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The Human Frontier Science Program hosts a session on frontier research in microbiology at the IUMS Congress in Lisbon on 5 November 2026. Gisa Gerold chairs the session and presents her work on viral receptor use.

Dr. Mathilde Richard from the Department of Viroscience at Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, will give a lecture entitled “Mechanisms of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus emergence” on 29 October 2026 at 3.00 pm in the Pharmacology Lecture Hall.

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Martin Ludlow from the Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses at the University of Veterinary Medicine Foundation, Hannover, will hold a talk titled “Challenges and opportunities in the use of contemporary RSV-A and -B strains in the study of virus entry, spread, and immune responses” on October 28, 2026 at 3:00 pm in the Pharmacology Lecture Hall.

Prof. Dr Anne Krug from the Institute of Immunology at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich will give a lecture entitled ‘Dendritic Cells and Type I Interferon Shape Yellow Fever Vaccine Efficacy’ on 12 November 2026 at 3.00 pm in the Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

On September 29, our institute swapped pipettes for alpaca leads. We spent a day at the Bio-Alpaka Hof near Seefeld, followed by a relaxed lunch back in Innsbruck.