Great news! 🤩 The FORTEe booklet on "Precision-based exercise training protocols in children with cancer - pediatric oncology" is now fully available online! 🔗 Download here: fortee-project.eu/for-patients... #GetStrongToFightChildhoodCancer

We’ve just published a new article in Open Access Government highlighting the work of our FAMILY Project. ✨ This piece addresses a critical question: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🧠 www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/how-...

Why do some cirrhosis patients suddenly deteriorate? #DNAmethylation changes are linked to worse outcomes in acute decompensation, pointing to a key role of #epigenetic regulation in disease progression. 🎥 Watch the explainer: youtu.be/yzTTzx68Sq8 @europeliver.bsky.social

New Newsletter from the Prevention and Early Detection (Screening) Cluster out now! Packed with project updates from PANCAID, DIOPTRA, SANGUINE, LUCIA, @oncoscreen-project.bsky.social, and MammoScreen. Download and read the newsletter here: pancaid-project.eu/wp-content/u...

Join the AF-B-STEP Team! 👇 The University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg is looking for: 🔍 PhD student: uke.jobs/index.php?ac... 🔍 Data Scientist / Scientist / Biostatistician: uke.jobs/index.php?ac... Closing Date: 11 May 2026 #AFBSTEP #AFBurden #AtrialFibrillation

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺! Passionate about #epidemiology & cardiovascular research? UKE Hamburg – IMBE is looking for a 🎓𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀) for the EU-funded 𝗔𝗙-𝗕-𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁. 👉 Apply now: www.uke.jobs/index.php?ac... #AFBSTEP #AFBurden #Epidemiology #EUresearch #academmicjobs

🚨Take this 15 min survey to shape the future of #Hepatology: 👉 survey.alchemer.eu/s3/91085482/... 🦠 #Microbiome-based mechanisms & biomarkers for improved patient stratification + prediction of therapeutic response in decompensated #Cirrhosis / #ACLF ⏳Survey closes on 17 May @easlnews.bsky.social

19 April is #WorldLiverDay! What do you do to strengthen your own liver every day? #SolidHabitsStrongLiver Establish these 4 habits 🥳: 👉 Eat healthy 🥦 👉 Move your body 🥎🎾🏃‍➡️ 👉 Reduce alcohol🍷 ➡️ 🥛 (there's no "safe" amount of alcohol) 👉 Get your liver checked regularly 🩺🥼⚕️ @easlnews.bsky.social

🥳 How are you planning to celebrate #WorldLiverDay? And what do you do to strengthen your own liver? #SolidHabitsStrongLiver 👉 Eat healthy - daily 🥦 👉 Move your body - daily 🥎🎾🏃‍➡️ 👉 Reduce alcohol - always🍷 ➡️ 🥛 (there is no "safe" amount of alcohol) 👉 Get your liver checked regularly by a doctor 🩺

🎥 The gut virome matters !🦠 Researchers at KU Leuven (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social) found viral changes in the gut linked to #ACLF, #infections, and mortality - opening new paths for early detection and intervention. 💡 It’s not just bacteria #Microbiome #Virome #LiverDisease youtu.be/K9MIlhK4K5g

📣 IMAC invites you to an upcoming webinar examining how evidence in rare disease trials can be interpreted more rigorously. 🎓 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 📅 April 9 ⏰ 4:00 pm CET 👉 Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9ed2de...

🎥 Antimicrobial resistance - the silent pandemic @drlaedwards.bsky.social (KCL) explains why #AMR threatens global health, especially for liver patients, how #microbiome research may be part of the solution & why involving patients in research is so important 💡 youtu.be/pPcFoWD4iIU #GlobalHealth

🎥 Can we predict liver failure before it happens? Researchers at the University of Copenhagen are identifying biomarkers (e.g. metabolites) in a variety of samples to detect ACLF risk early - enabling potentially life-saving interventions. #LiverFailure #ACLF #PrecisionMedicine youtu.be/1s6Rp2If_-o

📣 Join the MICROB-PREDICT Consensus Conference in Barcelona (for #EASLCongress attendees only) 📅 27 May 2026 ⏰ 15:30 – 18:30 h Experts will discuss #microbiome mechanisms and biomarkers to improve patient stratification and therapeutic response in #cirrhosis and #ACLF. @easlnews.bsky.social

Many things affecting our health can’t be fixed by doctors alone. Social prescribing connects people to community-based support. We’re proud to be part of Social Prescribing EU (SP-EU), testing innovative approaches to health care across Europe: www.social-prescribing.eu 📣 #SocialPrescribingDay

A big step towards precision medicine! 🎥 youtu.be/pgrQVn8mPbk Researchers at OUH are validating #biomarkers to predict which #cirrhosis patients may benefit from #albumin therapy - helping deliver the right treatment to the right patient 💡 Double-blind clinical ABL-Trial ongoing #LiverDisease #ACLF

🧬 Metabolomics is unlocking new possibilities in personalised medicine! In MICROB-PREDICT, researchers showed that urine & stool can reveal even more #biomarker insights than blood🩸, helping predict outcomes in severe #LiverDisease earlier. Christophe Junot (CEA) on YouTube: 📽️ youtu.be/TYObOSu_r2w

🧠 It’s #BrainAwarenessWeek! We proudly support 3 brain health projects: 💚 @familyproject-eu.bsky.social - Intergenerational mental illness research 🧠 @timespan-h2020.bsky.social - ADHD & cardiometabolic conditions 🌍 @environmental-eu.bsky.social - Climate/pollution impact on brains #Neuroscience

Acute decompensation of cirrhosis carries high 90-day mortality, but prediction remains challenging. Adding signatures of large #extracellularvesicles may improve scores and prediction. 🎥 youtu.be/24-STOSjLeY #EFCLIF @rautoupe.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @europeliver.bsky.social #LiverSky

Cardiometabolic diseases can develop years before symptoms appear. A new blog by #empatica explores how #DigitalBiomarkers (HRV, EDA, sleep & activity) enable continuous monitoring of stress & physiology in daily life. See how this is transforming research ➡️ timespan.eu/digital-biom...

📣 New publication introducing the A-TANGO Organ Failure (OF) score for improved detection of acute-on-chronic liver failure #ACLF in patients with acute #decompensation of #cirrhosis 👍3,896 patients 👍validated in India & China 👍improves diagnostic accuracy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In this video, we explore how emergency granulopoiesis, the rapid production of immune cells during crisis, becomes dysregulated in liver failure. 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/ebN14TCLE24 #LiverSky #LiverFailure #LiverDisease #TranslationalResearch

New TIMESPAN study in BMC Medicine: Adults with ADHD discontinue antihypertensives more often, but ADHD meds improve adherence. 📈💊 👉 Full paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🩷 Congrats to all who contributed! #adultADHD #Hypertension

📢 #PUBLICATION 𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 New work by Camprodon-Boadas et al. investigates the cognitive reserve in in children at familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. @escaponline.bsky.social

❄️ Impressions of our snow-romantic #SocialPrescribing EU General Assembly at the renowned “Akademie Waldschlösschen” 🏰🌲🇪🇺 near Göttingen, Germany, from 18-20 Feb 2026. 🎤✨ Highlight: An evening on the history of the house with founding-father Rainer Marbach! #LGBTIQ #ElderlyPeople #ImmigrantHealth

Our AF-B-STEP Kick-Off Meeting last week was a great success, with valuable takeaways and a shared vision for the months ahead. A big thank you to all participants👏- excited for the next steps and continued collaboration! 🤝 #AFBSTEP #AFib #AFBurden #HeartHealth #HealthInnovation #EUResearch #IHI

Feel free to join and "follow all" in our starter pack ☺️: go.bsky.app/4cMqxsU

🥳 Congratulations, David Tornai et al. from Maria Papp's team at the University of Debrecen! The paper has been viewed more than 625 times since its publication in Dec 2025 & is currently amongst the top-downloaded articles! #SerumVillin #GutBarrier #ACLF 📰 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

2026 #HorizonEU Cluster 1 (Health) info days start today! Planning to apply to Horizon Europe Health calls? Several Q&A sessions will unpack the new topics and expectations in the Work Programme 2026–27. Join online, no registration needed: link.europa.eu/YMC48D

🫀 We've got a finger on the pulse of time 🩺 - 📣 excited about the attention AF-B-STEP received in the first 5 weeks 🥳. Over the next 4 years, 18 dedicated partners will do their best to deliver on the promised objectives and goals! Here are recent press releases & online coverage... #AFib #AFBurden

😊 Follow our Cardiology & Heart Health starter package! 🫀 (scientists, research projects, hospitals, university departments, journals, companies, organisations & patient groups) 👉 go.bsky.app/TxzoAP1 #AtrialFibrillation #AFib #AFBurden #cardiology #HeartHealth #HeartFailure #CardioSky #CardioNews

🆕 Discover EU-funded projects on the go with our interactive map! Browse current projects across Europe, access up-to-date details, and explore EU projects with ease. Download EU funding & me now: - App Store: lnkd.in/ezRVdVj2 - Google Play: lnkd.in/d4afYffy

#FunFactFriday: In 1937, sculptor #AlexanderCalder created a fountain that flows with pure #mercury. More than art, it reflected Spain’s Almadén mines, a place of wealth & suffering. Today, the fountain still flows at Fundació Joan Miró in #Barcelona, safely sealed behind glass. #ScienceRallye

Cardiologist and MARKOPOLO member Thomas Münzel talked to @spiegel.de about environmental stressors for heart health, and what individuals can realistically do to protect themselves. 🤲 🫀 Full interview: www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft... @spiegelonline.bsky.social

🧬Workshop for Early-Career Researchers on Family-Based Genomic Analysis More info & registration: www.fhi.no/en/ab/confer... The registration ends on 28 February 2026.

🔬 #PUBLICATION Alert! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 by Omar Hahad et al. published in Nature Review Cardiology! The review shows how environmental and living conditions shape the development and course of heart failure. 🫀 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

There is broad and strong scientific consensus about #ADHD itself, but health systems shape diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. 🌍 Read more about what clinicians and researchers agree on—and why health systems matter: timespan.eu/adhd-diagnos... #GlobalHealth

🚨 500,000 #pancreaticcancer deaths in 2020. The biggest challenge: We can’t diagnose it in time. #WorldCancerDay reminds us that every diagnosis remains a race against time And we’re committed to develop a biomarker panel that can reliably detect PDAC at its earliest stages #UnitedByUnique #WCD2026

📢 NEW #PAPER from the environMENTAL Consortium 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📜 Paper title: Neurocognitive characterization of behaviour and mental illness through time-varying brain network analysis 🎉 Congratulations to Xiao Chang and the team on their publication in #NatureCommunications

☺️ Our interactive, successful, and fun #KickoffMeeting in #Amsterdam was wrapped up with democratic elections of important advisory boards & a motivating conclusion by Paulus Kirchhof & Christiana Krammer. Until next time! #AF #AFib #AtrialFibrillation #arrhythmia #AFBurden #cardiosky #HeartHealth

Goals of WP1: 📣 Effective #ScienceCommunication, transparency & #OpenAccess dissemination of results 🧑‍🎓 Training & #mentoring of early-career scientists ⚖️ Gender equity 🚀 Exploitation & global #HeartHealth improvement #cardiosky #AFBurden #AFib @escardio.bsky.social @ihieurope.bsky.social

Productive breakout sessions by WP5 & WP8 researchers at our #KickoffMeeting resulted in increased awareness of the key technological + scientific challenges and decisions on how to tackle them! We win if we can avert #HeartFailure!🫀😎 #AF #AFib #AtrialFibrillation #AI #explainableAI #HeartRhythm

History lesson on #electrocardiography #ECGs in Prof. Fu Siong Ng’s talk! 🫀🩺😅 👉 WP8 - Predictors of no/low, intermediate, and high #AFBurden in patients: pathways for targeted #HeartRhythm monitoring (WP8 lead: Prof. Barbara Casadei from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social) #AFib #AtrialFibrillation

Patient Engagement Officer Inga Drossart from @escardio.bsky.social contributes important input to 👉 Work Package 7 - Standards for #AFBurden reporting by intermittent #HeartRhythm #ECG monitors / wearables ⌚️ WP7 lead: Prof William McIntyre @wfmmd.bsky.social from @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social

🫀 Work package 6 (WP6) leader, Dr. med. Nina Becher from UKE, Hamburg, points out that #AFib assessment differs substantially across #CIEDs (pacemakers, #ICDs, implantable loop recorders)! 👉 WP6 topic: “Standards for #AtrialFibrillation burden reporting by cardiac #implantable electronic devices”

⏳ Early interaction 📆 with the European Medicines Agency #EMA is key for proper exploitation + real-life regulatory impact of our @ihieurope.bsky.social funded project - based on advice from project leader Mirko de Melis and Acesion Pharma consortium members. #AF #AtrialFibrillation #AFib #AFBurden

AF-B-STEP Kick-Off Meeting: Day 1 🌆✨🌃 concluded with some much needed socialising during a boat tour and dinner – the perfect setting for continued networking and exchanging ideas 🍷🍝 Excited for Day 2 and continuing this momentum #AtrialFibrillation #AFburden #HeartHealth #HealthInnovation #IHI

🎥 AF-B-STEP goes Hollywood 🎬 - WP1 leader Daniel Steven & colleagues from AFNET had lots of fun today - recording #video interviews with IHI project officer John Clifford, keynote lecturer John Camm, and various work package (WP) leaders! Stay tuned for more 😉 #AFBurden #AF @ihieurope.bsky.social