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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.

The VEO Group is grateful for funding and support from:

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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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    Microverse center news: The construction work is progressing rapidly In autum 2022, development work began on the site for the new microverse building in Rosalind Franklin Street, which is scheduled to be ready for occupancy at the end of 2024.
    Drone photo of the MCJ construction site from Wednesday, 08.11.2023
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