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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 23h

#SARS-CoV-2 wave starting early in the respiratory virus season as last year. Possibly Covid booster #vaccinations should start in September if this pattern holds true in the upcoming years. #health #staysafe

Aberle Judith @aberlejudith.bsky.social · 5d

Respiratorische Virusaktivität in Österreich ist diese Woche wie erwartet weiter angestiegen 📈

Infektionswelle mit #Rhinoviren (40%) und #SARS-CoV2 (21%) wird sich noch mehrere Wochen hinziehen
Im #Sentinelsystem auch saisonale Coronaviren und erste Fälle von #Parainfluenza
#ZentrumVirologie

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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 2d

Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia

Vaccination is more that protection against the pathogen-caused disease.

www.nature.com/artic...
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Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia

Nature Medicine - Large-scale longitudinal health records reveal consistent association of varicella-zoster virus reactivation with dementia.

www.nature.com

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Rahul K @theresearch.bsky.social · 3d

The schedule for #NobelPrize announcements week @nobelprize.bsky.social

#NobelPrize2025 dates & time ⬇️

Rahul K @theresearch.bsky.social · 8d

For those who celebrate October as #NobelPrize announcements month @nobelprize.bsky.social 🎃🇸🇪🇳🇴

#NobelPrize2025 dates & time ⬇️
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about...

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 8d

The Institute of #Virology #Innsbruck aka #IVI lab outing 2025 was a lot of fun despite unfavorable weather. Thanks everyone for making it an event to remember. 🤩 #teamspirit #lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 23d

Our one and only Institute of Virology Innsbruck (IVI) was well represented at the Tyrolean Company Run 2025. Thanks to all the employees who ran or cheered for us! It‘s been a blast. 🙏 #lovevirology #teamspirit

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks for the clarification. Indeed it is the passive immunization with Nirsevimqb that I was referring to.

Lars-Anders Carlson @lacarlson.bsky.social · 27d

Good news for Austria! Out of curiosity, what about mAbs? Sweden has just decided to offer a shot of monoclonal antibody profylaxis to new-borns.

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · 27d

Great news. The RSV vaccine will be freely available for newborns from October onwards. Effective protection from the most common cause of severe respiratory tract infection in newborns and toddlers.

Aberle Judith @aberlejudith.bsky.social · 28d

Good news ⭐️ RSV-Schutz mit Nirsevimab, das schwere Atemwegs-Erkrankungen um >80% reduziert, wird ab Oktober allen Neugeborenen kostenlos zur Verfügung stehen

Kinder mit erhöhtem Risiko für schwere Verläufe erhalten die Immunisierung auch vor ihrer zweiten RSV-Saison
science.orf.at/stories/3231...

Für Säuglinge erstmals von Saisonbeginn an

Erstmals steht in Österreich über die gesamte Erkältungssaison von Oktober bis März für alle Säuglinge eine kostenlose Immunisierung gegen RSV zur Verfügung. Kinder, die während dieser Zeit auf die We...

science.orf.at

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Sep 8

David Baltimore passed away this weekend. A pioneer of molecular virology who won the Nobel prize in medicine & physiology for his discovery of viral reverse transcriptase. This essay he wrote in 2018 reflecting of his 60yr career in science is a great read.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Sixty Years of Discovery | Annual Reviews

Each of us is a story. Mine is a story of doing science for 60 years, and I am honored to be asked to tell it. Even though this autobiography was written for the Annual Review of Immunology, I have ch...

www.annualreviews.org

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Jul 2

Wonderful news for the #Virology community. Congratulations Carla @salehlabparis and all the best for this new era. You will do great! #WomenInSTEM #Science

SalehLab @salehlabparis.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thrilled (and humbled!) to share that since today I am the Chair of the Virology Department at @pasteur.fr. Grateful to my colleagues for their trust. Now let’s push the frontiers of virus research together. The sky is the limit! 🦠🔬 #Virology #Science #TeamPasteur

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Jun 30

Congratulations Dr. Yoo! 👏Today Ju Eun Yoo from our team successfully defended her #thesis work on #alphavirus transmission at the #mosquito - human interface. 🍾Stay tuned for her publication. Anybody looking for a talented postdoc: my highest recommendations! #lovevirology #prouddoctoralsupervisor

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Jun 30

Will do

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Jun 29

Congrats Alain! Nice work.

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Jun 29

Scientist’s Sunday #triathlon: biking to the station, train ride (working) and evening run in very flat northern Germany ;) But it’s nice to be #home. The landscape is beautiful in a different way. #gratitude

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Aberle Judith @aberlejudith.bsky.social · Jun 27

Neuerliches Update der #FSME in Österreich
Es wurden nun für Juni weitere Fälle aus OÖ, Stmk, Ktn, T und Vbg bestätigt
Damit erhöht sich die Zahl aktuell auf 43 hospitalisierte Patienten, davon 7 Kinder
weitere in Abklärung
#homepage update erfolgt nächste Woche
viro.meduniwien.ac.at/forschung/vi...

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Jun 29

On my way to Hanover, where our last #PhDstudent from the Hannover team Ju Eun Yoo will defend her thesis tomorrow. Stay tuned! While Europe is facing a #heatwave, the beautiful scarf that @salehlabparis.bsky.social gave me for the inauguration is on board, in case the train AC is working. 😉

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Yesterday at Gisa’s inaugural symposium Carla Saleh @salehlabparis.bsky.social and Elisabeth Puchhammer from @meduniwien.ac.at gave wonderful talks. A huge thank you to all colleagues, friends and family who came and celebrated with us! A bright start for the Institute of Virology Innsbruck (#IVI)!

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · May 19

Excellent talks and posters at the #Gordon research conference #Viruses & #Cells in Casteldelfels, Spain. Wonderful to meet colleagues and friends from all over the world.

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · May 15

Celebrating the successful move of our research labs on campus. Thanks a lot to everyone at the Institute of #Virology Innsbruck #IVI for your good #team spirit! 🙏To a bright and successful future in the new building! #lovevirology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Apr 17

Yes very nice new space and we are supposed to stay there. :)

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Apr 16

Five months after moving the lab from Germany to Austria, we are again packing up offices and labs to move next door on campus. A huge thank you to all employees for keeping up the good spirit in these tricky times! #gratitude #teamspirit 🙏All because we #loveviroloy

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Mar 31

Oh happy day 🎺🎉🥂🍾 Congratulations Dr. Duven! Mara defended her thesis today and did very well. 👏Thanks to the external reviewers Eva Herker and Andres Merits! Please find Mara‘s work on host factors of #encephalitic alphaviruses published in MBoC here: tinyurl.com/mpcc44rf
#WomenInSTEM #virology

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Mar 29

Please find our Society of Virology @gesvirologie.bsky.social statement on „5 years COVID-19“ here. It reflects on the pandemic, its scientific assessment and learnings. Thanks a lot to all colleagues making an effort to inform the public. 🙏

GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · Mar 27

In der Debatte über die Corona-Pandemie kommt es zu zunehmenden Verzerrungen von Fakten und zeitlich-inhaltlichen Bezügen, v.a. hinsichtlich der "Maßnahmen" und Impfung.

Die GfV verfasste nun ein Stellungnahme mit Anmerkungen zur Aufarbeitung der Pandemie in Deutschland:
g-f-v.org/fuenf-jahre-...

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Mar 24

Congratulations Leen! 👏

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GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Mar 21

Thank you very much Anna Oeverby from @umeauniversitet.bsky.social for sharing exciting work on #TBEV #neuroinfection, SNSeq thereof, and 3D #imaging of infected brains; also for discussions on ongoing projects and future joint work. Scientific exchange kindly enabled by @infect-net.bsky.social 🙏

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Sandra Ciesek @ciesek.bsky.social · Mar 14

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