My thoughts at the beginning of this new year go to all the parents of the victims of the tragic fire in Crans-Montana...I cannot imagine anything more devastating than thinking your child is enjoying themselves at a party only to find out they died horribly...this is heartbreaking....

again, this is just a matter of when, not if... @mcid-unibe.bsky.social Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

www.srf.ch/news/interna... @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @kellyjenna.bsky.social

What makes a #parasite a parasite? Is this a reversible condition or are #evolutionary trajectories plastic?

This is one of the toughest topics we face in academia...many hacks, some of them tenable, others frankly unfit for purpose, and lots of room for improvement @snf-fns.ch @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Please spread the word! 10 days left to apply for this #sciencejobs as Assistant Professor Tenure Track in Quantitative Cell Biology 👩‍🔬 @izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo... #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

Time is ticking...apply for this sensational opportunity at the @izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch !!!

Fun fact: guess who is the first formally recognized author in the history of humanity? #Enheduanna, chief priestess of Inanna, the daughter of Sargon of #Akkadia and author of the Sumerian hymns and the exaltation of Inanna... #history #civilization

And some final reflections on what we learned during the first installment of the #ENLIGHT #Academic #Leadership program in #Uppsala...

Beautiful Sweden, on my way to the first installment of the #ENLIGHT #Academic #Leadership program in #Uppsala thank you @unibe.ch for this great opportunity! @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @izb-unibern.bsky.social

www.mcid.unibe.ch/unibe/portal... @mcid-unibe.bsky.social and my favourite read of the month is finally out :-) @unibe.ch

It has always only been a matter of time.... @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @unibe.ch Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

So honored to have Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall CEO of the Institut Pasteur de Dakar to welcome the African STARS Fellows to Senegal! Fellows are being hosted in Stellenbosch and Dakar in partnership with @MastercardFdn - Learn more about the fellows at IPD starsfellows.africa

not yet on bluesky, but hopefully soon :-) www.genomicsforhealthinafrica.org Career opportunities #CoRE_GHA #Genomics #Africa #Europe static1.squarespace.com/static/65ba6...

congrats on this showcasing of amazing species! @dudinlab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

James Joyce once said writing a book is like tunneling into a mountain, and you never quite know what you'll find or when you'll reach the end. I really like that analogy

journals.plos.org/plospathogen... Very cool opinion piece, very enjoyable @mcid-unibe.bsky.social

I am a HUGE fan of Iris van Herpen's art, and I was overjoyed to see her creations and approach featured on Nature...this is interdisciplinarity at its best :-) www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Our review on annexins across eukaryotic domains is now officially out, see it here 😄 www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/26...

The @izb-unibern.bsky.social is looking to fill an assistant prof tenure track position!! Exciting!!! www.izb.unibe.ch/about_us/ope...

Please don't do this but seriously, avoid tick-infested areas, these are nasty bugs you don't want feeding on you and injecting all sorts of dangerous pathogens @parasitesrule.org @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social @uzh-parasitology.bsky.social

Not the happiest time for Earth but definitely still wins first place as party planet....

This is a very accurate and moving description of what life feels like for so many mid career colleagues..this road leads to impoverishment of academia, it is time for a strong change because the alternatives are dire @snf-fns.ch @sbfi.admin.ch @unibe.ch www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/im-tir...

📢 Don’t miss the deadline ⚠️ 27 February ⚠️ to submit your abstract to the [BC]2 Basel #ComputationalBiology Conference. From #GeneExpression to #evolution or #biomedicine - we are waiting to learn more on your research projects at #bc2basel! 👉Submit your abstract now: tinyurl.com/49w6wthj

Why can't the EU be more like Eurovision?? LOVE IT 😄 #eurovision25 youtu.be/nXTv1n9xuA0?...

well, Diplomonads have genomes distributed across 2 (or 4, if considering cyst stages) nuclei, in the absence of haploid stages, and no one's getting published on Science for this, are they? @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

so so fascinating and so incredibly insightful...Diverse bat organoids provide pathophysiological models for zoonotic viruses | Science @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @kellyjenna.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@guildeu.bsky.social @unibe.ch www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/von-...

@unibe.ch @bereadycohort.bsky.social is a project almost entirely funded through the @mcid-unibe.bsky.social thanks to the very generous donation of the Stiftung #Vinetum We at the @mcid-unibe.bsky.social wish to take every opportunity to acknowledge this #bernexpo #outreach #local #bern #health

www.swisscore.org/from-bern-to... A perspective from the heart of Europe, due South @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @unibe.ch @guildeu.bsky.social @sbfi.admin.ch

Priorities for rapid and cost-effective vaccines to improve outbreak responses dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @gcevd.bsky.social @unibe.ch

www.nature.com/articles/d41... will be watching out for developments to this intention...innovation comes in all shapes and sizes, not just economic metrics...

Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @nicolamlow.bsky.social

Milan Declaration, a strong statement on the importance of scientific endeavours www.febs.org/milan-declar... @scnat.ch @unibe.ch @izb-unibern.bsky.social @snf-fns-ch.bsky.social

And some excellent news @unibe.ch www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/en/home...

🦠😷 Researchers at the #unibern have gained new insights into an early mechanism of #coronavirus infection. 👉 mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releas... @karousislab.bsky.social @nccr-rna-disease.bsky.social @mcid-unibe.bsky.social Image: © Adrian Bothe

Dear @ec.europa.eu , time to take center stage again, the research and innovation ball is in our field, let us up our game before others do, perhaps for less noble reasons www.nature.com/articles/d41...

and I cite: "...the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), told Nature that “the COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago.” What?? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

worried... @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @unibe.ch @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @eckerleisabella.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I was inspired by an article on how wrong ChatGPT can be...I asked it to tell me who I am and what I do, and it turns out I am a neuroscientist based at the University of Bern ...wrong :-) AI has a ways to go...

Thank you @kasparstaub.bsky.social for the very kind invitation to hold a seminar at USZ as part of the International Lectures in Infection Biology! I had a great time and a small but very engaged audience, the best! @unibern.bsky.social @izb-unibern.bsky.social

very very sad to be missing this wonderful event in Geneva, organized by our excellent colleagues @eckerleisabella.bsky.social @paulinevetter.bsky.social Arnaud Didierlaurent, Christine Eberhardt www.unige.ch/emerging-vir... @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @unibern.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social

Stephanie Ganal-Vonarburg investigates how the gut #microbiota can influence the human immune system. In the video, she talks about her research and the challenges of doing science as a mother of young children 👉 www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/many_di...

Prepare now for a potential H5N1 pandemic | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @mcid-unibe.bsky.social

and here we are :-) looking forward to continuing our exchange on this platform :-)