New paper from the MuLTEE in NatureEcoEvo, this one on emergent eco-evolutionary dynamics. Led by Rozenn Pineau and Eric Libby, we explore how the evolution of multicellularity creates opportunities for ecological niche expansion and coexistence. rdcu.be/dBbn5

quantamagazine.org/viruses-finall… Thank you to Carl Zimmer, who's written a very nice synthesis of people studying the dynamics of virus populations and cooperation and cheating of viruses - the sociovirology - including our work at A*STAR Research A*STAR Infectious Diseases (ID) Labs and with Meletios Therapeutics on

More soon... for now, delighted to share news of a bioRxiv led by Marian Dominguez-Mirazo joint w/David Demory & J. Harris focusing on the widely used one-step growth curve and how variability in cellular lysis can lead to biases in latent period estimates: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Delighted to share news of a new mBio paper from Weitz Group at UMD Science led by Marian Dominguez-Mirazo joint w/David Demory & J. Harris: "Accounting for cellular-level variation in lysis: implications for virus–host dynamics" journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

So excited the latest discovery is out on Viral coinfection, Superinfection dominance, and Temperature modulating outcome. Super research by Claudia Meyer! And Vicky Jackson :-) Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/ismejo…

Excitement is building for the 12th iteration of the Aquatic Virus Workshop to be held at the fantastic Oceanologic Observatory in Banyuls-sur-Mer, France during 5-9 May 2025. We have a great lineup of speakers, and a nascent website: avw12.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

New paper in @nature shows #AI models collapse when trained on their own outputs—repeated AI-generated content leads to redundancy & gibberish. This mirrors our "Dilution of expertise" theory of cultural collapses: "too much imitation kills creativity." nature.com/articles/d4158…

Postdoc Dinh Quang Dinh Tran is half way to his destination, the Sorbonne University marine station Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer at Bayuls-sur-Mer to present his work at the Arago seminar series: Defective viral genomes of mosquito-borne viruses: parasites or components of viral populations? He will

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It's publication day for "Asymptomatic" via Hopkins Press. The book explores the paradox of asymptomatic transmission and rationale for proactive steps to confront future pandemics: bit.ly/asymptomatic-j…

For those working on viruses in aquatic environments, mark your calendars and consider submitting an abstract for Aquatic Virus Workshop 12 (AVW12) to be held in Banyuls-sur-Mer, May 5-9, 2025. Limited to 125 in total (register early). avw12.sciencesconf.org

I am happy to share that our work on cyanophage infection in the Southern Ocean was published 🤩doi.org/10.1111/1462-2… David Demory Joshua Weitz Adriana Lopes dos Santos Biology Technion

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