Die Virenjägerin! 🏹🧬!
Using programming & phylogenetics, I study & track viruses. Co-founder of Pathoplexus & Loculus. Founder of the first SC2 variant-tracking website, CoVariants.org. Co-developer of Nextstrain.
Based at Swiss TPH & Uni Basel
I like 🐈 & 🛫
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Based in 🇨🇭, from 🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸
| CoVariants.org | https://covariants.org/ |
| Personal Website | http://emmahodcroft.com/ |
| ORCiD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0078-2212 |
| Fedified | https://fedified.com/ |
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SimPlot-CL makes it easy to generate similarity plots in bulk! It supports inputs where query and reference sequences are in the same or separate FASTA files, can optionally align sequences first, and offers customizable plotting parameters (window/step sizes, colors, etc).
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Introducing SimPlot-CL! 🧬
Recombination plays an important role in viral evolution. Similarity plots are a great way to visualize recombination patterns, but generating them across many genomes can be cumbersome
(Work with my student, Keno Strotjohann!)
📂 github.com/hodcroftlab/simplot-cl
In Zurich on Monday evening? Want to hear about #opendata & data sharing, and how critical it is for preparing for and responding to infectious diseases? 🔓🧬
Come hear me speak at Karl de Grosse Debattierhaus Winterreden! 🪟💬
👉🏻 19 Jan, 18.00, 20 mins, English
https://www.karldergrosse.ch/programm/veranstaltung/winterreden-2026-emma-hodcroft
From Torsten Seemann at @pha4ge Conference; "We are stealing from research money to support public health."
We need dedicated funding for maintaining & supporting public health infrastructure & pipelines. Not just startup, not just in pandemics.
Thrilled & honoured to have run the first @pathoplexus workshop with @chaoranchen @pagasi @kanyerezi30 & Arthur Shem Kasambula at @pha4ge on Saturday! 🎉🤝
A fantastic turnout & wonderful time spent with curious users!
We're looking forward to including more details of our current projects, new tools we're working on, and sharing regular updates and musings from the lab members via the blog!
Please do check it - hope it helps you learn a bit about EVE! 💗
https://eve-lab.org
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🔍 On our new site you can:
- Meet the EVE team 👥
- Explore our research on viral evolution & spread 🧬
- Explore our phylogenetic @nextstrain builds 🌳
- See the tools we build for analysis 🛠️
- Read about our publications & news 📰
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🚀 More good news: website lift-off!
The Epidemiology & Virus Evolution (EVE) group at @SwissTPH has a brand new home on the web:
eve-lab.org
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Check out our research, people, collaborations, & projects all in one place! 👇
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Interested to learn about how to run your own Loculus (the database code behind @pathoplexus )? 🤔🖥️
Sign up for the Loculus Tutorial on Mon 8 Sept at BC2 Conference (by @SIB ) in Basel, run by @chaoranchen & Anya Parker! 🧬
Register: https://www.bc2.ch/registration-info
📢New job posting!📢
Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? 🧑🏻💻🧬
My group at Swiss TPH has an opening working with ARTIC2, @pathoplexus , & Loculus - read on!
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