📣 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

❤️ Day 1 of the #KickoffMeeting was filled with important discussions, team spirit, and ambitious goals in all work packages, spanning from science over project management to dissemination & impact! 📣 #AF #AFib #AtrialFibrillation #AFBurden #HeartHealth #cardiology #Amsterdam @ihieurope.bsky.social

🎤 Start of the AF-B-STEP Kick-Off Meeting with a great keynote lecture by Prof. A. John Camm, professor of clinical #cardiology (emeritus) at St. George’s University in London Looking forward to two days of exciting scientific exchange 🤝 #AF #AFib #AtrialFibrillation #AFBurden @escardio.bsky.social

Cancer is unique; so must be our research approaches. On #WorldCancerDay, we highlight @fortee-eu.bsky.social , @pancaid.bsky.social & SATURN3: three research consortia tackling cancer from pediatric care to early detection and tumor heterogeneity. #UnitedByUnique #WCD2026

😊 Welcome to Day 1 of the AF-B-STEP Kick-Off: We started the morning session with a warm welcome by Paulus Kirchhof & Mirko de Melis, and are excited to have our IHI project officer, John Clifford, here as well! Then, the team leaders presented their groups briefly & spoke about their expectations.

😊 Mandalas and fish guide the way once you arrive at the "nhow Amsterdam RAI" hotel for AF-B-STEP Kick-off Meeting. We look forward to welcoming everyone from 18:00 h on (registration) for the Dinner and the Keynote Lecture by John Camm (lecture starting at 19:00 h). See you soon!

What does “cell-free DNA” or “PanIN” mean? Our new PANCAID Glossary explains key #pancreaticcancer and research terms in clear, accessible language. 👉 pancaid-project.eu/for-patients... Thanks to all teams for input and to @pce-europe.bsky.social for checking the entries for accessibility!

🩺🧪🦠 Thank you, team MICROB-PREDICT, for a strong and successful 15th #SteeringCommittee Meeting. Two intense days with excellent science and great discussions - held in a time of shared grief as we remember #PeerBork from #EMBL 🖤, our esteemed colleague and mentor🕯️. We move forward with momentum! 💪

🌍 The AF-B-STEP Kick-off Meeting is coming up! 🗓️ 3–5 Feb 2026 | 📍 Amsterdam, NL Three days of collaboration, science, and dialogue to shape the future of how the burden of AF is measured & treated. Let’s start powerful 💪🫀✨ #AFBSTEP #AtrialFibrillation @ihieurope.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

Prof. Peer Bork, EMBL Interim Director General, died on 16 January 2026. A remarkable scientist and leader, he played a pivotal role in MICROB-PREDICT, inspiring colleagues & mentees alike - leaving a lasting scientific legacy. Our heartfelt condolences to his family. Thank you for everything, Peer!

📺New masterclass! ‘Data repositories & their access and publication rights’ covers the history of databases, an overview of repositories used in DECISION & provides a hands-on recipe on how to make the best out of different types of data ⏯️ youtu.be/aoA0WC1yaqs #bioinformatics

Save the date! We look forward to our upcoming steering committee (SC) meeting from 26-27 January 2026. We’ll hear about the results in all work packages and align the consortium's efforts for the next steps in our cross-disciplinary collaboration! @easlnews.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

🚀 Motivation boost to kick off the new year 🙂: The European Commission agreed to provide a 6-month-long extension to A-TANGO! Let's use this momentum and move forward swiftly now, so that A-TANGO can bring the much-needed G-TAK therapy for severe #AlcoholicHepatitis #cirrhosis #ACLF to the market.

🫖 Snuggle in with a cup of tea and a blanket over the holidays to read this year's MICROB-PREDICT publications - Wishing everyone relaxing winter holidays and a wonderful start into the New Year! ❄️ 📖 microb-predict.eu/for-scientis... @medblab.bsky.social @easlnews.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

🥂 We have good news for the holidays: The technical hold-up in the EU portal has finally been resolved & we submitted the 3rd #PeriodicReport ☺️ Wishing everyone relaxing holidays❄️ Together, we are moving from bench to bedside to bring innovative therapies to #ACLF patients @rajivjalan.bsky.social

🚀 AF-B-STEP launches on 01 January 2026 🚀 🌐 afbstep.eu A global collaboration redefining atrial fibrillation (AF) - from “yes” or “no” to what really matters. We analyse data from 100,000+ people to quantify the global burden of AF - aiming to improve diagnosis, treatment and outcomes. #HeartHealth

As the year draws to a close, we are wrapping up 2025 with gratitude, momentum, and a spirit of community at concentris. ✨ 💡Curious about what’s next in 2026, and how these developments could support your work? Read our latest #newsletter: 🔗 mailchi.mp/concentris/n...

👏 New study from Dávid Tornai and colleagues 🎉: Serum #Villin1 is a promising non-invasive marker of #GutBarrier damage in #cirrhosis and #ACLF. It rises with severity, predicts 90-day mortality, links to #inflammation, and has been validated in an independent cohort! 📜 doi.org/10.1111/apt....

👉 In this video, Dávid Tornai (MD, PhD) from Maria Papp's group at the University of Debrecen in Hungary presents the consortium's research on serum #villin-1, a tell-tale sign of #GutBarrier failure in cirrhotic patients with acute #decompensation via a graphical abstract. 📽️ youtu.be/URerer6AxxY

📽️ Now online 🎧: lnkd.in/dJuMmsc4 Watch or listen to the newest EASL Studio Episode on “Rifaximin for Hepatic Encephalopathy: Balancing Benefits and Risks in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance” from Wednesday, 26 Nov 2026. #rifaximin #HepaticEncephalopathy #AntimicrobialResistance #cirrhosis #ACLF

On Wednesday, 26 Nov, at 6 pm CET, EASL Studio hosts a new episode titled “Rifaximin for Hepatic Encephalopathy: Balancing Benefits and Risks in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance” The episode will be broadcast live on EASL.eu and can be accessed here: 📹 easl.eu/easl-studio-... Don't miss it ☺️

🎉 Our new #mirobiome paper in #JHEP is out! We found distinct gut #virome shifts in #ACLF - from virulent to temperate #phages - with Lactococcus A + Enterococcus B phages linked to infections & higher 90-day mortality 👉 Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 📽️Video: youtu.be/0YF6qToBQUM