Rubén González
@rubengonzalez.bsky.social
Viral Infections and Virus Evolution.
A happy postdoctoral researcher at @salehlabparis.bsky.social, Institut Pasteur (Paris, France).
https://gonzalezrvirus.com
A happy postdoctoral researcher at @salehlabparis.bsky.social, Institut Pasteur (Paris, France).
https://gonzalezrvirus.com
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If you want to help, you can share our story, check out our work at viralemergence.org, and - if you're the one in a million person who can save our project - reach out. (At this point, my job is to fundraise for the amazing scientists I work with, so they can focus on doing some actual science! 🦠)
Verena
Verena is an NSF-funded Institute working towards using open data, biological research, and artificial intelligence to predict and prevent the next pandemic.
viralemergence.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you want to help, you can share our story, check out our work at viralemergence.org, and - if you're the one in a million person who can save our project - reach out. (At this point, my job is to fundraise for the amazing scientists I work with, so they can focus on doing some actual science! 🦠)
3/3 Congratulations to @castellosanjuan.bsky.social for his first publication from his thesis! Thanks to @salehlabparis.bsky.social for the amazing team spirit and for letting me keep illustrating our work with cartoon flies.
Read the work here 👇 @plosbiology.org
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Read the work here 👇 @plosbiology.org
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Persistent viral infections impact key biological traits in Drosophila melanogaster
Persistent viral infections in insects are not as harmless as once believed. This study reveals how such infections in fruit flies alter survival, reproduction, behavior, and gene expression, offering...
dx.plos.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
3/3 Congratulations to @castellosanjuan.bsky.social for his first publication from his thesis! Thanks to @salehlabparis.bsky.social for the amazing team spirit and for letting me keep illustrating our work with cartoon flies.
Read the work here 👇 @plosbiology.org
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Read the work here 👇 @plosbiology.org
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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...we found:
• Reduced fly lifespan (to varying degrees)
• Trade-offs between reproduction and immune defense
• Affected locomotion and remodeled sleep patterns, while preserving the circadian clock
• Each virus induces a different transcriptional response.
...we found:
• Reduced fly lifespan (to varying degrees)
• Trade-offs between reproduction and immune defense
• Affected locomotion and remodeled sleep patterns, while preserving the circadian clock
• Each virus induces a different transcriptional response.
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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...we found:
• Reduced fly lifespan (to varying degrees)
• Trade-offs between reproduction and immune defense
• Affected locomotion and remodeled sleep patterns, while preserving the circadian clock
• Each virus induces a different transcriptional response.
...we found:
• Reduced fly lifespan (to varying degrees)
• Trade-offs between reproduction and immune defense
• Affected locomotion and remodeled sleep patterns, while preserving the circadian clock
• Each virus induces a different transcriptional response.