Check out this list of awesome #virome tools and be sure to add yours!
github.com/shandley/awe...
#phagesky #microsky
github.com/shandley/awe...
#phagesky #microsky
GitHub - shandley/awesome-virome: A listing of software, tools and databases useful for virome analysis
A listing of software, tools and databases useful for virome analysis - shandley/awesome-virome
github.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Check out this list of awesome #virome tools and be sure to add yours!
github.com/shandley/awe...
#phagesky #microsky
github.com/shandley/awe...
#phagesky #microsky
There is an increased risk of autoimmune diseases after Covid, and 2 constituents of the virome (anellovirus and HHV-6) may help to explain this link
nature.com/articles/s41...
a study of 5 different autoimmune diseases in over 6,300 Japanese individuals
nature.com/articles/s41...
a study of 5 different autoimmune diseases in over 6,300 Japanese individuals
Blood DNA virome associates with autoimmune diseases and COVID-19 - Nature Genetics
Analysis of the blood DNA virome in patients with COVID-19 and autoimmune disease associates endogenous HHV-6 (eHHV-6) and high anellovirus load with increased disease risk, most notably for systemic ...
nature.com
January 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
There is an increased risk of autoimmune diseases after Covid, and 2 constituents of the virome (anellovirus and HHV-6) may help to explain this link
nature.com/articles/s41...
a study of 5 different autoimmune diseases in over 6,300 Japanese individuals
nature.com/articles/s41...
a study of 5 different autoimmune diseases in over 6,300 Japanese individuals
Hello new friends! I'm Cassandra, a vector biologist at Institut Pasteur and today is my official first day as a #newPI!!! My team will study virus-virus-host interactions using mosquitoes, specifically the influence of the mosquito virome on the transmission of arboviruses like dengue and Zika 🧵1/5
March 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hello new friends! I'm Cassandra, a vector biologist at Institut Pasteur and today is my official first day as a #newPI!!! My team will study virus-virus-host interactions using mosquitoes, specifically the influence of the mosquito virome on the transmission of arboviruses like dengue and Zika 🧵1/5
Every healthy human body is home to trillions of viruses, and we may harbor tens of millions of viral species. Here's my story about scientists exploring the human virome. [Gift link] nyti.ms/41nZpxS 🧪
Trillions of Viruses Live in Your Body. A.I. Is Trying to Find Them. (Gift Article)
The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health.
nyti.ms
February 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Every healthy human body is home to trillions of viruses, and we may harbor tens of millions of viral species. Here's my story about scientists exploring the human virome. [Gift link] nyti.ms/41nZpxS 🧪
Out now in @science.org
Virome-wide ubiquitin ligase discovery reveals diverse mechanisms of immune evasion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Virome-wide ubiquitin ligase discovery reveals diverse mechanisms of immune evasion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Virome-wide ubiquitin ligase discovery reveals diverse mechanisms of immune evasion
Viruses are intracellular parasites that reprogram the host proteome to promote replication and evade immune recognition. We applied a virome-wide library of ~10,000 open reading frames to discover vi...
www.science.org
August 21, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Out now in @science.org
Virome-wide ubiquitin ligase discovery reveals diverse mechanisms of immune evasion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Virome-wide ubiquitin ligase discovery reveals diverse mechanisms of immune evasion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Have you developed a new #bioinformatics tool to understand #phage or #virus? Make sure you add it to #awesome-virome
github.com/shandley/awe...
github.com/shandley/awe...
April 8, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Have you developed a new #bioinformatics tool to understand #phage or #virus? Make sure you add it to #awesome-virome
github.com/shandley/awe...
github.com/shandley/awe...
I assume we're just constantly revisiting childhood adenoviruses and rhinoviruses as μSalt Creek samples the virome of every living thing in the world now
September 30, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I assume we're just constantly revisiting childhood adenoviruses and rhinoviruses as μSalt Creek samples the virome of every living thing in the world now
A new review study examines the “gut virome”: the microbiome’s mysterious viral population
Your Gut Is Full of Viruses—And That’s a Good Thing
A new review study examines the “gut virome”: the microbiome’s mysterious viral population
www.scientificamerican.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A new review study examines the “gut virome”: the microbiome’s mysterious viral population
How do gut bacteria cope with both proteolytic stress and phage attack? 🧵👇
Our latest preprint is live!
Ulcerative colitis (UC) creates a distinct gut environment: protease activity rises, the virome shifts, and phages expand.
#Microbiome #Bacteriophages #IBD
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Our latest preprint is live!
Ulcerative colitis (UC) creates a distinct gut environment: protease activity rises, the virome shifts, and phages expand.
#Microbiome #Bacteriophages #IBD
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
September 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
How do gut bacteria cope with both proteolytic stress and phage attack? 🧵👇
Our latest preprint is live!
Ulcerative colitis (UC) creates a distinct gut environment: protease activity rises, the virome shifts, and phages expand.
#Microbiome #Bacteriophages #IBD
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Our latest preprint is live!
Ulcerative colitis (UC) creates a distinct gut environment: protease activity rises, the virome shifts, and phages expand.
#Microbiome #Bacteriophages #IBD
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
📢 New preprint is out on bioRxiv 📢:
How much does virome prep influence our view of the human gut virome?
Short answer: a lot.
Long answer:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Different methods lead to distinct community structures, richness, and major virus-host abundance patterns.
🧵 1/5
How much does virome prep influence our view of the human gut virome?
Short answer: a lot.
Long answer:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Different methods lead to distinct community structures, richness, and major virus-host abundance patterns.
🧵 1/5
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
📢 New preprint is out on bioRxiv 📢:
How much does virome prep influence our view of the human gut virome?
Short answer: a lot.
Long answer:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Different methods lead to distinct community structures, richness, and major virus-host abundance patterns.
🧵 1/5
How much does virome prep influence our view of the human gut virome?
Short answer: a lot.
Long answer:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Different methods lead to distinct community structures, richness, and major virus-host abundance patterns.
🧵 1/5
Virome-wide ubiquitin ligase discovery reveals diverse mechanisms of immune evasion @science.org @harvardmed.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 10, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Virome-wide ubiquitin ligase discovery reveals diverse mechanisms of immune evasion @science.org @harvardmed.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🚨New preprint out!
We present a foundational genomic resource of human gut microbiome viruses. It delivers high-quality, deeply curated data spanning taxonomy, predicted hosts, structures, and functions, providing a reference for gut virome research. (1/8)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We present a foundational genomic resource of human gut microbiome viruses. It delivers high-quality, deeply curated data spanning taxonomy, predicted hosts, structures, and functions, providing a reference for gut virome research. (1/8)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨New preprint out!
We present a foundational genomic resource of human gut microbiome viruses. It delivers high-quality, deeply curated data spanning taxonomy, predicted hosts, structures, and functions, providing a reference for gut virome research. (1/8)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We present a foundational genomic resource of human gut microbiome viruses. It delivers high-quality, deeply curated data spanning taxonomy, predicted hosts, structures, and functions, providing a reference for gut virome research. (1/8)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Just out "Making sense of the virome in light of evolution and ecology" doi.org/10.1098/rspb... from super ⭐ team @meganawallace.bsky.social @duckswabber.bsky.social @jemmageoghegan.bsky.social @ryanmimrie.bsky.social @eddieholmes.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org
April 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Just out "Making sense of the virome in light of evolution and ecology" doi.org/10.1098/rspb... from super ⭐ team @meganawallace.bsky.social @duckswabber.bsky.social @jemmageoghegan.bsky.social @ryanmimrie.bsky.social @eddieholmes.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org
There are an estimated 300 trillion viruses in/on your body right now, and almost all of them are normally benign.
A few cause disease only under unusual circumstances, and a rare group are pathogenic but kept in check by your body's defenses.
A few cause disease only under unusual circumstances, and a rare group are pathogenic but kept in check by your body's defenses.
April 2, 2024 at 12:20 PM
There are an estimated 300 trillion viruses in/on your body right now, and almost all of them are normally benign.
A few cause disease only under unusual circumstances, and a rare group are pathogenic but kept in check by your body's defenses.
A few cause disease only under unusual circumstances, and a rare group are pathogenic but kept in check by your body's defenses.
New pre-print alert! 🚨🫁
COPD affects millions worldwide. While we know bacterial dysbiosis drives disease, the role of bacteriophages remains unexplored. We re-analysed 135 COPD metagenomes to characterise the lung virome for the first time 🫁 1/9
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
COPD affects millions worldwide. While we know bacterial dysbiosis drives disease, the role of bacteriophages remains unexplored. We re-analysed 135 COPD metagenomes to characterise the lung virome for the first time 🫁 1/9
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
New pre-print alert! 🚨🫁
COPD affects millions worldwide. While we know bacterial dysbiosis drives disease, the role of bacteriophages remains unexplored. We re-analysed 135 COPD metagenomes to characterise the lung virome for the first time 🫁 1/9
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
COPD affects millions worldwide. While we know bacterial dysbiosis drives disease, the role of bacteriophages remains unexplored. We re-analysed 135 COPD metagenomes to characterise the lung virome for the first time 🫁 1/9
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Is a healthy microbiome one that is rich in phages? 🦠 Excited to share our paper out in Lancet Microbe with @bkoskella.bsky.social & @dholtappels.bsky.social where we test whether virome diversity can be used a broad signature of microbiome health 📈
New research article
Evaluation of bacteriophages as a signature of #microbiome health: a systematic review and meta-analysis
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #Phage #OpenAccess #OA
Evaluation of bacteriophages as a signature of #microbiome health: a systematic review and meta-analysis
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #Phage #OpenAccess #OA
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Is a healthy microbiome one that is rich in phages? 🦠 Excited to share our paper out in Lancet Microbe with @bkoskella.bsky.social & @dholtappels.bsky.social where we test whether virome diversity can be used a broad signature of microbiome health 📈
The community of viruses together make up your 'virome', and they might be responsible for individual variations in your health, immunity, metabolism, allergies, propensity towards chronic health conditions.
Example: Phages in your gut help control bacterial populations.
Example: Phages in your gut help control bacterial populations.
April 2, 2024 at 12:21 PM
The community of viruses together make up your 'virome', and they might be responsible for individual variations in your health, immunity, metabolism, allergies, propensity towards chronic health conditions.
Example: Phages in your gut help control bacterial populations.
Example: Phages in your gut help control bacterial populations.
We are getting samples at least once a week from the sites for ultra-deep sequencing of the virome.
We’ve been preparing for the last year and have our collection-to-report turnaround time to 5 days.
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We’ve been preparing for the last year and have our collection-to-report turnaround time to 5 days.
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June 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
We are getting samples at least once a week from the sites for ultra-deep sequencing of the virome.
We’ve been preparing for the last year and have our collection-to-report turnaround time to 5 days.
5/
We’ve been preparing for the last year and have our collection-to-report turnaround time to 5 days.
5/
In our final poster at #VoM2026, @rapher97.bsky.social explores the gut virome in healthy ageing. Visit his poster to find out what to expect when you get older…
July 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
In our final poster at #VoM2026, @rapher97.bsky.social explores the gut virome in healthy ageing. Visit his poster to find out what to expect when you get older…
Cool study! Human gut is another closed, structured ecosystem like oysters - reminds me of a work showing dominant gut phages having nearly identical genomes for > 1 year. www.cell.com/cell-host-mi... #microsky #microbiomesky 🦠🧪
October 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Cool study! Human gut is another closed, structured ecosystem like oysters - reminds me of a work showing dominant gut phages having nearly identical genomes for > 1 year. www.cell.com/cell-host-mi... #microsky #microbiomesky 🦠🧪
Upcoming wastewater virome webinar from Dr. Mike Tisza, Feb. 12! Free for everyone.
More: coms.osu.edu/events/early...
#virus #virome #viromics #pathogen #sequencing #microbiome #microbe #bacteria #science #microbiology #webinar
More: coms.osu.edu/events/early...
#virus #virome #viromics #pathogen #sequencing #microbiome #microbe #bacteria #science #microbiology #webinar
February 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Upcoming wastewater virome webinar from Dr. Mike Tisza, Feb. 12! Free for everyone.
More: coms.osu.edu/events/early...
#virus #virome #viromics #pathogen #sequencing #microbiome #microbe #bacteria #science #microbiology #webinar
More: coms.osu.edu/events/early...
#virus #virome #viromics #pathogen #sequencing #microbiome #microbe #bacteria #science #microbiology #webinar
It's excellent to see this being addressed. As I've often said, you can't build a full picture of longevity without discussing the key role viruses play in aging and the development of chronic disease. This is the key element that I see least discussed in the longevity space.
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lu.ma/3b6g0yv8?loc...
Amy Proal | The Human Virome: a Driver of Aging · Luma
Biotech and Health Extension sponsored by 100 Plus Capital
The Human Virome: a Driver of Aging
Bio: Dr. Proal is a microbiologist and President/Chief…
lu.ma
April 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's excellent to see this being addressed. As I've often said, you can't build a full picture of longevity without discussing the key role viruses play in aging and the development of chronic disease. This is the key element that I see least discussed in the longevity space.
lu.ma/3b6g0yv8?loc...
lu.ma/3b6g0yv8?loc...
August 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM