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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · Jul 23

Meet SHIELD! 🤚

Today (and last, but not least!): The Cavalli group at CECAM/EPFL develops and applies computational methods to investigate biological systems of therapeutic interest. 🧪🧬

www.cecam.org

#ComputationalBiology #EPFL #CECAM #ScienceForHealth #HorizonEU #SHIELDproject 🚀🧠💻

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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · Jul 21

This week, Italy reported the first human fatality of the season along with several symptomatic cases of #WestNileVirus. We need #surveillance, #vectorcontrol, and research on potential cross-protection mechanisms #Usutu
@IZS-Teramo is working on it as part of @yellow4flavi.bsky.social

Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · Jul 21

🧬 Meet our partner IZS-Teramo! 🏫 This top Italian One Health institute leads WP1 in Yellow4FLAVI, studying how flavivirus proteins shape immunity & whether exposure to one virus can protect against another—key for future vaccines. 🔎🦠💉 Find out more here : www.linkedin.com/posts/yellow...

🧬 Meet our Partners: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise "G. | Yellow4FLAVI

🧬 Meet our Partners: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise "G. Caporale" (IZS-Teramo) 🏫 Continuing our Meet our Partners series, we’re pleased to introduce IZS-Teramo : a...

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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · Jul 21

🧬 Meet our partner IZS-Teramo! 🏫 This top Italian One Health institute leads WP1 in Yellow4FLAVI, studying how flavivirus proteins shape immunity & whether exposure to one virus can protect against another—key for future vaccines. 🔎🦠💉 Find out more here : www.linkedin.com/posts/yellow...

🧬 Meet our Partners: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise "G. | Yellow4FLAVI

🧬 Meet our Partners: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise "G. Caporale" (IZS-Teramo) 🏫 Continuing our Meet our Partners series, we’re pleased to introduce IZS-Teramo : a...

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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · Jul 16

🔬 Meet our partners: ImmuneWatch! 🏫 A Belgian bioinformatics spin-off using AI to decode how T cells recognize flaviviruses. In Yellow4FLAVI, they lead WP3, tracking T cell responses to improve yellow fever vaccine design & immunity insights. 🔎💉 Read more here : www.linkedin.com/posts/yellow...

🔬 Meet our Partners: ImmuneWatch 🏫 | Yellow4FLAVI

🔬 Meet our Partners: ImmuneWatch 🏫 This week, Meet our Partners series features ImmuneWatch, a cutting-edge bioinformatics spin-off from the Universiteit Antwerpen and Antwerp University Hospital, i...

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Outbreak News Today | Robert Herriman | Substack @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy · Jul 7

Africa: Angola reports 7 yellow fever cases detected during routine surveillance

Last month, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Angola officially notified the World Health Organization of the confirmation of seven yellow fever cases.

outbreaknewstoday.substack.com

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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thanks @julienpompon.bsky.social for inviting me in wonderful Montpellier. In the oldest faculty of Medicine in the world (A.D. 1220) we talked about our favorite #flavivirus and collaboration between our #HorizonEurope @yellow4flavi.bsky.social and @flavivaccine.bsky.social projects.

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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · Jun 28

“He began to feel that countering anti-vaccine activism was maybe as important as the vaccines he was formulating.” Information, communication, speaking up for what has saved millions of lives is a moral obligation. Not doing so It will affect entire communities with long lasting consequences.

Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · Jun 27

Must-read about what's at stake with RFK Jr pulling funding from Gavi, along with great quotes by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social

www.newyorker.com/science/elem...

Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism

It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. But how bad will it get?

www.newyorker.com

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · Jun 27

My interview in @newyorker.com re: Gavi and the globalization of antivaccine activism

www.newyorker.com/science/elem...

Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism

It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. But how bad will it get?

www.newyorker.com

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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · Jun 25

Meet SHIELD ! ✋

Today: The FlavImmunity group at Institut Pasteur uses the yellow fever 17D vaccine as a model to study flavivirus entry, maturation, and antigenicity.

research.pasteur.fr/en/team/flav...

#Flavivirus #VaccineResearch #StructuralBiology #YellowFever #InstitutPasteur #SHIELDproject

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Philippe Bastin's Lab @bastinlab.bsky.social · Jun 25

Nice experience at The Conduit discussing the impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases. Many thanks to all involved in the organisation, my fellow panelists @charlottekilpo.bsky.social @samiasaad.bsky.social @mcdonnell.bsky.social @ellenthoen.bsky.social and the UK Pasteur foundation

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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · Jun 24

Lethality for this #YellowFever outbreak remains high (~40%) as already seen in Colombia. #PAHO declared the risk as high because of wide geographical spread (also to non endemic areas) and low vaccine coverage. Surveillance, Vaccination and Communication are much needed for an effective response.

The Global Vector Hub @globalvectorhub.bsky.social · Jun 24

🦟 #YellowFever in #Brazil 🇧🇷: "The Brazil Ministry of Health @minsaude.bsky.social has reported 115 confirmed human YF cases in 4 states until 16 June: Sao Paulo, Pará, Minas Gerais and Tocantins. In addition, 45 deaths were reported, (~40%)". #FebreAmarela
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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!

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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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · Jun 24

Happy to see the @yellow4flavi.bsky.social‬ training program in action! We are going to further implement the exchanges between partners in the coming years!

Krug Lab @kruglab.bsky.social · Jun 24

It was a real pleasure to host Pinja Jalkanen in our lab. Let's keep up the collaborative spirit in our Yellow4Flavi project!www.yellow4flavi.eu

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Kendall Powell @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social · Jun 23

In this profile of virologist Amadou Sall, on the ground reporting by @sciwriabdul.bsky.social Tsanni reveals how Sall's diplomacy and persuasion have made his vision of 'homegrown' vaccine manufacturing a reality in #Senegal.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Africa’s chief diplomat for vaccine manufacturing

Virologist Amadou Sall is the driving force behind a world-class manufacturing hub in Senegal.

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Giovanna Barba Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social · Jun 22

Vaccine hesitancy has been reported by health officials both in Colombia and in Brazil as one of the causes for the spreading of this outbreak. Vaccination is the most efficient way to contain the virus. Thanks Prof.Hotez for putting the spotlight on YF. We need more talk on risks, prevention, etc.

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · Jun 22

Many thanks @houstonchronicle.com for highlighting my concerns and the great interview with Lisa Gray this Sunday AM

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · Jun 20

www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · Jun 16

"In 2024, 23 cases of yellow fever were reported in Colombia, with 13 deaths. As of June 9, 2025, there have been 104 cases and 45 deaths..."

In a new letter, authors explore the challenges of the current yellow fever outbreak in Colombia: tinyurl.com/3ykcr8uu

Challenges of the current yellow fever outbreak in Colombia

Yellow fever was once mainly sylvatic in remote Colombian regions throughout the 20th century. However, the 21st century has seen the re-emergence of yellow fever in endemic zones and it has spread to...

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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · Jun 18

Meet SHIELD! ✋

Today: The research of the Lassa Virus Immunology group at the BNITM focuses on hemorrhagic fever viruses such as Lassa, Ebola, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever viruses. 🦠🌍

Web: www.bnitm.de/en/research/...

#LassaVirus #NipahVirus #TropicalMedicine #BNITM #SHIELDproject

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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · Jun 12

🧬 L'Institut Pasteur fait peau neuve !

Nouvelle plateforme de marque, nouvelle identité visuelle, nouvelle signature : "Pour chaque vie, la science agit" 💙

#InstitutPasteur

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Jun 2

An explosive outbreak of mpox in Sierra Leone is raising fears of wider spread. The country of 9 million has seen more than 3000 cases already.
“We could see very rapid geographic expansion […] if we don’t really try and get things under control quickly,” says @kindrachukjason.bsky.social
🧪 #IDsky

Explosive mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone overwhelms health systems

Rapid transmission through sexual networks raises fears of wider spread in the region

www.science.org

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Kilian Schober @kischober.bsky.social · Jun 3

Our team had such a blast at the #ATCR conference in Antwerp. Beautiful and super interesting city, fantastic line-up of speakers, and a very family-like atmosphere full of TCR geeks. What more can you ask for!

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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · Jun 2

🔬Spotlight on women’s leadership in Yellow4FLAVI!
Dr. Barba-Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social, a molecular & structural virologist, coordinates research on how YF17D vaccine structure drives immunity, unlocking new paths for next-gen vaccines.💉🧠
More on our site: www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/women-s...

Women’s leadership in Yellow4FLAVI

We’d like to shine a spotlight on Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth, Coordinator of the Yellow4FLAVI Horizon Europe funded project and Head of the Flavimmunity Group at Institut Pasteur. 1️⃣ What is your back...

www.yellow4flavi.eu

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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · May 21

Meet SHIELD! ✋

Today: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry at #UniHeidelberg

From molecule to medicine: Christian Klein’s group drives translational medicinal chemistry to push drug discovery forward. 🔬💊

www.ipmb.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/...

#HorizonEU #MedChem #DrugDiscovery

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SHIELD project @shield-project.bsky.social · May 13

Meet SHIELD! ✋

Today: The Protein Modelling Lab of ITQB Nova at Universidade Nova de Lisboa

The Lab (www.itqb.unl.pt/research/bio...), headed by Cláudio M. Soares and Diana Lousa, employs computational biophysical and ML/AI methods to investigate the structure and dynamics of proteins.

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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · May 13

🦠Join Our Next Seminar! We are excited to announce the third seminar in our series on emerging pathogens, with a focus on flaviviruses.

🗓 May 20th
🕒 15:00 – 16:00 CET
🔬 With Prof. Luisa Barzon
🔗 forms.office.com/e/KGMUMAJwak

#Flaviviruses #WestNileVirus

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