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Spyros Lytras @spyroslytras.bsky.social · 11d

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

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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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Joe Grove @grovearmada.bsky.social · 13d

Team effort from @uofgmvls.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social

Science: @ulad-litvin.bsky.social @spyroslytras.bsky.social @davidlrobertson.bsky.social and @bljog.bsky.social

Website: Alexander Jack

Funding: @medresfdn.bsky.social @ukri.org @wellcometrust.bsky.social @royalsociety.org

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Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social · May 15

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

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MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social · May 8

📄 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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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...

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · Feb 25

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...

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.

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Feb 13

‘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...

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Spyros Lytras @spyroslytras.bsky.social · Feb 4

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!🥳🥳

doi.org/10.1128/jvi....

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...

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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · Jan 22

🎺 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...

2025-26 Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentships | LSHTM

The Bloomsbury Colleges group was set up in 2004 and consists of five institutions: Birkbeck, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), the School of Or...

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Spyros Lytras @spyroslytras.bsky.social · Jan 22

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! 😁😁

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Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social · Jan 17

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.

A view of the Garscube campus from above

A QR code for accessing further information and registration

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Dr. Rowan Durrant @rowandurrant.bsky.social · Dec 28

Another human rabies death in the US:

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.

local12.com

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Eddie Holmes @eddieholmes.bsky.social · Dec 29

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

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...

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Jeff Nachtigall @dirklancer.bsky.social · Dec 28

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

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Dec 28

“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
usa.streetsblog.org/2018/01/24/w...

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.

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Spyros Lytras @spyroslytras.bsky.social · Dec 21

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...

Joe Grove @grovearmada.bsky.social · Dec 20

🎁 Early Xmas present from your friends at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social

We're thrilled to unwrap Viro3D - a comprehensive database of virus protein structures: >85,000 predicted structures from 4,400 human & animal viruses! 🦠

viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk

Viro3D

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Joe Grove @grovearmada.bsky.social · Dec 20

✨ 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! 🚀

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🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social · Nov 25

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

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Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social · Nov 25

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

Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Nov 25

New blogpost:
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

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...

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Nov 25

New blogpost:
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

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...

deevybee.blogspot.com

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Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social · Nov 25

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

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Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social · Nov 25

Interested in pursuing virus research?

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

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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · Nov 22

Do you want to become a virologist?
The @CVRinfo PhD programme is now recruiting for both UK and international applicants - rotate in two labs then choose a project tailored to your interests.
Also you get to live in Glasgow, which is fab.
Please RT!
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

A photo of the Sir Michael Stoker Building, a research centre housed inside a golden metal cube, against the parkland of the Garscube campus as the sun rise lights up the clouds above the Campsie Fells. Image Credit: Rob Gifford.

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Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social · Nov 25

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.

gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/d…

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Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social · Nov 25

Preparing for Pandemics: How to Communicate?

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Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social · Nov 25

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

Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social · Nov 25

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

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