Baldauf_Lab
@baldauflab.bsky.social
Young and dynamic research group @LMU working on innate immunity against retroviruses and cancer; www.viirallab.com
Life of a #PI: As a working mom, you have to adapt quickly to changes in plans during fall break. The best thing you can do is not stress yourself out too much and reward yourself and your child after two full days of work and classes.
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Life of a #PI: As a working mom, you have to adapt quickly to changes in plans during fall break. The best thing you can do is not stress yourself out too much and reward yourself and your child after two full days of work and classes.
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Pet rats carry viruses that cause serious diseases
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🐀 A rare Seoul virus infection in Germany linked to a private animal breeding facility has raised public health concerns. Health experts call for better screening in rat breeding facilities, public awareness, and a unified #OneHealth approach.
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Rare virus transmitted by rats infects woman in Germany—link to private pet rat breeding facility | German Center for Infection Research
Doctors and scientists from the University Hospitals Leipzig (UKL) and Mannheim (UMM), and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) and the B
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October 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Pet rats carry viruses that cause serious diseases
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On an Arctic archipelago, frozen soil may preserve a hidden history of viruses
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On an Arctic archipelago, frozen soil may preserve a hidden history of viruses
Scientists are hunting for ancient RNA in Svalbard’s permafrost, hoping to shed light on the evolution of viral diseases
www.science.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
On an Arctic archipelago, frozen soil may preserve a hidden history of viruses
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Nicht alle Viren machen uns krank, tatsächlich nur ein ganz kleiner Teil von ihnen. Andere leben auf und in uns, und manche sind sogar fester Bestandteil unseres Erbguts!
Ein Einblick in die vielen Facetten der Virologie bei @quarkswdr.bsky.social:
www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...
Ein Einblick in die vielen Facetten der Virologie bei @quarkswdr.bsky.social:
www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...
Quarks: Viren: Freund und Feind! - hier anschauen
Viren gelten als Auslöser von Krankheiten und Pandemien. Doch das ist nur ein Teil der Wahrheit. Seit Milliarden Jahren wirken sie auch als Motor der Evolution. Rund acht Prozent unseres menschlichen ...
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September 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Nicht alle Viren machen uns krank, tatsächlich nur ein ganz kleiner Teil von ihnen. Andere leben auf und in uns, und manche sind sogar fester Bestandteil unseres Erbguts!
Ein Einblick in die vielen Facetten der Virologie bei @quarkswdr.bsky.social:
www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...
Ein Einblick in die vielen Facetten der Virologie bei @quarkswdr.bsky.social:
www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...
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🦠 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
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
Abstract submission
virology-meeting.de
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🦠 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
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
Last week, @ako98.bsky.social gave her first poster presentation at the #Retropath meeting in Tübingen, where I also presented the excellent work of João Côrte-Real. @agschindler.bsky.social and @sauterlab.bsky.social did a fantastic job organizing the meeting.
#ProudPI #Retroviruses
#ProudPI #Retroviruses
October 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Last week, @ako98.bsky.social gave her first poster presentation at the #Retropath meeting in Tübingen, where I also presented the excellent work of João Côrte-Real. @agschindler.bsky.social and @sauterlab.bsky.social did a fantastic job organizing the meeting.
#ProudPI #Retroviruses
#ProudPI #Retroviruses
Our action chair, @michalvinkler.bsky.social, kicked-off #EVIMNET - funded by @costprogramme.bsky.social Happy to contribute as MC member and as #stakeholder engagement coordinator together with Mónica Cunha and @arcova.bsky.social.
More information can be found here:
www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...
More information can be found here:
www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...
October 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Our action chair, @michalvinkler.bsky.social, kicked-off #EVIMNET - funded by @costprogramme.bsky.social Happy to contribute as MC member and as #stakeholder engagement coordinator together with Mónica Cunha and @arcova.bsky.social.
More information can be found here:
www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...
More information can be found here:
www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...
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Our Evolutionary immunology network (EVIM-NET) supported by @costprogramme.bsky.social through the COST Action (CA24133: share.google/4k3Ma3VjXKuw...) has it's kick-off meeting today in Brussels. We are starting!
October 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Our Evolutionary immunology network (EVIM-NET) supported by @costprogramme.bsky.social through the COST Action (CA24133: share.google/4k3Ma3VjXKuw...) has it's kick-off meeting today in Brussels. We are starting!
It was a real pleasure to host @goffinetlab.bsky.social from the @lstmnews.bsky.social today. She presented her team's recent progress in #HIV cure and #MPOX tropism and shared her experiences with junior researchers. Thanks also to @infect-net.bsky.social for making this event possible.
September 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It was a real pleasure to host @goffinetlab.bsky.social from the @lstmnews.bsky.social today. She presented her team's recent progress in #HIV cure and #MPOX tropism and shared her experiences with junior researchers. Thanks also to @infect-net.bsky.social for making this event possible.
I am very pleased to be hosting @goffinetlab.bsky.social from @lstmnews.bsky.social tomorrow, sponsored by @infect-net.bsky.social
📣: Feodor-Lynen lecture hall @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social
🕙 18.9. 1:00 pm
📣: Feodor-Lynen lecture hall @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social
🕙 18.9. 1:00 pm
📣 Infect-Net Lecture: Virologist Prof. Dr. Christine Goffinet
from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will talk about #HIV and #MPox
📅 Sep 18, 2025
🕑 1 pm
📌 Max von Pettenkofer Institut Munich
Host: PD Dr. Hanna-Mari Baldauf
@baldauflab.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social @goffinetlab.bsky.social
from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will talk about #HIV and #MPox
📅 Sep 18, 2025
🕑 1 pm
📌 Max von Pettenkofer Institut Munich
Host: PD Dr. Hanna-Mari Baldauf
@baldauflab.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social @goffinetlab.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I am very pleased to be hosting @goffinetlab.bsky.social from @lstmnews.bsky.social tomorrow, sponsored by @infect-net.bsky.social
📣: Feodor-Lynen lecture hall @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social
🕙 18.9. 1:00 pm
📣: Feodor-Lynen lecture hall @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social
🕙 18.9. 1:00 pm
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🖥️ Join us online – Tuesdays at 2 PM (CET)! Register here: ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🚀 Stay ahead, stay connected – and don’t miss our upcoming sessions!
🚀 Stay ahead, stay connected – and don’t miss our upcoming sessions!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ACHIEVE: Expert Insights. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ACHIEVE: Expert Insights. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us
August 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🖥️ Join us online – Tuesdays at 2 PM (CET)! Register here: ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🚀 Stay ahead, stay connected – and don’t miss our upcoming sessions!
🚀 Stay ahead, stay connected – and don’t miss our upcoming sessions!
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This fresh format brings you cutting-edge expertise, hands-on lab tips, and essential professional skills – all in one place.
📅 Check out the new schedule and be part of it! achieve.g-f-v.org/registration...
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📅 Check out the new schedule and be part of it! achieve.g-f-v.org/registration...
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Programme Seminar | Arbeitskreis Achieve
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August 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This fresh format brings you cutting-edge expertise, hands-on lab tips, and essential professional skills – all in one place.
📅 Check out the new schedule and be part of it! achieve.g-f-v.org/registration...
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📅 Check out the new schedule and be part of it! achieve.g-f-v.org/registration...
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🔬✨ Introducing: Expert Insights – the new seminar series by the Young Society for Virology!
We’ve combined the strengths of our previous “How to” seminar series and the GfV ROUND lunch discussions into one powerful format – Expert Insights.
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We’ve combined the strengths of our previous “How to” seminar series and the GfV ROUND lunch discussions into one powerful format – Expert Insights.
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August 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🔬✨ Introducing: Expert Insights – the new seminar series by the Young Society for Virology!
We’ve combined the strengths of our previous “How to” seminar series and the GfV ROUND lunch discussions into one powerful format – Expert Insights.
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We’ve combined the strengths of our previous “How to” seminar series and the GfV ROUND lunch discussions into one powerful format – Expert Insights.
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Abstract deadline extended!
Submit your work for the 24th Workshop Immunobiology of Viral Infections 📅 Sept 29 – Oct 1, 2025 | 📍 Bad Salzschlirf 🔗 immunviro.g-f-v.org
Keynotes: Daniel Elleder, Anke Kraft, Julia Rebecca Port
Great talks, posters & networking — don’t miss it!
Submit your work for the 24th Workshop Immunobiology of Viral Infections 📅 Sept 29 – Oct 1, 2025 | 📍 Bad Salzschlirf 🔗 immunviro.g-f-v.org
Keynotes: Daniel Elleder, Anke Kraft, Julia Rebecca Port
Great talks, posters & networking — don’t miss it!
Arbeitskreis Immunvirologie | Arbeitskreis der Gesellschaft für Virologie
immunviro.g-f-v.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Abstract deadline extended!
Submit your work for the 24th Workshop Immunobiology of Viral Infections 📅 Sept 29 – Oct 1, 2025 | 📍 Bad Salzschlirf 🔗 immunviro.g-f-v.org
Keynotes: Daniel Elleder, Anke Kraft, Julia Rebecca Port
Great talks, posters & networking — don’t miss it!
Submit your work for the 24th Workshop Immunobiology of Viral Infections 📅 Sept 29 – Oct 1, 2025 | 📍 Bad Salzschlirf 🔗 immunviro.g-f-v.org
Keynotes: Daniel Elleder, Anke Kraft, Julia Rebecca Port
Great talks, posters & networking — don’t miss it!
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Ich denke, Jörg Timm, Vizepräsident der GfV, spricht hier für viele Virologen: "Hat uns schon überrascht"
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September 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ich denke, Jörg Timm, Vizepräsident der GfV, spricht hier für viele Virologen: "Hat uns schon überrascht"
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Excited to co-organize this year's Immunobiology of Viral Infections workshop with Hannes Vietzen!
We’re looking forward to seeing many early career scientists working on all aspects of antiviral immunity — don’t miss it! 👇
We’re looking forward to seeing many early career scientists working on all aspects of antiviral immunity — don’t miss it! 👇
🚨 Registration is open! 🚨
Join the 24th Workshop “Immunobiology of Viral Infections”!
📅 Sept 29–Oct 1, 2025 | 📍 Bad Salzschlirf
🔗 immunviro.g-f-v.org
Explore latest highlights in antiviral immunity and don't miss outstanding keynotes by Daniel Elleder, Anke Kraft and Julia Rebecca Port!
Join the 24th Workshop “Immunobiology of Viral Infections”!
📅 Sept 29–Oct 1, 2025 | 📍 Bad Salzschlirf
🔗 immunviro.g-f-v.org
Explore latest highlights in antiviral immunity and don't miss outstanding keynotes by Daniel Elleder, Anke Kraft and Julia Rebecca Port!
Arbeitskreis Immunvirologie | Arbeitskreis der Gesellschaft für Virologie
immunviro.g-f-v.org
August 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Excited to co-organize this year's Immunobiology of Viral Infections workshop with Hannes Vietzen!
We’re looking forward to seeing many early career scientists working on all aspects of antiviral immunity — don’t miss it! 👇
We’re looking forward to seeing many early career scientists working on all aspects of antiviral immunity — don’t miss it! 👇
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Excited to share our Science Advances paper reporting the first 3D structure of HERV‑K Env—a novel therapeutic target in cancer and autoimmune diseases. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) envelope structures in pre- and postfusion by cryo-EM
Structural snapshots and antibodies illuminate a viral protein within the dark matter of the genome that may be active in disease.
www.science.org
August 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Excited to share our Science Advances paper reporting the first 3D structure of HERV‑K Env—a novel therapeutic target in cancer and autoimmune diseases. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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'TRIM28 is a target for paramyxovirus V proteins'. Work led by Gauthier Lieber seeks to address whether host activation of endogenous retroelements contributes to antiviral defences. In support of this idea, he describes a viral mechanism that might limit this host response.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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TRIM28 is a target for paramyxovirus V proteins
Author summary Host recognition of viral nucleic acids is fundamental for stimulating antiviral immunity. To prevent aberrant immune activation, cells must precisely differentiate “non-self” from “sel...
doi.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
'TRIM28 is a target for paramyxovirus V proteins'. Work led by Gauthier Lieber seeks to address whether host activation of endogenous retroelements contributes to antiviral defences. In support of this idea, he describes a viral mechanism that might limit this host response.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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📢 Countdown: 1 month until #Retropath2025!
Registration is still open — join us in Tübingen for outstanding keynote lectures + cutting-edge research on #retroviruses and #HERVs. More info 👉 evis.events/event/469/.
Registration is still open — join us in Tübingen for outstanding keynote lectures + cutting-edge research on #retroviruses and #HERVs. More info 👉 evis.events/event/469/.
September 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
📢 Countdown: 1 month until #Retropath2025!
Registration is still open — join us in Tübingen for outstanding keynote lectures + cutting-edge research on #retroviruses and #HERVs. More info 👉 evis.events/event/469/.
Registration is still open — join us in Tübingen for outstanding keynote lectures + cutting-edge research on #retroviruses and #HERVs. More info 👉 evis.events/event/469/.
Life of a #PI: deadlines don't care about vacation time. Organization before vacation is key to reducing the workload!
#vacation #deadlines #grantwriting #reloadbattery #resilience
#vacation #deadlines #grantwriting #reloadbattery #resilience
August 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Life of a #PI: deadlines don't care about vacation time. Organization before vacation is key to reducing the workload!
#vacation #deadlines #grantwriting #reloadbattery #resilience
#vacation #deadlines #grantwriting #reloadbattery #resilience
Yesterday, I met my friends and collaborators, @jueane.bsky.social & Pedro Esteves, and celebrated with João Côrte-Real, who passed his PhD defense with flying colors at the University Porto. Thank you @lucievirevolte.bsky.social and @langloislab.bsky.social for serving as opponents. 🎓👨🎓
#ProudPI
#ProudPI
July 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Yesterday, I met my friends and collaborators, @jueane.bsky.social & Pedro Esteves, and celebrated with João Côrte-Real, who passed his PhD defense with flying colors at the University Porto. Thank you @lucievirevolte.bsky.social and @langloislab.bsky.social for serving as opponents. 🎓👨🎓
#ProudPI
#ProudPI
Recently, Manoj Kumar Jana invited me to discuss various topics, such as how to tailor your applications.
Watch here the recorded interview 👇
youtu.be/UOCfP6ZyBjo?...
Watch here the recorded interview 👇
youtu.be/UOCfP6ZyBjo?...
The Unspoken Truths of a Scientist's Journey(PhD, Research & More!) | @ Manoj Kr Jana | BioFolk
YouTube video by BioFolk
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July 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Recently, Manoj Kumar Jana invited me to discuss various topics, such as how to tailor your applications.
Watch here the recorded interview 👇
youtu.be/UOCfP6ZyBjo?...
Watch here the recorded interview 👇
youtu.be/UOCfP6ZyBjo?...
With a little delay due to teaching committments- welcome Kelly, our first dry lab intern. We hope you have a great time with us 🤩
July 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
With a little delay due to teaching committments- welcome Kelly, our first dry lab intern. We hope you have a great time with us 🤩