Nicola Frericks
@naturfuchs.bsky.social
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"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan || Postdoctoral researcher at the Department for Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum
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We’re thrilled to welcome the @bosse-lab.bsky.social to our seminar series! A seminar herpesvirus researchers won't want to miss - what do you think @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social? Also a great chance for other virologists to explore fresh angles!
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🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Join us on October 7th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds” by Dr. Timothy Soh. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
Announcement of the “Expert insights” online seminar series by the ACHIEVE Academy. Talk by Dr. Timothy Soh from the Leibniz Institute of Virology on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds.” Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at 2:00 PM. The series takes place every first Tuesday of the month.
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🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Join us on October 7th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds” by Dr. Timothy Soh. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
Announcement of the “Expert insights” online seminar series by the ACHIEVE Academy. Talk by Dr. Timothy Soh from the Leibniz Institute of Virology on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds.” Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at 2:00 PM. The series takes place every first Tuesday of the month.
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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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🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar
Join us on September 23, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on Culturing Primary Cells by PD Dr. Anjali Röth. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
Exper insights Seminar Series with PD Dr. Anjali Röth. 
Registrierungslink: https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/meeting/register/53geSguKT8eojX90P-AUlQ#/registration
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🔬✨ Introducing: Expert Insights – the new seminar series by the Young Society for Virology!

We’ve combined the strengths of our previous “How to” seminar series and the GfV ROUND lunch discussions into one powerful format – Expert Insights.

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Thrilled to see our review on HEV entry featured on the cover of the August 2025 issue of Trends in Microbiology!
👉🏼Check it out: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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WHO @who.int · Jul 28
Today is World #Hepatitis Day.

Did you know❓ Hepatitis is the second leading infectious cause of death globally, with hepatitis B and C claiming 3 500 lives every day.

Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones 👉 bit.ly/hepatitis2025
Text reads: “Deaths from viral hepatitis-related causes are increasing.
2019: 1.1 million deaths
2022: 1.3 million death
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WHO @who.int · Jul 28
#Hepatitis facts you should know:

Hepatitis B
👉 Only 13% of people with hep B had been diagnosed
👉 Just 3% had received treatment at the end of 2022

Hepatitis C
👉 Only 36% had been diagnosed
👉 20% had received curative treatment

We have the tools. Let’s use them 🔗bit.ly/hepatitis2025
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"Of the 304 million people living with hepatitis B and C, only...
7 million are treated for hepatitis B
12.5 million people for hepatitis C"
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The 2nd mentoring program of the #ACHIEVE Academy has been successfully launched. 15 mentees have been selected to be mentored by senior faculty for one year to guide them through their academic careers
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We are pleased to invite you to our next "How to..." seminar on measuring protein-protein interactions using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) by Prof. Abel Viejo-Borbolla, Hannover Medical School.
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Join us for an interactive seminar on April 1st at 2 PM, led by Dr. Toni Meister from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. She will guide you through the process of creating vector graphics for your scientific publications.
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🚀 Exciting Opportunity for #PostDocs! 🚀

Conduct research using scRNAseq, spatial transcriptomics, and HTS. Collaborate with computational and lab teams. Design experiments to investigate pathogen-host interactions.

Make a difference in infection research! 🌟
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Scientist (m, f, x) in Computational and Laboratory Infection Research
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#RSV: Die Immunisierung von Neugeborenen in Deutschland zeichnet sich als massiver Erfolg ab. Wir haben gut 70 % weniger stationäre RSV Patienten gehabt bisher diesen Winter als über die letzten Jahre (außer 2020).

Das ist so fantastisch wie viel Leid da erspart wurde.
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We are #hiring!!
Exciting opportunity in our newly established department! Join us on an ambitious journey as we build new structures in the dynamic field of infection research—bridging computational approaches and wet lab experimentation.

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Science Manager (m/f/d) Department of Translational and Computational lnfection Research
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Excited to announce my new role as head of the Translational and Computational Infection Research department at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Note the account name change!

New challenges and opportunities ahead. Keep an eye out for job postings.

Press release (in German): news.rub.de/leute/2025-0...
Daniel Todt will Campus und Klinik enger verbinden
Vom grundlegenden Wissen über die Interaktion zwischen Mensch und Pathogenen sollen Patientinnen und Patienten mit Infektionskrankheiten profitieren.
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✨👩‍🔬✨ #Rollenvorbilder eröffnen Möglichkeiten für Frauen in der Wissenschaft, sagt Dr. Toni Meister. Die Virologin und Nachwuchsgruppenleiterin am Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE) und am Bernhard-Nocht-Institute für Tropenmedizin (BNITM) jetzt im #Interview:
🚀👉 youtu.be/5-1vTZchNeE
Toni Meister - Role Models sagen mir: Ich kann das auch!
YouTube video by Infect-Net TV
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✍️ Lust auf #WissKomm? Der KlarText-Preis 2025 sucht Promovierte, die ihre Dissertation allgemeinverständlich erklären können!
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⏰ Deadline: 28.2.25
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KlarText-Preis - jetzt bewerben! - Klartext
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Join me tomorrow 4 Feb at 14:00 CET for an educational seminar about single-cell transcriptomics in virology:
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This is seminar 1 of the new season of @gesvirologie.bsky.social's ACHIEVE Academy's 'How-To' seminars, targeted at PhD and Master's students.
Announcement poster for Marco Hein's seminar 'How to perform and analyze single-cell sequencing"
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And don't miss what's next - even more exciting topics lined up for you!
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We are back!

Don't miss our first "How to..." Seminar 2025 by Prof. Marco Hein, Medical University Vienna!