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Three students in one day asking how best to move into virology.

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#LoveVirology

I am very humbled and honoured to receive the Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award. I am grateful for the support of my mentors, trainees, colleagues, collaborators, nominator, family and friends. Thank you @amersocvirology.bsky.social. #LoveVirology

On my way to @uniregensburg.bsky.social to present the latest data from team GG. Thanks a lot Barbara Schmidt for the invitation. 🙏Looking forward to meeting the #virology colleagues there. #lovevirology

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Come join us for a newly funded @horizoneu.bsky.social @globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social project on CHIKV vaccine responses in vulnerable populations in Africa. We seek a highly motivated and skilled #postdoc and #projectmanager. Please find details here: virologie.i-med.ac.at/career/ #lovevirology

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Human coronavirus 229E antibodies and Spike structure function paper is finally out for real. Led by @wrapplab.bsky.social (wrappers delight) and @mlicc1701.bsky.social (MFL) #lovevirology #229E #antibodies www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Happy holidays to all colleagues, customers, supporters and friends! Your institute of virology Innsbruck (#IVI) #lovevirology #happyholidays #gratitude

Thanks a lot to the Tübingen virologists Tina Ganzenmüller, @sauterlab.bsky.social, Michael Schindler, Thomas Iftner et al. for hosting me yesterday. It was lovely to be back at my #AlmaMater and present and discuss our latest work on #alphavirus, i.e. CHIKV & VEEV - host interaction. #lovevirology

Very honored to be on this list given how pheonomeal the other scientists are. Seeing the breadth of research areas in virology covered here, as well as the talent of all the PIs and their teams, makes me optimistic for the future of science. #lovevirology 🦠 🧬

Florian Krammer from #ISMMS and #Semmelweis Institute is visiting Innsbruck. Tonight at the public library Innsbruck we will have a panel discussion on how we can prepare for future pandemic threats and improve #globalhealth. #pandemicpreparedness #lovevirology #flu #arboviruses #rapidresponse

Delighted to host Dr. Chris Overall at VIDO, University of Saskatchewan. @cityofsaskatoon.bsky.social

Dr. Overall, a renowned proteomics scientist, coined the term “degradomics” to study protein turnover at a systems level. #Proteomics #LoveVirology

Highly recommended for late PhDs and Postdocs👇 #LoveVirology

Excellent speaker lineup at the international #arbovirus webinar. Huge thank you to the organizers Tem Morrison, @tulilab.bsky.social and @clive-mckimmie.bsky.social for their continued commitment to this scientific community service. 🙏 #lovevirology

Thank you very much @globalvirusnews.bsky.social for the kind invitation to present at the Forefront of #Virology seminar series. Also thanks to all those colleagues and students dialing in and for the good discussion round. #lovevirology 🙏

This week Derek Smith, Director of the Center for Pathogen Evolution at Cambridge University visited us at the Institute of #Virology #IVI #Innsbruck and gave an excellent talk on advanced vaccines and immunity management. Thanks a lot Derek for the excellent talk and discussions! #lovevirology

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🚨 Nominations/Applications are open for the Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award and the Global Scholar Travel Award for #asv2026 🚨 #lovevirology

www.asv.org/news-updates

Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 infection induces post-acute lung fibrosis in BALB/c mice | Journal of Virology To best combat the evolving landscape of SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest and variants of concern, the development of effective small animal models is of critical importance. Herein, we describe the de...

New #coronavirus #postacute lung pathogenesis paper from my friend Dr. John Powers is up at @asm.org JVI. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Confusing as to why this link shows a rotund blue bird. #PASC #SARSCoV2 #Omicron #LoveVirology #JVI #ASM #virology

Shot in the Arm SHOT IN THE ARM explores vaccine hesitancy historically and in the context of Covid-19.

If you need more scary fun this weekend, the documentary “A Shot In The Arm” is free on PBS until 11/9. Lots of interviews with RFK Jr pre-HHS fame. Narrated by @neildegrassetyson.com from @scotthamkennedy.bsky.social. #Virosky #LoveVirology #TruthisScarierThanFiction

www.pbs.org/show/shot-in...

Last week‘s One Health Tyrol Symposium organized by Lorenz Kohl from #vetmeduni Vienna was an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas across disciplines. Thanks to the colleagues from human & veterinary medicine, basic science & the political stakeholders for the terrific exchange. #lovevirology

The Institute of #Virology #Innsbruck aka #IVI lab outing 2025 was a lot of fun despite unfavorable weather. Thanks everyone for making it an event to remember. 🤩 #teamspirit #lovevirology

Way to go @sauhards.bsky.social. Super proud of your hard work. #PIIN2025
Congratulations to PhD candidate, Sauhard for winning the best poster at the 2025 PIIN conference. #LZCI #LoveVirology

Excellent talk by Dr. Kaushal Baid from the lab at #PIIN2025. #LZCI #LoveVirology

Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible” In a Q&A with STAT, Nobel winner Drew Weissman addressed concerns raised about Covid shots at a recent meeting of federal vaccine advisers.

Drew Weissman responds to questions about mRNA vaccines that were discussed at the ACIP meeting. #LoveVirology #TrustTheFuckingScience

www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...

MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 infection in diverse human lung organoid-derived cultures | Journal of Virology The COVID-19 pandemic heralded the upsurge in human-derived lung organoid-based studies due to their cellular heterogeneity that partly emulates the cellular complexity of the respiratory tract. A maj...

🚨 Latest publication from our group and our exceptional collaborators. Led by postdoctoral fellows Drs. Chiok and Jenik. We attempted to test the permissivity of diverse patient origin airway organoid-derived cultures to MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. #LZCI #LoveVirology

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

And with that, Victoria is off to her next adventure at the University of Toronto. She published several cool studies with us and will be back next month to defend her PhD! Proud of you, Vic! #LZCI #LoveVirology

Victoria’s recent study 👉🏾 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our one and only Institute of Virology Innsbruck (IVI) was well represented at the Tyrolean Company Run 2025. Thanks to all the employees who ran or cheered for us! It‘s been a blast. 🙏 #lovevirology #teamspirit

Next week, PhD candidate, Victoria Gonzalez embarks on a new journey and will be moving. She started in 2021 in my newly established lab and published several cool studies. It’s hard to see her leave. She’ll be back to defend her PhD in October. Undoubtedly, we will miss you.. #LZCI #LoveVirology

So excited to see our newest study out in print! Led by the brilliant @jgezelle.bsky.social and @sophiekorn.bsky.social, we discovered how viruses from highly divergent families converge on a shared RNA structure mechanism to inhibit cellular nucleases. #RNAsky #LoveVirology

WOW, What a day! PhD student, Arely defended her PhD with flying colours! Congratulations, Dr. Hernandez! 👏🏾 #LoveVirology #LZCI

It was such a terrific feeling to host my former PhD supervisor, Prof. Vikram Misra and watch him interact with my trainees. Always a great time with you, Vikram! #LoveVirology #LZCI

SFTSV NSs protein is a novel tick antiviral RNAi response suppressor Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is an emerging tick-borne phenuivirus causing high mortality in humans. While the non-structural protein NSs is dispensable for replication in...

📢 Thrilled to share our NEW PREPRINT!
SFTSV NSs is a novel tick antiviral RNAi suppressor! 🦠
🧫 NSs essential for tick but not mammalian infection
🧬 Binds 22-nt viral siRNAs to block RNAi
🕷️ Reveals host-specific viral immune evasion
📖 doi.org/p2vf
#lovevirology #bunyavirus #tickborne