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
Nadia Neuner-Jehle

Nadia Neuner-Jehle

PhD student
Nosihle Msomi

Nosihle Msomi

PhD student
Anna (Anya) Parker

Anna (Anya) Parker

Software Engineer
Max Verbiest

Max Verbiest

Software Engineer
Keno Strotjohann

Keno Strotjohann

PhD student
Salomé Lochmann

Salomé Lochmann

PhD student
Kai Wanner

Kai Wanner

MSc student
Nema Ahmed Alfaki

Nema Ahmed Alfaki

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

Latest Posts

SimPlot-CL: Automated Similarity Plotting from the Command Line
10 Mar 2026
SimPlot-CL: Automated Similarity Plotting from the Command Line

SimPlot-CL: Automated Similarity Plotting from the Command Line We are excited to share Sim...
Starting a new life in a different city (RSA vs CH student edition)
05 Dec 2025
Starting a new life in a different city (RSA vs CH student edition)

There have been two major moments in my life where I’ve had to pack up everything I owned an...
Enterovirus D68 now on Nextclade!
20 Nov 2025
Enterovirus D68 now on Nextclade!

Check out the new Nextclade dataset for Enterovirus D68! We’re excited to announce the launc...