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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🦠 ACHIEVE Academy – Expert Insights Join our online seminar series for early-career researchers in virology! This fall: 🧫 Organoid culture 📝 Grant writing 🧬 Nanopore seq 🔬 RNA & RNA-virus interactomics 📅 schedule 👇 | 🕑 2 PM Register via dkfz-de.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Virology #ECR #GfV #ACHIEVE

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We are pleased to announce Prof. Dr. Joana Rocha-Pereira, KU Leuven, as the first speaker for this year's fall season of the ACHIEVE Experts Insights Seminar Series. Join for an interesting talk about Organoid Culture and Experimentation 📅 8 Sep 2026 🕑 2 PM Sign up: dkfz-de.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Nicola Frericks @naturfuchs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today is #WorldHepatitisDay — a day to raise awareness and to highlight the importance of research. All the more reason for us to celebrate that our new study went online today! Our publication provides new insights into HEV host specificity and the development of a small animal model!

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Viral entry defines the hepatitis E virus species barrier in murine hepatocytes

The Paslahepevirus balayani hepatitis E virus (HEV) and the distantly related Rocahepevirus ratti rat HEV pose a risk for zoonotic transmission to humans. Despite the broad host range, including it...

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Virologie Bochum @mmv-rub.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Congrats to Maria Darido on receiving the German Liver Foundation's Networking Fellowship! 🎉 Her research on the early mechanisms HEV entry into host cells will be further advanced through a research stay at the University of Oldenburg. bit.ly/4vJElyD @hepe-hub-bochum.bsky.social

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Vernetzungsstipendium für Maria Laura Goussain Darido

Die Forscherin aus der Virologie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum plant einen Aufenthalt in Oldenburg.

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Virologie Bochum @mmv-rub.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

🔬 New insights into hepatitis E virus replication 🔬 Study reveals HEV replication occurs in proliferative cells within the intestinal crypt. Read more: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #HEV #HepatitisE #Research #Virology #RUB #HepEHub

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Hepatitis E virus replication is maintained in proliferative cells within the intestinal crypt

Hepatitis E virus infection of the self-renewing intestinal crypt reveals a previously unknownmechanism of viral persistence.

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Virologie Bochum @mmv-rub.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🚨 Bemnifosbuvir shows promise against hepatitis E virus 🚨 New study: Nucleotide analogue bemnifosbuvir inhibits HEV replication in preclinical models. 💻: gut.bmj.com/content/earl... #HEV #HepatitisE #Research #Virology #RUB #HepEHub

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Troels K. H. Scheel @scheellab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Registration is open for the #HCV-Flavi2026 meeting in Copenhagen, 14-17 September 2026: www.hcv-flavi2026.org This is the premier venue for research on hepatitis viruses, flaviviruses and related viruses. Submit your abstract before 12 May!

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HepE-Hub Bochum @hepe-hub-bochum.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Congratulations Tina 🎉 Thrilled to announce that Tina Sliwinski from @mmv-rub.bsky.social won the prestigous GBM Master Prize for her outstanding master's thesis 🔬 We're so proud of your achievement and look forward to your upcoming #PhD work on the spread of #HEV 🥼 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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HepE-Hub Bochum @hepe-hub-bochum.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

News from the campus🎉 Join us in welcoming our new PhD students, Veronika Wilczek and Tina Sliwinski🤗 🔬While Veronika will investigate the role of #HEV in rat hepatocytes and Tina will explore the spread of HEV, both expand their previous work during their master's @mmv-rub.bsky.social #lablife

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Kick off the year with our first Expert Insight seminar 2026 featuring Jochen Wettengel, diving into the world of SnapGene! Date: 3rd February, 2026 Time: 2 pm Register here: ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

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Translational and Computational Infection Research @compvirol.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Our latest preprint is online! 😎 Great collaboration 💪 Yellow fever vaccine propagation in primary human hepatocytes triggers antiviral & cytolytic responses Dive into our findings @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #virology #immunology #research #TRACiR #teamscience

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HepE-Hub Bochum @hepe-hub-bochum.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Welcome to the HepE-Hub Bochum! We're thrilled to connect the #virology & #infection research @mmv-rub.bsky.social & @compvirol.bsky.social here at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de with its 5 uni clinics to boost #HepatitisE research & patient care. Join us in our mission! #teamscience hepe-hub-bochum.de/en/

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨 The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists Interested? Get in touch via direct message careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... #MicroSky 🧪 #PostDoc @univie.ac.at

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE Also join us on December 4th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on Publishing at PLOS Biology by Melissa Vázquez Hernández. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

Announcement of the “Expert insights” online seminar series by the ACHIEVE Academy. Talk by Melissa Vázquez Hernández from PLOS Biology on “Publishing at PLOS Biology” Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 2:00 PM.

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE Join us on December 2nd, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “Selecting a Good Title for a Publication” by Sarah Peterl. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

Announcement of the “Expert insights” online seminar series by the ACHIEVE Academy. Talk by Sarah Peterl from Heidelberg University Hospital on “Selecting a good title for a publication” Date: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025, at 2:00 PM. The series takes place every first Tuesday of the month.

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

2/2 Don’t miss your chance to join our ACHIEVE mentoring program 2026. Apply by Dec 1 at achieve.g-f-v.org/mentoring/. Huge thanks to our sponsors GfV & DZIF.

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Mentoring | Arbeitskreis Achieve

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

ViroCareer Compass – Navigating Your Career in Virology Shape your career at the 6th #ACHIEVE Workshop of the #GfV! Explore academia, industry & diagnostics, strengthen your CV, get hands-on tips for your first grant 📅 16–17 Mar 2026 | Heidelberg | Late PhD, postdocs & MDs 📝 Apply: achieve.g-f-v.org

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Arbeitskreis Achieve | Arbeitskreis der Gesellschaft für Virologie

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Baldauf_Lab @baldauflab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Highly recommended for late PhDs and Postdocs👇 #LoveVirology

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Virologie Bochum @mmv-rub.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Congrats @MaraKloehn great talk and a price 😁 at the FoRUM Tagung 2025 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de.

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The 2026 edition of the ACHIEVE mentoring program open to final year PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and veterinary/medical doctors has just launched. You will benefit from 1-year individual mentoring by established PIs, 1/2

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE Join us on November 4th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “BSL-4” by PD Dr. Thomas Hoenen. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

Announcement of the “Expert insights” online seminar series by the ACHIEVE Academy. Talk by PD Dr. Thomas Hoenen from the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on “BSL-4.” Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 2:00 PM. The series takes place every first Tuesday of the month.

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Nicola Frericks @naturfuchs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Had a great time presenting at this year's HCV Flavi Meeting in Singapore. Big thanks to the organizers and everyone for the lively, insightful discussions! #HCVFlavi2025

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Translational and Computational Infection Research @compvirol.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Representing RUB @ruhr-uni-bochum.de at #HCVFlavi2025 conference. If you are on-site and interested in #hepatitisE check out Posters 10-15 to learn what's cooking I'm our labs @mmv-rub.bsky.social and www.tracir.de 🥣🚀

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Nicola Frericks @naturfuchs.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome the @bosse-lab.bsky.social to our seminar series! A seminar herpesvirus researchers won't want to miss - what do you think @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social? Also a great chance for other virologists to explore fresh angles!

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE Join us on October 7th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds” by Dr. Timothy Soh. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

Announcement of the “Expert insights” online seminar series by the ACHIEVE Academy. Talk by Dr. Timothy Soh from the Leibniz Institute of Virology on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds.” Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at 2:00 PM. The series takes place every first Tuesday of the month.

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Beate Sodeik @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

PhD position in my team! Join me in the new Graduate School ACME (www.mhh.de/en/institute...). 65% TVL 13 for 4 years integrated into the Hannover Medical School; the ACME program starts in April 2026, but joining us earlier is possible. 1/3 @gesvirologie.bsky.social @infect-net.bsky.social

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar Join us on September 23, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on Culturing Primary Cells by PD Dr. Anjali Röth. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

Exper insights Seminar Series with PD Dr. Anjali Röth.
Registrierungslink: https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/meeting/register/53geSguKT8eojX90P-AUlQ#/registration

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🔬✨ Introducing: Expert Insights – the new seminar series by the Young Society for Virology! We’ve combined the strengths of our previous “How to” seminar series and the GfV ROUND lunch discussions into one powerful format – Expert Insights. 1/n

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Nicola Frericks @naturfuchs.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Thrilled to see our review on HEV entry featured on the cover of the August 2025 issue of Trends in Microbiology! 👉🏼Check it out: www.cell.com/trends/micro...

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WHO @who.int · 28/07/2025

Today is World #Hepatitis Day. Did you know❓ Hepatitis is the second leading infectious cause of death globally, with hepatitis B and C claiming 3 500 lives every day. Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones 👉 bit.ly/hepatitis2025

Text reads: “Deaths from viral hepatitis-related causes are increasing.
2019: 1.1 million deaths
2022: 1.3 million death

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WHO @who.int · 28/07/2025

#Hepatitis facts you should know: Hepatitis B 👉 Only 13% of people with hep B had been diagnosed 👉 Just 3% had received treatment at the end of 2022 Hepatitis C 👉 Only 36% had been diagnosed 👉 20% had received curative treatment We have the tools. Let’s use them 🔗bit.ly/hepatitis2025

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"Of the 304 million people living with hepatitis B and C, only...
7 million are treated for hepatitis B
12.5 million people for hepatitis C"

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The 2nd mentoring program of the #ACHIEVE Academy has been successfully launched. 15 mentees have been selected to be mentored by senior faculty for one year to guide them through their academic careers

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

We are pleased to invite you to our next "How to..." seminar on measuring protein-protein interactions using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) by Prof. Abel Viejo-Borbolla, Hannover Medical School. 1/2

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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Join us for an interactive seminar on April 1st at 2 PM, led by Dr. Toni Meister from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. She will guide you through the process of creating vector graphics for your scientific publications.

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Translational and Computational Infection Research @compvirol.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🚀 Exciting Opportunity for #PostDocs! 🚀 Conduct research using scRNAseq, spatial transcriptomics, and HTS. Collaborate with computational and lab teams. Design experiments to investigate pathogen-host interactions. Make a difference in infection research! 🌟 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c...

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Scientist (m, f, x) in Computational and Laboratory Infection Research

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Translational and Computational Infection Research @compvirol.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

We are #hiring!! Exciting opportunity in our newly established department! Join us on an ambitious journey as we build new structures in the dynamic field of infection research—bridging computational approaches and wet lab experimentation. jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

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Science Manager (m/f/d) Department of Translational and Computational lnfection Research

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Translational and Computational Infection Research @compvirol.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Excited to announce my new role as head of the Translational and Computational Infection Research department at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Note the account name change! New challenges and opportunities ahead. Keep an eye out for job postings. Press release (in German): news.rub.de/leute/2025-0...

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Daniel Todt will Campus und Klinik enger verbinden

Vom grundlegenden Wissen über die Interaktion zwischen Mensch und Pathogenen sollen Patientinnen und Patienten mit Infektionskrankheiten profitieren.

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

✨👩‍🔬✨ #Rollenvorbilder eröffnen Möglichkeiten für Frauen in der Wissenschaft, sagt Dr. Toni Meister. Die Virologin und Nachwuchsgruppenleiterin am Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE) und am Bernhard-Nocht-Institute für Tropenmedizin (BNITM) jetzt im #Interview: 🚀👉 youtu.be/5-1vTZchNeE

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Toni Meister - Role Models sagen mir: Ich kann das auch!

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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

✍️ Lust auf #WissKomm? Der KlarText-Preis 2025 sucht Promovierte, die ihre Dissertation allgemeinverständlich erklären können! 💰 7.500€ Preisgeld 📝 Als Artikel oder Infografik 🎓 Naturwissenschaften ⏰ Deadline: 28.2.25 klartext-preis.de/meldungen/be... @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de

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KlarText-Preis - jetzt bewerben! - Klartext

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Marco Hein @marco.heinlab.org · 03/02/2025

Join me tomorrow 4 Feb at 14:00 CET for an educational seminar about single-cell transcriptomics in virology: Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... This is seminar 1 of the new season of @gesvirologie.bsky.social's ACHIEVE Academy's 'How-To' seminars, targeted at PhD and Master's students.

Announcement poster for Marco Hein's seminar 'How to perform and analyze single-cell sequencing"

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GoffinetLab @goffinetlab.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

📢Post-Doctoral Research Associate Position (2.5 years with prospect of extension) on alphavirology at @lstmnews.bsky.social, Liverpool, UK - Characterisation of cellular entry inhibitors of #CHIKV within starting @horizoneu.bsky.social Consortium DEFENDER📢 app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

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Post-Doctoral Research Associate (88593) | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Full-time, Fixed-term appointment to 30th September 2027 The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is a world-leading institution dedicated to improving health through research, education, a...

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Nicola Frericks @naturfuchs.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

We are back! Don't miss our first "How to..." Seminar 2025 by Prof. Marco Hein, Medical University Vienna!

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