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VIDO - USask @vido.org · 2d

🌾It’s Agriculture Week in SK! From crops to livestock, ag is at the ❤️ of our province. We’re proud to support the sector by protecting animal health, advancing food security, and strengthening resilience in our food systems.
#CelebrateAg #HealthyPeopleHealthyAnimals

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · 6d

Great to connect in Halifax with Philippe Hébert, Dir. Gen. at Defence Research and Development Canada and Canada’s representative on NATO DIANA. Strong partnerships are key to advancing research and innovation that strengthen Canada’s health security and global resilience. 🍁
#Collaboration

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · 12d

What a week! 🎉From our Scientific Summit to the 50th Gala to celebrating our amazing team, thank you to everyone who joined us to mark 50 years of VIDO. The future of innovation, collaboration & impact starts now. #VIDOis50
@usask.ca

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · 13d

50 years ago today the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization, now Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, was founded at @usask.ca. Happy 50th Anniversary VIDO! #VIDOis50

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · 15d

Coming up at #VIDOis50 Scientific Summit: Enabling Technologies.
Hear from innovators shaping the future of infectious disease research and vaccine development:
🔹 Dr. Nicolas Collin, Vaccine Formulation Institute
🔹Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien, Sick Kids
🔹 Dr. Steven Rayan, quanTA

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · 15d

The Bacteriology session at the VIDO Scientific Summit is here! Global experts are sharing the latest on bacterial pathogens, disease mechanisms, and prevention strategies:
Dr. Joanne Flynn, Uni. of Pittsburgh
Dr. Jörg Jores, Uni. of Bern
Dr. Scott Gray-Owen, Uni. of Toronto

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · 16d

🎉 VIDO is celebrating 50 years of protecting health, food security & advancing infectious disease research. From vaccines to pandemic response, we’re preparing the world for future threats. Read more: bit.ly/3KAvTPu
@usask.ca #VIDOis50

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · 21d

Researchers at VIDO have identified a new TB gene that could help guide safer, more effective vaccines. Their new vaccine approach worked as well as BCG while avoiding interference with TB skin tests. 🌍💉Read more 👉 bit.ly/3Io7Z9e
@usask.ca @jeffchenmycolab.bsky.social

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · 22d

🚨 We're hiring for an animal technician! Apply now to join our team: vido.applytojobs.ca/veterinary%2...
#WorkAtVIDO #WorkWithUs #Hiring #JoinOurTeam #ResearchCareers

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · Sep 8

“Infectious diseases know no borders. By continuing this partnership, we strengthen our ability to respond quickly and collaboratively to emerging threats that impact us all.” -Dr. Volker Gerdts, Director and CEO, VIDO

VIDO - USask @vido.org · Sep 8

📢 Today, VIDO and the International Vaccine Institute in South Korea reaffirmed our commitment to global health by renewing our MOU to strengthen vaccine R&D and pandemic preparedness.

Read the full release: www.vido.org/news/2025/sa...

@usask.ca

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · Sep 5

We were pleased to welcome Her Honour, the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Bernadette McIntyre and His Honour Rich McIntyre to meet the VIDO team and tour our facilities.

VIDO - USask @vido.org · Aug 29

📣📣 We are hiring! Do you love caring for animals? Our Veterinary Research Services Team is looking for an animal attendant! For more info or to apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/veterinary%2...

VIDO - USask @vido.org · Aug 13

New TB research! 🧫 A collab between VIDO & UBC shows the Parkinson’s drug benztropine may help immune cells fight TB. VIDO confirmed it works in infected mice using our CL3 labs. Great example of shared expertise in action.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#TBResearch #ScienceCollaboration

The Parkinson’s drug benztropine possesses histamine receptor 1-dependent host-directed antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance

npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - The Parkinson’s drug benztropine possesses histamine receptor 1-dependent host-directed antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · Jul 30

VIDO was proud to take part in the STI & HIV 2025 World Congress in Montreal this week. Our team shared insights on advancing vaccine research and emerging infectious diseases, and connected with global experts dedicated to improving public health. #STIHIV2025

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · Jul 25

VIDO is hiring! Join us to advance vaccine R&D, safeguard biosafety, and ensure quality in global health.
✨ Vaccine Dev Project Manager
✨ QA/QC Specialist
✨ Assistant Biosafety Officer
Apply now: vido.org/careers/curr...
#NowHiring #Careers #WorkAtVIDO #WorkWithUs

VIDO - USask @vido.org · Jul 23

📣📣 We are hiring for a Vaccine Development Project Manager to coordinate scientific projects from proof-of-concept through to commercialization or out-licensing. For more info or to apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/vaccine%20de...

#WorkatVIDO #WorkWithUs

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · Jul 18

Thank you to the @usaskmed.bsky.social Public Health & Preventive Medicine Residents for visiting VIDO today! You asked great questions, and we’re always glad to share how our work helps protect human and animal health. #USask #OneHealth @usask.ca

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · Jul 14

📢 We have a new opportunity for a Laboratory Assistant to join our team! The successful candidate will provide ongoing support to the Media and Glass Prep laboratory. For more information or to apply, visit: vido.applytojobs.ca/laboratory/4...
#WorkAtVIDO #WorkWithUs

VIDO - USask @vido.org · Jul 3

🚨 We're hiring! Join our team and help advance global health.

Now recruiting for:
🐾 Animal Technician
🧪 Assistant Biosafety Officer
✅ QA/QC Specialist
🔬 Research Associate

Apply now and be part of something world-changing: www.vido.org/careers/curr...
#WorkAtVIDO #WorkWithUs #Hiring #JoinOurTeam

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Arinjay Banerjee @banerjeelab.ca · Jul 1

🚨Our new study out today in Nature Communications. Bats can asymptomatically host multiple viruses while remaining apparently healthy. Here we identify how interferon-mediated responses protect bats and identify molecular adaptations in GBP1. #LZCI
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bat-specific adaptations in interferon signaling and GBP1 contribute to enhanced antiviral capacity - Nature Communications

Bats harbor diverse viruses but it’s less clear how they tolerate infection. Here, by characterizing innate immune responses in bat cells the authors show that IFN-beta signaling resists antagonistic ...

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · Jun 20

Check out the latest preprint from @Rasmussen_Lab and the first for MSc student Marin Habbick, who led the project! The study explores how male and female mice respond differently to MERS-CoV. Females tolerated low doses—males didn’t.
🧫 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#WomenInSTEM #Virology

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · Jun 10

Today we had an excellent chat with several Saskatchewan MLAs sharing the importance of infectious disease research and its worldwide impact. #CanadianResearch

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · Jun 2

Great reception hosted by Premier Moe at the Premiers meeting—thanks to PM Carney, Premier Moe, Mayor Block & all of VIDO’s incredible supporters. A great day for Saskatchewan and our community! #BuildingABetterFutureTogether #USask

@usask.bsky.social

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VIDO - USask @vido.org · May 29

Climate change is helping ticks spread — and so is Lyme disease. At VIDO, Dr. Jenny Wachter is uncovering how to stop it. Diagnostics. Treatments. Prevention.

Read how: www.vido.org/news/2025/ti...

#LymeDisease #Ticks #PublicHealth #VIDO

female VIDO scientist stand at lab bench