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Viral Ecology and Omics

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Welcome to the VEO website

We are the Viral Ecology and Omics (VEO) Group - a multi-disciplinary and international group of scientists, and part of the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse"External link at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena.

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    Visiting the new Microverse Building

    Today, the VEO Group got the chance to have a first peek at the new Microverse Building, which is currently under construction at the Rosalind Franklin Strasse in Jena.
    View of the back of the Microverse center
    Image: Marcel Baecker
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    Benchmarking bioinformatic virus identification tools using real-world metagenomic data across biomes

    So many tools to find viruses in metagenomes; how good are they really? Ling-Yi and Yasas have tested them!
    Benchmarking different viral hunting tools
    Image: Wu, LY., Wijesekara, Y., Piedade, G.J. et al.
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    DiversiPHI-ing research skills in Australia

    Transcontinental phage quest: Susie Grigson explores our VEO Group, Tina Hauptfeld ventures into the FAME lab in Adelaide, Australia
    Tina and Susie meeting at the Frankfurt Airport
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    5th Central German Meeting on Bioinformatics aka Mittelerde Meeting 2024

    29 February – 1 March 2024 in Auditorium, Fürstengraben 1, 07743 Jena (city of One Tower, Thuringian Shire)
    Mittelerde Meeting 2024
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    Some things never change!

    Like the 1,300-year-old phage genome almost identical to its current-day relative or the excitement of publishing one’s research!
    Piotr in front of Phages
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
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    How phages shape mutualistic interactions between rhizobia and the common bean

    Angela Muraya conducted a giant experiment, harvesting plant material from over two hundred plants!
    Angela and Marcel harvesting plants
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