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Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Back in Calgary after an incredible week in New Zealand for #ISME20 in Auckland! 🌊🥝 Grateful for the chance to present my research on fungal viruses and connect with so many new people. Now looking forward to #ISME21 in Vancouver! 🍁 #MicrobialEcology #Virome #Fungi #Candida

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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 14/07/2026

Virus discovery has overcome many challenges in identifying these elusive infectious agents over the last century. The latest review in Microbial Genomics reflect on the history, current advances, and future prospects of virus discovery tools🔗 doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001785

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Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Happy to see our review on the future of virus discovery published in Microbial Genomics! Excited to contribute to this rapidly evolving field. 🎉

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Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Curious about microbes in glacial environments? 🧊 MSc & PhD opportunity in viromics/metagenomics in Prof. Ann Gregory’s lab at the University of Calgary. 🤠⛰️ As a postdoc, I’ve found it to be a very supportive, collaborative environment with strong mentorship. Happy to chat if you have questions!

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Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Back from #CSM2026 in Edmonton, inspired and full of new ideas! It was an incredible week of amazing science, engaging discussions, and new connections. Huge thanks to the conference organizers and @phagecanada.bsky.social for making this such a fantastic meeting! 🧬 #Microbiology #Viruses #Candida

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Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Curious about the viruses found in one of the most common human-associated fungi? Join me tomorrow for this webinar!

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Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Yesterday’s #MVIF 46 Pacific premiere was a real blast! I had the pleasure of chairing the keynote session, featuring a fantastic talk and Q&A with Dr. Simon Roux (@simrouxvirus.bsky.social). Don’t miss the Atlantic replay today at 8:30 a.m. (New York time)! www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...

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Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Here's our new paper on the circulation of West Nile virus lineage 1 in Italy, one of Europe's most WNV-affected countries. We definitely need stronger Europe-Africa surveillance! #WNV #PublicHealth doi.org/10.1017/S095...

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Origin and evolution of West Nile virus lineage 1 in Italy | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core

Origin and evolution of West Nile virus lineage 1 in Italy - Volume 152

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Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

Our work on the Last Universal Common Ancestor is out!! 🧬💻 To improve data reproducibility and accessibility, I have created a GitHub repository that documents the steps you need to follow to reproduce all our timetree inference analyses. (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Integration of phylogenetics, comparative genomics and palaeobiological approaches suggests that the last universal common ancestor lived about 4.2 billion years ago and was a complex prokaryote-grade...

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Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

It has been amazing to discuss my work with such an exceptional committee!

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Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

Two days ago I defended my PhD dissertation: 'Viral Metagenomics and Phylogenomics for One Health'. Immensely grateful to my supportive colleagues and to my exceptional supervisors (Nicola Segata and Omar Rota-Stabelli) for their guidance throughout this journey! 🎓 #PhD #virus #OneHealth

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Eddie Holmes @eddieholmes.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

If you can do it, individual animals are the way to go for virus metagenomics: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

Check out our latest preprint for all phage enthusiasts! We present a novel virus discovery approach that leverages viral enrichment, enabling us to obtain a set of over 162,000 viral sequences. 🧬 #phage #virusdiscovery

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