Talks and Seminars

2025

ViBiom 2025: "Mutation, purifying selection, and adaptive evolution of SARS-CoV-2"
Richard Neher @ IHMT-NPVA Lisbon
Thu 15 May 2025

Physics of Life, 2025: "Mutation, purifying selection, and adaptive evolution of SARS-CoV-2"
Richard Neher @ Harrogate
Mon 24 March 2025

2024

Interactions and Co-evolution between Viruses and Immune Systems: "Evolution of SARS-CoV-2, immune escape, and the emergence variants of concern"
Richard Neher @ KITP UC Santa Barbara
Tue 24 September 2024

Robert-Koch-Colloquium: "Spread and Immune Escape of Respiratory RNA Viruses"
Richard Neher @ RKI, Berlin
Thu 23 May 2024

IBMI Colloquium: "Mutation, purifying selection, and adaptive evolution of SARS-CoV-2"
Richard Neher @ University of Tuebingen
Fri 03 May 2024

Departmental Seminar: "Mutation, purifying selection, and adaptive evolution of SARS-CoV-2"
Richard Neher @ Edinburgh University
Thu 25 April 2024

BV-BRC Viral Sub-species Classification Workshop: "Tracking and predicting the spread and evolution of RNA viruses"
Richard Neher @ NIAID, Rockville, MA, USA
Mon 08 April 2024

DPG Spring meeting 2024: "Co-evolution of RNA viruses and the human immune system"
Richard Neher @ TU Berlin, Germany
Mon 18 March 2024

Bacterial genome sequencing pan-european network conference: "Real-time analysis and visualization of pathogen spread with Nextstrain"
Richard Neher @ Engelberg, CH
Mon 26 February 2024

2023

Annual Meeting: "SARS-CoV-2 evolution and interaction with influenza"
Richard Neher @ Swiss Society for Vaccinology
Fri 10 November 2023

Annual Meeting: "Adaptation and immune escape of SARS-CoV-2"
Richard Neher @ Swiss Society for Microbiology
Thu 31 August 2023

Seminar: "Adaptation and immune escape of SARS-CoV-2"
Richard Neher @ MCID, Bern
Thu 29 June 2023

Pathogen dynamics and evolution: "From pandemic to endemic: the interplay of immunity, viral evolution, and seasonality"
Richard Neher @ Nordita, Stockholm
Wed 31 May 2023

MTC Infection and Immunity Seminar: "Evolution of SARS-CoV-2: fitness landscapes, immune escape, and emergence of variants of concern"
Richard Neher @ Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
Mon 29 May 2023

SSMG Annual Meeting 27 & 28 April 2023:
Richard Neher @ Basel
Thu 27 April 2023

Dynamics and Evolution of Human Viruses:
Richard Neher @ Heidelberg
Sat 22 April 2023

VIZBI 2023: Visualizing how pathogens spread and change
Richard Neher @ EMBL Heidelberg
Fri 31 March 2023

Seminar: What can we learn from millions of viral genomes.
Richard Neher @ The Crick Institute, London
Wed 15 March 2023

Forecasting natural and social systems: Predictability of influenza virus evolution
Richard Neher @ Royal Society, London
Tue 14 March 2023

2022

3rd Symposium: Determinants of antigenic evolution in SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Viruses
Richard Neher @ Geneva Center for Emerging Viral Diseases
Fri 09 December 2022

First South African Workshop on SARS-COV-2 Variants and Evolution: Contributions of adaptation and purifying selection to SARS-CoV-2 evolution
Richard Neher @ AHRI
Thu 03 November 2022

13th Microbial Epidemiological Markers: Moving targets: Genomic epidemiology tools during a pandemic
Richard Neher @ ESCMID
Thu 15 September 2022

Immunity and Host-Microbes Interactions Symposium: Transmission, escape, and resistance: how human pathogens adapt and change
Richard Neher @ Max-Planck-Society
Fri 15 July 2022

Colloquium: Reconstructing, tracking, and predicting viral spread and evolution
Richard Neher @ Physics Department, University of Cologne
Tue 10 May 2022

Mößbauer Colloquium: Reconstructing, tracking, and predicting viral spread and evolution
Richard Neher @ MPI for Medical Research
Mon 09 May 2022

Biological systems -- from first principles to data-​driven modelling and back: Reconstructing, tracking, and predicting viral spread and evolution
Richard Neher @ Monte Verita, Ascona
Fri 01 April 2022

Quantitative Viral Dynamics Across Scales: Reconstructing, tracking, and predicting viral spread and evolution
Richard Neher @ PSL-Qlife Winter School
Wed 23 March 2022

2021

Genomic Epidemiology Webinar: Real-time tracking of SARS-CoV-2 using Nextstrain
Richard Neher @ PAHO
Tue 28 September 2021

2021 RECOMB-GC workshop: Real-time tracking of RNA viruses using Nextstrain
Richard Neher @ RECOMB-CG 2021
Wed 22 September 2021

"Variants of Concern: From molecular virology to control and surveillance": Adaptation and convergent evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and other human RNA viruses
Richard Neher @ 4th SARS-CoV-2 Workshop of the GfV
Fri 17 September 2021

[BC]2: Lessons from other viruses: how pandemics start and end
Richard Neher @ SIB
Mon 13 September 2021

COVID/SARS CoV2 Rapid Research Report \#6: Tracking and predicting SARS-CoV-2 variants with Nextstrain
Richard Neher @ CSHL
Wed 07 July 2021

Physics of Living Systems - Biological Data Science: Real-time tracking of RNA viruses using Nextstrain
Richard Neher @ EPFL
Thu 03 June 2021

Seminar: Tracking and predicting the evolution of human RNA viruses
Richard Neher @ Karolinska Institute
Thu 08 April 2021

Corona-Abwasser-Monitoring: Real-time tracking of SARS-CoV-2 using Nextstrain
Richard Neher @ Hessische Wirtschaftsförderung
Wed 10 February 2021

Ecology and co-evolution: from models to data and back: Population genetics of rapid adaptation and influenza virus evolution
Richard Neher @ Institute Henri Poincare
Mon 11 January 2021

2020

Seminar: Tracking and predicting the evolution of human RNA viruses
Richard Neher @ Center for Studies in Physics and Biology
Tue 20 October 2020

KNAW biophysics meeting: Real-time tracking of SARS-CoV-2 evolution and spread
Richard Neher @ virtual
Tue 13 October 2020

KNAW biophysics meeting: Modeling and predicting RNA virus evolution
Richard Neher @ virtual
Tue 13 October 2020

Physics of Life, Fall 2020: Tracking and predicting viral evolution, from flu to covid-19
Richard Neher @ Center for the physics of biological function
Fri 09 October 2020

ECCVID: Real-time tracking of SARS-CoV-2 spread and evolution
Richard Neher @ European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Wed 23 September 2020

Annual Meeting: Real-time tracking of SARS-CoV-2 spread and evolution
Richard Neher @ Swiss Nanoscience Institute
Thu 10 September 2020

DOKO: Real-time tracking of SARS-CoV-2 spread and evolution
Richard Neher @ Universitätsspital Basel
Thu 03 September 2020

Weekly Meeting: Real-time tracking of SARS-CoV-2 spread and evolution
Richard Neher @ deCOI
Thu 03 September 2020

ISMB 2020: Real-time tracking of SARS-CoV-2 spread and evolution
Richard Neher @ International Society for Computational Biology
Thu 16 July 2020

Sorbonne Université: Evolution and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2
Richard Neher @ Computational and Quantitative Biology Seminar
Wed 20 May 2020

27th HIV Dynamics & Evolution meeting: Potential impact of seasonal forcing on a SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Richard Neher @ Virtual conference
Mon 11 May 2020

TAGC2020 online: Tracking SARS-CoV-2 using real-time phylogenetics with Nextstrain
Richard Neher @ Genetics Society of America
Thu 23 April 2020

Digital ID-2020: Using open data to track and predict infectious disease
Richard Neher @ Basel
Tue 21 January 2020

2019

Seminar: Tracking and predicting influenza virus diversity
Richard Neher @ RIVM
Thu 10 October 2019

Seminar: Using open data to track and predict infectious disease
Richard Neher @ RIVM
Tue 08 October 2019

Evolution & Infection Symposium: Within-host evolution of HIV
Richard Neher @ University of Amsterdam
Fri 04 October 2019

Seminar: Real-time tracking of pathogen evolution and spread
Richard Neher @ ECDC
Thu 11 July 2019

Predictability and Control of Evolution: Repeatability and predictability in microbial evolution
Richard Neher @ Nordita
Wed 03 July 2019

Fitness and tree structure series: Population genetics of rapid adaptation and fitness inference from trees
Richard Neher @ Phyloseminar
Tue 28 May 2019

Virology working group meeting: Real-time tracking of RNA virus evolution and spread
Richard Neher @ ECDC
Tue 14 May 2019

APS March meeting: RNA virus evolution and the predictability of next year's flu
Richard Neher @ Boston
Thu 07 March 2019

DBMI Seminar: Tracking and predicting the spread of pathogens and resistance
Richard Neher @ Harvard Medical School
Wed 06 March 2019

Lausanne Genomics Days: Tracking infectious disease and drug resistance using whole genome sequencing
Richard Neher @ Genopode
Thu 07 February 2019

HIV Reservoirs and Evolution: Establishment and maintenance of the latent HIV-1 DNA reservoir
Richard Neher @ St. Lucia, South Africa
Mon 21 January 2019

2018

SMBE Satellite Workshop: Tracking pathogenic bacteria and AMR at the plasmid, genome, and pan-genome level
Nicholas Noll & Richard Neher @ Kyoto
Mon 05 November 2018

Infectious diseases in the 21st century: Real-time phylogenetic analysis of emerging pathogens
Richard Neher @ University of Jena
Thu 25 October 2018

ICCMg3: Real-time phylogenetic analysis of emerging pathogens
Richard Neher @ Geneva
Fri 19 October 2018

Symposium on the Physics of Biological Function: Universality and predictability in RNA virus evolution
Richard Neher @ The Graduate Center, CUNY
Fri 12 October 2018

Colloquium: The evolution of untreated HIV and maintenance of the latent reservoir
Richard Neher @ Paul-Ehrlich Institute, Langen, Germany
Wed 26 September 2018

SMBE 2018: The evolutionary dynamics of untreated HIV and the maintenance of the latent reservoir
Richard Neher @ Yokohama
Wed 11 July 2018

Minisymposium phylodynamics: Real-time phylodynamics with nextflu and nextstrain
Richard Neher @ ETH-DBSSE
Tue 12 June 2018

Seminar: RNA virus evolution and the predictability of next year's flu
Richard Neher @ ASTAR, Singapore
Mon 12 March 2018

2nd International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens: Real-time analysis and forecasting of influenza virus evolution
Richard Neher @ 2nd IMRP, Singapore
Thu 08 March 2018

Seminar: Within-host evolution of HIV and population genetics of rapid adaptation
Richard Neher @ IST Austria
Wed 21 February 2018

CIAT workshop: Real-time tracking, molecular epidemiology, and data sharing
Richard Neher @ Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio
Wed 14 February 2018

2017

Seminar: The evolutionary dynamics of untreated HIV and the maintenance of the latent reservoir
Richard Neher @ Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Tue 19 December 2017

NIBR seminar: Virus evolution and the predictability of next year's flu
Richard Neher @ Novartis
Thu 09 November 2017

Solvay conference: Recent progress in understanding evolutionary dynamics
Richard Neher @ Metropole, Brussels
Sat 21 October 2017

Physical Concepts and Computational Models in immunology: Antigenic evolution of seasonal influenza viruses
Richard Neher @ MIT
Thu 12 October 2017

ASM NGS: Real-time tracking and prediction of RNA virus evolution
Richard Neher @ Washington DC
Mon 09 October 2017

SPP Probabilistic Structures in Evolution: Rapid adaptation and the predictability of next year's flu
Richard Neher @ University of Freiburg
Fri 06 October 2017

CompBio2017: Virus evolution and the predictability of next year's flu
Richard Neher @ EPF Lausanne
Wed 04 October 2017

German Conference on Bioinformatics: Virus evolution and the predictability of next year's flu
Richard Neher @ Tübingen
Thu 21 September 2017

Annual meeting: The evolutionary dynamics of untreated HIV and the maintenance of the latent reservoir
Richard Neher @ Swiss Society of Microbiology
Fri 01 September 2017

Evo-Evolutionary Dynamics in Nature and the Lab: Evolution of HIV, immune escape, and latency
Richard Neher @ KITP
Mon 31 July 2017

Robert Koch Colloquium "Digital Epidemiology": Real-time tracking of seasonal influenza, Ebola, and Zika viruses
Richard Neher @ RKI
Wed 14 June 2017

Seminar: Virus evolution and the predictability of next year's flu
Richard Neher @ Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia
Fri 09 June 2017

HIV Dynamics 2017: Estimating the in-vivo fitness landscape of HIV-1
Fabio Zanini, Vadim Puller, Jan Albert, and Richard Neher @ Isle of Skye
Thu 25 May 2017

Colloqium: Virus evolution and the predictability of next year's flu
Richard Neher @ Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics
Thu 04 May 2017

SFB 680 Colloquium: Within-host evolution of HIV
Richard Neher @ University of Cologne
Wed 03 May 2017

Seminar: Tracking and predicting evolution and spread of RNA viruses
Richard Neher @ EAWAG Zürich
Tue 25 April 2017

Seminar: Population genetics of rapid adaptation and the predictability of evolution
Richard Neher @ University of Basel
Mon 03 April 2017

Seminar: Virus evolution and the predictability of next year's flu
Richard Neher @ UPMC Paris
Wed 29 March 2017

Seminar: The evolutionary dynamics of untreated HIV and the maintenance of the latent reservoir
Richard Neher @ University of Zürich
Fri 17 March 2017

Trilab meeting: Intra-patient evolution of HIV-1
Richard Neher @ University of Bern
Wed 08 March 2017

Young compare meeting: Tracking and predicting the evolution RNA viruses
Richard Neher @ Amsterdam
Tue 28 February 2017

Biozentrum Symposium: Evolution of HIV and influenza viruses
Richard Neher @ University of Basel
Tue 10 January 2017

Graduate Program in population genetics: Population genetics of rapid adaptation and the predictability of evolution
Richard Neher @ University of Vienna
Tue 10 January 2017