LaraVB
@laravb.bsky.social
👩🔬 PhD student in MedMicro at UKB and UniBonn | working on antibiotics, cell wall, Wolbachia, NTDs
📝 Section editor at Student Network for Open Science e.V.
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ORCID: 0000-0002-3066-1841
📝 Section editor at Student Network for Open Science e.V.
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ORCID: 0000-0002-3066-1841
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LaraVB
@laravb.bsky.social
· Sep 5
🎓 PhD milestone – on my birthday! 🎉
Two weeks ago, I defended my PhD in Pharmacy on my 28th birthday (coincidence, but unforgettable!). A full lecture hall, friends & colleagues from abroad joining online, and afterwards a big celebration at our institute. (1/4)
#PhDone #BirthdayDefense #PhDSky
Two weeks ago, I defended my PhD in Pharmacy on my 28th birthday (coincidence, but unforgettable!). A full lecture hall, friends & colleagues from abroad joining online, and afterwards a big celebration at our institute. (1/4)
#PhDone #BirthdayDefense #PhDSky
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October 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Greetings from the #GreatWallSymposium in beautiful Sicily! 🌊☀️ Inspiring talks, great people, and the perfect backdrop of sunshine and sea - science is even more fun with this view!
Check out poster 15 to learn about the cell wall mystery of #Wolbachia.
#GWS2025 #antibiotics #ScienceByTheSea
Check out poster 15 to learn about the cell wall mystery of #Wolbachia.
#GWS2025 #antibiotics #ScienceByTheSea
September 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Greetings from the #GreatWallSymposium in beautiful Sicily! 🌊☀️ Inspiring talks, great people, and the perfect backdrop of sunshine and sea - science is even more fun with this view!
Check out poster 15 to learn about the cell wall mystery of #Wolbachia.
#GWS2025 #antibiotics #ScienceByTheSea
Check out poster 15 to learn about the cell wall mystery of #Wolbachia.
#GWS2025 #antibiotics #ScienceByTheSea
🎓 PhD milestone – on my birthday! 🎉
Two weeks ago, I defended my PhD in Pharmacy on my 28th birthday (coincidence, but unforgettable!). A full lecture hall, friends & colleagues from abroad joining online, and afterwards a big celebration at our institute. (1/4)
#PhDone #BirthdayDefense #PhDSky
Two weeks ago, I defended my PhD in Pharmacy on my 28th birthday (coincidence, but unforgettable!). A full lecture hall, friends & colleagues from abroad joining online, and afterwards a big celebration at our institute. (1/4)
#PhDone #BirthdayDefense #PhDSky
September 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🎓 PhD milestone – on my birthday! 🎉
Two weeks ago, I defended my PhD in Pharmacy on my 28th birthday (coincidence, but unforgettable!). A full lecture hall, friends & colleagues from abroad joining online, and afterwards a big celebration at our institute. (1/4)
#PhDone #BirthdayDefense #PhDSky
Two weeks ago, I defended my PhD in Pharmacy on my 28th birthday (coincidence, but unforgettable!). A full lecture hall, friends & colleagues from abroad joining online, and afterwards a big celebration at our institute. (1/4)
#PhDone #BirthdayDefense #PhDSky
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📣 We are pleased to announce that recruitment for 2025-26 Crowd Preprint Reviewers & Leads is open!
📝 The goal of the Crowd Preprint Review initiative is to provide an engaging environment for researchers to participate in giving feedback on preprints and support public reviews of preprints.
📝 The goal of the Crowd Preprint Review initiative is to provide an engaging environment for researchers to participate in giving feedback on preprints and support public reviews of preprints.
July 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📣 We are pleased to announce that recruitment for 2025-26 Crowd Preprint Reviewers & Leads is open!
📝 The goal of the Crowd Preprint Review initiative is to provide an engaging environment for researchers to participate in giving feedback on preprints and support public reviews of preprints.
📝 The goal of the Crowd Preprint Review initiative is to provide an engaging environment for researchers to participate in giving feedback on preprints and support public reviews of preprints.
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New from The Strain Team:
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
Spinger Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing
Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io
June 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
New from The Strain Team:
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
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Es ist alles sehr bizarr
June 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Es ist alles sehr bizarr
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Did you know❓ Cycle lanes account for just 0.2% of the current road infrastructure.
It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians & cyclists first 👉 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsforLife
It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians & cyclists first 👉 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsforLife
May 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Did you know❓ Cycle lanes account for just 0.2% of the current road infrastructure.
It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians & cyclists first 👉 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsforLife
It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians & cyclists first 👉 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsforLife
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3 weeks to go before #pint25!!
📅 19-21 May 2025
🗺️ 27 countries
📍+520 cities
🫂👩🔬🎉Thousands of scientists and volunteers celebrating science around the globe!!
🦕🦴🧬🦋🪨👓🧠🔭🫀👩🔬📚🧫🧪🌎🕷️
All the details here. Join the party! pintofscience.com
📅 19-21 May 2025
🗺️ 27 countries
📍+520 cities
🫂👩🔬🎉Thousands of scientists and volunteers celebrating science around the globe!!
🦕🦴🧬🦋🪨👓🧠🔭🫀👩🔬📚🧫🧪🌎🕷️
All the details here. Join the party! pintofscience.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
3 weeks to go before #pint25!!
📅 19-21 May 2025
🗺️ 27 countries
📍+520 cities
🫂👩🔬🎉Thousands of scientists and volunteers celebrating science around the globe!!
🦕🦴🧬🦋🪨👓🧠🔭🫀👩🔬📚🧫🧪🌎🕷️
All the details here. Join the party! pintofscience.com
📅 19-21 May 2025
🗺️ 27 countries
📍+520 cities
🫂👩🔬🎉Thousands of scientists and volunteers celebrating science around the globe!!
🦕🦴🧬🦋🪨👓🧠🔭🫀👩🔬📚🧫🧪🌎🕷️
All the details here. Join the party! pintofscience.com
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🧠🍻 Pint of Science #Pint25DE is coming to Bonn!
Join us 19–21 May to grab a drink and listen to fascinating talks (english or german) on neuroscience, astronomy,...!
Check the program 👉 pintofscience.de/events/bonn
Not in Bonn? #Pint25 is happening around the world, look for the one close to you!
Join us 19–21 May to grab a drink and listen to fascinating talks (english or german) on neuroscience, astronomy,...!
Check the program 👉 pintofscience.de/events/bonn
Not in Bonn? #Pint25 is happening around the world, look for the one close to you!
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May 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🧠🍻 Pint of Science #Pint25DE is coming to Bonn!
Join us 19–21 May to grab a drink and listen to fascinating talks (english or german) on neuroscience, astronomy,...!
Check the program 👉 pintofscience.de/events/bonn
Not in Bonn? #Pint25 is happening around the world, look for the one close to you!
Join us 19–21 May to grab a drink and listen to fascinating talks (english or german) on neuroscience, astronomy,...!
Check the program 👉 pintofscience.de/events/bonn
Not in Bonn? #Pint25 is happening around the world, look for the one close to you!
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We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international)
We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc.
Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc.
Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international)
We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc.
Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc.
Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Warum stand dieses Geld denn nicht vorher zur Verfügung für all die Forschenden, die schon hier sind? Warum kommt es erst jetzt darauf an, attraktive Jobs (mit längeren Vertragslaufzeiten) zu schaffen? Wer sind "the best and the brightest"? Bitte nicht antworten, ich muss im Bad die Wand anbrüllen.
We will put forward a 500 million package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers.
As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget.
We will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe ↓
As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget.
We will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe ↓
May 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Warum stand dieses Geld denn nicht vorher zur Verfügung für all die Forschenden, die schon hier sind? Warum kommt es erst jetzt darauf an, attraktive Jobs (mit längeren Vertragslaufzeiten) zu schaffen? Wer sind "the best and the brightest"? Bitte nicht antworten, ich muss im Bad die Wand anbrüllen.
So excited to be on my way to Okinawa for the #WolbachiaConference2025! Looking forward to great science and (re)connecting with old and new #Wolbachia peers. 🌸
April 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
So excited to be on my way to Okinawa for the #WolbachiaConference2025! Looking forward to great science and (re)connecting with old and new #Wolbachia peers. 🌸
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Bis ich heut gecheckt hab, woher die ganzen Raumfahrtwitze kommen, hatten andere schon die ersten Anträge eingereicht 🤪
April 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bis ich heut gecheckt hab, woher die ganzen Raumfahrtwitze kommen, hatten andere schon die ersten Anträge eingereicht 🤪
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It’s incredible to think that just 30 years ago there were 3.5 million cases of #GuineaWorm disease globally every year.
In each of the last four years, there have been 15 cases or less. We are on the brink of an historic achievement.
In each of the last four years, there have been 15 cases or less. We are on the brink of an historic achievement.
April 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
It’s incredible to think that just 30 years ago there were 3.5 million cases of #GuineaWorm disease globally every year.
In each of the last four years, there have been 15 cases or less. We are on the brink of an historic achievement.
In each of the last four years, there have been 15 cases or less. We are on the brink of an historic achievement.
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🔬The application deadline in our program "CURIOSITY IS INFECTIOUS" is less than a month away!
👉 Apply by April 20 for one of 16 exciting PhD projects - from host-pathogen interactions and novel antiinfectives to molecular mechanisms of infection and immunity.
www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo...
👉 Apply by April 20 for one of 16 exciting PhD projects - from host-pathogen interactions and novel antiinfectives to molecular mechanisms of infection and immunity.
www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo...
April 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🔬The application deadline in our program "CURIOSITY IS INFECTIOUS" is less than a month away!
👉 Apply by April 20 for one of 16 exciting PhD projects - from host-pathogen interactions and novel antiinfectives to molecular mechanisms of infection and immunity.
www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo...
👉 Apply by April 20 for one of 16 exciting PhD projects - from host-pathogen interactions and novel antiinfectives to molecular mechanisms of infection and immunity.
www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jo...
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Check out our interactive timeline of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in history, alongside major advances in science and medicine that have helped control and prevent them.
In English, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, German and Spanish.
🦠🧫🔬💉
#CelebrateVaccines
In English, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, German and Spanish.
🦠🧫🔬💉
#CelebrateVaccines
Timeline 'R' Us — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Of superbugs and superheroes. Timeline 'R' Us – Explore devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific discoveries to help control them.
www.superbugs.online
March 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Check out our interactive timeline of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in history, alongside major advances in science and medicine that have helped control and prevent them.
In English, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, German and Spanish.
🦠🧫🔬💉
#CelebrateVaccines
In English, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, German and Spanish.
🦠🧫🔬💉
#CelebrateVaccines
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We have 3 positions for students who want to start a PhD in the next 12 months. If you like advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques and S. aureus cell biology, check links and apply(April 4)
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325394
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325395
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325396
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325394
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325395
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325396
March 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We have 3 positions for students who want to start a PhD in the next 12 months. If you like advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques and S. aureus cell biology, check links and apply(April 4)
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325394
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325395
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325396
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325394
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325395
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/325396
Already Day 3 of the #MosbacherKolloquium! Yesterday, Florestan introduced our relatively new group of #GBMPostdocs. Join us today at 7 pm if you’re interested (open to final-stage PhDs). No GBM membership required - however, the first year is free if you register before March 31. @gbmev.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Already Day 3 of the #MosbacherKolloquium! Yesterday, Florestan introduced our relatively new group of #GBMPostdocs. Join us today at 7 pm if you’re interested (open to final-stage PhDs). No GBM membership required - however, the first year is free if you register before March 31. @gbmev.bsky.social
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#PubMed now back for me, but the damage is done. When you suddenly realise you maybe can’t rely on something you absolutely need to rely on, that’s when you start to look for alternatives. And that’s happening over & over again with anything USA-related right now 😢
March 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#PubMed now back for me, but the damage is done. When you suddenly realise you maybe can’t rely on something you absolutely need to rely on, that’s when you start to look for alternatives. And that’s happening over & over again with anything USA-related right now 😢
🚨 Yesterday a bit after 4 pm CET (#PhDlife), I lost access to #PubMed & #PMC, and at first found no other posts on here (no wonder on a Saturday…). But, turns out: I wasn’t alone – users worldwide had the same issue. #NIH #OpenScience #AcademicSky
March 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨 Yesterday a bit after 4 pm CET (#PhDlife), I lost access to #PubMed & #PMC, and at first found no other posts on here (no wonder on a Saturday…). But, turns out: I wasn’t alone – users worldwide had the same issue. #NIH #OpenScience #AcademicSky
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Antibiotics fight bacteria,
Not the seasonal flu.
💊🚫🤧
#AntibioticStewardship #AntibioticResistance #AMR #FluSeason #AcademicSky #IDSky
Violets are blue,
Antibiotics fight bacteria,
Not the seasonal flu.
💊🚫🤧
#AntibioticStewardship #AntibioticResistance #AMR #FluSeason #AcademicSky #IDSky
February 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Antibiotics fight bacteria,
Not the seasonal flu.
💊🚫🤧
#AntibioticStewardship #AntibioticResistance #AMR #FluSeason #AcademicSky #IDSky
Violets are blue,
Antibiotics fight bacteria,
Not the seasonal flu.
💊🚫🤧
#AntibioticStewardship #AntibioticResistance #AMR #FluSeason #AcademicSky #IDSky
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Today in global Neglected Tropical Diseases. These diseases place a devastating and unacceptable burden on some of the most vulnerable communities in the world. Working together, governments, communities, NGOs & researchers can #BeatNTDs #NTDs
Learn more and see how @who.int is tackling 🧵
Learn more and see how @who.int is tackling 🧵
January 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Today is #WorldNTDDay! 🌍 Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) such as river blindness and lymphatic filariasis urgently need new treatment options. These diseases are caused by filarial nematodes, which rely on #Wolbachia bacteria for survival. (1/2)
#NTDs #AMR #Antibiotics #OneHealth
#NTDs #AMR #Antibiotics #OneHealth
January 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Today is #WorldNTDDay! 🌍 Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) such as river blindness and lymphatic filariasis urgently need new treatment options. These diseases are caused by filarial nematodes, which rely on #Wolbachia bacteria for survival. (1/2)
#NTDs #AMR #Antibiotics #OneHealth
#NTDs #AMR #Antibiotics #OneHealth
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Just be prepared. We've all seen that headline going around today that Bluesky is the current #1 app, and X dropped out of the top 25.
That means the absolute worst people in the world are going to be coming here trying to turn THIS place into just as much of a shithole. Block them. Don't engage.
That means the absolute worst people in the world are going to be coming here trying to turn THIS place into just as much of a shithole. Block them. Don't engage.
November 13, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Just be prepared. We've all seen that headline going around today that Bluesky is the current #1 app, and X dropped out of the top 25.
That means the absolute worst people in the world are going to be coming here trying to turn THIS place into just as much of a shithole. Block them. Don't engage.
That means the absolute worst people in the world are going to be coming here trying to turn THIS place into just as much of a shithole. Block them. Don't engage.
Please repost!!!!!
Abstraction submission for the next Great Wall Symposium is now open!
Come to Sicily in September and learn the latest on bacterial cell wall biology.
thegreatwall-symposium.org/abstract-sub...
Abstraction submission for the next Great Wall Symposium is now open!
Come to Sicily in September and learn the latest on bacterial cell wall biology.
thegreatwall-symposium.org/abstract-sub...
Pre-registration and Abstract Submission - The Greatwall-symposium
Registration and abstract submission open on January 15th, 2025.The organizers will select the final list of participants based on abstract submission, particularly for young scientist, and the applic...
thegreatwall-symposium.org
January 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM