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Beate Sodeik @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social · 7d

What a powerful women, scientist, politician and influencer.
R.I.P.

A picture of Jane Goodall and her famous post: „It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That‘s why there are so many of us.“

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Cláudia Vilhena @cvilhena.bsky.social · 7d

The #BIDlab is 1 year old! 🎂🙏🏻👩🏻‍🔬🎉🥳👯
🧵#1 On Oct 1st 2024 we started this crazy journey: 1 junior group leader, 1 PhD student, a small office and a tiny budget.
Ups&downs and a lot of hard work later, we have enlarged the group, got funding in, have 1 accepted paper and

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 8d

🥇 Wir gratulieren Virologin Dr. Frauke Mücksch vom Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg zum Life Science Bridge Award für die Erforschung der Latenzmechanismen von HI-Viren. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Frauke! 🧬💜
@fraukemuecksch.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
#GenderAwardGap #HIV

Aventis Foundation @avefoundation.bsky.social · 11d

This year's “Life Sciences Bridge Award ” goes to Dr. Judith Feucht, Dr. Frauke Mücksch and Dr. Varun Venkataramani. Congratulations! Read more: www.aventis-foundation.org and bridge.aventis-foundation.org

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Aventis Foundation @avefoundation.bsky.social · 11d

This year's “Life Sciences Bridge Award ” goes to Dr. Judith Feucht, Dr. Frauke Mücksch and Dr. Varun Venkataramani. Congratulations! Read more: www.aventis-foundation.org and bridge.aventis-foundation.org

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 9d

Mutter und Wissenschaftlerin: ein großes Thema, dass viele Forscherinnen beschäftigt. Unser Partnerprojekt Moms@Science von der PH Freiburg möchte Mütter, ihre Strategien und Herausforderungen sichtbarer machen. Macht mit oder folgt ihnen auf Social Media! @momsatscience.bsky.social 💜🤱🏽
#mutter

momsatscience.bsky.social @momsatscience.bsky.social · 15d

Im Rahmen dieses Projektes möchten wir allen, die sich als Mom in der Wissenschaft definieren, die Möglichkeit geben, auf unserem Account vorgestellt zu werden, um für mehr Sichtbarkeit zu sorgen 💪

Wenn du also vorgestellt werden willst, lass uns gerne deine Antworten und ein Foto zukommen 🤝

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momsatscience.bsky.social @momsatscience.bsky.social · Aug 21

Wanna Join?

Wenn du Teil des Projektes sein willst, uns eine Mutter in der Wissenschaft empfehlen möchtest oder du dich für unsere Austauschtreffen interessierst, freuen wir uns über deine Nachricht 🤝

Und falls du Fragen oder Anmerkungen hast, kannst du uns auch gerne kontaktieren 💪

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momsatscience.bsky.social @momsatscience.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hallo 👋

Wir sind Moms@Science, ein vom BMFTR gefördertes Forschungsprojekt, zur Sichtbarmachung von Müttern in der Wissenschaft. Von nun an möchten wir mit unserem Social-Media-Account darauf aufmerksam machen und unsere Forschungsergebnisse mit euch teilen!

Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch🤝

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Beate Sodeik @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social · 11d

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.
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@gesvirologie.bsky.social
@infect-net.bsky.social

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 12d

🇬🇧 The 6th Infect-Net network meeting in Jena was once again a wonderful event with exciting presentations, motivating discussions and lots of great moments. Many thanks to all the speakers and participants: you are what makes Infect-Net a success! 💜 #WomenInScience #Infectious

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 12d

✨ Das 6. Netzwerktreffen von Infect-Net in #Jena war wieder eine wunderbare Veranstaltung mit spannenden Vorträgen, motivierenden Diskussionen und voller schöner Momente. Vielen Dank an alle Referentinnen und Teilnehmerinnen: ihr macht Infect-Net erfolgreich! 💜
📸 Heiko Hellmann | UKJ
#Frauennetzwerk

Gruppenfoto der Teilnehmerinnen des 6. Netzwerktreffens von Infect-Net, Verband Deutscher Infektionsforscherinnen, in Jena. ca 45 Frauen stehen auf einer Treppe im Vordergrund von zwei Infect-Net Werbebannern eingerahmt. Foto Credits: Heiko Hellmann, UKJ

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DZIF - Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung @dzif.bsky.social · 13d

📢 #𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: The new DZIF Start-up Fund supports spin-offs in translational infection research. The initiative focuses on developing innovative #AntiInfectives. Selected projects will receive up to €500,000 in financial support.
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽? 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲👇
t1p.de/lw53h

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

After lunch, we get insights into Nanopore sequencing by Isabel Abellan-Schneyder @nanoporetech.com

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

How you can be supported in your project lifecycle by NFDI4 Microbiota you can find here

nfdi4microbiota.de

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

And the final talk of the day is held by Noriko Cassman on VirJenDB, a database on a FAIR data and bioinformatic platform for viruses @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social #support #databases

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

More information on the agar-based assay can be found here

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Proof-of-Concept Standardized Approach Using a Single-Disk Method Analogous to Antibiotic Disk Diffusion Assays for Routine Phage Susceptibility Testing in Diagnostic Laboratories | Applied and Enviro...

Application of bacteriophages in clinical therapies is attractive due to increasing rates of isolation of multidrug-resistant bacteria worldwide. As the phage effect is highly specific, prior suscepti...

journals.asm.org

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

Now, Romy Skusa points out why it is important to implement phage testing routine and how this could be done using a standardized agar-based approach #phagetherapy #bacteriophages

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

And on insights on the role of CXCL5 during acute lung infection in her recent preprint
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Neutrophil-chemoattractant CXCL5 induces lung barrier permeability in acute lung injury

Rationale Acute lung injury is frequently caused by pneumonia, and severity correlates with inflammatory cell recruitment and lung barrier failure. Deciphering drug-targetable pathways is of clinical ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Live-attenuated vaccine sCPD9 elicits superior mucosal and systemic immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters - Nature Microbiology

Comparison of mucosal and systemic immunity after vaccination with the live-attenuated vaccine sCPD9, mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 or an adenovirus-vectored vaccine following SARS-CoV-2 challenge in hamsters.

www.nature.com

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

More information on her single cell sequencing approach can be found here
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Temporal omics analysis in Syrian hamsters unravel cellular effector responses to moderate COVID-19 - Nature Communications

The immune response is key in determining disease severity of COVID19. Here Nouailles et al., apply bulk proteomics and scRNA-Seq of lung and blood samples of SARS-CoV-2 infected Syrian hamsters and provide a temporal atlas of the systemic and pulmonary cellular responses.

www.nature.com

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

And now on to science. @geraldinen.bsky.social presents insights into her research on respiratory pathogens and mucosal immunity #singlecellsequencing #SARS-CoV-2

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

And now a big shoutout to @amarillion.bsky.social, the best Infect-Net coordinator! You were always supportive, open-minded, creative and a big help. You will be absolutely missed! THANK YOU!
#grateful #creativemind #thankyou

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 13d

Start of day 2 of the Infect-Net Networking Meeting. @amarillion.bsky.social presents the goals and activities of Infect-Net e.V. #femalescientists #infectionbiology #visibility #Teamwork

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 14d

Last talk for the day by Antje Häder about altered Influenza A Virus infection dynamics by TERC-mediated host signaling in lung tissue #UniversitätsklinikumJena #Influenza #TERC

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 14d

Some of her findings were recently published in #mSystems
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Tracking clonal and plasmid transmission in colistin- and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae | mSystems

Antimicrobial resistance occupies a central stage in global public health emergencies. Recently, efforts to track the genetic elements that facilitate the spread of resistance genes in plasmids outbreaks, utilizing short-read sequencing technologies, have ...

journals.asm.org

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 14d

After cake, fruits and coffee we continue with a talk from @sandrareuter.bsky.social on tracking clonal and plasmid transmission for infection prevention and control #UniversitätsklinikFreiburg #sequencing

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