GeroldLab
@geroldlab.bsky.social
Enthusiastic about how viruses interact with host cells, proteomics, paragliding, mountains in general. Austria and Sweden based happy crowd of scientists.
Excellent speaker lineup at the international #arbovirus webinar. Huge thank you to the organizers Tem Morrison, @tulilab.bsky.social and @clive-mckimmie.bsky.social for their continued commitment to this scientific community service. 🙏 #lovevirology
We’re back with another season of monthly seminars bringing together diverse and leading investigators worldwide to share cutting-edge arbovirus science.
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom
🧬 Topics span molecular virology, virus–vector interactions, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and more.
📅 3rd Thursday each month
🕚 11 AM US ET Zoom
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Excellent speaker lineup at the international #arbovirus webinar. Huge thank you to the organizers Tem Morrison, @tulilab.bsky.social and @clive-mckimmie.bsky.social for their continued commitment to this scientific community service. 🙏 #lovevirology
Thank you very much @globalvirusnews.bsky.social for the kind invitation to present at the Forefront of #Virology seminar series. Also thanks to all those colleagues and students dialing in and for the good discussion round. #lovevirology 🙏
TODAY AT 1 PM ET! — Gisa Gerold, PhD presents “Replication of Re-emerging Arthritogenic Alphaviruses: To Bend or Not to Bend” in the # GVN Forefront of Virology Webinar Series.
Free & open to the public. CME credits available.
Register: https://ow.ly/k3p150XjUZF
Free & open to the public. CME credits available.
Register: https://ow.ly/k3p150XjUZF
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Thank you very much @globalvirusnews.bsky.social for the kind invitation to present at the Forefront of #Virology seminar series. Also thanks to all those colleagues and students dialing in and for the good discussion round. #lovevirology 🙏
This week Derek Smith, Director of the Center for Pathogen Evolution at Cambridge University visited us at the Institute of #Virology #IVI #Innsbruck and gave an excellent talk on advanced vaccines and immunity management. Thanks a lot Derek for the excellent talk and discussions! #lovevirology
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This week Derek Smith, Director of the Center for Pathogen Evolution at Cambridge University visited us at the Institute of #Virology #IVI #Innsbruck and gave an excellent talk on advanced vaccines and immunity management. Thanks a lot Derek for the excellent talk and discussions! #lovevirology
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From mosquitoes carrying dengue and chikungunya in Indian Ocean islands to West Nile virus now endemic in parts of Europe, climate change is redrawing the global map of infectious disease. Mail & Guardian coverage our COP30 Report - mg.co.za/the-green-gu...
Climate change is spreading dengue, chikungunya and West Nile virus worldwide
A new COP30 report finds that rising temperatures, extreme weather, evolving pathogens and climate-driven migration are reshaping disease patterns
mg.co.za
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
From mosquitoes carrying dengue and chikungunya in Indian Ocean islands to West Nile virus now endemic in parts of Europe, climate change is redrawing the global map of infectious disease. Mail & Guardian coverage our COP30 Report - mg.co.za/the-green-gu...
Please find the Society of #Virology (#GfV) commentary on the current #avian #flu situation below. #H5N1
Stellungnahme der Kommission „Zoonosen und Virusinfektionen der Tiere“ zu H5N1
Gesellschaft für Virologie
@gesvirologie.bsky.soc
Gesellschaft für Virologie
@gesvirologie.bsky.soc
Stellungnahme der Kommission „Zoonosen und Virusinfektionen der Tiere“ zu H5N1 | Gesellschaft für Virologie
g-f-v.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Always fun when the word "unusually" turns up in a UKHSA doc: "influenza activity increased, particularly among children, and is now above baseline. This is an unusually early start of the influenza season." www.gov.uk/government/s...
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance report: 30 October 2025 (week 44)
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Always fun when the word "unusually" turns up in a UKHSA doc: "influenza activity increased, particularly among children, and is now above baseline. This is an unusually early start of the influenza season." www.gov.uk/government/s...
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🦟 We've just published the world's first head-to-toe single-cell atlas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in @cp-cell.bsky.social!
The #MosquitoCellAtlas maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology. Read it here:
shorturl.at/dJWT3
The #MosquitoCellAtlas maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology. Read it here:
shorturl.at/dJWT3
A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito
A comprehensive single-nucleus RNA-seq atlas of >367,000 nuclei from male and female
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reveals sexual dimorphism in sensory systems and brain cell
types and widespread co-expres...
www.cell.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🦟 We've just published the world's first head-to-toe single-cell atlas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in @cp-cell.bsky.social!
The #MosquitoCellAtlas maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology. Read it here:
shorturl.at/dJWT3
The #MosquitoCellAtlas maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology. Read it here:
shorturl.at/dJWT3
Last week‘s One Health Tyrol Symposium organized by Lorenz Kohl from #vetmeduni Vienna was an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas across disciplines. Thanks to the colleagues from human & veterinary medicine, basic science & the political stakeholders for the terrific exchange. #lovevirology
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Last week‘s One Health Tyrol Symposium organized by Lorenz Kohl from #vetmeduni Vienna was an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas across disciplines. Thanks to the colleagues from human & veterinary medicine, basic science & the political stakeholders for the terrific exchange. #lovevirology
Terrific talk and excellent discussions at our Institute of Virology seminar series #IVI by Judith Aberle @aberlejudith.bsky.social. Judith presented her latest work on TBEV B and T cell responses as well as TBEV epidemiology in Austria. It was wonderful to have you here. Thank you! 🙏#lovevirology
October 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Terrific talk and excellent discussions at our Institute of Virology seminar series #IVI by Judith Aberle @aberlejudith.bsky.social. Judith presented her latest work on TBEV B and T cell responses as well as TBEV epidemiology in Austria. It was wonderful to have you here. Thank you! 🙏#lovevirology
We are very excited to have you here in Innsbruck @aberlejudith.bsky.social ! Judith Aberle from Medical University Vienna will share her latest data on TBEV at our Virology Seminar. Safe travels Judith and see you very soon! 🌼
Looking very much forward to visiting Gisa @geroldlab.bsky.social at Medical University Innsbruck tomorrow - discussing our recent studies on tick-borne encephalitis and future flavivirus projects 🌸
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We are very excited to have you here in Innsbruck @aberlejudith.bsky.social ! Judith Aberle from Medical University Vienna will share her latest data on TBEV at our Virology Seminar. Safe travels Judith and see you very soon! 🌼
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The website for next year’s #HCVFlavi2026 meeting is up! Please find it here: hcv-flavi2026.org #HCV #Flavivirus #Virus
Home - HCV-FLAVI 2026
Days Hours Minutes Seconds Welcome to HCV-Flavi 2026 We warmly invite you to join the 32nd International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus, Flaviviruses and Related Viruses (HCV-Flavi 2026) in Copenhagen...
hcv-flavi2026.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The website for next year’s #HCVFlavi2026 meeting is up! Please find it here: hcv-flavi2026.org #HCV #Flavivirus #Virus
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🦟" #France: Local #chikungunya cases top 700" @santepubliquefrance.fr via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🦟" #France: Local #chikungunya cases top 700" @santepubliquefrance.fr via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...
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Wir ermöglichen die Gratis-Impfung gegen Gürtelrose und Pneumokokken für Menschen ab 60 Jahren und Risikogruppen. Impftermine können ab Anfang November 2025 bei teilnehmenden Ärztinnen und Ärzten und bei öffentlichen Impfstellen vereinbart werden. 1/3
October 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Wir ermöglichen die Gratis-Impfung gegen Gürtelrose und Pneumokokken für Menschen ab 60 Jahren und Risikogruppen. Impftermine können ab Anfang November 2025 bei teilnehmenden Ärztinnen und Ärzten und bei öffentlichen Impfstellen vereinbart werden. 1/3
#SARS-CoV-2 wave starting early in the respiratory virus season as last year. Possibly Covid booster #vaccinations should start in September if this pattern holds true in the upcoming years. #health #staysafe
Respiratorische Virusaktivität in Österreich ist diese Woche wie erwartet weiter angestiegen 📈
Infektionswelle mit #Rhinoviren (40%) und #SARS-CoV2 (21%) wird sich noch mehrere Wochen hinziehen
Im #Sentinelsystem auch saisonale Coronaviren und erste Fälle von #Parainfluenza
#ZentrumVirologie
Infektionswelle mit #Rhinoviren (40%) und #SARS-CoV2 (21%) wird sich noch mehrere Wochen hinziehen
Im #Sentinelsystem auch saisonale Coronaviren und erste Fälle von #Parainfluenza
#ZentrumVirologie
October 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
#SARS-CoV-2 wave starting early in the respiratory virus season as last year. Possibly Covid booster #vaccinations should start in September if this pattern holds true in the upcoming years. #health #staysafe
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Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia
Vaccination is more that protection against the pathogen-caused disease.
www.nature.com/artic...
1/6
Vaccination is more that protection against the pathogen-caused disease.
www.nature.com/artic...
1/6
Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia
Nature Medicine - Large-scale longitudinal health records reveal consistent association of varicella-zoster virus reactivation with dementia.
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia
Vaccination is more that protection against the pathogen-caused disease.
www.nature.com/artic...
1/6
Vaccination is more that protection against the pathogen-caused disease.
www.nature.com/artic...
1/6
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The schedule for #NobelPrize announcements week @nobelprize.bsky.social
#NobelPrize2025 dates & time ⬇️
#NobelPrize2025 dates & time ⬇️
For those who celebrate October as #NobelPrize announcements month @nobelprize.bsky.social 🎃🇸🇪🇳🇴
#NobelPrize2025 dates & time ⬇️
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about...
#NobelPrize2025 dates & time ⬇️
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/about...
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The schedule for #NobelPrize announcements week @nobelprize.bsky.social
#NobelPrize2025 dates & time ⬇️
#NobelPrize2025 dates & time ⬇️
The Institute of #Virology #Innsbruck aka #IVI lab outing 2025 was a lot of fun despite unfavorable weather. Thanks everyone for making it an event to remember. 🤩 #teamspirit #lovevirology
October 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Institute of #Virology #Innsbruck aka #IVI lab outing 2025 was a lot of fun despite unfavorable weather. Thanks everyone for making it an event to remember. 🤩 #teamspirit #lovevirology
Our one and only Institute of Virology Innsbruck (IVI) was well represented at the Tyrolean Company Run 2025. Thanks to all the employees who ran or cheered for us! It‘s been a blast. 🙏 #lovevirology #teamspirit
September 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Our one and only Institute of Virology Innsbruck (IVI) was well represented at the Tyrolean Company Run 2025. Thanks to all the employees who ran or cheered for us! It‘s been a blast. 🙏 #lovevirology #teamspirit
Thanks for the clarification. Indeed it is the passive immunization with Nirsevimqb that I was referring to.
Good news for Austria! Out of curiosity, what about mAbs? Sweden has just decided to offer a shot of monoclonal antibody profylaxis to new-borns.
September 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thanks for the clarification. Indeed it is the passive immunization with Nirsevimqb that I was referring to.
Great news. The RSV vaccine will be freely available for newborns from October onwards. Effective protection from the most common cause of severe respiratory tract infection in newborns and toddlers.
Good news ⭐️ RSV-Schutz mit Nirsevimab, das schwere Atemwegs-Erkrankungen um >80% reduziert, wird ab Oktober allen Neugeborenen kostenlos zur Verfügung stehen
Kinder mit erhöhtem Risiko für schwere Verläufe erhalten die Immunisierung auch vor ihrer zweiten RSV-Saison
science.orf.at/stories/3231...
Kinder mit erhöhtem Risiko für schwere Verläufe erhalten die Immunisierung auch vor ihrer zweiten RSV-Saison
science.orf.at/stories/3231...
Für Säuglinge erstmals von Saisonbeginn an
Erstmals steht in Österreich über die gesamte Erkältungssaison von Oktober bis März für alle Säuglinge eine kostenlose Immunisierung gegen RSV zur Verfügung. Kinder, die während dieser Zeit auf die We...
science.orf.at
September 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Great news. The RSV vaccine will be freely available for newborns from October onwards. Effective protection from the most common cause of severe respiratory tract infection in newborns and toddlers.
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David Baltimore passed away this weekend. A pioneer of molecular virology who won the Nobel prize in medicine & physiology for his discovery of viral reverse transcriptase. This essay he wrote in 2018 reflecting of his 60yr career in science is a great read.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Sixty Years of Discovery | Annual Reviews
Each of us is a story. Mine is a story of doing science for 60 years, and I am honored to be asked to tell it. Even though this autobiography was written for the Annual Review of Immunology, I have ch...
www.annualreviews.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
David Baltimore passed away this weekend. A pioneer of molecular virology who won the Nobel prize in medicine & physiology for his discovery of viral reverse transcriptase. This essay he wrote in 2018 reflecting of his 60yr career in science is a great read.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Wonderful news for the #Virology community. Congratulations Carla @salehlabparis and all the best for this new era. You will do great! #WomenInSTEM #Science
Thrilled (and humbled!) to share that since today I am the Chair of the Virology Department at @pasteur.fr. Grateful to my colleagues for their trust. Now let’s push the frontiers of virus research together. The sky is the limit! 🦠🔬 #Virology #Science #TeamPasteur
July 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Wonderful news for the #Virology community. Congratulations Carla @salehlabparis and all the best for this new era. You will do great! #WomenInSTEM #Science
Congratulations Dr. Yoo! 👏Today Ju Eun Yoo from our team successfully defended her #thesis work on #alphavirus transmission at the #mosquito - human interface. 🍾Stay tuned for her publication. Anybody looking for a talented postdoc: my highest recommendations! #lovevirology #prouddoctoralsupervisor
June 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Congratulations Dr. Yoo! 👏Today Ju Eun Yoo from our team successfully defended her #thesis work on #alphavirus transmission at the #mosquito - human interface. 🍾Stay tuned for her publication. Anybody looking for a talented postdoc: my highest recommendations! #lovevirology #prouddoctoralsupervisor
Scientist’s Sunday #triathlon: biking to the station, train ride (working) and evening run in very flat northern Germany ;) But it’s nice to be #home. The landscape is beautiful in a different way. #gratitude
June 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Scientist’s Sunday #triathlon: biking to the station, train ride (working) and evening run in very flat northern Germany ;) But it’s nice to be #home. The landscape is beautiful in a different way. #gratitude
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Neuerliches Update der #FSME in Österreich
Es wurden nun für Juni weitere Fälle aus OÖ, Stmk, Ktn, T und Vbg bestätigt
Damit erhöht sich die Zahl aktuell auf 43 hospitalisierte Patienten, davon 7 Kinder
weitere in Abklärung
#homepage update erfolgt nächste Woche
viro.meduniwien.ac.at/forschung/vi...
Es wurden nun für Juni weitere Fälle aus OÖ, Stmk, Ktn, T und Vbg bestätigt
Damit erhöht sich die Zahl aktuell auf 43 hospitalisierte Patienten, davon 7 Kinder
weitere in Abklärung
#homepage update erfolgt nächste Woche
viro.meduniwien.ac.at/forschung/vi...
June 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Neuerliches Update der #FSME in Österreich
Es wurden nun für Juni weitere Fälle aus OÖ, Stmk, Ktn, T und Vbg bestätigt
Damit erhöht sich die Zahl aktuell auf 43 hospitalisierte Patienten, davon 7 Kinder
weitere in Abklärung
#homepage update erfolgt nächste Woche
viro.meduniwien.ac.at/forschung/vi...
Es wurden nun für Juni weitere Fälle aus OÖ, Stmk, Ktn, T und Vbg bestätigt
Damit erhöht sich die Zahl aktuell auf 43 hospitalisierte Patienten, davon 7 Kinder
weitere in Abklärung
#homepage update erfolgt nächste Woche
viro.meduniwien.ac.at/forschung/vi...