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Happy to see the bachelor's thesis of Karīna Švānberga finally going into the wild in the form of a paper. mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/3… Seems very appropriate for this paper to get published in a "Women in Aquaculture Research" topic exactly on International Women's Day! 🐟🦠🌷

After 3+ years I am still not sure whether Haru is a dog or an imp... 🧐😅

ICYMI: We just published a consensus statement (with 47 institutes) on advancing #RdRp-based RNA virus discovery! We sum up the challenges identified at the 1st #RdRpSummit and propose solutions to ensure greater interoperability. Here’s a summary- t.ly/Uwqge

Haru seems not to like the idea of me going to Leuven 🇧🇪 for the International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2024 that kicks off tomorrow...😭 (I am still going nonetheless) #ViBioM2024

"The police is asking for help in identifying people who sang "Katyusha" - a song symbolizing military aggression - in public transport after the Daugavpils city festival. One of the recognized singers has already received an administrative fine of 300 euros." 🫠🫠🫠

This is how and where 🇫🇷 your email finds me for the next week...😅

Gold 🥲😂

Not sure how exactly phages sneaked into an event "with the goal of developing a robust and aligned 5G Ecosystem in Europe and beyond" but we managed to quickly frame and present it as a "prototype" 👹 This time almost no graphical photos of diseased fish by Karīna Švānberga 🐟

Around two hours before participating in lecturing the first day of "Introduction to bioinformatics" this semester but yet seizing the opportunity to participate in a visit to the fish farm "Tome" 🐟 Still hopeful to make it in time, though 🌚

We are scouting for a PhD student in antiphage immunity. Starting spring 2025 at University of Tartu, secondments at Lund University. Please contact me with i) CV and ii) max 2-page cover letter (why you, why this topic and why our team) at [email protected]. RT appreciated!

Finally out in FEBS Letters. C-terminal anchor endolysins, indeed, seem to be a thing... doi.org/10.1002/1873-3…

Psychrobacillus phage “Spoks” isolated from Antarctic soil sample a few years ago (Latvian for “Ghost”, owing to its elusive microbiological behavior explainable by its temperate nature) is now published alongside its host. Thank you to everyone involved! doi.org/10.1186/s12864…

Last one for a while... Getting a paper published right on my birthday feels good 😁 🥂 Also, the first paper with my involvement based on phage research taking place at the Riga Stradins University that I joined last year! doi.org/10.1089/phage.…

An evening of sightseeing before a week of virology at the second RdRp summit & Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2025, this time in Lisbon 💪🇵🇹