Mulberry, Pilarski, Dinger, and @tanjastadler.bsky.social present a phylodynamic method that generalizes the traditional birth-death approach to model cellular dynamics to an age-dependent phylodynamic model.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb...
#evobio #molbio
And please write me a personal message if you have questions!
We have an open Assistant Professor position (tenure track) @ethz.ch in Computational Immunology - ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z... Please apply / share!
What’s it really like to work & study at #ETHZurich D-BSSE in #Basel?
🎬 Our new film shares first-hand insights from staff members themselves.
🎥 Full film on YouTube: youtu.be/Kw-NEcVCr1k
@ethz.ch #AcademicResearch #LifeSciences #Biotechnology #Interdisciplinary #DBSSE
Thrilled & honoured to have run the first @pathoplexus.org workshop with @chaoranchen.de @pagasi.bsky.social @kanyerezi30.bsky.social & Arthur Shem Kasambula at @pha4ge.bsky.social on Saturday! 🎉🤝
A fantastic turnout & wonderful time spent with curious users!
Fig 3. (A) Adjusted time trends in SARS-CoV-2 wastewater viral load in seven regions of Switzerland (uncertainty is not shown for clarity). (B) Correlation between adjusted time trends in viral load and laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 hospitalisations in the same region. (C) Adjusted bias in viral load by wastewater treatment plant.
New Paper🚀! Our work analysing the Swiss national SARS-CoV-2 wastewater 🚱 monitoring data is now published in PLOS Water 💧 @plos.org journals.plos.org/water/articl... (Julien Riou, @tanjastadler.bsky.social @trj2.bsky.social Christoph Ort et al)
Niko Beerenwinkel) - we have great projects, inspiring discussions, and fantastic seminars ongoing, and now we are excited to welcome a new Director!
Open position at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics:
We are looking for a Director of the Center of Pathogen Bioinformatics
apply.refline.ch/499599/0346/...
I am in the Center's steering board together with fantastic colleagues (Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social, Richard Neher @neher.io, and
9th to 11th February, 2026. Visit the website for more information and to sign up to attend or give a presentation.
I really hope to see you there! (2/2)
We are excited to announce the Latsis Symposium 2026: The history of epidemics – are there lessons for the future? latsis-epidemics.ethz.ch
We have a great lineup of international speakers - true leaders in this field. The symposium is held at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, from the (1/2)
Tanja Stadler @tanjastadler.bsky.social @ethz.ch awarded prestigious #DoronPrize for pioneering work in computational evolution and public health. Big congrats, Tanja!
> u.ethz.ch/IxSY8
AI is revolutionising palaeontology | New @NatureRev paper by @ethz.ch & UZH shows how #AI tools are transforming the analysis of complex fossil data and evolutionary patterns – unlocking new insights across deep time > u.ethz.ch/BjDtR
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An image of a birthday cake with scientific doodles around it, 9 colourful candles, and the Pathoplexus logo in the middle, with the words 'Happy 1 year'
🗓 Pathoplexus turns ONE! 🎂🎉
In the past year we’ve grown from 4 pathogens to a truly global, community-driven platform for transparent, equitable & impactful pathogen sequence sharing.
📰 Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-08...
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Loculus, an open-source software for building pathogen sequencing databases, is on the shortlist for #SIBRemarkableOutputs 2024. It’s a joint project by the teams of @neher.io, @tanjastadler.bsky.social and @firefoxx66.bsky.social xx66.bsky.social. Congratulations!
Vaughan & @tanjastadler.bsky.social develop a method to infer multitype population trajectories and apply it to MERS-CoV, revealing transmission patterns between camels and humans.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf130
#evobio #molbio #virus
In this project led by James Munday, we quantified the post-sampling degradation of viral RNA in wastewater. Taking into account this degradation is core towards unbiased quantification of epidemiological dynamics based on wastewater data.
We have a new preprint 📝 *Post-sampling degradation of viral RNA in wastewater impacts the quality of PCR-based concentration estimates* Now on bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2025... with @tanjastadler.bsky.social, trj2.bsky.social, Christoph Ort and others
Screenshot of the homepage of Pathoplexus, showing tiles to navigate to the supported pathogens CCHF, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Zaire, HMPV, Mpox, RSV-A, RSV-B, and West Nile virus.
📢Today Pathoplexus announces the inclusion of 2 new viral pathogens: RSV (A & B) and HMPV.
These respiratory viruses cause a serious health burden, particularly in infants & the vulnerable, & Pathoplexus aims to support sequence sharing to improve understanding & response.
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Drei aus meiner Sicht zentrale Herausforderungen für die Bildungs-, Forschung- und Innovations-Landschaft der Schweiz: wissenschaftsrat.ch/blog/die-gro...: Blog Beitrag zum 60. Geburtstag des Schweizer Wissenschaftsrat, Happy Birthday!
🗓️ Pathoplexus has now been around for 7 months!
And both we and our users have been busy - so we wanted to share some updates & highlights!
📰 You can see our full News Item here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-04-16-spring-update
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Thank you, @tanjastadler.bsky.social, for your great efforts during the #Covid19 pandemic! Watch the Switzerland-Germany comparison on measures 5 years after the breakout of #SarsCoV2 on @zdfde.bsky.social
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So many great scientists contributed papers to the special issue! To get an overview over the history and state of phylogenetic models and the papers of the issue, you might want to start reading the introduction to the issue doi.org/10.1098/rstb... and then dive into the variety of exciting papers!
I first read the famous 1925 Yule paper at its 80th birthday - during my Master thesis work, and it shaped my research profoundly. It was a pleasure and honour to lead this special 100 anniversary issue celebrating Yule's legacy and phylogenetic models with @noahrosenberg.bsky.social and Mike Steel!
A mathematical theory of evolution: phylogenetic models dating back 100 years—a new #PhilTransB theme issue describes recent developments in models of #evolutionary trees and networks, and in #phylogenetic modeling for applications in biology: https://buff.ly/41r1wkR @tanjastadler.bsky.social
Quantification of developmental processes (here early Danio rerio development) with our novel Bayesian phylogenetic methodology - leveraging single cell lineage tracing data based on CRISPR/Cas9 technology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Antoine Zwaans @seidels.bsky.social Marc Manceau
Featured article: The lives of cells, recorded
go.nature.com/4g2gRwG by Amjad Askary, Wei Chen, @choijunhong.bsky.social, Lucia Y. Du, @elowitzlab.bsky.social, @james-gagnon.bsky.social, @schierlab.bsky.social, @seidels.bsky.social, @jshendure.bsky.social, @tanjastadler.bsky.social & Martin Tran
Thoughts on how AI can help prepare for the next pandemic - Thanks for having led this work @mugkraemer.bsky.social Joseph L.-H. Tsui Serina Y. Chang, @sjbhatt.bsky.social - it is an honour to be part of it!
SRF - the core Swiss public service journalism stakeholder - plans to majorly cut on science journalism. You can still sign our petition if you think this is problematic openpetition.eu/!sciencejour...
Major cuts planned in SRF science journalism in Switzerland - the public service media. Scientists today launched a petition ‘Facts Instead of Misinformation: For Strong Science Journalism!’ Become one of over 1,800 signatories www.openpetition.eu/ch/petition/...
Starke Kürzungen im SRF Wissenschaftsjournalismus in der Schweiz geplant. WissenschaftlerInnen starteten heute eine Petition "Fakten statt Falschinformationen: Für einen starken Wissenschaftsjournalismus!" Werde eine(r) von bereits über 1'800 UnterzeichnerInnen openpetition.eu/!sciencejour...