RNA Virus Journal Club
The RNA Virus Journal Club is a community project emerging from the RdRp Summit. Driven by the community, it provides a platform to discuss recent papers, methods, and ideas related to RNA virus biology, RdRp discovery, and computational virology.
Announcements and discussions take place on our Slack channel, and session times are coordinated via our Google Calendar.
Nominate a Speaker
Community members are encouraged to nominate themselves or others.
Upcoming
Past sessions
Oct 8, 2026
RolyPoly - simplifying RNA virus identification and characterization
Dr. Uri Neri Bar-Ilan University
Code (GitHub) ↗
Sep 25, 2026
Revealing deep evolutionary relationships between RNA viruses using predicted structural models of viral RNA polymerases
Dr. Heli Mönttinen University of Helsinki
Paper ↗
Jun 11, 2026
AmpliDiff: optimized amplicon selection for profiling of viral metagenomes
Dr. Jasmijn Baaijens Delft University of Technology
Paper ↗
Mar 17, 2026
Meta-virus resource (MetaVR): expanding the frontiers of viral diversity with 24 million uncultivated virus genomes
Dr. Mateus Fiamenghi Joint Genome Institute
Paper ↗
Feb 12, 2026
Diversity and evolution of the global RNA virome.
Professor Valerian Dolja Oregon State University
Google Scholar ↗
Jan 15, 2026
Baltic – python-based phylogenetic tree visualisation module
Dr. Gytis Dudas Vilnius University
Code ↗
Dec 11, 2025
Finding endogenous viral elements in genomic data
Dr. Sebastian Lequime University of Groningen
Paper ↗
Nov 6, 2025
CLAE: A High-Fidelity Nanopore Sequencing Strategy for Read-Level Viral Variant Detection and Environmental RNA Virus Discovery
Dr. Sanggu Kim The Ohio State University
Paper ↗
Oct 2, 2025
Integrative modeling of seasonal influenza evolution via AI-powered antigenic cartography
Dr. Jumpei Ito University of Tokyo
Preprint ↗
Sep 4, 2025
Unicore - a novel method for identifying structural core genes for downstream phylogenetic analysis
Dr. Dongwook Kim University of Lausanne
Paper ↗