Thoroughly enjoyed my first #ICAR2026 in Prague! I was inspired by the spirit of collaboration from everyone involved. Made many new connections and had great discussions, which I hope will help accelerate antiviral research in the years ahead. Thanks @isaricar.bsky.social #Antivirals

Congratulations to @danielacl.bsky.social for winning a poster prize at the @isaricar.bsky.social international conference on antiviral research #ICAR2026 🎉🥳🏅👩‍🔬

We're so excited to be at the @isaricar.bsky.social Antiviral Conference in Prague this week! Drop by our posters 206 and 212 to talk to us about our work on natural product-derived and host-targeting antivirals! #ICAR2026 @dmu.ac.uk

The Prusoff award winner of this year, Valeria Cagno, told us about the unconventional antiviral strategies under study in her lab @valeriacagno.bsky.social

The ICAR audience is discovering how Ebola, or marburg like virus, was discovered in 1976 by Peter Piot, the recepient of the Award of Excellence #ICAR2026

ICAR 2026 has officially started!

ICAR2026 starts today in sunny Prague with an exciting lineup of speakers! #ICAR2026

Latest by us! An mRNA-based broad-spectrum antiviral inspired by ISG15 deficiency protects against viral infections in vitro and in vivo | Science Translational Medicine www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Antiviral research needs new models for assessing efficacy! A new exciting paper from ISAR members evaluates human liver spheroids for hemorrhagic viruses www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@science.org 🧫🧬❄️🔬 Molecular basis of influenza ribonucleoprotein complex assembly and processive RNA synthesis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @yiweichang.bsky.social www.yiweichanglab.org @jiwasa.bsky.social #virology #Influenza #Cryo-EM #StructuralBiology #RNA #polymerase

📢 Calling PhD students 📢 we want to hear from you! Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences https://go.nature.com/43iJAsi

Islolation of a new merbecovirus from sick mink on a Chinese fur farm. Broad generalist species tropism including for human cells via using ACE2, not DPP4, as an entry receptor. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A new contribution from ISAR members: Mechanisms of action of repurposed Ebola virus antivirals – the roles of phospholipidosis and cholesterol homeostasis   www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A review on the management of herpes infections www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just published! Here we report immunogenicity and efficacy of our replicon RNA vaccine against Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in a cynomolgus macaque model of #CCHFV infection. Stay tuned as we advance this candidate in clinical trials. www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

Join us! We are looking for a highly motivated PhD Student to join our teams and investigate glycan-virus interaction at @erasmusmc.bsky.social 🍬Glycans 🦠Viruses 🫁🧠Organoids 🧬 Genetic Engineering Apply here 👇 www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1...

Researchers have been trying for a long time to nail down where in nature mpox lurks. Now they appear to have caught the virus that causes mpox in the act of spilling over from squirrels to monkeys. “It is the best clue so far for what the reservoir might be”, says @kgandersen.bsky.social #IDsky 🧪

Please share with people interested in arbovirology. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our team please share if you know of scientists interested in arbovirology, ready to make a move to Rotterdam! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3508...

Read the full adjoining paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our paper on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia is now out in Nature! 🎉 Huge thanks to Felix Michalik, Seunghun Chung, @pascalge.bsky.social and especially Min Xie (@minxiesci.bsky.social) & Simon Heß (@hesss.org) making the analysis so much fun! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another zoonotic (alpha) coronavirus. Closely related to the rodent virus AcCoV-JC34 that contains a putative furin cleavage site. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Save the date! #ICAR2026

We had the chance to have a preview of this work at ICAR! A demonstration of how phenotypic screenings and an excellent team of scientists can identify promising antivirals with a completely new mechanism of action! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #science @nature.com @neytsjohan.bsky.social

The conference is over, but the good memories remain! @leendelang.bsky.social won the prusoff award and gave an amazing lecture on how to study arboviruses with different mosquito models and the influence of skin microbiota in mosquito bites and arbovirus transmission. #ICAR2025 #science

Today we had a very interesting session about AI in antiviral research. Small molecule discovery, mutation prediction and phenotypic screening with bright field images. Thanks to the speakers and we are looking forward to the future advancements in the field!!! #AI #antiviral #ICAR2025

Yesterday we had an amazing lecture from @vignuzzilab.bsky.social that is what the diversity award is made for!

New paper out by an ISAR member lab www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Bemnifosbuvir and ruzavir are potent inhibitors of hepatitis C virus. And act synergistically in vitro when combined.

New paper: GS-1 blocks entry of herpes viruses and more broadly inhibits enveloped viruses www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New review on antiviral approaches targeting lipids, written by one of our society members. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

considering whether to attend the 38th annual conference on Antiviral Research (#ICAR25), the annual meeting of International Society for Antiviral Research (ISAR)? check the outstanding program and then join us on March 17-21 in lasvegas! Last minute registration still open: lnkd.in/gK_iTn-u

new review article out from the Univ of Parma and Univ of Lausanne compounds targeting the lipid kinase phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIIβ (PI4KB) and the tyrosine kinase proteins Src and Abl link here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First post on our new BSKY account A heads up, you can still register for our 2025 meeting this March 17-21 in Las Vegas to meet researchers working on antivirals, coming from across the globe! Have any cool new data? Submit a late-breaker abstract ASAP! isaricar.wildapricot.org