral peptides. We aim to combine wet-lab expertise👨🔬with computational modeling👩💻to drive innovation in viral intervention
Excited to advertise a fully funded PhD with @socialinfluenza.bsky.social investigating how influenza virus evolution differs between different avian hosts (and how this impacts pandemic potential). Joint between @pirbrightinst.bsky.social + @cvrinfo.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
FULLY FUNDED PhD - Visualising avian influenza virus tropism and co-infection in avian hosts at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - FULLY FUNDED PhD - Visualising avian influenza virus tropism and co-infection in avian hosts at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Taxonomic expansion and reorganization of Flaviviridae www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Taxonomic expansion and reorganization of Flaviviridae - Nature Microbiology
Analysis of RNA polymerase hallmark gene phylogenies supported by protein structure relationships of flaviviruses and ‘flavi-like’ viruses underpins the taxonomic expansion and reorganization of Flavi...
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Our preprint, in collaboration with Rino Rappuoli & Emanuele Andreano, is out! Co-led by colleagues at TLS, my grad student Ling Zhou @lingzhou.bsky.social, and postdoc Emily Rundlet @cryoemily.bsky.social, we identified OPG153 as a poxvirus bnAb target via B cell isolation & AlphaFold3 prediction.
Congrats to @summabibby.bsky.social @naphakm.bsky.social Daniel Watterson et al. here at SCMB on the first high-res cryo-EM structures of yellow fever virus! Striking vaccine vs virulent particle differences and a single R380 residue shaping antigenicity & neutralisation. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
New exciting resource published!! The Viro3D paper is out, describing our comprehensive database of predicted virus protein structures! 💻🧬 Work with @ulad-litvin.bsky.social , @grovearmada.bsky.social , Alex Jack, @bljog.bsky.social , @davidlrobertson.bsky.social www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Viro3D: a comprehensive database of virus protein structure predictions | Molecular Systems Biology
imageimageViro3D provides proteome-level, high confidence AI-protein structure predictions for >4,400 viruses, allowing mapping of form and function across the human and animal virosphere. Viro3D i...
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Our first post on here and it's a doozy 😍🤩. Our epic piece on #sarbecovirus host range. #virology #sars2 #covid #vaccines. Enjoy and please repost. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Understanding the future risk of bat coronavirus spillover into humans: correlating sarbecovirus receptor usage, host range, and antigenicity.
Sarbecoviruses interact with their receptor, angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), via the receptor binding domain (RBD) of Spike, the immunodominant target for neutralising antibodies. Understandin...
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Repost appreciated: Open #PhDposition in structural virology in my group! Join us in Umeå, Sweden to uncover how arboviruses remodel infected cells. In situ #cryoET and #cryoEM combined with #virology, #cellbiology, and #biophysics. Deadline 7 September. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/
🧬 Excited to share our International Workshop: AI in Virology 📆 Sept 9, 2025 - Trieste, Italy @AreaSciencePark We’ll explore how #AI is transforming virology — from protein language models to vaccine design and biosecurity. 🔗 Program & details: www.areasciencepark.it/en/events/ai...
AI in Virology: Leveraging AI to Advance Our Understanding of Viruses - Area Science Park
Artificial intelligence is opening new perspectives in virus research, providing advanced tools to analyze viral evolution and to understand protein structure and dynamics on a large scale. To explore...
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Proud moment: PhD student Beatrice Pani presented her very first poster at our Summer retreat! 😎 #AcademicLife #PhDJourney #MentorProud
Once again, @wfurnon.bsky.social has very nicely delivered our study about the phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike. Well done mate! #microbio25
The thing I need people to understand about the lab leak conspiracy is that, aside from the fact that there is no compelling evidence for a laboratory origin for SARS-CoV-2, the constant advancement of this idea is used for nefarious political purposes. In particular,…
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last yr.She has lost her mind www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
So excited to hear the seminar of old friend and @icgeb.bsky.social alumni, Alessio Guglielmi, who started a career in forensic after his PhD.
It is finally out, our beautiful work 😍 You have never seen so many Spike at once 😎 But the best thing has been working elbow to elbow with my best pal, @wfurnon.bsky.social
Wil Furnon@wfurnon.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨🔔 Delighted to see this piece of work from @cvrinfo.bsky.social now out in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social ! Indeed, it really reflects what multidisciplinary team effort can be. Guess what? Spike of #SARSCoV2 is not just about antigenicity/immune evasion… doi.org/10.1038/s415...
For those interested in how SARS-CoV-2 is evolving, I found this paper to be interesting: Furnon et al, “Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic”, Nature Microbiology, www.nature.com/articles/s41... Some of my notes about this paper: (1/13)
Phenotypic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 spike during the COVID-19 pandemic - Nature Microbiology
Systematic comparison of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins from pre- and post-Omicron variants in cell lines, primary respiratory epithelial cells and Syrian hamsters show distinct phenotypic trajectories in ...
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Great article on the growing use of #AI to study virus evolution, including insights from @cvrinfo.bsky.social @davidlrobertson.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What will viruses do next? AI is helping scientists predict their evolution
Forecasts of viral variation could improve vaccine and antiviral treatments ahead of time.
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Really proud to share our preprint describing early adaptation of H5N1 to US dairy cattle, and showing how these mutations enhance the ability of the virus to infect other mammals, such as pigs and humans. With @influenzal.bsky.social @vidhid.bsky.social @drclairesmith.bsky.social and many more!
Polymerase mutations underlie adaptation of H5N1 influenza virus to dairy cattle and other mammals.
In early 2024, an unprecedented outbreak of H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza was detected in dairy cattle in the USA. The epidemic remains uncontrolled, with spillbacks into poultry, wild birds...
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I’m looking for a postdoc to join my team under a recently funded ERC Starting Grant. If you’re passionate about structural #virology and have experience in #cryoEM SPA and/or #cryoET, get in touch! Application deadline: January 19th. Please share with your networks 🙏 Job link: tiny.cc/7v33001
Postdoctoral Researcher in Structural Virology
This project is focused on deciphering the role of virally encoded AAA+ ATPases in the replication cycles of Enteroviruses and Noroviruses.
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If like me, you love Dickens, the Brontë sisters & care about infectious diseases, this is for you! 👇
Healthcare-Global@healthcare-global.bsky.social · 2y agoGreat Read! theconversation.com/infectious-d...
Currently, Aedes mosquitoes that carry Zika Virus (ZIKV) in Africa (“subspecies”) do not prefer human hosts. Climate change might change that. “we predict that approximately three-quarters of the most populous African cities will be suitable for ZIKV outbreaks by the end of the century.” 🧪🛟🌎🦟💉🔬🩺
The role of vector population variation and climate in Zika virus transmission patterns in Africa: a modelling study
Both population-level genomic variation in mosquitoes and climate contribute to the lack of ZIKV outbreaks in Africa. Given the importance of mosquito genetics in driving this pattern, local genomic surveillance of mosquito populations would help predict outbreaks in vulnerable communities. This will become increasingly important with population growth, urbanisation, and climate change.
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