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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We had an amazing time at #NIDO2026 in Hong Kong! 🇭🇰🦠 We contributed four talks and one poster, covering virus replication, entry, and vaccine/antiviral development. Thanks to the organisers for a fantastic meeting and to everyone for the stimulating discussions. See you in Banff in 2029!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This week, we had our biannual away day, a valuable opportunity to step away from the bench and connect as a team. We heard career talks from our principal investigators, as well as guest speakers who shared perspectives on career paths beyond academia. A big thanks to the organising committee!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Congratulations to Jelle Melchers on his first first-author publication in PLOS Pathogens! 🎉 doi.org/10.1371/jour... Using the ReCaP AI tool, Jelle developed a strategy to stabilize Embecovirus spike proteins for vaccine design! 💉 Great work by everyone involved!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

We also had our traditional Kerst Quiz this week, brilliantly organised by Arno van Vliet! 🎄🧠 The team led by Ruben Hulswit claimed victory and proudly took home the coveted Golden Eppendorf trophy 🏆. And in true Dutch fashion, one of the quiz rounds was dedicated to… Broodje Ben! 🇳🇱🥪

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

We were well represented at the Science for Life Conference this week! Sypke van Terwisga gave a fantastic talk on his coronavirus research, and for the 3rd year in a row our team brought home a poster prize — this year thanks to Víctor Pisabarro Montoro and his enterovirus imaging work! 🏆

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Huge congrats to @danielhurdiss.bsky.social on receiving the Kluyver Award at today's Spring Scientific Meeting of the KNVM/NVMM! 🎉 This award recognises microbiologists at Dutch institutions who have made outstanding contributions to microbiology within eight years after obtaining their PhD.

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Today we gathered over coffee and cake to thank Raoul de Groot for 40 years of service to the Utrecht Virology Lab 💐 Raoul is, quite literally, a giant in the coronavirus field, and we are extremely fortunate to work with him! 😄

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

We thoroughly enjoyed sharing our research at this year’s BHS Science Day, "Opportunities and Challenges in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence." Our group was well represented at the PhD, postdoc and PI level, showcasing our vaccine and antiviral research! 💉 💊

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Another enjoyable Utrecht Virology lab Christmas quiz! Congrats to team "Oliebollen" on securing the coveted golden eppendorf 🏆

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Our #TeamTomo adventure continues! 🔬 Here is Bob's first attempt running MemBrain-seg on one of his tomograms 😍 @bobcoelingh.bsky.social

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Our #TeamTomo adventure continues! 🔬 Here is @BobCoelingh's first attempt running MemBrain-seg on one of his tomograms 😍

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

We have ascended to the heavens! 😇 We will continue to post from both platforms...for now.

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

We had an amazing week at #ESWI2023! The time just flu by...

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

Last night we had a farewell borrel for two of our superb research technicians, Tim and Tony 🥲 Thank you for everything you've done for the lab and good luck in your new roles!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

The @UtrechtVirology lab is officially on the #TeamTomo bandwagon! 🔬 Check out our first ever lamella, courtesy of PhD candidate @BobCoelingh. A big thanks to Stuart Howes (@psirez) for the excellent training!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 08/06/2023

We had a fantastic time at the 3rd annual @IMI_CARE meeting held in Leuven! It was great to see our fellow consortium members in person and to discuss our #CAREvsCOVID plans for the next year. www.imi-care.eu

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 06/04/2023

I guess when you have a certain number of British people in the lab, a pub crawl is inevitable! 🍻

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 06/04/2023

Got a meeting across campus? No problem! Nice to see our newest postdoc @Preeti201195 embracing the Dutch way of life! 🚲

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 04/04/2023

Some eggcellent creations from our Easter breakfast this morning! 🐣

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 04/04/2023

Very interesting seminar by @DebbyvanRiel on the neuropathogenesis of respiratory viruses! 🧠 It was great to see data from @UtrechtVirology alumna @LisaBauerVirus who is clearly thriving in her postdoc role! 😁 #RielScience

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 30/03/2023

Cells are giving off strong "The Creation of Adam" vibes!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 30/03/2023

New twitter banner courtesy of PhD candidate @MirtePascha! Image shows MDCK cells infected with influenza virus! 🔬 #virology

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 30/03/2023

Congratulations to @DefournyKyra on successfully defending her PhD thesis on the role of extracellular vesicles in picornavirus infection! Your hard work and dedication have paid off, and you should be proud of this achievement. Best wishes for a bright future in your field!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 17/03/2023

It is our twitter anniversary today! 🥳 Thanks to everyone we connected with over the last year. We promise to share more exciting #virology research from our team members throughout 2023! 😁 #MyTwitterAnniversary

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 22/02/2023

Our latest research is now online @FrontImmunol! @du_wenjuan et al made a hexavalent biparatopic HCAb targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike. This molecule neutralised multiple VOCs, whereas the parental HCAbs lost potency. Congrats to everyone involved! ...

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 16/11/2022

@ClarivateAG published their list of highly cited researchers and our Associate Professor Berend Jan Bosch is among the most influential researchers worldwide! Of course this was made possible by monumental efforts of everyone in his team and our trusted collaborators.

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 14/11/2022

Here's a snap of our own @DanielHurdiss talking about our recent @biorxivpreprint describing a macrocyclic peptide inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2. You can access the paper using the link below 👇🏻 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 14/11/2022

We had a great time at #S4L2022 today! Our own Frank van Kuppeveld had the honour of chairing the final talk by Charles Rice who gave an inspiring talk on his pioneering hepatitis C research!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 09/11/2022

Meet us at the Science for Life conference next week! www.uu.nl/en/S4L2022 With posters presented by our group members @Mengying2020, @MirtePascha, @toniak_o, @Xueshen9601, Xinyi Pei and an oral presentation by @DanielHurdiss

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 05/10/2022

Our high-throughput epitope mapping work with @thermofisher and @TakedaPharma was also presented by @denizugurlar and @EvgeniyaTsedik today! It was great to chat with @cryoem_UBC when he stopped by!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 05/10/2022

Super postdoc @toniak_o gave a FABulous poster presentation at the 10th International Virus Assembly Symposium today! 💪🏻

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 03/10/2022

It's a daunting task to present immediately after back-to-back plenary talks by @BarneyGrahamMD and @drlisai, but @DanielHurdiss did a great job sharing our recent coronavirus research at the 10th international virus assembly symposium! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 15/09/2022

Nice talks from our very own @MirtePascha and @DanielHurdiss at today's vaccine symposium! Congratulations to the organizers for putting together such a great lineup of speakers!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 05/09/2022

And the Oscar goes to... @Mengying2020! Her wonderful poster slam video and poster were awarded with the first prize at #influenza8. Congratulations Mengying!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 21/07/2022

We are delighted to announce the publication of our ensovibep paper @NatureBiotech! It's been a pleasure working with @MolecularPrtnrs (& many others) to develop a first-in-class, DARPin therapeutic for #COVID19. Congratulations to everyone involved!...

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 23/06/2022

Another day, another 2.1 Å resolution spike!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 17/06/2022

@MirtePascha is literally killing it! Not only her talk yesterday at #NSV2022, but also the IAVs targeted by her promising macrocyclic peptides

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 15/06/2022

Iris Swart tries to prevent IAV drama with a Ilama🦙! Come check out her poster on HA targeting nanobodies (P-164) at #NSV2022

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 14/06/2022

Goodmorning! @Xueshen9601 is ready for day 2 of #NSV2022 in which you can discuss all things parainfluenza with her at her poster (P-008)

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 13/06/2022

This morning @HaanXander kicked of the #NSV2022 meeting with a talk on virus-receptor interaction dynamics. Go Xander!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 13/06/2022

No blue Mondays with @louiwallace! Come check out her interesting poster (P-015) at #NSV2022

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 08/06/2022

Three of our amazing PhD candidates presented posters at #EUROPIC2022! A huge congratulations to Jelle for winning a poster prize! 🏆

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 08/06/2022

The Utrecht virology lab has invaded Skipton castle! 🏰 #EUROPIC2022

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 07/06/2022

A structural virology tour de force for the #EUROPIC2022 Sabin lecture! Fun fact: Sir David Stuart was the PhD examiner for our own @DanielHurdiss!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 07/06/2022

How can an antidepressant inhibit an enterovirus? @DanielHurdiss presents our recent attempts to understand the antiviral activity of fluoxetine (prozac) at #EUROPIC2022! Read more about this work here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.…

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 20/05/2022

Today we bid a fond farewell to @ErionLyoo, who has been with @UtrechtVirology for almost seven years! Thank you for all your contributions to the group (both personal and professional). We wish you every success in Leuven and look forward hearing about your future research!

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Utrecht Virology Lab @utrechtvirology.bsky.social · 23/03/2022

We've been hunting for broadly reactive monoclonals to treat COVID-19. In our recent @biorxivpreprint, we describe an antibody capable of neutralising all known variants of concern to date! Great work from @du_wenjuan et al. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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