Rafael Pinilla-Redondo (Rafa) @rafomics.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at Copenhagen University. Excited about phages, plasmids, and bacterial immunity!π¨βπ¬π¬ https://pinillaredondolab.com/
Jakob T RostΓΈl @jakob-tr.bsky.social Research fellow at Imperial College London
Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social Ecologist into fungi, forests, and global change. Assistant professor at University of Vienna π¦πΉ Also into ποΈββοΈπββοΈππππΎ
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Arthur Charles-Orszag @acharlesorszag.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UC Davis. Cell biologist interested in archaea and evolution. UCSF & Institut Pasteur alum. He/him π«π· π³οΈβπ
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Basler Lab @basler-lab.bsky.social Unraveling the secrets of bacterial injection needles .. (among other things)
Michael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social NIHR Research Professor
Professor of Medicine at LSHTM.
Lead for Integrated Academic Training at LSHTM.
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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social ID doctor and fungal enthusiast. #IDSky community builder. #TxID, global health, MedEd. @idjclub.bsky.social
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JosΓ© R PenadΓ©s @jrpenades.bsky.social Frustrated football player, I moved to a less relevant work: microbiologist interested on mobile genetic elements
Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social PI at the University of Freiburg, interested in molecular microbiology and all things related to #archaea
Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London. Editor of OUP Oxford Open Immunology. Co-author - Penguin Long Covid Handbook. Discusses: Covid-19, Long Covid, T cells, immunogenetics and HLA, respiratory infection, science policy, arboviruses, C19th lit
Hilary Lappin-Scott @lappinscott.bsky.social Microbiologist- loves microbial ecology, including biofilms. Supports universities on strategy, performance, research excellence, mentoring, women in STEM. Usually found in coffee shops & at park runs πββοΈ #WomenInSTEM #inclusion
Juliana Almario @julianaalma.bsky.social Microbial ecologist, CNRS junior group leader working in the LEM lab in Lyon. Fromπ¨π΄ but been working in π«π· π©πͺ Very curious about
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Thijs Kuiken @thijskuiken.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Pathology at Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. I study emerging viral diseases according to the One Health approach, and transformative change of society for a sustainable future.
Rhizosphere Lab π± @poolelaboxford.bsky.social Rhizosphere Lab at Oxford Department of Biology, led by Prof Phil Poole. Focusing on nitrogen fixation, molecular tools and the soil microbiome
Insect Symbiosis Lab @kaltenpoth-lab.bsky.social News from the Insect Symbiosis Department πͺ²π¦ , at the MPI for Chemical Ecology, on how insects and their symbionts adapt to challenges.
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Dan Sprockett @danielsprockett.bsky.social New Assistant Professor | sprockettlab.com
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Eduardo Rocha @epcrocha.bsky.social Scientist, genomics, evolution, microbiology, computational biology, Institut Pasteur/CNRS, Paris
Aaron Whiteley @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. Microbiologist. All-around nerd.
http://colorado.edu/lab/aaron-whiteley/
Mel Vazquez Hernandez @melvazquezh.bsky.social mexican in Germany with an open love for tacos
Associate Editor at #PLOSBiology for #openaccess, working with #microbiology and #immunology
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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com An open-access journal welcoming high quality original research, reviews, and commentary in sustainability science from Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com. https://www.nature.com/commssustain
UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social Official feed of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) providing regular news updates on the work of the organisation.
Achilles Kapanidis @achilleskap.bsky.social Professor of Biological Physics at Oxford.
Iliev Lab @ilievlab.bsky.social Immunology, fungi-myco-anything & li'l more
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Deborah Sweet @biologyfan.bsky.social EVP for the Nature Portfolio, part of Springer Nature. I live in Boston but travel elsewhere. All posts are my own.
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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology @natsmb.nature.com Nature Structural & Molecular Biology publishes top-quality research providing insight into how molecular components work together in biological processes.
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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social Using genome engineering to solve humanityβs greatest problems in health, climate & sustainable agriculture. UC Berkeley, UCSF, UC Davis, UC San Diego. https://innovativegenomics.org/
Plant-Microbe Interactions @utrechtpmi.bsky.social @Utrecht University
https://www.uu.nl/en/research/plant-microbe-interactions 
Nature Sustainability @natsustain.nature.com
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Part of Nature Portfolio.
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social Scientific journal publishing research, overview and commentary across all of biology. All of it!
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Black Microbiologists Assoc (Black In Micro) @blackinmicro.bsky.social Increasing Visibility. Facilitating Connection. Moving Microbiology Forward. Get connected today
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Krystle J McLaughlin @biophyskrys.bsky.social Protein xtallographer & biophysicist I Researching microbial proteins from B. ovatus CPS biosynthesis & Salmonella conjugative transfer | Associate chem prof @Vassar |she/her|#KrystleTheCrystallographer πΉπΉ
Remaining silent will not protect us. Abolish ICE.
DEI Virologist @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social Virologist | Microbe Enthusiast | Book lover | WOSO enthusiast | This a personal account.
Dr. Ari Kozik @drkozik.bsky.social Scientist. Prevotella Host-Microbe Interactions. Airway Microbiome. Multi-omics. Asst. Prof @ UMich. PI of @koziklab
Nerd.
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/koziklab/
Emma Slack @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social Professor for Mucosal Immunology, ETH ZΓΌrich, Switzerland, and Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford, UK. We work on novel oral vaccines, AMR, and microbiome function. Making science fairer, kinder and more equitable π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ. Views are my own.
APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social A world leading research centre
Host Institutions University College Cork & Teagasc
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Tara Oceans Science @taraoceans-science.bsky.social Highlights and sharing of the science and research from the Tara Oceans expeditions.
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Gilda Tachedjian @profgilda.bsky.social Virologist, preventing HIV/STIs by targeting the vaginal microbiome, antiretrovirals, bat viruses and bat antiviral factors, VIIN co-convenor. Past AVS President.
Diamond Lab @msdiamondlab.bsky.social We are the members of the Diamond lab at WUSM: cutting edge virology, immunology and microbiome research, and antiviral vaccine and therapeutics development.
Meyer Lab @themeyerlab.bsky.social Virology Lab | RNA Viruses | experimental viral evolution and its limits | trying something new every day | π©πͺπ¬π§π¦πΊπ²π½
Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social Epidemiologist/mathematician. Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Author of The Rules of Contagion and The Perfect Bet. Views own.
New book Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty available now: proof.kucharski.io
Bloom lab @jbloomlab.bsky.social Lab studying molecular evolution of proteins and viruses. Affiliated with Fred Hutch & HHMI.
Opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
https://jbloomlab.org/
AJ te Velthuis @ajtevelthuis.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Princeton University. RNA polymerases, RNA viruses, mutations, and innate immune responses. Funded by NIH, Wellcome, NSF. https://tevelthuislab.scholar.princeton.edu
Blossom Damania @damania.bsky.social Boshamer Distinguished Prof & Vice Dean for Research, @UNC_SOM, @UNC. CSO @UNC Health System. Research Interests: Virology, Cancer Biology, Immunology.
The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk We're the Crick, a biomedical research lab in London working to figure out how life works.
Home to more than 2,000 scientists and a free public exhibition space.
https://www.crick.ac.uk/
Jason McLellan @mclellanlab.bsky.social Structural virology / Structure-based vaccine design
mclellanlab.org
Professor of Molecular Biosciences
The University of Texas at Austin
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Joost Snijder @joostsnijder.bsky.social a sort of scientist. viruses and antibodies. structure and biophysics. mass spec and cryoEM
Bungo Akiyoshi @bungoakiyoshi.bsky.social Studying kinetochores in African trypanosome (kinetoplastid) and marine plankton (diplonemid) in Edinburgh
https://www.ed.ac.uk/biology/groups/akiyoshi
SΓ©amus Holden π¬π¦ 𧫠@seamusholden.bsky.social Professor of Microbial Biophysics, University of Warwick. Interested in all things bacterial cell envelope, cell biophysics and super-resolution microscopy. https://holdenlab.github.io/
Mehle Lab @mehlelab.bsky.social Our small bit about flu (mostly cool stuff by lab members).
mehlelab.com
Susan Lea @smlea.bsky.social Scientist at St Jude using structural biology to try and understand how things work - views are my own not my institutions
Daniel Blanco-Melo @dbm003.bsky.social Studying past, present, and potentially future host-viral interactions ππ¨π»βπ»π¨π»βπ¬π¦ #loveVirology #LatinxInSTEM π²π½ | Assistant professor
@fredhutch.bsky.social - https://research.fredhutch.org/blanco-melo/
Ben Hale @benhale.bsky.social Professor of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
My research group studies molecular mechanisms of the interferon system, interferon deficiencies, and viral disease.
Ed Rybicki πΏπ²πΏπ¦π¬π§π·π @edrybicki.bsky.social Semi-retired biotechnologist and virologist, interested in making vaccines, lover of 70s rock and hard SF. And good red wine. Posts are both personal and professional, and may include music and/or strong opinions. And possibly zombies.
Paul Thomas @pgtimmune.bsky.social Division of Vaccine and Infectious Disease, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
TCRs, influenza virus, anti-tumor immunity, books, dogs, Venice
Andrew Rambaut (ππ) @arambaut.bsky.social Virus evolution | genomic epidemiology| virus origins | phylogenetics | BEAST | ARTIC Network
University of Edinburgh
http://beast.community
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Ryan Langlois @langloislab.bsky.social Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Minnesota. Interested in virus-host interactions, antiviral immunity, and virus evolution.
Tanmay Bharat @tbharat-lab.bsky.social MRC-LMB #cryoET #biofilms #S-layers #antibiotics
https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/bharat/
Ana Fernandez-Sesma @sesmalab.bsky.social Research Scientist, Chair of Microbiology at ISMMS #WomenInScience #LoveVirology 
Veesler lab @veeslerlab.bsky.social Pathogen entry into cells, host immune responses & vaccine design: structural biology, protein design, virology & immunology @hhmi.bsky.social
@uofwa.bsky.social
Caetano Reis e Sousa @reisesousalab.bsky.social We are the Immunobiology Lab at the Francis Crick Institute (@crick.ac.uk). We study how the body detects and responds to infection, cancer and tissue damage.
ESWI @eswinfluenza.bsky.social πͺπΊ Scientific Working group on #Influenza & other Respiratory Viruses #RSV #COVID19 #hMPV #ESWIAirborne #ESWIEducationHub #ESWI2025
Nicole Robb @nicolerobb.bsky.social Associate Professor at Warwick Medical School and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Oxford
β€οΈRNA viruses, single-molecule microscopy and diagnostics
Stacey Schultz-Cherry @ssclabquips.bsky.social Studies the pathogenesis and evolution of influenza and astroviruses in high risk populations in order to develop better therapies
The Royal Society @royalsociety.org The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
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Brennan Lab CVR @brennanlab.bsky.social Lab Account | PI: @bbrennan83 | π¬ bunyavirus/vector interactions at @CVRinfo.bsky.socialπ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ¬π§π±πΉπ²π¦πΉππͺπΊπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ
Elly Gaunt @gauntlab.bsky.social Virology lab at Roslin Institute, UK. Particular fondness for influenza and rotaviruses. Also here for bad puns, peated whisky and ultramarathon chat.
Castello Lab @castello-lab.bsky.social Our lab in in the MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
We love #RNA, #viruses and #host-virus interactions
PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org A leading life science journal that champions inclusive, high-impact research across all disciplinesβfrom molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
Jeremy Keown @jeremykeown.bsky.social Kiwi | Structural Biology | RNA viruses
PI in the School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK
Previously Grimes lab in STRUBI, Oxford.
https://jeremyrkeown.owlstown.net/
Lisa Bauer @lisabauervirus.bsky.social Virologist| Assistant Professor @ErasmusMC #RielScience | previous ESR in Marie Curie Network Antivirals @UtrechtUni |π¦πΉπͺπΊπ³π±|
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Center for Immunology of Viral Infections (CiViA) @civia-aarhus.bsky.social Center of Excellence at Aarhus University (@au.dk) & TU Munich (@tum.de), focused on discovering novel #immune response mechanisms against #viral #infections. Funded by Danmarks Grundforsk Fond (@dg.dk).
https://biomed.au.dk/civia
Juha Huiskonen @juhahuiskonen.bsky.social Director of the Institute of Biotechnology and Professor of Structural Biology at the University of Helsinki #cryoEM #LocalizedReconstruction
Goran Bajic @gogo-science.bsky.social Structural biologist interested in all things antibody and viruses. π³οΈβπ
bajiclab.org
Michael Emerman @memerman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor at Fred Hutch in Seattle. My lab studied HIV and other viruses. My main account is on Mastodon: @memerman@mstdn.science where I post about virology, hiking, biking and gardening. Here, mostly to follow virologists and other friends.
The Lancet @thelancet.com Welcome to The Lancet, one of the worldβs leading medical journals, published weekly since 1823.
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Heidi Ledford @heidiledford.bsky.social Reporter for Nature, mostly covering biology and medicine.
Probably has more Nature publications than youπ.
hledford.01 (Signal) and heidiledford (@proton.me)
Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social Cellular microbiologist, #UTI host/pathogen interactions, lab head at University College London, novelist, broadcaster, writer, pundit, sci comm, musician, gardener, Editor of LabLit.com, all things geek-chic. M7HZT on ham radio. More at jennyrohn.com
Dr Neil Stone @drneilstone.bsky.social Infectious Diseases specialist doctor in London. Fungal disease researcher (UCL). Officially the 1st person to use word #Covid (according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Really). Personal views only.
CΓ©sar SΓ‘nchez @twistedbacteria.bsky.social Microbiology editor at a multidisciplinary open-access journal.
Born & raised in Asturias, Spain.
In the UK since 2008.
Dad Γ3, husband Γ1.
Posts in English and Spanish.
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Pues eso.
Tulio de Oliveira @tuliodna.bsky.social Professor of medical research leading global genomics surveillance. Director CERI at Stellenbosch University and KRISP at UKZN, South Africa. Views my own.
Mary Elizabeth Sutherland @meharpist.bsky.social I'm Nature's Deputy Editor for ecology, evolution and social science and handle papers in cog neuro, psych, and a variety of behavioral and social sciences. When I'm not working, I'm a mom (and sometimes even try to find time to play my harp or ski).
Tom Peacock @peacockflu.bsky.social Virologist - Influenza and Coronaviruses 
Nature Tractors @naturetractors.bsky.social Still not affiliated with Springer-Nature (yet). Out standing in a field since 2018, still dedicated to cutting edge agricultural machinery and peer review. Chief Editor remains @neilwithers.bsky.social
Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. Weβre taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
Helen Pearson @helenpearson.bsky.social Author of BEYOND BELIEF (2026) | Senior Editor at Nature | Honorary Professor of Practice at UCL | science journalist, author, speaker
Ben Johnson @benjaminjohnson.bsky.social Chief Editor of Nature Health, a new journal of public, global and population health from the Nature Portfolio
MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social @WHO.int Collaborating Centre for infectious disease modelling. Follow us for research on pandemic preparedness, global health analytics, vaccines, therapeutics and pathogen genomic epidemiology @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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Connor G G Bamford @connorggbamford.bsky.social Scientist and educator interested in viruses, immunity and evolution. Currently group leader and lecturer at Queenβs University Belfast. Member of MicroSoc Virus Division, and Young Academy Ireland.
David LV Bauer @davidlvbauer.bsky.social virologist ~ recovering biophysicist ~ aspiring bioinformatician ~ group leader @TheCrick :: RNA Virus Replication Lab :: https://www.crick.ac.uk/research/labs/david-lv-bauer
Rupert Beale @bealelab.bsky.social Group Leader, Cell Biology of Infection Lab @thecrick; Nephrologist @Royal Free Hospital. Own views etc. 
Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social Director, Geneva Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases - Virologist, MD, DTM&H. Interests: Emerging viruses, coronaviruses, diagnostics, translational research for better preparedness for epidemic & pandemic viruses.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social Virologist. PI working at but not speaking for USask. Co-EiC of Vaccine. πΊπΈ in π¨π¦. Emerging viruses, pathogenesis, zoonosis, host responses, dogs, football, off-color language, transcriptomic chaos. Opinions my own.
Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social Freelance writer, editor, columnist & consultant. Formerly at Scientific American, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian & Science. Past president of National Association of Science Writers. Birder.
Colin Parrish @colinparrish.bsky.social Virologist, studies viruses that have caused epidemics and pandemics. New Zealander, been at Cornell since 1988. Former American Society of Virology President, NAS, editor J. Virol. Hiking, kayaking, biking, traveling, photography.