Stephanie Pfänder

PROSPECTS DFG Research Career Series: Emmy Noether Programme (in English) - 28/04/2025 - 1:15-2:45 p.m. CET

PhD candidates and postdocs of all disciplines: Would you like to lead an independent junior research group? In our online talk you will get first-hand information about the aims of our Emmy Noether Programme, its eligibility requirements and more. Questions welcome!
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We are pleased to announce our next jGfV lecture on the topic “How to eradicate a virus”. Herein, Dr. Sindy Böttcher will give an update on poliovirus eradication, since recent detection of circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses type 2 (cVDPV2) in wastewater samples

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It was great to be part of the inauguration of @infect-net.bsky.social incl. great scientific talks and insights from @alenabuyx.bsky.social. Thanks a lot to the local organizers Clarissa and Ulla. And many thanks to @gabrielepradel.bsky.social for initiating this important network.

Happy to be part of the EU consortium DEFENDER @horizoneu.bsky.social and contribute to discovery of novel entry factors of #CHIKV, laying the ground for development of antiviral therapies @lstmnews.bsky.social

YouTube video by Leibniz-Institut für Virologie (LIV) Abteilung Integrative Virologie (Prof. Dr. Maya Topf)

**Das LIV stellt sich vor**
Wie hilft Bioinformatik, virale Strukturen besser zu verstehen? Prof. Maya Topf und ihr Team von der Abteilung "Integrative Virologie" erklären es im ersten Video unserer LIV-Kurzvorstellungen.
@leibnizliv.bsky.social @cssbhamburg.bsky.social

youtu.be/uR2Oq2zuvhM?...

Our goal? To advance our understanding of host-pathogen interactions and uncover new viral entry factors, paving the way for innovative antiviral strategies against viral diseases with epidemic potential.

In the coming weeks, we’ll introduce you to the outstanding partners in our consortium – leading experts in virology, structural biology, and drug development – who are driving this crucial research forward. Stay tuned to learn more about their expertise and contributions!

The DEFENDER project has officially launched!

We are excited to kick off DEFENDER (Identification of Novel Viral Entry Factors and Development of Antiviral Approaches), an EU-funded initiative under the 2024-DISEASE-08-20 call, focused on pandemic preparedness and response.

🔗 defender-project.org

And that was that – the 34th annual virology meeting ended today, with awards and an outlook on the meeting next year in Heidelberg. We at the GfV are very grateful to the local organizing team from @leibnizliv.bsky.social, the many many helpers as well as catering and Conventus!

It was a pleasure attending #GfV2025 in Hamburg today and chairing the Innate Immunity Plenary today together with @sparrerlab.bsky.social with fantastic keynotes by Adolfo García-Sastre, @scheellab.bsky.social and Michaela Muller-Trutwin. Thanks for coming!

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! 🤗

Keynote speaker Troels Scheel @scheellab.bsky.social from Copenhagen presented how non-canonical capping protects viral RNA from innate immune detection.

The last day of #GfV2025 started with a keynote by Adolfo Garcia-Sastre from New York on TRIM-mediated regulation of interferon responses during RNA virus infection.
(HMB)

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

Auf die Dauer hilft auch Virologinnenpower. 😉
Isso. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Wrap-up of Innate Immunity I: Olinda Veiga from Oldenburg presented the characterization of TMEM62 as a novel restriction factor of hepatitis E virus #GfV2025 (HMB).

The second keynote speaker, @munschauerlab.bsky.social from Frankfurt, is currently presenting an RNA-centric perspective on human pathogenic RNA viruses. #GfV2025
(HMB)

Just now, keynote speaker Joe Grove from Glasgow, presented how machine learning helped resolve the structures of flaviviral E1 proteins and identify fusion mechanisms. This strategy can be used to identify structural similarities between fusion proteins in the virosphere.

When the conference gets really intense and fruitful: discussions at 100s of posters during the three poster sessions.

Auf die Dauer hilft auch Virologinnenpower. 😉
Isso. 😎

Supporting the next generation of virologists and scientists is important and important to us. Currently we introduce all initiatives and working groups by the youngGfV #jGfV to do exactly this

Welcome to day 3 in sunny Hamburg. #GfV2025

The next keynote session on viral data science is now underway, with Ileana Cristea from Princeton talking about the interface between metabolism and immunity within a virus microenvironment. #GfV2025
(HMB)

The #jGfV session with a journal club on improbable research was a lot of fun, including "How to cook the perfect egg," "No time to die," and "Viewing coronavirus through memes via WhatsApp." The session ended with a discussion round with editors and editors-in-chief

What a great #jGfV session at #GfV2025 @gesvirologie.bsky.social Meeting! I am especially proud of Cedric, Saskia and Toni! Thank you for this fun way to look at science!

The last presentation of the plenary session is by Felicia Goodrum and is about the antiviral resistance of cytomegalovirus. (CR)

The second presentation of the plenary session is about vRNA Imaging by Marvin Tanenbaum. (CR)

Thank you again @gesvirologie.bsky.social for choosing me as the first awardee, I feel really honoured🫶

So well deserved 🫶!

Congratulations to Kathrin Sutter who won this year's Loeffler Frosch Award for her work on interferon subtypes