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Although the potential hosts of most of these new agents are unknown, many were found to replicate in fungi, including examples of giant circRNAs (>5,000 nt) which are hybrids of classical RNA viruses (enconding an RdRp) and viroid agents (circRNAs with autocatalytic ribozymes)

Thanks to this fantastic team for this fantastic discovery! nature.com/articles/s4146… @marco_forgia Beatriz Navarro S.Daghino @ameliacervera A.Gisel S.Perotto D.N.Aghayeva M.F.Akinyuwa E.Gobbi @RZheludev Robert Edgar Rayan Chikhi @viroplant Artem Babaian Francesco Marcos de la Peña

"What is a virus?" The answer to this old question is going to change in b/c of studies like this. Here we discover +20,000 viroid-like agents & show exp. proof for 2 independent lineages of Viroid:RNA virus hybrids, linking these kingdoms of infectious agents. Paper Link -->

Are you an RNA Virologist? Then I want to know what you think! forms.gle/MGxWc1nAdLrBU2…

👇 This is likely to be in the top-5 most important bioinformatics advances of the last decade. Think BLAST, but for structures. This makes structural bioinformatics the new mainstream.

A new group of mitochondrial viruses may represent an ancestral lineage of #mitoviruses, find researchers from Hokkaido University, Università di Torino, and CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Read more on our website 👇 #mitochondria #virus #phylogeny #mycology #glomeromycotina #mycorrhizae #HokkaidoUni #北海道大学

Great to collaborate on #mitoviruses with UNITO and Hokkaido University global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/ancestral…

Check it out! Just in time, standing outside the #RdRpSummit venue now. Let's gooo

Day 1 of #RdRpSummit was fantastic! Speed-dating with the red flags of RdRps was an absolute success 💪

We were all especially lucky to have Michelle Wille lead our pretty large group through a discussion session on the fundamentals of RNA virus operability. Some great ideas about problems, solutions, and the potential benefits of those solutions. Thank you Michelle - incredible job!

Starting day 2 of #RdRpSummit with a talk from Yuto Chiba (remotely from Japan!) on how to identify, analyse, and report divided RdRps. A fascinating new concept to many of us!

And that's a wrap! ...but not really. The #RdRpSummit has concluded, and what a fantastic event it has been. But our work is only just beginning! We identified problems, solutions, and discussed in-depth how much the field could benefit from implementing these proposed solutions.

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Hello everyone! Over 2,000 people have already signed up to take part in ICPP2023 this summer ! We're thrilled to see you all !

We are excited to announce our upcoming #vom2023 final program which you can find on the web page vom2023.org/en/speakers-an… We look forward to welcoming you in #Tbilisi #VirusesofMicrobes #Vom2023 #Tbilisi

Packed room for the opening of Vom2023 ☺️

VoM was super fun, best part was meeting some old friends again...Ohh and managed to get a decent diversity of viruses in my drawing competition 😎

Fungi are among the most important and beautiful soil organisms 🦠🍄🌱 Explore the fungal tree of life, with an emphasis on the macroscopic diversity of fungi. 📷Laszlo G. Nagy University of Szeged

The Laboratory for RNA-Based Lifeforms is now a federally funded institution. My deepest gratitude 🙏🇨🇦CIHR 🇨🇦🙏