Last week, the #VIIRAL lab was very active at the annual meeting of the @gesvirologie.bsky.social in Heidelberg. During the poster session, both @ako98.bsky.social and Alejandro had the chance to discuss their current work. And I am now an official #advisory #board member. #gfv2026

Between fond memories of where it all began and mixed feelings about being back in the lecture hall where I took many exams and spent many hours with anorganic chemistry, it was great to be part of #gfv2026 in #heidelberg this year. So fun to catch up with old friends and connect with new people!

Last week, @ako98.bsky.social gave her first poster presentation at the #Retropath meeting in Tübingen, where I also presented the excellent work of João Côrte-Real. @agschindler.bsky.social and @sauterlab.bsky.social did a fantastic job organizing the meeting.

#ProudPI #Retroviruses

Had a wonderful time in Porto 🇵🇹 learning evolutionary analyses from @jueane.bsky.social and Pedro Esteves! ☀️ Looking forward to bringing back the knowledge to the @baldauflab.bsky.social.
Thank you @gesvirologie.bsky.social for the support grant of the international lab rotation scholarship.

Congratulations to @ako98.bsky.social for winning a #jGfV lab rotation #scholarship from the @gesvirologie.bsky.social to learn and perform evolutionary analyses together with Joana Abrantes and Pedro Esteves from CIBIO.
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Last week we had the great pleasure to listen to Rotem Sorek at the #MvPI graduate school #Santa #Claus gathering and Alexandra gave her 1st talk in front of this audience talking about her #coolest #method. #graduates #infection

Challenge accepted - we solved the 1000 piece BioLegend puzzle at our #VIIRAL #Xmas get-together and also celebrated 2 PhD submissions and 2 awards within our team - more to come soon!
#teameffort #gettogether #togetherwecan