Tim Krischuns

Very proud of this achievement. Lots of exciting work ahead - stay tuned!

Big personal news: Today I’ve started as Full Professor & Director of the Molecular Virology Department at Heidelberg University (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social). 1/4

A new mural has been unveiled in the French city of Roubaix to mark #July4th.

(🎨 Judith de Leeuw)

Old cytokine, new tricks: A refined model of interferon’s antiviral activity Interferon is a central component of the vertebrate antiviral immune response, thought to act through induction of hundreds of interferon-stimulated genes, with some redundancy. This Perspective highl...

Out now! A fresh perspective on interferon-mediated antiviral activity -- How many ISGs does it take to inhibit a virus? Perhaps far fewer than we think.

dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Repost appreciated:

Open #PhDposition in structural virology in my group! Join us in Umeå, 🇸🇪 to uncover how arboviruses remodel the cellular interior. In situ #cryoET combined with #virology, #cellbiology, and #biophysics.

Deadline 4 May. More info: www.carlsonlab.se/join/

Bon voyage!

My lab is recruiting a new PhD student to contribute to studies on anti-IFN autoantibodies and viral disease. The position is fully-funded.

Further details: tinyurl.com/UZHPhD

Applications MUST be made via the graduate school, deadline 1st May 2025: www.lifescience-graduateschool.uzh.ch/en.html

Training the Physician-Scientists of Tomorrow: Institut Pasteur MD-PhD Program In the face of global health crises and growing public health challenges, strengthening the links between scientific research (both fundamental and applied) and clinical practice has become essential....

📚🩺 We are launching our MD-PhD program to bridge clinical practice and scientific research. Our goal: training physician-scientists who can tackle global health challenges with agility and expertise.
#GlobalHealth #MedicalResearch

I'm super happy that our story is now published!
📖 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
But what changed compared to the original preprint?

Also, I feel i should post Movie 1 🎥, that inspired the cover. Back when I did the original bluesky thread, movies were not available.

We're on the cover of @science.org this week. Awesome work by @florentwaltz.bsky.social. #CryoET is reaching crazy resolutions inside cells, and this is just the beginning. Fantastic interpretation of the proton motive force by @verenaresch.bsky.social. Always a pleasure making #SciArt with you!🧪🧶🧬🌾

g-f-v.org/stellungnahm...

Hundreds of #virologists queing for the dinner party of the #GfV2025 conference in #Hamburg. Thanks a lot to Thomas Dobner and his team for organizing a vibrant #conference of the #DACH society with terrific keynote speakers! 🙏 The GfV board of directors wishes all participants a safe trip home! 🤗

Many thanks to everyone involved in all our work and activities of our young GfV #jGfV.
Many members of the #jGfV Board are here in Hamburg

Can coronaviruses continue to surprise us? This question was answered by keynote speaker Prof. David Veesler from Seattle on day 2.
(HMB)

The last keynote speaker of day 2, Prof. Ervin Fordor from Oxford, presented interesting data on the multifunctionality of the RNA polymerase complex of the influenza virus. #GfV2025
(HMB)

Lise-Meitner-Exzellenzprogramm Ab 2018 werden im neuen Programm pro Jahr jeweils bis zu zehn Lise-Meitner-Gruppen eingerichtet, um außergewöhnlich qualifizierte Frauen für eine wissenschaftliche Karriere zu gewinnen und gezielt zu ...

Ausschreibung: Lise-Meitner-Exzellenzprogramm 2025
Die @maxplanck.de bietet interessierten Wissenschaftlerinnen wieder die Möglichkeit, sich für die Leitung einer #Lise-Meitner-Gruppe zu bewerben.
Bewerbungen sind zwischen dem 12. Februar bis 08. April 2025 möglich.
www.mpg.de/lise-meitner...

📢 Attending this year's @gesvirologie.bsky.social annual meeting in Hamburg? Excited about emerging viruses and zoonotic threats? Then keep your seats post the plenary session tomorrow, as we've put together a great lineup of speakers- all set to talk about diverse viruses!

Everything is ready for the symposium "Molecular Determinants of Zoonotic Viruses and Beyond" in Freiburg. We are looking forward to a great program and speakers, and meeting friends.
@cdrosten.bsky.social@geroldlab.bsky.social@schountz.bsky.social@friedemann.bsky.social

Check out this video summary of the first day of our upcoming symposium "Mechanisms of Infection - from structure to translation."

Register by April 8: t1p.de/gztmj

@bosse-lab.bsky.social, @carobarisch.bsky.social, @jankosinski.bsky.social, @meytallandau.bsky.social @topf-lab.bsky.social

Timing and molecular characterisation of the transmission to cattle of H5N1 influenza A virus genotype D1.1, clade 2.3.4.4b Jonathan E. Pekar, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Thomas P. Peacock, The Pirbright Institute, Woking, UK, GU24 0NF; Department of Infectious Disease, Imper...

Our analysis of the second incursion of H5N1 viruses (genotype D1.1) into dairy cattle in the US is now posted to virological virological.org/t/timing-and...

Zelenskyy calls for European army as Germany hits back at US over Vance tirade – Europe live Olaf Scholz says Germany ‘will not accept’ people who ‘intervene in our democracy’ after US vice-president’s speech in Munich

A century later, it's Germany sounding the alarm about a dark malevolence spreading across the world.

The harbinger of darkness this time...is us.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Hello Everyone! 👋 Nucleic Acids Research is excited to be on Bluesky! Please follow us for the latest #Research, #Breakthrough articles, journal issues and more. Also, please consider adding us to your starter packs!

1. A thread about the value of doing "slow science": When I was in grad school I heard this (likely apocryphal) story about one of my favourite scientists: Barbara McClintock.

Structural basis of H3K36 trimethylation by SETD2 during chromatin transcription During transcription, RNA polymerase II traverses through chromatin, and posttranslational modifications including histone methylations mark regions of active transcription. Histone protein H3 lysine ...

Our story on the mechanism of co-transcriptional histone mark deposition is now officially out: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Podcast Coronavirus-Update: Neue Staffel mit Drosten & Ciesek Fünf Jahre Corona - was haben wir gelernt? In der neuen Staffel des NDR Info Podcasts Coronavirus-Update beschäftigen sich die Wissenschaftsjournalistinnen Korinna Hennig und Daniela Remus mit der Fra...

Vor fünf Jahren gab es den ersten "Corona-Fall" in Deutschland. In zehn neuen Folgen blickt der Podcast "Coronavirus-Update" zurück und fragt, was wir für die Zukunft gelernt haben – u.a. mit GfV-Vizepräsidentin @ciesek.bsky.social und alt-Präsident Ralf Bartenschlager.
www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

Congrats!!

📣 Announcement: a postdoc position available in our Unit !
See below 👇 Please repost

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), one of the largest life sciences societies, is partnering with the GfV to advance virology research and global collaboration.

You can find more information here: asm.org/Press-Releas... (IVC)

We had a fantastic kick-off meeting at @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social Braunschweig the last two days. What a great consortium🤩. Thanks everyone for coming. I am looking forward to dive into #COMBINE-MARV

In a great collaboration with @hummerlab.bsky.social and the Kräusslich lab: HIV capsid doesn't break at the NPC; instead, it cracks open the NPC itself! Details in Cell: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... @mpibp.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social A thread below: