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We are at our future planning meeting with Genomics team at main campus of University 🏰 @cvrbioinfo.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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🚨 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....

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September 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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📣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

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August 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Today we are showcasing our Lego based DNA sequencer at @cvrinfo.bsky.social summer party. ☀️⛱️
August 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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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
July 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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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

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Multi-omics analysis of SFTS virus infection in Rhipicephalus microplus cells reveals antiviral tick factors - Nature Communications
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) is a deadly tick-borne virus and a growing global health threat. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach on SFTSV-infected tick cells to study its impact and reveal host antiviral responses and key restriction factors.
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July 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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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!
July 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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📢 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/...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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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.

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man presents to an audience in a conference room. The projected slide reads “Anatomical origin of exhaled SARS-CoV-2 within the respiratory tract” and features a colourful virus illustration. Attendees are seated and focused on the presentation. A group of people sits around a long table in a dimly lit restaurant. The table is filled with drinks. The setting features wooden wall panels and modern hanging light fixtures. A group of people sits in a conference room with large windows, participating in a discussion. Attendees are taking notes or using laptops. Twelve people pose for a group photo in front of a wall displaying logos for the Medical Research Council- University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. They are dressed in business casual attire. The setting is an indoor office.
June 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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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!
June 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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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 🎤
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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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
June 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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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!
Multi-omics analysis of SFTS virus infection in Rhipicephalus microplus cells reveals antiviral tick factors - Nature Communications
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) is a deadly tick-borne virus and a growing global health threat. In this study, Petit et al. used a multi-omics approach on SFTSV-infected tic...
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May 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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
Variable rates of SARS-CoV-2 evolution in chronic infections
Author summary Novel SARS-CoV-2 variants such as Alpha and Omicron were characterised by the presence of multiple genetic changes not found in other SARS-CoV-2 viruses at the time. One hypothesis is t...
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May 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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📄 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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May 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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📢 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 cvr-gvw@glasgow.ac.uk.
cvrinfo.bsky.social MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social · May 7
📢 BOOK NOW | #GlasgowVirologyWorkshop 2025

Join us for an informal and friendly workshop with time for interactive discussion and a wine reception in the evening.

External to UofG? Register here: glasgowvirologyworkshop2025_external.eventbrite.co.uk

More info: gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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May 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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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.

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May 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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The UK Pandemic Sciences Network meeting & One Health Computational Network meeting 👍@cvrinfo.bsky.social @ukri.org @uofglasgow.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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📅 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
UK Pandemic Sciences Network Conference 2025
The UKPSN meeting at University of Glasgow will explore pandemic preparedness, surveillance, innovation, response, and global collaboration.
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April 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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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.

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March 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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🌍 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.

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March 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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📢 New paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social

Check out Emma's thread below ⬇️
March 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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We hope everyone attending @microbiologysociety.org's conference this week has a brilliant time! 🦠
socialinfluenza.bsky.social Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · Mar 31
Hooray! A lovely spring morning in Glasgow, and time to head off to Liverpool for my favourite microbiology conference, @microbiologysociety.org's #microbio25
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March 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Dan from The Robertson Lab has just passed her viva! Congratulations 🥂 🎉 @cvrinfo.bsky.social @davidlrobertson.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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📢 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...
A promotional banner for the One Health Computational Network Symposium 2025. On the left, a blue background contains white text reading "One Health Computational Network Symposium 2025" alongside the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) logo. On the right, a researcher wearing a lab coat, gloves, a mask, and glasses is using a pipette to load a sample into an Oxford Nanopore GridION sequencing device. The bottom of the banner features logos of partnering institutions, including the University of Glasgow, CVR, The Pirbright Institute, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, and the University of Edinburgh.
March 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM