Ryan Cook

@RyanCookAMR

Viral ecologist with @EvelienAdri at @TheQuadram | All things phage (but mostly viromes) | Formerly at @UniofNottingham with @milja001 | All opinions my own.

Norwich, England Joined May 2019

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Ryan Cook @RyanCookAMR Aug 27

Happy to see the last parts of my PhD with @milja001 now published in @MicrobiomeJ (many thanks to all involved!)

link.springer.com/article/10.118…

link.springer.com Distinct gut viral communities across life stages in dairy cattle Microbiome - Ruminant gut microbial communities influence host health, productivity, and methane emissions, yet viral communities across life stages remain uncharacterized. Whilst bacteriophages...

Ryan Cook @RyanCookAMR May 25, 2025

🧬🐄 NEW PREPRINT: Really happy to finally share the last big piece of work from my PhD!

Spoiler: Cows are great and so are their viromes 🧵1/13

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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Ryan Cook @RyanCookAMR May 22

Happy to have played a small role in this cool piece of work led by @Teag4Phage in the lab of Evelien Adriaenssens. She looked at the impacts of using a phage cocktail in a batch-culture fermentation colon model 🦠 #phages

microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

www.microbiologyresearch.org The effects of bacteriophage cocktail treatment on healthy gut microbiota: an in vitro human colon...

Ryan Cook @RyanCookAMR May 11

During my PhD, @milja001 and I started counting phage genomes, and tried to make them available in useful formats with useful metadata. We also described the extent of sequenced phage genomes at the time. Five years on, we've had a look at what's changed

biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

www.biorxiv.org Bacteriophage genomics: What has five years of INPHARED taught us? Bacteriophages are key drivers of microbial ecology and evolution, and the rapid expansion of phage sequencing has created sustained demand for curated reference genome databases. We released the...

Ryan Cook @RyanCookAMR Apr 16

Really happy to have played a small part in this cool piece of work led by @GuidoValverde_ & @msabrysarhan. We characterised S. pyogenes in a pre-Columbian Bolivian mummy (suggesting circulation before European contact) #VivaBolivianMummies

nature.com/articles/s4146…

www.nature.com An ancient genome of Streptococcus pyogenes from a pre-Columbian Bolivian mummy Nature Communications - Streptococcus pyogenes is a human pathogen responsible for a range of diseases. Here, the authors reconstruct an ancient S. pyogenes genome from a pre-Columbian Bolivian...

Ryan Cook @RyanCookAMR Feb 27

Really enjoyed writing a piece for @ConversationUK - trying to write for a general audience, you suddenly realise how much jargon is deeply embedded in your brain #Phages #Microbiome #SciComm

theconversation.com/a-virus-hiding…

theconversation.com A virus hiding inside bacteria may help explain colorectal cancer Scientists found an unexpected viral hitchhiker lurking inside a common gut bacterium – and it was twice as prevalent in people with colorectal cancer.