I had a truly brilliant time at #VGE22 in #Hinxton! So many fantastic posters, talks & people, I could have stayed much longer to have even more discussions!
Many thanks to @katrina_lythgoe@twitter.com @emcat1@twitter.com @christian_happi@twitter.com @KateGrabowski@twitter.com for such a fantastic conference! ❤️😁🧬🌳

Leaving #VGE22 feeling refreshed and full of new ideas. It was a wonderful time meeting everyone. Can’t wait for May 2024 when we get to do it all again 🦠🤩

RT @ifeanyi_omah@twitter.com

No time has phylogenetic been more important than now in epidemiology of infectious diseases. @firefoxx66@twitter.com providing insight on what is next in sequencing and phylogenetic and how to scale what we have learned during the pandemic to tackle other pathogens. #VGE22

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ifeanyi_omah/status/1591063131274764289

Fascinating detective work🕵️‍♀️ by @emcat1@twitter.com investigating non-A-E hepatitis in children. A tour de force combination of viral and host genomics, histopathology, and serology to pinpoint AAV2 as probably cause of infection. #VGE22

RT @GageKMoreno@twitter.com

Genomic sequencing & phylogenetics can and needs to be implemented on commonly circulating viruses (RSV, influenza) rather than waiting for the next pandemic. It’s up to all of us to push the boundaries of generating this data. Great talk @firefoxx66@twitter.com! #VGE22

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GageKMoreno/status/1591016259608809472

Adeno-associated virus 2 #aav2 is the cause of unexpected #hepatitis in children understood via #metagenomics #VGE22 - Emma Thomson

Patrick Varilly giving a demo of how we can begin to generate MCMC phylogenetic trees in real time. Fully converged tree with results comparable to BEAST2 in as little as 8 minutes while running locally on his laptop @fathominfo@twitter.com @sabeti_lab@twitter.com #VGE22

Genomic sequencing & phylogenetics can and needs to be implemented on commonly circulating viruses (RSV, influenza) rather than waiting for the next pandemic. It’s up to all of us to push the boundaries of generating this data. Great talk @firefoxx66@twitter.com! #VGE22

RT @BortzGroup@twitter.com

Dr Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66@twitter.com of @nextstrain@twitter.com leads off #VGE22 with an insightful look into the essential global role of virus genome sequencing in pandemic response, from #SARSCoV2 to the next pathogen. She highlights sharable resources: 1. Software, 2. People, 3. Data sharing.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BortzGroup/status/1591007001114546176

A fantastic keynote from @PardisSabeti@twitter.com with lessons from past outbreaks and insights into what we can do to prevent the next pandemic. Key insights: normalizing surveillance infrastructure (i.e. Bluetooth tracking) in downtime rather than responsive implementation #VGE22

#VGE22 talk by Jonathan Henney on vaccine prep. #flu A(H5) clade 2.3.4.4 may be severe if it becomes widespread, so create #vaccine reflecting avian-pig-human mosiacs from antigenically shifted #recombinants. #genomics

Interesting #chroic #virus #genomics work outlined by Tess Lambe - #hiv capsid region subject to weaker per site positive selection, with a higher syn than nonsyn site change rate in vivo during longterm infections compared to between patients #VGE22

Insights from @tanyagolubchik@twitter.com on #RSV 🦠 severity in children and infants pre-#SARSCoV2. Confections, especially H. influenzas, lead to needing more support from increased severity. Very important implications for the current RSV surge seen in young children. #VGE22

Great talk on viral load correlates from #genome libraries (targeted #metagenomics) in #RSV and co-infecting viruses in children by Tanya Golubchik #VGE22

RT @sabeti_lab@twitter.com

Sabeti Lab superstars @lakrasil@twitter.com @PetrosBrittany@twitter.com @GageKMoreno@twitter.com giving lightning talks at #VGE22

Oliver Pybus ends his talk saying we need to start pairing genomes with serology, demographics, and other metadata to maximize the value of genomic surveillance systems #VGE22

Starting off day 2 of #VGE22, @EvolveDotZoo@twitter.com is looking to #AI for the future of genomic epidemiology & phylodynamics, so asked OpenAI to write him a song... 😂

RT @K_G_Andersen@twitter.com

I gave a talk earlier today at #VGE22 on “The Proximal Origin and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2”.

Slides are here: https://andersen-lab.com/files/VGE_2022.pdf

Recorded talk (25mins) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nZB07FV4Ug

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/K_G_Andersen/status/1590407745324617729

Great talk by @LemeyLab@twitter.com at #VGE22 touching on the need for better understanding of #RSV.
Q&A highlighted how critical it is to have data analyses & sources that allow others to build upon them easily & openly - an ecosystem @nextstrain@twitter.com is proud to be part of!

Interesting question to @Tuliodna@twitter.com at #VGE22 -- "what will happen with #SARSCoV2 after the world cup?"

With people coming together from all over the world, what might this mean for cases, variant spread, even new variants?
Indeed, worth keeping close surveillance on!