Giovanna Barba Spaeth

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Today (and last, but not least!): The Cavalli group at CECAM/EPFL develops and applies computational methods to investigate biological systems of therapeutic interest. 🧪🧬

www.cecam.org

#ComputationalBiology #EPFL #CECAM #ScienceForHealth #HorizonEU #SHIELDproject 🚀🧠💻

This week, Italy reported the first human fatality of the season along with several symptomatic cases of #WestNileVirus. We need #surveillance, #vectorcontrol, and research on potential cross-protection mechanisms #Usutu
@IZS-Teramo is working on it as part of @yellow4flavi.bsky.social

🧬 Meet our Partners: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise "G. | Yellow4FLAVI 🧬 Meet our Partners: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise "G. Caporale"​ (IZS-Teramo) 🏫 Continuing our Meet our Partners series, we’re pleased to introduce IZS-Teramo : a...

🧬 Meet our partner IZS-Teramo! 🏫 This top Italian One Health institute leads WP1 in Yellow4FLAVI, studying how flavivirus proteins shape immunity & whether exposure to one virus can protect against another—key for future vaccines. 🔎🦠💉 Find out more here : www.linkedin.com/posts/yellow...

🔬 Meet our Partners: ImmuneWatch 🏫 | Yellow4FLAVI 🔬 Meet our Partners: ImmuneWatch 🏫 This week, Meet our Partners series features ImmuneWatch, a cutting-edge bioinformatics spin-off from the Universiteit Antwerpen and Antwerp University Hospital, i...

🔬 Meet our partners: ImmuneWatch! 🏫 A Belgian bioinformatics spin-off using AI to decode how T cells recognize flaviviruses. In Yellow4FLAVI, they lead WP3, tracking T cell responses to improve yellow fever vaccine design & immunity insights. 🔎💉 Read more here : www.linkedin.com/posts/yellow...

Thanks @julienpompon.bsky.social for inviting me in wonderful Montpellier. In the oldest faculty of Medicine in the world (A.D. 1220) we talked about our favorite #flavivirus and collaboration between our #HorizonEurope @yellow4flavi.bsky.social and @flavivaccine.bsky.social projects.

“He began to feel that countering anti-vaccine activism was maybe as important as the vaccines he was formulating.” Information, communication, speaking up for what has saved millions of lives is a moral obligation. Not doing so It will affect entire communities with long lasting consequences.

Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. But how bad will it get?

My interview in @newyorker.com re: Gavi and the globalization of antivaccine activism

www.newyorker.com/science/elem...

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Today: The FlavImmunity group at Institut Pasteur uses the yellow fever 17D vaccine as a model to study flavivirus entry, maturation, and antigenicity.

research.pasteur.fr/en/team/flav...

#Flavivirus #VaccineResearch #StructuralBiology #YellowFever #InstitutPasteur #SHIELDproject

Nice experience at The Conduit discussing the impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases. Many thanks to all involved in the organisation, my fellow panelists @charlottekilpo.bsky.social @samiasaad.bsky.social @mcdonnell.bsky.social @ellenthoen.bsky.social and the UK Pasteur foundation

Lethality for this #YellowFever outbreak remains high (~40%) as already seen in Colombia. #PAHO declared the risk as high because of wide geographical spread (also to non endemic areas) and low vaccine coverage. Surveillance, Vaccination and Communication are much needed for an effective response.

Just few days left to apply to one of these postdoc positions in my infectious disease modelling Unit at @pasteur.fr in Paris!

Happy to see the @yellow4flavi.bsky.social‬ training program in action! We are going to further implement the exchanges between partners in the coming years!

Africa’s chief diplomat for vaccine manufacturing Virologist Amadou Sall is the driving force behind a world-class manufacturing hub in Senegal.

In this profile of virologist Amadou Sall, on the ground reporting by @sciwriabdul.bsky.social Tsanni reveals how Sall's diplomacy and persuasion have made his vision of 'homegrown' vaccine manufacturing a reality in #Senegal.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Vaccine hesitancy has been reported by health officials both in Colombia and in Brazil as one of the causes for the spreading of this outbreak. Vaccination is the most efficient way to contain the virus. Thanks Prof.Hotez for putting the spotlight on YF. We need more talk on risks, prevention, etc.

Risk of Yellow fever in Southern U.S.

www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

Challenges of the current yellow fever outbreak in Colombia Yellow fever was once mainly sylvatic in remote Colombian regions throughout the 20th century. However, the 21st century has seen the re-emergence of yellow fever in endemic zones and it has spread to...

"In 2024, 23 cases of yellow fever were reported in Colombia, with 13 deaths. As of June 9, 2025, there have been 104 cases and 45 deaths..."

In a new letter, authors explore the challenges of the current yellow fever outbreak in Colombia: tinyurl.com/3ykcr8uu

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Today: The research of the Lassa Virus Immunology group at the BNITM focuses on hemorrhagic fever viruses such as Lassa, Ebola, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever viruses. 🦠🌍

Web: www.bnitm.de/en/research/...

#LassaVirus #NipahVirus #TropicalMedicine #BNITM #SHIELDproject

🧬 L'Institut Pasteur fait peau neuve !

Nouvelle plateforme de marque, nouvelle identité visuelle, nouvelle signature : "Pour chaque vie, la science agit" 💙

#InstitutPasteur

Explosive mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone overwhelms health systems Rapid transmission through sexual networks raises fears of wider spread in the region

An explosive outbreak of mpox in Sierra Leone is raising fears of wider spread. The country of 9 million has seen more than 3000 cases already.
“We could see very rapid geographic expansion […] if we don’t really try and get things under control quickly,” says @kindrachukjason.bsky.social
🧪 #IDsky

Our team had such a blast at the #ATCR conference in Antwerp. Beautiful and super interesting city, fantastic line-up of speakers, and a very family-like atmosphere full of TCR geeks. What more can you ask for!

Women’s leadership in Yellow4FLAVI We’d like to shine a spotlight on Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth, Coordinator of the Yellow4FLAVI Horizon Europe funded project and Head of the Flavimmunity Group at Institut Pasteur. 1️⃣ What is your back...

🔬Spotlight on women’s leadership in Yellow4FLAVI!
Dr. Barba-Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social, a molecular & structural virologist, coordinates research on how YF17D vaccine structure drives immunity, unlocking new paths for next-gen vaccines.💉🧠
More on our site: www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/women-s...

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Today: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry at #UniHeidelberg

From molecule to medicine: Christian Klein’s group drives translational medicinal chemistry to push drug discovery forward. 🔬💊

www.ipmb.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/...

#HorizonEU #MedChem #DrugDiscovery

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Today: The Protein Modelling Lab of ITQB Nova at Universidade Nova de Lisboa

The Lab (www.itqb.unl.pt/research/bio...), headed by Cláudio M. Soares and Diana Lousa, employs computational biophysical and ML/AI methods to investigate the structure and dynamics of proteins.

🦠Join Our Next Seminar! We are excited to announce the third seminar in our series on emerging pathogens, with a focus on flaviviruses.

🗓 May 20th
🕒 15:00 – 16:00 CET
🔬 With Prof. Luisa Barzon
🔗 forms.office.com/e/KGMUMAJwak

#Flaviviruses #WestNileVirus

New Publication by Institut Pasteur: Toward a deeper understanding of dengue Toward a deeper understanding of dengue: novel method for quantification and isolation of envelope protein epitope-specific antibodies  Sokchea Lay, Candice Bohaud, Sopheak Sorn, Sreymom Ken, Felix A....

👏Institut Pasteur & Pasteur Network developed a test to isolate antibodies targeting dengue virus envelope protein. It reveals how the immune system responds and supports vaccine efforts. The method may also apply to Zika, Yellow Fever, and West Nile.💡🔬Read more : www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/new-pub...

This #MothersDay, let’s ask: Are moms supported - or just expected to “do it all”? Join us May 14 for #SciMomChats on maternal mental health + peri/menopause.
Let’s stop the silence and support moms at every stage.
🔗 www.mothersinscience.com/scimomchats
#MaternalMentalHealth #Perimenopause

We are ONLINE! 🤗 This is our Bluesky channel for the project SHIELD.

SHIELD is a health research project funded by the European Union and co-funded by SERI. The SHIELD consortium involving partners from all over Europe will develop molecular tools to prepare the EU for future pandemic events. 💪

Thanks LWNVIVAT ‪@lwnvivat.bsky.social‬ for the invitation and for organizing this seminars series. Looking forward to the rest of the program!

Exploring Flavivirus Immunology: Insights from Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth’s Seminar Last Wednesday 19th of March LWNVIVAT project held the first seminar in their series on emergent pathogens, with a special focus on flaviviruses. Our Coordinator, Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth led the sem...

@giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social cial led a thought-provoking seminar on emergent pathogens organised by @lwnvivat.bsky.social titled "Flaviviruses Immunological Crosstalk: The Impact of Vaccination." 💉
Read more here: www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/explori...