Translational and Computational Infection Research

Neuer Influenza-Subtyp: Was in dieser Grippesaison zu erwarten ist Ein neuer Influenza-Subtyp breitet sich derzeit in Europa aus. Die sogenannte Subklade K unterscheidet sich deutlich von den Viren, gegen die sich die aktuellen Grippe-Impfstoffe richten. Von F. Bäume...

"Neuer Influenza-Subtyp: Was in dieser Grippesaison zu erwarten ist"- dazu nehmen @klausueberla.bsky.social und @ulrike-protzer.bsky.social im folgenden Beitrag Stellung 👇
(HMB)

www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesun...

Want to learn more about Hepatitis E virus?
This episode of "This Week in Virology" from @microbetv.bsky.social features Xiang-Jin Meng talking about our favorite zoonotic disease. Still, there is so much we have to discover 🔬
Great episode!

#HEV #TRCiR #scicomm #hepatitis #virology

Announcement of the “Expert insights” online seminar series by the ACHIEVE Academy. Talk by Sarah Peterl from Heidelberg University Hospital on “Selecting a good title for a publication” Date: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025, at 2:00 PM. The series takes place every first Tuesday of the month.

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Join us on December 2nd, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “Selecting a Good Title for a Publication” by Sarah Peterl. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

Die Situation mit der H5N1-"Vogelgrippe" ist besorgniserregend– unglaublich viele Vögel (einschl. Nutzgeflügel) sind in 🇩🇪 bereits an dem Virus verendet oder mussten gekeult werden. Auch Säugetiere (Stichwort: Rinder) können sich anstecken.

Unsere aktuelle Stelllungnahme: g-f-v.org/stellungnahm...

Getting ready for single cell sequencing!

Yesterday we had training on the Chromium GEM-X device from @10xgenomics.bsky.social that we recently set up in our lab.

Excited to apply this fascinating technology in our future projects and collabs on hepatitis E virus infection!

#HEV #Scicomm #TRACiR

Announcement of the “Expert insights” online seminar series by the ACHIEVE Academy. Talk by PD Dr. Thomas Hoenen from the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on “BSL-4.” Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 2:00 PM. The series takes place every first Tuesday of the month.

🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Join us on November 4th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “BSL-4” by PD Dr. Thomas Hoenen. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...

🦠 Abstract submission for the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology is open!

Share your research with the virology community and help shape the scientific dialogue next year in Heidelberg.

🕐 Deadline: Jan 4, 2026

🔗 virology-meeting.de/programme-ab...

#GfV2026 #virology #virologymeeting

Update on Hepatitis E Virus Infection 2025: Insights From an International Symposium Background and Aims The second Hepatitis E Symposium was held as an integral part of the International DFG/DZIF Joint Meeting on Viral Infections of the Liver and the Heart in Berlin. The symposium .....

Short update:
During #HCVFlavi2025, our recap of the second Hepatitis E Symposium as part of the International @dfg.de / @dzif.bsky.social Joint Meeting on Viral Infections of the Liver and the Heart in Berlin was published in Liver International:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#HepE #HEV

Wrap-up for this years #HCVFlavi2025 meeting. It was a great conference with lots of new input. Can't wait to take the new ideas to the lab.
See you all next year in Copenhagen for #HCVFlavi2026!

Home - HCV-FLAVI 2026 Days Hours Minutes Seconds Welcome to HCV-Flavi 2026 We warmly invite you to join the 32nd International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus, Flaviviruses and Related Viruses (HCV-Flavi 2026) in Copenhagen...

The website for next year’s #HCVFlavi2026 meeting is up! Please find it here: hcv-flavi2026.org #HCV #Flavivirus #Virus

Had a great time presenting at this year's HCV Flavi Meeting in Singapore. Big thanks to the organizers and everyone for the lively, insightful discussions! #HCVFlavi2025

Calender is marked ☝️

While enjoying the 2025 version of the #HCVFlavi2025 meeting in Singapore, mark your calendars for the 2026 edition #HCVFlavi2026 in Copenhagen! #HCV #Virus

The hepatitis E virus capsid protein ORF2 counteracts cell-intrinsic antiviral responses to enable persistent replication in cell culture Author summary Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important yet often underestimated pathogen. Depending on the genotype, HEV infections can progress to chronicity, but the underlying mechanisms remain poo...

🎉 Exciting news: my PhD project @daothilab.bsky.social has been published in #PLoS Pathogens! I investigated how the #hepatitis E virus ORF2 protein counteracts antiviral responses, contributing to persistent viral replication. A huge thank you to all collaborators! 🙏🏻
🔗 share.google/WwIT43Su3KOP...

Great talk, exciting data! Congrats 👏

Proud of Lizandro Rivera-Rangel and @drjanina.bsky.social from the lab presenting on how the #HCV RNA 5’ FAD cap leads to evasion of translational repression at #HCVFlavi2025 in Singapore 👏🏻

Representing RUB @ruhr-uni-bochum.de at #HCVFlavi2025 conference. If you are on-site and interested in #hepatitisE check out Posters 10-15 to learn what's cooking I'm our labs @mmv-rub.bsky.social and www.tracir.de 🥣🚀

Kick-off to #HCVFlavi2025! We are looking forward to exciting talks and to discuss our science with old and new friends. Thrilling days in Singapore ahead 🇸🇬 🚀

Our PostDoc Richard contributed to a review on coronaviruses:

From zoonotic spillover to endemicity: the broad determinants of human coronavirus tropism

Together with @pfaenderlab.bsky.social he dives into the mechanisms that determine host specificity of CoVs.

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

JNK kinase regulates phosphorylation of HCoV-229E nucleocapsid protein - npj Viruses npj Viruses - JNK kinase regulates phosphorylation of HCoV-229E nucleocapsid protein

We helped identifying the kinase JNK as a host factor for successfull coronavirus infection. JNK regulates phosporylation of the the common cold human coronavirus 229E nuleocapsid protein.

You can read about it in npj Viruses:

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

#TRACiR #corona #science #virus #rub

Apparently, we are on the right track here.
Lets see, when we will reach 10 likes for one of our posts! 🤞

This 🕷️ tick-borne RNA virus can infect humans, but little is known about transmission and natural hosts. Saskia and team could show that 12/13 serum pools from the three geographical regions and 87.1 % of tested horses in Germany were positive for ALSV antibodies, indicating previous infections!

📖Publication Alert🚨

Our PhD student @sjanshoff.bsky.social published a paper on the prevalence of the emerging Alongshanvirus (ALSV) in horses across the Americas, Europe and Oceania 🐎🌍

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#TRACiR #virology #scicomm #teamscience

We are happy to announce the release of our new homepage:

tracir.de

Over there you can find everything about the team 🥼, our research 🔬, how to contact us 📲, and more!

Go ahead and have a look 😎

#hepE #tracir #teamscience #scicomm #hepatitis #virology #science

As our group ist growing and a fresh homepage is on the way, we figured we need nice portraits and group photos 😎
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 📸 #TRACiR #smile #science

🏊‍♀️🧪 Gold in the pool, precision in the lab: Our student Theresa Bechtel takes home 🥇🥇 at the 🇨🇭Swiss Championships – after 2x🥈 & 2x🥉 in the 🇩🇪Nationals this May!
Excellent science and top-level sports? Absolutely compatible!
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
#TRACiR #TeamScience #SwimFastThinkFaster #ProudSupervisor

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 – what a ride!
Huge congrats, Dr. Nocke – couldn't have wished for more. 🚀🎓

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!

Scientist (m, f, x) in Computational and Laboratory Infection Research

🚀 Exciting Opportunity for #PostDocs! 🚀

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! 🌟
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c...

Trump attackiert Infektionsforschung: Folgen für die globale Pandemieprävention

US-Präsident Trump kürzt massiv Fördergelder für die Wissenschaft in den USA. Das hat auch direkte Auswirkungen auf die virologische Forschung in Europa und Deutschland und könnte die Pandemieforschung vor große Probleme stellen. Mehr dazu im Deutschlandfunk: www.deutschlandfunk.de/stand-up-for...