Out now on Virological Posts: preliminary report on the genomic epidemiology of H5N1 sequences in cattle. This complements the preprint Dept. of Agriculture put out yesterday. There was a lot of data to work with, so it's split in two parts 👇🏼 virological.org/t/preliminary-… virological.org/t/preliminary-…

Really excited to share that our study is finally published in nature ! Longer post to follow but thanks so much to all of my co-authors, supervisors, the GPS consortium, and reviewers. Noémie Lefrancq @hsalje Stephen Bentley GlobalPneumoSeq nature.com/articles/s4158…

Today in Science Magazine, we report how a bacteria has evolved into a major human pathogen over the last 200 years. Read on, this is going to be an adventurous ride 1/n! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

First mpox virus clade Ib cases in Goma, Nord Kivu, DRC: Potential risk for a larger outbreak. virological.org/t/mpox-clade-i…

Clade I Monkeypox virus genomic diversity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018 - 2024: Predominance of Zoonotic Transmission medrxiv.org/content/10.110…. LUSAMAKI KINGANDA Amuri Aziza Placide Mbala Jean Claude Makangara Muyembe Tamfum Ministère de la Santé RDC Laboratoire Rodolphe Mérieux Inrb Goma Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB)

Happy to see our new paper out showing that pathogenic ecotypes of the zoonotic pig bacterium Streptococcus suis have enhanced environmental survival. 🧵 microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

Co-circulation of monkeypox virus subclades Ia and Ib in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July to August 2024. eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…

There is still time to register for our SMBE satellite meeting on pangenomes and transmission in Tokyo (until 31st October) See our website for more details, and now a provisional schedule too! smbepangenomes.bacpop.org

BREAKING🔔 A new study from G2P-Japan🇯🇵, led by Yu in my lab, is out at bioRxiv bioRxiv. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 #XEC. Please repost🔥 1/ biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🚨 Join us at the #AdvMicro2025 for an exciting session on Pathogen Genomics! 🧬 Dr. Chris Ruis from will discuss cutting-edge research in pathogen transmission, SARS-CoV-2 lineage tracing, and the risks of molnupiravir treatment. For more info follow the link 👇

Very excited to announce the first conference on Advancements of Microbiology, next April in Warsaw We have an exciting line up for the Pathogen Genomics forum including Andres Floto Lucy Weinert Chris Ruis Registration and abstract submission advmicro2025.pl

Excited this paper is out in nature on the global genomic surveillance of #monkeypox virus. Honored to have the opportunity to work on this and huge thanks to everyone for their efforts Our analysis reveals - high mobility of clade I viruses within Central Africa - sustained

Short 🧵#mpox 🆕 Paper with World Health Organization (WHO) and affected countries to better understand the evolution of MPXV. Our analysis reveals distinct clade I sequences suggesting MPXV circulation in areas of Eastern Africa over four decades. (full open access paper ⬇️) nature.com/articles/s4159…

We are recruiting up to 5 Pandemic Sciences Research Fellows at University of Oxford. Posts are for recent graduates to carry out independent research on topics in one or more of the following areas: AI & Epi, Genomics, Climate & Infectious diseases, Global health digital data science ↓

The Oropouche virus expansion in Brazil was a concerning case of arbovirus emergence outside of its endemic range, and so many questions remained! We aimed to answer some of them by integrating landscape phylogeography and ecological niche modelling! medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

💥 Excited to introduce Bacformer 🦠 - the first foundation model for bacterial genomics. Bacformer represents genomes as sequences of ordered proteins, learning the “grammar” of how genes are arranged, interact and evolve. Preprint 📝: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 🧵 1/n

Our review on within-host bacterial evolution is now out Nature Microbiology With Gerry Tonkin-Hill, Josie Bryant Katrina Lythgoe and Stephen Bentley nature.com/articles/s4156…

A pleasure to be included on this as part of the WHO TAG-VE along with many esteemed colleagues: A systematic nomenclature for mpox viruses causing outbreaks with sustained human-to-human transmission nature.com/articles/s4159…