Virus Evolution

How do viruses change over time?

Epidemiology

How do our behaviours impact virus transmission?

Immunity

What is the interplay between our immunity and virus evolution?

Meet the Lab

Emma Hodcroft

Emma Hodcroft

Professor, Principal Investigator
Anna (Anya) Parker

Anna (Anya) Parker

Software Engineer
Max Verbiest

Max Verbiest

Software Engineer
Thomas Brier

Thomas Brier

Software Engineer
Nadia Neuner-Jehle

Nadia Neuner-Jehle

PhD student
Nosihle Msomi

Nosihle Msomi

PhD student
Keno Strotjohann

Keno Strotjohann

PhD student
Salomé Lochmann

Salomé Lochmann

PhD student
Nema Ahmed Alfaki

Nema Ahmed Alfaki

MSc student
Emilie Roth

Emilie Roth

MSc student
Meet visting & past lab members →

Our Projects

Enterovirus D68

Enterovirus Epidemiology & Evolution

Seasonal Coronavirus Epidemiology & Evolution

Basel Wastewater

Our Collaborations

ARTIC 2
Center for Pathopen Bioinformatics
ENPEN
ESCAPE
Pathoplexus
VIM
Loculus

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