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Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · 7d

The program has been finalised for #MHVW2025 and #HHV65symposium! Only a couple more days to go!

Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣Last Chance!📣
Monday is the last chance to sign up for the Mini Herpesvirus Workshop taking place in Freiburg on the 8th and 9th of October 2025! Don't miss out on amazing speakers and a catch up with your favourite colleagues and collaborators.

Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Jul 22

📣More speakers confirmed!📣
Planning is well underway for the Mini Herpesvirus Workshop and we are pleased to share with you the updated list of speakers that we are looking forward to welcoming here in Freiburg. 🎤

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Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Jul 29

Did you know just how cool the Herpesvirus academic community is? Some of the world experts in Herpesvirus research formed a band, Herpetic Legion, that has been on tour for over ten years. Each IHW, we get to dance and sing along with our colleagues and friends and witness a real impressive show

Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Jul 29

We are over halfway through the #IHW! It has been great sharing research and ideas with this awesome community of scientists. Here we are at Rebecca's poster on CMV transcytosis through placental tissue. @philkohol.bsky.social @lauranena.bsky.social

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Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Jul 26

A wonderful start to the International Herpesvirus Workshop, this year in Berlin! Philipp is co-hosting the Betaherpesvirus satellite workshop to kick us off. Some really fascinating talks so far. Looking forward to catching up with some more familiar faces, too!

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Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Jul 22

📣More speakers confirmed!📣
Planning is well underway for the Mini Herpesvirus Workshop and we are pleased to share with you the updated list of speakers that we are looking forward to welcoming here in Freiburg. 🎤

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Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Jul 7

📣Registration is open!📣
Here is our website to the Mini Herpesvirus Workshop in Freiburg!
Register and find out more details below.
www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/herpes-virus...

Herpes Virus Workshop | Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

www.uniklinik-freiburg.de

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Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · May 26

📣Save the date! 📣
We will be hosting the 18th Mini Herpesvirus Workshop and the HHV-65 Symposium in Freiburg this year.
We are very excited about all of the amazing speakers that we get to welcome. We can't wait to see you all there!

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Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy international women's day! Women are an important part of science and academia, yet they still face major challenges #InternationalWomensDay2025

Science Magazine @science.org · Mar 8

"The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury."

In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. scim.ag/3F60VMt #InternationalWomensDay

As women in academia, having children can feel impossible. Talking about it makes us feel less alone

The struggle is “balancing their careers not just with motherhood, but with what comes before: relationships and planning for a family,” these postdocs write

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Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Mar 7

We had such a great time this week meeting and catching up with our virologist friends. A big thanks to the organisers and everyone who took part. See you all again soon!

GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social · Mar 7

Hundreds of #virologists queing for the dinner party of the #GfV2025 conference in #Hamburg. Thanks a lot to Thomas Dobner and his team for organizing a vibrant #conference of the #DACH society with terrific keynote speakers! 🙏 The GfV board of directors wishes all participants a safe trip home! 🤗

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Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Mar 5

Rebecca Göttler presenting her poster at the @gesvirologie.bsky.social meeting in Hamburg. Learn about how she's using placenta organoids amongst other models to investigate the transmission of CMV virions through the placenta.

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Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Mar 4

Rounding up the first day of the GfV in Hamburg! Got to catch some interesting talks and see some familiar faces. Looking forward to tomorrow, where Rebecca Göttler will present her poster on her PhD project. See you there!

GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · Mar 3

Hamburg will probably have the highest density of virologists in Germany in the next few days.
Let's inform each other and everyone who couldn't make it at #GfV2025 Looking forward to many posts (BM)

GfV - Gesellschaft für Virologie @gesvirologie.bsky.social · Feb 28

Are you ready for the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology? Join us as we discuss the latest advancements in virology. Don’t miss out!

For all last-minute participants: Registration is still possible on-site!
🔗 virology-meeting.de/registration
#GfV #GfV2025 #virologymeeting #virus

Kolb Group @kolblab.bsky.social · Feb 26

Cytomegalovirus shows us how viruses can attack antibodies directly to establish infection. Read our latest paper on rhesus cytomegalovirus evasion from IgG mediated immunity published in @naturecomms.bsky.social
And we've been included in the Editors' Highlights!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rhesus Cytomegalovirus-encoded Fcγ-binding glycoproteins facilitate viral evasion from IgG-mediated humoral immunity - Nature Communications

The role of viral Fc-gamma receptors in rhesus cytomegalovirus (RhCMV) infection is unclear. Here, the authors characterized RhCMV vFcγRs and report that their deletion did not affect virus replicatio...

www.nature.com

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