Ed Hutchinson

socialinfluenza.bsky.social

18 May 2026 10:48

Absolutely extraordinary work from Hui Gao, John Briggs and co @mpibiochem.bsky.social on the structure of the influenza matrix protein in situ, particularly in filamentous virions. It's beautiful, and answers questions I've been wondering about for twenty years www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Ed Hutchinson

socialinfluenza.bsky.social

18 May 2026 10:47

Why do influenza viruses make ludicrously long filamentous virions? Probably lots of reasons, but in a new study Lu Liu et al. provide evidence for an appealing hypothesis: filaments are more stable in acidic solutions and hence survive for longer in aerosols www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66.bsky.social

08 May 2026 21:10

I've built some initial Nextstrain phylogenies of the Andes Hantavirus variant, which include the sequence generated by HUG & UniZurich, Switzerland. Please interpret with caution. By segment: S: nextstrain.org/groups/hodcr... M: nextstrain.org/groups/hodcr... L: nextstrain.org/groups/hodcr...

Sampling reveals possible novel sources of H5N1 avian flu transmission on dairy farms www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

ESWI

eswinfluenza.bsky.social

14 April 2026 18:15

🧠🦠 New #ESWIAirborne podcast episode out now! How do viruses move from environmental spillover to the brain—and what can this tell us about future #PandemicPreparedness? 🎧 Listen now: eswi.org/activities/p...