Teaching influenza? Here is a nice compilation of short reviews on various flu aspects. (BS) www.nature.com/collections/...

The 3rd Annual Meeting of the YoungPI Working Group - for Junior Profs. and Group Leaders - will take place in Heidelberg, on the 16th and 17th March 2026, just before the start of the GfV Meeting. Registrations are now open: youngpi.g-f-v.org/events/

🏊Top sport meets cutting-edge science!🔬 Proud to have Theresa in our team who was honoured by the principal of the @ruhr-uni-bochum.de for her athletic performances this year 💪 This calls for a cake celebration before closing the year 🍰🎉 #TRACiR #teamscience news.rub.de/vermischtes/...

"Neuer Influenza-Subtyp: Was in dieser Grippesaison zu erwarten ist"- dazu nehmen @klausueberla.bsky.social und @ulrike-protzer.bsky.social im folgenden Beitrag Stellung 👇 (HMB) www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesun...

Want to learn more about Hepatitis E virus? This episode of "This Week in Virology" from @microbetv.bsky.social features Xiang-Jin Meng talking about our favorite zoonotic disease. Still, there is so much we have to discover 🔬 Great episode! #HEV #TRCiR #scicomm #hepatitis #virology

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE Join us on December 2nd, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “Selecting a Good Title for a Publication” by Sarah Peterl. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

Die Situation mit der H5N1-"Vogelgrippe" ist besorgniserregend– unglaublich viele Vögel (einschl. Nutzgeflügel) sind in 🇩🇪 bereits an dem Virus verendet oder mussten gekeult werden. Auch Säugetiere (Stichwort: Rinder) können sich anstecken. Unsere aktuelle Stelllungnahme: g-f-v.org/stellungnahm...

Getting ready for single cell sequencing! Yesterday we had training on the Chromium GEM-X device from @10xgenomics.bsky.social that we recently set up in our lab. Excited to apply this fascinating technology in our future projects and collabs on hepatitis E virus infection! #HEV #Scicomm #TRACiR

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE Join us on November 4th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “BSL-4” by PD Dr. Thomas Hoenen. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

🦠 Abstract submission for the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology is open! Share your research with the virology community and help shape the scientific dialogue next year in Heidelberg. 🕐 Deadline: Jan 4, 2026 🔗 virology-meeting.de/programme-ab... #GfV2026 #virology #virologymeeting

Short update: During #HCVFlavi2025, our recap of the second Hepatitis E Symposium as part of the International @dfg.de / @dzif.bsky.social Joint Meeting on Viral Infections of the Liver and the Heart in Berlin was published in Liver International: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #HepE #HEV

Wrap-up for this years #HCVFlavi2025 meeting. It was a great conference with lots of new input. Can't wait to take the new ideas to the lab. See you all next year in Copenhagen for #HCVFlavi2026!

The website for next year’s #HCVFlavi2026 meeting is up! Please find it here: hcv-flavi2026.org #HCV #Flavivirus #Virus

Had a great time presenting at this year's HCV Flavi Meeting in Singapore. Big thanks to the organizers and everyone for the lively, insightful discussions! #HCVFlavi2025

While enjoying the 2025 version of the #HCVFlavi2025 meeting in Singapore, mark your calendars for the 2026 edition #HCVFlavi2026 in Copenhagen! #HCV #Virus

🎉 Exciting news: my PhD project @daothilab.bsky.social has been published in #PLoS Pathogens! I investigated how the #hepatitis E virus ORF2 protein counteracts antiviral responses, contributing to persistent viral replication. A huge thank you to all collaborators! 🙏🏻 🔗 share.google/WwIT43Su3KOP...

Proud of Lizandro Rivera-Rangel and @drjanina.bsky.social from the lab presenting on how the #HCV RNA 5’ FAD cap leads to evasion of translational repression at #HCVFlavi2025 in Singapore 👏🏻

Representing RUB @ruhr-uni-bochum.de at #HCVFlavi2025 conference. If you are on-site and interested in #hepatitisE check out Posters 10-15 to learn what's cooking I'm our labs @mmv-rub.bsky.social and www.tracir.de 🥣🚀

Kick-off to #HCVFlavi2025! We are looking forward to exciting talks and to discuss our science with old and new friends. Thrilling days in Singapore ahead 🇸🇬 🚀

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!