Our PostDoc Richard contributed to a review on coronaviruses: From zoonotic spillover to endemicity: the broad determinants of human coronavirus tropism Together with @pfaenderlab.bsky.social he dives into the mechanisms that determine host specificity of CoVs. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

We helped identifying the kinase JNK as a host factor for successfull coronavirus infection. JNK regulates phosporylation of the the common cold human coronavirus 229E nuleocapsid protein. You can read about it in npj Viruses: www.nature.com/articles/s44... #TRACiR #corona #science #virus #rub

Apparently, we are on the right track here. Lets see, when we will reach 10 likes for one of our posts! 🤞

📖Publication Alert🚨 Our PhD student @sjanshoff.bsky.social published a paper on the prevalence of the emerging Alongshanvirus (ALSV) in horses across the Americas, Europe and Oceania 🐎🌍 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #TRACiR #virology #scicomm #teamscience

We are happy to announce the release of our new homepage: tracir.de Over there you can find everything about the team 🥼, our research 🔬, how to contact us 📲, and more! Go ahead and have a look 😎 #hepE #tracir #teamscience #scicomm #hepatitis #virology #science

As our group ist growing and a fresh homepage is on the way, we figured we need nice portraits and group photos 😎 So today @tremark.bsky.social from the @ruhr-uni-bochum.de media team visited our lab and we had a full blown photo shooting putting us into the spotlight 📸 #TRACiR #smile #science

🏊‍♀️🧪 Gold in the pool, precision in the lab: Our student Theresa Bechtel takes home 🥇🥇 at the 🇨🇭Swiss Championships – after 2x🥈 & 2x🥉 in the 🇩🇪Nationals this May! Excellent science and top-level sports? Absolutely compatible! @ruhr-uni-bochum.de #TRACiR #TeamScience #SwimFastThinkFaster #ProudSupervisor

What a milestone! Max successfully defended his PhD @ruhr-uni-bochum.de ! We are incredibly proud of his work, his dedication, and the journey we've taken together. From an idea to a full-grown project to a brilliant thesis – what a ride! Huge congrats, Dr. Nocke – couldn't have wished for more. 🚀🎓

Great first day at #ViBioM2025! If you are interested in our research @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, come find us anytime or stop by posters B05, B11, and B27!

🚀 Exciting Opportunity for #PostDocs! 🚀 Conduct research using scRNAseq, spatial transcriptomics, and HTS. Collaborate with computational and lab teams. Design experiments to investigate pathogen-host interactions. Make a difference in infection research! 🌟 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c...

US-Präsident Trump kürzt massiv Fördergelder für die Wissenschaft in den USA. Das hat auch direkte Auswirkungen auf die virologische Forschung in Europa und Deutschland und könnte die Pandemieforschung vor große Probleme stellen. Mehr dazu im Deutschlandfunk: www.deutschlandfunk.de/stand-up-for...

And that was that – the 34th annual virology meeting ended today, with awards and an outlook on the meeting next year in Heidelberg. We at the GfV are very grateful to the local organizing team from @leibnizliv.bsky.social, the many many helpers as well as catering and Conventus!

Welcome to day 3 in sunny Hamburg. #GfV2025

How to classify viral genome sequences? Maximilian Nocke from Ruhr University Bochum shows his work on applying sequence projection and k-means as novel approach for Orthohepevirinae genotyping and species assignment.

Ever experienced problems mining #virus sequence #databases? This might help: Max presenting his new method on sequence projection and k-means as novel approach for virus genotyping at #GfV2025 (@gesvirologie.bsky.social). Feel free to reach out!

Vor fünf Jahren gab es den ersten "Corona-Fall" in Deutschland. In zehn neuen Folgen blickt der Podcast "Coronavirus-Update" zurück und fragt, was wir für die Zukunft gelernt haben – u.a. mit GfV-Vizepräsidentin @ciesek.bsky.social und alt-Präsident Ralf Bartenschlager. www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

Hamburg will probably have the highest density of virologists in Germany in the next few days. Let's inform each other and everyone who couldn't make it at #GfV2025 Looking forward to many posts (BM)

We are off... Looking forward to exciting results and science presented over the next few days #GfV2025

How can medical virology quickly adapt scientifically and diagnostically to a pandemic caused by a new pathogen? Examples from Covid-19 – Sandra Ciesek recapitulates the work of her institute in the first months of the pandemic.

Prior to the GfV Meeting, the YoungPI working group met at the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for discussions and networking to help New PIs with a successful transition. Thanks to Marylyn Addo, Anja Ehrhardt and Chrstine Engeland who gave some insights from their experience.

Come and stop by booth no. 1 to learn more about the activities of the GfV #GfV2025

We are #hiring!! Exciting opportunity in our newly established department! Join us on an ambitious journey as we build new structures in the dynamic field of infection research—bridging computational approaches and wet lab experimentation. jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

Excited to announce my new role as head of the Translational and Computational Infection Research department at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Note the account name change! New challenges and opportunities ahead. Keep an eye out for job postings. Press release (in German): news.rub.de/leute/2025-0...

One of those rare and truly rewarding moments: holding the physical copy of a journal where our article made it to the cover! A huge thank you to the whole team for their incredible work that led to this success! journals.lww.com/hep/fulltext...

The YoungPI working group aims to help junior group leaders and Junior-Profs. without a permanent position in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to connect with other PIs and get tips&tricks in their new role. As YoungPI to join this community, we opened an Email list for 2025. youngpi.g-f-v.org (BM)

Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3BrCtUn

Here is part 2 of the list. go.bsky.app/TWLffWH

Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list! go.bsky.app/SinqoJU

Unraveling Hepatitis E virus in neurons: A novel human model shows HEV impacts neurite growth with limited immune response. A step closer to understanding HEV-associated neurological disorders! #VirusBioinformatics #HEV #Neurovirology 📄 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... EVBC👤: @compvirol.bsky.social

Call for Abstracts: International DFG/DZIF Joint Meeting on Viral Infections of the Liver and the Heart 📅 January 17–18, 2025 | 📍 Berlin, Germany Please spread the word! Only few more weeks to register! www.mhh.de/berlin-liver...

Mark your calendars 📅 More information will follow in the upcoming weeks!

How cool, our paper is featured in Nature Communications @natureportfolio.bsky.social for #WorldHepatitisDay 2024. Learn more about #WHD2024 here: www.biomedcentral.com/p/worldhepat...

So happy to see our latest study finally online! It has been a long journey since we started almost six years ago. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great news! Richard from our group just published our newest findings on #Sars-CoV-2 cell entry in PNAS. Check out the press release below with a link to the OA article. Thanks to #BMBF for funding our research group in infection biology! news.rub.de/english/pres...

Let this be the theme for the upcoming days #ViBioM2024

Team Bochum @ruhr-uni-bochum.de on the way to @evbc.bsky.social #ViBioM2024. Looking forward to exciting days packed with cool #science and meeting friends and colleagues.

Hepatitis E virus RNA detected in wastewater and river samples in Northrhine Westphalia, Germany. Find out how our new study adds to surveillance strategies and variant tracing. Thanks to all partners @ruhrunibochum.bsky.social, UK Essen, UFZ Leipzig Art onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Awesome surprise at the end of GASL2024: André Gömer from our group @ruhrunibochum.bsky.social received a poster award for his work on the evolution of sofosbuvir resistance-associated variants in hepatitis E virus infection. Congrats, and enjoy your drinkable prize 👏🥳

Our newest paper just got published 🥳. Novel insights into evolutionary dynamics of hepatitis E virus during combination treatment with sofosbuvir and ribavirin in two chronic patients. Thanks to all who contributed! Press: news.rub.de/english/pres... Article: www.jhep-reports.eu/article/S258...