Volker Thiel
@profvolkerthiel.bsky.social
Virologist at University of Bern, Switzerland.
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2️⃣ Naah, MHV plays stress granules like a pro: show up late, strip out the translation machinery, keep your RNA away, and let these 'empty shells' persist while you replicate freely.
Moh covers a #preprint from @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social & team
#preLight⬇️
prelights.biologists.com/highlights/s...
Moh covers a #preprint from @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social & team
#preLight⬇️
prelights.biologists.com/highlights/s...
Stress granules formed during different RNA virus infections show remarkable plasticity and substantial virus-specific differences in their formation and composition - preLights
Naah, MHV plays stress granules like a pro: show up late, strip out the translation machinery, keep your RNA away, and let these 'empty shells' persist while you replicate freely.
prelights.biologists.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
2️⃣ Naah, MHV plays stress granules like a pro: show up late, strip out the translation machinery, keep your RNA away, and let these 'empty shells' persist while you replicate freely.
Moh covers a #preprint from @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social & team
#preLight⬇️
prelights.biologists.com/highlights/s...
Moh covers a #preprint from @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social & team
#preLight⬇️
prelights.biologists.com/highlights/s...
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Stammt #Covid aus einem chinesischen Labor oder entstand das Coronavirus durch natürliche Übertragung vom Tier auf den Menschen? In den USA glauben zwei Drittel der Leute, dass Covid aus dem Labor kam. In Europa dürfte es ähnlich sein. Kein Wunder: Die Medien ...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...
Eine dunkle Vermutung über Corona grassiert – und ist so ansteckend wie das Virus
Zunehmend berichten auch seriöse Medien über die sogenannte Laborthese. Demnach wurde der Erreger künstlich hergestellt. Was ist an der These dran?
www.bazonline.ch
October 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Stammt #Covid aus einem chinesischen Labor oder entstand das Coronavirus durch natürliche Übertragung vom Tier auf den Menschen? In den USA glauben zwei Drittel der Leute, dass Covid aus dem Labor kam. In Europa dürfte es ähnlich sein. Kein Wunder: Die Medien ...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...
www.bazonline.ch/covid-warum-...
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It has always only been a matter of time....
@mcid-unibe.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @unibe.ch
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
@mcid-unibe.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @unibe.ch
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe
Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome
www.science.org
September 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It has always only been a matter of time....
@mcid-unibe.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @unibe.ch
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
@mcid-unibe.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @unibe.ch
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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🌙🔬 Our “RNA – Master of Versatility” booth at Nacht der Forschung 2025 was a hit! Big thanks to our Science Knights and amazing organizers. 💙🙌
Read more: nccr-rna-and-disease.ch/news/article...
#ndfunibern @unibe.ch
Read more: nccr-rna-and-disease.ch/news/article...
#ndfunibern @unibe.ch
September 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🌙🔬 Our “RNA – Master of Versatility” booth at Nacht der Forschung 2025 was a hit! Big thanks to our Science Knights and amazing organizers. 💙🙌
Read more: nccr-rna-and-disease.ch/news/article...
#ndfunibern @unibe.ch
Read more: nccr-rna-and-disease.ch/news/article...
#ndfunibern @unibe.ch
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✨ We are proud to have taken part again in the Nacht der Forschung @unibe.ch ✨
🔬 Highlights included a focus on MCID-funded research, interactive pathogen posters as well as “make your own pathogen” & the legendary Splat the Bacteria 🦠💥
Great to be sparking curiosity & connecting with the public ❤️
🔬 Highlights included a focus on MCID-funded research, interactive pathogen posters as well as “make your own pathogen” & the legendary Splat the Bacteria 🦠💥
Great to be sparking curiosity & connecting with the public ❤️
September 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
✨ We are proud to have taken part again in the Nacht der Forschung @unibe.ch ✨
🔬 Highlights included a focus on MCID-funded research, interactive pathogen posters as well as “make your own pathogen” & the legendary Splat the Bacteria 🦠💥
Great to be sparking curiosity & connecting with the public ❤️
🔬 Highlights included a focus on MCID-funded research, interactive pathogen posters as well as “make your own pathogen” & the legendary Splat the Bacteria 🦠💥
Great to be sparking curiosity & connecting with the public ❤️
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Many thanks to our team of volunteers, the @bereadycohort.bsky.social, the Ethics and Policy team and our VR Pandemic Control Centre.
Your contributions and hard work made it a really fun and worthwhile event!
#ndfunibern
Your contributions and hard work made it a really fun and worthwhile event!
#ndfunibern
September 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Many thanks to our team of volunteers, the @bereadycohort.bsky.social, the Ethics and Policy team and our VR Pandemic Control Centre.
Your contributions and hard work made it a really fun and worthwhile event!
#ndfunibern
Your contributions and hard work made it a really fun and worthwhile event!
#ndfunibern
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🔬✨ Join us this Saturday (September 6) | 16:00-23:00 at Nacht der Forschung 2025 at the University of Bern ✨ Come and check out our booth "RNA – Master of Versatility" 👩🔬
Meet our researchers & enjoy pipetted cocktails at the reproduzierBAR!
www.nachtderforschung.unibe.ch
#ndfunibern @unibe.ch
Meet our researchers & enjoy pipetted cocktails at the reproduzierBAR!
www.nachtderforschung.unibe.ch
#ndfunibern @unibe.ch
September 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🔬✨ Join us this Saturday (September 6) | 16:00-23:00 at Nacht der Forschung 2025 at the University of Bern ✨ Come and check out our booth "RNA – Master of Versatility" 👩🔬
Meet our researchers & enjoy pipetted cocktails at the reproduzierBAR!
www.nachtderforschung.unibe.ch
#ndfunibern @unibe.ch
Meet our researchers & enjoy pipetted cocktails at the reproduzierBAR!
www.nachtderforschung.unibe.ch
#ndfunibern @unibe.ch
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Preprint by the Thiel, Heller&Chao labs w/1st author Reto Lang "Stress granules formed during different RNA virus infections show remarkable plasticity &substantial virus-specific differences in their formation&composition" @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
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August 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Preprint by the Thiel, Heller&Chao labs w/1st author Reto Lang "Stress granules formed during different RNA virus infections show remarkable plasticity &substantial virus-specific differences in their formation&composition" @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
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The MCID funded a study by the IKMB @unibe.ch to track how conspiracies start, spread & the role of the media to stop them. Journalists and Researchers discussed findings and raised new questions in a May workshop.
Read the UniAktuell article here:
bit.ly/3Hy7V6m
#MCID #Research #Journalism
Read the UniAktuell article here:
bit.ly/3Hy7V6m
#MCID #Research #Journalism
Dealing with conspiracy theories: debunking works
During the pandemic, Bern-based researchers conducted real-time analyses to determine how the media can most effectively curb conspiracy theories. A workshop for journalists brought together the world...
bit.ly
August 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The MCID funded a study by the IKMB @unibe.ch to track how conspiracies start, spread & the role of the media to stop them. Journalists and Researchers discussed findings and raised new questions in a May workshop.
Read the UniAktuell article here:
bit.ly/3Hy7V6m
#MCID #Research #Journalism
Read the UniAktuell article here:
bit.ly/3Hy7V6m
#MCID #Research #Journalism
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Happy August.
Here is a little surprise for everybody: The english version of my book is finally available. You can get it on Amazon. You can also read and listen to it on my blog, where I will release the book as freely accessible serialized novel.
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www.protagonist-science.com/p/lab-leak-f...
Here is a little surprise for everybody: The english version of my book is finally available. You can get it on Amazon. You can also read and listen to it on my blog, where I will release the book as freely accessible serialized novel.
1/
www.protagonist-science.com/p/lab-leak-f...
Lab Leak Fever
The COVID-19 Origin Theory that Sabotaged Science and Society
www.protagonist-science.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Happy August.
Here is a little surprise for everybody: The english version of my book is finally available. You can get it on Amazon. You can also read and listen to it on my blog, where I will release the book as freely accessible serialized novel.
1/
www.protagonist-science.com/p/lab-leak-f...
Here is a little surprise for everybody: The english version of my book is finally available. You can get it on Amazon. You can also read and listen to it on my blog, where I will release the book as freely accessible serialized novel.
1/
www.protagonist-science.com/p/lab-leak-f...
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Wir sind jetzt 1000 Haushalte gross!!
July 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Wir sind jetzt 1000 Haushalte gross!!
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Great to see the new publication from the MCID's co-lead @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social is out. His team has been working for a number of years developing a live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. They present the next steps demonstrating the efficacy, safety and stability of their candidate vaccine.
The next publication from our team
@profvolkerthiel.bsky.social is now hot off the press showing the safety of our live attenuated vaccine against SARS-Cov-2. It’s always a pleasure to work with Martin Beer’s team from FLI Reims.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@profvolkerthiel.bsky.social is now hot off the press showing the safety of our live attenuated vaccine against SARS-Cov-2. It’s always a pleasure to work with Martin Beer’s team from FLI Reims.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine OTS-228 demonstrates efficacy, safety, and stability in preclinical model - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine OTS-228 demonstrates efficacy, safety, and stability in preclinical model
doi.org
June 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Great to see the new publication from the MCID's co-lead @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social is out. His team has been working for a number of years developing a live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. They present the next steps demonstrating the efficacy, safety and stability of their candidate vaccine.
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Leseempfehlung! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
June 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Leseempfehlung! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Great discussions in Prague at the 2nd #PanViPrep meeting. @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social shared updates on our MERS and seasonal CoVs research while I talked about EU compliance in ethics and animal welfare. We also found the Prague “Zytglögge”. What a great city!
May 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Great discussions in Prague at the 2nd #PanViPrep meeting. @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social shared updates on our MERS and seasonal CoVs research while I talked about EU compliance in ethics and animal welfare. We also found the Prague “Zytglögge”. What a great city!
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@mcid-unibe.bsky.social and IVI welcomed the Swiss Klub für Wissenschaftsjournalismus. @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social kicked off with an intro to the MCID, followed by the @bereadycohort.bsky.social study, an IVI spotlight, and rounded off with a lively Q&A session. #ScienceJournalism @unibe.ch
May 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
@mcid-unibe.bsky.social and IVI welcomed the Swiss Klub für Wissenschaftsjournalismus. @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social kicked off with an intro to the MCID, followed by the @bereadycohort.bsky.social study, an IVI spotlight, and rounded off with a lively Q&A session. #ScienceJournalism @unibe.ch
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After we heard @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social giving a spontaneous but great talk about novel technologies in virus research many of us had a fantastic poster session with stimulating discussions and a nice glass of wine. We even found a table soccer table to have our weekly training⚽
April 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
After we heard @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social giving a spontaneous but great talk about novel technologies in virus research many of us had a fantastic poster session with stimulating discussions and a nice glass of wine. We even found a table soccer table to have our weekly training⚽
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We have traveled with multiple trains🚆, two ferries🛳️, and a bus🚌 to the #ECV meeting in Cavtat Croatia🌞 We are looking forward to hear great science about our favorite viruses in one of the most beautiful places 🎯 @sarah-oc.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @mcid-unibe.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We have traveled with multiple trains🚆, two ferries🛳️, and a bus🚌 to the #ECV meeting in Cavtat Croatia🌞 We are looking forward to hear great science about our favorite viruses in one of the most beautiful places 🎯 @sarah-oc.bsky.social @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social @mcid-unibe.bsky.social
The question of the origin of #SARS-CoV-2 is a matter of significant scientific and public interest. Current publicly available data suggests a natural origin, while evidence supporting a lab origin remains scarce. Although no hypothesis has been definitively proven, the available data indicate...
April 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The question of the origin of #SARS-CoV-2 is a matter of significant scientific and public interest. Current publicly available data suggests a natural origin, while evidence supporting a lab origin remains scarce. Although no hypothesis has been definitively proven, the available data indicate...
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Our latest research on #Coronavirus Nsp1 found its home (and a new name) at @cp-cellreports.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports... Thankful to the first (dream) team of my lab and funding for making this happen. @nccr-rna-disease.bsky.social @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @unibe.ch
The impact of Coronavirus Nsp1 on host mRNA degradation is independent of its role in translation inhibition
Bäumlin et al. investigate the roles of coronavirus Nsp1 in translation inhibition
and mRNA degradation using a human cell-free translation system. They demonstrate
that SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 mediates mRNA ...
www.cell.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our latest research on #Coronavirus Nsp1 found its home (and a new name) at @cp-cellreports.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports... Thankful to the first (dream) team of my lab and funding for making this happen. @nccr-rna-disease.bsky.social @mcid-unibe.bsky.social @unibe.ch
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Type I interferon autoantibody footprints reveal neutralizing mechanisms and allow inhibitory decoy design. New study from Kevin Groen, Benjamin Hale (@benhale.bsky.social) and colleagues @virology.uzh.ch: rupress.org/jem/article/...
#Autoimmunity #Immunodeficiency #InfectiousDisease
#Autoimmunity #Immunodeficiency #InfectiousDisease
March 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Type I interferon autoantibody footprints reveal neutralizing mechanisms and allow inhibitory decoy design. New study from Kevin Groen, Benjamin Hale (@benhale.bsky.social) and colleagues @virology.uzh.ch: rupress.org/jem/article/...
#Autoimmunity #Immunodeficiency #InfectiousDisease
#Autoimmunity #Immunodeficiency #InfectiousDisease
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www.dmz-news.eu/2025/03/16/e...
Sehr treffende Zusammenfassung. Wer immer noch denkt, es ginge hier um einen unterhaltsamen „Virologen-Zoff“, hat einiges nicht mitgeschnitten.
www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2...
www.n-tv.de/mediathek/vi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=av2H...
www.ullstein.de/werke/alles-...
Sehr treffende Zusammenfassung. Wer immer noch denkt, es ginge hier um einen unterhaltsamen „Virologen-Zoff“, hat einiges nicht mitgeschnitten.
www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2...
www.n-tv.de/mediathek/vi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=av2H...
www.ullstein.de/werke/alles-...
March 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
www.dmz-news.eu/2025/03/16/e...
Sehr treffende Zusammenfassung. Wer immer noch denkt, es ginge hier um einen unterhaltsamen „Virologen-Zoff“, hat einiges nicht mitgeschnitten.
www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2...
www.n-tv.de/mediathek/vi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=av2H...
www.ullstein.de/werke/alles-...
Sehr treffende Zusammenfassung. Wer immer noch denkt, es ginge hier um einen unterhaltsamen „Virologen-Zoff“, hat einiges nicht mitgeschnitten.
www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2...
www.n-tv.de/mediathek/vi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=av2H...
www.ullstein.de/werke/alles-...
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„Gain of Function“ (GoF)-Forschung aktuell in aller Munde.
Unser Vorstand und die „Kommission für sicherheitsrelevante Forschung in der Virologie“ haben hierzu eine Übersicht erstellt.
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Unser Vorstand und die „Kommission für sicherheitsrelevante Forschung in der Virologie“ haben hierzu eine Übersicht erstellt.
g-f-v.org/wp-content/u...
g-f-v.org
March 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
„Gain of Function“ (GoF)-Forschung aktuell in aller Munde.
Unser Vorstand und die „Kommission für sicherheitsrelevante Forschung in der Virologie“ haben hierzu eine Übersicht erstellt.
g-f-v.org/wp-content/u...
Unser Vorstand und die „Kommission für sicherheitsrelevante Forschung in der Virologie“ haben hierzu eine Übersicht erstellt.
g-f-v.org/wp-content/u...
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Prof. Thomas Mettenleiter received the prestigious Loeffler-Frosch-Medaille from the Gesellschaft für Virologie.
Kudos! (BS)
www.fli.de/de/aktuelles...
Kudos! (BS)
www.fli.de/de/aktuelles...
Gesellschaft für Virologie zeichnet Prof. Thomas Mettenleiter mit Loeffler-Frosch-Medaille aus
Kurznachricht des Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
www.fli.de
March 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Prof. Thomas Mettenleiter received the prestigious Loeffler-Frosch-Medaille from the Gesellschaft für Virologie.
Kudos! (BS)
www.fli.de/de/aktuelles...
Kudos! (BS)
www.fli.de/de/aktuelles...
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A GSK spokesperson confirmed that David Wentworth, who served as director of the CDC's coronavirus & other respiratory viruses division, has been appointed to a snr role in its vaccines R&D unit. His appointment was finalized in late 2024, before President Trump signaled impending federal job cuts.
February 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A GSK spokesperson confirmed that David Wentworth, who served as director of the CDC's coronavirus & other respiratory viruses division, has been appointed to a snr role in its vaccines R&D unit. His appointment was finalized in late 2024, before President Trump signaled impending federal job cuts.