The first meeting of the European Union Reference Laboratories network is a milestone for the Health Union www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

@refineproject.bsky.social partner Olli Vapalahti is organizing the 11th European Meeting on Viral Zoonoses 20-23 September 2025 in the sunny French Côte d’Azur . Abstract submission is now open! Deadline for submissions is 12.5. Read more about the meeting here: www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...

The laboratories will support national public health laboratories by facilitating data comparability and capacity strengthening on laboratory methods at the EU level. This includes efforts to align diagnostics and testing for surveillance, notification and reporting. Read more: bit.ly/4fQhx7D

The six laboratories cover the following areas: ➡️ #AMR - #AntimicrobialResistance in bacteria ➡️ Vector-borne viral pathogens ➡️ Emerging, rodent-borne and zoonotic viral pathogens ➡️ High-risk, emerging and zoonotic bacterial pathogens ➡️ #Legionella ➡️ #Diphtheria and #pertussis

The University of Padova is hosting one of the EU Reference Laboratories for Public Heath. Congrats Luisa Barzon!

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On this International Day of #EpidemicPreparedness, we highlight the critical importance of #research and international #collaboration in preventing and responding to global health threats, strengthening global resilience against emerging infectious diseases. www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/raising...

🦟 By uniting 13 partners across 7 countries EU and Colombia, we are investigating the mechanisms of yellow fever vaccine-induced immunity, paving the way for new vaccines against dengue, Zika. As climate change extends the reach of disease-carrying mosquitoes, this research is more urgent than ever