London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

lshtm.bsky.social

05 October 2026 17:56

BREAKING NEWS: A suspected #plague death has been reported in #Russia LSHTM expert explains current risk to humans is likely low, but shows importance of biosafety procedures. Read more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n... #PublicHealth

UCL Genetics Institute

ugiatucl.bsky.social

30 September 2026 18:57

This weeks UGI seminar was from LIDo PhD student @crferguson.bsky.social presenting his work on the phylogeographic and evolutionary trajectories of Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, over the Second Plague Pandemic. Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Lauren Hennelly

laurenhennelly.bsky.social

09 September 2026 08:45

Hi Everyone! I am hiring a 2 year Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics at my lab at Rice University! You can read more about the position here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Please reach out with any questions!

Kevin Daly

gingerhowley.bsky.social

04 September 2026 20:28

Our paper on ancient sheeppox virus genomes, including many found from parchment samples, is now published af Science Advances. Congrats to all our co-authors and particularly first author Louis. #aDNA share.google/JqVOTB2lvxcO...

Cameron Robert Ferguson

crferguson.bsky.social

01 September 2026 17:01

Extremely happy to be able to share this preprint, which represents both the first major output of my PhD and my first preprint as lead author 🦠💀: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...