Back from lunch at #SocialViruses26 — Alexander Robertson @alexrob.bsky.social (University of Washington) on "Cooperative interactions facilitate measles virus brain infection"
August 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Back from lunch at #SocialViruses26 — Alexander Robertson @alexrob.bsky.social (University of Washington) on "Cooperative interactions facilitate measles virus brain infection"
Up next at #SocialViruses26: Karla Kirkegaard (Stanford University) with "Mechanisms of genetic dominance in RNA viruses"
August 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Up next at #SocialViruses26: Karla Kirkegaard (Stanford University) with "Mechanisms of genetic dominance in RNA viruses"
First talk to kick off #SocialViruses26 is by Amy Sweeny @arsweeny.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social with "The macroecology of viral coinfection"
August 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
First talk to kick off #SocialViruses26 is by Amy Sweeny @arsweeny.bsky.social from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social with "The macroecology of viral coinfection"
Last talk of the day at #SocialViruses26: Iris Irby @irisirby.bsky.social (Georgia Institute of Technology @gtresearch.bsky.social) with "Conflict dynamics: ecological drivers of prophage coexistence and the evolution of viral cheats"
August 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Last talk of the day at #SocialViruses26: Iris Irby @irisirby.bsky.social (Georgia Institute of Technology @gtresearch.bsky.social) with "Conflict dynamics: ecological drivers of prophage coexistence and the evolution of viral cheats"
We mine driver DVGs from longitudinal infection data! Mia Le presents her Granger-causality analysis at the Social Viruses Meeting organized by @asherleeks.bsky.social and @sociovirology.bsky.social. Exciting meeting & great opportunity to exchange with the sociovirology community #SocialViruses26
August 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
We mine driver DVGs from longitudinal infection data! Mia Le presents her Granger-causality analysis at the Social Viruses Meeting organized by @asherleeks.bsky.social and @sociovirology.bsky.social. Exciting meeting & great opportunity to exchange with the sociovirology community #SocialViruses26
Up next at #SocialViruses26: Karim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social from @igmm-montpel.bsky.social presenting "Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan horse"
August 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Up next at #SocialViruses26: Karim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social from @igmm-montpel.bsky.social presenting "Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan horse"
Now at #SocialViruses26: Cassandra Koh @cassandrakoh.bsky.social from @pasteur.fr with "I contain multitudes: mosquito virus interactions through a one health lens"
August 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Now at #SocialViruses26: Cassandra Koh @cassandrakoh.bsky.social from @pasteur.fr with "I contain multitudes: mosquito virus interactions through a one health lens"
Kicking off the final day of #SocialViruses26: Ryo Mizuuchi (Waseda University) with "Social evolution of artificial RNA replicators"
August 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Kicking off the final day of #SocialViruses26: Ryo Mizuuchi (Waseda University) with "Social evolution of artificial RNA replicators"
The last structured activity of the day for #SocialViruses26 is The Role of Theory in Sociovirology panel. Hosted by Sally Otto (@zoology.ubc.ca) with panelists Chadi Saad-Roy @chadisaadroy.bsky.social (UBC), Katia Koelle (@emoryuniversity.bsky.social), & Geoff Wild (University of Western Ontario)
August 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The last structured activity of the day for #SocialViruses26 is The Role of Theory in Sociovirology panel. Hosted by Sally Otto (@zoology.ubc.ca) with panelists Chadi Saad-Roy @chadisaadroy.bsky.social (UBC), Katia Koelle (@emoryuniversity.bsky.social), & Geoff Wild (University of Western Ontario)
Closing out #SocialViruses26's talks: Rowan Green @rowancallumg.bsky.social (University of British Columbia) with "Defective genomes are highly abundant and associated with patient status in natural influenza infections"
August 7, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Closing out #SocialViruses26's talks: Rowan Green @rowancallumg.bsky.social (University of British Columbia) with "Defective genomes are highly abundant and associated with patient status in natural influenza infections"
Kicking off Day 2 of #SocialViruses26: Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social from University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social with "Mechanisms and consequences of influenza virus superinfection exclusion"
August 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Kicking off Day 2 of #SocialViruses26: Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social from University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social with "Mechanisms and consequences of influenza virus superinfection exclusion"
At #SocialViruses26: Robyn Manley (University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk) presenting "Temperate phages optimise the lysis-lysogeny switch by integrating diverse cues"
August 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
At #SocialViruses26: Robyn Manley (University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk) presenting "Temperate phages optimise the lysis-lysogeny switch by integrating diverse cues"
@cassandrakoh.bsky.social Mosquitoes are almost always co-infected by multiple viruses. Mosquito viromes are part of the disease ecology of arboviruses. #SocialViruses26
August 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
@cassandrakoh.bsky.social Mosquitoes are almost always co-infected by multiple viruses. Mosquito viromes are part of the disease ecology of arboviruses. #SocialViruses26
@cassandrakoh.bsky.social: Koh Mosquito and Virus Ecology lab is currently recruiting! #SocialViruses26
August 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
@cassandrakoh.bsky.social: Koh Mosquito and Virus Ecology lab is currently recruiting! #SocialViruses26
Next at #SocialViruses26, one of the OG's of our sociovirology field (even before it had a name!), Santiago Elena @sfelena.bsky.social (@i2sysbio.es) presenting "Experimental evolution of betacoronaviruses and their nsVGs: who drives who?"
August 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Next at #SocialViruses26, one of the OG's of our sociovirology field (even before it had a name!), Santiago Elena @sfelena.bsky.social (@i2sysbio.es) presenting "Experimental evolution of betacoronaviruses and their nsVGs: who drives who?"
Second talk of the morning at #SocialViruses26: Nora Pyenson @norapyenson.bsky.social from NYU Langone with "Selfish genetic elements drive allele replacement in competing phage populations"
August 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Second talk of the morning at #SocialViruses26: Nora Pyenson @norapyenson.bsky.social from NYU Langone with "Selfish genetic elements drive allele replacement in competing phage populations"
@cassandrakoh.bsky.social: How do host and ecological factors shape mosquito virome dynamics. Longitudinal sampling across four tropical countries in wet/dry seasons. Metatransciptomics approach #SocialViruses26
August 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
@cassandrakoh.bsky.social: How do host and ecological factors shape mosquito virome dynamics. Longitudinal sampling across four tropical countries in wet/dry seasons. Metatransciptomics approach #SocialViruses26
Afternoon session at #SocialViruses26 kicks off with Kim Seed (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) with "Phage Parasites in Vibrio cholerae"
August 7, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Afternoon session at #SocialViruses26 kicks off with Kim Seed (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) with "Phage Parasites in Vibrio cholerae"
@cassandrakoh.bsky.social: Results. RNA viruses dominate mosquito viromes. A GLM explained 60% of variance with just four variables. Host species and site are most important for virus sharing #SocialViruses26
August 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
@cassandrakoh.bsky.social: Results. RNA viruses dominate mosquito viromes. A GLM explained 60% of variance with just four variables. Host species and site are most important for virus sharing #SocialViruses26
@alexrob.bsky.social: Measles virus, In 1/10,000 infections become neuroinvasive, inevitably fatal. Asymptomatic for 10 years #SocialViruses26
August 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
@alexrob.bsky.social: Measles virus, In 1/10,000 infections become neuroinvasive, inevitably fatal. Asymptomatic for 10 years #SocialViruses26
@cassandrakoh.bsky.social: Mosquito viromes reveal that most arboviruses were mosquito specific and then acquired the ability to infect humans! #SocialViruses26
August 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
@cassandrakoh.bsky.social: Mosquito viromes reveal that most arboviruses were mosquito specific and then acquired the ability to infect humans! #SocialViruses26
@karimaj.bsky.social Deltaviruses show widespread host shifting. For instance, termite deltas similar to human deltas, more than other mammalian deltas #SocialViruses26
August 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
@karimaj.bsky.social Deltaviruses show widespread host shifting. For instance, termite deltas similar to human deltas, more than other mammalian deltas #SocialViruses26
Next up at #SocialViruses26 we have: Mete Yuksel (University of Toronto @utoronto.ca) with "Elevated viral recombination in short-lived hosts".
August 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Next up at #SocialViruses26 we have: Mete Yuksel (University of Toronto @utoronto.ca) with "Elevated viral recombination in short-lived hosts".
Now at #SocialViruses26: Frédérique Le Roux @fredoleroux.bsky.social (Université de Montréal @umontreal.ca) on "Environmental phage diversity reveals rapid coevolution with PICMI satellites"
August 7, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Now at #SocialViruses26: Frédérique Le Roux @fredoleroux.bsky.social (Université de Montréal @umontreal.ca) on "Environmental phage diversity reveals rapid coevolution with PICMI satellites"
Closing scientific programming today w/ panel: "Pushing the bounds of sociovirology: what we can learn from diverse viral model systems." Host: @sfelena.bsky.social (@i2sysbio.es). Panelists: @saganlab.bsky.social (UBC), @viromehunter.bsky.social (UBC), Uri Gophna (Tel Aviv U) #SocialViruses26
August 6, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Closing scientific programming today w/ panel: "Pushing the bounds of sociovirology: what we can learn from diverse viral model systems." Host: @sfelena.bsky.social (@i2sysbio.es). Panelists: @saganlab.bsky.social (UBC), @viromehunter.bsky.social (UBC), Uri Gophna (Tel Aviv U) #SocialViruses26