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Medieval manuscripts are biological time capsules: ancient sheeppox DNA survives in parchment across libraries worldwide
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/medieval-manuscripts-are-biological-time-capsules-for-deadly-sheeppox-virus/
Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks.
#science #archaeology #virology

Medieval manuscripts are biological time capsules: ancient sheeppox DNA survives in parchment across libraries worldwide
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/medieval-manuscripts-are-biological-time-capsules-for-deadly-sheeppox-virus/
Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks.
#science #archaeology #virology

Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks. #science #archaeology #virology

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Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks. #science #archaeology #virology

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Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks. #science #archaeology #virology

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Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks. #science #archaeology #virology

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#virology #AcademicChatter #mentoring #ThrowbackThursday
I was interviewed on a podcast, Virology Unmasked, https://virologyunmasked.com/michael-emerman/ with the title "Work on Important Things" which was a quote from my graduate school advisor, Howard Temin. The conversation was a nice retrospective of my career in virology and mentoring style.

#virology #AcademicChatter #mentoring #ThrowbackThursday
I was interviewed on a podcast, Virology Unmasked, https://virologyunmasked.com/michael-emerman/ with the title "Work on Important Things" which was a quote from my graduate school advisor, Howard Temin. The conversation was a nice retrospective of my career in virology and mentoring style.

#virology #AcademicChatter #mentoring #ThrowbackThursday
I was interviewed on a podcast, Virology Unmasked, https://virologyunmasked.com/michael-emerman/ with the title "Work on Important Things" which was a quote from my graduate school advisor, Howard Temin. The conversation was a nice retrospective of my career in virology and mentoring style.

#virology #AcademicChatter #mentoring #ThrowbackThursday
I was interviewed on a podcast, Virology Unmasked, https://virologyunmasked.com/michael-emerman/ with the title "Work on Important Things" which was a quote from my graduate school advisor, Howard Temin. The conversation was a nice retrospective of my career in virology and mentoring style.

#virology #AcademicChatter #mentoring #ThrowbackThursday
I was interviewed on a podcast, Virology Unmasked, https://virologyunmasked.com/michael-emerman/ with the title "Work on Important Things" which was a quote from my graduate school advisor, Howard Temin. The conversation was a nice retrospective of my career in virology and mentoring style.

The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein is a viral structural component that packages the virus's genetic material and unexpectedly amplifies inflammatory signals in immune cells, contributing to profound tissue damage.
#Virology #Immunology #MolecularGenetics #Cardiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/vi08052601.html

_Этология, етологія, Ethology
#Этология, #етологія, #Ethology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/494

_Энтомология, Entomology, Ентомологія
#Энтомология, #Entomology, #Ентомологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/493

Эмбрио, Ембріо, Embryo
эмбриология биология развития Embryology developmental biology
#Эмбрио, #Ембріо, #Embryo
#эмбриология #биологияразвития #Embryology #developmental biology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/492

_Экология, Ecology, Екологія
эко окружающая среда энвайронментализм, экосистемы, популяции,
#Экология, #Ecology, #Екологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/491

_эволюция, еволюція, evolution
теория эволюции, эволюционная теория
#эволюция, #еволюція, #evolution
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/490

_Флора и фауна Украины
Flora and fauna of Ukraine
Флора і фауна України
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/489

_систематика, taxonomy
#систематика, #taxonomy
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/488

_Палеонтология, Paleontology, Палеонтологія
#Палеонтология, #Paleontology, #Палеонтологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/487

_Орнитология, Орнітологія, Ornithology
#Орнитология, #Орнітологія, #Ornithology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/486

B Biology, Біологія, Биология
#Biology, #Біологія, #Биология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/485

_нейро, neuro
Нейробиология, нейрология, Нейробіологія, нейрологія, Neurobiology, neurology,
#нейро, #neuro
#Нейробиология, #нейрология, #Нейробіологія, #нейрологія, #Neurobiology, #neurology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/483

_Нематология, Nematology
#Нематология, #Nematology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/482

Определители растений, лишайников, грибов
Визначники рослин, лишайників, грибів
#Определители
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/481

_Микробиология и Вирусология
Мікробіологія та вірусологія
Microbiology and Virology
#Микробиология и #Вирусология
#Мікробіологія та #вірусологія
#Microbiology and #Virology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/480

_Микология, Mycology, Мікологія
#Микология, #Mycology, #Мікологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/479

_Макология
#Макология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/478

_Microscopy, Мікроскопія, Микроскопия
#Microscopy, #Мікроскопія, #Микроскопия
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/476

Cell
Cell biology, Клітина, клітинна біологія, біологія клітини, Клетка, клеточная биология, биология клетки
#Cell
#Cell biology, #Клітина, #клітиннабіологія, #біологіяклітини, #Клетка, #клеточнаябиология, #биология клетки
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/475

Клетка, клеточная биология
#Клетка, #клеточнаябиология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/474

_Красная книга
Червона книга, the Red Book,
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/473

История биологии
History of biology
Історія біології
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/472

Иммунология, Імунологія, Immunology
#Иммунология, #Імунологія, #Immunology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/471

Гистология, Histology, Гістологія
#Гистология, #Histology, #Гістологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/469

_Грибы
mushrooms, Мікологія, Микология, Mycology
#Грибы
#mushrooms, #Мікологія, #Микология, #Mycology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/470

Зоология, Зоологія, Zoology
#Зоология, #Зоологія, #Zoology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/468

Genome, Геном,
геномика, Genomics, геноміка
#Genome, #Геном,
#геномика, #Genomics, #геноміка
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/466

Genetics, генетика
#Genetics, #генетика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/465

Вода, Water
#Вода, #Water
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/464

Владивосток, Vladivostok, Приморье, Приморский край
природа, наука, в основном биология, ДВГУ, дипломные работы
#Владивосток, #Vladivostok, #Приморье, #Приморскийкрай
#природа, #наука, в основном #биология, #ДВГУ, #дипломныеработы
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/463

Анатомия и морфология растений
Анатомія і морфологія рослин
Anatomy and morphology of plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/462

Сосудистые растения,
Судинні рослини
Vascular plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/460

Низшие растения
Lower plants
Нижчі рослини
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/459

Геоботаника, Геоботаніка, Geobotany
#Геоботаника, #Геоботаніка, #Geobotany
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/458

Биоэтика, Біоетика, Bioethics
#Биоэтика, #Біоетика, #Bioethics
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/456

Биохимия, молекулярная биология
Biochemistry, molecular biology
Біохімія, молекулярна біологія
#Биохимия, #молекулярнаябиология
#Biochemistry, #molecular biology
#Біохімія, #молекулярнабіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/455

Биология моря, морская биология
Marine biology, Біологія моря, морська Біологія
#Биологияморя, #морскаябиология
#Marine biology, #Біологіяморя, #морськаБіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/453

Альгология, Альгологія, Algology
#Альгология, #Альгологія, #Algology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/452

Bioinformatics, Биоинформатика, Біоінформатика
#Bioinformatics, #Биоинформатика, #Біоінформатика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/450

A highly contagious avian herpesvirus that causes Marek's disease, which manifests as tumors and paralysis in poultry, and has progressively evolved to evade multiple generations of vaccines.
#Virology #EvolutionaryBiology #Genomics #AgriculturalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/vi08032601.html

Science Times: Great Barrier Reef Microbiome Map Reveals 500 New Bacterial Species Hidden In Coral Reef Waters. “A new microbiome map of the Great Barrier Reef has identified more than 500 previously unknown bacterial species and more than 300,000 distinct viruses in open reef waters, according to research published in Nature on July 22, 2026.”

The First Pandemic? Scientists Find 214 Ancient Pathogens In Prehistoric DNA

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/07/11/the-first-pandemic-scientists-find-214-ancient-pathogens-in-prehistoric-dna/

Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs) are the fossilized genetic remnants of ancient infectious viruses that successfully invaded the mammalian germline tens of millions of years ago. Comprising roughly five to eight percent of the human genome, these elements exist as a latent virome that provides critical evolutionary functions while posing significant pathological risks if reactivated.
#WhatIs #EvolutionaryBiology #MolecularGenetics #Virology #Epigenetics #Oncology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/wi06242601.html

Prenatal exposure to the Zika virus can cause subtle, long-term neurodevelopmental and sensory processing disorders in infants who are born without visible physical defects.
#Virology #Neurobiology #DevelopmentalBiology #Pediatrics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/vi06042601.html

FYI - almost anytime I go out in general public wearing face masks I get flurries of both - Why the hell are you still masking? and Where can I get your gaiter/face covering?
I always mask up. This isn’t new. This isn’t changing when almost no one else masks up & has decided to normalize #Covid.
People with disabilities are lockdowned from societal understanding because people who stopped masking up -> lack empathy & don't believe they'll ever be as disabled or more disabled. It's foolhardy, at best.

#MasksSaveLives #LongCovidIsReal #AirborneInfections #virology #medical #health #MasksSolidarity #PreventativeHealth #DisabledPeoplePower #PeopleWithDisabilities

#ThrowbackThursday 2022.
I miss Dad very much 😢 ❤️ He's been gone for over 2 years now.
I remember this day well. It was an excellent family bonding day. We had a nice dinner after a short walk together. 3 months after this photo was taken, Dad had to go to ER for a leg muscles issue. He was infected with covid by unmasked hospital staff. It happened shortly after our eugenics government removed public masking mandates. Dad ended up dying from covid related cardiac arrest, the following Summer.

I have never forgiven the #BCgovernment or #unmasked #hospital staff for killing my Dad. We had him fully protected with home #caregiving for years. It took less than 2 days in hospital for him to get #covid.

Please #WearAMask. Please don't let my Dad & others who died from getting covid from unmasked people, to be forgotten. It could be you or your family members, next. Covid doesn't care if you believe in it or not - it will end up wrecking your life, one way or another.

#AsianMastodon #RIPDad #CovidDeaths #CovidKills #MasksSaveLives #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #CovidCautious #CovidIsAirborne #AirborneIllness #AirborneInfections #virology #medical #health #BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #Eugenics #FailureToProtect #PublicAccountability #PublicScrutiny #PublicTransparency #FireBonnieHenry #CovidFailure #BCMedical #BCHealth #MedicalMurders #SocialMurder #GovernmentPoliciesKill #FamilyPhotos #FamilyMemories

The Coroner of the #MaeveInquest has issued a REGULATION 28: REPORT TO PREVENT FUTURE DEATHS sent to inter alia the representative of #UKgov & #NHSEngland. The link is to the three-page document, which is succinct and clear.

#SevereME #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CFS #PostViralFatigueSyndrome #PVFS #PostViralDisorder #ELCI

Link to #Virology blog:

https://virology.ws/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Maeve-Boothby-ONeill-regulation-28-report.pdf

#LadyShambles’ take on the #MaeveInquest result, per her worthy comment to @DavidTuller1 & @ValeriEliotSmit’s overview & commentary:

1. M.E. Is a ‘physical’ (as opposed to psychological) disease;

2. M.E. can cause death;

3. #MEKills

Link to #Virology blog:

https://virology.ws/2024/08/12/trial-by-error-valerie-eliot-smith-on-the-inquest-findings/?sfnsn=scwspwa

#pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CFS #PostViralFatigueSyndrome #PVFS #PostViralDisorder #ELCI

SatRNAs - the 'game changers' at the virus–host plant interaction?

After years of working with satellite RNAs, we wrote this synthetic and critical paper, with both historical and most recent data, as well as hypotheses and prospects for further research

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.13125?fbclid=IwY2xjawEQQp9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRId_MDj1yne_DOND1VLyIE2o6VuYreX04hz3s9zvZzWpJnM9N-tjyV_5A_aem_HVb2mX0Y7ncumyRWoNVY8A

#plantbiology #biology #science #nature #virus #plantvirus #virology #plantscience

8/6
🦠 #RNA Viruses in Ticks that Feed on Farm Animals 🐮

In addition to the above studies ☝️, another one looked at the #virome of ticks that feed on livestock in Uganda.

• Analyzed 2,754 ticks from 31 farms.
• Used semi-agnostic sequencing to detect all known #virus families.
• Found 22 viruses from 9 families, of which 5 were novel!
• Orthonairoviruses were notable, including Crimean-Congo Fever virus & a novel one.

https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.10.532017
#virology @virology #epidemiology #InfectiousDisease

7/6
🦠 RNA Viruses in Ticks — Ticks that Feed on Bats! 🦇

In addition to the above studies ☝️, a new study looked at the #RNA #virome of ticks— specifically ticks that feed on bats in Sweden.

• Found 16 viruses from 11 #virus families, of which 15 were novel!
• Authors suggest that such surveillance might help identify potential zoonoses.

"Substantial viral and bacterial diversity at the bat–tick interface"
https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000942
#virology @virology #epidemiology #InfectiousDisease @eddieholmes

An experimental vaccine against #Marburg #virus (#MARV) was safe and induced an #immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial.
#Pharmaceutical #Virology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/phar01302302.html

🐝 It is worth noting that this study ☝️ specifically focused on those bees showing signs of disease.

So, did they find a 'smoking gun' to explain the collapse of colonies worldwide?

Well, besides the 20 novel bee viruses discovered, they also found "14 known pathogenic honeybee viruses" and "multiple viruses in almost 70% of the honeybee colonies."

The authors suggest more research, especially with regards to the newly discovered apis picorna-like virus 4 (APLV4)...

#virus #virology #virome

🐝 Bees have really had a hard couple of years.

Suggested factors leading to collapse of bee colonies worldwide include pesticides, bacteria, & parasitic mites.

But the picture would not be complete unless we looked into the possible role of viral infections, too.

And so, welcome to the bee #virome :

"Nationwide genomic surveillance reveals the prevalence and evolution of honeybee viruses in China"
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01446-1

(shamelessly scooping @eddieholmes here 🤭)
#virus #virology @virology

1/6
😲 Two recent studies from China look at the truly wide diversity of RNA viruses found in ticks.

"Extensive diversity of RNA viruses in ticks revealed by meta #genomics in northeastern China"
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011017

"Metavirome of 31 tick species provides a compendium of 1,801 RNA virus genomes"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01275-w

A lot of insights in these two studies, so I'll just point out a few things that I personally found interesting.

#virology @virology #RNA #virus #virome #InfectiousDisease

1/4
There are some fascinating insights in the new preprint by @ewyler on #RNA wastewater sampling using two kinds of enrichment.

(QIAseq xHYB Adventitious Agent Panel and ElementZero Biolabs MagIC beads)

#virus #virology @virology #virome #InfectiousDisease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.16.520800v1

Great PhD thesis from Sonia Underwood (nee Isaacs):

"Our data strengthen the rationale for development of vaccines and antivirals that target diabetogenic enteroviruses, for prevention of Islet Autoimmunity / Type 1 Diabetes."

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4308770
#type1diabetes #t1d #enterovirus
#vaccine #antiviral
#virus #virology #virome

New preprint on the gut #virome

"To expand the viral genome reference and provide a more comprehensive view of the gut virome, we built a catalogue of gut viruses by processing over 11,000 fecal bulk or VLP-based viral metagenomes of Chinese origin [...] including 67,096 nonredundant viruses. [...] 48.3% [...] could be assigned into one or more prokaryotic hosts. [...] 70.2% [...] are not found in other catalogues."
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.27.522048v1
#virology #virus #genomics

such a view pleases the eyes :)

after #ultracentrifugation in sucrose #gradient

Visible iridescent zone in transmitted light (in the middle of the tube) - purified #particles of our #plant #virus

photo by P. Zalewski

#plantscience #plantvirus #virology #plantpathogens #atwork #fromthelab #biology

Feared “reactivation” of COVID-19 infections disputed by new data - Enlarge / Medical staff transport patients of a sanatorium where mass coronavirus infections occurr... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1677343 #emerginginfectiousdisease #publichealth #sars-cov-2 #covid-19 #virology #science #testing #korea #cdc #pcr