Herpes simplex virus infection promotes ALS pathology through ICP0-mediated PML body disruption https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.27.714707v1

🔬 We’re hiring in Zürich🇨🇭! My lab is recruiting a new PhD student in molecular immunology (interferons, autoantibodies & viral disease). Position is fully-funded. Starting date anticipated to be late 2026/early 2027. Further details and how to apply: tinyurl.com/IMVPhD2026 Deadline 1st May 2026.

We found a viral Trojan Horse: a virus can hide inside another virus.This one surprised us: deltaviruses don’t just borrow a helper virus. They can travel inside it. A literal Trojan Horse “virus-in-a-virus” route into cells. 🤯 Kudos to 1st author @viroscope.bsky.social and co-authors !

Join Martin Schwemmle, a representative of the GfV commission for safety-relevant research in Virology, as he discusses the rules and ethics of gain-of-function experiments. Learn about regulatory mechanisms, ethical considerations, and the latest debates in this crucial topic! 1/2

Recently, there has been increasing discussion about the possible influence of viral infections 🦠 on neurodegeneration 🧠. A “Perspective” in @plosbiology.org by #DZNE scientists provides an overview of this emerging topic. 👉 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Despite decades of intensive research, current approaches to treating #NeurodegenerativeDiseases only slow down the seemingly inevitable. Could recent data associating #vaccines with reduced risk of #dementia offer an unexpected beacon of hope?🧪 @sparrerlab.bsky.social

Despite decades of intensive research, current approaches to treating #NeurodegenerativeDiseases only slow down the seemingly inevitable. Could recent data associating #vaccines with reduced risk of #dementia offer an unexpected beacon of hope?🧪 @sparrerlab.bsky.social

⏰ Deadline Feb. 11 (11:59 PM MST)! Submit scholarship applications and/or short talk abstracts for Viral Pathogenesis & Immunity in Hannover, Germany. 🎥 Organizer Michaela Gack: youtu.be/DuwcwCJNv50 🔗 Apply: keysym.us/KSViral26 @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social #KSViral26 #Virology #ViralImmunity

🚨Job Alert🚨 Looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our multidisciplinary team of scientists. The postdoc will collaborate with world-class structural biologist Peijun Zhang to understand everything about HIV capsids and how they work via host interactions. Spread the word!

Ever wondered how you can specifically inhibit #AIM2 #inflammasomes? @y-m-tesfamariam.bsky.social generated inhibitory AIM2 #nanobodies to ‬dissect inflammasome responses to #poxvirus infections in human #PrimaryCells @unibonn.bsky.social @immunosens.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This #STTT study identified that retinol-bound holo-RBP4 strongly reactivates #HIV1 in various latently infected T-cell lines via the activation of the canonical NF-κB, JAK/STAT5, and JNK signaling pathways. #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1038/s413...

The 3rd Annual Meeting of the YoungPI Working Group - for Junior Profs. and Group Leaders - will take place in Heidelberg, on the 16th and 17th March 2026, just before the start of the GfV Meeting. Registrations are now open: youngpi.g-f-v.org/events/

Our story showing that HIV-1 Nef inhibits actin-mediated innate immune sensing is now out in @natcomms.nature.com. Awesome work by @alexandrelaliberte.bsky.social @caterinaprelli.bsky.social. Great collaboration with Frank Kirchhoff/Michaela Gack/Oliver Fackler. Thanks @dfg.de @bmftr! rdcu.be/eTFJh

Excited to share our new paper and a new Nef function ! rdcu.be/eTFJh Thanks to everyone involved! @caterinaprelli.bsky.social @sparrerlab.bsky.social #hiv #Nef #innateimmunity #sensing #rlr #research

Tonic interferons defend against respiratory viruses in primary human lung organoid-derived air-liquid interface cultures https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.10.693424v1

Nef stabilizes actin to prevent HIV-1 sensing by RIG-I-like receptors @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Helmholtz-Geschäftsführerin Sabine Helling-Moegen im Interview mit Deutschlandfunk Nova zur Attraktivität des Wissenschaftsstandorts Deutschland www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/brai...

Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE Also join us on December 4th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on Publishing at PLOS Biology by Melissa Vázquez Hernández. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

Highly recommended for late PhDs and Postdocs👇 #LoveVirology

The 2026 edition of the ACHIEVE mentoring program open to final year PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and veterinary/medical doctors has just launched. You will benefit from 1-year individual mentoring by established PIs, 1/2

ViroCareer Compass – Navigating Your Career in Virology Shape your career at the 6th #ACHIEVE Workshop of the #GfV! Explore academia, industry & diagnostics, strengthen your CV, get hands-on tips for your first grant 📅 16–17 Mar 2026 | Heidelberg | Late PhD, postdocs & MDs 📝 Apply: achieve.g-f-v.org

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE Join us on November 4th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “BSL-4” by PD Dr. Thomas Hoenen. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

Let me be very clear. It is not enough that RFK Jr. was forced to admit today that no causal relationship between Tylenol and autism has been shown. We know that while disinformation spreads like wildfire on social media, corrections most often die on the vine.

🚨 The #HIRI invites applications for 2 JUNIOR GROUP LEADER POSITIONS in the areas of: 🔵 RNA Biology 🔵 RNA Medicine 🔵 RNA Technology Apply by October 31 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale... Find an overview in this thread. 🧵👇 (1/6)

Respiratory viruses activate autophagy via the IFN-STAT1/STAT5B-SOCS1 axis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.685013v1

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE Join us on October 7th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds” by Dr. Timothy Soh. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

🦠 Abstract submission for the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology is open! Share your research with the virology community and help shape the scientific dialogue next year in Heidelberg. 🕐 Deadline: Jan 4, 2026 🔗 virology-meeting.de/programme-ab... #GfV2026 #virology #virologymeeting

Excited to be co-organizing this @embo.org Workshop on #Pathogen #Immunity and #Signalling next June 8-12 2026 in Leiden! 🥳🥳🥳 #Savethedate

Nach einem Zoster (Gürtelrose) besteht ein erhöhtes Risiko für Demenz. Die Impfung gegen Zoster verringert das Demenzrisiko signifikant. Die Shingrix-Impfung ist für alle ab 60 Jahre und ab 50 Jahre mit Begleiterkrankungen empfohlen.

🎉 Exciting news: my PhD project @daothilab.bsky.social has been published in #PLoS Pathogens! I investigated how the #hepatitis E virus ORF2 protein counteracts antiviral responses, contributing to persistent viral replication. A huge thank you to all collaborators! 🙏🏻 🔗 share.google/WwIT43Su3KOP...

Historically, viruses were thought to primarily use host cell's translational machinery. New work from @harvardcellbio.bsky.social faculty Amy Lee reveals that a giant DNA virus encodes its own IF4F initiation complex, suggesting an unexpected evolutionary innovation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Full room at the start of the 2nd Immunobiology symposium on pattern recognition receptors! Looking forward to the great programme that we lined up for you together with @brozlab.bsky.social @martinon.bsky.social #ImmunoSky

Feeling deeply honored to receive this year's Aventis Life Science Bridge Award. Grateful to the Aventis Foundation for their support, and to my colleagues, mentors, collaborators, and my amazing research team who make this work possible. Excited to keep pushing our HIV research forward together.

🔬✨ Introducing: Expert Insights – the new seminar series by the Young Society for Virology! We’ve combined the strengths of our previous “How to” seminar series and the GfV ROUND lunch discussions into one powerful format – Expert Insights. 1/n

Structural basis for OAS2 regulation and its antiviral function

Proud to present a cover inspired by the structural and functional analysis of OAS2 by @oliveiramann.bsky.social, @indrabekere.bsky.social, and Veronika Merold, live at @cp-molcell.bsky.social. Big news on RNA sensing and antiviral defenses! #sciart ⌬ #research ⌬ #chemistry ⌬ #immunology

Mit fünf weiteren Fachgesellschaften macht sich die GfV stark dafür, die Wissenschaftsfreiheit zu verteidigen und zu festigen. Leider geschieht dies nicht im luftleeren Raum, sondern in Zeiten, in denen diese essentielle Freiheit zusehends auch bei uns unter Druck gerät. g-f-v.org/gemeinsame-s...

How can swarm intelligence improve stroke treatment? A research project links central registry data with local brain imaging – powered by artificial intelligence. Funded by @www.helmholtz.de and under paricipation of @cispa.de. 👉 www.dzne.de/en/news/pres...

Thrilled to share our latest @cp-cell.bsky.social. We present VICAR (VIral-induced Centromeric DNA Amplification and Recognition), a new defense system to detect viruses in the nucleus based on nuclear cGAS. www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Online Now: Structural basis for OAS2 regulation and its antiviral function Online now:

Our manuscript on dsRNA sensor OAS2 from the lab of @oliveiramann.bsky.social is now out in @cp-molcell.bsky.social ! Thanks again to the whole team for their effort putting this story together!

Here is one big reason to choose Europe to advance with your research career: We 💙 science.

Was haben Stechmücken mit gefährlichen Viren zu tun? Die Antwort darauf gibt es von Dr. Pietro Scaturro (LIV) bei #bookascientist – dem Format für persönliche Gespräche mit Expert*innen @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de. Jetzt einen Termin sichern! www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/ne...

📢 Only one week to go! We are very thrilled about our upcoming first CiViA #symposium 'Defense against #viral infections 🦠 ', which will take place on 21 & 22 May 2025 at Hotel Vejlefjord, #Denmark 🇩🇰. Stay tuned for further updates! Supported by @dg.dk & @carlsbergfondet.dk

Continuing our #CiViASymposium session 2 with Konstantin Sparrer @sparrerlab.bsky.social on innate immune control mechanisms.

📢 We are #hiring a #PhD student to work on an interdisciplinary, collaborative project @dzne.science in Bonn, Germany! 🧠 If you’re interested in western diet-induced #neuroinflammation and innate immune signalling in #alzheimersdisease, check out our ad below 👇 jobs.dzne.de/en/jobs/1014...

We are pleased to invite you to our next "How to..." seminar on measuring protein-protein interactions using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) by Prof. Abel Viejo-Borbolla, Hannover Medical School. 1/2