All the blogs
The Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI) is launching a blog dedicated to its young researchers: their committed and cutting-edge work contributes to progress in the fields of virology, immunology and diagnosis. It seems essential to us to give them a voice.
Blog Kirill Lotonin – African swine fever
“A comprehensive analysis of both protective and detrimental immune responses to ASFV is essential for the development of a safe and effective vaccine. “
Marion Stettler’s blog – Avian influenza
“We have successfully tested an avian influenza vaccine in 24 different bird species at Bern Animal Park and Basel Zoo”
Blog Razieh Ardali – Trained immunity
«Trained immunity has promising potential for modulating vaccines and enhancing their efficacy in combating infectious agents».
Blog Amal Fahmi – Organoids
“We showed that SARS-CoV-2 can infect the human placenta and that West Nile virus also has placental infection characteristics".
Blog Robin Avanthay – Influenza
«The goal was to develop a novel mucosal vaccine against influenza A virus and assess its efficacity in the pig model».
Blog Kemal Mehinagic – African swine fever
«The ASF virus fascinates me and I know it still holds many secrets I’d love to unravel».
Blog Silvio Steiner – SARS-CoV-2
«It was an incredibly exciting challenge to be at the centre of research in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and witness the latest findings live».
Blog Emilia Radulovic – African swine Fever
«The results of my thesis on African swine fever are of major importance for the future development of live attenuated vaccines».
Blog Annika Kratzel – SARS-CoV-2
«A better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 infections in cells enables mechanisms to be identified which can serve as points of attack for medicaments».
Blog Nathan Leborgne – Serpins
«The targets involved in neutrophil cell survival or inflammation may enable us in the long term to treat diseases such as atherosclerosis ».
Blog Thao Tran – SARS - CoV-2
«We only required the sequencing data from the virus-of-interest, and from this we could synthesise the building blocks to construct the synthetic virus using the yeast-based platform».
Blog Melanie Brügger – RSV
«I could show that particular cell type of the lung can mount an antiviral response following infection, which might contribute to viral clearance and resolution of the disease».