We are at our future planning meeting with Genomics team at main campus of University 🏰 @cvrbioinfo.bsky.social

🚨 New Web Resource Alert! 🚨 We're delighted to share Viro3D a database of >85000 viral protein structure predictions from >4400 human & animal viruses. 🔗 viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk 📄 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... @molsystbiol.org @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social #Virology #AlphaFold 🧪 🦠

📣Come work with us! Looking for a Research Assistant/Associate in Data Analysis, for a Pfizer-funded research project focused on effectiveness of maternal #RSV vaccination in infants in Scotland. More: bit.ly/3Va7yCd Enq to: @louisapollock.bsky.social Closing: 17 Sept 25 @cvrinfo.bsky.social

Today we are showcasing our Lego based DNA sequencer at @cvrinfo.bsky.social summer party. ☀️⛱️

Today we have been at the Glasgow Science Centre showcasing our new Lego based DNA sequencer: GO-Seq, to learn about respiratory viruses, their DNA and sequencing. @cvrinfo.bsky.social @glasgowscience.bsky.social

SFTSV is a deadly tick-borne virus. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach to reveal antiviral responses in SFTSV-infected tick cells @virotick.bsky.social @brennanlab.bsky.social @cvrinfo.bsky.social @uniofsurrey.bsky.social

Are you doing a PhD or research Masters in Virology? Want to be part of a community of like-minded researchers from across the UK and Ireland? We're excited to announce the first annual conference run by and for postgraduate research students in Virology. Please sign up, and please spread the word!

📢 EVENT | 27th Glasgow Virology Workshop Join us for a day of interesting talks & discussions. Speakers: Adam Bailey, Louis Lambrechts, Kirsty Roy, Judy Breuer, Sheila Graham, Juan Reguera & a selection of students. 📆 Fri 5th Sept 2025 🔗 Register: gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

Last week we welcomed colleagues from ‪@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social‬ Centre for Infection Research & other project partners for our CVR-HZI Collaborative Development Fund Symposium. We heard about exciting research projects and discussed new opportunities to further our collaborations. cvr-hzi.co.uk

Our viral #Bioinformatics course has come to an end 🎉 @cvrinfo.bsky.social This year we welcomed 15 amazing participants from Europe, Asia, Africa & Oceania🌍 Huge thanks to everyone who joined — and to our instructors!

Had a delicious #VGB2025 course dinner at Ka Pao 🍽️😋 At another buffet-style social, @quangu.bsky.social welcomed everyone with a traditional Scottish folk song 🎤

As the collaborating centre of @woahglobal.bsky.social , we’re thrilled to launch our 8th annual course on viral bioinformatics & genomics! Welcome speech by @cvrinfo.bsky.social director @emcat1.bsky.social & head of Bioinformatics @davidlrobertson.bsky.social 🧬📊 #bioinformatics #genomics

OMG! I can finally share my joy to see my SFTSV work published in @natcomms.nature.com! This adventure started by the award of my MSCA grant and my move to the Kohl and @brennanlab.bsky.social at @cvrinfo.bsky.social. Let's chat about how we discovered novel tick anti-viral effectors!

Read the paper: journals.plos.org/plospathogen... Research led by Ewan Smith in the Illingworth Lab (@chrisillingworth.bsky.social). Collaborations: @cambridgeup.bsky.social Funding: @ukri.org @wellcometrust.bsky.social

📄 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. cell.com/cell/fulltex... gla.ac.uk/research/az/... @davidlrobertson.bsky.social @spyroslytras.bsky.social @bljog.bsky.social

📢 You have until Friday 30th May to submit an abstract to present at this year's #GlasgowVirologyWorkshop! We'd love to hear from delegates of all backgrounds and career stages. Send a PDF with your abstract (200 words max), name, email and affiliation to [email protected].

Members of the CVR's Bioinformatics Team (@cvrbioinfo.bsky.social) attended this year's International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting (ViBioM) in Lisbon. Postdocs Kieran Lamb and Fran Young and students Rubayet Alam and Robert Strange presented interesting posters. evbc.uni-jena.de/events/vibio...

The UK Pandemic Sciences Network meeting & One Health Computational Network meeting 👍@cvrinfo.bsky.social @ukri.org @uofglasgow.bsky.social

📅 DEADLINE EXTENDED | UK Pandemic Sciences Network & One Health Computational Network Register for the event before Tues 8th April. Don't miss out this incredible opportunity to take part in these important events. UKPSN: ukpsn2025.eventbrite.co.uk OHCN: ohcn2025.eventbrite.co.uk

Congratulations Dan! 🎉 Dan Liu's thesis focuses on leveraging pre-trained protein language models to predict virus-host associations and training large language models to predicted protein-protein interactions within and across species. @cvrbioinfo.bsky.social

🌍 We recently visited Nairobi & Kilifi for a partnership meeting hosted by the Kenya Medical Research Institute Centre for Virus Research & Wellcome Trust Research Programme. Together we aim to drive impactful research to tackle viral threats & improve global health. gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

📢 New paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social Check out Emma's thread below ⬇️

We hope everyone attending @microbiologysociety.org's conference this week has a brilliant time! 🦠

Dan from The Robertson Lab has just passed her viva! Congratulations 🥂 🎉 @cvrinfo.bsky.social @davidlrobertson.bsky.social

📢 Join us at the upcoming @ukri.org One Health Computational Network Symposium #OHCN2025, we'll be discussing surveillance, AI's potential, genome epidemiology & public health. Connect with experts and help advance pandemic preparedness. Register now: bioinformatics.cvr.ac.uk/one-health-c...

🟣 Happy International Women's Day! Today, we celebrate two of the women leading by example in @uofgsii.bsky.social. We are especially proud to highlight these inspirational figures as the first females to lead Sii and @cvrinfo.bsky.social. 🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infe... #IWD2025 🧵 1/4

Finally made it to KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, 5 years after a planned visit was scuppered by the pandemic. Thanks to Charles Nyaigoti & James Abuje for being great hosts and showing us the fantastic science they are doing. @cvrinfo.bsky.social @davidlrobertson.bsky.social 🇰🇪🦠🔬🧬

Join us for UKRI One Health Computational Network Symposium! 📅 24th April 📍 @uofglasgow.bsky.social Experts in AI & computational methods tackling viral threats! 🦠 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/cvrohcn @cvrinfo.bsky.social #AI #ComputationalBiology #InfectiousDiseases

🚨👨🏽‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! Work with us to develop supervised learning and graph analysis of the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues they can infect, and the hosts that can be infected. 3y role based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, apply by 18 Mar: vibelab.co.uk/blog/25-02-1...

🦟How do bunyaviruses spread via mosquitoes? A new study shows the NSm protein is key. NSm helps the virus move cell-to-cell in the mosquito midgut, a crucial step for transmission. Without it, infection fails. Find out more: gla.ac.uk/research/az/... Read the paper: nature.com/articles/s41...

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....

📢 Fellowship Sponsorship at the CVR 📆 Deadline 2/4/25 We have an open sponsorship process and are committed to supporting a diverse, inclusive & well-supported community. We particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented backgrounds. gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

📢 After 14 years of successful leadership, Prof Massimo Palmarini has stepped down as CVR Director. Prof Emma Thomson, a leading expert in emerging infectious diseases, will act as Interim Director, continuing the CVR’s vital work in virus research. 🔗 gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Could a commonly-prescribed drug, given under medical supervision, help to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission in hospitals?  We used mathematical modelling to carry out a preliminary assessment.  medrxiv.org/cgi/content/....  Thread follows.

What will viruses do next?🦠 New article from @naturecomms.bsky.social explores how #AI is transforming viral evolution prediction. Research from @davidlrobertson.bsky.social uses AI to better understand these vast evolutionary trajectories & determine their limits. www.nature.com/articles/d41...