Dr Emma Hodcroft :verified:✓

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My ANDV #Hantavirus @nextstrain phylogenies now pull directly from @pathoplexus to incorporate all seqs
I'll continue to improve them, & will keep them updated
Change the Tip Labels in the left-hand menu.
You can see links to all builds, plus tanglegrams at:
https://nextstrain.org/groups/hodcroftlab

34 views My ANDV #Hantavirus @nextstrain phylogenies now pull directly from @pathoplexus to incorporate all seqs I'll continue to improve them, & will keep them updated Change the Tip Labels in the left-hand menu. You can see links to all builds, plus tanglegrams at: https://nextstrain.org/groups/hodcroftlab

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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

14 views 1/5 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

11 views 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

Nextstrain #ANDV trees updated with a few improvements:
- 2 outbreaks marked
- host scientific/common name added
- province now visible on map
- date colouring added
Here's a quick tour of how to change colours, geography & names!
Links to trees here (scroll down):
https://nextstrain.org/groups/hodcroftlab

7 views Nextstrain #ANDV trees updated with a few improvements: - 2 outbreaks marked - host scientific/common name added - province now visible on map - date colouring added Here's a quick tour of how to change colours, geography & names! Links to trees here (scroll down): https://nextstrain.org/groups/hodcroftlab

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Avg engagement / post

0.1%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: My ANDV #Hantavirus @nextstrain phylogenies now pull directly fr · 34 likes + reposts

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0.54 / week

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Content mix

Mostly images

Recent: 5 text · 6 image · 1 video.

Follower / following

40×

Follows 185 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

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🔥 Top post My ANDV #Hantavirus @nextstrain phylogenies now pull directly from @pathoplexus to incorporate all seqs I'll continue to improve them, & will keep them updated Change the Tip Labels in the left-hand menu. You can see links to all builds, plus tanglegrams at: https://nextstrain.… ★ 34

📢Final days for abstracts/grants- deadline 22 Jun! Join us for the 1st Swiss Enterovirus Symposium, this Oct in Disentis! - 📑 submit abstract: https://forms.gle/Jfh86NqncGpypokr6 - 💵 apply for student travel grant: https://forms.gle/6GzLKQ… ★ 3

▶ Nextstrain #ANDV trees updated with a few improvements: - 2 outbreaks marked - host scientific/common name added - province now visible on map - date colouring added Here's a quick tour of how to change colours, geography & names! Links to… ★ 7

📢EVE Group is thrilled to announce the 1st Swiss Enterovirus Symposium🦠, this autumn in beautiful Disentis! Registration opens soon - but go ahead and - 📑 submit your abstract: https://forms.gle/Jfh86NqncGpypokr6 - 💵 apply for a student t… ★ 2 Hey! Are you having a nice time on mstdn.science? Do you enjoy exchanging scientific ideas and updates - and some fun stuff too? Help us keep going! We run entirely on donations and the kind volunteering time of our admins - and do all we … ★ 6 5/5 If you want to try it out, check out the documentation and open-source code here: 🌐 Website: https://eve-lab.org/blog/SimPlot-CL 📂 GitHub: https://github.com/hodcroftlab/simplot-cl Feedback and feature suggestions are very welcome! 🙂… ★ 2 4/5 The tool is inspired by great existing software like the original SimPlot (Lole et al., 1999), but provides a command-line implementation that enables smooth integration into bioinformatics pipelines (e.g. Snakemake or Nextflow workflo… ★ 1

3/5 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 param… ★ 1 2/5 We built a lightweight Python command-line tool for automated similarity plot (SimPlot) analyses. It performs sliding-window comparisons of one or multiple query sequences against a panel of reference sequences, designed with viral rec… ★ 1

1/5 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, … ★ 14 RE: https://mstdn.science/@firefoxx66/115887966535364834 Just a reminder - if you're in Zurich tonight and interested in open data sharing, come hear me speak at 18.00! (Only 20 minutes, in English!) ★ 5

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.… ★ 11

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Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

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🛡️ Audience credibility

58/100

Fair Credibility score

81%

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Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
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Established account (3+ years old).

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About

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 🐈 & 🛫 Bluesky: firefoxx66.bsky.social Based in 🇨🇭, from 🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸