Isabella Eckerle
@eckerleisabella.bsky.social
Director, Geneva Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases - Virologist, MD, DTM&H. Interests: Emerging viruses, coronaviruses, diagnostics, translational research for better preparedness for epidemic & pandemic viruses.
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And my group at the Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases is also hiring: We are looking for a postdoc for our work on mucosal immunity and respiratory viruses!
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Post-doctorant-e (6723)
jobs.unige.ch
January 18, 2026 at 10:06 AM
And my group at the Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases is also hiring: We are looking for a postdoc for our work on mucosal immunity and respiratory viruses!
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Professor position & Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital of Geneva!
Exciting opportunity for an ID specialist & research opportunities in virology, bacteriology, immunology, public/global health, vaccinology, international Geneva...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Exciting opportunity for an ID specialist & research opportunities in virology, bacteriology, immunology, public/global health, vaccinology, international Geneva...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Professeur-e PO/PAS médecin-chef-fe du Service des maladies infectieuses (6694)
Full or Associate Professor, Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases
jobs.unige.ch
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Professor position & Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital of Geneva!
Exciting opportunity for an ID specialist & research opportunities in virology, bacteriology, immunology, public/global health, vaccinology, international Geneva...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Exciting opportunity for an ID specialist & research opportunities in virology, bacteriology, immunology, public/global health, vaccinology, international Geneva...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Professor position in Global Health at the University of Geneva, Institute of Global Health!
This is really an exciting opportunity with lots of possibilities for collaborations, e.g. with our Centre, in the field of infectious diseases, international Geneva, WHO...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
This is really an exciting opportunity with lots of possibilities for collaborations, e.g. with our Centre, in the field of infectious diseases, international Geneva, WHO...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
Professeur-e ordinaire, professeur-e associé-e à l’Institut de santé globale (6726)
et affilié au Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Full professor or Associate professor at the Institute of Global Health and affiliated to the Department of Community Health and Medicin...
jobs.unige.ch
January 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Professor position in Global Health at the University of Geneva, Institute of Global Health!
This is really an exciting opportunity with lots of possibilities for collaborations, e.g. with our Centre, in the field of infectious diseases, international Geneva, WHO...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
This is really an exciting opportunity with lots of possibilities for collaborations, e.g. with our Centre, in the field of infectious diseases, international Geneva, WHO...
jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...
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Prof. Gisa Gerold @geroldlab.bsky.social
Prof. Melanie Brinkmann @brinkmann-melanie.bsky.social
Prof. Nicole Fischer
Prof. Florian Klein
Prof. Ulrike Protzer @ulrike-protzer.bsky.social
Wer mehr über unsere Fachgesellschaft erfahren möchte:
g-f-v.org
Prof. Melanie Brinkmann @brinkmann-melanie.bsky.social
Prof. Nicole Fischer
Prof. Florian Klein
Prof. Ulrike Protzer @ulrike-protzer.bsky.social
Wer mehr über unsere Fachgesellschaft erfahren möchte:
g-f-v.org
Gesellschaft für Virologie | Gesellschaft für Virologie
g-f-v.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Prof. Gisa Gerold @geroldlab.bsky.social
Prof. Melanie Brinkmann @brinkmann-melanie.bsky.social
Prof. Nicole Fischer
Prof. Florian Klein
Prof. Ulrike Protzer @ulrike-protzer.bsky.social
Wer mehr über unsere Fachgesellschaft erfahren möchte:
g-f-v.org
Prof. Melanie Brinkmann @brinkmann-melanie.bsky.social
Prof. Nicole Fischer
Prof. Florian Klein
Prof. Ulrike Protzer @ulrike-protzer.bsky.social
Wer mehr über unsere Fachgesellschaft erfahren möchte:
g-f-v.org
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Beirat (auch hier allen ganz herzlichen Glückwunsch!):
PD Hanna-Mari Baldauf @baldauflab.bsky.social
Prof. Martin Beer
Prof. Klaus Überall @klausueberla.bsky.social
Prof. Friedemann Weber @friedemann.bsky.social
Prof. Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social
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PD Hanna-Mari Baldauf @baldauflab.bsky.social
Prof. Martin Beer
Prof. Klaus Überall @klausueberla.bsky.social
Prof. Friedemann Weber @friedemann.bsky.social
Prof. Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social
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December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Beirat (auch hier allen ganz herzlichen Glückwunsch!):
PD Hanna-Mari Baldauf @baldauflab.bsky.social
Prof. Martin Beer
Prof. Klaus Überall @klausueberla.bsky.social
Prof. Friedemann Weber @friedemann.bsky.social
Prof. Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social
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PD Hanna-Mari Baldauf @baldauflab.bsky.social
Prof. Martin Beer
Prof. Klaus Überall @klausueberla.bsky.social
Prof. Friedemann Weber @friedemann.bsky.social
Prof. Isabella Eckerle @eckerleisabella.bsky.social
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Die GfV hat gewählt– neuer Vorstand und Beirat ab März '26!
Vorstand:
Präsidentin: @ciesek.bsky.social
1. Vizepräsident: @cdrosten.bsky.social
2. Vizepräsident: Prof. Jörg Timm
Schriftführerin: Prof. Eva Herker
Schatzmeister: Prof. Thomas Pietschmann
Herzlichen Glückwunsch 💐!
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Vorstand:
Präsidentin: @ciesek.bsky.social
1. Vizepräsident: @cdrosten.bsky.social
2. Vizepräsident: Prof. Jörg Timm
Schriftführerin: Prof. Eva Herker
Schatzmeister: Prof. Thomas Pietschmann
Herzlichen Glückwunsch 💐!
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December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Die GfV hat gewählt– neuer Vorstand und Beirat ab März '26!
Vorstand:
Präsidentin: @ciesek.bsky.social
1. Vizepräsident: @cdrosten.bsky.social
2. Vizepräsident: Prof. Jörg Timm
Schriftführerin: Prof. Eva Herker
Schatzmeister: Prof. Thomas Pietschmann
Herzlichen Glückwunsch 💐!
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Vorstand:
Präsidentin: @ciesek.bsky.social
1. Vizepräsident: @cdrosten.bsky.social
2. Vizepräsident: Prof. Jörg Timm
Schriftführerin: Prof. Eva Herker
Schatzmeister: Prof. Thomas Pietschmann
Herzlichen Glückwunsch 💐!
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I think the number of downloads is not a good measure, because often I just quickly check something in the tree, I look for a certain mutation, a certain time and variant circulation, or take a screenshot of a tree for a talk. This was, and still is such an important resource!!
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I think the number of downloads is not a good measure, because often I just quickly check something in the tree, I look for a certain mutation, a certain time and variant circulation, or take a screenshot of a tree for a talk. This was, and still is such an important resource!!
Important read on challenges of continued SARS-CoV-2 surveillance provided by tools like Nextstrain, using GISAID data. Just one comment as someone who is using Nextstrain for my research, for keeping up to date and for scientific talks:
nextstrain.org/blog/2025-11...
nextstrain.org/blog/2025-11...
Nextstrain: Interruption to GISAID-based SARS-CoV-2 sequence analyses
Nextstrain blog post from 2025-11-06; author(s): Trevor Bedford, Richard Neher and the Nextstrain team
nextstrain.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Important read on challenges of continued SARS-CoV-2 surveillance provided by tools like Nextstrain, using GISAID data. Just one comment as someone who is using Nextstrain for my research, for keeping up to date and for scientific talks:
nextstrain.org/blog/2025-11...
nextstrain.org/blog/2025-11...
I don't think so, we would see these in the genomic data. So far, they all seem to be independent zoonotic spillovers (luckily).
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I don't think so, we would see these in the genomic data. So far, they all seem to be independent zoonotic spillovers (luckily).
Reposted by Isabella Eckerle
I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
On the plus side, management of viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks have become much more efficient and rapid in recent years.
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
On the plus side, management of viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks have become much more efficient and rapid in recent years.
Not great news to see Marburg spreading across the borders of the previously endemic areas. I was so happy to see that Ebola outbreak in the DRC over and now this...I hope the country will be able to get it under control soon.
The outbreak in Ethiopia is #Marburg virus, the first such outbreak for this country. 9 cases so far, including some health workers. x.com/drtedros/sta...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X: "#Ethiopia has confirmed the outbreak that has infected at least 9 people in the south of the country is of #Marburg virus disease. I commend Ethiopia’s @FMoHealth for its rapid and transparent response to the outbreak, and the work of the Ethiopia Public Health Institute and" / X
#Ethiopia has confirmed the outbreak that has infected at least 9 people in the south of the country is of #Marburg virus disease. I commend Ethiopia’s @FMoHealth for its rapid and transparent response to the outbreak, and the work of the Ethiopia Public Health Institute and
x.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Not great news to see Marburg spreading across the borders of the previously endemic areas. I was so happy to see that Ebola outbreak in the DRC over and now this...I hope the country will be able to get it under control soon.
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Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecology and spread of the North American H5N1 epizootic - Nature
The panzootic of highly pathogenic H5N1 since 2021 was driven by around nine introductions into the Atlantic and Pacific flyways, followed by rapid dissemination through wild migratory birds, primaril...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Review of literature tidentified 10 reports of 18 cases of asymptomatic infection of humans with H5N1, including 2 cases with molecular and serologic confirmation and 16 cases with molecular confirmation alone. prospective surveillance studies required.
👉 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
👉 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Review of literature tidentified 10 reports of 18 cases of asymptomatic infection of humans with H5N1, including 2 cases with molecular and serologic confirmation and 16 cases with molecular confirmation alone. prospective surveillance studies required.
👉 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
👉 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Klimakrise: Erde steuert auf 2,8 Grad Erwärmung zu, Daten des Uno-Umweltprogramms: Der weltweite Klimaschutz reicht den Vereinten Nationen zufolge nicht aus, um die Erderwärmung entscheidend zu bremsen, trotz kleiner Fortschritte. Uno-Generalsekretär António Guterres warnt vor einem »Klimakollaps«.
Klimakrise: Erde steuert auf 2,8 Grad Erwärmung zu, Daten des Uno-Umweltprogramms
Der weltweite Klimaschutz reicht den Vereinten Nationen zufolge nicht aus, um die Erderwärmung entscheidend zu bremsen, trotz kleiner Fortschritte. Uno-Generalsekretär António Guterres warnt vor einem »Klimakollaps«.
www.spiegel.de
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Klimakrise: Erde steuert auf 2,8 Grad Erwärmung zu, Daten des Uno-Umweltprogramms: Der weltweite Klimaschutz reicht den Vereinten Nationen zufolge nicht aus, um die Erderwärmung entscheidend zu bremsen, trotz kleiner Fortschritte. Uno-Generalsekretär António Guterres warnt vor einem »Klimakollaps«.
Interesting mention of LinkedIn. I used to find it very boring but now it seems to become more interesting for scientists and I use it more than before. As there are no anonymous accounts and exchange is really work-related, it is much more serious than other social media.
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Interesting mention of LinkedIn. I used to find it very boring but now it seems to become more interesting for scientists and I use it more than before. As there are no anonymous accounts and exchange is really work-related, it is much more serious than other social media.
Did the same very recently. It was difficult to let go a large number of followers & the outreach possibilities that came with it (especially towards journalists), but then also a relief. It has become meaningless for scientific exchange and I did not want to see any of that bs on X anymore.
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Did the same very recently. It was difficult to let go a large number of followers & the outreach possibilities that came with it (especially towards journalists), but then also a relief. It has become meaningless for scientific exchange and I did not want to see any of that bs on X anymore.
@eddieholmes.bsky.social : Is the genome available?
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
@eddieholmes.bsky.social : Is the genome available?
That would have been big news a few years ago, unfortunately the great science that gives important understanding in coronaviruses is now back to the small circle of scientists. Anyway: A fully functional furin cleavage site in a bat betacorarnavirus! Congrats to the authors!
We’ve identified a highly divergent betacoronavirus from South American bat that encodes a functional furin cleavage site.
Another fascinating reminder of how diverse coronavirus evolution is in wildlife reservoirs.
#Virology #VirusEvolution #Bats #Coronavirus
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Another fascinating reminder of how diverse coronavirus evolution is in wildlife reservoirs.
#Virology #VirusEvolution #Bats #Coronavirus
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A divergent betacoronavirus with a functional furin cleavage site in South American bats
Bats are natural reservoirs for a wide range of RNA viruses. Members of the genus Betacoronavirus, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome...
www.biorxiv.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
That would have been big news a few years ago, unfortunately the great science that gives important understanding in coronaviruses is now back to the small circle of scientists. Anyway: A fully functional furin cleavage site in a bat betacorarnavirus! Congrats to the authors!
Reposted by Isabella Eckerle
We’ve identified a highly divergent betacoronavirus from South American bat that encodes a functional furin cleavage site.
Another fascinating reminder of how diverse coronavirus evolution is in wildlife reservoirs.
#Virology #VirusEvolution #Bats #Coronavirus
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Another fascinating reminder of how diverse coronavirus evolution is in wildlife reservoirs.
#Virology #VirusEvolution #Bats #Coronavirus
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A divergent betacoronavirus with a functional furin cleavage site in South American bats
Bats are natural reservoirs for a wide range of RNA viruses. Members of the genus Betacoronavirus, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome...
www.biorxiv.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We’ve identified a highly divergent betacoronavirus from South American bat that encodes a functional furin cleavage site.
Another fascinating reminder of how diverse coronavirus evolution is in wildlife reservoirs.
#Virology #VirusEvolution #Bats #Coronavirus
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Another fascinating reminder of how diverse coronavirus evolution is in wildlife reservoirs.
#Virology #VirusEvolution #Bats #Coronavirus
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Danke! Das freut mich zu hören!
October 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Danke! Das freut mich zu hören!
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EU Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban
Unbelievable we are in a climate crisis where meat production is a huge driver of carbon emissions and deforestation
And instead of promoting meat alternatives - they are trying to ban them
www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...
Unbelievable we are in a climate crisis where meat production is a huge driver of carbon emissions and deforestation
And instead of promoting meat alternatives - they are trying to ban them
www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...
Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban | Euractiv
Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives
www.euractiv.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
EU Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban
Unbelievable we are in a climate crisis where meat production is a huge driver of carbon emissions and deforestation
And instead of promoting meat alternatives - they are trying to ban them
www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...
Unbelievable we are in a climate crisis where meat production is a huge driver of carbon emissions and deforestation
And instead of promoting meat alternatives - they are trying to ban them
www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...
Would never ever be possible today and I am quite pessimistic that we will eradicate another human disease in the years (decades?) to come.
#ThrowbackThursday: In 1980 the 🌍🌎🌏 was declared #smallpox free, thanks to mass vaccination efforts.
Smallpox was an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus. It was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity. #VaccinesWork
Smallpox was an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus. It was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity. #VaccinesWork
August 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Would never ever be possible today and I am quite pessimistic that we will eradicate another human disease in the years (decades?) to come.
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Wissenschaftler haben eine Fledermausfamilie in Costa Rica per Videokamera beobachtet. Die Tiere wiesen ein reges Sozialverhalten auf, inklusive Begrüßungsritual.
Costa Rica: Fledermäuse beim Umarmen gesichtet
Wissenschaftler haben eine Fledermausfamilie in Costa Rica per Videokamera beobachtet. Die Tiere wiesen ein reges Sozialverhalten auf, inklusive Begrüßungsritual.
www.spiegel.de
August 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Wissenschaftler haben eine Fledermausfamilie in Costa Rica per Videokamera beobachtet. Die Tiere wiesen ein reges Sozialverhalten auf, inklusive Begrüßungsritual.