#EVBC
Happy to share EVBC Newsletter No. 105 for September 2026, including:
📅 Upcoming events + deadlines
🚨 Info on ViBioM 2027 in Jena: 9-11 March
💼 Job vacancies
💻 Webinar announcements
🔗 evbc.uni-jena.de/evbc-newslet...
#bioinformatics #virology #sciencecommunity
September 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Happy to share EVBC Newsletter No. 104 (July/August 2026), including:
📜 Newest EVBC member publications + tools
📅 Upcoming events + deadlines
💼 Job vacancies
🔗 evbc.uni-jena.de/evbc-newslet...
#bioinformatics #virology #sciencecommunity
August 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
How can an unknown #bacteriophage be classified? A new guide presents 10 practical tips, covering genome quality, taxonomic tools, similarity searches, phylogenetics, protein structure, host range and ecology. 🦠🔬 #Virology 
📄 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014403
👤 EVBC member: Colin Hill
Ten quick tips for classifying unknown bacteriophage
doi.org
September 17, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Kieran Lamb from @davidlrobertson.bsky.social gets best poster prize at EVBC meeting in Lisboa
May 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Happy to share EVBC Newsletter No. 101 (March 2026) including:
📢 Info on ViBioM 2026
📜 Newest EVBC member publications
📅 Upcoming events
💼 Open vacancies
🎤 Webinar announcements
🔗 https://evbc.uni-jena.de/evbc-newsletter/
#bioinformatics #virology
March 25, 2026 at 9:37 AM
📩Happy to share the EVBC Newsletter No. 96 from Sep 2025, including the 📜 newest EVBC publications, 🔧 virus bioinformatics tools, 📅 upcoming events, and 🎤 webinar announcements!
🔗 evbc.uni-jena.de/evbc-newslet...
EVBC Newsletter – EVBC
evbc.uni-jena.de
September 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🎉The EVBC Newsletter 95 - July/Aug 2025 - includes the newest EVBC publications, virus bioinformatics tools, members, upcoming events and more!
🔗 evbc.uni-jena.de/evbc-newslet...
August 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🤝 Meet the EVBC at #GfV2026 in Heidelberg!
Stop by our poster “Ten Years at the Interface of Viruses and Data – The European Virus Bioinformatics Center” to learn more about EVBC and virus bioinformatics collaborations!
🗓️ 19 March, 3–5 pm
📍 Poster P513, Poster exhibition 4
#virology #bioinformatics
March 13, 2026 at 7:36 AM
SAVE THE DATES & plan your trip to Lisbon (for #RdRpSummit2025 & #EVBC #ViBioM) this summer accordingly! Information on registration and abstract submissions coming very very soon! 🚄✈️✨🇵🇹🌊🌉
RdRp Summit 2025 will take place on May 11-12, 2025, in Lisbon, Portugal! 🏛️✨

More details coming soon, but for now, mark your calendars!

Currently working on the official logo 🎨✍️

@rdrpsummit.bsky.social #RdRpSummit2025 #Procreate
February 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Metagenomic sequencing in neuroinflammatory disorders uncovers rare viral pathogens and improves diagnostic accuracy, highlighting the value of unbiased viral surveillance in clinical neurology. #VirusDiagnostics #Metagenomics 🧠🧬
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
👤 EVBC member: Michael Huber
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November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
BEAST X accelerates Bayesian phylogenetic and phylodynamic inference with enhanced scalability and geo spread modeling.
#BEASTX #Phylodynamics #VirusEvolution
👤EVBC: Philippe Lemey
🔗
BEAST X for Bayesian phylogenetic, phylogeographic and phylodynamic inference - Nature Methods
BEAST X advances Bayesian phylogenetic, phylogeographic and phylodynamic analysis by incorporating a broad range of complex models and leveraging advanced algorithms and techniques to boost statistical inference.
doi.org
August 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Happy to share EVBC Newsletter No. 103 (May/June 2026), including:
📜 Newest EVBC member publications + tools
📅 Upcoming events + deadlines
💼 Open vacancies
🎤 Webinar announcements
🔗 https://evbc.uni-jena.de/evbc-newsletter/
#bioinformatics #virology #sciencecommunity
June 15, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Happy to share EVBC Newsletter No. 102 (April 2026), including:
📢 Updates on ViBioM 2026
📜 Newest EVBC member publications + tools
📅 Upcoming events + deadlines
💼 Open vacancies
🎤 Webinar announcements
🔗 https://evbc.uni-jena.de/evbc-newsletter/
#bioinformatics #virology
April 21, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Review summarises how viruses dominate genetic diversity on Earth and evolve through multiple origins, gene sharing, and host–virus arms races, reshaping the global virosphere and replicator space 🧬🌍🦠 #Virology #Evolution #Metagenomics
📄 doi.org/10.5802/crbi...
👤 EVBC member: Mart Krupovic
Organization and evolution of the virosphere and the replicator space
doi.org
June 22, 2026 at 11:10 AM
📜 Happy to share the EVBC Newsletter No. 98 for Dec 2025, including the 📝 newest EVBC publications, 🔧 virus bioinformatics tools, 📅 upcoming events, invite to the ViBioM 2026, and 🎤 announcements!
evbc.uni-jena.de/evbc-newslet...
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A community-driven effort created the Genome Resolved Open Watersheds database (GROWdb), providing insights into the functional #microbiomes of U.S. river systems. #EnvironmentalScience

📄 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
EVBC👤: @simrouxvirus.bsky.social @sullivan-lab.bsky.social
A functional microbiome catalogue crowdsourced from North American rivers - Nature
GROWdb defines US river microbiomes at the genome level.
doi.org
December 3, 2024 at 1:08 PM
A new NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics resource introduces SquiDBase, a community repository of raw #nanopore #microbiome sequencing data, supporting open access and broader utility for bioinformatics and comparative analyses. #Genomics
📄 https://doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqaf213
👤 EVBC: Daan Jansen
doi.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Unlocking the secrets of atypical phages: This review explores how better tools for isolation & study can lead to breakthroughs in biotechnology & combating #AntibioticResistance. #PhageBiology

📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
EVBC👤: @simrouxvirus.bsky.social
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December 4, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Bacteriophages drive gene exchange in faecal microbiota: Study shows their role in reshaping microbial communities during faecal microbiota transplantation, with implications for therapy outcomes. 🔍💩🧫🧬#Microbiome #Phage #VirusEvolution
📄 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2026.03.017
👤 EVBC: Colin Hill
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May 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Very glad to have participated in #ViBioM2025 and an honor to be in this panel! An amazing week of talks, posters, and discussing with colleagues at IHMT NOVA in Lisbon. Huge thanks to the @evbc.bsky.social and everyone in the organizing committee ✨😊
#VirusBioinformatics #IHMT #EVBC
May 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Introducing 'obelisks': novel heritable RNA elements discovered in human microbiomes & global niches, expanding our understanding of RNA diversity. #Microbiome #RNA #Virology

📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
EVBC👤: @rnalab.bsky.social
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December 4, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien (Sep 11, 2026):

"I have a message for our American friends. Canada is generous, open country, and Canadians are tolerant and kind."

But never mistake our generosity for weakness."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVBc...
POWERFUL MESSAGE To Americans & Canadians
YouTube video by Claus Kellerman POV
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
youtu.be/nT7Itz-EVBc?...

Anyway here's a palate cleanser.
Natchitoches Blues
YouTube video by Joey Green - Topic
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Structure-based prediction of #phage proteins (Phage Homomer Level Estimate and Generation Method PHLEGM) uses #AlphaFold Multimer and interface scoring to resolve thousands of virus protein complexes from sequence data🧬💻 #StructuralBiology
📄 doi.org/10.64898/202...
👤EVBC: Robert Edwards, Bas Dutilh
Computational prediction resolves thousands of homooligomeric phage protein structures
Bacteriophages (phages) play essential roles in microbial systems, yet most phage proteins remain poorly characterised. Protein tertiary and quaternary structure information contributes valuable infor...
doi.org
July 1, 2026 at 4:06 PM
New guidelines for discrete #phylogeography introduce an adjusted Bayes factor (BFₐ𝑑𝑗) that integrates sampling-state abundance, reducing false positives in lineage transition inference under bias. #Phylodynamics #Bioinformatics 🧬📊
📄  https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf253
👤  EVBC: Simon Dellicour
doi.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM