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🫁 Heute ist Welt-Pneumonia-Tag! Noch immer sterben weltweit zu viele Kinder an #Lungenentzündung. Dr. Cláudia Vilhena von der FAU Erlangen hat die wichtigsten Fakten zur #Pneumonie für uns zusammengestellt: 👉 www.infectnet.org/web/blog-pos... @fau.de @cvilhena.bsky.social #wpd2025 #pneumoniaday

Wusstet ihr, das eine #Apothekenreform geplant ist? 👨‍🔬👨‍⚕️ Diese sieht u.a. vor das Apotheker:innen zukünftig neben Grippe- und Covid-19-Impfungen auch alle Totimpfstoffe verabreichen dürfen. Mehr Informationen findet ihr hier 👇👇👇 www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/ministerium/...

Are you setting up your own life science lab and feel that you could use some input on leadership skills? Maybe this workshop is for you:

Thrilled to be part of this amazing team working to uncover how the human microbiome protects us from colonisation and infection by non-typhoidal Salmonella. Exciting science ahead! #Microbiome #InfectionBiology #Salmonella #TeamScience

🥇 What an honour! We are celebrating our advisory board member Prof. Ulrike Protzer for being awarded with the "Bundesverdienstkreuz” (Federal Cross of Merit) in recognition of her outstanding contributions to #virology. 💜 We are proud and happy that she has been shaping Infect-Net with us!

👩‍⚕️👩🏾‍⚕️ Frauen in #Medizin & #Pharma: Connect & Collaborate! 🤝 Tillotts Pharma GmbH veranstaltet ein Netzwerk-Event speziell für euch: 📅 Mittwoch, 26. November 2025 🕟 18:30 Uhr 📍 Courtyard by Marriott Düsseldorf Hafen Speditionstraße 11, 40221 Düsseldorf #CDifficile #Vernetzung #Frauenkarrieren #Tillotts

Useful Info when you look into professorships in Germany. @gesvirologie.bsky.social @infect-net.bsky.social www.academics.de/ratgeber/geh...

Interessant! @gesvirologie.bsky.social @infect-net.bsky.social 👇🏼

New paper from the Nouailles Lab! 🧬 @mucosalimmunol.bsky.social Co–first authors Sarah Berger, @cgokeri.bsky.social & Peter Pennitz show that CXCL5 not only attracts neutrophils but also weakens the lung barrier in pneumonia. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.mu... #LungInjury #Pneumonia #CXCL5

The first Vibrio isolates from the Baltic Sea are now growing on our plates. 🧫 By testing them, we aim to learn more about their characteristics and potential resistance patterns. Exciting to see the first results taking shape. #Vibrio #OneHealth #AMR #Microbiology #BalticSea

Excited to share our new paper! Tepsin and AP4 mediate transport from the trans-Golgi to the plant-like vacuole in Toxoplasma gondii. A great collaboration between the Meissner, Jiménez-Ruiz, and Dacks labs 🙌 #Toxoplasma #Apicomplexa #Golgi #CellBiology #Parasites

🎯 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 – 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐬! 📅 Workshop Details (Limited to 8 participants) 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: January 20, 2026 (online) 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 1, 2025 Led by: Dr. Beate Scholz (Scholz CTC GmbH) Not a member of the GBM-YI? You can register here: gbm-online.de/de/young-inv...

Virologists, time to submit your abstracts!

Mentoring ist underestimated by many young researchers, but can be extremely helpful for a successful career in research.

Sexual fate decision in malaria parasites - There is still so much to discover! @spp2225.bsky.social @infect-net.bsky.social Pink or blue: sex determination in malaria gametocytes: Trends in Parasitology www.cell.com/trends/paras...

🏆 10s across the board! Prof Ulrike Protzer received the #GermanMedicalAward2025 for "Female Doctor of the Year"! She heads the #virology institutes at @tum.de and @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social and has been a leading part of Infect-Net from the start. Congratulations and thank you so much! 💜🤗 #win

🤝 Wir geben den Insta-Account weiter – an die nächste Generation Infektionsforscherinnen! Die Essener Doktorandinnen Paula, Eva und Isabel zeigen ab Oktober, was Forschung im Laboralltag wirklich bedeutet: Neugier, Teamwork und ganz viel Frauenpower. 👩‍🔬👩‍⚕️💥 👉 instagram.com/infect_net #instagram

Thanks so much for the great discussions and warm welcome! I had a wonderful time and was really impressed by the inspiring scientists, diverse projects, and fascinating techniques at the @cemess.bsky.social.

Yesterday’s NGMI3 symposium @fzborstel.bsky.social was a real highlight 🎉 Great keynotes, inspiring discussions & a lot of fun! Many thanks to #NDI3, #Nordinfect & Oliver JT who did such a great job👏 @oneyrolles.bsky.social, @maxgg.bsky.social, Susanne Häussler, Silke Meiners & Christian Karsten!

#SARS-CoV-2 wave starting early in the respiratory virus season as last year. Possibly Covid booster #vaccinations should start in September if this pattern holds true in the upcoming years. #health #staysafe

What a powerful women, scientist, politician and influencer. R.I.P.

The #BIDlab is 1 year old! 🎂🙏🏻👩🏻‍🔬🎉🥳👯 🧵#1 On Oct 1st 2024 we started this crazy journey: 1 junior group leader, 1 PhD student, a small office and a tiny budget. Ups&downs and a lot of hard work later, we have enlarged the group, got funding in, have 1 accepted paper and

🥇 Wir gratulieren Virologin Dr. Frauke Mücksch vom Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg zum Life Science Bridge Award für die Erforschung der Latenzmechanismen von HI-Viren. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Frauke! 🧬💜 @fraukemuecksch.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social #GenderAwardGap #HIV

This year's “Life Sciences Bridge Award ” goes to Dr. Judith Feucht, Dr. Frauke Mücksch and Dr. Varun Venkataramani. Congratulations! Read more: www.aventis-foundation.org and bridge.aventis-foundation.org

Mutter und Wissenschaftlerin: ein großes Thema, dass viele Forscherinnen beschäftigt. Unser Partnerprojekt Moms@Science von der PH Freiburg möchte Mütter, ihre Strategien und Herausforderungen sichtbarer machen. Macht mit oder folgt ihnen auf Social Media! @momsatscience.bsky.social 💜🤱🏽 #mutter

Wanna Join? Wenn du Teil des Projektes sein willst, uns eine Mutter in der Wissenschaft empfehlen möchtest oder du dich für unsere Austauschtreffen interessierst, freuen wir uns über deine Nachricht 🤝 Und falls du Fragen oder Anmerkungen hast, kannst du uns auch gerne kontaktieren 💪

Hallo 👋 Wir sind Moms@Science, ein vom BMFTR gefördertes Forschungsprojekt, zur Sichtbarmachung von Müttern in der Wissenschaft. Von nun an möchten wir mit unserem Social-Media-Account darauf aufmerksam machen und unsere Forschungsergebnisse mit euch teilen! Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch🤝

PhD position in my team! Join me in the new Graduate School ACME (www.mhh.de/en/institute...). 65% TVL 13 for 4 years integrated into the Hannover Medical School; the ACME program starts in April 2026, but joining us earlier is possible. 1/3 @gesvirologie.bsky.social @infect-net.bsky.social

✨ Das 6. Netzwerktreffen von Infect-Net in #Jena war wieder eine wunderbare Veranstaltung mit spannenden Vorträgen, motivierenden Diskussionen und voller schöner Momente. Vielen Dank an alle Referentinnen und Teilnehmerinnen: ihr macht Infect-Net erfolgreich! 💜 📸 Heiko Hellmann | UKJ #Frauennetzwerk

📢 #𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: The new DZIF Start-up Fund supports spin-offs in translational infection research. The initiative focuses on developing innovative #AntiInfectives. Selected projects will receive up to €500,000 in financial support. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽? 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲👇 t1p.de/lw53h

After lunch, we get insights into Nanopore sequencing by Isabel Abellan-Schneyder @nanoporetech.com

And the final talk of the day is held by Noriko Cassman on VirJenDB, a database on a FAIR data and bioinformatic platform for viruses @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social #support #databases

Now, Romy Skusa points out why it is important to implement phage testing routine and how this could be done using a standardized agar-based approach #phagetherapy #bacteriophages

And now on to science. @geraldinen.bsky.social presents insights into her research on respiratory pathogens and mucosal immunity #singlecellsequencing #SARS-CoV-2

And now a big shoutout to @amarillion.bsky.social, the best Infect-Net coordinator! You were always supportive, open-minded, creative and a big help. You will be absolutely missed! THANK YOU! #grateful #creativemind #thankyou

Start of day 2 of the Infect-Net Networking Meeting. @amarillion.bsky.social presents the goals and activities of Infect-Net e.V. #femalescientists #infectionbiology #visibility #Teamwork

Last talk for the day by Antje Häder about altered Influenza A Virus infection dynamics by TERC-mediated host signaling in lung tissue #UniversitätsklinikumJena #Influenza #TERC

After cake, fruits and coffee we continue with a talk from @sandrareuter.bsky.social on tracking clonal and plasmid transmission for infection prevention and control #UniversitätsklinikFreiburg #sequencing

Keynote lecture by Lia van der Hoek from @amsterdamumc.bsky.social who is an expert on virus discovery on Novel viruses, old techniques #virology #diseases #VIDISCA

Stefanie Deinhardt-Emmer introduces Photonic approaches for Virus research such as Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Raman Spectroscopy and Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) #UniversitätsklinikumJena #Leibniz-IPHT #microscopy #virology

And now on to research...Bettina Löffler gives insights into the development novel biomaterials that prevent bacterial infections usually occuring on implants #RTG2723 #infectionprevention #materialscience #microbiology

Bettina Löffler is now presenting the programme for the next two days focussed on Sequencing, Diagnostics and Bioinformatics #virusresearch #phages #NGS @oxfordnanopore.bsky.social

Opening of the 6. Infect-Net Networkmeeting in Jena by @gabrielepradel.bsky.social #femalescientists #visibility

Ein Forschungsteam unter Leitung von @schauflerlab.org @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social wies in einer Studie antibiotikaresistente Bakterien im Greifswalder Bodden nach. Bei @katapult-mv.bsky.social spricht sie über die Ergebnisse, Risiken & die möglichen Gegenmaßnahmen. katapult-mv.de/artikel/bakt...

Sie ist da: Die 1. Ausgabe meines #ArbeitInDerWiss Newsletters bei Steady, wo der Newsletter ab jetzt 1 neues Zuhause hat! 🤩 & dann auch noch 1 gemeinsamer Text mit @drkeichhorn.bsky.social! 🥰 Es geht um Kürzungen an Hochschulen & warum es nun Solidarität mit Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften braucht.

🏆 Fighting the Gender Award Gap: Microbiologist Prof Dr Lisa Maier from @unituebingen.bsky.social received the main award of the German Association for #Microbiology and Hygiene at the #DGHM meeting in Jena. Congratulations to @lisamaierlab.bsky.social we are proud of you! 💜 📸 Gabriele Pradel

🔎 Find us at the 77th #DGHM Meeting in #Jena! Gabriele Pradel, Anja Lührmann, Sandra Reuter, Bärbel Stecher and others are happy to tell you more about our German network for women in infection research! 💜 👩‍🔬@gabrielepradel.bsky.social @sandrareuter.bsky.social @baerboletta.bsky.social

🏁 A good start: Infect-Net members Stefanie Deinhardt-Emmer and Manja Marz proudly introduced the invited lecture by Lia van der Hoek at the 77th DGHM Meeting in Jena. 💜 📸: Vera Voltersen #DGHM #Infectnet #Coronaviruses #Microbiology

🏆 Congratulations to Stephanie Wehner @stephwehner.bsky.social for receiving this year's Körber European Science Prize for her work on digital communication with quantum speed! ⚛️👩‍💻 🧠 Seeing women snatching science trophies is so inspiring!💜 📸: Marcus Gloger/Körber-Stiftung @koerber-ip.bsky.social