We are excited to announce the Latsis Symposium 2026: The history of epidemics – are there lessons for the future? latsis-epidemics.ethz.ch We have a great lineup of international speakers - true leaders in this field. The symposium is held at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, from the (1/2)

Auf Tinder kann man Dates neuerdings nach Körpergrösse filtern. Welche Rolle man der Körpergrösse schon immer zuspielte, zeige sich auch in der Sprache, sagt der Historiker Kaspar Staub: «Man schaut zu jemanden hoch, auf jemanden herab oder begegnet jemandem auf Augenhöhe.» Die ganze Geschichte:

We were part of another viral aRNA study that was just published. In this work spearheaded by Christian Urban in the lab of Verena Schuenemann, a new protocol was assessed (good for short fragments) and a seventh 1918 flu genome was completely sequenced bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

🦠 A Swiss research team @unibas.ch University of Zurich has reconstructed the country’s first 1918 influenza genome. The study offers key insights into how the deadly virus adapted to humans— to better understand and prepare for future pandemics. #Influenza #RNA #PaleoGenomics vist.ly/3xsad