MEET THE VIGILANT TEAM We are interviewing Project VIGILANT staff to introduce them to you! Ville Paavilainen Research Director - Chemical Biology & Proteostasis Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki - www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/proteostasis-and-chemical-biology

I've got a bad feeling about the upcoming flu season, given the fact that there are a bunch of subtypes at this party with the potential to wreak varying amounts of havoc. So I broke it all down here. open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

This is an interesting case of a patient from Chad infected with a novel arenavirus species/variant/strain, presenting with meningoencephalitis. IMO, could be classified as a highly divergent Lassa virus strain in a new country (similar to what Togo has observed). www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

Ethiopia confirms its first-ever Marburg virus outbreak in the South Ethiopia region. Rapid response activated - hoping for swift containment. Marburg has no approved vaccine or specific treatment. Broad-spectrum antivirals are a critical unmet need to save lives and stop outbreaks faster.

Proud that Markus Hoffmann and I made the 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list. Huge thanks to everyone in the Infection Biology Unit at the German Primate Center - honoured and grateful. @primatenzentrum.bsky.social clarivate.com/highly-cited...

Thank you for hosting this excellent symposium!

New work from Tahirov x Lim collaboration! @qixianghe.bsky.social from my lab contributed the cryo-EM structures for this work. We are excited to help explain how anti-HSV drugs work and to guide their future development. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @unmc.bsky.social @uwbiochem.bsky.social

🔬🌍 On #WorldScienceDay, we focus on trust, transformation, and the science we need for 2050. Transparency builds trust, open and collaborative research drives change, and safeguarding academic freedom shapes tomorrow. Let’s reflect on the science we choose to build. #ScienceFor2050

Exciting advancements in research for pandemic preparedness from EU-funded consortia, with substantial opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. #HorizonEurope

MEET THE VIGILANT TEAM We are interviewing the staff at Project Vigilant to introduce them to you! Meet Gerald McInerney Professor of Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology at the Karolinska Institute

VIGILANT theme highlighted by Stefan Pöhlmann at the 11th European Meeting on Viral Zoonoses (Saint-Raphaël, Sept 20–23, 2025). Focus: how Sec61 targeting disrupts filovirus glycoprotein function and infectivity. #ViralZoonoses #EMVZ #SaintRaphael

MEET THE VIGILANT TEAM We are interviewing the staff at Project Vigilant to introduce them to you! Meet Andrea Marzi Chief of the Immunobiology & Molecular Virology Section, Laboratory of Virology, DIR, NIAID National Institutes of Health Rocky Mountain Laboratories

climate change - it's a thing. and it affects more than just the climate and weather www.science.org/content/arti...

Ebola poses a serious global threat. We hope for swift containment and are committed to research for future prevention.

1/ The protease furin activates dangerous viruses like H5N1. But since it has many close relatives, specifically targeting furin is a huge challenge. #Virology #DrugDiscovery

MEET THE VIGILANT TEAM We are interviewing the staff at Project Vigilant to introduce them to you! Meet Wolfgang Knecht Director of the Lund Protein Production Platform (LP3, www.lp3.lu.se), Deputy Director of Protein Production Sweden (PPS, www.pps.gu.se/en) and Group Leader of SciLifeLab.

🚨VIGILANT is developing antivirals that block cellular factors viruses depend on - proteases and Sec61. This thread 🧵 explains why cellular proteases are attractive targets to stop viruses before they spread. 🦠🔒

MEET THE VIGILANT TEAM We are interviewing the staff at Project Vigilant to introduce them to you! Meet Stefan Pöhlmann Head of the Infection Biology Unit @ German Primate Centre.

📢 Registration is OPEN for the 2025 edition of the European Research and Innovation Days #RiDaysEU! 📅 Join the ERC on 17 Sept for the session "Securing Europe’s place at the forefront of scientific discovery" 🔗 Register now 👉 t.co/nPQmG6ix1G for access & more info. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o50Y...

NSV 2025 – outstanding science, thought-provoking discussions, new input for VIGILANT, and a great location. #NSV2025

🔬🦠 VIGILANT partner @snpoehlm will present our research on filovirus activation by host cell proteases at #NSV2025 in Montpellier, June 22–27. Catch us there! #Virology #NSV2025

Next generation of infection biologists at the Nacht des Wissens #ndwgoe @uni-goettingen.de

VIGILANT public outreach at the Night of Science in Göttingen — sharing perspectives on broad-spectrum antivirals and pandemic preparedness. Thanks to all who stopped by and joined the conversation! #VIGILANT #snpoehlm #NightOfScience #Göttingen

VIGILANT partners Eva Böttcher-Friebertshäuser and Torsten Steinmetzer will be hosting an online virology conference this week: “Nucleophilic Proteases: Structure, Function, Regulation, and Disease” - www.asbmb.org/meetings-events/nucleophilic-proteases Registrations close 18th June. See you there!

As part of Göttingen’s 7th Night of Knowledge (www.goettinger-nacht-des-wissens.de), the Infection Biology Unit at the German Primate Centre (@primatenzentrum.bsky.social) and @snpoehlm.bsky.social will present VIGILANT – our approach to developing broad-spectrum antivirals. See you there!

Today is International Fact-Checking Day ✔️ Independent fact-checking is more important than ever. Before you share: ✅ Is it from a reliable source? 🔍 Can it be verified elsewhere? 📢 Is it informing or manipulating?