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Back from the Viruses of Microbes 2026 conference at Prague last week . Me, Büşra, Dani, Dominik, and Laura all attended and, in total, presented our work though a talk and four posters on MGEs… read more

Last week, Elia successfully defended his Master thesis exploring Tupanvirus infection in amoeba. Elia joined the group as an Erasmus+ student from Radboud University and joined Dani and I in exploring defence systems of amoeba… read more

Along with a great team of experts on so-called giant viruses (AKA Nucleocytoviricota), we have published a review on the infection cycles of these curious large double-stranded DNA viral entities. We synthesise the information on… read more

Led by Dominik, we reconstructed high-quality genomes from diverse Waste-water treatment plants (61 novel nucleocytoviruses, 15 virophages and 14 polinton-like viruses). We aimed to study interactions among the players in this complex ecosystems. Through a… read more

Spearheaded by Ruixuan (visiting PhD student) with invaluable work from Lotte, we collaborated with the group of Hiroyuki Ogata (Kyoto University, Japan) to show that a giant virus (Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus) generates a subcellular area… read more

I recently visited the International Laboratory for Human Genome Research (LIIGH) and got to talk about all the cool virus research, past and present. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with the community at… read more

Last week we wrapped up the first edition of the Virus evolution and ecology course under the umbrella of the brand new Master in Microbiome Science offered at the University of Vienna. It was a… read more

Today, the group was thrilled to see its first Master student, Lotte, successfully defend her thesis! From her time as an undergrad student to her Master’s work, Lotte has worked hard developing methods to study… read more

Last week ESEB2025 wrapped up. It was a great opportunity to chat with colleagues, hear about great evolutionary research, present the group’s work, and be a proud PI of Laura, who did a great job… read more

This last February, Büşra joined the VEE team to study the virome during fecal microbiota transplantation. This project falls within the FWF-funded Cluster of Excellence Microbiomes drive Planetary Health, which starts the expansion of the… read more