Check out our new print that combines dense sequencing and phylodynamics to uncover a bunch of 😎 things about an understudied virus. - Doesn't evolve for 10 months a year ✅ - Uses some mossies for maintenance, others for spread ✅ - Established in Northeast for ~300 years ✅

New preprint on canine viromes in Australia led by @jonathonmifsud.bsky.social. Includes the first RNA virus reported in dingoes - an unusual rotavirus A. Domestic dogs worldwide seem to carry a pretty similar set of viruses. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Here we provide evidence of henipaviruses in North America with the discovery of Camp hill virus in the Northern Short-Tailed Shrew, Alabama. Early release article available from EID wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/... #virology

New preprint out now! The history of some RNA virus lineages that infect vertebrates might date back to our invertebrate ancestors. Read more here: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Turns out that metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut contains can identify exotic plant viruses that are biosecurity threats. Work led by Jackie Mahar and Solomon Maina. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Next up is Mary Petrone @marypetrone.bsky.social who is Extending the evolutionary history of disease-causing RNA viruses. Mary has been sampling marine invertebrates and makes a compelling case that sponges and tunicates are exciting hot beds of virus evolution. #AVS12

I have been so impressed by the @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social meeting. EXCELLENT talks, across all career stages. Amazing sense of community. Really positive and supportive meeting. Plus, I beat @robull.bsky.social at the double-gloved tube capping challenge. Thank you so much for hosting me!

First isolation of a chu-like virus (TDCV)....from primary facial (transmissible) tumor cells of the Tasmanian devil. Most closely related to a virus from a sea squirt 🤷‍♂️ Work led by @julienmelade.bsky.social with @erinharvey.bsky.social and Andy Flies et al. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...