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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · 6d

At Nacht der Forschung, the MCID had the pleasure to host the INPUT team from the ISPM. Throughout the evening, they ran a full-scale pandemic game with the crowd. The evening turned into a living lab, check out the results here:-

👉 tinyurl.com/ye8hsyzr

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · 21d

To find out more, check out the links:-

👉 UniAktuell tinyurl.com/ywsw899s
👉 SNF Horizonte tinyurl.com/5a9ndmnu

Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · 21d

MCID & @bereadycohort.bsky.social were featured in UniAktuell and SNF Horizons! 🎉 From local funding to Europe’s only such cohort, this research shows how locally rooted, globally relevant science strengthens pandemic preparedness.

@unibe.ch @snsf.ch

#UniAktuell #Horizonte #PandemicPrep

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · 22d

Check out our webpage to read more! tinyurl.com/2f69ya6a

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@reymondgroup.bsky.social
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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · 22d

Welcome back from the summer break! 🌞 The 11th edition of The SPREAD is out now.

🔹 Research on Tropical Theileriosis
🔹 Why syndromic surveillance matters for wildlife health
🔹 How machine learning is helping discover new antimicrobials
🔹 Meet our MCID-funded PhD students: Mike and Martin

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · 28d

Many thanks to our team of volunteers, the @bereadycohort.bsky.social, the Ethics and Policy team and our VR Pandemic Control Centre.

Your contributions and hard work made it a really fun and worthwhile event!

#ndfunibern

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · 28d

✨ We are proud to have taken part again in the Nacht der Forschung @unibe.ch ✨

🔬 Highlights included a focus on MCID-funded research, interactive pathogen posters as well as “make your own pathogen” & the legendary Splat the Bacteria 🦠💥

Great to be sparking curiosity & connecting with the public ❤️

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Aug 25

There is going to be so much interesting and fun science going on....the MCID team is really looking forward to a great evening!

Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @medfacultyunibe.bsky.social · Aug 25

We are at the big festival of knowledge and research!🩻🌠
Experience the full spectrum of our research firsthand with exciting attractions for all ages. 👉For an overview: www.medizin.unibe.ch/forschung/me... @unibe.ch @dbmr-unibe.bsky.social @cvrcbern.bsky.social @mcid-unibe.bsky.social

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Aug 20

Today is #WorldMosquitoDay — a reminder of the threat from the world’s deadliest animal. 🦟 Through MCID projects, we’re tackling insecticide resistance, rare diseases like Wesselsbron, and promoting public awareness with our @bereadycohort.bsky.social cohort study.

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Aug 19

MCID is back at Nacht der Forschung 🎉 on Sat 6 Sept 2025!
Fun for all ages: 🎨 Face painting + “Make Your Own Pathogen” | 🎯 Klatsch die Bakterie | 🖼️ Interactive posters | 🦠 Pandemic Control Centre | 🕷️ BEready – take “a close look at ticks”! ⚖️Ethical dilemmas

Come say hi!
#ndfunibern
@unibe.ch

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · Aug 14

Oropouche virus activity in the Americas mimics last year as UK notes its first case

Officials have confirmed five Oropouche virus-related deaths this year, all in Brazil.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Aug 13

BEready have published their latest newsletter today “BEinformed”.

Sign up on their website to receive the newsletter directly in your inbox.

www.beready.unibe.ch/about/newsle...

Or check out their blog

www.beready.unibe.ch/about/blog/i...

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Aug 13

The MCID funded a study by the IKMB @unibe.ch to track how conspiracies start, spread & the role of the media to stop them. Journalists and Researchers discussed findings and raised new questions in a May workshop.

Read the UniAktuell article here:

bit.ly/3Hy7V6m

#MCID #Research #Journalism

Dealing with conspiracy theories: debunking works

During the pandemic, Bern-based researchers conducted real-time analyses to determine how the media can most effectively curb conspiracy theories. A workshop for journalists brought together the world...

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Aug 6

Huge congrats to all the lead applicants (Lucy Hathaway, Britta Lundström-Stadelmann, Philippe Plattet, Rachel Cassidy, @svenrottenberg.bsky.social, Simone Schuller, Cornelia Staehelin, Ronald Dijkman) and their Research Teams, we’re looking forward to seeing where your work leads!

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚀 Exciting news! We’ve just funded 8 innovative projects through the 2024 MCID funding call 🎉

For more information check out our webpage

bit.ly/3UO7Y0Y

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Funded projects, MCID Project Funding Call 2024

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Aug 5

New review from MCID co-chair Carmen and @labfaso.bsky.social team on annexins, a protein family doing vital but often underappreciated work in cells.

Membrane repair, calcium transport, and a look beyond mammals and plants.
Well worth a read 👇

📖 bit.ly/46Ij3Ii

#Annexins #MCID #CellBio @unibe.ch

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Jul 17

Vetsuisse Faculty turned 125, and MCID was in the middle of the action at the Vetsuisse Open House!

Posters, games, quizzes, face paint & cuddly microbes and don't forget “Splat the Bacteria”! 💥

Massive thanks to our volunteer crew 💛

See you next at Nacht der Forschung

bit.ly/4lHUbVO

@unibe.ch

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Jul 14

🎉 Big shoutout to our MCID Bern-funded PhD students who shone at the 20th GCB Symposium @unibe.ch!

They wowed us with posters, talks & flash presentations, showcasing not just cutting-edge science but passion & dedication to their research

👏 Congrats to all! Keep up the good work!

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Jul 12

🎉 Congrats to MCID-funded PhD student Isabel Schultz-Pernice & Marco P. Alves on their new Nature Communications paper!

🧠 Their work reveals how monkeypox spreads in the brain & opens doors for new therapies.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@mcid-unibe.bsky.social
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Monkeypox virus spreads from cell-to-cell and leads to neuronal death in human neural organoids - Nature Communications

The mechanisms underlying neurological complications of monkeypox virus infection remain unclear. Here, the authors investigate its neurotropic potential and show that neuritic transport of viral part...

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Jun 10

Great to see the new publication from the MCID's co-lead @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social is out. His team has been working for a number of years developing a live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. They present the next steps demonstrating the efficacy, safety and stability of their candidate vaccine.

Lisa T @drlisathomann.bsky.social · Jun 10

The next publication from our team
@profvolkerthiel.bsky.social is now hot off the press showing the safety of our live attenuated vaccine against SARS-Cov-2. It’s always a pleasure to work with Martin Beer’s team from FLI Reims.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine OTS-228 demonstrates efficacy, safety, and stability in preclinical model - npj Vaccines

npj Vaccines - Live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine OTS-228 demonstrates efficacy, safety, and stability in preclinical model

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Jun 6

Issue #10 of The SPREAD is hot off the press! 📰✨

This one’s got bite (🦟) — from dodging tick bites, to Giardia’s sneaky protein secrets, plus a spotlight on more of our brilliant MCID PhD students 🎓

Dive in here 👉 shorturl.at/XrYw1

@unibe.ch #MCID #TheSPREAD #Ticks #Giardia #InfectiousDisease

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · Jun 2

Congrats on another great publication!

Karousis Lab @karousislab.bsky.social · May 28

Our method paper to produce efficient cell-free translation lysates from diverse human cell types is out 🎉 www.jbc.org/article/S002... @unibe.ch @mcid-unibe.bsky.social
@muehlemann.bsky.social @nickkouvelas.bsky.social

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · May 19

@mcid-unibe.bsky.social and IVI welcomed the Swiss Klub für Wissenschaftsjournalismus. @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social kicked off with an intro to the MCID, followed by the @bereadycohort.bsky.social study, an IVI spotlight, and rounded off with a lively Q&A session. #ScienceJournalism @unibe.ch

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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) @mcid-unibe.bsky.social · May 5

At the MCID, we're working to close the gap between research and real-world policy.

That’s why we support the SNSF Politics for Researchers course—helping researchers build the skills to engage with policymakers and drive impact.

📢 A few spots left—join now!

#PolicyImpact #ResearchToPolicy #MCID

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · May 5

🧠 #Politics courses for #researchers (English session) If you want to inform political decisions with your research, then learn how to bridge science and policy with our courses!
🗓️ 16 June in Bern
📌 Register here: buff.ly/YbCuerY

More info ⤵️ : buff.ly/FWbKFal

Politics courses for researchers in 2025

The one-day courses will equip researchers with the tools they need to effectively contribute their expertise to Swiss politics.

www.snf.ch

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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · Apr 29

Heute hat sich das 750. Haushalt in die #BEreadyKohortenstudie angemeldet.

Auf halbem Weg zu unserem Ziel von 1500 Haushalten.

Besuchen Sie uns bis am 4. Mai an der #BernExpo Halle 7, Stand A004 und erfahren Sie mehr.

@bereadycohort.bsky.social

bea-messe.ch/de/exhibitor...

BEready study team at BernExpo until 4. May, Halle 7, Stand A004

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