Werner Ouwendijk
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Assistant Professor @ dept. ViroScience, Erasmus MC Herpesviruses and neurodegenerative diseases
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Oliver Harschnitz
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Just two weeks left to apply to the IGNITION PhD Programme! Weāre 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
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Nature
18 days ago
Fluorescent proteins with a quantum upgrade could offer unprecedented views inside cells - the next big thing in biology?
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Why āquantum proteinsā could be the next big thing in biology
Nature - Fluorescent proteins with a quantum upgrade could offer unprecedented views inside cells.
https://go.nature.com/4llx0B5
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We are looking for a postdoc to join our team! Interested in herpesvirus latency? Apply here:
www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1...
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Vacature: Postdoc Researcher in Molecular Virology of Herpesviruses
Herpesviruses are an important cause of severe diseases. Once infected, the virus establishes a lifelong latent infection, which allows it to reactivate later in life. Our team aims to elucidate the v...
https://www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1257789/postdoc-researcher-molecular-virology-herpesviruses-2673
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We are looking for a postdoc to join our team! Interested in herpesvirus latency? Apply here:
www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1...
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Vacature: Postdoc Researcher in Molecular Virology of Herpesviruses
Herpesviruses are an important cause of severe diseases. Once infected, the virus establishes a lifelong latent infection, which allows it to reactivate later in life. Our team aims to elucidate the v...
https://www.werkenbijerasmusmc.nl/en/vacancy/1257789/postdoc-researcher-molecular-virology-herpesviruses-2673
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Waggoner Lab
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EBV reprograms autoreactive anti-CNS B cells as antigen presenting cells in multiple sclerosis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Waggoner Lab
about 1 month ago
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...
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Nature Communications
2 months ago
#Virology
Herpesviruses exploit a cellular membrane protein, once thought to transport chloride, to escape the nucleus by tapping into an ancient membrane fusion process
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ER protein CLCC1 promotes nuclear envelope fusion in herpesviral and host processes - Nature Communications
Herpesvirales utilize a unique nuclear egress route for capsid export. Here the authors show that herpesviruses exploit a cellular membrane protein, once thought to transport chloride, to facilitate membrane fusion and egress from the nucleus.
http://dlvr.it/TQNpCz
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eLife
3 months ago
This ālandmarkā 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.
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eLife
5 months ago
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 doesnāt replicate widely.
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6 months ago
Check out are latest post discussing "Are Children Receiving too Many Vaccines?"
virologyunmasked.com/2025/09/29/a...
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Are Children Receiving Too many Vaccines?
Molly Cavanaugh, September 2025 From the time of my birth in 2000 to when I turned 18, I received 55 different shots to prevent 16 different diseases.Ā Diptheria, tetanus, whooping cough, Haemā¦
https://virologyunmasked.com/2025/09/29/are-children-receiving-too-many-vaccines/
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great resource for the VZV community!
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Multi-proteomic profiling of the varicella-zoster virusāhost interface reveals host susceptibilities to severe infection - Nature Microbiology
Proteomic characterization of varicella-zoster virusāhost protein interactions and infection-induced changes in a neuronal cell line identifies potential targets for drug discovery and molecular insig...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02068-7
7 months ago
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de Volkskrant
9 months ago
Het best werkende middel tegen alzheimer? Een vaccin dat gewoon verkrijgbaar is
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Het best werkende middel tegen alzheimer? Een vaccin dat gewoon verkrijgbaar is
https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/het-best-werkende-middel-tegen-alzheimer-een-vaccin-dat-gewoon-verkrijgbaar-is%7Eb4f3280d/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1751062961
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eLife
11 months ago
#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.
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Viruses: How herpes is assembled
A combination of imaging techniques reveals how herpes simplex virus type 1 assembles within infected cells, highlighting the roles of essential viral proteins in viral assembly and exit.
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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...
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A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08800-x
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WHO
12 months ago
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. Letās close the gap and keep measles away!
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AnaĆÆs from my team presenting our work on VZV yesterday at the Dutch Annual Virology Symposium
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about 1 year ago
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WHO
about 1 year ago
The
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vaccine has saved an estimated 5 lives every second since 2000. šPrevent measles by getting vaccinated with two doses of the measles vaccine.
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Dan Depledge
about 1 year ago
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 followsš
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Defining expansions and perturbations to the RNA polymerase III transcriptome and epitranscriptome by modified direct RNA nanopore sequencing
RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribes cytosolic transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and other non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) essential to cellular function. However, many aspects of Pol III transcription and processin...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.07.641986v1
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Viejo-Borbolla Lab
about 1 year ago
Happy to share our publication in
#PlosPathogens
investigating repression of varicella zoster virus in neuron-like cells:
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Thanks to
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and other colleagues for their contribution!
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Repression of varicella zoster virus gene expression during quiescent infection in the absence of detectable histone deposition
Author summary Varicella zoster virus (VZV) establishes latent infection exclusively in human neurons. This phase of infection is characterized by restricted viral gene expression, lack of detectable ...
https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1012367
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NRC
about 1 year ago
Anthony Fauci, vijf jaar geleden het gezicht van de Amerikaanse covidbestrijding, wordt nog altijd met de dood bedreigd door complotdenkers. āIk redde miljoenen levens en word toch als vijand gezien.ā
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Arts Anthony Fauci: āIk redde miljoenen levens en word toch als vijand gezienā
Anthony Fauci | Arts en immunoloog: Anthony Fauci, vijf jaar geleden het gezicht van de Amerikaanse covidbestrijding, wordt nog altijd met de dood bedreigd door complotdenkers. āMensen maken op grondā¦
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First grant application of the year submitted; time for weekend!
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Time for a fresh start in 2025, so letās build a new network on this social medium platform - where āsocialā may actually mean something
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