@profvolkerthiel.bsky.social
Virologist at University of Bern, Switzerland.
Stammt #Covid aus einem chinesischen Labor oder entstand das Coronavirus durch natürliche Übertragung vom Tier auf den Menschen? In den USA glauben zwei Drittel der Leute, dass Covid aus dem Labor kam. In Europa dürfte es ähnlich sein. Kein Wunder: Die Medien ...
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It has always only been a matter of time....
@mcid-unibe.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @unibe.ch
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
🌙🔬 Our “RNA – Master of Versatility” booth at Nacht der Forschung 2025 was a hit! Big thanks to our Science Knights and amazing organizers. 💙🙌
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#ndfunibern @unibe.ch
✨ We are proud to have taken part again in the Nacht der Forschung @unibe.ch ✨
🔬 Highlights included a focus on MCID-funded research, interactive pathogen posters as well as “make your own pathogen” & the legendary Splat the Bacteria 🦠💥
Great to be sparking curiosity & connecting with the public ❤️
Many thanks to our team of volunteers, the @bereadycohort.bsky.social, the Ethics and Policy team and our VR Pandemic Control Centre.
Your contributions and hard work made it a really fun and worthwhile event!
#ndfunibern
🔬✨ Join us this Saturday (September 6) | 16:00-23:00 at Nacht der Forschung 2025 at the University of Bern ✨ Come and check out our booth "RNA – Master of Versatility" 👩🔬
Meet our researchers & enjoy pipetted cocktails at the reproduzierBAR!
www.nachtderforschung.unibe.ch
#ndfunibern @unibe.ch
Preprint by the Thiel, Heller&Chao labs w/1st author Reto Lang "Stress granules formed during different RNA virus infections show remarkable plasticity &substantial virus-specific differences in their formation&composition" @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
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The MCID funded a study by the IKMB @unibe.ch to track how conspiracies start, spread & the role of the media to stop them. Journalists and Researchers discussed findings and raised new questions in a May workshop.
Read the UniAktuell article here:
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#MCID #Research #Journalism
Happy August.
Here is a little surprise for everybody: The english version of my book is finally available. You can get it on Amazon. You can also read and listen to it on my blog, where I will release the book as freely accessible serialized novel.
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Wir sind jetzt 1000 Haushalte gross!!
25.07.2025 10:09 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Great to see the new publication from the MCID's co-lead @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social is out. His team has been working for a number of years developing a live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. They present the next steps demonstrating the efficacy, safety and stability of their candidate vaccine.
10.06.2025 08:34 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Leseempfehlung! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
05.06.2025 07:46 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Great discussions in Prague at the 2nd #PanViPrep meeting. @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social shared updates on our MERS and seasonal CoVs research while I talked about EU compliance in ethics and animal welfare. We also found the Prague “Zytglögge”. What a great city!
29.05.2025 12:37 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@mcid-unibe.bsky.social and IVI welcomed the Swiss Klub für Wissenschaftsjournalismus. @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social kicked off with an intro to the MCID, followed by the @bereadycohort.bsky.social study, an IVI spotlight, and rounded off with a lively Q&A session. #ScienceJournalism @unibe.ch
19.05.2025 09:19 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
After we heard @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social giving a spontaneous but great talk about novel technologies in virus research many of us had a fantastic poster session with stimulating discussions and a nice glass of wine. We even found a table soccer table to have our weekly training⚽
29.04.2025 11:44 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
We have traveled with multiple trains🚆, two ferries🛳️, and a bus🚌 to the #ECV meeting in Cavtat Croatia🌞 We are looking forward to hear great science about our favorite viruses in one of the most beautiful places 🎯 @sarah-oc.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @mcid-unibe.bsky.social
27.04.2025 21:10 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1For a detailed scientific evaluation and assessment of the data, it is therefore essential that the source data is made publicly available. This is of great scientific and public interest in order to arrive at an evidence-based assessment of the question of the origin of #COVID.
09.04.2025 12:05 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0...I would also like to point out that the source of the data was not made accessible to the scientific panel. It was therefore not possible to make a scientific judgement. In principle, this task should not fall solely on a select group of scientists...
09.04.2025 12:05 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0...The discussions were confidential and therefore I am unable to comment on the content.
What I can say is that I agree with the opinion already expressed by Prof. Christian Drosten, who was impressed with the summarised presentation of the results. However...
...a clear difference in likelihood between the competing explanations.
Recently, it became known that there was a further investigation by a Secret Service, this time in Germany #BND. A group of scientists, including myself, were invited as experts to discuss and evaluate their conclusions...
The question of the origin of #SARS-CoV-2 is a matter of significant scientific and public interest. Current publicly available data suggests a natural origin, while evidence supporting a lab origin remains scarce. Although no hypothesis has been definitively proven, the available data indicate...
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Our latest research on #Coronavirus Nsp1 found its home (and a new name) at @cp-cellreports.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports... Thankful to the first (dream) team of my lab and funding for making this happen. @nccr-rna-disease.bsky.social @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @unibe.ch
28.03.2025 17:00 — 👍 15 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
Type I interferon autoantibody footprints reveal neutralizing mechanisms and allow inhibitory decoy design. New study from Kevin Groen, Benjamin Hale (@benhale.bsky.social) and colleagues @virology.uzh.ch: rupress.org/jem/article/...
#Autoimmunity #Immunodeficiency #InfectiousDisease
I feel the same! Good that the ASV meeting this summer is taking place in Montreal, Canada!@amersocvirology.bsky.social
19.03.2025 18:52 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0www.dmz-news.eu/2025/03/16/e...
Sehr treffende Zusammenfassung. Wer immer noch denkt, es ginge hier um einen unterhaltsamen „Virologen-Zoff“, hat einiges nicht mitgeschnitten.
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„Gain of Function“ (GoF)-Forschung aktuell in aller Munde.
Unser Vorstand und die „Kommission für sicherheitsrelevante Forschung in der Virologie“ haben hierzu eine Übersicht erstellt.
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Prof. Thomas Mettenleiter received the prestigious Loeffler-Frosch-Medaille from the Gesellschaft für Virologie.
Kudos! (BS)
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A GSK spokesperson confirmed that David Wentworth, who served as director of the CDC's coronavirus & other respiratory viruses division, has been appointed to a snr role in its vaccines R&D unit. His appointment was finalized in late 2024, before President Trump signaled impending federal job cuts.
13.02.2025 23:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Carmen Faso and Volker Thiel from Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID) University of Bern
At Kursaal Bern on #Dreikoenigstag
Showcasing how #Philanthropy supports research and innovation @unibern.bsky.social
Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases and @BEreadycohort (Stiftung Vinetum)
Wyss Center for Research on Nature
Diabetes Center Bern (Willy Michel)
