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Nicola Frericks
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"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan || Postdoctoral researcher at the Department for Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum
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Congrats @MaraKloehn great talk and a price 😁 at the FoRUM Tagung 2025 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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The 2026 edition of the ACHIEVE mentoring program open to final year PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and veterinary/medical doctors has just launched. You will benefit from 1-year individual mentoring by established PIs,

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November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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🔬 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...
October 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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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 🥣🚀
October 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We’re thrilled to welcome the @bosse-lab.bsky.social to our seminar series! A seminar herpesvirus researchers won't want to miss - what do you think @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social? Also a great chance for other virologists to explore fresh angles!
🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Join us on October 7th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds” by Dr. Timothy Soh. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
October 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Join us on October 7th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds” by Dr. Timothy Soh. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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PhD position in my team!

Join me in the new Graduate School ACME (www.mhh.de/en/institute...). 65% TVL 13 for 4 years integrated into the Hannover Medical School; the ACME program starts in April 2026, but joining us earlier is possible.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar
Join us on September 23, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on Culturing Primary Cells by PD Dr. Anjali Röth. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
September 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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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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August 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Thrilled to see our review on HEV entry featured on the cover of the August 2025 issue of Trends in Microbiology!
👉🏼Check it out: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
August 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Today is World #Hepatitis Day.

Did you know❓ Hepatitis is the second leading infectious cause of death globally, with hepatitis B and C claiming 3 500 lives every day.

Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones 👉 bit.ly/hepatitis2025
July 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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#Hepatitis facts you should know:

Hepatitis B
👉 Only 13% of people with hep B had been diagnosed
👉 Just 3% had received treatment at the end of 2022

Hepatitis C
👉 Only 36% had been diagnosed
👉 20% had received curative treatment

We have the tools. Let’s use them 🔗bit.ly/hepatitis2025
July 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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The 2nd mentoring program of the #ACHIEVE Academy has been successfully launched. 15 mentees have been selected to be mentored by senior faculty for one year to guide them through their academic careers
May 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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We are pleased to invite you to our next "How to..." seminar on measuring protein-protein interactions using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) by Prof. Abel Viejo-Borbolla, Hannover Medical School.
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May 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Join us for an interactive seminar on April 1st at 2 PM, led by Dr. Toni Meister from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. She will guide you through the process of creating vector graphics for your scientific publications.
March 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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🚀 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! 🌟
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Scientist (m, f, x) in Computational and Laboratory Infection Research
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March 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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#RSV: Die Immunisierung von Neugeborenen in Deutschland zeichnet sich als massiver Erfolg ab. Wir haben gut 70 % weniger stationäre RSV Patienten gehabt bisher diesen Winter als über die letzten Jahre (außer 2020).

Das ist so fantastisch wie viel Leid da erspart wurde.
March 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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We are #hiring!!
Exciting opportunity in our newly established department! Join us on an ambitious journey as we build new structures in the dynamic field of infection research—bridging computational approaches and wet lab experimentation.

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Science Manager (m/f/d) Department of Translational and Computational lnfection Research
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February 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Excited to announce my new role as head of the Translational and Computational Infection Research department at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Note the account name change!

New challenges and opportunities ahead. Keep an eye out for job postings.

Press release (in German): news.rub.de/leute/2025-0...
Daniel Todt will Campus und Klinik enger verbinden
Vom grundlegenden Wissen über die Interaktion zwischen Mensch und Pathogenen sollen Patientinnen und Patienten mit Infektionskrankheiten profitieren.
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February 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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✨👩‍🔬✨ #Rollenvorbilder eröffnen Möglichkeiten für Frauen in der Wissenschaft, sagt Dr. Toni Meister. Die Virologin und Nachwuchsgruppenleiterin am Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE) und am Bernhard-Nocht-Institute für Tropenmedizin (BNITM) jetzt im #Interview:
🚀👉 youtu.be/5-1vTZchNeE
Toni Meister - Role Models sagen mir: Ich kann das auch!
YouTube video by Infect-Net TV
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February 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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February 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Join me tomorrow 4 Feb at 14:00 CET for an educational seminar about single-cell transcriptomics in virology:
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This is seminar 1 of the new season of @gesvirologie.bsky.social's ACHIEVE Academy's 'How-To' seminars, targeted at PhD and Master's students.
February 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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📢Post-Doctoral Research Associate Position (2.5 years with prospect of extension) on alphavirology at @lstmnews.bsky.social, Liverpool, UK - Characterisation of cellular entry inhibitors of #CHIKV within starting @horizoneu.bsky.social Consortium DEFENDER📢
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate (88593) | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Full-time, Fixed-term appointment to 30th September 2027   The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is a world-leading institution dedicated to improving health through research, education, a...
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January 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM