Most of all, I want to thank the second Berlin patient.

It’s his story before it’s anyone else’s.

Days like today remind me why we do this. HIV has taken so many lives and still takes far too many. Stories like this give hope that we can actually bring this epidemic to an end.

Our paper on the second Berlin patient came out in Nature today and I’m really happy we can share this story on World AIDS Day. I want to thank everyone on the team and all co-authors for their work over the years.

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

Q4ddPCR (May the Fourth Be Precise): A Flexible, 4-Target Assay for High-Resolution HIV Reservoir Profiling Precise and scalable quantification of the genetically intact HIV reservoir is critical for advancing curative strategies. However, current HIV reservoir assays such as the intact proviral DNA assay (...

Our preprint is out! Q4ddPCR is a 4-target ddPCR assay for high-resolution HIV reservoir profiling validated on proviral sequences and across multiple cohorts. It supports HIV cure trials where precision matters.
Thanks to Rachel Scheck, Brad Jones & all co-authors.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Being here in Africa, with so many colleagues, community leaders, scientists, and advocates, feels more important than ever and the call to action has never felt more urgent. Looking forward to the conversations, connections and momentum we’ll build in the days ahead.

IAS 2025 has officially kicked off in Kigali. The opening session was very moving and powerful reminder of what’s at stake. Strong (mostly female) voices from across the HIV response, and a powerful community protest (“We will not be erased”) resonated deeply.

We are currently recruiting a bioinformatics/computational biology postdoc to join the infrastructure project of a newly funded large research consortium (SFB-TRR) on Circadian Medicine between Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Universität zu Lübeck ⌚ ⏰ ⏱️ 🕰️ !

Administration to phase out NIH support of HIV clinical guidelines The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.

When governments stop funding clinical guidelines, who will step in?
Guideline support by independent governmental scientific bodies aims to ensure high quality & independence from commercial interests.
These recommendations provide critical guidance for health care providers worldwide. #HIV #NIH

Wow! Very interesting decision by @nature.com towards transparent peer review. Also preparing emotionally for the 20-page rebuttals ahead! ☺️

The image shows the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on display on the National Mall in Washington D.C. in October 1996. This particular display, from October 11-13, 1996, was the last time the entire quilt was shown in its entirety, covering the vast expanse of the National Mall from the Washington Monument towards the U.S. Capitol. It featured over 40,000 panels and drew approximately 1.2 million visitors.

AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Let us never forget.

Our group was recognized as one of the “Best Research Environments of 2024” by @jungeakademie.bsky.social and Volkswagenstiftung. We didn’t get lucky in the raffle for the prize money but we’re proud of the recognition and even more proud of team Gaebler Lab that made it possible!🙏🎊👏🎉

Thank you! InfektioFam 💫

Honored that our lab made the shortlist for Best Research Environment. Awesome initiative by Junge Akademie and proud of the incredible Gaebler Lab team and the entire Infectious Disease Department at Charité/BIH that makes this place what it is! 👏 @libuchauer.bsky.social @sanderlab.bsky.social

It was such a delight to host Dr. Rochelle P. #Walensky, former director of the CDC during the COVID crisis at #Charité Berlin. Thank you for sharing inspiring lessons and personal insights with the Charité community.

We all need to speak up for #HealthEquity and Evidence-based health policies.

New antibody studies boost hope for HIV cure Pioneering trials discover potential strategy to keep virus in check after stopping treatment

www.science.org/content/arti...

"We condemn the censoring of science!". Powerful opening words from Diane Havlir for #croi2025

"Young researchers, we have your back. Community, we are with you"

Hell yes!!!

A powerful talk by Rebecca Denison, founder of WORLD and woman living with HIV.

We can't go back to the days without treatment access.

Silence is death.

And courage is a decision.

The hall erupted in a standing ovation.

#CROI2025

Drastic cuts to global health funding will leave millions without essential HIV and STI services.

Over two decades, huge strides have been made in ending AIDS as a public health threat, saving millions of lives

Commit to sustained funding and uninterrupted HIV services. Protect progress, save lives.

🚨 Drastic cuts to global health funding are leaving millions without essential HIV services. Young people, key populations, and marginalized communities are being abandoned. Millions are at risk. Act now, save lives!
Learn more: 🔗 bit.ly/41CDnrD

#ZeroDiscrimination

‘A bloodbath’: HIV field is reeling after billions in U.S. funding are axed USAID’s promises to support lifesaving efforts are broken, putting millions in peril

“Instead of a careful handover, we’re being pushed off a cliff,” said Kate Rees, an epidemiologist with South Africa’s Anova Health Institute, which has also seen its funding terminated.
Story on the devastating cuts to the HIV/AIDS field by my colleague @cohenjon.bsky.social 🧪 #IDsky

In conversation with Christian Gaebler, the physician-scientist promoting HIV research in Berlin

Thank you to Stiftung Charité for featuring me and my group in the FACES interview series! www.stiftung-charite.de/en/news-in-d...

Pretty much

NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars

In den USA kündigt das #NIH massive Kürzungen für Forschungseinrichtungen an.
Das wird das führende Innovationsökosystem der Welt, dessen Motor staatlich finanzierte Spitzenforschung ist, nachhaltig schwächen, mit Folgen auch für Europa. 1/2

Two weeks ago, we proudly showed the German Bundestag - this imperfect yet fundamental symbol of democracy - to friends from New York. I never could have imagined the scenes that unfolded there today. We (will) remember! 🇪🇺

Get a first look at the exciting IAS 2025 speaker lineup! Join us this July in Kigali!

Come join us in Kigali for IAS 2025! Abstract submission is closing soon!

HIV-Forschung: Kurz vor der Heilung? Einst bedeutete Aids den Tod, heute ist es eine gut behandelbare Erkrankung. Aber heilen lässt sie sich noch nicht. In Berlin will man das ändern.

HIV - Heilung in Sicht?
Sehr informativer und differenzierter Artikel in der @taz.de über die Fortschritte und Herausforderungen in der HIV-Forschung & Therapie und der Lange Weg zur Heilung.
@cgaebler.bsky.social gibt spannende Einblicke in seine Forschung an der Klinik f. Infektiologie #Charité

HIV-Forschung: Kurz vor der Heilung? Einst bedeutete Aids den Tod, heute ist es eine gut behandelbare Erkrankung. Aber heilen lässt sie sich noch nicht. In Berlin will man das ändern.

Mein neuer Artikel über das Team von @cgaebler.bsky.social, das an der Berliner Charité auf der Suche nach einer HIV-Heilung ist. So weit weg sind wir davon nicht entfernt. Schön, manchmal auch an optimistischen Geschichten zu arbeiten.

Immunologe Christian Gaebler: Mission HIV-Heilung Einzelfälle zeigen: Eine Heilung von HIV ist möglich. Aber noch hat man nicht genau verstanden, wie. Der Berliner Immunologe Professor Christian Gaebler will das ändern. Von Anna Corves

Grateful for the chance to discuss our work and the ongoing challenges in HIV research with Anna Corves on RBB Wissenswerte. #WorldAIDSDay2024

www.inforadio.de/rubriken/wis...

Join us for a World Aids day Fundraiser special event at Moviemento Berlin featuring short films curated by Xposed, and short introductions into our research work as well as valuable insights from representatives of TransSe*works and Deutsche Aidshilfe moviemento.de/film/world-a...

Logo of the MindBrainBody Symposium

📣 Come join us for the #MindBrainBody Symposium 2025!

📆 March 10-12, 2025
📍 Berlin & online
🔎 mindbrainbody.de

Keynotes:
- Ivan de Araujo
- Nadine Gogolla
- Maria Ribeiro @ribeironeuro.bsky.social
- Markus Ullsperger
- Tor Wager
- Veronica Witte @veronicawitte.bsky.social

#interoception

Unique opportunity to become Scientific Director @institutpasteur.bsky.social 🧪🎓🔬🥼

research.pasteur.fr/en/job/insti...
#academicsky #job #science