We develop new ways to “see” and understand viruses in the laboratory and in nature.https://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3mhdolku4xk2x🚨NEW PAPER @isme-microbes.bsky.social on phage-bacteria dynamics. Collab between us and @joshuasweitz.bsky.social labs. "Density-dependent feedback and higher-order interactions enable coexistence in phage-bacteria community dynamics". 👉 https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrag04118 Mar 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdolku4xk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3mgaqr322bk25New paper from @adjiep.bsky.social on viral impacts in groundwater at Nature Comms. Congratulations Adjie and team! Read: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68914-2 #viruses #viromics #groundwater04 Mar 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgaqr322bk25https://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3mckqwpqon22aCongratulations Gary! #viruses #soilviruses #ecology [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jan 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckqwpqon22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3mcai56rjts2wCritical review for integrating viruses into ocean modelling now in Frontiers: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1717845/full Bringing viruses into Earth system models will sharpen predictions of carbon sequestration, nutrient retention, and climate sensitivity in the ocean.12 Jan 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcai56rjts2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3mcahtslkak2y🚨vConTACT3 now in Nature Biotechnology: - >95% agreement with ICTV for known viruses - Classifies both prokaryotic and eukaryotic viruses - Extends beyond genus → subfamily, family & order - Systematically assigns taxonomy to tens of thousands of previously unclassified viruses12 Jan 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcahtslkak2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3m65zhtzjik2v🚨NEW paper: Benchmarking Hi-C for virus–host inference https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003510 A clear baseline for anyone mapping virus–host interactions that establishes robust, benchmarked thresholds for Hi-C linkages. Key results: 👇21 Nov 2025 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65zhtzjik2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3m52j6mz2tc2j🚨vConTACT3 preprint live!🚨(Peer Review soon...!) vConTACT3 delivers a unified, scalable, and transparent framework for genome-based virus taxonomy — helping translate big viral data into systematic classification. 🔗 Read the preprint: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.06.686974 Improvements details below 👇07 Nov 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52j6mz2tc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3m4vcxfx46c2aThe ocean’s got rhythm — and so do its viruses. With the Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series (BATS), we dove deep — every 4 to 12 hours — to see how viral populations swing through day and night.05 Nov 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vcxfx46c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3lynlmn7nxc26🚨 New tool for viral genomics! Meet CLAE: a high-fidelity Nanopore sequencing strategy that pushes accuracy to Q30, boosts throughput >800 Mb/100 pores, and recovers full-length viral genomes from complex samples 🌊🦠 👉 [https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202505978] #viromics #nanopore #genomics12 Sep 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynlmn7nxc26https://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3lslydjnxtk2s🚨NEW VIROCELL PAPER🚨 from Cristina Howard-Varona et al: "Virocell resource manipulation under nutrient limitation". @howard-varona.bsky.social How do virocells use resources during nutrient limitation to build phages and alter the ecosystem? Check out the link! https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00521-25?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed27 Jun 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslydjnxtk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3lleszgacj22lMicrobiome researchers! Join Dr. Shareef Dabdoub (U of Iowa) for a free webinar on multi-omics microbiome data analysis. Learn to integrate DNA, RNA, proteins, & metabolite data. April 1st, 10 am EST. https://go.osu.edu/2025_microbiome_informatics_webinar_series] #microbiome #workshop27 Mar 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lleszgacj22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3llceg2yo6s26Time's ticking, microbiome researchers! ⏰ Submit your abstract for the Midwest Microbiome Symposium at Ohio State by March 31st. Submit here: https://coms.osu.edu/midwest-microbiome-symposium-abstract-guidelines #microbiome #research #science #OhioState #CoMS26 Mar 2025 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3llceg2yo6s26https://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3lktdxyqi722o🚨 Microbiome researchers! The deadline to submit your abstract for the Midwest Microbiome Symposium at Ohio State is March 31st! 🚨 Don't miss this chance to share your work with leading experts. Submit here: https://coms.osu.edu/midwest-microbiome-symposium-abstract-guidelines #microbiome #microbiology #symposium #OhioState #microbiome20 Mar 2025 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktdxyqi722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3lknpfnhy5s2f🚨Multiple positions open in Bas Duthil's group (Viral Ecology and Omics Group, Jena, Germany): - Postdoc experimental: lnkd.in/dJZ2GRUX - PhD experimental: lnkd.in/ddqQmvA9 - PhD bioinformatics: lnkd.in/d-nTJfAh Group: www.bio.uni-jena.de/en/2245/team18 Mar 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknpfnhy5s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3ljzvdw6bpc2vNew week, new microbiome webinar topic: learn the DRAM tool for annotation and curation of function for microbial and viral genomes, presented by Dr. Garrett Smith. 📅 Date: March 11, 2025 🕒 Time: 10am EST 📍 Link: https://go.osu.edu/2025_microbiome_informatics_webinar_series More details on full course: https://coms.osu.edu/webinars/microbiome-informatics-webinar-series10 Mar 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzvdw6bpc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3ljnc5uujgs2k🚨New paper from NSF EMERGE BII: A framework for integrating genomics, microbial traits, and ecosystem biogeochemistry. Read here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57386-505 Mar 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljnc5uujgs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3ljilw4srac2pThe Microbiome Informatics Webinar continues tomorrow with Dr. Dylan Cronin, teaching how to go from metagenomic data MAGs. March 4, 2025 at 10am EST Virtual Event zoom link: https://go.osu.edu/2025_microbiome_informatics_webinar_series 🔗 More details on the SP25 Microbiome Informatics series schedule: https://coms.osu.edu/webinars/microbiome-informatics-webinar-series03 Mar 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljilw4srac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3lj674oczqs2kSummer School on Quantitative Phage-Bacteria Dynamics Across Scales -> Application date: March 21, 2025. Open to MS + PhD students + postdocs Application site: https://bit.ly/phageschool2025-umd27 Feb 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj674oczqs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3liwmuqa7ms27🚨Spring 2025 Updated Microbiome Informatics Webinar Series starts tomorrow Feb. 25!🚨 Free to attend, join us to learn with leaders in the field. More info and registration: https://coms.osu.edu/webinars/microbiome-informatics-webinar-series24 Feb 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwmuqa7ms27https://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3liwhwbgfrc2hNew paper from our PhD student Marissa Gittrich! In-depth characterization of 24 phages of rhizobacterium Klebsiella sp. M5al at PLOS One. Congrats Marissa and team! https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0313947&?utm_id=plos111&utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author24 Feb 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwhwbgfrc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3likcqqb5cc2tWatch our latest research as a Video Byte about global ocean AMG function and distribution: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6022936/v1! From our lab's work in Microbiome (Tian & Wainana et al., 2024:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01876-z)19 Feb 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3likcqqb5cc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3lhu3w7usbc2oUpcoming wastewater virome webinar from Dr. Mike Tisza, Feb. 12! Free for everyone. More: https://coms.osu.edu/events/early-career-researcher-viromics-webinar-mike-tisza #virus #virome #viromics #pathogen #sequencing #microbiome #microbe #bacteria #science #microbiology #webinar10 Feb 2025 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhu3w7usbc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3l6psn3ztxx26Our 'global ocean AMGs in marine viruses' paper featured in @OhioStateNews! Congrats to Funing Tian and James Wainaina et al: "Identifying the genes that viruses ‘steal’ from ocean microbes" https://news.osu.edu/identifying-the-genes-that-viruses-steal-from-ocean-microbes/ #virus #phage #ecology #biogeochemistry #viromics #oceans17 Oct 2024 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6psn3ztxx26https://bsky.app/profile/sullivan-lab.bsky.social/post/3krbrtcgvst2d🚨VIROMICS WORKSHOP 2024🚨 Happy to announce the 7th International Viromics Workshop will take place Oct. 23-25, 2024 at Ohio State. Stay tuned for registration details. Enter our mailing list for updates: https://forms.gle/wAvZmRibq8rNBiUY8. #viromics #viruses #ecology #workshop29 Apr 2024 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:fejdk3i2hkzgzllf2b3jec6r/app.bsky.feed.post/3krbrtcgvst2d