Postdoc at Oxford University researching paleovirology, virus evolution and the global virome 🇦🇺 🇬🇧https://bsky.app/profile/emma-harding.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emma-harding.bsky.social/post/3ma7la4nxv22fHappy to share our new paper on retroviruses in amphibians - a labour of love for our team @unswbabs.bsky.social with Prof. Peter White. We explore 102 amphibian species to understand what type of retroviruses infect them and their evolution, highlights below 🧵 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12977-025-00669-y17 Dec 2025 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:7eakk6xtjgjleib4n6tkxobj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7la4nxv22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/emma-harding.bsky.social/post/3m5izxdlr3s2rI'm excited to introduce our new workflow for detecting endogenous viral elements - HI-FEVER. 🖥️🧬 https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf610/8317250 🧵 Big thanks to @ariskatzourakis.bsky.social, @humanceae.bsky.social, José Gabriel and Cormac for bringing this from conception to fruition!13 Nov 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:7eakk6xtjgjleib4n6tkxobj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5izxdlr3s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/emma-harding.bsky.social/post/3lzshhaxrr22wDo you research endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) or want to learn more about them? 🧬🤔 Consider presenting at or attending AuusiERV - an inaugural online symposium for ERV research in Australia 🇦🇺 (and abroad) 🗺️ Abstracts due 1st October! events.humanitix.com/aussierv-2025 #ERV #retrovirus https://events.humanitix.com/aussierv-202527 Sep 2025 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:7eakk6xtjgjleib4n6tkxobj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzshhaxrr22whttps://bsky.app/profile/emma-harding.bsky.social/post/3lyuols6mbc2rNew paper alert 🎉 We explore the origins of deltaviruses and find they have infected and co-evolved with termites for 141 million years 🐜🕑🦴 This was a fascinating story to work on with @ariskatzourakis.bsky.social, Jose Gabriel and @anselmojiro.bsky.social https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221112472500989115 Sep 2025 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:7eakk6xtjgjleib4n6tkxobj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyuols6mbc2r