New study by the Institut Pasteur de Bangui and HIOH examines CAR #mpox outbreaks via genomic #epidemiology. High frequencies of independent spillovers highlight the need to strengthen systematic surveillance & identify animal sources to prevent future outbreaks www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We were part of another viral aRNA study that was just published. In this work spearheaded by Christian Urban in the lab of Verena Schuenemann, a new protocol was assessed (good for short fragments) and a seventh 1918 flu genome was completely sequenced bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

We just succeeded in formally linking a specific rodent species - the otherwise charming fire-footed rope squirrel - to the onset of a mpox outbreak in a primate species - sooty mangabeys. Here Kai’s report on the preprint we released yesterday 1/2

We are looking for a dedicated replacement to work as a technical assistant. www.helmholtz-hzi.de/karriere/job... If you are interested, please send us your complete application documents in accordance with the job advertisement. @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social

🧬 First update from the eDNA lab! 🪰 Extracting mammalian DNA from carrion flies collected in Tanzania for biodiversity studies. A first trial using @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social protocol for the flies collected by @uantwerpen.bsky.social + #Gecolab Shoutout to @paulinevanl.bsky.social ! 📸 #eDNA

🚨 #Job Alert 🚨 Die Bewerbungsfrist für die Position als Institutssekretär:in am HIOH endet bald! 📅 Bewerbungsschluss: 22. Januar. Eine spannende Chance, Teil eines internationalen Forschungsteams in Greifswald zu werden. Mehr Infos: www.helmholtz-hioh.de/fileadmin/HI... #JobOpportunity #OneHealth

Excited to announce the African STARS Fellowship, one of the largest programs in Africa. In partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Institut Pasteur & Stellenbosch University, initial funding of 165 million rands. Press release ceri.org.za/news/?token=... Launch 15 Jan, Cape Town, SA

A very reasonable thread on this (a bit unnecessarily overheated) debate.

Hi Related to your & the previous post, I looked it up and there are 120 Study Groups (SGs), with collectively more than 900 members. These are expert and typically quite experienced virologists, & should provide a reasonable cross-section of knowledge and expertise. So it's not a mad dictatorship!

🦠 We are recruiting two 2-year postdocs to work at the intersection of virus genomics and infectious disease. jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Please share widely!

Here the article where the ICTV explains the transition to Latinized binomial species names. I think the rationale is compelling: this change brings coherence, aligning viral taxonomy with that of all other biological entities 1/5 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Grateful to @smritimallapaty.bsky.social for covering our analysis of host transcriptional infection signatures at the Huanan market! Still not the “smoking raccoon dog” but getting closer… www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Out now: How we screened great apes from museum collections to find viruses! rdcu.be/d1UsZ