Virologists are on the move in December 🇦🇺🇳🇿. Let’s talk about 🦠 and create disease solutions. Two awesome meetings back -2- back in Victoria. avs2024.org and hendra30.com. Aust'asian Virology Dr Alison Peel Jennifer Barr Come join us- abstracts are open

📢Registration and abstract submissions for #MicroSeq2024 are officially OPEN! Get in quick- the first 50 registrations are free thanks to ASM For more information, see our website: microseqconference.com/registration-a…

Worried that you don't have enough results for a talk at #MicroSeq2024? Fear not! We have multiple talk-lengths available: Medium- 12 minutes plus questions Lightning- 4 minutes plus discussion time Get in quick; Abstract submissions close in one week! 👉 trybooking.com/events/landing…

New review out from our lab looking at the state of vaccine development for flaviviruses. The field still faces challenges developing these vaccines, and so is it time to look at different approaches? Read about it below. mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/8… Vaccines MDPI

Many thanks to our ⁦VIIN⁩ young investigator committee members for organising a successful VIIN Careers Evening held ⁦WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)⁩!

New list of priority diseases of epidemic / pandemic concern. A more systematic approach, as is common in virology labs working on EID diagnostics fi cdn.who.int/media/docs/def…

📢We’ve extended the abstract submission for #MicroSeq2024 to midnight on Friday, 9th August! Don’t miss this opportunity to network with fellow Australian and NZ ECRs. Available talks are 12 or 4 minutes plus discussion. Submit your abstract here: trybooking.com/CTBRQ

Very happy to contribute to this publication, led by Mary Petrone of the Holmes lab, on the discovery of a GINORMOUS* flavi-like virus (*I think that's the accepted technical term). But how does it navigate the error threshold?!? pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

AVS 2024, Earlybird registration and oral abstract deadlines have been extended to August 16th! Stay posted here avs2024.org

Congratulations to the following delegates who have been selected as the Travel Award Winners, to attend the AVS12 conference in Creswick, Victoria, in December! Harout Ajoyan Laura McCoullough Babu Nath @growlipowli Wesley Freppel Natalie Watson Natalie Netzler

New research finds rodents as key carriers of GALV-KoRV-related retroviruses, with 9 species identified as hosts, including 2 African rodents — the first discovery outside Australia & SE Asia. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/ve/vea… Joshua A Hayward Prof Gilda

Check out this paper published in our special issue! ⁦Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut⁩ Viruses | Free Full-Text | Rousettus aegyptiacus Fruit Bats Do Not Support Productive Replication of Cedar Virus upon Experimental Challenge mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/9…

Do you metagenomically seq samples collected in Australia? Then this paper is for you! doi.org/10.1093/databa… The Australian Biosecurity Genomic Database can be used to screen for viruses on Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's list of notifiable animal diseases - give it a try: github.com/ausbiopathgenD…

📢Registrations for #MicroSeq2024 close TOMORROW! We have an AWESOME program lined up for this Wednesday and Thursday, and heaps of cool prizes to give away (including best questions)! We can’t wait to see you there! #ECR #Microbiology #Sequencing

We were lucky enough to hear Jon Mifsud present this work at #MicroSeq2024 yesterday. Published in Nature today! #Virology #Flaviviridae Check it out now👇 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Reconstructing virus evolutionary history is hard! Structural prediction and phylogenetics can help👍 Check out our new study out in nature nature.com/articles/s4158… University of Sydney Sydney Health

Next up, the #MicroSeq2024 Award for Best Virology Talk sponsored by Aust'asian Virology. This goes to Jonathon Mifsud (Jon Mifsud)! Congratulations! 🎉👏

Thanks to everyone who attended #MicroSeq2024! We’re so impressed with everyone’s talks, and the high-quality discussion observed across Zoom and Zep! Please complete the feedback survey so #MicroSeq2025 can be even better! Thanks to ASM Aust'asian Virology Microbiology Society