Stèf Blanc
@steffffff.bsky.social
Virology, multipartite virus, virus-host interaction, vector-transmission, virus evolution, INRAE, PHIM, Montpellier, France, life is so good !
🔬Big news🥳 We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new Director and head of the Department of Plant Virology @mpipz.bsky.social Her research focuses on how plant viruses interact with their hosts. 🎉Welcome to MPIPZ, Rosa 🌿🌱 www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...
The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research welcomes Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new director
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For those not able to make it to #socialviruses this year, Sam is live-tweeting all three days of talks, touching on all aspects of social evolution in viruses! #evosky #virosky 🧪 🦠 🔬
Sam Díaz-Muñoz (they / ella)@sociovirology.bsky.social · 3w agoHi Everyone! I will be broadcasting live from the Social Lives of Viruses 2026 conference @zoology.ubc.ca @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social in beautiful Vancouver BC, organized by @asherleeks.bsky.social and myself with the support of Canadian Institutes of Health Research and @moorefound.bsky.social.
@alnajifg.bsky.social's long-delayed masterpiece (spanning his time in my and Marco Vignuzzi's labs) on influenza virus WT/DelVG co-evolutionary dynamics is finally out!! Lots of exciting data about how DelVGs evolve and compete within complex populations. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Longitudinal analysis of influenza A virus deletion-containing viral genomes reveals key determinants of co-evolutionary dynamics and interference - Nature Communications
Tracking influenza virus populations over 72 passages, the authors show that hundreds of defective viral genomes compete for dominance, ultimately resolving into a single variant carrying an adaptive ...
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Fadi Alnaji@alnajifg.bsky.social · 10mo agoFinally, it's up on bioRxiv! It's been a rewarding journey shaping this story. My deepest gratitude to @vignuzzilab.bsky.social and @christopherbrooke.bsky.social for their incredible support, and to the @mcbillinois.bsky.social & @astar-idlabs.bsky.social for enabling this research
Next French plant virology meeting 17-21 January 2027 VIRUSES IN THE ALPS ❄️⛅️ alphavisa.com/rvv/en/
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eusv-congress.eu Save the date ! This is the main European general virology event. Medical and non-medical virology including plant virology and environmental virology. It is time for our plant community largely contribute to this event Let us go there !
ECV: 10th European Congress of Virology 2027
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Latest sound from MIDA (my son 😉) 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 youtube.com/watch?v=D3xm...
PLAGUE - Mida
YouTube video by MIDA
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Please share widely! Abstract submissions open for the 2026 Jacques Monod conference: Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world! Held in beautiful Roscoff France from November 2- 6, 2026. Abstracts submission deadline : June 6 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)
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VIRUS on the BEACH made the buzzzz We therefore extended the deadline for abstract submission till April 30th Come join us and remember “Fun Science & Cool Ambiance” isdv2026.com/submissions
Santiago Elena elected fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology!!! fems-microbiology.org/european-aca...
Fellows
The European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) proudly brings together a distinguished community of leading scientists whose contributions have shaped and advanced the field of microbiology. Below, you wi...
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We found a viral Trojan Horse: a virus can hide inside another virus.This one surprised us: deltaviruses don’t just borrow a helper virus. They can travel inside it. A literal Trojan Horse “virus-in-a-virus” route into cells. 🤯 Kudos to 1st author @viroscope.bsky.social and co-authors !
Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse
Hepatitis D-like satellite viruses, known as deltaviruses, have been recently discovered in a wide range of animals. These viruses are thought to expr…
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With Eugene Koonin, we propose a concept of “the selfish ribosome”, under which evolution of life is viewed as a ribosomal takeover, where the ribosome evolved to consume most of the cell’s resources, while other cellular componentry ensures the propagation of the ribosome. arxiv.org/abs/2602.23268
Pleased to be invited to speak at the first ever Hormel Institute Virology Nexus Symposium in Austin, Minnesota ...home of the SPAM museum! hi.umn.edu/virology-nex...
Virology Nexus Symposium | The Hormel Institute
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Join us at the 12th European Seminar in Virology in Bertinoro! 🧬 “Navigating through DNA viruses – novel disease associations and common host manipulations” 📅Abstracts due Apr 15, 2026 to bertinoro-abstract@gmx.de ⚠️Only 100 seats—register now via the European Society for Virology!
Alternative splicing in viruses adds another regulatory layer that hugely increases the complexity of virus-host interaction. Congrats @delphinem-p.bsky.social @geminiteamlab.bsky.social and all involved!
GeminiTeamLab@geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 6mo agoRNA splicing generates a functionally specialized Rep protein isoform in geminiviruses — enabling timely control of the viral cycle. Strikingly, similar strategies might have evolved in DNA viruses infecting different kingdoms: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Spearheaded by @delphinem-p.bsky.social!
Honored to be elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology! I look forward to working alongside my colleagues to advance microbial science for the benefit of society. Learn more about the 2026 Fellowship Class: press release link
BEWARE Last day for early bird Join us to have science fun !!!!!!! 👇🏽 isdv2026.com Beautiful Science Program 👍 If you miss it....you regret it ! 15-19 June, 2026 | Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
Zoe Denis a PhD student in our lab , describing the first marsupial deltavirus ! :)
A replication-competent deltavirus from the marsupial fat-tailed dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata
Deltaviruses are circular, negative-sense RNA agents that replicate autonomously but depend on heterologous envelope glycoproteins for spread. Only partial sequences of deltaviruses had been reported ...
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The American Society for Virology (ASV) is dedicated to advancing knowledge of viruses and the diseases they cause. ASV does not support the scaling back of the childhood vaccine schedule recently announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. See our statement attached.
Support our colleague Pierre-Yves Teycheney a highly respected virologist 👉By adding your signature, you support freedom in science facing blind and senseless administration All info 👇🏼 www.ipetitions.com/petition/let...
Petition Letter of Support for Pierre-Yves Teycheney
Letter of Support for Pierre-Yves Teycheney
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Viruses and virus satellites of haloarchaea and their nanosized DPANN symbionts reveal intricate nested interactions - Nature Microbiology
An exploration of the viromes of haloarchaea and their ultra-small DPANN symbionts reveals plasmid-derived satellites of viruses from both archaeal groups, highlighting the complexity of nested symbio...
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Great crowd and attendance for our France-Japan Virology workshop we kicked off this morning !
It is now on air. Please look it up and join us! Great science and wonderful venue👍🏻 www.isdv2026.com
Finally! Translon: A term for the sequence that actually gets translated. ORF or CDS just won't do when you work with viruses that break the rules by frameshifting, readthrough, non-AUG starts, etc. Thank you Pavel Baranov et al! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Translon: a single term for translated regions - Nature Methods
Nature Methods - Translon: a single term for translated regions
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One can at last now get notification from selected BlueSky accounts !!! That is cool !
