Valeria Cagno
valeriacagno.bsky.social
Valeria Cagno
@valeriacagno.bsky.social
Virologist at the University of Lausanne. I love to work and talk about viruses.
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👏👏👏 Félicitations aux nouvelles et nouveaux récipiendaires @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social #Unil #CHUV #Unisanté

🎉 35 projets de #recherche financés @snsf.ch
À découvrir ici 👉 www.unil.ch/news/fr/1759...
Subsides de recherche financés par le FNS: nouvelles et nouveaux récipiendaires UNIL-CHUV-Unisanté
Parmi les nouveaux subsides de recherche financés par le FNS, 35 projets de la FBM (UNIL-CHUV-Unisanté) ont été retenus.
www.unil.ch
October 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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🚨 News recherche
Des scientifiques @fbm-unil.bsky.social ont développé un traitement #antiviral innovant, encore expérimental, capable d’inhiber l’action d’une large panoplie de virus respiratoires.
www.unil.ch/news/1754292...
Vers un traitement universel contre les infections respiratoires?
Des scientifiques lausannois ont développé un traitement antiviral innovant, encore expérimental, capable d’inhiber l’action d’une large panoplie de virus respiratoires, comme ceux de la grippe et de ...
www.unil.ch
August 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Interested in starting a PhD in my lab, working on targeting RNA of the Picornaviridae from December 2025 in beautiful Lausanne in a project funded by @snsf.ch? If that's the case, send me your CV! @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The @snsf.ch Starting Grant officially began with the arrival of the first PhD student, Fatima Zahra Lissane Eddine, in the lab! We are both excited to find new antivirals targeting viral RNA
June 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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May 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🔉🔉Here's a review of a study that developed a β-cyclodextrin-based compound to prevent the attachment and replication of multiple viruses.
rrid.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/4460xpxg...
Reviews of
Reviewers: A Velthuis (Princeton University) | 📘📘📘📘📘 • X Chen (Jinan University) | 📗📗📗📗◻️ • B O'Keefe (NIH) | 📒📒📒◻️◻️
rrid.mitpress.mit.edu
April 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
March 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The preprint of our work on cyclodextrins able to inhibit all major respiratory viruses and 2 different avian strains of influenza virus is out!
This strategy can be game changing in respiratory virus management and pandemic preparedness!!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A pan-respiratory virus attachment inhibitor with high potency in human airway models and in vivo
Respiratory viruses can cause severe infections, including bronchiolitis and pneumonia, often leading to hospitalization or death. Due to their ease of transmission, they are also scrutinized for thei...
www.biorxiv.org
January 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This day is the occasion to share the special episode of scientificast on HIV that we recorded 5 years ago but is still actual (but you need to know Italian or use it as an excuse to learn it ;) ) www.scientificast.it/speciale-hiv/
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December 1, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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If you are interested in #emergingviruses, new #vaccines & #publichealth, save the date for this event! April 7-9, 2025 in Geneva, co-hosted by our Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases & the Centre of Vaccinology of the University of Geneva & University Hospitals of Geneva! Superb speakers list!
November 22, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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Couldn’t find a virology starter pack so here’s one to get the ball rolling. Repost/reply if you are a virologist so I can find and add you to the list!

go.bsky.app/SinqoJU
November 10, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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Fellow #RNA lovers, please repost 🙏: 2 ERC-funded Post-doc positions are available in our lab to investigate #RNA structural ensemble and their dynamics in living cells. Application link: t.co/pYJ3H3j705
https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000B06P
t.co
November 15, 2024 at 9:13 PM