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/3mspt6vjids2nThrilled to be co-organising a symposium dedicated to Endogenous viral elements! Together with @thekatybrown.bsky.social , @rtarlinton.bsky.social and the Royal Society we will host a two day event in Birmingham, UK in February 2026. Register below to attend! https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2027/02/endogenous-viral-elements/ https://lnkd.in/erpjMFSw10 Aug 2026 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:7eakk6xtjgjleib4n6tkxobj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspt6vjids2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/emma-harding.bsky.social/post/3moxpxgiobc2dExcited to be in Stockholm this week for the International Conference on Palaeogenomics! 🧬🦴 #ICP2026 Looking forward to a week of talks on ancient DNA, human evolution 🚶🏼‍♂️, dental calculus 🦷 and more! @palaeogenomics.bsky.social23 Jun 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:7eakk6xtjgjleib4n6tkxobj/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxpxgiobc2dhttps://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/3m5izxdlr3s2r