Jonathon C.O. Mifsud

PhD Student – Virus Evolution – Bioinformatics

Hey, I'm Jon

I am a Postdoc in the Evolutionary and Computational Virology Lab under Philippe Lemey at KU Leuven, Belgium.

Broadly, my research focuses on reconstructing the evolutionary history of viruses using phylogenetics and metagenomic sequence data.

My current work and research interests include:

Viral protein structural phylogenetics
Cophylogenetics and virus-host evolution
Virus discovery and classification

Feel free to get in touch if you are after collaboration in any of these areas.

Selected Publications

Mapping glycoprotein structure reveals Flaviviridae evolutionary history

Jonathon CO Mifsud, Spyros Lytras, Michael R Oliver, and 4 more authors

Nature, 2024

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A novel papillomavirus in a New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) with oral lesions

Jonathon CO Mifsud, Jane Hall, Kate Van Brussel, and 4 more authors

npj Viruses, Mar 2024

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Transcriptome Mining Extends the Host Range of the Flaviviridae to Non-Bilaterians

Jonathon C O Mifsud, Vincenzo A Costa, Mary E Petrone, and 3 more authors

Virus Evolution, Jan 2023

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Transcriptome Mining Expands Knowledge of RNA Viruses across the Plant Kingdom

Jonathon C. O. Mifsud, Rachael V. Gallagher, Edward C. Holmes, and 1 more author

Journal of Virology, Dec 2022

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Slippery when wet: cross-species transmission of divergent coronaviruses in bony and jawless fish and the evolutionary history of the Coronaviridae

Allison K Miller^*, Jonathon C O Mifsud^*, Vincenzo A Costa^*, and 8 more authors

Virus Evolution, May 2021

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