Moritz Schüssler
@moritzschussler.bsky.social
Post-Doc in Marco Binder lab @DKFZ Heidelberg. Host-pathogen interaction of Anelloviruses with special interest in nucleic acid sensing.
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@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Regulation of lipid metabolism is a primordial function of STING @igmm-montpel.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @nadinelaguette.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @nadinelaguette.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Regulation of lipid metabolism is a primordial function of STING @igmm-montpel.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @nadinelaguette.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @nadinelaguette.bsky.social
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🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions!
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery.
Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
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🦠 Abstract submission for the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology is open!
Share your research with the virology community and help shape the scientific dialogue next year in Heidelberg.
🕐 Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
🔗 virology-meeting.de/programme-ab...
#GfV2026 #virology #virologymeeting
Share your research with the virology community and help shape the scientific dialogue next year in Heidelberg.
🕐 Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
🔗 virology-meeting.de/programme-ab...
#GfV2026 #virology #virologymeeting
Abstract submission
virology-meeting.de
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🦠 Abstract submission for the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology is open!
Share your research with the virology community and help shape the scientific dialogue next year in Heidelberg.
🕐 Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
🔗 virology-meeting.de/programme-ab...
#GfV2026 #virology #virologymeeting
Share your research with the virology community and help shape the scientific dialogue next year in Heidelberg.
🕐 Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
🔗 virology-meeting.de/programme-ab...
#GfV2026 #virology #virologymeeting
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Excited to be co-organizing this @embo.org Workshop on #Pathogen #Immunity and #Signalling next June 8-12 2026 in Leiden! 🥳🥳🥳 #Savethedate
Join us for this exciting meeting! @embo.org Workshop "Pathogen Immunity and Signalling", 8-12 June, 2026, Leiden, The Netherlands meetings.embo.org/event/26-pat...
October 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Excited to be co-organizing this @embo.org Workshop on #Pathogen #Immunity and #Signalling next June 8-12 2026 in Leiden! 🥳🥳🥳 #Savethedate
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EMBO has received a record number of applications for its postdoctoral fellowships this year, says Karin Dumstrei, head of the EMBO Fellowships Programme.
Read more:
Read more:
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available
go.nature.com/479Sni6
go.nature.com/479Sni6
Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.
go.nature.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
EMBO has received a record number of applications for its postdoctoral fellowships this year, says Karin Dumstrei, head of the EMBO Fellowships Programme.
Read more:
Read more:
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A lot of pressure on the different grant schemes, and pretty much independent of career stage.
October 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A lot of pressure on the different grant schemes, and pretty much independent of career stage.
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🚀We’re hiring! Join our international team at @ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social and @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
as a PhD Student or Postdoctoral Researcher to lead cutting edge research projects at the virus-host interface
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/d5sdhbnp
PhD: tinyurl.com/bdz5e5u6
as a PhD Student or Postdoctoral Researcher to lead cutting edge research projects at the virus-host interface
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/d5sdhbnp
PhD: tinyurl.com/bdz5e5u6
October 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚀We’re hiring! Join our international team at @ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social and @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
as a PhD Student or Postdoctoral Researcher to lead cutting edge research projects at the virus-host interface
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/d5sdhbnp
PhD: tinyurl.com/bdz5e5u6
as a PhD Student or Postdoctoral Researcher to lead cutting edge research projects at the virus-host interface
Postdoc: tinyurl.com/d5sdhbnp
PhD: tinyurl.com/bdz5e5u6
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Super interesting virus: #hepatitas 😅 E virus #HEV!
@daothilab.bsky.social looked into its ORF2 protein and how it counteracts cell-intrinsic immune responses. Congrats Ann-Kathrin, Loan and team, and thanks for having us on board!
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
(Hepatitas® by the Orange Superbrain)
@daothilab.bsky.social looked into its ORF2 protein and how it counteracts cell-intrinsic immune responses. Congrats Ann-Kathrin, Loan and team, and thanks for having us on board!
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
(Hepatitas® by the Orange Superbrain)
The hepatitis E virus capsid protein ORF2 counteracts cell-intrinsic antiviral responses to enable persistent replication in cell culture
Author summary Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important yet often underestimated pathogen. Depending on the genotype, HEV infections can progress to chronicity, but the underlying mechanisms remain poo...
dx.plos.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Super interesting virus: #hepatitas 😅 E virus #HEV!
@daothilab.bsky.social looked into its ORF2 protein and how it counteracts cell-intrinsic immune responses. Congrats Ann-Kathrin, Loan and team, and thanks for having us on board!
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
(Hepatitas® by the Orange Superbrain)
@daothilab.bsky.social looked into its ORF2 protein and how it counteracts cell-intrinsic immune responses. Congrats Ann-Kathrin, Loan and team, and thanks for having us on board!
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
(Hepatitas® by the Orange Superbrain)
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Viro3D paper is out! We predicted 85,000 protein structures from human & animal viruses. 1/5 🧵
📑 Paper doi.org/10.1038/s443...
🔭 Explore virosphere viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
📑 Paper doi.org/10.1038/s443...
🔭 Explore virosphere viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
Viro3D: a comprehensive database of virus protein structure predictions | Molecular Systems Biology
imageimageViro3D provides proteome-level, high confidence AI-protein structure predictions for
>4,400 viruses, allowing mapping of form and function across the human and animal
virosphere. Viro3D i...
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Viro3D paper is out! We predicted 85,000 protein structures from human & animal viruses. 1/5 🧵
📑 Paper doi.org/10.1038/s443...
🔭 Explore virosphere viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
📑 Paper doi.org/10.1038/s443...
🔭 Explore virosphere viro3d.cvr.gla.ac.uk
Can totally recommend the IGMM as an environment and @damsgregoire-lab.bsky.social lab. Nice people, nice projects. And it's south France, what else do you want 😁
Join IGMM ! 🧬
Postdoctoral Fellow in Oncogenesis.
Apply now 👉 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
#Postdoc #OncologyResearch #ScienceJobs #IGMM #CNRS
Postdoctoral Fellow in Oncogenesis.
Apply now 👉 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
#Postdoc #OncologyResearch #ScienceJobs #IGMM #CNRS
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoctoral fellow in oncogenesis (M/F)
emploi.cnrs.fr
September 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Can totally recommend the IGMM as an environment and @damsgregoire-lab.bsky.social lab. Nice people, nice projects. And it's south France, what else do you want 😁
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hey bluesky 👋 visa hurdles mean I’m looking for opportunities outside the US. I’m a computational biologist (bacterial + phage genomics, postdoc in Koonin’s group @ NIH). I am interested in teaming up on funding apps. reach out if this resonates!
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
hey bluesky 👋 visa hurdles mean I’m looking for opportunities outside the US. I’m a computational biologist (bacterial + phage genomics, postdoc in Koonin’s group @ NIH). I am interested in teaming up on funding apps. reach out if this resonates!
The number of proposals for MSCA postdoc increased by 64.6% this year while the budget decreased. This is bad especially knowing that last year already broke the records in terms of applications. Fingers crossed I am 1 out of 10... (Last year it would have been 1 out of 6...)
record 17,058 Marie Curie proposals in 2025 vs. 10,360 in 2024!!! the reason is pretty obvious, but wow that is a huge jump marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 receives record number of 17,058 proposals
This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
September 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The number of proposals for MSCA postdoc increased by 64.6% this year while the budget decreased. This is bad especially knowing that last year already broke the records in terms of applications. Fingers crossed I am 1 out of 10... (Last year it would have been 1 out of 6...)
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record 17,058 Marie Curie proposals in 2025 vs. 10,360 in 2024!!! the reason is pretty obvious, but wow that is a huge jump marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 receives record number of 17,058 proposals
This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
September 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
record 17,058 Marie Curie proposals in 2025 vs. 10,360 in 2024!!! the reason is pretty obvious, but wow that is a huge jump marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...
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'TRIM28 is a target for paramyxovirus V proteins'. Work led by Gauthier Lieber seeks to address whether host activation of endogenous retroelements contributes to antiviral defences. In support of this idea, he describes a viral mechanism that might limit this host response.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
TRIM28 is a target for paramyxovirus V proteins
Author summary Host recognition of viral nucleic acids is fundamental for stimulating antiviral immunity. To prevent aberrant immune activation, cells must precisely differentiate “non-self” from “sel...
doi.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
'TRIM28 is a target for paramyxovirus V proteins'. Work led by Gauthier Lieber seeks to address whether host activation of endogenous retroelements contributes to antiviral defences. In support of this idea, he describes a viral mechanism that might limit this host response.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Vientovirus capsid protein mimics autoantigens and contributes to autoimmunity in Sjögren’s disease @natmicrobiol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Vientovirus capsid protein mimics autoantigens and contributes to autoimmunity in Sjögren’s disease - Nature Microbiology
Salivary virome profiling revealed distinct virome profiles in Sjögren’s disease and a role for Vientovirus in triggering autoimmunity through molecular mimicry.
www.nature.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Vientovirus capsid protein mimics autoantigens and contributes to autoimmunity in Sjögren’s disease @natmicrobiol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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To all friends and colleagues virologists
SAVE THE DATE for the next International Symposium on Single Stranded DNA viruses
Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
June 15-19 2026
Stay put for more info soon when website goes on air !
SAVE THE DATE for the next International Symposium on Single Stranded DNA viruses
Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
June 15-19 2026
Stay put for more info soon when website goes on air !
August 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
To all friends and colleagues virologists
SAVE THE DATE for the next International Symposium on Single Stranded DNA viruses
Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
June 15-19 2026
Stay put for more info soon when website goes on air !
SAVE THE DATE for the next International Symposium on Single Stranded DNA viruses
Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
June 15-19 2026
Stay put for more info soon when website goes on air !
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🚨New paper alert from the Andrau lab! 🚨
Huge congratulations to @andraulab.bsky.social and collaborators 👏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#transcription @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @biolum-montpellier.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com
Huge congratulations to @andraulab.bsky.social and collaborators 👏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#transcription @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @biolum-montpellier.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨New paper alert from the Andrau lab! 🚨
Huge congratulations to @andraulab.bsky.social and collaborators 👏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#transcription @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @biolum-montpellier.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com
Huge congratulations to @andraulab.bsky.social and collaborators 👏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#transcription @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @biolum-montpellier.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com
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The current administration has more successfully destroyed US science and the scientific enterprise than the hypothetical nuclear weapons program in Iran.
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The current administration has more successfully destroyed US science and the scientific enterprise than the hypothetical nuclear weapons program in Iran.
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Now in press: Marie Lork & our collaborators studied host transposable elements during influenza A virus infection. We found evidence that some produce dsRNA, but that these host dsRNAs are limited from reaching the cytosol by the viral NS1 protein. @emboreports.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Regulated localization of transposable element RNA during influenza A virus infection | EMBO reports
imageimageInfluenza A virus infection increases host transposable element (TE) expression. This
study provides evidence that some infection-induced TEs form double-stranded RNAs
that accumulate in the...
www.embopress.org
June 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Now in press: Marie Lork & our collaborators studied host transposable elements during influenza A virus infection. We found evidence that some produce dsRNA, but that these host dsRNAs are limited from reaching the cytosol by the viral NS1 protein. @emboreports.org
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
June 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
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Second Heidelberg Interferons Symposium coming up!! If you are based in HD or Mannheim (@dkfz.bsky.social, @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, @hlsalliance.bsky.social, @embl.org,...) and interested in any facet of these incredible #cytokines, join us on
🗓️ July 10/11
🏫 Marsilius Kolleg
✍🏻 bit.ly/IFN2025
🗓️ July 10/11
🏫 Marsilius Kolleg
✍🏻 bit.ly/IFN2025
May 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Second Heidelberg Interferons Symposium coming up!! If you are based in HD or Mannheim (@dkfz.bsky.social, @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, @hlsalliance.bsky.social, @embl.org,...) and interested in any facet of these incredible #cytokines, join us on
🗓️ July 10/11
🏫 Marsilius Kolleg
✍🏻 bit.ly/IFN2025
🗓️ July 10/11
🏫 Marsilius Kolleg
✍🏻 bit.ly/IFN2025
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We are super excited to share our work on #InnateImmune sensing of #AAV 🦠🧬 in the 🧠, just out in @natcomms.nature.com ! 🤩
Huge congratulations to all the team and collaborators 💪🏻
And our funders 💰
@erc.europa.eu #FondazioneTelethon and #FNIH 🙏🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Huge congratulations to all the team and collaborators 💪🏻
And our funders 💰
@erc.europa.eu #FondazioneTelethon and #FNIH 🙏🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
AAV vectors trigger DNA damage response-dependent pro-inflammatory signalling in human iPSC-derived CNS models and mouse brain
Nature Communications - Costa-Verdera et. al describe a mechanism by which AAV vector genomes activate P53-mediated signalling in CNS cells involving downstream STING activation and...
www.nature.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We are super excited to share our work on #InnateImmune sensing of #AAV 🦠🧬 in the 🧠, just out in @natcomms.nature.com ! 🤩
Huge congratulations to all the team and collaborators 💪🏻
And our funders 💰
@erc.europa.eu #FondazioneTelethon and #FNIH 🙏🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Huge congratulations to all the team and collaborators 💪🏻
And our funders 💰
@erc.europa.eu #FondazioneTelethon and #FNIH 🙏🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
www.univ-amu.fr
March 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...