Will Harvey
@willharv.bsky.social
Virus evolution and epidemiology 🦠🧬💻
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Do you remember BA.3—the weakling cousin of BA.1 & BA.2 that seemed to take the worst from each & had weaker ACE2 binding than even the ancestral Wuhan Virus?
After three years, BA.3 is back.
And it is transmitting.
Who saw this coming?
1/13
After three years, BA.3 is back.
And it is transmitting.
Who saw this coming?
1/13
March 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Do you remember BA.3—the weakling cousin of BA.1 & BA.2 that seemed to take the worst from each & had weaker ACE2 binding than even the ancestral Wuhan Virus?
After three years, BA.3 is back.
And it is transmitting.
Who saw this coming?
1/13
After three years, BA.3 is back.
And it is transmitting.
Who saw this coming?
1/13
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I first read the famous 1925 Yule paper at its 80th birthday - during my Master thesis work, and it shaped my research profoundly. It was a pleasure and honour to lead this special 100 anniversary issue celebrating Yule's legacy and phylogenetic models with @noahrosenberg.bsky.social and Mike Steel!
A mathematical theory of evolution: phylogenetic models dating back 100 years—a new #PhilTransB theme issue describes recent developments in models of #evolutionary trees and networks, and in #phylogenetic modeling for applications in biology: https://buff.ly/41r1wkR @tanjastadler.bsky.social
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February 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I first read the famous 1925 Yule paper at its 80th birthday - during my Master thesis work, and it shaped my research profoundly. It was a pleasure and honour to lead this special 100 anniversary issue celebrating Yule's legacy and phylogenetic models with @noahrosenberg.bsky.social and Mike Steel!
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🦠 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!
December 18, 2024 at 6:03 PM
🦠 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!
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Chu-like viruses are weird and wonderful and now infect Tasmanian devils! Definitely worth adding to the reading list 📚
Awesome work by @julienmelade.bsky.social @erinharvey.bsky.social
@eddieholmes.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Awesome work by @julienmelade.bsky.social @erinharvey.bsky.social
@eddieholmes.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Isolation of an infectious mammalian chu-like virus from tumor cells of the endangered Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
Jingchuvirales (negative-sense RNA viruses) were initially discovered in invertebrates, with both exogenous and endogenous jingchuviruses subsequently identified in fish, reptiles and mammals. To date...
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November 26, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Chu-like viruses are weird and wonderful and now infect Tasmanian devils! Definitely worth adding to the reading list 📚
Awesome work by @julienmelade.bsky.social @erinharvey.bsky.social
@eddieholmes.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Awesome work by @julienmelade.bsky.social @erinharvey.bsky.social
@eddieholmes.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Wendy Barclay and I will soon be recruiting a postdoc to work on a virology project investigating the evolution of swine influenza viruses and how this impacts future pandemic potential.
Job will be based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.
Job will be based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.
October 28, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Wendy Barclay and I will soon be recruiting a postdoc to work on a virology project investigating the evolution of swine influenza viruses and how this impacts future pandemic potential.
Job will be based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.
Job will be based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.
On this day in 1859, Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' was published, around 22 years after he sketched perhaps the first phylogenetic tree...
"The affinities of all the beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth."
"The affinities of all the beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth."
November 24, 2024 at 4:35 PM
On this day in 1859, Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' was published, around 22 years after he sketched perhaps the first phylogenetic tree...
"The affinities of all the beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth."
"The affinities of all the beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth."