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Giovanna Barba Spaeth

@giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social
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Virologist at Institut Pasteur Paris. Arboviruses, Antibodies Appassionata. Yellow Fever Virus Viral Fusion CryoEM. research.pasteur.fr/en/team/flavimm… Proud Mum of three

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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🔬 Spotlight on #Yellow4Flavi dissemination! @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social as invited speaker at: 🇬🇷 Keynote – #ESCV2025, Thessaloniki 🧬 Lecture – EMBO RNA Virus Course Topic: flavivirus immunological crosstalk & its impact on vaccination 💉🦟 www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/dr-giov... #yellowfevervirus #EUfund
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Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth at the forefront of international scientific outreach
One of the core missions of the Yellow4FLAVI consortium is to ensure that its science reaches beyond the laboratory — into the hands of clinicians, researchers, and the scientists of tomorrow. As we r...
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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Meet SHIELD! 🤚 Today (and last, but not least!): The Cavalli group at CECAM/EPFL develops and applies computational methods to investigate biological systems of therapeutic interest. 🧪🧬 www.cecam.org #ComputationalBiology #EPFL #CECAM #ScienceForHealth #HorizonEU #SHIELDproject 🚀🧠💻
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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This week, Italy reported the first human fatality of the season along with several symptomatic cases of #WestNileVirus. We need #surveillance, #vectorcontrol, and research on potential cross-protection mechanisms #Usutu @IZS-Teramo is working on it as part of @yellow4flavi.bsky.social
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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🧬 Meet our partner IZS-Teramo! 🏫 This top Italian One Health institute leads WP1 in Yellow4FLAVI, studying how flavivirus proteins shape immunity & whether exposure to one virus can protect against another—key for future vaccines. 🔎🦠💉 Find out more here : www.linkedin.com/posts/yellow...
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🧬 Meet our Partners: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise "G. | Yellow4FLAVI
🧬 Meet our Partners: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise "G. Caporale"​ (IZS-Teramo) 🏫 Continuing our Meet our Partners series, we’re pleased to introduce IZS-Teramo : a...
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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🔬 Meet our partners: ImmuneWatch! 🏫 A Belgian bioinformatics spin-off using AI to decode how T cells recognize flaviviruses. In Yellow4FLAVI, they lead WP3, tracking T cell responses to improve yellow fever vaccine design & immunity insights. 🔎💉 Read more here : www.linkedin.com/posts/yellow...
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🔬 Meet our Partners: ImmuneWatch 🏫 | Yellow4FLAVI
🔬 Meet our Partners: ImmuneWatch 🏫 This week, Meet our Partners series features ImmuneWatch, a cutting-edge bioinformatics spin-off from the Universiteit Antwerpen and Antwerp University Hospital, i...
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Outbreak News Today | Robert Herriman | Substack [Unofficial] @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy · 07/07/2025
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Africa: Angola reports 7 yellow fever cases detected during routine surveillance
Last month, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Angola officially notified the World Health Organization of the confirmation of seven yellow fever cases.
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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Thanks @julienpompon.bsky.social for inviting me in wonderful Montpellier. In the oldest faculty of Medicine in the world (A.D. 1220) we talked about our favorite #flavivirus and collaboration between our #HorizonEurope @yellow4flavi.bsky.social and @flavivaccine.bsky.social projects.
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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
“He began to feel that countering anti-vaccine activism was maybe as important as the vaccines he was formulating.” Information, communication, speaking up for what has saved millions of lives is a moral obligation. Not doing so It will affect entire communities with long lasting consequences.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
My interview in @newyorker.com re: Gavi and the globalization of antivaccine activism www.newyorker.com/science/elem...
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Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism
It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. But how bad will it get?
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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Meet SHIELD ! ✋ Today: The FlavImmunity group at Institut Pasteur uses the yellow fever 17D vaccine as a model to study flavivirus entry, maturation, and antigenicity. research.pasteur.fr/en/team/flav... #Flavivirus #VaccineResearch #StructuralBiology #YellowFever #InstitutPasteur #SHIELDproject
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Philippe Bastin's Lab @bastinlab.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Nice experience at The Conduit discussing the impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases. Many thanks to all involved in the organisation, my fellow panelists @charlottekilpo.bsky.social @samiasaad.bsky.social @mcdonnell.bsky.social @ellenthoen.bsky.social and the UK Pasteur foundation
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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Lethality for this #YellowFever outbreak remains high (~40%) as already seen in Colombia. #PAHO declared the risk as high because of wide geographical spread (also to non endemic areas) and low vaccine coverage. Surveillance, Vaccination and Communication are much needed for an effective response.
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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Just few days left to apply to one of these postdoc positions in my infectious disease modelling Unit at @pasteur.fr in Paris!
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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Happy to see the @yellow4flavi.bsky.social‬ training program in action! We are going to further implement the exchanges between partners in the coming years!
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Kendall Powell @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
In this profile of virologist Amadou Sall, on the ground reporting by @sciwriabdul.bsky.social Tsanni reveals how Sall's diplomacy and persuasion have made his vision of 'homegrown' vaccine manufacturing a reality in #Senegal. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Africa’s chief diplomat for vaccine manufacturing
Virologist Amadou Sall is the driving force behind a world-class manufacturing hub in Senegal.
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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Vaccine hesitancy has been reported by health officials both in Colombia and in Brazil as one of the causes for the spreading of this outbreak. Vaccination is the most efficient way to contain the virus. Thanks Prof.Hotez for putting the spotlight on YF. We need more talk on risks, prevention, etc.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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Risk of Yellow fever in Southern U.S.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 16/06/2025
"In 2024, 23 cases of yellow fever were reported in Colombia, with 13 deaths. As of June 9, 2025, there have been 104 cases and 45 deaths..." In a new letter, authors explore the challenges of the current yellow fever outbreak in Colombia: tinyurl.com/3ykcr8uu
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Challenges of the current yellow fever outbreak in Colombia
Yellow fever was once mainly sylvatic in remote Colombian regions throughout the 20th century. However, the 21st century has seen the re-emergence of yellow fever in endemic zones and it has spread to...
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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Meet SHIELD! ✋ Today: The research of the Lassa Virus Immunology group at the BNITM focuses on hemorrhagic fever viruses such as Lassa, Ebola, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever viruses. 🦠🌍 Web: www.bnitm.de/en/research/... #LassaVirus #NipahVirus #TropicalMedicine #BNITM #SHIELDproject
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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 12/06/2025
🧬 L'Institut Pasteur fait peau neuve ! Nouvelle plateforme de marque, nouvelle identité visuelle, nouvelle signature : "Pour chaque vie, la science agit" 💙 #InstitutPasteur
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
An explosive outbreak of mpox in Sierra Leone is raising fears of wider spread. The country of 9 million has seen more than 3000 cases already. “We could see very rapid geographic expansion […] if we don’t really try and get things under control quickly,” says @kindrachukjason.bsky.social 🧪 #IDsky
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Explosive mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone overwhelms health systems
Rapid transmission through sexual networks raises fears of wider spread in the region
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Kilian Schober @kischober.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Our team had such a blast at the #ATCR conference in Antwerp. Beautiful and super interesting city, fantastic line-up of speakers, and a very family-like atmosphere full of TCR geeks. What more can you ask for!
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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🔬Spotlight on women’s leadership in Yellow4FLAVI! Dr. Barba-Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social, a molecular & structural virologist, coordinates research on how YF17D vaccine structure drives immunity, unlocking new paths for next-gen vaccines.💉🧠 More on our site: www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/women-s...
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Women’s leadership in Yellow4FLAVI
We’d like to shine a spotlight on Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth, Coordinator of the Yellow4FLAVI Horizon Europe funded project and Head of the Flavimmunity Group at Institut Pasteur. 1️⃣ What is your back...
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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Meet SHIELD! ✋ Today: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry at #UniHeidelberg From molecule to medicine: Christian Klein’s group drives translational medicinal chemistry to push drug discovery forward. 🔬💊 www.ipmb.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/... #HorizonEU #MedChem #DrugDiscovery
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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Meet SHIELD! ✋ Today: The Protein Modelling Lab of ITQB Nova at Universidade Nova de Lisboa The Lab (www.itqb.unl.pt/research/bio...), headed by Cláudio M. Soares and Diana Lousa, employs computational biophysical and ML/AI methods to investigate the structure and dynamics of proteins.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🦠Join Our Next Seminar! We are excited to announce the third seminar in our series on emerging pathogens, with a focus on flaviviruses. 🗓 May 20th 🕒 15:00 – 16:00 CET 🔬 With Prof. Luisa Barzon 🔗 forms.office.com/e/KGMUMAJwak #Flaviviruses #WestNileVirus
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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
👏Institut Pasteur & Pasteur Network developed a test to isolate antibodies targeting dengue virus envelope protein. It reveals how the immune system responds and supports vaccine efforts. The method may also apply to Zika, Yellow Fever, and West Nile.💡🔬Read more : www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/new-pub...
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New Publication by Institut Pasteur: Toward a deeper understanding of dengue
Toward a deeper understanding of dengue: novel method for quantification and isolation of envelope protein epitope-specific antibodies  Sokchea Lay, Candice Bohaud, Sopheak Sorn, Sreymom Ken, Felix A....
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Mothers in Science @mothersinsci.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This #MothersDay, let’s ask: Are moms supported - or just expected to “do it all”? Join us May 14 for #SciMomChats on maternal mental health + peri/menopause. Let’s stop the silence and support moms at every stage. 🔗 www.mothersinscience.com/scimomchats #MaternalMentalHealth #Perimenopause
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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We are ONLINE! 🤗 This is our Bluesky channel for the project SHIELD. SHIELD is a health research project funded by the European Union and co-funded by SERI. The SHIELD consortium involving partners from all over Europe will develop molecular tools to prepare the EU for future pandemic events. 💪
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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
@giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social cial led a thought-provoking seminar on emergent pathogens organised by @lwnvivat.bsky.social titled "Flaviviruses Immunological Crosstalk: The Impact of Vaccination." 💉 Read more here: www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/explori...
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Exploring Flavivirus Immunology: Insights from Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth’s Seminar
Last Wednesday 19th of March LWNVIVAT project held the first seminar in their series on emergent pathogens, with a special focus on flaviviruses. Our Coordinator, Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth led the sem...
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The Global Vector Hub @globalvectorhub.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🦟" #Brazil: #YellowFever deaths rise in São Paulo. Health officials with the State Health Department have reported 20 yellow fever fatalities in the state since December 2024, through February 2025." via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...
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Brazil: Yellow fever deaths rise in São Paulo
Health officials with the State Health Department of the State of São Paulo have reported 20 yellow fever fatalities in the state since December 2024, through February 2025.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🔬Last Wednesday our project hosted the first seminar on emergent pathogens with a special focus on Flaviviruses, featuring Dr. @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social Read more about the seminar here 👉 lwnvivat.eu/exploring-fl... #Flavivirus #Vaccination #YellowFever #Immunology @yellow4flavi.bsky.social
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Exploring Flavivirus Immunology: Insights from Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth’s Seminar - LWNVIVAT
Last Wednesday 19th of March LWNVIVAT project held the first seminar in our series on emergent pathogens, with a special focus on flaviviruses.
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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
👏 Yesterday, we celebrated one year of progress with our second online General Assembly since the kick-off held in March 2024 at Institut Pasteur in Paris. The event united 42 participants from 11 countries around the world🌍 www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/yellow4...
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Yellow4FLAVI Online General Assembly: One Year of Progress and Collaboration 🌟
Yesterday, we held our second online General Assembly, celebrating one year of progress since our kick-off meeting at Institut Pasteur in Paris. The event brought together 42 participants from 11 coun...
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🦠Tomorrow, we're kicking off our seminar series on Emerging Pathogens, with a special focus on Flaviviruses. Our first talk will be given by @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social 🤩See you there! lwnvivat.eu/event/upcomi...
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Seminar Series: Exploring Flaviviruses - LWNVIVAT
Join Us for a Seminar Series on Emerging Pathogens: A [...]
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🔬 We're excited to launch a seminar series on emerging pathogens, focusing on flaviviruses! On March 19, Dr. @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social, coordinator of @yellow4flavi.bsky.social will discuss Flavivirus Immunological Crosstalk & Vaccination. 🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Universität Heidelberg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
EU Project: New Molecular Interventions against Virus Infections – International project consortium is coordinated at Heidelberg University www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...
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EU Project: New Molecular Interventions against Virus Infections
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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
📖 👏 New Publication: Baseline Immunity Shapes Yellow Fever Vaccine Response 💡 Our project partners have published a new study examining how the state of our immune system before vaccination affects how we respond to the yellow fever 17D (YF17D) vaccine. 🔗 Read www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/new-pub...
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New Publication: Baseline Immunity Shapes Yellow Fever Vaccine Response
Our project partners at KUM, IP, and LMU have published a new study examining how the state of our immune system before vaccination affects how we respond to the yellow fever 17D (YF17D) vaccine. The ...
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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 12/02/2025
🦠 Mpox: a better understanding of tecovirimat resistance 🔬 Scientists at the Institut Pasteur have uncovered how a viral enzyme interacts with tecovirimat. This breakthrough paves the way for new antiviral therapies. 📄 Study published in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social #Mpox #tecovirimat
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Mpox: a better understanding of tecovirimat resistance
A virus originally found in animals, mpox – which causes the disease of the same name – is now circulating in humans. Since 2022, it has been the cause of major epidemics spreading outside endemic are...
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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🌍🔬 International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔬🌍 Today, we celebrate the incredible women scientists, group leads, postdocs, engineers, PhD students, and research project managers driving Yellow4FLAVI forward! 🚀💡 www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/interna...
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🌍🔬 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Today, we celebrate the incredible women scientists, group leads, postdocs, engineers, PhD students, and research project managers driving Yellow4FLAVI forward! 🚀💡Our project, bringing together 13 Eur...
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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
#YellowFever outbreak in the Americas Region is progressing. In 2024 out of 61 symptomatic cases 30 were fatal. Surveillance, vaccination and early diagnosis need to be urgently implemented in these regions. @yellow4flavi.bsky.social, yellow4flavi.eu #flavivirus #vaccination
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Matthew Kavanagh @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Today the Trump admin ordered CDC to stop collaborating with WHO. Also today, there’s a Marburg outbreak in Tanzania, new bird flu variant in the US, and multiple continuing health emergencies ongoing. Shortsighted foreign and domestic policy still with no good rationale. apnews.com/article/cdc-...
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CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
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Sarah Merkling @merklinglab.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr is now on BlueSky ! And there is a Starter Kit to find our community: bsky.app/starter-pack...
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WHO @who.int · 12/01/2025
There is no health without #MentalHealth💚 In 2025, let's make sure mental health is given the same priority as physical health by standing up against stigma and ensuring more people can access the support they need.
Reminder. There is no health without mental health.
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Pieta Mattila @mattilalab.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
New Year, new publication 💥🥳 B cell people, check out our report on the enhanced antibody responses in CD19-cre (and be aware of the issue if using this model in your conditional crossings)! rdcu.be/d5CqD
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Enhanced antibody responses in CD19-Cre mice
Scientific Reports - Enhanced antibody responses in CD19-Cre mice
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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Happy new year from the Yellow4FLAVI Consortium ! The Yellow4FLAVI team sends its warmest wishes to all our partners, collaborators, scientific advisors, and the scientific community. May this year bring innovation, impactful discoveries, and success for us all! www.linkedin.com/posts/yellow...
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Yellow4FLAVI on LinkedIn: #yellow4flavi #researchgoals #innovation #flavivirus #vaccines…
Happy New Year 2025 from the Yellow4FLAVI Consortium! 🌟 The Yellow4FLAVI team sends its warmest wishes to all our partners, collaborators, scientific…
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
In 2024 we learned... that West Nile virus spread would not have been able to invade most of Europe without climate change. 🦟 New research from @dceq.bsky.social & co., published in Nature Communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Maps of ecological suitability for West Nile virus in Europe with and without climate change
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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Is dengue a tropical infection? Ask again. 199 autochthonous cases have been reported in Fano, Italy in 2024. Out of total 693 cases, 1/3 were due to local transmission (10 in 2020 - 82 in 2023). @yellow4flavi.bsky.social #dengue pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC.... www.izs.it/IZS/Home_Pag...
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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Yellow4FLAVI's Bluesky account is now live!! #EUproject funded by @EU_HaDEA #HorizonEurope #Health Visit our website yellow4flavi.eu #flavivirus #yellowfever #vaccine #pandemic #zika #dengue #lifesciences #EUcooperation
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Yellow4FLAVI | Inform flavivirus vaccine design
Yellow4FLAVI Project. Deconstructing the protective immunity of yellow fever virus 17D to inform flavivirus vaccine design.
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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Outbreak of yellow fever in the Americas Region:24 deaths out of 50 confirmed cases. On this International Day of #EpidemicPreparedness we are reminded of the risk of re-emergence of old threats and the importance of #research and #vaccination @yellow4flavi.bsky.social www.paho.org/sites/defaul...
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