UK Prime Minister Updates @downingstreet.bsky.social Reporting the latest updates from Downing Street and Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Here until Downing Street setup an official account. I also run @royalfamilyuk.bsky.social.
Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social The Galaxy Project powers global life sciences analytics by turning the world’s most advanced cyberinfrastructure into a free, browser-based analysis platform for everyone. https://galaxyproject.org/
Dr. Nolwenn M. Dheilly @nmdheilly.bsky.social PhD, HDR, Research Director @ Institut Pasteur Paris. The pathogen Discovery Lab uses Metagenomics to discover novel viruses for improved diagnostics, therapeutics and prevention. #virology #NGS #microbiome #emergence #parasite #holobiont #surveillance
@danielrissi.bsky.social @danielrissi.bsky.social Bioinformatics, Microbial Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Phylogenetics, Comparative Genomics, Data Science
BenjMurrell @benjmurrell.bsky.social 🇸🇪🇿🇦 Researcher at Karolinska. Comp bio. Phylogenetics. Deep learning. All in Julia. Virology. Immunology.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=I80vy5cAAAAJ
Isobel Stokes @isobelstokes.bsky.social Post-doc working in the field of molecular virology and synthetic biology 🦠🧬 Views my own
Kamal Nahas @kamalnahas.bsky.social Microscopist at Diamond Light Source | Freelance science journalist | kamalnahas.com | Virology PhD | Views my own. He/him 🏳️🌈
Rob White @drrewhite.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London. Virologist, science geek and occasional Anglo-Saxon spearman and woodworker.
Rachel Colquhoun @rmcolq.bsky.social Bioinformatics for metagenomics and viral sequence data
Lara Rheinemann @lrheinemann.bsky.social Postdoc fellow at TU Munich
Host-virus interactions I Molecular virology I Innate immunity
Claire Donald @claireldonald.bsky.social Lecturer in Microbiology at University of Glasgow - she/her - mosquito-borne viruses- learning & teaching in higher education- technology assisted learning - immersive (XR) education
Christian Gallardo @gallardo-seq.bsky.social Long read sequencing of RNA viruses and their hosts | RNA structure-function | Genomics technology development | Genomics assay R&D | Scripps Research 🎓 | 🇦🇷 🇺🇸 | Senior Scientist at @TwistBioscience.com
Joaquin Caceres @juaco1802.bsky.social Virologist 🤓🤓.Assistant Professor Vet School, Iowa State University - Influenza and coronavirus
Max Renner @maxrenner.bsky.social PI at Umeå University and UCMR | Northern Sweden | Alum: @ox.ac.uk | Structural Virology | https://renner-lab.com/ | 🇸🇪 🦠🔬 🌱
Dr. Jenna Kelly 👩🏻🔬👩🏻💻🧬🦠🌎 @kellyjenna.bsky.social Virology | Genomics | Bioinformatics | One Health @ Institute of Virology & Immunology in Bern, Switzerland. #emergingviruses #omics #zoonosis #virusevolution #virusdiscovery #bigdata #virushostdynamics #globalhealth Canadian in Switzerland 🇨🇦🇨🇭
Carl Ng @carl-ng.bsky.social Plant Biologist in Dublin, Ireland
Marco Forgia @marcoforgia.bsky.social RNA viruses and viroids
Dr Liam Brierley @liambrierley.bsky.social Virologist, statistician, and science presenter.
Runs @vibelab.co.uk
Research Fellow at @cvrinfo.bsky.social
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Five parts emerging virus epi, two parts R/compsci, ten parts caffeine.
he/him 🏳️🌈♾
Viral Informatics, Biostatistics, and Evolution (VIBE) Lab @vibelab.co.uk We use newly emerging data and computational methods to investigate cross-species transmission of RNA viruses and their evolution! More info: https://vibelab.co.uk/
Based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social
Managed by @liambrierley.bsky.social
Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde @aolmedov.bsky.social 🇪🇨🧬 Biotechnologist (ESPE), 🦠Plant Virologist (UH Manoa), Postdoc (Cornell). Assistant Professor of Host-Microbe Interactions (Iowa State)
AlphaFold Unofficial @alphafold.bsky.social Unofficial account exploring the intersection of biology, molecules, science, AI and protein folding with AlphaFold.
Philipp P. Petric @virusppp.bsky.social Postdoc at Copenhagen University, mainly working on swine influenza viruses
Paula Lagan @paulalagan.bsky.social Veterinary Virologist at #AFBI Belfast N.Ireland Mammalian Virology Lab - Researching Pig viruses 🐷 🧬 | NGS/Bioinformatics/Phylogenomics/Virome | One Health | Zoonosis | Influenza, PRRSv, Hep E, bocavirus, PCV, PPV…. 💫
Emma Harding @emma-harding.bsky.social Postdoc at Oxford University researching paleovirology, virus evolution and the global virome 🇦🇺 🇬🇧
Alex Sampson @asampson96.bsky.social DPhil student at Pandemic Sciences Institute - interested in Immunology, Virology and Vaccines, previously worked as a mixed vet in the Outer Hebrides 🐕 🦠
Whitney K, MPH, PhD @factcontagion.bsky.social Fact Contagion | Epidemiologist | Public Health | Infectious Diseases | Zoonotic flu | SciComm (All opinions are my own)
WargoLab @wargolab.bsky.social Bacteria in water; bacteria in lungs; bacteria in lungs via water
RdRp Summit @rdrpsummit.bsky.social A discussion-centric event that aims to foster reproducibility, collaboration & interoperability in omics-derived RNA virus discovery. 2nd RdRp Summit - May 11 & 12 2025. RdRp.io
Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️⚧️ jessk.org/blog
Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social Dedicated feline enthusiast, avid reader, music lover, tea drinker, pro-abortion feminist, history fan, Marshmallow, pro adoptee rights, fond of the gin. Si/i. Dublin, Ireland.
Prof. Felipe Gusmão @fgusmao.bsky.social "A minor marginalised philosopher writing in the early twenty-first century"
Professor of Conservation at UNIFESP
I was once suspended from Twitter for defending animal rights... and I love cats
verified at @felipe.wsocial.eu
Judy Simon 🌳🌱 @judysimon.bsky.social research focus on plant-soil interactions, rhizosphere prozesses, nitrogen cycling, forests/agriculture, professor @ Uni Kassel, head of Ecological Plant Nutrition section
Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social #Ecosystem Science and Impacts of #Climate Change; #Forest #Ecology; #Biodiversity.
| Forest and Soil Ecology at @wslresearch.bsky.social |
| Professor at @usyseth.bsky.social |
| Head of the @SwissForestLab.bsky.social |
Dr. Blythe Layton @blythelayton.bsky.social Environmental microbiologist @ Clean Water Services: ‘omics applied to wastewater treatment & ambient water quality; + eDNA. 🧬 Nerding out on #rstats, #dataviz & #SciComm. Views mine.
Raul Gonzalez @poopscience.bsky.social water micro, movies, horror, small business owner, frequent visitor to echo spring
Tamara Szentivanyi 🦇🦠🦟 @tamikasz.bsky.social Researcher of mosquitoes, ticks and VBDs, bats and associated parasites and pathogens. amateur herper, interested in infectious wildlife diseases. Epidemiologist in training.
Germán Bonilla-Rosso @germusthermophilus.bsky.social 🦠🧪🖥🧬microbial ecology & evolution | agricultural microbiomes | food security | metabolism | 🐝🌺 host-microbe interactions | functional -omics | bioinformatics | salsa | philosophy | equality | UNAM | mSystems / mBio
polyimmigrant! 🇲🇽🇸🇪🇦🇺🇨🇭
Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social Solicitor, consultant, artist, writes TheGist.ie newsletter.
Visiting Lecturer. Law Society External Examiner in Data Protection law.
biomickwatson @biomickwatson.bsky.social Reluctant
RobLavigne.bsky.social @roblavigne.bsky.social Principal investigator of the Laboratory of Gene Technology. Our lab focuses on fundamental molecular microbiology research to inspire new antibacterial design strategies and biotechnology applications.
Ellie Jameson @elliejameson.bsky.social Lecturer at Bangor University. Environmental virologist, working on phages. Scientific illustrator. Shop: http://redbubble.com/people/Jellie Website: https://elliejameson.wordpress.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNM-pdh9jd
Lung Gene Therapy @cfgtedinburgh.bsky.social Retired Pulmonary Gene Therapist affiliated to the University of Edinburgh. Strategy Group member of UK Respiratory Gene Therapy Consortium. Opinions are mine but you may share them. https://www.respiratorygenetherapy.org.uk/meet-the-strategy-group
Luke Hillary @lukehillary.bsky.social Genomics & qPCR surveillance of soils, sludge & sewage 🏞️💩😷 | RNA viruses, AMR genes & mobile elements in environmental microbiomes | Research Fellow @bangor.ac.uk | Building the evidence base for wastewater-informed public health in Wales 🏴
Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social Data scientist, data journalist, I like all things related to science, programming, discussions, societies, writing. Danish webpage with samples of work: tekstogtal.dk
viroid @viroid.bsky.social post-doctoral fellow studying sub-viral RNAs
Jose A Escudero @jaescudero.bsky.social Scientist interested in #integrons, antimicrobial resistance and the molecular basis of adaptation. Working at at CNB-CSIC.
Bede Constantinides @bede.im Research fellow at the University of Birmingham interested in infectious disease informatics. Also cycling, photography, active travel. https://bede.im
Andrew Santiago-Frangos @asantiagofrangos.bsky.social Asst Prof @Penn. CRISPR Biology & Applications | DNA folding and Bacterial/Archaeal defense systems | Biochem & CryoEM | #NIHMOSAIC K99/R00.
https://web.sas.upenn.edu/sanfrango-lab/
Daniel Poston, MD, PhD @danielposton.bsky.social Internal Medicine & GI trainee at Weill Cornell. 🩺 🧪
Interests: gut microbiology, host-pathogen interactions, innate immunity, and IBD
he/him🏳️🌈
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7aURWTEAAA
Valeria Lulla @valerialulla.bsky.social PI Virologist & Wellcome Trust CDA fellow studying RNA viruses
Carolina B. López @cblopezlab.bsky.social Professor | the López lab studies how viruses interact with their host. We spend a lot of time thinking about non-standard viral genomes, henipaviruses and respiratory virus persistence. Lab website: www.lopezlab.org. Post do not represent my organization.
Viruses of Microbes 2024 @vom2024.bsky.social Viruses of Microbes 2024 - International conference on Viruses of Microbes; 15-19 July 2024, Cairns, Australia.
Aaron Grant @aarongrantdj.bsky.social DJ, biology grad, mini painter, Celtic 🍀
Co founder and resident for Club Domhanda
https://linktr.ee/aarongrantdj
Caroline Hu @hudrewthis.bsky.social science-inspired comics and illustration | asst biology professor at MassArt | former postdoc at Harvard OEB | she/her | opinions my own
www.hudrewthis.com
Liubov Chuprikova @liubovch.bsky.social Bioinformatics 💻 Computational virology 🦠
Jake Barber @jakenbarber.bsky.social Evolutionary Biologist
Using Experimental Evolution to look at mutational biases in bacteria!
Research Gate Profile: https://t.co/xhw63knBCj
email: jakebarber42@gmail.com
Scott C Anderson @scottcanderson.bsky.social Scientist and science writer. Author of The Psychobiotic Revolution with the brilliant scientists John Cryan and Ted Dinan. I write for Psychology Today and New Scientist. Find me at scottcanderson.substack.com
Colm Ryan @colmr.bsky.social Systems biology | Bioinformatics | Cancer | Genetic interactions
https://cancerdata.ucd.ie/
(he / him)
Dirk Tischler @dirktischler.bsky.social A working microbiologist ... interested in #oxidoreductases, #flavoproteins, #biocatalysis and #degradation of #xenobiotics by #actinomycetes, #naturalproduct, #biotransformation and #enzyme #catalysis
Hobby #ChemistsWhoCook
Zoe Vance @zoev22.bsky.social 🇮🇪 post doc-ing in Bath, living in Bristol. Political complaining with flavours of bioinf and evol bio. Interested in gene dosage evolution and polyploids
UCD Gender Studies @ucdgender.bsky.social Gender Studies at UCD | Interdisciplinary MA in Gender Studies | programmes, news, events | RT is not an endorsement. https://www.ucd.ie/genderstudies/
Katy Brown @thekatybrown.bsky.social Postdoc in computational genomics studying RNA viruses at Cambridge. She/Her https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8400-6922
VirHostNet @virhostnet.bsky.social Virus Host interaction network, knowledge base
Skycle — Your Friends Bluesky Circle @skycle.app Skycle.app allows you to generate an image representing the friends you are closest with on Bluesky. It's called Skycle, and it's free!
👉 GitHub Repository: https://git.new/skycle
Robyn Hall @viroepivet.bsky.social Canberra, Australia. Discoverer of things. Board certified veterinary virologist, epidemiologist, veterinarian, disease ecologist, bushwalker, greyhound mum, amateur astronomer. 🦠🐄🐇🐔👩⚕️🥾🐾🌌
European Virus Bioinformatics Center @evbc.bsky.social Bringing together the excellence of virology and bioinformatics.
Tools: http://bit.ly/evbctools
Impressum: https://evbc.uni-jena.de/impressum/
Kerry J. Laing, PhD @kerryjl.bsky.social T cell immunologist, and erstwhile comparative immunologist, making the best of it. My NCBI: https://tinyurl.com/2uexwh74
#Scottish #FirstGen #WomanInSTEM
“Think of what is and don’t let what might have been distract you” — Robin Hobb
Prince Guma @princeguma.bsky.social Researcher | geographies, infrastructures, technologies, politics, lifeworlds 
Lore Van Espen @lorevanespen.bsky.social PhD researcher at Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics @KULeuven
Will Matlock @wtmatlock.bsky.social Wellcome Early-Career Award Fellow @milnerevolution.bsky.social working on plasmid evolution and ecology (he/him) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
Formerly @biology.ox.ac.uk and @modmedmicro.bsky.social
Kate Sotejeff-Wilson @katesw.bsky.social Midwife of texts for academics and the arts | KSWTranslations.com from Finnish, German and Polish, editing in English | runs ridgewritingretreats.com | devourer of books | she/ona/sie/hän
Rod Rahimi @rodrahimi.bsky.social Physician-Scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital. Posting about biology (mostly immunology) and medicine
https://www.rahimi-lab.com
Mike Blazanin @mikeblazanin.bsky.social Postdoc with @kayla-king.bsky.social and @sarperotto.bsky.social at UBC. Bacterial evolution with C. elegans, phages, and bacterial communities. Modeling and experimental evolution. Microbial and computational methods.
https://mikeblazanin.com/
Darren Obbard @darrenobbard.bsky.social Flies, Viruses, Genomes
ISB @isbscience.org Institute for Systems Biology, 501(c)3, pioneers of systems biology. Affiliate of Providence. Stay up-to-date at http://isbscience.org.
Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social Microbial ecology and evolution | Professor at University of Lausanne | Theory | Experiments | Egyptian
Helmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg, Germany is the first institution of its kind worldwide to combine ribonucleic acid (RNA) research with infection biology.
https://www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/imprint/
Alex Probst @alexjprobst.bsky.social Professor for Microbiology at Research Alliance Ruhr, Uni-DUE, #ERCSyg awardee, member of CRC RESIST
#microbiome #omics #microscopy #ecophysiology
Free time: Dad, weight training, cs2, nature, bbq, board games, pottery
Ann Gregory, PhD @gregoryannc.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at the Uni of Calgary in the Dept. of Biological Sciences | Viromics & One Health | www.integrativeviromicslab.com
Bob Patalano @robertpatalano.bsky.social PhD in Archaeology. Biomarkers & early human paleoecology. Husband. Father x2. Lecturer, coordinator for environmental science & sustainability and climate action programs and sustainability liaison at Bryant University.
🔗 robertpatalano.squarespace.com- B Brian McSharry @brianmcsharry.bsky.social Molecular virologist. Charles Sturt University.
Ben Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social Virus evolution, ecology and host shifts. Fly zookeeper. Insect rhabdovirus geek. Tea Junkie. Like music, food, bikes. Lab website: www.benlongdon.com
Katie O'Mahony @aforestsomewhere.bsky.social Postdoc at Teagasc, Microbial Genomics
Douglas Scofield @dgscofield.bsky.social Research bioinformatician @ Uppsala University, evolutionary biologist, plants, fungi, math, stats, history, bibliovore, 🇸🇪/🇺🇸
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5235-6461
Carlo Camilloni @carlocamilloni.bsky.social Associate professor at the University of Milano.
Biophysics and computational structural biology.
https://compsb.unimi.it
Developer @plumed.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9923-8590
Ben Adler @benadler.bsky.social Postdoc @ Doudna Lab - UC-Berkeley | Bacteriophage engineering | CRISPR | Biotechnology | Microbiology | All Combinations Thereof | He/him. Opinions my own.
Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social Microbial evolution / University of Manchester
Áine O'Toole @aineotoole.bsky.social Virus evolution, bioinformatics & phylogenetics. Researcher at University of Edinburgh. 
Robin Rohwer @robinrohwer.bsky.social Microbial ecology and evolution. Special love for freshwater lakes & long-term time series 🌊🌊🌊 ➡️ ⏳⏳⌛ ➡️ 🧬🖥️ ➡️ 📈📊📝
postdoc @ UT Austin working remotely from the Pacific Northwest
(views my own)
robinrohwer.com
Kathryn (Katy) Appler @katyappler.bsky.social 💻 Postdoc, Institut Pasteur | Dr. Simonetta Gribaldo
🌊 Ph.D. in Marine Science @UTMSI, University of Texas at Austin | Dr. Brett Baker’s Lab
🧬 Exploring Asgard archaea, deep-sea ecosystems, and the evolution of complex life.
Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com cellarchlab.com Univ. of Basel Biozentrum🇨🇭. Exploring molecular architecture inside cells with #CryoEM #TeamTomo. Plants and algae in a changing climate. ❄🔬 OF 🌿 4THE 🌍! 
Andrea Silverj @silverja.bsky.social PhD, Computational Evolutionary Biologist working on viral metagenomics, phylogenomics, and AI.
• Postdoc @ucalgary.bsky.social
• Previously @cibiocm.bsky.social
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𝕏 : @silverjand
Jordan H. Hartman, PhD @jhhartman.bsky.social she/her
Interested in landscape ecology, genomics 🧬, and aquatic ecology
Neurodiverse
Bisexual 🩷💜💙
🧪👩🏻🔬 Science Stickers and motivational affirmation mugs: https://designedwithhartman.etsy.com
Aoife Gallagher @aoifegall.bsky.social Senior analyst at @isdglobal.
Previously, Investigations @ Storyful.
Extremism, conspiracy theories, mis/disinfo
Author of Web Of Lies: The Lure and Danger of Conspiracy Theories.
https://www.dubraybooks.ie/product/web-of-lies-9780717195121
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Mathieu M.J.E. Rebeaud @chercheurjuteux.com Ph.D (dr ès sc.) in Biochemistry/Bioinfo. Scientist @LBS/EPFL. Chaperonologist. Angry Swiss Punk. Love Archaea 🦠. Love cats 🐈. Aka W.Oodendijk. Vegan. Metalhead. Socialist. Born at 345ppm. Try to fight scientific misinfo.
http://chercheurjuteux.com
Noam Ross @noamross.net Computational disease ecologist. Executive Director of @ropensci.org. Co-director and founder @grantwitness.org. Brooklynite. One Health, open science, democracy, #RStats, cities, civics, bikes, fun, love, progress + justice. he/him
Jason Roche @jasonroche.bsky.social Unfloppable. Home carer and podcaster Like and re(skies?) are not endorsements (he/him)