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Translational and Computational Infection Research

@compvirol.bsky.social

We use computational methods in infection research to decipher pathogen-host interactions and RNA virus evolution, including immune escape.

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As our group ist growing and a fresh homepage is on the way, we figured we need nice portraits and group photos ๐Ÿ˜Ž
So today @tremark.bsky.social from the @ruhr-uni-bochum.de media team visited our lab and we had a full blown photo shooting putting us into the spotlight ๐Ÿ“ธ #TRACiR #smile #science

05.08.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŠโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿงช Gold in the pool, precision in the lab: Our student Theresa Bechtel takes home ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡ at the ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwiss Championships โ€“ after 2x๐Ÿฅˆ & 2x๐Ÿฅ‰ in the ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชNationals this May!
Excellent science and top-level sports? Absolutely compatible!
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
#TRACiR #TeamScience #SwimFastThinkFaster #ProudSupervisor

16.07.2025 10:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What a milestone!
Max successfully defended his PhD @ruhr-uni-bochum.de !
We are incredibly proud of his work, his dedication, and the journey we've taken together. From an idea to a full-grown project to a brilliant thesis โ€“ what a ride!
Huge congrats, Dr. Nocke โ€“ couldn't have wished for more. ๐Ÿš€๐ŸŽ“

05.07.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great first day at #ViBioM2025!
If you are interested in our research @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, come find us anytime or stop by posters B05, B11, and B27!

13.05.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Scientist (m, f, x) in Computational and Laboratory Infection Research

๐Ÿš€ Exciting Opportunity for #PostDocs! ๐Ÿš€

Conduct research using scRNAseq, spatial transcriptomics, and HTS. Collaborate with computational and lab teams. Design experiments to investigate pathogen-host interactions.

Make a difference in infection research! ๐ŸŒŸ
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c...

13.03.2025 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump attackiert Infektionsforschung: Folgen fรผr die globale Pandemieprรคvention

US-Prรคsident Trump kรผrzt massiv Fรถrdergelder fรผr die Wissenschaft in den USA. Das hat auch direkte Auswirkungen auf die virologische Forschung in Europa und Deutschland und kรถnnte die Pandemieforschung vor groรŸe Probleme stellen. Mehr dazu im Deutschlandfunk: www.deutschlandfunk.de/stand-up-for...

10.03.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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And that was that โ€“ 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!

07.03.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Welcome to day 3 in sunny Hamburg. #GfV2025

06.03.2025 07:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to classify viral genome sequences? Maximilian Nocke from Ruhr University Bochum shows his work on applying sequence projection and k-means as novel approach for Orthohepevirinae genotyping and species assignment.

05.03.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ever experienced problems mining #virus sequence #databases? This might help: Max presenting his new method on sequence projection and k-means as novel approach for virus genotyping at #GfV2025 (@gesvirologie.bsky.social). Feel free to reach out!

05.03.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Podcast Coronavirus-Update: Neue Staffel mit Drosten & Ciesek Fรผnf Jahre Corona - was haben wir gelernt? In der neuen Staffel des NDR Info Podcasts Coronavirus-Update beschรคftigen sich die Wissenschaftsjournalistinnen Korinna Hennig und Daniela Remus mit der Fra...

Vor fรผnf Jahren gab es den ersten "Corona-Fall" in Deutschland. In zehn neuen Folgen blickt der Podcast "Coronavirus-Update" zurรผck und fragt, was wir fรผr die Zukunft gelernt haben โ€“ u.a. mit GfV-Vizeprรคsidentin @ciesek.bsky.social und alt-Prรคsident Ralf Bartenschlager.
www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

30.01.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Hamburg will probably have the highest density of virologists in Germany in the next few days.
Let's inform each other and everyone who couldn't make it at #GfV2025 Looking forward to many posts (BM)

03.03.2025 09:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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We are off...
Looking forward to exciting results and science presented over the next few days
#GfV2025

04.03.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How can medical virology quickly adapt scientifically and diagnostically to a pandemic caused by a new pathogen? Examples from Covid-19 โ€“ Sandra Ciesek recapitulates the work of her institute in the first months of the pandemic.

04.03.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Prior to the GfV Meeting, the YoungPI working group met at the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for discussions and networking to help New PIs with a successful transition.
Thanks to Marylyn Addo, Anja Ehrhardt and Chrstine Engeland who gave some insights from their experience.

04.03.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Come and stop by booth no. 1 to learn more about the activities of the GfV #GfV2025

04.03.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Science Manager (m/f/d) Department of Translational and Computational lnfection Research

We are #hiring!!
Exciting opportunity in our newly established department! Join us on an ambitious journey as we build new structures in the dynamic field of infection researchโ€”bridging computational approaches and wet lab experimentation.

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

25.02.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daniel Todt will Campus und Klinik enger verbinden Vom grundlegenden Wissen รผber die Interaktion zwischen Mensch und Pathogenen sollen Patientinnen und Patienten mit Infektionskrankheiten profitieren.

Excited to announce my new role as head of the Translational and Computational Infection Research department at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Note the account name change!

New challenges and opportunities ahead. Keep an eye out for job postings.

Press release (in German): news.rub.de/leute/2025-0...

07.02.2025 08:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of those rare and truly rewarding moments: holding the physical copy of a journal where our article made it to the cover! A huge thank you to the whole team for their incredible work that led to this success!

journals.lww.com/hep/fulltext...

09.01.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Arbeitskreis Young PI | Arbeitskreis der Gesellschaft fรผr Virologie

The YoungPI working group aims to help junior group leaders and Junior-Profs. without a permanent position in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to connect with other PIs and get tips&tricks in their new role.
As YoungPI to join this community, we opened an Email list for 2025.
youngpi.g-f-v.org
(BM)

16.12.2024 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Scienceโ€™s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months. The drug attaches to the lattice-like capsid proteins that shield the virusโ€™s genetic materialโ€”a mechanism that could inspire other antivirals. Lenacapavir could help end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but that will hinge on access for those who need it most.

Scienceโ€™s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months. The drug attaches to the lattice-like capsid proteins that shield the virusโ€™s genetic materialโ€”a mechanism that could inspire other antivirals. Lenacapavir could help end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but that will hinge on access for those who need it most.

Scienceโ€™s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months.

Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3BrCtUn

12.12.2024 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 427    ๐Ÿ” 165    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

Here is part 2 of the list. go.bsky.app/TWLffWH

12.11.2024 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Couldnโ€™t find a virology starter pack so hereโ€™s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list!

go.bsky.app/SinqoJU

10.11.2024 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 340    ๐Ÿ” 253    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 113    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Unraveling Hepatitis E virus in neurons: A novel human model shows HEV impacts neurite growth with limited immune response. A step closer to understanding HEV-associated neurological disorders! #VirusBioinformatics #HEV #Neurovirology

๐Ÿ“„ doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
EVBC๐Ÿ‘ค: @compvirol.bsky.social

03.12.2024 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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International DFG/DZIF Joint Meeting on Viral Infections of the Liverโ€ฆ


Call for Abstracts: International DFG/DZIF Joint Meeting on Viral Infections of the Liver and the Heart

๐Ÿ“… January 17โ€“18, 2025 | ๐Ÿ“ Berlin, Germany

Please spread the word! Only few more weeks to register!

www.mhh.de/berlin-liver...

18.11.2024 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mark your calendars ๐Ÿ“…
More information will follow in the upcoming weeks!

14.08.2024 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How cool, our paper is featured in Nature Communications @natureportfolio.bsky.social for #WorldHepatitisDay 2024.
Learn more about #WHD2024 here:
www.biomedcentral.com/p/worldhepat...

31.07.2024 09:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Genetic determinants of host- and virus-derived insertions for hepatitis E virus replication - Nature Communications In this study, the authors identify genetic insertions in the population of hepatitis E virus analyzed in serum samples of a patient with ribavirin treatment failure. They show that these genomic rear...

So happy to see our latest study finally online! It has been a long journey since we started almost six years ago.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

08.06.2024 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Route Into the Cell Influences the Outcome of Sars-Cov-2 Infection A surface protein helps viruses to enter cells. This has far-reaching consequences for the infection.

Great news! Richard from our group just published our newest findings on #Sars-CoV-2 cell entry in PNAS. Check out the press release below with a link to the OA article.
Thanks to #BMBF for funding our research group in infection biology!

news.rub.de/english/pres...

05.06.2024 09:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Let this be the theme for the upcoming days #ViBioM2024

27.05.2024 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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