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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The Geneva #HFSPmtg2026 is incredibly inspiring. This is what true interdisciplinary science looks like. Terrific talks by colleagues across all disciplines and coffee discussions leading to exciting new research ideas on the horizon. A huge thank you to the wonderful @hfspo.bsky.social community!🙏

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Morning run around Hannover before the @keystonesymposia.bsky.social on Viral Pathogenesis & Immunity got kicked off tonight. Thanks to Michaela Gack, Pei-Yong Shi, @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social and Mike Diamond for putting together a great program. Wonderful to see colleagues from around the globe.

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

To all those amazing female colleagues out there and also to those male colleagues who support #womeninSTEM: Happy World Women‘s Day! 👏 Ain’t no mountain high enough….let us continue our efforts towards #genderequality on the planet.

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

On my way to @uniregensburg.bsky.social to present the latest data from team GG. Thanks a lot Barbara Schmidt for the invitation. 🙏Looking forward to meeting the #virology colleagues there. #lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Traveling with #DeutscheBahn. First class ticket and you have to work on the floor. Amazing. Needless to say that this is not very safe.

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Team GG‘s first Innsbruck #Master student, Marie Parigger, defended her thesis on Tspans in #alphavirus #species #transmission. 😃Congratulations Marie! 👏 Also to Anja de Bruin, her superb lab #supervisor. 🙏The meme created by Marie makes us feel strong to face future challenges. 😉#lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The #InstituteOfVirologyInnsbruck (IVI) kicked off 2026 with our retreat on arbovirology, respiratory viruses, viral diagnostics and applied virology. 😃Our 2 keynotes @danielaweiskopf & Niklas Arnberg from @umeauniversitet gave new insights on CHIKV T cell responses and adenoviruses. 🙏🤩

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Happy holidays to all colleagues, customers, supporters and friends! Your institute of virology Innsbruck (#IVI) #lovevirology #happyholidays #gratitude

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Thanks a lot to the Tübingen virologists Tina Ganzenmüller, @sauterlab.bsky.social, Michael Schindler, Thomas Iftner et al. for hosting me yesterday. It was lovely to be back at my #AlmaMater and present and discuss our latest work on #alphavirus, i.e. CHIKV & VEEV - host interaction. #lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Florian Krammer from #ISMMS and #Semmelweis Institute is visiting Innsbruck. Tonight at the public library Innsbruck we will have a panel discussion on how we can prepare for future pandemic threats and improve #globalhealth. #pandemicpreparedness #lovevirology #flu #arboviruses #rapidresponse

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

This week Derek Smith, Director of the Center for Pathogen Evolution at Cambridge University visited us at the Institute of #Virology #IVI #Innsbruck and gave an excellent talk on advanced vaccines and immunity management. Thanks a lot Derek for the excellent talk and discussions! #lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Last week‘s One Health Tyrol Symposium organized by Lorenz Kohl from #vetmeduni Vienna was an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas across disciplines. Thanks to the colleagues from human & veterinary medicine, basic science & the political stakeholders for the terrific exchange. #lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Terrific talk and excellent discussions at our Institute of Virology seminar series #IVI by Judith Aberle @aberlejudith.bsky.social. Judith presented her latest work on TBEV B and T cell responses as well as TBEV epidemiology in Austria. It was wonderful to have you here. Thank you! 🙏#lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The Institute of #Virology #Innsbruck aka #IVI lab outing 2025 was a lot of fun despite unfavorable weather. Thanks everyone for making it an event to remember. 🤩 #teamspirit #lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Our one and only Institute of Virology Innsbruck (IVI) was well represented at the Tyrolean Company Run 2025. Thanks to all the employees who ran or cheered for us! It‘s been a blast. 🙏 #lovevirology #teamspirit

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Congratulations Dr. Yoo! 👏Today Ju Eun Yoo from our team successfully defended her #thesis work on #alphavirus transmission at the #mosquito - human interface. 🍾Stay tuned for her publication. Anybody looking for a talented postdoc: my highest recommendations! #lovevirology #prouddoctoralsupervisor

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Scientist’s Sunday #triathlon: biking to the station, train ride (working) and evening run in very flat northern Germany ;) But it’s nice to be #home. The landscape is beautiful in a different way. #gratitude

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

On my way to Hanover, where our last #PhDstudent from the Hannover team Ju Eun Yoo will defend her thesis tomorrow. Stay tuned! While Europe is facing a #heatwave, the beautiful scarf that @salehlabparis.bsky.social gave me for the inauguration is on board, in case the train AC is working. 😉

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Yesterday at Gisa’s inaugural symposium Carla Saleh @salehlabparis.bsky.social and Elisabeth Puchhammer from @meduniwien.ac.at gave wonderful talks. A huge thank you to all colleagues, friends and family who came and celebrated with us! A bright start for the Institute of Virology Innsbruck (#IVI)!

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Excellent talks and posters at the #Gordon research conference #Viruses & #Cells in Casteldelfels, Spain. Wonderful to meet colleagues and friends from all over the world.

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Celebrating the successful move of our research labs on campus. Thanks a lot to everyone at the Institute of #Virology Innsbruck #IVI for your good #team spirit! 🙏To a bright and successful future in the new building! #lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Five months after moving the lab from Germany to Austria, we are again packing up offices and labs to move next door on campus. A huge thank you to all employees for keeping up the good spirit in these tricky times! #gratitude #teamspirit 🙏All because we #loveviroloy

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Oh happy day 🎺🎉🥂🍾 Congratulations Dr. Duven! Mara defended her thesis today and did very well. 👏Thanks to the external reviewers Eva Herker and Andres Merits! Please find Mara‘s work on host factors of #encephalitic alphaviruses published in MBoC here: tinyurl.com/mpcc44rf #WomenInSTEM #virology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Thank you very much Anna Oeverby from @umeauniversitet.bsky.social for sharing exciting work on #TBEV #neuroinfection, SNSeq thereof, and 3D #imaging of infected brains; also for discussions on ongoing projects and future joint work. Scientific exchange kindly enabled by @infect-net.bsky.social 🙏

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all those wonderful #colleagues and #friends out there! Citing Serena Williams: "Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on." Much of #success, strength and #inspiration to you all! We can fly high!

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Hundreds of #virologists queing for the dinner party of the #GfV2025 conference in #Hamburg. Thanks a lot to Thomas Dobner and his team for organizing a vibrant #conference of the #DACH society with terrific keynote speakers! 🙏 The GfV board of directors wishes all participants a safe trip home! 🤗

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Ju Eun presenting her PhD work on the role of TIM-1 during #mosquito mammalian transmission of #alphaviruses at the #GfV2025 conference. Well done Ju Eun! 👏😃 @gesvirologie.bsky.social

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The 10th Swiss #Virology Meeting is fabulous. Thanks for inviting me as keynote. Interesting science and terrific questions by #students and #postdocs at the carreer session. Plus a nice location in Bern. #lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The GeroldLab has moved to @meduniibk.bsky.social! This week we celebrated a fresh start with wonderful colleagues in Austria with terrific complementary expertise. Stay tuned! Thank you to the whole institute for the beautiful welcome flowers! 😍. #teamspirit #newbeginnings #lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

On the way home to Innsbruck after two productive days at the @gesvirologie.bsky.social board meeting in Düsseldorf. Important and fruitful discussions covering diverse topics in #virology in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Picture shows an art museum, but our board meeting location was nice too.

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

Congratulations Dr. Carriqui-Madronal! Belén defended her thesis today. Thank you Julie Sheldon @julieas73 and Judith Gottwein @JGottwein for serving as reviewers. Also a big thank you to Eike Steinmann @VirologyBochum for his efforts as co-supervisor. 🙏

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Happy, insightful and peaceful new year friends and colleagues of the @GeroldLab. What better way to start the year than heading for a summit in the Austrian Alps and enjoying the ride down the mountain. 😍#lovevirology #lovemountains

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

Last week‘s meeting with the partners of our @HorizonEU pandemic preparedness initiative at @scilifelab @karolinskainst in Stockholm was a blast. Stay tuned and thanks to all the motivated and highly skilled partners! 🙏 Yes we can!

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 11/11/2023

Sharing some #learnings from this summer‘s paragliding #safety training that apply to #science. Always try to keep the big picture in mind; know where you are and where you want to go. Even if things get out of control temporarily. 😉

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

We have a new team member! Anja de Bruin joined us from Erasmus Medical Center to work on our @HFSP funded project on #membrane shaping in #insect cells and how that affects #virus #infection. Exciting collaborations with @PerrimonLab and @AriottiNick ahead. Welcome Anja! #LoveVirology

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