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Isabella Eckerle
@eckerleisabella.bsky.social
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Director, Geneva Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases - Virologist, MD, DTM&H. Interests: Emerging viruses, coronaviruses, diagnostics, translational research for better preparedness for epidemic & pandemic viruses. Views are my own.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 15h
EU Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban
Unbelievable we are in a climate crisis where meat production is a huge driver of carbon emissions and deforestation
And instead of promoting meat alternatives - they are trying to ban them

www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...
Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban | Euractiv
Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives
www.euractiv.com
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Aug 28
Would never ever be possible today and I am quite pessimistic that we will eradicate another human disease in the years (decades?) to come.
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WHO @who.int · Aug 28
#ThrowbackThursday: In 1980 the 🌍🌎🌏 was declared #smallpox free, thanks to mass vaccination efforts.

Smallpox was an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus. It was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity. #VaccinesWork
World Health: The Magazine of the World Health Organization. May 1980. smallpox is dead!
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · Aug 20
Wissenschaftler haben eine Fledermausfamilie in Costa Rica per Videokamera beobachtet. Die Tiere wiesen ein reges Sozialverhalten auf, inklusive Begrüßungsritual.
Costa Rica: Fledermäuse beim Umarmen gesichtet
Wissenschaftler haben eine Fledermausfamilie in Costa Rica per Videokamera beobachtet. Die Tiere wiesen ein reges Sozialverhalten auf, inklusive Begrüßungsritual.
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jul 19
Also a good reminder that our discussions about measures in schools should not be black or white - it is much more complex! Our findings will not change anything for SARS-CoV-2 anymore - but they will be useful for the next pandemic and the very complex and difficult decisions around schools!
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jul 19
We need dynamic viro-epidemiological studies during outbreaks to address the evolving epidemiological landscape shaped by pathogen characteristics and evolution, shifting public health policies, and changes in human behavior.
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jul 19
This was due to strong increases in community-acquired infections in successive periods of viral variants, ultimately undermining the potential impact of school-based interventions in reducing infection rates in the school-aged population. Bottom line?
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jul 19
We have longitudinally studied SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in schools with child-friendly sampling methods during Alpha, Delta and Omicron circulation. Through integrated modeling of epidemiological and genetic data and scenario simulations, we could show transmission dynamics in schools changed markedly
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jul 19
Our Paper "Evolving infectious disease dynamics shape school-based intervention effectiveness" is finally out in Nature Communications.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This work was a great and intensive collaboration and I am incredibly proud of it - what did we do and what did we find?
Evolving infectious disease dynamics shape school-based intervention effectiveness - Nature Communications
School-based non-pharmaceutical interventions were widely used for COVID-19 control. Here, the authors use simulations to investigate how the potential effectiveness of these interventions can vary de...
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jul 16
Ich bin will keinen Kulturkampf in der Politik - ich will eine faire Gesellschaft, eine funktionieren Bahn, keine Kinderarmut, ein funktionierendes Gesundheitssystem, keine Masern, saubere Luft, gut ausgestattete Schulen, Kinderbetreuung, unbelastete Lebensmittel, Fahrradwege, Klimaschutz....
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · Jul 16
Was viele nicht zu verstehen scheinen: Hier wurde ein Drehbuch durchgespielt, mit dem Ziel, eine für die AfD und damit für die schwarz-blaubraunen Träume gewisser Kreise bedrohlich wirkende Richterin zu verhindern und ein nur der AfD nützendes Kulturkampfszenario nach US-Vorbild durchzuziehen.
Streit über Kandidatin für Verfassungsgericht Diese Akteure stehen hinter der Netzkampagne gegen Brosius-Gersdorf Die vorerst gescheiterte Richterwahl hat die Koalition beschädigt. Vorausgegangen war dem Eklat eine orchestrierte Aktion von Abtreibungsgegnern, rechtspopulistischen Medien und dem Umfeld der AfD. Hatten sie Einfluss auf die Union?
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · Jul 15
NIUS ist ein komplett künstlich hochgezogenes Propaganda-Medium. Ein Leak hat offenbart, dass sich die Fake-Schleuder nicht selbstständig finanzieren könnte. Sie wird von einem Multimillionär durchgefüttert. Superreiche kaufen sich hier einfach Medienmacht und indoktrinieren damit unsere Politik.
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Lars Wienand @larswienand.bsky.social · Jul 15
Leak bei Nius – und was es neben Namen und Adressen von Abonnenten ernthält: Hans-Georg Maaßen u.a. bekamen im System eine @ vius-Email-Adresse, 46 Nutzer haben Abo für 199,99 Euro Jahresbeitrag abgeschlossen.
Nutzer in Sorge: Hacker stellen Kundendatei von Nius ins Netz
Das Krawallportal "Nius" ist mutmaßlich Ziel einer kriminellen Attacke geworden. Jetzt sorgen sich manche Abonnenten, weil sich über sie so einiges herausfinden lässt.
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jul 7
Are you an excellent researcher in the field of genomics of infectious diseases of intracellular pathogens (viruses, intracellular parasites or bacteria)? The apply for this chair of excellence at the University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine:
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Professeur-e ordinaire, professeur-e associé-e (6460)
en génomique des maladies infectieuses intracellulaires Chaire dexcellence / Full Professor or Associate Professor in Genomics of Intracellular Infectious Diseases Chair of Excellence
jobs.unige.ch
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jun 25
Congratulations! I wish I could have been there!
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jun 24
Congratulations dear Christine!!
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @lstmnews.bsky.social · Jun 18
Tickets are now available for Professor Christine Goffinet's Inaugural Lecture!

Book now, in Liverpool or online (Wednesday July 16, 5-7pm BST), to hear about her team's cutting-edge research uncovering interactions between viruses and the human host cell.

www.tickettailor.com/events/lstm1....
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jun 24
Beautiful light on the beautiful art work in my office this morning. Trying to appreciate the small good things in life in this crazy world right now.
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Antonio Guerrero MD PhD @guerreroespejo.bsky.social · Jun 23
4.1% of ready-to-eat #salad bags in Europe may contain #Toxoplasma gondii.

It is recommended to always wash these products before eating, especially for those at risk.

doi.org/10.2807/1560...
Molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in ready-to-eat salad mixes: multi-country survey using a validated and harmonised standard operating procedure, Europe, 2021 to 2022
Background Most Toxoplasma gondii infections in humans are considered foodborne, but the relative importance of the various routes of infection is largely unknown. Consumption of green produce contami...
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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Jun 23
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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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Jun 5
New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June.
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
Postdoctoral positions in epidemic mathematical/statistical modelling - Research
Job description We are recruiting postdocs to contribute to research projects in the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, at Institut Pasteur in Paris. The candidates will be expected t...
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Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social · Jun 23
I will be more active here from now on! :-)
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Volker Thiel @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social · Apr 9
The question of the origin of #SARS-CoV-2 is a matter of significant scientific and public interest. Current publicly available data suggests a natural origin, while evidence supporting a lab origin remains scarce. Although no hypothesis has been definitively proven, the available data indicate...
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · Apr 8
Placide Mbala on #mpox in DRC - 4 clades now, 3 circulating - epidemiology has changed - modes of transmission depend more on opportunities than viral change

This symposium on #EmergingViralDisease is exceptional

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Andrew Curry @spoke32.bsky.social · Apr 2
For 5,000 years, the Sahara was dotted with lakes and crisscrossed by rivers, populated by giraffes, hippos, elephants, fish – and people. A new study from @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social geneticist @nadasalem.bsky.social and colleagues reveals where they came from. @science.org
Skeletons from ‘green Sahara’ offer genetic peek at a lost human population
Ancient DNA sheds light on a fleeting, lush interlude of North African prehistory
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GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · Apr 2
Wir haben– in einem Kraftakt mit etlichen weiteren Fachgesellschaften– eine neue S2k-Leitlinie @awmf.bsky.social erstellt: "Prävention, #Diagnostik und Therapie der #CMV -Infektion bei Schwangeren und der konnatalen CMV-Infektion bei Neugeborenen und Kindern"

register.awmf.org/de/leitlinie...
CMV, das Cytomegalievirus, ist die häufigste angeborene Infektionskrankheit
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Dr. Philoponus @drphiloponus.bsky.social · Mar 28
Trump is driving American scientists into Europe’s arms
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
From The Economist
Trump is driving American scientists into Europe’s arms
But the continent will have to invest more to lure top talent
www.economist.com
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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · Mar 28
Habe nun mit mehreren WissenschaftlerInnen gesprochen, die Fachkonferenzen in den USA lieber auslassen, weil die Lage so unklar ist. Die, die doch hinfahren, besorgen dafür eigens neue Laptops und Handys. Surreal. Die breite Öffentlichkeit realisiert noch immer zu wenig, wie ernst die Lage ist.
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