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Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID)
@mcid-unibe.bsky.social
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Strategic center, University of Bern.
Mission: study and mitigation of risks from infectious diseases
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The next BEready newsletter is ready, to sign up or read their blog online, then check out the webpage:-

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November 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Great energy at the MCID Annual Event 2025 last Friday, despite the season’s first snowfall❄️, almost 100 participants joined us. We kicked off with keynotes on vector-borne disease surveillance and heard rapid-fire talks on respiratory viruses, TBE, AMR, and COVID-19–related research.
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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For Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, the MCID is highlighting two of our projects: engineered phage for MDR pathogens and liposomal nanotraps for major enteric bacteria. Advancing science for a healthier future!

#MCIDresearch #InfectiousDisease #AMR

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November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Congrats to MCID members Georgia Salanti and @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social who are named among this year’s Highly Cited Researchers! Their work ranks in the top 1% by citations, highlighting sustained excellence and wide-ranging impact.

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November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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MCID’s Eva Gluenz, Caroline Schlaufer and @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social joined UniBE Talks on 5 Nov to discuss whether science has limits. Their take home message: scientific standards are constantly negotiated, and transparency about uncertainty and context is essential for public trust. @unibe.ch
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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🌍It's World Pneumonia Day🌍
At @mcid-unibe.bsky.social, we’re funding innovative research through antibody discovery and novel peptide therapies, to fight and treat one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases.
#WorldPneumoniaDay

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November 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!

We are uniting two research powerhouses.

For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.

Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Der heutige #OneHealthDay erinnert daran wie eng Mensch-, Tier- und Umweltgesundheit verbunden sind. Auch die #BEready-Studie der #unibern zeigt, wie interdisziplinäre Forschung helfen kann, Infektionskrankheiten besser zu verstehen und vorzubeugen: www.beready.unibe.ch
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November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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On #OneHealthDay, we’re proud to support #OneHealth by recognising the links between human, animal & ecosystem health. Our work spans disciplines tackling infectious diseases, zoonoses, ethics, policy & pandemic preparedness. Collaboration is key! 🌍🤝
🔗 www.mcid.unibe.ch
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November 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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At Nacht der Forschung, the MCID had the pleasure to host the INPUT team from the ISPM. Throughout the evening, they ran a full-scale pandemic game with the crowd. The evening turned into a living lab, check out the results here:-

👉 tinyurl.com/ye8hsyzr

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October 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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MCID & @bereadycohort.bsky.social were featured in UniAktuell and SNF Horizons! 🎉 From local funding to Europe’s only such cohort, this research shows how locally rooted, globally relevant science strengthens pandemic preparedness.

@unibe.ch @snsf.ch

#UniAktuell #Horizonte #PandemicPrep
September 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Welcome back from the summer break! 🌞 The 11th edition of The SPREAD is out now.

🔹 Research on Tropical Theileriosis
🔹 Why syndromic surveillance matters for wildlife health
🔹 How machine learning is helping discover new antimicrobials
🔹 Meet our MCID-funded PhD students: Mike and Martin
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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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 ❤️
September 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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There is going to be so much interesting and fun science going on....the MCID team is really looking forward to a great evening!
medfacultyunibe.bsky.social Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern @medfacultyunibe.bsky.social · Aug 25
We are at the big festival of knowledge and research!🩻🌠
Experience the full spectrum of our research firsthand with exciting attractions for all ages. 👉For an overview: www.medizin.unibe.ch/forschung/me... @unibe.ch @dbmr-unibe.bsky.social @cvrcbern.bsky.social @mcid-unibe.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Today is #WorldMosquitoDay — a reminder of the threat from the world’s deadliest animal. 🦟 Through MCID projects, we’re tackling insecticide resistance, rare diseases like Wesselsbron, and promoting public awareness with our @bereadycohort.bsky.social cohort study.

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August 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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MCID is back at Nacht der Forschung 🎉 on Sat 6 Sept 2025!
Fun for all ages: 🎨 Face painting + “Make Your Own Pathogen” | 🎯 Klatsch die Bakterie | 🖼️ Interactive posters | 🦠 Pandemic Control Centre | 🕷️ BEready – take “a close look at ticks”! ⚖️Ethical dilemmas

Come say hi!
#ndfunibern
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August 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Oropouche virus activity in the Americas mimics last year as UK notes its first case

Officials have confirmed five Oropouche virus-related deaths this year, all in Brazil.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
August 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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BEready have published their latest newsletter today “BEinformed”.

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August 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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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:

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#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...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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🚀 Exciting news! We’ve just funded 8 innovative projects through the 2024 MCID funding call 🎉

For more information check out our webpage

bit.ly/3UO7Y0Y

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Funded projects, MCID Project Funding Call 2024
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August 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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New review from MCID co-chair Carmen and @labfaso.bsky.social team on annexins, a protein family doing vital but often underappreciated work in cells.

Membrane repair, calcium transport, and a look beyond mammals and plants.
Well worth a read 👇

📖 bit.ly/46Ij3Ii

#Annexins #MCID #CellBio @unibe.ch
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August 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Vetsuisse Faculty turned 125, and MCID was in the middle of the action at the Vetsuisse Open House!

Posters, games, quizzes, face paint & cuddly microbes and don't forget “Splat the Bacteria”! 💥

Massive thanks to our volunteer crew 💛

See you next at Nacht der Forschung

bit.ly/4lHUbVO

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July 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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🎉 Big shoutout to our MCID Bern-funded PhD students who shone at the 20th GCB Symposium @unibe.ch!

They wowed us with posters, talks & flash presentations, showcasing not just cutting-edge science but passion & dedication to their research

👏 Congrats to all! Keep up the good work!
July 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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🎉 Congrats to MCID-funded PhD student Isabel Schultz-Pernice & Marco P. Alves on their new Nature Communications paper!

🧠 Their work reveals how monkeypox spreads in the brain & opens doors for new therapies.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Monkeypox virus spreads from cell-to-cell and leads to neuronal death in human neural organoids - Nature Communications
The mechanisms underlying neurological complications of monkeypox virus infection remain unclear. Here, the authors investigate its neurotropic potential and show that neuritic transport of viral part...
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July 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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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.
June 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM