Ancient smallpox DNA from Chile provides insights into virus's arrival in the Americas and evolution
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@kill-bait.bsky.socialAncient smallpox DNA from Chile provides insights into virus's arrival in the Americas and evolution
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅
#smallpox #ancientdna #virusevolution
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@evbc.bsky.socialA new review links virus sequence evolution, protein structure and serology to improve the prediction of immune escape and antigenic change in influenza and SARS-CoV-2 🧬🦠 #VirusEvolution #Vaccines
📄 https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01687-25
👤 EVBC members: Spyros Lytras, Jumpei Ito
@evbc.bsky.socialNew tool ConvMut maps recurring SARS-CoV-2 mutations across PANGO-based phylogenies, helping researchers track immune escape and inform vaccine and antibody design 🧬🦠 #SARSCoV2 #VirusEvolution #GenomicSurveillance
📄 https://doi.org/10.3390/v18070724
👤 EVBC member: Cesare Gruber
@evbc.bsky.socialAI structure prediction is opening a new window onto deep virus evolution, helping classify viral dark matter, infer protein function and develop structural phylogenies 🧬🤖 #VirusEvolution #AI
📄 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-virology-100424-122154
👤 EVBC member: Spyros Lytras
@evbc.bsky.socialNonstandard virus genomes with structural rearrangements can shape virus ecology and evolution, influencing transmission, host range and adaptation. 🧬🦠 #VirusEvolution #Virology
📄 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coviro.2026.101567
👤 EVBC members: Santiago F Elena , Julia Hillung