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Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · Jul 30

Merbecovirus S2 subunit vaccines elicit cross reactive antibodies and provide partial protection against MERS coronavirus

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Merbecovirus S2 subunit vaccines elicit cross reactive antibodies and provide partial protection against MERS coronavirus - npj Viruses

npj Viruses - Merbecovirus S2 subunit vaccines elicit cross reactive antibodies and provide partial protection against MERS coronavirus

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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · Jul 30

Respiratory infections reactivate dormant metastatic breast cancer cells in mouse lungs, correlating with evidence in humans that #SARS-CoV-2 infection increases the risk of cancer-related mortality & lung metastasis

😎 biology but double whammy for cancer patients

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Respiratory viral infections awaken metastatic breast cancer cells in lungs - Nature

Mouse models show that respiratory infections from viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 can trigger metastasis of dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, a finding supported by epidemiological d...

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Katie Downes @dr-downes.bsky.social · Jul 30

Very excited to announce that my first, first author paper, is now on BioRxiv! In this paper we unambiguously show #COPII coated vesicles in unperturbed human cells for the very first time!!

Make my day and check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Cryo-ET #TeamTomo #Cryo-CLEM ❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬❄️🔬

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C.A.M(Xander)_de_Haan.bsky.social @xdh.bsky.social · Jul 29

New review paper from the influenza group
@utrechtvirology.bsky.social
together with Mengying Liu and Erik de Vries on virion motility of sialoglycan-cleaving respiratory viruses through mucus and on the surface cells in NPJ viruses @natureportfolio.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s442...

Virion motility of sialoglycan-cleaving respiratory viruses - npj Viruses

npj Viruses - Virion motility of sialoglycan-cleaving respiratory viruses

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Joost Snijder @joostsnijder.bsky.social · Jul 22

We sequenced the anti-RSV-F antibody 131-2a by mass spec and determined its epitope by cryoEM. New insights in postfusion specific binding and antigenic site I. Now published in ACS Infectious Diseases @pubs.acs.org.
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C.A.M(Xander)_de_Haan.bsky.social @xdh.bsky.social · Jul 21

Full article: Identification of β4GALNT2 as an anti-hPIV3 factor through genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 library screening. Nice work by former PhD student Xuesheng Wu. Many thanks to our collaborators!

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Chlanda lab @chlandalab.bsky.social · Jun 11

We are happy this work by Sarah Peterl et al. is out in EMBO J! It was an exciting collaborative effort of several groups in the SFB1129 consortium on pathogen replication and spread. Check out the correlated light and scanning EM method to study virus morphology changes during spread!

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C.A.M(Xander)_de_Haan.bsky.social @xdh.bsky.social · Jun 11

www.cell.com/iscience/ful... Great work by Mengying Liu and others!

Cell-based sialoglycan arrays for directly comparing influenza A virus receptor requirements for binding and infection

Biological sciences; Microbiology; Natural sciences; Virology

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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · Jun 4

There's still time to submit your molecular biology abstracts to this year's #ESWI2025 meeting on #Influenza, #RSV and #SARSCoV2. The ESWI meetings are a brilliant way to see your work in context, as they consider these respiratory viruses all the way from molecular biology to policy...

ESWI @eswinfluenza.bsky.social · Jun 4

#ESWI2025 🚀 Extra call for abstracts in Molecular Virology – now open!
🚨 Deadline is 31 July 2025 at 23:59 CET
📢 Don’t miss your chance to contribute — submit now!
➡️ eswiconference.org/abstract-sub...

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KyleIridian 🇺🇦 🌻 @kyleiridian.bsky.social · May 15

Eurosurveillanc : Human infections with Eurasian avian-like swine influenza virus detected by coincidence via routine respiratory surveillance systems, the Netherlands, 2020 to 2023

Dirk Eggink et al

www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

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Yi-Wei Chang @yiweichang.bsky.social · May 15

Excited to share our new @science.org paper! Led by postdocs Ruchao Peng and Xin Xu, we used cryo-EM/ET to reveal the influenza ribonucleoprotein complex structure and its strand-sliding mechanism for RNA synthesis, paving the way for new antivirals.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Molecular basis of influenza ribonucleoprotein complex assembly and processive RNA synthesis

Influenza viruses replicate and transcribe their genome in the context of a conserved ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex. By integrating cryo–electron microscopy single-particle analysis and cryo–electro...

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · May 12

Also - we eradicated rinderpest in 2010 (joining smallpox as only diseases eradicated).

Turns out fewer anti-vaxxers among cattle 🤦🏻‍♂️

Infectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · Apr 6

Measles likely came from cows (via rinderpest) around the 6th century BCE.

For 2,500 years, we didn’t evolve superhuman resistance—children just died. Real protection only came in the 1960s, with vaccines.

Our superpower isn’t evolving into superhumans. It’s outthinking pathogens.

Measles virus and rinderpest virus divergence dated to the sixth century BCE

Measles virus diverged from rinderpest virus in the sixth century BCE, indicating an early origin for human measles.

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Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · May 13

Binding antibody titers against the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase correlate with protection against medically attended influenza A and B disease journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Binding antibody titers against the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase correlate with protection against medically attended influenza A and B disease | Journal of Virology

There is a great need to better understand correlates of protection (CoP) against influenza A and B viruses (IAV/IBV). In our study, we analyzed paired plasma and nasal swabs from patients presenting ...

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Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · May 13

Saudi Arabia confirms 9 MERS cases, including hospital cluster www.cidrap.umn.edu/mers-cov/sau...

Saudi Arabia confirms 9 MERS cases, including hospital cluster

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C.A.M(Xander)_de_Haan.bsky.social @xdh.bsky.social · Apr 24

Next week I will move to the lab of Adolfo Garcia-Sastre at Mount Sinai for a three month sabbatical. Looking forward to meeting many old and new colleagues and friends and to visiting NYC itself!

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Joost Snijder @joostsnijder.bsky.social · Mar 21

Time for the Dutch Annual Virology Symposium, in the beautiful Geertekerk in Utrecht. Stoked to present our work on antibody sequencing 😁

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · Feb 13

Uganda’s Ebola Sudan outbreak appears stable

No transmission has been found outside of a single chain, and eight patients in treatment are stable.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/e...

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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · Feb 4

Do you like doing experiments on influenza virus particles but want them to be super-squeaky clean? Or perhaps you'd like to work with filamentous influenza virions but don't know how? Jack Hirst has the protocol chapter for you: link.springer.com/protocol/10....

Purification of Influenza Virions

This chapter describes basic workflows for concentrating and for purifying influenza virions. It presents several ways in which ultracentrifugation can be used to concentrate influenza virions from th...

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Björn Meyer @bmeyer.bsky.social · Feb 14

Clear statement from the virology community

American Society for Virology @amersocvirology.bsky.social · Feb 13

Dear Virology Community, please see ASV’s statement to our members and the scientific community. asv.org/asv-statemen...

ASV Statement for our Members | American Society for Virology

Our American Society for Virology (ASV) promotes the study and combatting of viruses, more than ever recognizing their importance and responding to them with research and education. Our academic…

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Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · Feb 14

Deglycosylation and truncation in the neuraminidase stalk are functionally equivalent in enhancing the pathogenicity of a high pathogenicity avian influenza virus in chickens journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Deglycosylation and truncation in the neuraminidase stalk are functionally equivalent in enhancing the pathogenicity of a high pathogenicity avian influenza virus in chickens | Journal of Virology

Avian influenza poses significant economic challenges to the poultry industry and presents potential risks to human health. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that facilitate the emergence of chic...

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Joost Snijder @joostsnijder.bsky.social · Feb 7

Structurally convergent antibodies derived from different vaccine strategies target the influenza virus HA anchor epitope with a subset of VH3 and VK3 genes www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Structurally convergent antibodies derived from different vaccine strategies target the influenza virus HA anchor epitope with a subset of VH3 and VK3 genes - Nature Communications

Structurally convergent antibodies targeting the conserved influenza HA anchor epitope have provided a template for next-generation vaccine development. The authors identified four anchor antibodies e...

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Veesler lab @veeslerlab.bsky.social · Feb 7

With participation of Jimin Lee, Jack Brown, Risako Gen, @dabiophysicist.bsky.social, Cameron Stewart in our lab & in collaboration with the labs of Huan Yan and Tyler Starr

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Multiple independent acquisitions of ACE2 usage in MERS-related coronaviruses

Two coronaviruses related to MERS-CoV, which infect European Pipistrellus bats, have been found to use ACE2 as their receptor. These viruses target an ACE2 surface region distant from those recognized...

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C.A.M(Xander)_de_Haan.bsky.social @xdh.bsky.social · Jan 30

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Xuesheng WU on LinkedIn: After four incredible years, I have officially earned my PhD! Grateful for…

After four incredible years, I have officially earned my PhD! Grateful for all the support and for the many small but shining moments that made this journey…

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C.A.M(Xander)_de_Haan.bsky.social @xdh.bsky.social · Jan 28

Since the emergence of clade 2.3.4.4 H5 viruses, they have shown a remarkable ability to team up with other NA subtypes (and with N1 without a stalk deletion). This in contrast to the “old” H5. Presumably linked to changes in receptor binding. After N2, N6, and N8, we now find N9.

Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · Jan 27

Tests identify H5N9 avian flu at California duck farm www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influe...

Tests identify H5N9 avian flu at California duck farm

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Jan 27

This is bad news. It suggests reassortment of circulating H5N1 viruses with viruses containing N9 NA.

Although this indicates reassortment with avian viruses, it's still bad. Reassortment makes pandemics. The last 3/4 flu pandemics (and likely 1918 too) were reassortant viruses.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jan 27

1st U.S. case of H5N9 bird flu (different from H5N1) reported on California duck farm

1st U.S. case of H5N9 bird flu reported on California duck farm - National | Globalnews.ca

The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry on a duck farm in California, the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday.

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