Aug2026, HPAI in a mink farm in Utah. B3.13, in 2026 cattle clade, but several months of unsampled transmission, so introduction uncertain. No additional mammalian adaptations acquired in mink (so far) 👉 virological.org/t/preliminar...

Developed digitally immune-optimized mRNA vaccine with engineered HA, NA, M2 antigens representing the global antigenic space of circulating H5Nx viruses = broad HA neutrilization in mice + ferrets 👉 www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Co-circulation of H5N1 and H5N6 in China - both subtypes in waterfowl and shorebirds. Eurasian clade, no mammmalian adaptive markers. severe systemic multi-organ pathology, with the most pronounced damage observed in the lungs 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Overview of HPAI, with a focus on research gaps and preparedness. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First H14 bird flu detections in Guangdong: H14N6, H14N7 and H14N8. Three tested isolates bound both avian- and human-type receptors, with low, transient replication in mouse lungs and limited pathogenicity. #BirdFlu www.tandfonline.com/doi/figure/1...

Obvious, happy to see this out: Identical bird flu sequences across continents & years? Researchers flag evidence of widespread sequencing errors in a global study & call for urgent verification. Bad data can misdirect surveillance & vaccine decisions www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Evidence of widespread sequencing errors in global avian influenza study - Nature Communications

Nature Communications - Evidence of widespread sequencing errors in global avian influenza study

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ScanFold3: a robust and rapid approach for identifying structured RNA targets in genomes and transcriptomes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

ScanFold3: a robust and rapid approach for identifying structured RNA targets in genomes and transcriptomes

Background. The rapid expansion of high-throughput transcriptomic datasets has created a critical need for scalable tools to identify functional RNA secondary structures. While thermodynamics-based fo...

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Given the current Ebola situation in Africa, this comes at the perfect time: A broadly neutralizing antibody that boosts the breadth & potency of other Ebola antibodies. A major step toward pan-ebolavirus therapeutics www.nature.com/articles/s44... #npj_Viruses @springernature.com @who.int

🚨 Stay tuned! I will soon be recruiting 2 Postdocs for my lab on influenza: 🔹for 3 & 4.5 years 📅 Start date: as early as possible (preferably 01.03, negotiable) 🌍 Requirements: Residence in the EU, German B2 preferred, Background in Vet Med, Biology, or a related field

Finland’s H5N8 vaccine rollout worked: 83–97% seroprotection, boosted T-cell immunity, and cross-reactivity against H5N1 strains from fur farms and US cattle. Strong evidence for cross-protection. #AvianInfluenza #H5N1 #Vaccines www.nature.com/articles/s41...

H5N1 spread across North America mainly via migratory wild birds, with 46–113 independent jumps into poultry. Backyard birds got infected first. Strengthening surveillance at the wild–agriculture interface is essential. #AIV #OneHealth www.nature.com/articles/s41...

H11 avian influenza from wild birds shows dual receptor binding + mammalian-adaptation markers. These viruses can jump further than we think. Surveillance is key. #AvianInfluenza #OneHealth www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Epidemiology, evolution, and biological characteristics of avian influenza A (H11) viruses from wild birds

H11 subtype avian influenza viruses (AIVs) have been identified in both wild and domestic birds. H11N9 viruses from wild birds provided the NA gene to human H7N9 virus in 2013 in China, which cause...

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Honored to chair the Virology in One Health session & deliver the keynote at the 1st Int. Online Conference on Veterinary Sciences. Great discussions on viruses from influenza, bovine CoV, herpes in whales, reovirus in crabs, to bacteriophages hunting E. coli! I love viruses :D