📢 We’re hiring a Director of Facilities at VIDO. This senior leadership role oversees world-class biocontainment labs, infrastructure, and capital projects, supporting critical pandemic and infectious disease research. Apply here: vido.applytojobs.ca/leadership/4...

🐄🦬🐨🐖🐔 Five species. One year. Global impact. From protecting dairy cattle against H5N1 to helping deliver a world-first koala vaccine, VIDO research strengthened animal health (and food security) around the world in 2025. www.vido.org/news/2025/fi...

Thank you to the students and teachers from Birch Hills School for visiting VIDO today. We hope the experience sparked new ideas about the many exciting and impactful career paths science can offer. We look forward to seeing where your interests take you! #FutureScientists

ICYMI: Applications are now open for VIDO’s 2026 Summer Research Fellowship, offering undergraduate students a chance to gain hands-on experience working with leading scientists at "Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research". More info below!

Undergraduate students! VIDO’s Summer Research Fellowship is now open. Spend 12–16 weeks working with leading scientists gaining hands-on experience in infectious disease research. 📅 Apply by Jan 5 📎 1 PDF: CV + short essay + transcripts 🔗 Apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/research/43004

Dr. Aaron White spoke at the @chickensask.bsky.social Fall Producer Meeting on “Understanding E. coli infections in chickens.” 🐔 His talk helped share insights that support poultry health and the agriculture sector. #CdnAg #Poultry #InfectiousDisease

A pleasure to host Mr. Raphaël Dang, Consul General of France in Vancouver. Thank you for the engaging discussions and enthusiasm for deepening Canada–France collaboration in science and innovation.

VIDO scientists Dr. Antonio Facciuolo and Dr. Bryce Warner @brycewarner1.bsky.social joined @usask.ca’s Signature Series Podcast to discuss their work on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), including new insights into HPAI in dairy cattle.🎧Tune in: news.usask.ca/articles/res...

Honoured to welcome His Excellency Matthias Lüttenberg, Ambassador of Germany to Canada, Hon. Consul Benedict E. Nussbaum and Ms. Ashli Blondeau to VIDO. Grateful for the opportunity to share our work in vaccine innovation and global health. @germanyincanada.bsky.social @usask.ca

Our Director & CEO, Dr. Volker Gerdts, shares how VIDO’s research is shaping the next generation of vaccines and advancing global health. Proud to be driving innovation from the Prairies: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/art... @usask.ca

What if we could test antivirals on a “mini lung” before using them in people? Scientists at VIDO have created lab-made lung organoids that mimic real tissue and reveal how viruses infect specific lung cells... Read more: www.vido.org/news/2025/ho...

VIDO, @usaskmed.bsky.social, and WCVM have received over $460K from @innovation.ca to bring cutting-edge cell sorting tech to campus! Housed at VIDO, this new hub will boost collaboration + speed discoveries that improve health for people & animals: www.vido.org/news/2025/ne... @usask.ca

🌾It’s Agriculture Week in SK! From crops to livestock, ag is at the ❤️ of our province. We’re proud to support the sector by protecting animal health, advancing food security, and strengthening resilience in our food systems. #CelebrateAg #HealthyPeopleHealthyAnimals

Great to connect in Halifax with Philippe Hébert, Dir. Gen. at Defence Research and Development Canada and Canada’s representative on NATO DIANA. Strong partnerships are key to advancing research and innovation that strengthen Canada’s health security and global resilience. 🍁 #Collaboration

What a week! 🎉From our Scientific Summit to the 50th Gala to celebrating our amazing team, thank you to everyone who joined us to mark 50 years of VIDO. The future of innovation, collaboration & impact starts now. #VIDOis50 @usask.ca

50 years ago today the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization, now Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, was founded at @usask.ca. Happy 50th Anniversary VIDO! #VIDOis50

Coming up at #VIDOis50 Scientific Summit: Enabling Technologies. Hear from innovators shaping the future of infectious disease research and vaccine development: 🔹 Dr. Nicolas Collin, Vaccine Formulation Institute 🔹Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien, Sick Kids 🔹 Dr. Steven Rayan, quanTA

The Bacteriology session at the VIDO Scientific Summit is here! Global experts are sharing the latest on bacterial pathogens, disease mechanisms, and prevention strategies: Dr. Joanne Flynn, Uni. of Pittsburgh Dr. Jörg Jores, Uni. of Bern Dr. Scott Gray-Owen, Uni. of Toronto

🎉 VIDO is celebrating 50 years of protecting health, food security & advancing infectious disease research. From vaccines to pandemic response, we’re preparing the world for future threats. Read more: bit.ly/3KAvTPu @usask.ca #VIDOis50

Researchers at VIDO have identified a new TB gene that could help guide safer, more effective vaccines. Their new vaccine approach worked as well as BCG while avoiding interference with TB skin tests. 🌍💉Read more 👉 bit.ly/3Io7Z9e @usask.ca @jeffchenmycolab.bsky.social

🚨 We're hiring for an animal technician! Apply now to join our team: vido.applytojobs.ca/veterinary%2... #WorkAtVIDO #WorkWithUs #Hiring #JoinOurTeam #ResearchCareers

📢 Today, VIDO and the International Vaccine Institute in South Korea reaffirmed our commitment to global health by renewing our MOU to strengthen vaccine R&D and pandemic preparedness. Read the full release: www.vido.org/news/2025/sa... @usask.ca

We were pleased to welcome Her Honour, the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Bernadette McIntyre and His Honour Rich McIntyre to meet the VIDO team and tour our facilities.

📣📣 We are hiring! Do you love caring for animals? Our Veterinary Research Services Team is looking for an animal attendant! For more info or to apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/veterinary%2...

New TB research! 🧫 A collab between VIDO & UBC shows the Parkinson’s drug benztropine may help immune cells fight TB. VIDO confirmed it works in infected mice using our CL3 labs. Great example of shared expertise in action. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44... #TBResearch #ScienceCollaboration

VIDO was proud to take part in the STI & HIV 2025 World Congress in Montreal this week. Our team shared insights on advancing vaccine research and emerging infectious diseases, and connected with global experts dedicated to improving public health. #STIHIV2025

VIDO is hiring! Join us to advance vaccine R&D, safeguard biosafety, and ensure quality in global health. ✨ Vaccine Dev Project Manager ✨ QA/QC Specialist ✨ Assistant Biosafety Officer Apply now: vido.org/careers/curr... #NowHiring #Careers #WorkAtVIDO #WorkWithUs

📣📣 We are hiring for a Vaccine Development Project Manager to coordinate scientific projects from proof-of-concept through to commercialization or out-licensing. For more info or to apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/vaccine%20de... #WorkatVIDO #WorkWithUs

Thank you to the @usaskmed.bsky.social Public Health & Preventive Medicine Residents for visiting VIDO today! You asked great questions, and we’re always glad to share how our work helps protect human and animal health. #USask #OneHealth @usask.ca

📢 We have a new opportunity for a Laboratory Assistant to join our team! The successful candidate will provide ongoing support to the Media and Glass Prep laboratory. For more information or to apply, visit: vido.applytojobs.ca/laboratory/4... #WorkAtVIDO #WorkWithUs

🚨 We're hiring! Join our team and help advance global health. Now recruiting for: 🐾 Animal Technician 🧪 Assistant Biosafety Officer ✅ QA/QC Specialist 🔬 Research Associate Apply now and be part of something world-changing: www.vido.org/careers/curr... #WorkAtVIDO #WorkWithUs #Hiring #JoinOurTeam

🚨Our new study out today in Nature Communications. Bats can asymptomatically host multiple viruses while remaining apparently healthy. Here we identify how interferon-mediated responses protect bats and identify molecular adaptations in GBP1. #LZCI Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Check out the latest preprint from @Rasmussen_Lab and the first for MSc student Marin Habbick, who led the project! The study explores how male and female mice respond differently to MERS-CoV. Females tolerated low doses—males didn’t. 🧫 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #WomenInSTEM #Virology

Today we had an excellent chat with several Saskatchewan MLAs sharing the importance of infectious disease research and its worldwide impact. #CanadianResearch

Great reception hosted by Premier Moe at the Premiers meeting—thanks to PM Carney, Premier Moe, Mayor Block & all of VIDO’s incredible supporters. A great day for Saskatchewan and our community! #BuildingABetterFutureTogether #USask @usask.bsky.social

Climate change is helping ticks spread — and so is Lyme disease. At VIDO, Dr. Jenny Wachter is uncovering how to stop it. Diagnostics. Treatments. Prevention. Read how: www.vido.org/news/2025/ti... #LymeDisease #Ticks #PublicHealth #VIDO

🚨 Nipah virus poses a future #pandemic risk. New cases in Kerala, India further highlight the need for a One Health approach. Read more in our recent interdisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborative article now published in @NatureMicrobiology #LZCI : www.nature.com/articles/s41...

VIDO is hiring a Research Technician to join Dr. @angierasmussen.bsky.social's lab studying emerging viruses (avian flu, Ebola, mpox, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2). Help advance pandemic preparedness! 📍 Saskatoon, SK 🔗 vido.applytojobs.ca/research/38682 #Virology #WorkAtVIDO

🚨 We're hiring for a Vaccine Development Centre Production Manager to lead our GMP vaccine production operations. Apply now: vido.applytojobs.ca/vaccine%20de... Be part of a team that's protecting global health and food security. #WorkAtVIDO #WorkWithUs

Thank you to PrairiesCan for visiting VIDO this week! We’re grateful for your ongoing support. Your partnership has been key to our growth and success in protecting human and animal health. Here’s to continuing this journey together. #VIDOis50 #Innovation #CanadianScience

📣🔬Join Our Growing Team! Are you ready to take the next step in your career? We're currently hiring for several positions. If you're a motivated professional looking for new opportunities, we want to hear from you! Learn more: www.vido.org/careers/curr... #WorkAtVIDO #WorkWithUs

📣📣 We are hiring for a Postdoctoral Fellow with expertise in organoid technology and development of microtissue models. For more info or to apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/research/38601 #WorkatVIDO #WorkWithUs

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