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Just two weeks left to apply to the IGNITION PhD Programme! We’re offering fully funded PhD positions. Join our team @humantechnopole.bsky.social to use cutting-edge human stem cell models to study immune mediated neurodegeneration. For more info check out: ignition-consortium.eu Please share 🙏

Fluorescent proteins with a quantum upgrade could offer unprecedented views inside cells - the next big thing in biology? go.nature.com/4llx0B5

We are looking for a postdoc to join our team! Interested in herpesvirus latency? Apply here: www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1...

We are looking for a postdoc to join our team! Interested in herpesvirus latency? Apply here: www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1...

@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social EBV reprograms autoreactive anti-CNS B cells as antigen presenting cells in multiple sclerosis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @stanforduniversity.bsky.social @shady-myounis.bsky.social

Two doses of Recombinant zoster vaccine reduces dementia risk 51% lower risk of dementia (in females > males) even accounting for healthy vacinee bias versus Tdap @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Virology Herpesviruses exploit a cellular membrane protein, once thought to transport chloride, to escape the nucleus by tapping into an ancient membrane fusion process

This ‘landmark’ study is now a Version of Record! It shows the #herpes simplex virus-1 uses innovative microscopy and x-ray tomography techniques to examine the roles of 9 proteins in viral formation. buff.ly/Qn8OXAC

Evidence from 14 research funding programmes confirms that early winners tend to keep winning (Matthew effect). But the idea that an early setback makes you stronger later doesn’t replicate widely. buff.ly/UEtcRd4

Check out are latest post discussing "Are Children Receiving too Many Vaccines?" virologyunmasked.com/2025/09/29/a...

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Great resource for the VZV community!

Het best werkende middel tegen alzheimer? Een vaccin dat gewoon verkrijgbaar is

#Herpes viruses are among the most widespread human viruses. Scientists have shown how HSV-1, known for oral and genital sores, assembles in cells thanks to advanced imaging techniques.

This is a very exciting study, which suggests that shingles vaccination protects against developing dementia. What could be the underlying mechanisms? Something that we should investigate! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

At least 95% measles vaccine coverage is needed in all communities to prevent #measles and stop outbreaks. The only way to prevent measles? Two doses of measles vaccine. Let’s close the gap and keep measles away!

Anaïs from my team presenting our work on VZV yesterday at the Dutch Annual Virology Symposium #DAVS.

The #measles vaccine has saved an estimated 5 lives every second since 2000. 👉Prevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine.

Our latest preprint is online! In which we take a left turn and dive head first into the biology of the RNA polymerase III transcriptome and epitranscriptome Do you want to know more? A small thread follows👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Happy to share our publication in #PlosPathogens investigating repression of varicella zoster virus in neuron-like cells: journals.plos.org/plospathogen... Thanks to @dandepledge.bsky.social and other colleagues for their contribution!

Anthony Fauci, vijf jaar geleden het gezicht van de Amerikaanse covidbestrijding, wordt nog altijd met de dood bedreigd door complotdenkers. „Ik redde miljoenen levens en word toch als vijand gezien.” https://buff.ly/40Y2Utx

First grant application of the year submitted; time for weekend!

Time for a fresh start in 2025, so let’s build a new network on this social medium platform - where “social” may actually mean something