Virus Ecology and Evolution (VEE)-
New work out! A specialized subcellular environment for efficient translation of a giant virus
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...
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Visit to Qro, Mexico: International Laboratory for Human Genome Research (LIIGH) – UNAM
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...
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Master’s course done: Virus evolution and ecology 2025 winter edition
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...
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We have a new MSc.! Lotte Mayer
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...
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Conference: ESEB 2025!
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...
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New postdoc: Welcome Büşra!
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...
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New bachelor students: Welcome Mia and David!
Last month, Mia and David joined the VEE team under the supervision of Dominik and Laura. Mia will be working alongside Dominik digging into novel Asfuvirales from waste...
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New work out! Visualizing transcription and translation in Mimivirus during an infection cycle
Spearheaded by Lotte, we have developed a single-molecule messenger RNA fluorescence in situ hybridisation (smFISH) protocol for giant viruses in an Acanthamoeba host. Combined with other...
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Conference: CJM 2024 on virus evolution!
Back to the lab after a week of really great research on virus evolution in Roscoff! The VEE team was represented by Anouk, Laura, Dani, and...
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New work out! We sequenced some new genomes!
We sequenced high-quality genomes of protists known as hosts of giant viruses (GVs). Matching of codon usage preferences is often used to predict virus-host pairs. Our...