Excited to share our new work!! We’ve solved the 3.1 Å cryo-EM structure of African horse sickness virus VP2 - and used it to guide the design of nanoparticle vaccine candidates.🎯 Fantastic TEAMWORK! Structure-guided vaccine design in action! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cryo-EM structure of African horse sickness virus VP2 receptor-binding protein enables nanoparticle vaccine design - Nature Communications

A high-resolution structure of African horse sickness virus viral attachment protein reveals a functional domain and neutralizing target, enabling a nanoparticle vaccine that protects in mice and indu...

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PhD opportunity at the Abrescia Lab at the Biofisika Institute! We're seeking a motivated candidate for a Basque Government Predoctoral Fellowship in structural virology, cryo-EM, and virus–host interactions. Interested? Get in touch or please share!

A small tribute to a giant of science who changed how we see viruses: Dennis Henry Bamford. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Biographical Feature: In memory of Dennis Henry Bamford (1948–2025), who changed how we see viruses | Journal of Virology

Professor Dennis H. Bamford made groundbreaking contributions to molecular virology, revealing deep structural conservation across seemingly diverse groups of viruses. His work reshaped our understand...

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I've spent yesterday and today talking to researchers across the globe trying to understand the hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. My story in @science.org is here (and some threaded thoughts coming): www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 #IDsky

Cruise ship’s hantavirus outbreak puts researchers in uncharted territory

Questions about the culprit virus and its route of spread remain as health officials make plans for stranded passengers

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The Abrescia Lab is happy to host the EU consortium meeting SPIDVAC! If you’re interested in viral infections and the One Health approach, join the open session on June 4, 2026, at 12:00 pm. #OneHealth #Virology #EUResearch #InfectiousDiseases

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship - follow live - BBC News www.bbc.com/news/live/cj...

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship - follow live

A 69-year-old British national is in intensive care while two crew members on board the MV Hondius need urgent medical care.

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An epic journey worth listening to: a fascinating conversation on pandemics as a “forgotten danger”, featuring Nobel Prize laureate Charles Rice in Milan. www.fondazioneinvernizzi.it/2026/04/14/p... An insightful perspective on where we are, what we’ve learned, and what we tend to forget too quickly

Pandemic: a forgotten danger? Incontro con il Premio Nobel Charles Rice - Fondazione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi

Pandemic: a forgotten danger? Incontro con il Premio Nobel Charles Rice 14 aprile 2026 – Un confronto su preparazione pandemica e ricerca scientifica In un momento storico in cui l’attenzione pubblica...

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JEOL’s pioneering chromatic aberration corrected electron microscope arrived a year ago at the Franklin. This instrument represents the first of its type globally, initial applications of the instrument will be to use liquid cells to study biological dynamics and to study thick samples.

The United Kingdom is coming back to Erasmus+. The European Union and the United Kingdom have enabled the UK's association to Erasmus+ in 2027. More ↓ link.europa.eu/MHc9JP

#bioGUNE_Outreach | 🎙️ ¡Nuevo episodio de #BioEnredados! Los virus no solo provocan epidemias: conectan personas, animales y medio ambiente. Hablamos con @abrescialab.bsky.social #Ikerbasque @brtaeus.bsky.social sobre el papel de la ciencia en abordar estas amenaza 🎧 ow.ly/55c250Yk6iJ

With this week's update, the #PDB now contains a record 250,441 entries! This milestone is reached thanks to the efforts and contributions of the entire structural biology community. How many #cryoEM structures have you deposited? Edit the image, post and tag us! Read more: buff.ly/46kSFOK

An international team of scientists & clinicians announced, in Science Advances, the launch of a new open-access 3D portal that allows users to explore intact human organs in unprecedented detail — from the whole organ down to individual cells @uclengineering.bsky.social www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, biochemist & a trailblazer in crystallography, she established the biomolecular structures of insulin, vitamin B12, & penicillin winning the Nobel in Chemistry in 1964 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInStem #WomenInScience

Proud of Ane and all lab members who helped build the Abrescia Lab over 18 years at CIC bioGUNE - putting Structural Virology in the Basque Country on the international map. Grateful for the journey. Time to move forward. Stay tuned!

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#bioGUNE_EmpoweringWomen | 🚺 Meet Ane Martinez This #WomenInBiosciences episode features her work on the structural and cellular biology of viruses in @abrescialab.bsky.social #CICbioGUNE @brtaeus.bsky.social, supporting insights into viral architecture and vaccine design 🎥 youtu.be/z5Owkntae7Y

Build a paper model of dengue virus for WHO's World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day on January 30 #WorldNTDDay pdb101.rcsb.org/lear... More on dengue at Molecule of the Month: pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...

PDB101: Learn: Paper Models: Dengue Virus

Atomic structures of dengue virus are giving new hope for creation of a vaccine

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Excited to attend the #ESRFUserMeeting2026, present our virus research at UDM3, and finally catching up with Radu - 18 years after leaving STRUBI-Oxford!!

So structural biology is not dead after all 😋 Not a big surprise The title of this article is exactly in line with what I think. Same applies to LLMs for scientific writing.

AlphaFold predictions are valuable hypotheses and accelerate but do not replace experimental structure determination - Nature Methods

An analysis of AlphaFold protein structure predictions shows that while in many cases the predictions are highly accurate, there are also many instances where the predicted structures or parts of pred...

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This summer me, as part of @cansuit.bsky.social , was involved in the First Brazilian Symposium on Viruses of Microorganisms. Nice to see VoM research growing in South America! doi.org/10.3390/v171...

Calling researchers in Spain! Don't miss out on the Instruct-ES Workshop, the first meeting of the expanded Spanish Centre in Instruct-ERIC Find out all about the technologies and latest research taking place at Instruct Centre Spain - register here 👇 instruct-eric.org/events/integ...

....and the flyer for the ESRF User Meeting 2026!!

Don't forget to sign in for the 2025 ESRF User Meeting! Join us from 10-12 Feb for insights, networking, and cutting-edge science. Register and find more information here: www.esrf.fr/home/events/... #ESRFUM25

If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs. Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them! cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...

Psyched to say that Mike Diamond is talking at our next seminar. THURSDAY 20th Nov. All welcome! World leading #virology not to be missed - just email us for a Zoom link. Please help us with a re-post to get the word out 👍

Intranasal vaccine against #H5 avian flu provokes broad immune response in adults in phase 1 trial Even without a booster, the vaccine triggered mucosal and systemic immunity. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

Starting January 2026, the Abrescia Lab will move to the Biofisika Institute and maintain operations at bioGUNE until 2028 when the EU InFlame grant ends. Stay tuned for updates!

Science that serves #5years #EBS On 25 August 2025, the ESRF marks five years since the Extremely Brilliant Source (ESRF-EBS), a revolutionary new high-energy synchrotron, began operation: 5 years of science. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

Fantastic news! Happy to see CICbioGUNE & BREM within InstructERIC. Feels like yesterday we pushed for a state-of-the-art cryo-EM facility in the Basque Country www.deia.eus/opinion/trib... and here we are Thanks to all who have made this possible! @instruct-eric.bsky.social @brtaeus.bsky.social

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We are delighted to announce that Instruct has added a Centre in Germany, and expanded its existing Centre in Spain with new facilities, services, and technologies! See the list below - all new services will be available for funded access soon! Watch this space! instruct-eric.org/news/new-ger...

krios 1 @diamondlightsource.bsky.social celebrated 10 years of user operations last week - many people thought we were mad to plonk it down in this spot in the synchrotron …but its still there as we ended up with a lot more in a very small space of time !

Irati, our PhD student, in action at the Phage & Virus Assembly Meeting 2025 (US) delivering a flash talk! ….the Abrescia Lab committed to train and promote early-career researchers!! pvaconference.wixsite.com/pva2025