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Nicola Frericks
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"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan || Postdoctoral researcher at the Department for Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum
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🦠 ACHIEVE Academy – Expert Insights
Join our online seminar series for early-career researchers in virology!
This fall:
🧫 Organoid culture
📝 Grant writing
🧬 Nanopore seq
🔬 RNA & RNA-virus interactomics
📅 schedule 👇 | 🕑 2 PM
Register via dkfz-de.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Virology #ECR #GfV #ACHIEVE
August 28, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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We are pleased to announce Prof. Dr. Joana Rocha-Pereira, KU Leuven, as the first speaker for this year's fall season of the ACHIEVE Experts Insights Seminar Series. Join for an interesting talk about Organoid Culture and Experimentation
📅 8 Sep 2026
🕑 2 PM
Sign up: dkfz-de.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Today is #WorldHepatitisDay — a day to raise awareness and to highlight the importance of research.

All the more reason for us to celebrate that our new study went online today!

Our publication provides new insights into HEV host specificity and the development of a small animal model!
Viral entry defines the hepatitis E virus species barrier in murine hepatocytes
The Paslahepevirus balayani hepatitis E virus (HEV) and the distantly related Rocahepevirus ratti rat HEV pose a risk for zoonotic transmission to humans. Despite the broad host range, including it...
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July 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Congrats to Maria Darido on receiving the German Liver Foundation's Networking Fellowship! 🎉 Her research on the early mechanisms HEV entry into host cells will be further advanced through a research stay at the University of Oldenburg.
bit.ly/4vJElyD
@hepe-hub-bochum.bsky.social
Vernetzungsstipendium für Maria Laura Goussain Darido
Die Forscherin aus der Virologie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum plant einen Aufenthalt in Oldenburg.
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July 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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🔬 New insights into hepatitis E virus replication 🔬

Study reveals HEV replication occurs in proliferative cells within the intestinal crypt.

Read more: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#HEV #HepatitisE #Research #Virology #RUB #HepEHub
Hepatitis E virus replication is maintained in proliferative cells within the intestinal crypt
Hepatitis E virus infection of the self-renewing intestinal crypt reveals a previously unknownmechanism of viral persistence.
www.science.org
April 14, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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🚨 Bemnifosbuvir shows promise against hepatitis E virus 🚨
New study: Nucleotide analogue bemnifosbuvir inhibits HEV replication in preclinical models.

💻: gut.bmj.com/content/earl...

#HEV #HepatitisE #Research #Virology #RUB #HepEHub
gut.bmj.com
April 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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Registration is open for the #HCV-Flavi2026 meeting in Copenhagen, 14-17 September 2026: www.hcv-flavi2026.org
This is the premier venue for research on hepatitis viruses, flaviviruses and related viruses. Submit your abstract before 12 May!
March 18, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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Congratulations Tina 🎉

Thrilled to announce that Tina Sliwinski from @mmv-rub.bsky.social won the prestigous GBM Master Prize for her outstanding master's thesis 🔬

We're so proud of your achievement and look forward to your upcoming #PhD work on the spread of #HEV 🥼

@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
March 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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News from the campus🎉

Join us in welcoming our new PhD students, Veronika Wilczek and Tina Sliwinski🤗

🔬While Veronika will investigate the role of #HEV in rat hepatocytes and Tina will explore the spread of HEV, both expand their previous work during their master's @mmv-rub.bsky.social

#lablife
February 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Kick off the year with our first Expert Insight seminar 2026 featuring Jochen Wettengel, diving into the world of SnapGene!

Date: 3rd February, 2026

Time: 2 pm

Register here: ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
January 26, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Our latest preprint is online! 😎
Great collaboration 💪

Yellow fever vaccine propagation in primary human hepatocytes triggers antiviral & cytolytic responses

Dive into our findings @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

#virology #immunology #research #TRACiR #teamscience
January 22, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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Welcome to the HepE-Hub Bochum!

We're thrilled to connect the #virology & #infection research @mmv-rub.bsky.social & @compvirol.bsky.social here at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de with its 5 uni clinics to boost #HepatitisE research & patient care.

Join us in our mission!
#teamscience

hepe-hub-bochum.de/en/
January 21, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨

The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists

Interested? Get in touch via direct message
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...

#MicroSky 🧪

#PostDoc @univie.ac.at
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Also join us on December 4th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on Publishing at PLOS Biology by Melissa Vázquez Hernández. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Join us on December 2nd, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “Selecting a Good Title for a Publication” by Sarah Peterl. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Don’t miss your chance to join our ACHIEVE mentoring program 2026. Apply by Dec 1 at achieve.g-f-v.org/mentoring/. Huge thanks to our sponsors GfV & DZIF.
Mentoring | Arbeitskreis Achieve
achieve.g-f-v.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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ViroCareer Compass – Navigating Your Career in Virology
Shape your career at the 6th #ACHIEVE Workshop of the #GfV! Explore academia, industry & diagnostics, strengthen your CV, get hands-on tips for your first grant
📅 16–17 Mar 2026 | Heidelberg | Late PhD, postdocs & MDs
📝 Apply: achieve.g-f-v.org
Arbeitskreis Achieve | Arbeitskreis der Gesellschaft für Virologie
achieve.g-f-v.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Highly recommended for late PhDs and Postdocs👇 #LoveVirology
ViroCareer Compass – Navigating Your Career in Virology
Shape your career at the 6th #ACHIEVE Workshop of the #GfV! Explore academia, industry & diagnostics, strengthen your CV, get hands-on tips for your first grant
📅 16–17 Mar 2026 | Heidelberg | Late PhD, postdocs & MDs
📝 Apply: achieve.g-f-v.org
Arbeitskreis Achieve | Arbeitskreis der Gesellschaft für Virologie
achieve.g-f-v.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Congrats @MaraKloehn great talk and a price 😁 at the FoRUM Tagung 2025 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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The 2026 edition of the ACHIEVE mentoring program open to final year PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and veterinary/medical doctors has just launched. You will benefit from 1-year individual mentoring by established PIs,

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November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Join us on November 4th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “BSL-4” by PD Dr. Thomas Hoenen. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
October 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Had a great time presenting at this year's HCV Flavi Meeting in Singapore. Big thanks to the organizers and everyone for the lively, insightful discussions! #HCVFlavi2025
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Representing RUB @ruhr-uni-bochum.de at #HCVFlavi2025 conference. If you are on-site and interested in #hepatitisE check out Posters 10-15 to learn what's cooking I'm our labs @mmv-rub.bsky.social and www.tracir.de 🥣🚀
October 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We’re thrilled to welcome the @bosse-lab.bsky.social to our seminar series! A seminar herpesvirus researchers won't want to miss - what do you think @beatesodeiklab.bsky.social? Also a great chance for other virologists to explore fresh angles!
🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Join us on October 7th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds” by Dr. Timothy Soh. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
October 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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🔬 Upcoming Expert Insights Seminar by ACHIEVE
Join us on October 7th, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CET) for an inspiring talk on “AlphaFold & HerpesFolds” by Dr. Timothy Soh. Register here to join via Zoom: achieve.g-f-v.org/seminar-seri...
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM