Vignuzzi Lab

Happy birthday to ShuLing. She is AMAZING. Her work. Perfect. Her character. Even better. And she is so funny, she fills you with joy!

Happening right now…I should be on the office though…🫢

I spoke to the new class of ASTAR Graduate Academy scholars. They are offered fully paid PhD anywhere in the world! a great way to build up Singapore's next generation of scientists!
My role was to promote studying in Canada, US, France and rest of Europe, giving my personal experiences in each.

Boom!

Smiling because Singapore is such a great place to be. Disguising as corporate Marco today.

😂

Killer pug in vet office.

Dress up day at ASTAR. Corporate photo shoot means video search “how to tie a tie” and “which button do you button up”

RNA virus infection and host immune responses The India I EMBO Lecture Course on “RNA virus infection and host immune responses” addresses cutting-edge research in emerging and reemerging RNA viruses, with particular emphasis on fundamental infe…

Join me and many colleagues from around the world for this EMBO course on RNA viruses, in India this Feb 11-14 2026!

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Fantastic postdoc fellowship opportunity @mcgill.ca!

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"Going to be 15min late for lab meeting, sorry! Please start without me"

received this message and video this morning

Singapore street fights and traffic jams:

Congratulations Cornelius!

Today’s journal club - flu and RSV coinfection make hybrid filamentous virus that look like RSv arms with Flu hands. Presented by Denzel.

Confermato un caso probabilmente autoctono di chikungunya A Castel San Giovanni, in località Pievetta. Le misure adottate per prevenire la diffusione

Probable autochthonous case of chikungunya reported in northern Italy: www.ausl.pc.it/it/comunicaz...

Action shots from recent lab meeting. Updates from our antiviral testing platform. And Denzel discovers why there are so few dengue infectious clones. 4 months of cloning but he won’t give up!

Alati Greek restaurant. Fresh seafood from Aegean Sea. Grilled sea bass is 🤩. Greek salad caper leaves - amazing. A unique modern deconstructed reconstructed Bougatsa. Go for this !
Modern tasteful Greek decor but not cliche and original art by Greek artist Yorgos Kypris on the wall!

alati.sg

Excited to share our paper on viral load dynamics of West Nile virus in mosquitoes! Key findings:

1. Variation in pooled Ct values from mosquito traps reflect underlying biological and epidemiological mechanisms.
2. WNV prevalence estimates are improved by using Cts rather than +ve/-ve pool status.

First ever poster presentation experience on influenza DVGs! Thanks to the amazing mentors @alnajifg.bsky.social and @vignuzzilab.bsky.social

Congratulations Cornelius, having completed his 1 year research attachment in my lab, this ASTAR Scholar heads out to Oxford University soon to PhD in the biophysics of influenza virus structure and assembly! 👏 👨‍🎓

PBEEE/Quebec Merit Scholarship for Foreign Postdocs and Visiting Research Student and Visiting Researchers **Note that the FRQ is in the process of revamping their webpages. We will update links soon as we can with the current 2025 year's information. Be sure to check back to see if any eligibility or docu...

Are you a recent PhD (or soon to be PhD) from outside Canada looking to do a postdoc in Quebec?

Get in touch if you are excited about microbes, evolution, ecology, genomics (or all of the above!) and I'd be happy to help develop a project together!

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Strategies and efforts in circumventing the emergence of antiviral resistance against conventional antivirals npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Strategies and efforts in circumventing the emergence of antiviral resistance against conventional antivirals

Daryl and Denzel's BIG review of antiviral resistance in light of virus evolution. These two research officers worked a lot of nights and weekends to synthesise 300 references into a topic summary.

Click here for direct access to the article:
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Today’s workout is followed by delicious yet Fireball-y Mee Rebus Daging, a Singaporean Malaysian dish born from Indonesian Mee Jawa. Extra 🌶️. Tomorrow morning might bite back.

Yes! Move into orbit!

Small in the world
But big in my head
Significant dents in my to do list

And it’s only 19h15!

On day 3 overdue

That includes me, master of colony picking! Fadi let me seed mini cultures today! Thomas sat next to me when I needed updating. No more autoclaved toothpicks apparently.

Our newest lab space has plenty of room for the 16 of us.

Congratulations to Dr. Eunice Tan, newly awarded PhD from Sylvie Alonso’s group at NUS!

If you are at the World Virology Conference in Kuala Lumpur this week, say hello to Fadi from our group and ask him about his work!

Post workout high protein calorie boost from 7 Eleven! 3 protein donuts, 2 chocolate mousse and cream tartufos, 1 strawberry trifle. Piled into a giant breakfast cake! Only 1350 calories and 81 g of protein! Now lying on the floor with the shakes. 🤩 perfect start to the morning!

Happy 4th birthday to our institute!
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