Leen Delang
@leendelang.bsky.social
Virologist studying arboviruses, mosquito vectors and antiviral therapies.
Associate professor @KU Leuven, Belgium
Associate professor @KU Leuven, Belgium
We are hiring a lab technician for our research team!
Your main responsibility will be to maintain the mosquito colonies in our insectary and to support experiments with mosquitoes and mice. You can apply until the 4th of September 2025. More information below 👇
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Your main responsibility will be to maintain the mosquito colonies in our insectary and to support experiments with mosquitoes and mice. You can apply until the 4th of September 2025. More information below 👇
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Laboratoriumtechnoloog virologie
Wil je mee zoeken naar oplossingen tegen virussen die door muggen worden overgedragen? Dan word jij misschien wel het nieuwste lid van ons team!
www.kuleuven.be
August 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We are hiring a lab technician for our research team!
Your main responsibility will be to maintain the mosquito colonies in our insectary and to support experiments with mosquitoes and mice. You can apply until the 4th of September 2025. More information below 👇
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Your main responsibility will be to maintain the mosquito colonies in our insectary and to support experiments with mosquitoes and mice. You can apply until the 4th of September 2025. More information below 👇
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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🎉 Our study is now published in Cell Genomics ! Thank to our reviewers for helping us further improve our work, and congratulations to @tompvial.bsky.social who lead this project and the entire team that made it possible ! www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
June 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🎉 Our study is now published in Cell Genomics ! Thank to our reviewers for helping us further improve our work, and congratulations to @tompvial.bsky.social who lead this project and the entire team that made it possible ! www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
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Final seminar before summer break is #Jonathan_Abraham from @harvardmed.bsky.social
With several key recent discoveries on #alphavirus receptor interactions, this is one not to miss.
THURSDAY 19th JUNE.
Re-post to help spread the word. Email to get a #Zoom link. 🙂
With several key recent discoveries on #alphavirus receptor interactions, this is one not to miss.
THURSDAY 19th JUNE.
Re-post to help spread the word. Email to get a #Zoom link. 🙂
June 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Final seminar before summer break is #Jonathan_Abraham from @harvardmed.bsky.social
With several key recent discoveries on #alphavirus receptor interactions, this is one not to miss.
THURSDAY 19th JUNE.
Re-post to help spread the word. Email to get a #Zoom link. 🙂
With several key recent discoveries on #alphavirus receptor interactions, this is one not to miss.
THURSDAY 19th JUNE.
Re-post to help spread the word. Email to get a #Zoom link. 🙂
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We have a postdoc position available in which we’re using flavivirus replication/molecular biology to make refractory mosquitoes - in collaboration with the Trevor Sweeney lab at @pirbrightinst.bsky.social. Check out the advert on LinkedIn and apply by 12/6.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
The Pirbright Institute hiring Postdoctoral Researcher in Woking, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 1:09:44 PM. Postdoctoral Researcher – (24P-73)The Pirbright Institute Salary: £38,5000 to 40,000 per annum36…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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June 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We have a postdoc position available in which we’re using flavivirus replication/molecular biology to make refractory mosquitoes - in collaboration with the Trevor Sweeney lab at @pirbrightinst.bsky.social. Check out the advert on LinkedIn and apply by 12/6.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
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Excellent new study from the Catteruccia lab, co-led by Alexandra Probst and Douglas Paton www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In vivo screen of Plasmodium targets for mosquito-based malaria control - Nature
An in vivo screen of small-molecule compounds to inhibit the mosquito-stage development of Plasmodium identified hits that can be incorporated into bed nets and led to effective parasite killing in th...
www.nature.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Excellent new study from the Catteruccia lab, co-led by Alexandra Probst and Douglas Paton www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Super psyched to have leading investigator @thehornerlab.bsky.social presenting her team's work THURSDAY 15th May on Zoom.
#flavivirus #virus-host-interactions #innate_immunity #DENV #ZIKV
All are very welcome and please re-post to get the word out. Email organisers for Zoom link. See you there!
#flavivirus #virus-host-interactions #innate_immunity #DENV #ZIKV
All are very welcome and please re-post to get the word out. Email organisers for Zoom link. See you there!
May 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Super psyched to have leading investigator @thehornerlab.bsky.social presenting her team's work THURSDAY 15th May on Zoom.
#flavivirus #virus-host-interactions #innate_immunity #DENV #ZIKV
All are very welcome and please re-post to get the word out. Email organisers for Zoom link. See you there!
#flavivirus #virus-host-interactions #innate_immunity #DENV #ZIKV
All are very welcome and please re-post to get the word out. Email organisers for Zoom link. See you there!
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Vlaanderen roept op tot actie: ‘Leg de tijgermug droog’
Vlaanderen roept op tot actie: ‘Leg de tijgermug droog’
De tijgermug steekt niet alleen harder dan een gewone mug, ze kan vooral ook virussen overbrengen. Daarom lanceert Vlaanderen een campagne om de verspreiding ervan tegen te gaan. ‘Alle beetjes helpen...
ift.tt
May 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Vlaanderen roept op tot actie: ‘Leg de tijgermug droog’
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Get the latest updates on the #Chikungunya outbreak in the Indian Ocean region:
🦟 Understand how the virus is spreading
🔬 Learn about recent developments in chikungunya vaccine research
Register to join the WHO EPI-WIN Webinar on 7 May, 13:00–14:00 CEST: bit.ly/4lTZP7w
🦟 Understand how the virus is spreading
🔬 Learn about recent developments in chikungunya vaccine research
Register to join the WHO EPI-WIN Webinar on 7 May, 13:00–14:00 CEST: bit.ly/4lTZP7w
May 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Get the latest updates on the #Chikungunya outbreak in the Indian Ocean region:
🦟 Understand how the virus is spreading
🔬 Learn about recent developments in chikungunya vaccine research
Register to join the WHO EPI-WIN Webinar on 7 May, 13:00–14:00 CEST: bit.ly/4lTZP7w
🦟 Understand how the virus is spreading
🔬 Learn about recent developments in chikungunya vaccine research
Register to join the WHO EPI-WIN Webinar on 7 May, 13:00–14:00 CEST: bit.ly/4lTZP7w
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Exciting Opportunity! The Mouse Genetics Lab @institutpasteur.bsky.social is seeking a #postdoc researcher to explore the genetic determinants of Zika virus transmission in #mice and #mosquitoes. Join us in advancing public health research with cutting-edge resources! #Virology #Genetics #ZIKV 🦠🔬
Post-doctoral position on host-vector transmission of Zika virus using mouse models - Research
The Mouse Genetics Laboratory is recruiting a post-doctoral fellow to study the role of host genetic determinants in the transmission of Zika virus between mice and mosquitoes in a collaborative proje...
research.pasteur.fr
May 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Exciting Opportunity! The Mouse Genetics Lab @institutpasteur.bsky.social is seeking a #postdoc researcher to explore the genetic determinants of Zika virus transmission in #mice and #mosquitoes. Join us in advancing public health research with cutting-edge resources! #Virology #Genetics #ZIKV 🦠🔬
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I have exhorted others to share positive news even in these uncertain times for US science.
I am really excited that @tamanash.bsky.social’s first paper on the remarkable evolutionary gymnastics of dual-host viruses (even in single codons) is now online.
Follow along here 🧪🧵
I am really excited that @tamanash.bsky.social’s first paper on the remarkable evolutionary gymnastics of dual-host viruses (even in single codons) is now online.
Follow along here 🧪🧵
Our study exploring the evolutionary mechanism of alphavirus opal codon retention is now online! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A conserved opal termination codon optimizes a temperature-dependent trade-off between protein production and processing in alphaviruses
Alphaviruses optimize viral polymerase production and polyprotein processing at distinct temperatures via a premature stop codon.
www.science.org
April 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I have exhorted others to share positive news even in these uncertain times for US science.
I am really excited that @tamanash.bsky.social’s first paper on the remarkable evolutionary gymnastics of dual-host viruses (even in single codons) is now online.
Follow along here 🧪🧵
I am really excited that @tamanash.bsky.social’s first paper on the remarkable evolutionary gymnastics of dual-host viruses (even in single codons) is now online.
Follow along here 🧪🧵
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Please share with people interested in arbovirology. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our team please share if you know of scientists interested in arbovirology, ready to make a move to Rotterdam! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3508...
Assistant professor Arbovirology
We are looking for a passionate researcher interested in basic arbovirology to join our team!
www.academictransfer.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Please share with people interested in arbovirology. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our team please share if you know of scientists interested in arbovirology, ready to make a move to Rotterdam! www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3508...
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Ready for action! Great to be part of #EMCA2025 this week at @itmantwerp.bsky.social Antwerp — connecting with colleagues and sharing advances in mosquito control 🇪🇺🦟
March 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ready for action! Great to be part of #EMCA2025 this week at @itmantwerp.bsky.social Antwerp — connecting with colleagues and sharing advances in mosquito control 🇪🇺🦟
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Yesterday we had an amazing lecture from @vignuzzilab.bsky.social that is what the diversity award is made for!
Thank you @isaricar.bsky.social for this special recognition for my career achievements and my contribution to helping others get ahead!
March 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yesterday we had an amazing lecture from @vignuzzilab.bsky.social that is what the diversity award is made for!
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PubMed down .... Here's my post on what to do
Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...
#medlibs
What if We Can't Rely on PubMed? - Absolutely Maybe
PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
PubMed down .... Here's my post on what to do
The International Society for Antiviral Research (ISAR) is present on Bluesky now!
Follow the account of ISAR on this platform if you are interested in antiviral research! Join our society and come to our annual meeting! You can still register for ICAR 2025 in Las Vegas. @isaricar.bsky.social
Follow the account of ISAR on this platform if you are interested in antiviral research! Join our society and come to our annual meeting! You can still register for ICAR 2025 in Las Vegas. @isaricar.bsky.social
First post on our new BSKY account
A heads up, you can still register for our 2025 meeting this March 17-21 in Las Vegas to meet researchers working on antivirals, coming from across the globe!
Have any cool new data? Submit a late-breaker abstract ASAP!
isaricar.wildapricot.org
A heads up, you can still register for our 2025 meeting this March 17-21 in Las Vegas to meet researchers working on antivirals, coming from across the globe!
Have any cool new data? Submit a late-breaker abstract ASAP!
isaricar.wildapricot.org
February 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The International Society for Antiviral Research (ISAR) is present on Bluesky now!
Follow the account of ISAR on this platform if you are interested in antiviral research! Join our society and come to our annual meeting! You can still register for ICAR 2025 in Las Vegas. @isaricar.bsky.social
Follow the account of ISAR on this platform if you are interested in antiviral research! Join our society and come to our annual meeting! You can still register for ICAR 2025 in Las Vegas. @isaricar.bsky.social
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Hello everyone!
ISAR has a new BSKY account! Follow us on this platform, join the society, and come to our annual meeting - this year in Las Vegas.
We have a wide range of members from biology, medicine & chemistry from academia and industry.
Follow @ISARICAR below:
ISAR has a new BSKY account! Follow us on this platform, join the society, and come to our annual meeting - this year in Las Vegas.
We have a wide range of members from biology, medicine & chemistry from academia and industry.
Follow @ISARICAR below:
First post on our new BSKY account
A heads up, you can still register for our 2025 meeting this March 17-21 in Las Vegas to meet researchers working on antivirals, coming from across the globe!
Have any cool new data? Submit a late-breaker abstract ASAP!
isaricar.wildapricot.org
A heads up, you can still register for our 2025 meeting this March 17-21 in Las Vegas to meet researchers working on antivirals, coming from across the globe!
Have any cool new data? Submit a late-breaker abstract ASAP!
isaricar.wildapricot.org
February 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Hello everyone!
ISAR has a new BSKY account! Follow us on this platform, join the society, and come to our annual meeting - this year in Las Vegas.
We have a wide range of members from biology, medicine & chemistry from academia and industry.
Follow @ISARICAR below:
ISAR has a new BSKY account! Follow us on this platform, join the society, and come to our annual meeting - this year in Las Vegas.
We have a wide range of members from biology, medicine & chemistry from academia and industry.
Follow @ISARICAR below:
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Excited to announce our next speaker Dr William de Souza who will be presenting work on virus transmission dynamics of #emerging #arboviruses NEXT THURSDAY.
Will be great to get some perspective from an up-and-coming investigator. PLEASE help with a repost for this community driven seminar series.
Will be great to get some perspective from an up-and-coming investigator. PLEASE help with a repost for this community driven seminar series.
February 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Excited to announce our next speaker Dr William de Souza who will be presenting work on virus transmission dynamics of #emerging #arboviruses NEXT THURSDAY.
Will be great to get some perspective from an up-and-coming investigator. PLEASE help with a repost for this community driven seminar series.
Will be great to get some perspective from an up-and-coming investigator. PLEASE help with a repost for this community driven seminar series.
KU Leuven will be 600 years old in 2025 and this will be celebrated during the opening weekend on February 15-16!
🦟 Why is the mosquito the deadliest animal in the world? Can Belgian mosquitoes transmit viruses? And will tropical diseases such as dengue also become a problem in Belgium?
🦟 Why is the mosquito the deadliest animal in the world? Can Belgian mosquitoes transmit viruses? And will tropical diseases such as dengue also become a problem in Belgium?
KU Leuven Inside | 600 jaar KU Leuven
De universiteit gooit de deuren open voor haar alumni en het grote publiek op 15 en 16 februari, in en rond Leuven.
kuleuven.be
February 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
KU Leuven will be 600 years old in 2025 and this will be celebrated during the opening weekend on February 15-16!
🦟 Why is the mosquito the deadliest animal in the world? Can Belgian mosquitoes transmit viruses? And will tropical diseases such as dengue also become a problem in Belgium?
🦟 Why is the mosquito the deadliest animal in the world? Can Belgian mosquitoes transmit viruses? And will tropical diseases such as dengue also become a problem in Belgium?
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Working on Negative Strand RNA viruses? Here is the THE meeting you don't want to miss in 2025: #NSV2025!
It will take place in vibrant Montpellier, South of France, and is organized by Wendy Barclay, Paul Duprex, Sean Whelan and Olivier Moncorgé
Please share widely! #ViroSky #LoveVirology
It will take place in vibrant Montpellier, South of France, and is organized by Wendy Barclay, Paul Duprex, Sean Whelan and Olivier Moncorgé
Please share widely! #ViroSky #LoveVirology
December 9, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Working on Negative Strand RNA viruses? Here is the THE meeting you don't want to miss in 2025: #NSV2025!
It will take place in vibrant Montpellier, South of France, and is organized by Wendy Barclay, Paul Duprex, Sean Whelan and Olivier Moncorgé
Please share widely! #ViroSky #LoveVirology
It will take place in vibrant Montpellier, South of France, and is organized by Wendy Barclay, Paul Duprex, Sean Whelan and Olivier Moncorgé
Please share widely! #ViroSky #LoveVirology
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⏳ Only 2 days left! The abstract submission deadline for the XII International European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) Conference is just around the corner—22/1. 🚨 Let’s take action together - Register today and be part of the change! 🦟 www.emca2025.eu @emca.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
⏳ Only 2 days left! The abstract submission deadline for the XII International European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) Conference is just around the corner—22/1. 🚨 Let’s take action together - Register today and be part of the change! 🦟 www.emca2025.eu @emca.bsky.social
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See you later today, Thursday 16th, for this virtual seminar from leading investigator Luke Alphey. 👇
All welcome!
All welcome!
See you THURSDAY 16th for this exciting seminar on the new world of GM #mosquitoes, designed to be refractory to #arbovirus infection, by Prof Luke Alphey, York. All welcome on Zoom - please help with a post!
January 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
See you later today, Thursday 16th, for this virtual seminar from leading investigator Luke Alphey. 👇
All welcome!
All welcome!
Sam Verwimp of our group did a great job presenting our work on the set up of an integrative model to study the role of host bacteria in arbovirus infections! #Belvir2024
December 4, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Sam Verwimp of our group did a great job presenting our work on the set up of an integrative model to study the role of host bacteria in arbovirus infections! #Belvir2024