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Kieran Lamb from @davidlrobertson.bsky.social gets best poster prize at EVBC meeting in Lisboa

The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 Recombination-aware evolutionary analyses of the entire genomes of SARS-CoV-1-like and SARS-CoV-2-like viruses indicate that SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 descend from bat coronaviruses that circulated as...

📄 NEW | Genetic Study shows that Wildlife Trade sparked COVID-19 Virus Emergence in Humans

SARS-CoV-2 arrived in Wuhan too quickly for bat hosts to have carried it there.

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US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

‘I do not want a fellowship that can include such actions.’

Elon Musk's fellowship is undermining the purpose of the Royal Society, writes resigning fellow @andrewmillar.bsky.social.

In this piece, he tells us why he feels enough is enough.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Pathogen genomic surveillance and the AI revolution | Journal of Virology Genomic pathogen sequencing during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical role of surveillance in understanding the persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the human population despite high levels of pro...

Recently we have been doing lots of work on how modern #AI methods can be applied to studying virus evolution, so it felt like great timing to write a perspective about it!

Very happy to see our paper as editor's pick in JVI!🥳🥳

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🎺 PhD studentship available at @lshtm.bsky.social and RVC! @influenzal.bsky.social and I are advertising for a project to investigate the unexpected phenomenon that mutagenic antiviral drugs can give rise to viruses with hundreds of mutations which are still viable. 🧵
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

This paper has been a side project for quite a few years now, so I'm extra happy to see it published!!
big thanks to co-lead Sej Modha as well as @bljog.bsky.social and Richard Orton + all the experts who gave valuable feedback at conferences and over the internet! 😁😁

A view of the Garscube campus from above

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As a WOAH Collaborating Centre, we’re excited to announce our 8th annual Viral #Bioinformatics & #Genomics training course from 16th - 20th June 2025! 🧬
@cvrinfo.bsky.social
📅 Register by 30 April:
👉 bit.ly/VBGCourse2025
📲 Or scan the QR code to join.

Person dies from rabies in Northern Kentucky, first rabies death in state since 1996 The victim, a resident of Northern Kentucky, succumbed to the disease after receiving medical treatment in both Kentucky and Ohio.

Another human rabies death in the US:

Concurrent Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Outbreaks on Multiple Fox Farms, China, 2023 The role of farmed animals in the viral spillover from wild animals to humans is of growing importance. Between July and September of 2023 infectious disease outbreaks were reported on six Arctic f...

Another virus outbreak (Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus -SFTSV) associated with fur farming. It needs to stop. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Not sure of the original source of this, but the depiction with the final domino set to crush the pusher is devastatingly accurate.

Why Sweden Clears Snow-Covered Walkways Before Roads — Streetsblog USA It's part of "gender-balanced" policy that reflects the fact that women walk more than men.

“Many Swedish cities, including Stockholm, prioritize snow clearance very differently. They now clear walkways & bike paths first, especially those near bus stops & primary schools. Next, they clear local roads, & then, finally, highways.” Via @usa.streetsblog.org
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An exciting resource we put together with Ulad Litvin, @grovearmada.bsky.social Alexander Jack, @davidlrobertson.bsky.social and @bljog.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/grov...

✨ This was a huge team effort by Ulad Litvin, @spyroslytras.bsky.social, Alexander Jack, David Robertson and @bljog.bsky.social

Thank you to our funders MRC @ukri.org , @medresfdn.bsky.social, @wellcometrust.bsky.social.

We can't wait to see what discoveries you'll make with Viro3D in 2025! 🚀

NEW Publication!😄

Here, we show how #PhyKIT — a broadly applicable toolkit for #phylogenomics — can be used to construct phylogenomic data matrices (& quantify biases therein), detect anomalies in predicted orthology, calculate gene-gene coevolution, & more!

🔗: tinyurl.com/yc5ja4xz

So happy to see that there are still people with a moral compass

Why I have resigned from the Royal Society The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...

New blogpost:
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https://www.santafe.edu/culture/podcasts/ep-1-what-is-intelligence Great and fun podcast on intelligence!

Interested in pursuing virus research?

The 2025 intake for the @cvrinfo.bsky.social #PhD programme now open to applications! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦠🧫🔬🧬🧑🏻‍🔬

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Our @NorthWestBio1 PhD project applying natural language processing to virology literature is now open for applications:
Get in touch with if you are interested and want to find out more.

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Preparing for Pandemics: How to Communicate?

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Wouldn't it be nice to have a beautiful street art on Sinclair drive to inspire the kids walking to @BattlefieldPS and the toddlers in @SinclairNursery

Bioinformatic system administrator position open @UofGlasgow to work with @CVRbioinfo Come join us!

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Applications are now closed for the 7th Annual training course on Viral Bioinformatics and Genomics (24 – 28 June 2024) run by the @CVRbioinfo team but if you want to be kept in the loop about future courses, you can add your details here: . .

tinyurl.com/future-training

Applications are now open for the annual viral bioinformatics training course @CVRinfo run by the @CVRbioinfo team. You can find further details at and apply soon here to avoid disappointment:

bit.ly/vgb2024-details bit.ly/vgb2024

Congratulations to Dr @SpyrosLytras and Bowen for graduating from @CVRbioinfo. I look forward to hearing about all the great things you will do. @UofGlasgow @CVRinfo

The Evolution, Pathogens and Public Health meeting @uofgarc is kicking off to a good start #epph2023. Thanks to @GenSocUK and @CVRbioinfo for support.

One day meeting at the University of Glasgow
@CVRinfo
@CVRbioinfo
on the 18th of October on Evolution, Pathogens and Public Health. Register here before the 10th of October:
For a list of confirmed speakers and posters:

forms.office.com/e/SrJ79bXBf6 bit.ly/epph2023

Congratulations to Dr @SpyrosLytras for his successful viva. Thanks to the examining committee @katrina_lythgoe @rbiek and convener @RichardJOrton