Zina Uckeley
@zinauckeley.bsky.social
Postdoc @boulantlab.bsky.social, previously PhD student @Pierre-Yves Lozach (@ciid-heidelberg.bsky.social).
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Excited to share our latest publication! We show that hypoxia suppresses interferon responses to rotavirus, resulting in increased viral burden in vitro. Congratulations to @sorinjacobs.bsky.social and all co-authors for this great work! @meganstanifer.bsky.social @boulantlab.bsky.social
Hypoxia increases susceptibility of human intestinal epithelial cells to rotavirus infection through repression of interferon induction
Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) serve as both a physical barrier and a source of robust antiviral interferon (IFN) response. As such, they constitute the primary barrier that enteric viruses, su...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Excited to share our latest publication! We show that hypoxia suppresses interferon responses to rotavirus, resulting in increased viral burden in vitro. Congratulations to @sorinjacobs.bsky.social and all co-authors for this great work! @meganstanifer.bsky.social @boulantlab.bsky.social
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Basal IFN-λ2/3 expression mediates tight junction formation in human epithelial cells
Megan Stanifer, @boulantlab.bsky.social and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Megan Stanifer, @boulantlab.bsky.social and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
September 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Basal IFN-λ2/3 expression mediates tight junction formation in human epithelial cells
Megan Stanifer, @boulantlab.bsky.social and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Megan Stanifer, @boulantlab.bsky.social and colleagues
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
How does steady-state type III IFN signaling relate to barrier function? Find out here: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... Congratulations to Yağmur Keser and Camila Metz-Zumaran for this amazing and comprehensive study! @boulantlab.bsky.social @meganstanifer.bsky.social
Basal IFN-λ2/3 expression mediates tight junction formation in human epithelial cells | The EMBO Journal
imageimageInterferons (IFNs) are expressed at basal levels in pathogen-free environments, but
the underlying mechanisms and functions are only little understood. This study demonstrates
that epithelia...
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September 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How does steady-state type III IFN signaling relate to barrier function? Find out here: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... Congratulations to Yağmur Keser and Camila Metz-Zumaran for this amazing and comprehensive study! @boulantlab.bsky.social @meganstanifer.bsky.social
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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
August 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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
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🥂 Ein Grund zu Feiern: Wir haben den Verband Deutscher Infektionsforscherinnen gegründet! 👩🔬🦠🥳
Am 25. März 2025 haben wir in München einen Verein gegründet, um die Ziele und die Mission von #InfectNet langfristig weiterzuführen und weiterzuentwickeln. 💜 #megastolz
👉 www.infectnet.org/web/blog-pos...
Am 25. März 2025 haben wir in München einen Verein gegründet, um die Ziele und die Mission von #InfectNet langfristig weiterzuführen und weiterzuentwickeln. 💜 #megastolz
👉 www.infectnet.org/web/blog-pos...
April 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🥂 Ein Grund zu Feiern: Wir haben den Verband Deutscher Infektionsforscherinnen gegründet! 👩🔬🦠🥳
Am 25. März 2025 haben wir in München einen Verein gegründet, um die Ziele und die Mission von #InfectNet langfristig weiterzuführen und weiterzuentwickeln. 💜 #megastolz
👉 www.infectnet.org/web/blog-pos...
Am 25. März 2025 haben wir in München einen Verein gegründet, um die Ziele und die Mission von #InfectNet langfristig weiterzuführen und weiterzuentwickeln. 💜 #megastolz
👉 www.infectnet.org/web/blog-pos...
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Excited to share our new paper led by recent PhD, Dr. Hannah Schmidt! We found that UFMylation unexpectedly promotes flavivirus particle production by specifically regulating viral assembly. Check it out! #virology #UFMylation #flaviviruses
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
June 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Excited to share our new paper led by recent PhD, Dr. Hannah Schmidt! We found that UFMylation unexpectedly promotes flavivirus particle production by specifically regulating viral assembly. Check it out! #virology #UFMylation #flaviviruses
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Interested in #trafficking in polarized cells? a post doc Position is available in @boulantlab.bsky.social lab in sunny Florida to work on a joint NSF-DFG project with us in Berlin! Steeve also has a 2nd position on gut hypoxia and viral immunity! please spread the word and repost!
Exciting news! We have two postdoc positions opened in our lab @UF! Study gut hypoxia & virus immunity OR immunity and intracellular trafficking in polarized cells. Come do cool science with a fun team! Check out all details: boulantlab.com/opportunities #PostdocJobs #ScienceTwitter
Opportunities — BoulantLab
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May 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Interested in #trafficking in polarized cells? a post doc Position is available in @boulantlab.bsky.social lab in sunny Florida to work on a joint NSF-DFG project with us in Berlin! Steeve also has a 2nd position on gut hypoxia and viral immunity! please spread the word and repost!
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Exciting news! We have two postdoc positions opened in our lab @UF! Study gut hypoxia & virus immunity OR immunity and intracellular trafficking in polarized cells. Come do cool science with a fun team! Check out all details: boulantlab.com/opportunities #PostdocJobs #ScienceTwitter
Opportunities — BoulantLab
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May 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Exciting news! We have two postdoc positions opened in our lab @UF! Study gut hypoxia & virus immunity OR immunity and intracellular trafficking in polarized cells. Come do cool science with a fun team! Check out all details: boulantlab.com/opportunities #PostdocJobs #ScienceTwitter
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It's finally time for some #bunyavirales and #tick borne viruses with Ben Brennan from @cvrinfo.bsky.social and his much anticipated talk, this THURSDAY 17th. All welcome! Please help us with a re-post. 🕷️🦠🧫
April 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It's finally time for some #bunyavirales and #tick borne viruses with Ben Brennan from @cvrinfo.bsky.social and his much anticipated talk, this THURSDAY 17th. All welcome! Please help us with a re-post. 🕷️🦠🧫
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Hi everyone, what's up? We have our monthly seminar this week, with some super cool work on arbovirus entry receptors from leading researcher Jolanda Smit from @unigroningen.bsky.social
All welcome - help spread the news with a re-post 🙂
NOTE THE EARLIER TIME for everyone outside the USA
All welcome - help spread the news with a re-post 🙂
NOTE THE EARLIER TIME for everyone outside the USA
March 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Hi everyone, what's up? We have our monthly seminar this week, with some super cool work on arbovirus entry receptors from leading researcher Jolanda Smit from @unigroningen.bsky.social
All welcome - help spread the news with a re-post 🙂
NOTE THE EARLIER TIME for everyone outside the USA
All welcome - help spread the news with a re-post 🙂
NOTE THE EARLIER TIME for everyone outside the USA
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Happy to finally see this study published, a great collaboration between academic, government and industry labs! We show that CCHFV GP38 can induce vascular leak and that this can be prevented by protective but not virus-neutralizing antibodies! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Antibodies targeting Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus GP38 limit vascular leak and viral spread
Glycoprotein GP38-specific antibodies reduce viral dissemination and GP38-mediated vascular leak in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus infection.
www.science.org
February 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Happy to finally see this study published, a great collaboration between academic, government and industry labs! We show that CCHFV GP38 can induce vascular leak and that this can be prevented by protective but not virus-neutralizing antibodies! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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US-Präsident Trump kürzt massiv Fördergelder für die Wissenschaft in den USA. Das hat auch direkte Auswirkungen auf die virologische Forschung in Europa und Deutschland und könnte die Pandemieforschung vor große Probleme stellen. Mehr dazu im Deutschlandfunk: www.deutschlandfunk.de/stand-up-for...
Trump attackiert Infektionsforschung: Folgen für die globale Pandemieprävention
www.deutschlandfunk.de
March 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
US-Präsident Trump kürzt massiv Fördergelder für die Wissenschaft in den USA. Das hat auch direkte Auswirkungen auf die virologische Forschung in Europa und Deutschland und könnte die Pandemieforschung vor große Probleme stellen. Mehr dazu im Deutschlandfunk: www.deutschlandfunk.de/stand-up-for...
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Are you ready for #ASV2025? Check out the schedule at a glance and more information on our webpage.
asv.org/asv2025/
#LoveVirology
asv.org/asv2025/
#LoveVirology
ASV 2025 | American Society for Virology
The website for the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology.
asv.org
March 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Are you ready for #ASV2025? Check out the schedule at a glance and more information on our webpage.
asv.org/asv2025/
#LoveVirology
asv.org/asv2025/
#LoveVirology
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And that was that – the 34th annual virology meeting ended today, with awards and an outlook on the meeting next year in Heidelberg. We at the GfV are very grateful to the local organizing team from @leibnizliv.bsky.social, the many many helpers as well as catering and Conventus!
March 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
And that was that – the 34th annual virology meeting ended today, with awards and an outlook on the meeting next year in Heidelberg. We at the GfV are very grateful to the local organizing team from @leibnizliv.bsky.social, the many many helpers as well as catering and Conventus!
It’s a wrap.. I had a fantastic time at #GfV2025 discussing cool science and connecting with inspiring colleagues! Thanks for the opportunity to present our work on how hypoxia affects rotavirus infection and all the inspiring questions. @gesvirologie.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It’s a wrap.. I had a fantastic time at #GfV2025 discussing cool science and connecting with inspiring colleagues! Thanks for the opportunity to present our work on how hypoxia affects rotavirus infection and all the inspiring questions. @gesvirologie.bsky.social
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Great talk from @zinauckeley.bsky.social at the German society of virology #GfV2025
How hypoxia in the gut impacts rotavirus infection. Great feedbacks from the attendees! Great meeting as usual!
How hypoxia in the gut impacts rotavirus infection. Great feedbacks from the attendees! Great meeting as usual!
March 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Great talk from @zinauckeley.bsky.social at the German society of virology #GfV2025
How hypoxia in the gut impacts rotavirus infection. Great feedbacks from the attendees! Great meeting as usual!
How hypoxia in the gut impacts rotavirus infection. Great feedbacks from the attendees! Great meeting as usual!
Our undergrad Victoria explains her project! Fantastic work 💪
Working with EPI members @meganstanifer.bsky.social and @boulantlab.bsky.social, #UF undergraduate student Victoria aims to tackle the pathogens that infect our intestines. Her research focuses on how a low-oxygen environment impacts parasites.
Watch the full video: bit.ly/3WUWLNE.
Watch the full video: bit.ly/3WUWLNE.
Investigating how the intestines respond to infections.
Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite that infects the intestinal tract, causing the diarrheal disease cryptosporidiosis. A common route of infection is drinking contaminated water or eating contaminated food. Victoria Karaluz is an undergraduate student at the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She studies within the department of molecular genetics and microbiology, working with EPI members Megan Stanifer and Steeve Boulant on intestinal infections. The research within the lab has found that certain pathogens, like the parasite Cryptosporidium parvum, are influenced by the lack of oxygen in the gut, also known as hypoxia. The parasite has been found to replicate more in a hypoxic environment. Let's stay connected. -------------------------------------------- Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UFEPI Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uf_epi/ Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emerging-pathogens-institute Follow us on X: https://x.com/UF_EPI #Hypoxia #Intestine #Virus #Parasite #Research #StudentResearch #EPIresearch #UFresearch #UFEPI #UF
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February 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Our undergrad Victoria explains her project! Fantastic work 💪
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Cool new research explaining the role of NSm during bunyavirus infection of mosquitoes.
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rdcu.be/d8Slv
NSm is a critical determinant for bunyavirus transmission between vertebrate and mosquito hosts
Nature Communications - Bunyaviruses are a large group of viruses that infect a wide range of organisms, including insects, animals, plants, and single-celled organisms. Here, Terhzaz et al show...
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February 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Cool new research explaining the role of NSm during bunyavirus infection of mosquitoes.
rdcu.be/d8Slv
rdcu.be/d8Slv
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Opportunities for CSV trainees! Apply for the CSV Lab Exchange Program to fund research collaborations or training—deadline: April 1. Details: www.csv-scv.ca/en/lab-excha...
Submit your abstract by March 1 to present at the CSV virtual seminar on April 11: forms.gle/zw2YdxQ2kLcc...
Submit your abstract by March 1 to present at the CSV virtual seminar on April 11: forms.gle/zw2YdxQ2kLcc...
February 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Opportunities for CSV trainees! Apply for the CSV Lab Exchange Program to fund research collaborations or training—deadline: April 1. Details: www.csv-scv.ca/en/lab-excha...
Submit your abstract by March 1 to present at the CSV virtual seminar on April 11: forms.gle/zw2YdxQ2kLcc...
Submit your abstract by March 1 to present at the CSV virtual seminar on April 11: forms.gle/zw2YdxQ2kLcc...
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Have you ever wondered how knocking out every single gene in the human genome, one by one, might affect your intracellular pathogen of interest? We did, & boy was it a wild ride! Happy to share our preprint discovering the essential host genome for Cryptosporidium -
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 6, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Have you ever wondered how knocking out every single gene in the human genome, one by one, might affect your intracellular pathogen of interest? We did, & boy was it a wild ride! Happy to share our preprint discovering the essential host genome for Cryptosporidium -
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The ASV 2025 abstract deadline is in less than one week! Monday, February 3, 2025 (11:59 pm./23:59 Eastern time)
asv.org/asv2025/abst...
#ASV2025 #LoveVirology
asv.org/asv2025/abst...
#ASV2025 #LoveVirology
Abstract Submission | American Society for Virology
Abstract submission for the ASV 2025 annual meeting July 14-17, 2025, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hosted by McGill University.
asv.org
January 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The ASV 2025 abstract deadline is in less than one week! Monday, February 3, 2025 (11:59 pm./23:59 Eastern time)
asv.org/asv2025/abst...
#ASV2025 #LoveVirology
asv.org/asv2025/abst...
#ASV2025 #LoveVirology
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🚀 We are looking for a Junior Research Group Lead as part of the Helmholtz Initiative with 2 to 6 years of academic experience 🌟
👉 Application process:
You apply by 15.02.25. One candidate per institute will prepare a full proposal by 30.04.25.
📄 More: one2.vs12951.internet1.de/sites/defaul...
👉 Application process:
You apply by 15.02.25. One candidate per institute will prepare a full proposal by 30.04.25.
📄 More: one2.vs12951.internet1.de/sites/defaul...
January 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚀 We are looking for a Junior Research Group Lead as part of the Helmholtz Initiative with 2 to 6 years of academic experience 🌟
👉 Application process:
You apply by 15.02.25. One candidate per institute will prepare a full proposal by 30.04.25.
📄 More: one2.vs12951.internet1.de/sites/defaul...
👉 Application process:
You apply by 15.02.25. One candidate per institute will prepare a full proposal by 30.04.25.
📄 More: one2.vs12951.internet1.de/sites/defaul...
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The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), one of the largest life sciences societies, is partnering with the GfV to advance virology research and global collaboration.
You can find more information here: asm.org/Press-Releas... (IVC)
You can find more information here: asm.org/Press-Releas... (IVC)
ASM and Gesellschaft für Virologie Partner to Support the Global Virology Community
ASM is joining forces with the Society of Virology, Gesellschaft für Virologie (GfV), the largest virology society in Europe, to broaden the reach of virology research.
asm.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), one of the largest life sciences societies, is partnering with the GfV to advance virology research and global collaboration.
You can find more information here: asm.org/Press-Releas... (IVC)
You can find more information here: asm.org/Press-Releas... (IVC)
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Fresh out of the press! ✨Check out our new paper on the violent entry of the HIV capsid into the nuclear pore — and how it cracks the gate! 🤯 💥 Incredible work from @becklab.bsky.social and @hummerlab.bsky.social 🤩 More here: www.biophys.mpg.de/2842024/hivcapsid-cracks-the-npc?c=2011019 🔗 #teamTOMO
January 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Fresh out of the press! ✨Check out our new paper on the violent entry of the HIV capsid into the nuclear pore — and how it cracks the gate! 🤯 💥 Incredible work from @becklab.bsky.social and @hummerlab.bsky.social 🤩 More here: www.biophys.mpg.de/2842024/hivcapsid-cracks-the-npc?c=2011019 🔗 #teamTOMO
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We are very excited that our in-situ structural analysis of the Ebola virus nucleocapsid assembly cascade is now published in @cellpress.bsky.social!
January 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We are very excited that our in-situ structural analysis of the Ebola virus nucleocapsid assembly cascade is now published in @cellpress.bsky.social!