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#introduction
Hello everyone!
I’m an associate prof at Virginia Tech studying viral diversity. Lately my group has been focusing on giant viruses, but we are also interested in other protist viruses, and the role of viral endogenization in host genome evolution.
#GiantViruses #ViralDiversity #TreeOfLife #Protists #Microbiology #Bioinformatics #Evolution #Virology #Genomics
Recently we have been examining the strange and complex genes encoded in giant virus genomes!
doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuad053

OUP AcademicVirologs, viral mimicry, and virocell metabolism: the expanding scale of cellular functions encoded in the complex genomes of giant virusesThe authors discuss recent research into the complex functions encoded in the genomes of giant viruses.