Louis du Plessis

BEAST 2.5: An advanced software platform for Bayesian evolutionary analysis

Remco Bouckaert, Timothy G. Vaughan, Joëlle Barido‐Sottani et al. · PLoS Computational Biology · 2019 · 4.4K citations · Full text

Beast 2, Taxonomy, Biological Evolution +16

A dynamic nomenclature proposal for SARS-CoV-2 lineages to assist genomic epidemiology

Andrew Rambaut, Edward C. Holmes, Áine O’Toole et al. · Nature Microbiology · 2020 · 2.9K citations · Full text

Viral Evolution, Viral Diagnostics, Next-generation Sequencing +11

Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa

Raquel Viana, Sikhulile Moyo, Daniel G. Amoako et al. · Nature · 2022 · 1.8K citations · Full text

Assignment of epidemiological lineages in an emerging pandemic using the pangolin tool

Áine O’Toole, Emily Scher, Anthony Underwood et al. · Virus Evolution · 2021 · 1.2K citations · Full text

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway

Brian J. Willett, Joe Grove, Oscar A. MacLean et al. · Nature Microbiology · 2022 · 701 citations · Full text