Excited that our manuscript on divergence dating of HIV-1 using a mixed effects clock model is out today! academic.oup.com/ve/article/5/2… We accommodate the variation in rates among subtypes and result in a tMRCA of 1920 for HIV-1 group M. #mixedeffectsclock #HIVdating #FridayMotivation

Today's forecast: Scattered PRRS outbreaks with isolated sprinkles of PED. pighealthtoday.com/todays-forecas…

Dunno if this will pass review but here’s the most parsimonious phylogeny of baked goods I made for some reason.

Come work on a great project based at Roslin with me - Postdoctoral researcher in phylodynamic modelling of livestock infection wanted for joint University of Edinburgh and Minnesota project. Apply 28Nov ! ed.ac.uk/roslin/work-st… #phylodynamics #postdoc Rowland Raymond Kao Kim VanderWaal, PhD

Feeling Festive? Give your decorations a science twist, with our booklet of designs for viruses as paper snowflakes MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research #scicomm #sciart gla.ac.uk/researchinstit…

PhD position (Glasgow, United Kingdom) Leveraging pathogen genomics & phylodynamics to control endemic anthrax (UK/EU/international) with Roman Biek Sam Lycett Taya Forde at @IBAHCM University of Glasgow. #OneHealth More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/phd-proje…

📣 Timely new research led by MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research shows how the #flu virus may explain why the common cold is less prevalent in winter. Media Research Center-funded research is led by Sema Nickbakhsh & Pablo Murcia (he/him) and published in PNASNews. More 👉 ow.ly/OKzb30q2zbB Watch 👀 and find out more 👇

Our latest #openaccess research uses #genomics to track transmission of Mycobacterium bovis (which causes bovine tuberculosis) within and between badger and cattle populations: elifesciences.org/articles/45833

Listen to Rowland Raymond Kao fielding questions on #r4today here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Jump to: 2:37:54

Rowland Raymond Kao The Telegraph The Irish Times Read a brief digest of our research by eLife - the journal: elifesciences.org/digests/45833/…

How does mathematical modelling analysis feed into UK government COVID-19 policy? You've probably heard of Cobra, chaired by the PM, but there are two other steps worth knowing about... 1/

All the talks from the Edinburgh Coronavirus workshop on Wednesday are now available - listen here! edin.ac/3brmK4Y Thomas Christie Williams Sam Lycett Kenneth Baillie Oliver Koch Kate Templeton Bram van Bunnik The Roslin Institute Usher Institute Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh @MRC_IGMM Ross Fitzgerald

UPDATE: #Coronavirus Europe (11 countries) ➡️1.88% to 11.43% of population infected with #COVID19 up to 28th March ➡️Interventions have already impacted control of the epidemic ➡️Interventions have saved between 21,000 & 120,000 lives 🔰Report imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-inf…

Really important those in Southern Hemisphere get their flu shot. Reducing the upcoming flu season as much as possible will help health services dealing with covid19

Yes! Marion Koopmans, publications: https://pure.eur.nl VEOEurope CompareEurope

Special Issue "#Evolution and #Epidemiology of #Influenza Virus" is edited by Dr. Samantha Lycett Sam Lycett and Prof. Dr. Paul Digard. Welcome articles on influenza viruses in the their diversity, dynamics, transmission, pathogenesis, more details here: mdpi.com/journal/viruse…