🎉 It's a big day at the lab! Fabian has just successfully defended his #PhD thesis with focus on HIV-1 RNA processing. The whole team is proud of him and is celebrating this milestone. All the best for your next chapter, Fabian! #Science #Virology

🧪 Kickoff des Forschungsprojekts WBEmetro, das vom @rki.de im Rahmen von #AMELAG aus Mitteln des @bmg-bund.bsky.social gefördert wird. Gemeinsam mit lokalen Partnern @frankfurt.de und @goetheuni.bsky.social planen wir eine kleinräumige Abwasser-Surveillance im Stadtgebiet. Ziel ist es...

Im Rahmen des RKI-Projekts PIA-II beteiligen wir uns am #Abwasser basierten Monitoring von Polioviren in #Frankfurt am Main. Passend zum #Weltpoliotag hat das RKI einen ausführlichen Überblick über die Relevanz der Polio-Surveillance erstellt 👇

Best time to get a Flu shot...

Lab party with a farewell for Phillip. He’s leaving the group and got a mug as a little reminder of his time with us ☕🎉 We wish him all the best for the future — and we’re sure we’ll meet again 😉

📸 Stefanie @widera-lab.bsky.social and Christian @friedemann.bsky.social proudly presenting their posters and progress on project P1 on day 2 of the CoroPan Symposium in Gießen.
This work is part of the LOEWE research programm CoroPan involving @goetheuni.bsky.social and @jlugiessen.bsky.social

A fantastic day at the #CoroPan Symposium at the University Gießen is going to end — we had inspiring talks and lot of great discussion. Looking forward to the second part tommorow.

Super cool premiere: I am proud to hold the textbook #Tropenmedizin with my contribution in chapter 2.14.2 #SARS and #COVID-19 in printed form in my hands. Now available in stores...

It was a pleasure to participate in the 3rd Annual Workshop of the SGVIVI Workshop and Mobility Programme @unidue.bsky.social last Friday. Always a joy to reconnect with colleagues and friends to discuss science and plan future collaborations. Looking forward to what’s next! #Networking #SGVIVI

Es war mir eine große Freude gemeinsam mit @ciesek.bsky.social am Kapitel zu SARS/COVID-19 der neuen Ausgabe von Tropenmedizin (Löscher et al.) mitwirken zu dürfen! Das Buch ist ganz bald ab September im Handel erhältlich! 👉 shop.elsevier.de/tropenmedizi...
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#Medizin #Tropenmedizin #COVID19

Exciting news! 🦠📢 Our next #CoroPan #Virology Symposium on #Coronaviruses will place on September 23-24, 2025, at the Aula of Justus Liebig University in Gießen. 🌍✨ Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more updates!

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting Universitätsmedizin Essen @unidue.bsky.social and giving a lecture for the BIOME graduate school. Engaging discussions, inspiring ideas, and the joy of reconnecting with friends from the institute of virology. Many thanks to everyone who made it special!🙌✨

In late 2024, vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV2) were detected in wastewater across parts of Europe, including Germany. Unvaccinated children are at risk of infection and, in rare cases, could develop poliomyelitis (polio). Make sure your child's vaccination is up to date! 💉 #Polio #Vaccination

🚀 Our new WIDERA-LAB website is online!
We’ve just launched a fresh site with updates on our research, team, and projects—feel free to take a look: widera-lab.uni-frankfurt.de

The 2nd mentoring program of the #ACHIEVE Academy has been successfully launched. 15 mentees have been selected to be mentored by senior faculty for one year to guide them through their academic careers