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Illustration of a microscope with a spotlight on yellow shapes, surrounded by molecular structures. Illustration of a magnifying glass identifying viruses. A logo for iPHoP reminiscent of the International House of Pancakes logo, in blue bubble letters Open book with circular representations of microbial genomes above, all against a green background close up of a needle in a haystack. (judyanded via Flickr CC BY NC 2.0) Artistic interpretation of CheckV assessing virus genome sequences from environmental samples. (Rendered by Zosia Rostomian​, Berkeley Lab) Microbial mat under the microscope. Visible layers contain different microbial communities and minerals. The team characterized viruses in a subset of the mat layers. (John Spear) Aerial view of Ace Lake in March, as ice begins to reform on the surface. (Courtesy of Anthony Hull) SImon Roux EM image of Pseudomonas phage Pf, an inovirus infecting Pseudomonas hosts. Inovirus capsids are long flexible filaments visible here after sample concentration and precipitation. (Courtesy of J. Driver and P. Secor, University of Montana)

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