Reposted by LaraVBErin Purcell @erinpurcell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026'We have replaced the danger of mouth-pipetting with the danger of a generation of scientists spending their most productive years writing grants that will not be funded. This is its own form of danger, just slower and less honest than the phenol.' Onion-level satire with a side of 'oooof.' 074
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Excited to be here! Come by my poster #018 today and say hi 😊 #AMR #antibiotics #GAMRIC2026 000
Reposted by LaraVBCosta Rica Kid @zymplex.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Why it’s time for Democratic socialism! 505162224584
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Will you be offering the September Science Academy again this year or next year? It sounds like a fantastic opportunity! 000
Reposted by LaraVBNature @nature.com · 15/05/2026Antibiotics designed by AI, and other key developments in the ongoing battle against antimicrobial resistance go.nature.com/4twQntngo.nature.comSix key developments in the fight against antimicrobial resistanceAntibiotics designed by artificial intelligence, immunotherapy for resistant infections and other highlights from studies and trials. 2227
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Back to beautiful Mosbach for the 77th #MosbacherKolloquium of the @gbmev.bsky.social. Excited to learn more about #membranes and discuss recent developments in the field. 081
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Very convenient way to a conference - tram from home directly to the venue 🚋 Thanks for two great days at #DZIFPEG2026 in Bonn. It was especially nice to reconnect with collaborating labs and meet new colleagues in #infectionbiology and #AMR. Bonus for me and my Spanish colleague: churros! 😄 030
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 30/01/2026On #WorldNTDDay, I’m arriving in Berlin for a seminar on effective altruism and how to choose a career that actually makes a difference. A good moment to think about neglected diseases, among other overlooked global challenges. #EndTheNeglect 040
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Danke für die Vorwarnung! War gerade keine Minute aus dem Hbf raus, da sehe ich schon den ersten Sturz. Berlin wirkt aber ungewöhnlich ruhig und ich hab es ohne Unfall in ein (sehr nahes) Café geschafft. 010
Reposted by LaraVBSimon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 08/01/2026DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung. Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.dfg.deKünstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung 19614195
Reposted by LaraVBSchaufler Lab (GEAR@HIOH) @schauflerlab.org · 24/11/2025While a week #WAAW of focusing on #AMR has come to an end, the fight against the silent pandemic continues. 100 faces against AMR! (by DNAMR) #WAAW2025 #AMR #OneHealth #HealthForAll @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social de.linkedin.com/posts/deutsc... 044
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 22/11/2025I zoomed in so you can actually see my euphonium - a rather unknown instrument (at least here). November is always a busy month: St. Martin’s parades, Christmas markets and our annual concert - I just got back from our dress rehearsal. But I'm looking forward to our concert tomorrow! 2/2 000
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 22/11/2025While facing deadlines, writing grants, revising a paper and wondering whether I'll still have a job in 2026 #IchbinHanna, it was such a welcome change to officially open the Christmas market in #Bonn with our orchestra yesterday. #LifeOutsideTheLab #PostdocLife 1/2 110
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Der angeblich neue Beatles-Song (, der kein echter Beatles-Song ist, sondern ein Fan-Projekt)? 010
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Genau mein Gedanke. Ein 95€-Dinner bringt die Uni kaum näher an den Alltag der (meisten) Menschen. Das wirkt eher exklusiv als bürgernah. 000
Reposted by LaraVBCatherine Feore @catherinefeore.bsky.social · 18/11/2025The EU/EEA is off track in meeting four of its five antimicrobial resistance targets. #WAAW #AntimicrobialResistance #AntimicrobialResistanceAwarenessWeek www.vitalsigns.news/europe-is-cu...vitalsigns.newsEurope not on track to meet four of five AMR targetsNew data from the ECDC shows the threat of antimicrobial resistance, known as ‘the silent killer’, continues to rise across the EU 022
Reposted by LaraVBIneos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research @ineosoxford.bsky.social · 18/11/2025💙It’s #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek! 80 years ago, penicillin changed modern medicine - but how does it work? And how do bacteria resist? 👉Read more to learn how the IOI protects our life-saving antibiotics: ineosoxford.shorthandstories.com/80-years-of-... #WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking 143
Reposted by LaraVBPersimmons for Peace @uniblonder.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Jane Goodall has died. What a wonderful, inspiring life. RIP, Dr. Jane Goodall. #RIPJaneGoodall 619578
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Greetings from the #GreatWallSymposium in beautiful Sicily! 🌊☀️ Inspiring talks, great people, and the perfect backdrop of sunshine and sea - science is even more fun with this view! Check out poster 15 to learn about the cell wall mystery of #Wolbachia. #GWS2025 #antibiotics #ScienceByTheSea 020
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Would be interested to hear about the experience if a short summary is possible. 😊 000
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025📑 On the very same day as my birthday defense, I also received reviewer comments for the 4. and final PhD paper (the first 3 already published). Reviewer 1 accepted outright, Reviewer 2 only had minor suggestions – what a cool extra birthday gift. 🎁 (4/4) #AcademicLife #PeerReview #AcademicChatter 030
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025🔬 My PhD research focused on how #antibiotics affect #Wolbachia - an intracellular bacterium essential for filarial worms and unusual for lacking a classical #peptidoglycan. 🧪 Thanks to everyone who has been part of this journey! (3/4) #Microbiology #CellWall #AMR #AcademicSky 161
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025When they placed the hat on my head, they sang happy birthday for me. 🎶 In Germany, it’s a tradition that colleagues craft a unique doctoral hat for the graduate – mine is the best! :D But I received so many wonderful gifts, including a photo book capturing my PhD journey. 📖💚 (2/4) #HappyBirPhDay 161
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 05/09/2025🎓 PhD milestone – on my birthday! 🎉 Two weeks ago, I defended my PhD in Pharmacy on my 28th birthday (coincidence, but unforgettable!). A full lecture hall, friends & colleagues from abroad joining online, and afterwards a big celebration at our institute. (1/4) #PhDone #BirthdayDefense #PhDSky 1182
Reposted by LaraVBASAPbio @asapbio.bsky.social · 28/07/2025📣 We are pleased to announce that recruitment for 2025-26 Crowd Preprint Reviewers & Leads is open! 📝 The goal of the Crowd Preprint Review initiative is to provide an engaging environment for researchers to participate in giving feedback on preprints and support public reviews of preprints. 121
Reposted by LaraVBMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 10/06/2025New from The Strain Team: 🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊 Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗). Gross! 😀 1/n #ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSkythe-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.ioSpinger Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific PublishingHome page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro 12248184
Reposted by LaraVBSimon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Es ist alles sehr bizarr 012829
Reposted by LaraVBWHO @who.int · 17/05/2025Did you know❓ Cycle lanes account for just 0.2% of the current road infrastructure. It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians & cyclists first 👉 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsforLife 15377110
Reposted by LaraVBPint of Science World @pintsworld.bsky.social · 28/04/20253 weeks to go before #pint25!! 📅 19-21 May 2025 🗺️ 27 countries 📍+520 cities 🫂👩🔬🎉Thousands of scientists and volunteers celebrating science around the globe!! 🦕🦴🧬🦋🪨👓🧠🔭🫀👩🔬📚🧫🧪🌎🕷️ All the details here. Join the party! pintofscience.com 01711
Reposted by LaraVBMarianne Roca @marianneroca.bsky.social · 07/05/2025🧠🍻 Pint of Science #Pint25DE is coming to Bonn! Join us 19–21 May to grab a drink and listen to fascinating talks (english or german) on neuroscience, astronomy,...! Check the program 👉 pintofscience.de/events/bonn Not in Bonn? #Pint25 is happening around the world, look for the one close to you!pintofscience.deBonnExplore Pint of Science Deutschland events in Bonn 042
Reposted by LaraVBDenis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international) We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc. Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... 3193139
Reposted by LaraVBHanna Engelmeier @hannaengelmeier.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Warum stand dieses Geld denn nicht vorher zur Verfügung für all die Forschenden, die schon hier sind? Warum kommt es erst jetzt darauf an, attraktive Jobs (mit längeren Vertragslaufzeiten) zu schaffen? Wer sind "the best and the brightest"? Bitte nicht antworten, ich muss im Bad die Wand anbrüllen. 925052
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Thanks @symbionticism.bsky.social It was a long journey - after 28 h I arrived at the Welcome Reception yesterday (there was Saki!). And here we go #WolbachiaConference2025! #Wolbachia 110
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Therefore, I unfortunately won’t make it to #ESCMIDGlobal this year but found this while packing. Enjoy Vienna! #ESCMID2025 010
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 12/04/2025So excited to be on my way to Okinawa for the #WolbachiaConference2025! Looking forward to great science and (re)connecting with old and new #Wolbachia peers. 🌸 220
Reposted by LaraVBTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 09/04/2025It’s incredible to think that just 30 years ago there were 3.5 million cases of #GuineaWorm disease globally every year. In each of the last four years, there have been 15 cases or less. We are on the brink of an historic achievement. 46021
Reposted by LaraVBHelmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · 03/04/2025🔬The application deadline in our program "CURIOSITY IS INFECTIOUS" is less than a month away! 👉 Apply by April 20 for one of 16 exciting PhD projects - from host-pathogen interactions and novel antiinfectives to molecular mechanisms of infection and immunity. www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo... 043
Reposted by LaraVBSuperbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Check out our interactive timeline of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in history, alongside major advances in science and medicine that have helped control and prevent them. In English, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, German and Spanish. 🦠🧫🔬💉 #CelebrateVaccinessuperbugs.onlineTimeline 'R' Us — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around usOf superbugs and superheroes. Timeline 'R' Us – Explore devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific discoveries to help control them. 1168
Reposted by LaraVBMariana Pinho @pinholab.bsky.social · 29/03/2025We have 3 positions for students who want to start a PhD in the next 12 months. If you like advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques and S. aureus cell biology, check links and apply(April 4) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325394 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325395 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325396 01821
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 28/03/2025While I generally agree with you, as is often the case, it's not that simple. Mosquitoes are not only a nuisance problem, but also highly effective transmitters of diseases, e.g., malaria, dengue fever, lymphatic filariasis, to name but a few. Nevertheless, this is an important point to consider. 020
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Already Day 3 of the #MosbacherKolloquium! Yesterday, Florestan introduced our relatively new group of #GBMPostdocs. Join us today at 7 pm if you’re interested (open to final-stage PhDs). No GBM membership required - however, the first year is free if you register before March 31. @gbmev.bsky.social 030
Reposted by LaraVBTotal Internal Reflection🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦 @tirscienceblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2025#PubMed now back for me, but the damage is done. When you suddenly realise you maybe can’t rely on something you absolutely need to rely on, that’s when you start to look for alternatives. And that’s happening over & over again with anything USA-related right now 😢 152
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 02/03/2025But: We need safe, decentralized long-term alternatives to avoid these disruptions in the future. In the meantime, #EuropePMC (europepmc.org) is a solid alternative for accessing much of PubMed’s content and more. 🔍 #OpenScience #PubMed #PMC #NIH #AcademicSkyeuropepmc.orgEurope PMCHome - Europe PMCEurope PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature. 041
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 02/03/2025For now: The servers are still up, and access is gradually returning. If you're still locked out, you can speed up the process by switching to e.g., Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) - or just wait it out. It worked for me following this protocol: developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setu...developers.cloudflare.comSet up 1.1.1.1 on Windows · Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 docsTake note of any DNS addresses you might have set up, and save them in a safe place in case you need to use them later. 110
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Apparently it's a temporary DNS issue. Whether you can access the sites depends on your ISP’s caching DNS server, which explains why some people can reach them while others still can't (🙋🏼). 100
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 02/03/2025🚨 Yesterday a bit after 4 pm CET (#PhDlife), I lost access to #PubMed & #PMC, and at first found no other posts on here (no wonder on a Saturday…). But, turns out: I wasn’t alone – users worldwide had the same issue. #NIH #OpenScience #AcademicSky 140
LaraVB @laravb.bsky.social · 01/03/2025This is not meant as encouragement to do another PhD but I feel like it's important to mention that a PhD in other countries doesn't necessarily include grad school. E.g. in Germany, grad schools are less common than the "individual doctorate". www.research-in-germany.org/en/your-goal...research-in-germany.orgTwo ways to get your PhD in Germany - Research in GermanyChat-IconReady for a PhD in Germany? Learn about individual and structured programmes and start your academic journey! 050