The annual meeting of @gesvirologie.bsky.social is always a great place to discuss science 👩🔬. It's also a great opportunity to reconnect with former fellows, colleagues, and friends during discussions and at the social dinner.
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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
Congratulations to Dr. Shirin Geravandi on receiving the Poster Award, sponsored by the Journal of Virology for her work on immune reponses of HIV-1-exposed uninfected children at last week’s 2026 Annual Meeting. #GfV2026 #Virology #GlobalHealth #Immunology #HIVResearch
Proud to see our group represented with an oral presentation by Katleen and two poster presentations by Alex and Steffi at #gfv2026 in Heidelberg. We had fruitful discussions and valuable new connections. Many thanks to the organizers for the professional and well-coordinated event.
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!
We have heard many saying the GfV meetings always feel a bit like family reunions– apart from exciting science, meeting old friends and colleagues has always been a central point of our annual meetings.
Wanna post your group photos, too? Don't forget the hashtag #gfv2026
It was so great to meet that many fellow Bartenschlager alumni at the #gfv2026 🤗 Some of us are still around in Heidelberg, but others head their own labs far away in Italy or even Canada!
Hope to see all of you (and all the others) soon again, so many memories...
Last but not least, after #gfv2026 there will be a #gfv2027 🤩
Hosted– I think this is a first in the history of the GfV– by the acting president of the society, Sandra Ciesek @ciesek.bsky.social in "Mainhatten" (Frankfurt/Main) from March 1 – 4, 2027. Mark your calendars!
All good things come to an end... Even the #gfv2026 :)
Poster prizes awarded, winners of the #jGfV PI sticker rally announced and concluding remarks given by Hans-Georg Kräusslich @ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social.
BIG, BIG thanks go to Katrin Woll &Sandra Bühler for organizing virtually everything! ❤️💐
Different virus, similar success story: HIV, and it’s treatment and the revolutionary development of Lenacapavir- a compound for treatment of difficult to treat cases, and even capable of long-term (1 yr!) prevention of HIV infection.
Great keynote by Stephen Yant 🤩
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Spectacular Keynote opening our last day at #gfv2026: Nobel laureate Charlie Rice presenting an overview of his incredibly successful journey through science.
Work hard, play hard…
…work hard again 😅
Fantastic down-to-earth Mensa dinner and party last night, and starting off the last day on time!
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This yearˋs Chica and Heinz Schaller Award goes to Felix Ray @pasteur.fr for his incredibly important contributions to understanding viral (and non-viral) fusion proteins from a structural biology angle. His current work he shares today is on the important question of gamete fusion.
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Structural virology (specifically of Bunyaviruses) by Jason McLellan @mclellanlab.bsky.social - impressive cryoEM analyses of bunya glycoproteins!
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So many colleagues attending 🤩
A bit surprised how few of you are posting on Bluesky 🦋.
Everybody: let’s post a photo of ourselves and/or our groups and tag it with #gfv2026, shall we? 🤩
Next up, the great Kerstin Göpfrich @kgoepfrich.bsky.social @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de on her long-term vision of synthetic cells, and very concrete approaches using RNA origami.
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Plenary session on Synthetic/Novel Approaches in Virology (hat tip to #SynthImmune @uniheidelberg.bsky.social for great speaker suggestions!).
Starting off: Mark Bathe on DNA origami for better targeting vaccine strategies.
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Day 3 at #GfV2026!
Our researchers are presenting at the final poser session today. Stop by to discuss the science, share ideas, and connect with us! 🧠
👉P394, P400, P407, P449, P451, P531, P537
📍 Check the conference program for poster locations.
#GfV #PosterSession #Virology #Research
We had a very productive second day at the #GfV2026 conference with two poster presentations and valuable discussions.Stay tuned: on Friday, Katleen will present her research project in Session Innate Immunity II (11:45 a.m. ;OP 110)
This yearˋs Löffler-Frosch-Medal for his lifetime achievements and contributions to virology goes to our former president Prof. Ralf Bartenschlager @ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social! So greatly deserved, congratulations, Ralf!
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Day 2 at #GfV2026!
Our researchers love to discuss their findings with you at the poster session today. Stop by to discuss the science and share ideas. 🧠
👉P175, P204, P294, P237, P264, P295, P339
#GfV #Conference #Virology
Second day of #gfv2026 starting off with fantastic plenary talks by Nihal Altan-Bonnet, Paul Lehner and Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social 🤩
leider wenige mit alt-text aber wer sehen will wie es aussieht wenn sich virologen*innen 2026 treffen: #gfv2026
viel spaß beim scrollen 🦠💦🥳
Session on virus-host interaction with a special focus on extracellular vesicles! Session opened by Esther Nolte-t Hoen on picornaviruses released in EVs (quasienvelope). #gfv2026
🤝 Meet us at #GfV2026 in Heidelberg!
🎤Talk 006 "Decoding influenza A virus genome organization using large-scale in silico RNA structure analysis"🗓️today 6:15 pm📍Session Virus evolution
📄Poster 284 “VirJenDB: the integrative virus metadata and analysis web platform”🗓️18 March 2:30 pm📍Poster exh. 3
Johannes Krause @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social ‘s revolutionary work on paleogenomics also holds exciting surprises on viruses. ~4% of ancient human individuals his team has sequenced were positive for Hepatitis B virus (HBV). Virus‘ evolution closely relates to major events in human culture!
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Martin Beer (FLI, Insel Riems) on avian influenza („bird flu“) spreading globally in wild birds since the early 2000s, soon prone to reach the last virus-free region of the world: Australia 😔 VERY important virus to keep monitoring!
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The lecture hall is packed already for the very first session (>900 participants registered!) 😳
Prof. Wendy Barclay is kicking off the scientific session with insights into Influenza virus host range.
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