💡1st Adriatic School on Immunometabolism 📍Veli Lošinj, 🇭🇷 🗓️ Oct 18–22, 2026 A new school for early-career scientists exploring immunometabolism. Keynotes, talks, posters & networking with leading international experts in an interactive setting + social program. ℹ️ on registration, program & travel👇

Interesting lunch seminar via Zoom at the next #GBMlunch on April 22.

We’re hiring a Junior Group Leader - AI in immunotherapy - to join our team at the earliest possible date. The position is embedded within my Chair and the Chair of Cellular Immunotherapy (Michael Hudecek), and connected to CAIDAS center for AI. med.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/03...

Special lecture held by Sakaguchi!

#LongCovid: Nicht mit psychischen Störungen wie Depression zu verwechseln - die Fachgesellschaften für Psychosomatik und Psychiatrie betonen somatischen Ursprung postviraler Syndrome und gehen auf Distanz zur Neurologie-Gesellschaft www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...

Ein interessanter Beitrag von @ciesek.bsky.social !

Congratulations to Professor Antonia Ho on winning the Fleming Prize Award! #Microbio26

🐭 In a mouse model of Helicobacter infection, loss of endogenous glucocorticoids drove inflammation, autoimmunity and dysplasia even after bacterial clearance 🔗 linking immune dysregulation to cancer risk. ➡️ https://ow.ly/y4Fo50YIun2 🏷️ #AIG #GastricCancer #Immunology

Heute 18:40 Uhr 🧐 dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/053/2...

Single-cell RNA-seq of the rare virosphere reveals the native hosts of giant viruses in the marine environment www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Summer School for PostDocs organized by FEMS

Etwa die Hälfte der Weltbevölkerung lebt in Risikogebieten für das #Dengue-Virus. Mit dem #Klimawandel & der Ausbreitung der #Tigermücke kann es zunehmend auch in Europa auftreten. Mehr Einzelheiten hört ihr im Podcast #viroLOGISCH von Florian Krammer. virologisch.podigee.io/38-38-dengue...

There's still time to book your space at our upcoming David Attenborough Lecture with Dr Roger Highfield, as he explains why science matters in today's age of misinformation. Register now: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/04/attenborough-prize-lecture/

Langfristige kardiovaskuläre Auswirkungen einer COVID-19-Infektion bei Kindern »Selbst ohne manifeste Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankung weisen Kinder mit einer vorangegangenen SARS-CoV-2-Infektion anhaltende subklinische Herzveränderungen und Symptome auf. Diese Ergebnisse …

Nature research paper: Synthetic super-enhancers enable precision viral immunotherapy go.nature.com/4soUwPI

Informationen für die #Antragstellung bei der @dfg.de!

#Shingles can hit younger than you think ... | #virus | #MicroSky | #varicellazoster | #Chickenpox | #infection | By @amilnetyte.bsky.social via @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/04/06/n...

Hello RNA Community! @rnasociety.bsky.social You are invited to join the next RNA Collaborative Seminar on Wednesday, April 8th at 10 am ET, 4PM CET. Seminar is hosted by Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB) and University of Michigan. Registration link below us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Bericht zur Impfakzeptanz in Deutschland von @ideberitlange.bsky.social

There's still much to understand about microbiomes. If you're hungry to learn, here's a good place to start. Explore expert reviews covering advances in omics, bioinformatics, molecular microbiology, and animal models in this thematic issue: academic.oup.com/femsre/pages...

The Federation of European Microbiological Societies is looking for an Events Programme Officer. In this role, you will work closely with our Events Manager to deliver impactful programmes, curate essential content, and support researchers in sharing their work. View the vacancy👉 buff.ly/ZovRCOW

Only 2 weeks left to submit your application for the FEMS Summer School for Postdocs, taking place 26–31 August in Porto, Portugal! Curious about what awaits you in Porto? 🌅 Get a sneak peek into your week at the summer school: buff.ly/ANhKb4T buff.ly/ANhKb4T

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Have a look, here is the latest DFG Report on diversity.

Am 14. April sprechen wir im Lunchtalk über die Rollen von Wissenschaft und #Wisskomm in polarisierten Debatten! Wir freuen uns auf das Gespräch mit @nilskumkar.bsky.social und Lily Tonger-Erk @evidentia.bsky.social! Jetzt anmelden und mitdiskutieren: eveeno.com/375438775 @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de

Gratulation, Stephanie!

Congratulations!

Mandatory maternal syphilis screening may have temporarily increased case detection rates. Read more: ow.ly/3W1750YxOXo

U.K.’s deadly #meningitis #outbreak shows importance of #vaccination ... | #UnitedKingdom | #meningococcal | #antibiotic | #infections | By @laurenjyoung.bsky.social via @sciam.bsky.social

The EMBO Young Investigator Network consists of young investigators, installation grantees and global investigators. 🧪 Find more information on the individual programmes here: https://www.embo.org/the-embo-communities/embo-young-investigator-network/ #LifeSciences #research #funding

It begins 🤩 Ralf Bartenschlager @ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social formally welcoming the #gfv2026 attendees!

Session on virus-host interaction with a special focus on extracellular vesicles! Session opened by Esther Nolte-t Hoen on picornaviruses released in EVs (quasienvelope). #gfv2026

This yearˋs Löffler-Frosch-Medal for his lifetime achievements and contributions to virology goes to our former president Prof. Ralf Bartenschlager @ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social! So greatly deserved, congratulations, Ralf! #gfv2026

So many colleagues attending 🤩 A bit surprised how few of you are posting on Bluesky 🦋. Everybody: let’s post a photo of ourselves and/or our groups and tag it with #gfv2026, shall we? 🤩

Work hard, play hard… …work hard again 😅 Fantastic down-to-earth Mensa dinner and party last night, and starting off the last day on time! #gfv2026

Spectacular Keynote opening our last day at #gfv2026: Nobel laureate Charlie Rice presenting an overview of his incredibly successful journey through science.

The lecture hall is packed already for the very first session (>900 participants registered!) 😳 Prof. Wendy Barclay is kicking off the scientific session with insights into Influenza virus host range. #gfv2026

Die Hochschule München lädt Frauen* mit Interesse an einer Hochschulprofessur ein, um sie über das Berufsbild zu informieren.   Zeit: 21. Mai 2026, 17:00-19:30 Uhr Ort: Raum A104, Lothstraße 34, Hochschule München Kontakt & Anmeldung: eveeno.com/268796908

Vaccines don’t just prevent disease, they also help fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) 💉 By reducing infections, vaccines reduce the need for antibiotics. Watch our short video on this: https://microb.io/4bp7IO5 #KOAMR #NationalVaccineDay #AMR

New online event! In “Struggles and Growth: My Postdoctoral Journey”, Madhumitha Narasimhan will share insights into her career path and her role as an Associate Editor at Nature Communications. 🗓 7 April | 4:00 pm | Online (Zoom) Registration via the following link: gbm-online.de/de/nachwuchs...

New review out! Bacterial pathogens diversify to survive during infection - using bet-hedging and division of labor to generate specialized subpopulations. We explore how host signal actively drive this process www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Heute wurde im Wissenschaftsausschuss NRW die Novelle des Hochschulgesetzes diskutiert, u.a. mit neuen gesetzlichen Regelungen zu #Machtmissbrauch und #Diskriminierung. Zur Aufzeichnung: www.landtag.nrw.de/home/mediath... #IchbinTina #IchbinReyhan #IchbinHanna #TVStud #PDprekär

Warum erkranken Männer häufiger und schwerer an #Tuberkulose? Neue Forschung vom @fzborstel.bsky.social zeigt in einem Mausmodell: Nicht nur Lebensstil, sondern auch #Hormone, #Gene und unterschiedliche #Immunreaktionen spielen eine Rolle. via #Deutschlandfunk www.deutschlandfunk.de/geschlechter...

Wie haben Erfahrungen in der Pandemie das Vertrauen von Forschenden in den Journalismus beeinflusst? Mehr dazu plus Forschung zu Hochschulkommunikation und Himmelsbeobachtungen gibt's im neuen #Wisskomm-Forschungsrückblick 👇 www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/vertrauen-wi...

In Westdeutschland ist der Internationale #Frauentag noch eine vergleichsweise neue Tradition. Infect-Net Mitglied Vera Kozjak-Pavlovic teilt dazu ihre persönlichen Erfahrungen und Gedanken – und einige spannende historische Hintergründe. Lesenswert! infectnet.org/archive/4615... #WomenInScience

DPEP2 suppresses hyperinflammation via metabolic reprogramming of macrophages in sepsis www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natcomms.nature.com

Immune-microbiome coordination defines interferon setpoints in healthy humans @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @spitzerlab.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @joelbabdor.bsky.social @pennmedicine.bsky.social

Human liver-derived organoids recapitulate Oropouche virus infection and manifestation, enabling antiviral drug discovery @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Herzlichen Glückwunsch @jeaninerismondo.bsky.social 🥳🥳