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Simon Roux @simrouxvirus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One week left to catch the early-bird rate for the VEGA26 symposium - Don't miss the deadline, and come share your research and thoughts about virus ecology, virus (meta)genomics, and virus applications ! (also, abstracts for posters and short talks are still open !) jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us...

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VEGA Symposium | Joint Genome Institute

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Viruses in the Alps !!!!!! Go see the website: registration and submission now open ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.alphavisa.com/rvv/2027/fr/...

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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🔬Big news🥳 We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new Director and head of the Department of Plant Virology @mpipz.bsky.social Her research focuses on how plant viruses interact with their hosts. 🎉Welcome to MPIPZ, Rosa 🌿🌱 www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...

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The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research welcomes Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new director

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Asher Leeks @asherleeks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

For those not able to make it to #socialviruses this year, Sam is live-tweeting all three days of talks, touching on all aspects of social evolution in viruses! #evosky #virosky 🧪 🦠 🔬

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Chris Brooke @christopherbrooke.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

@alnajifg.bsky.social's long-delayed masterpiece (spanning his time in my and Marco Vignuzzi's labs) on influenza virus WT/DelVG co-evolutionary dynamics is finally out!! Lots of exciting data about how DelVGs evolve and compete within complex populations. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Longitudinal analysis of influenza A virus deletion-containing viral genomes reveals key determinants of co-evolutionary dynamics and interference - Nature Communications

Tracking influenza virus populations over 72 passages, the authors show that hundreds of defective viral genomes compete for dominance, ultimately resolving into a single variant carrying an adaptive ...

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Next French plant virology meeting 17-21 January 2027 VIRUSES IN THE ALPS ❄️⛅️ alphavisa.com/rvv/en/

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

eusv-congress.eu Save the date ! This is the main European general virology event. Medical and non-medical virology including plant virology and environmental virology. It is time for our plant community largely contribute to this event Let us go there !

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ECV: 10th European Congress of Virology 2027

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Latest sound from MIDA (my son 😉) 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 youtube.com/watch?v=D3xm...

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PLAGUE - Mida

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Britt Koskella @bkoskella.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Please share widely! Abstract submissions open for the 2026 Jacques Monod conference: Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world! Held in beautiful Roscoff France from November 2- 6, 2026. Abstracts submission deadline : June 6 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...

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Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

VIRUS on the BEACH made the buzzzz We therefore extended the deadline for abstract submission till April 30th Come join us and remember “Fun Science & Cool Ambiance” isdv2026.com/submissions

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Last chance !!! VIRUS ON THE BEACH Fun Science, Fun Ambiance Join us now isdv2026.com

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

⚠️🫵 LAST WEEK for abstract submission Come join us !!!!!!!!! isdv2026.com

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Karim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We found a viral Trojan Horse: a virus can hide inside another virus.This one surprised us: deltaviruses don’t just borrow a helper virus. They can travel inside it. A literal Trojan Horse “virus-in-a-virus” route into cells. 🤯 Kudos to 1st author @viroscope.bsky.social and co-authors !

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Deltaviruses spread through a viral Trojan Horse

Hepatitis D-like satellite viruses, known as deltaviruses, have been recently discovered in a wide range of animals. These viruses are thought to expr…

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Mart Krupovic @mkrupovic.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

With Eugene Koonin, we propose a concept of “the selfish ribosome”, under which evolution of life is viewed as a ribosomal takeover, where the ribosome evolved to consume most of the cell’s resources, while other cellular componentry ensures the propagation of the ribosome. arxiv.org/abs/2602.23268

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W. Allen Miller, molecular virologist @wallenmiller.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Pleased to be invited to speak at the first ever Hormel Institute Virology Nexus Symposium in Austin, Minnesota ...home of the SPAM museum! hi.umn.edu/virology-nex...

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Virology Nexus Symposium | The Hormel Institute

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ESV - European Society for Virology @europeanvirology.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Join us at the 12th European Seminar in Virology in Bertinoro! 🧬 “Navigating through DNA viruses – novel disease associations and common host manipulations” 📅Abstracts due Apr 15, 2026 to bertinoro-abstract@gmx.de ⚠️Only 100 seats—register now via the European Society for Virology!

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Laura Medina-Puche @lauramepul.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Alternative splicing in viruses adds another regulatory layer that hugely increases the complexity of virus-host interaction. Congrats @delphinem-p.bsky.social @geminiteamlab.bsky.social and all involved!

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Santiago Elena @sfelena.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Honored to be elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology! I look forward to working alongside my colleagues to advance microbial science for the benefit of society. Learn more about the 2026 Fellowship Class: press release link

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

BEWARE Last day for early bird Join us to have science fun !!!!!!! 👇🏽 isdv2026.com Beautiful Science Program 👍 If you miss it....you regret it ! 15-19 June, 2026 | Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Deadline approaching Do Not Forget to join us !!! Beautiful Science program 👍🏻 👇🏼 isdv2026.com

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American Society for Virology @amersocvirology.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The American Society for Virology (ASV) is dedicated to advancing knowledge of viruses and the diseases they cause. ASV does not support the scaling back of the childhood vaccine schedule recently announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. See our statement attached.

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Support our colleague Pierre-Yves Teycheney a highly respected virologist 👉By adding your signature, you support freedom in science facing blind and senseless administration All info 👇🏼 www.ipetitions.com/petition/let...

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Petition Letter of Support for Pierre-Yves Teycheney

Letter of Support for Pierre-Yves Teycheney

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Karim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Great crowd and attendance for our France-Japan Virology workshop we kicked off this morning !

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

It is now on air. Please look it up and join us! Great science and wonderful venue👍🏻 www.isdv2026.com

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W. Allen Miller, molecular virologist @wallenmiller.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Finally! Translon: A term for the sequence that actually gets translated. ORF or CDS just won't do when you work with viruses that break the rules by frameshifting, readthrough, non-AUG starts, etc. Thank you Pavel Baranov et al! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Translon: a single term for translated regions - Nature Methods

Nature Methods - Translon: a single term for translated regions

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

One can at last now get notification from selected BlueSky accounts !!! That is cool !

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

To all friends and colleagues virologists SAVE THE DATE for the next International Symposium on Single Stranded DNA viruses Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil June 15-19 2026 Stay put for more info soon when website goes on air !

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

⚡️ Permanent Researcher position opening in Stephane Blanc group at PHIM, INRAE, Montpellier France “Traffic of viral macromolecules within host plants and role in the biology of multi-component viral systems 🦠 More info 👉 jobs.inrae.fr/concours/con... ❗️Deadline March 4th 2025

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Chargé-e de recherche sur le trafic des macromolécules de virus de plante

CR-2025-SPE-6 - Le Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM) développe des recherches sur la santé des plantes, et plus particulièrement sur les interactions plantes-microorganismes et bioagresseur...

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

peercommunityin.org/pci-manifesto/ One best way to publish and make science free for all !!!!! To those who don’t know about PCI/PCJ yet 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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PCI Manifesto - Peer Community In

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Stèf Blanc @steffffff.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

ssDNA viruses lovers !!!!! Don’t miss the next IS3DV international meeting 8th-13th June 2025 Varadero- Cuba www.cigb.edu.cu/en/event/is3...

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