💥 Long overdue— a welcome alternative to GISAID! Hope the community embraces this type of solution in a major way. Rapid pathogen 🧬 data sharing saves lives during pandemics & epidemics. (+ tracking evolution of endemic bugs that cause serious diseases is vital, too) ⚡️ ✊🏻✊🏾✊🏿

Cases of #mpox clade 1 have been reported in the DRC & several neighbouring countries. There are no reported cases of clade 1 in the UK, but if you've travelled recently to an affected country, be aware of the symptoms of mpox. More info ▶ travelhealthpro.org.uk/news/792/mpox-…

Scientific data matters! Read #jvirology editors' commentary "The harms of promoting the lab leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 origins without evidence." doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01….

Nature speaks to researchers about the information they are rushing to gather on the mpox outbreak in Africa. go.nature.com/3X4OG8v

Can coronaviruses keep surprising us? Find out by reading our latest bioRxiv led by Young-jun Park & Chen Liu in collaboration with Huan Yan (Wuhan Univ) HHMI UW Biochemistry 1/21 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The preliminary scientific program of the Pandemic Preparedness Conference is now available! Check it out! 👉pathogen-ri.eu/uploads/prelim… #prpconference2024 #pandemic #pandemicpreparedness #Conference

From Science Magazine: “We believe that building trust through transparency is essential for encouraging broader participation in data sharing,” says Pathoplexus co-founder Anderson Fernandes de Brito Anderson F. Brito  science.org/content/articl… #Pathoplexus #OpenScience

Demonstrate the effective application of #bioinformatics approaches to answer questions related to #ViralBiology🦠 Submit an abstract by 10 September to be considered for a talk or poster at Virus Genomics, Evolution and Bioinformatics.  #VGEB24 📎 Info: bit.ly/3QZwjiL

The NHS is rolling out the new RSV vaccine this week, and one of the groups it's being offered to is pregnant women (I think vaccination started in Scotland last week). gov.uk/government/pub…

The deadline to apply for fellowship sponsorship at the CVR is approaching! 📆 You have until 12th Sept to apply. gla.ac.uk/research/az/cv… Further info below ⬇️

In July, scientists announced that HIV had been eliminated from a seventh person after a stem-cell transplant. But how close are we to a cure for the virus — or a vaccine? go.nature.com/4e7RKau

We've added 7 new species to SARS-ANI: deer mouse, opossum, racoon, groundhog, Eastern cottontail rabbit, red bat, and horse (sources: World Organisation for Animal Health, ProMED). Big thanks to Anna C. Pontel de Almeida & Liuhuaying Yang for the great work! vis.csh.ac.at/sars-ani/ #OneHealth #SARSCoV2 #FAIRdata

Measles diagnosed in Belfast emergency room with 300 people now being traced belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-n… this is really not good. We know that measles easily spreads in this environment even to vaccinated people.This is expected though sadly when still not enough is being done!

1/2 🆕 Scientists University of Glasgow MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research have used AI to unlock the protein structures of 100s of viruses for the first time 🧬 The latest research, published nature, examined hundreds of viruses, revealing fundamental insights 🦠 More ➡️ gla.ac/3Xtiflw

Really incredible work, high-risk viruses are already circulating in wild and farm animals, including CoVs. This underscores the importance of pandemic preparedness research to stop future naturally occurring pandemics. 👇 nature.com/articles/s4158…

A viral family tree gets a makeover! 🧬🦠🔍Our new study, out today in nature, reveals the Flaviviridae's hidden history. MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research #virology nature.com/articles/s4158…

🆕World Health Organization (WHO) launches global framework for understanding the origins of new or re-emerging pathogens Work of WHO's Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). Longer thread on this later... who.int/news/item/04-0…

Evidence that #viruses of #nematodes interact with the human immune system, potentially influencing disease outcome. Great collaboration between LSTM KU Leuven UAntwerpen Lander Deconinck Shannon Quek amber hadermann Robert Colebunders pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39232205/

Viriological.org: Clade Ib #Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (#DRC ): clinical and virological report of the first case in Kinshasa, the capital city Eddy_K.Lusamaki 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩 👉virological.org/t/clade-ib-mpo…

An expert virologist prepares lab grade virus preps (measles and VSV) & self treats her recurrent breast cancer. What happened next? Apart from an ethical minefield! The reviewers comments & rebuttals are also published and make for an interesting read... mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/9…