🎓 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: PhD grant from Institut de l'Océan @sorbonne-universite.fr.

#MarineMicrobiology #CarbonCycling #ViralEcology #Oceanography #Modelling

#virology #oceanBiogeochemistry #EarthSystemModels #viralEcology #climateChange #systemsBiology

Scalable and systematic hierarchical virus taxonomy with vConTACT3 Viruses are key players in diverse ecosystems, but studying their impacts is technically and taxonomically challenging. Taxonomic complexities derive from undersampling, diverse DNA and RNA genomes wi...

📊 Machine-learning–optimized thresholds benchmarked across 6 realms

🧩 Identifies taxonomic inconsistencies and areas for ICTV revision

#ViralTaxonomy #Metagenomics #ViralEcology #Bioinformatics #ICTV #PhageResearch #MachineLearning #VirusDiscovery #BioRxiv #vConTACT3

#MarineVirology #ViralEcology #BATS #SargassoSea #OceanTimeSeries #MicrobialEcology #Metagenomics #Prochlorococcus #SAR11 #HostPrediction #DielCycles #BioRxiv #OceanScience #MicrobiomeScience #Viromics

Shout out to @jronwalker.bsky.social on this #PostdocAppreciationWeek #NPAW2025! Follow him if you are interested in #viralecology and #genomics. Cool pubs coming out in 2026 showing how viruses impact anaerobic phototrophs using lots of #metagenomics and growing these tricky bugs in the lab!

A call for caution in the biological interpretation of viral auxiliary metabolic genes - Nature Microbiology This Perspective discusses virus-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes and provides a framework for the biological interpretation of these genes.

A timely perspective urges restraint in calling viral #AMGs from #metagenomes and introduces “auxiliary viral genes (#AVGs)” with a framework for making robust biological inferences. #Viromics #Bioinformatics #ViralEcology 🦠🔬🧬
📄 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02095-4
👤 EVBC members: Simon Roux

“ This caution” applies to a broader category of “AVGs, that include any non-essential genes that influence host function. It’s relevant in the field of #viralecology, where the discovery of AMGs has led to numerous reports that may overstate the actual ecological impacts of viruses.

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨

We've just posted our latest work on Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. Using metagenomics, we look at microbial dynamics in infected corals 🧬🌊🪸

📄 Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#CoralReefs #Microbiome #Metagenomics #ViralEcology #CoralDisease #preprint

Exploring viral particle, soil, and extraction buffer physicochemical characteristics and their impacts on extractable viral communities Viruses are expected to be pivotal members of soil ecosystems, and recent advances in viral size fraction metagenomic (viromic) approaches have improv…

🦠New study delves into the impact of extraction buffer chemistry on soil viral communities. Spatial distance emerges as a primary driver of viral composition, overshadowing buffer effects.
▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SoilScience #ViralEcology