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Getting a glimpse of viral dances in the dark in the Sargasso Sea + Better, faster classification of viruses

By Emily Caldwell

New Papers! Learn more about OSU collaborative research:

Researchers uncover a "nightly dance" in the Sargasso Sea, revealing that marine viruses are most active in the dark when infecting…

Integrating microbiomes into One Health: insights from the 2025 One Health World Microbiome Partnership Summit

The One Health World Microbiome Partnership Summit brought together more than 40 leading microbiome experts and stakeholders from all sectors representing 16 countries, with the goal of catalyzing…

Photo by Maéva Bardy, Tara Ocean Foundation

Bacteria resisting viral infection can still sink carbon to ocean floor

By Emily Caldwell

Study explores ecological effects of phage resistance in marine setting.

11.26.25 Virus host benchmarking paper graphic for news story - read paper for details

NEW paper: Benchmarking Hi-C for virus–host inference

By Olivier Zablocki

🚨NEW paper: Benchmarking Hi-C for virus–host inference journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

A clear baseline for anyone mapping virus–host interactions that establishes robust…

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Professor, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Department of Microbiology
Microbial Infection and Immunity