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The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) is a world leader in infectious disease research and vaccine development for humans and animals.
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📢 We’re hiring a Director of Facilities at VIDO.
This senior leadership role oversees world-class biocontainment labs, infrastructure, and capital projects, supporting critical pandemic and infectious disease research.
Apply here: vido.applytojobs.ca/leadership/4...
This senior leadership role oversees world-class biocontainment labs, infrastructure, and capital projects, supporting critical pandemic and infectious disease research.
Apply here: vido.applytojobs.ca/leadership/4...
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📢 We’re hiring a Director of Facilities at VIDO.
This senior leadership role oversees world-class biocontainment labs, infrastructure, and capital projects, supporting critical pandemic and infectious disease research.
Apply here: vido.applytojobs.ca/leadership/4...
This senior leadership role oversees world-class biocontainment labs, infrastructure, and capital projects, supporting critical pandemic and infectious disease research.
Apply here: vido.applytojobs.ca/leadership/4...
🐄🦬🐨🐖🐔 Five species. One year. Global impact.
From protecting dairy cattle against H5N1 to helping deliver a world-first koala vaccine, VIDO research strengthened animal health (and food security) around the world in 2025. www.vido.org/news/2025/fi...
From protecting dairy cattle against H5N1 to helping deliver a world-first koala vaccine, VIDO research strengthened animal health (and food security) around the world in 2025. www.vido.org/news/2025/fi...
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🐄🦬🐨🐖🐔 Five species. One year. Global impact.
From protecting dairy cattle against H5N1 to helping deliver a world-first koala vaccine, VIDO research strengthened animal health (and food security) around the world in 2025. www.vido.org/news/2025/fi...
From protecting dairy cattle against H5N1 to helping deliver a world-first koala vaccine, VIDO research strengthened animal health (and food security) around the world in 2025. www.vido.org/news/2025/fi...
Thank you to the students and teachers from Birch Hills School for visiting VIDO today. We hope the experience sparked new ideas about the many exciting and impactful career paths science can offer. We look forward to seeing where your interests take you!
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#FutureScientists
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thank you to the students and teachers from Birch Hills School for visiting VIDO today. We hope the experience sparked new ideas about the many exciting and impactful career paths science can offer. We look forward to seeing where your interests take you!
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#FutureScientists
ICYMI: Applications are now open for VIDO’s 2026 Summer Research Fellowship, offering undergraduate students a chance to gain hands-on experience working with leading scientists at "Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research". More info below!
Undergraduate students! VIDO’s Summer Research Fellowship is now open. Spend 12–16 weeks working with leading scientists gaining hands-on experience in infectious disease research.
📅 Apply by Jan 5
📎 1 PDF: CV + short essay + transcripts
🔗 Apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/research/43004
📅 Apply by Jan 5
📎 1 PDF: CV + short essay + transcripts
🔗 Apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/research/43004
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
ICYMI: Applications are now open for VIDO’s 2026 Summer Research Fellowship, offering undergraduate students a chance to gain hands-on experience working with leading scientists at "Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research". More info below!
Undergraduate students! VIDO’s Summer Research Fellowship is now open. Spend 12–16 weeks working with leading scientists gaining hands-on experience in infectious disease research.
📅 Apply by Jan 5
📎 1 PDF: CV + short essay + transcripts
🔗 Apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/research/43004
📅 Apply by Jan 5
📎 1 PDF: CV + short essay + transcripts
🔗 Apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/research/43004
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Undergraduate students! VIDO’s Summer Research Fellowship is now open. Spend 12–16 weeks working with leading scientists gaining hands-on experience in infectious disease research.
📅 Apply by Jan 5
📎 1 PDF: CV + short essay + transcripts
🔗 Apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/research/43004
📅 Apply by Jan 5
📎 1 PDF: CV + short essay + transcripts
🔗 Apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/research/43004
Dr. Aaron White spoke at the @chickensask.bsky.social Fall Producer Meeting on “Understanding E. coli infections in chickens.” 🐔
His talk helped share insights that support poultry health and the agriculture sector.
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His talk helped share insights that support poultry health and the agriculture sector.
#CdnAg #Poultry #InfectiousDisease
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Dr. Aaron White spoke at the @chickensask.bsky.social Fall Producer Meeting on “Understanding E. coli infections in chickens.” 🐔
His talk helped share insights that support poultry health and the agriculture sector.
#CdnAg #Poultry #InfectiousDisease
His talk helped share insights that support poultry health and the agriculture sector.
#CdnAg #Poultry #InfectiousDisease
A pleasure to host Mr. Raphaël Dang, Consul General of France in Vancouver. Thank you for the engaging discussions and enthusiasm for deepening Canada–France collaboration in science and innovation.
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A pleasure to host Mr. Raphaël Dang, Consul General of France in Vancouver. Thank you for the engaging discussions and enthusiasm for deepening Canada–France collaboration in science and innovation.
VIDO scientists Dr. Antonio Facciuolo and Dr. Bryce Warner
@brycewarner1.bsky.social joined @usask.ca’s Signature Series Podcast to discuss their work on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), including new insights into HPAI in dairy cattle.🎧Tune in: news.usask.ca/articles/res...
@brycewarner1.bsky.social joined @usask.ca’s Signature Series Podcast to discuss their work on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), including new insights into HPAI in dairy cattle.🎧Tune in: news.usask.ca/articles/res...
Signature Series research podcast: Animal flus with Drs. Bryce Warner and Antonio Facciuolo - News
While avian flu and cattle flu aren’t quite the same as the flu we’re used to as humans, they can have deadly consequences for wild and farmed birds and long-term effects on our cows that we’re only j...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
VIDO scientists Dr. Antonio Facciuolo and Dr. Bryce Warner
@brycewarner1.bsky.social joined @usask.ca’s Signature Series Podcast to discuss their work on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), including new insights into HPAI in dairy cattle.🎧Tune in: news.usask.ca/articles/res...
@brycewarner1.bsky.social joined @usask.ca’s Signature Series Podcast to discuss their work on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), including new insights into HPAI in dairy cattle.🎧Tune in: news.usask.ca/articles/res...
Honoured to welcome His Excellency Matthias Lüttenberg, Ambassador of Germany to Canada, Hon. Consul Benedict E. Nussbaum and Ms. Ashli Blondeau to VIDO. Grateful for the opportunity to share our work in vaccine innovation and global health. @germanyincanada.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Honoured to welcome His Excellency Matthias Lüttenberg, Ambassador of Germany to Canada, Hon. Consul Benedict E. Nussbaum and Ms. Ashli Blondeau to VIDO. Grateful for the opportunity to share our work in vaccine innovation and global health. @germanyincanada.bsky.social
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Our Director & CEO, Dr. Volker Gerdts, shares how VIDO’s research is shaping the next generation of vaccines and advancing global health. Proud to be driving innovation from the Prairies: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/art...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Our Director & CEO, Dr. Volker Gerdts, shares how VIDO’s research is shaping the next generation of vaccines and advancing global health. Proud to be driving innovation from the Prairies: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/art...
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What if we could test antivirals on a “mini lung” before using them in people? Scientists at VIDO have created lab-made lung organoids that mimic real tissue and reveal how viruses infect specific lung cells... Read more: www.vido.org/news/2025/ho...
October 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
What if we could test antivirals on a “mini lung” before using them in people? Scientists at VIDO have created lab-made lung organoids that mimic real tissue and reveal how viruses infect specific lung cells... Read more: www.vido.org/news/2025/ho...
VIDO, @usaskmed.bsky.social, and WCVM have received over $460K from @innovation.ca to bring cutting-edge cell sorting tech to campus! Housed at VIDO, this new hub will boost collaboration + speed discoveries that improve health for people & animals: www.vido.org/news/2025/ne... @usask.ca
October 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
VIDO, @usaskmed.bsky.social, and WCVM have received over $460K from @innovation.ca to bring cutting-edge cell sorting tech to campus! Housed at VIDO, this new hub will boost collaboration + speed discoveries that improve health for people & animals: www.vido.org/news/2025/ne... @usask.ca
🌾It’s Agriculture Week in SK! From crops to livestock, ag is at the ❤️ of our province. We’re proud to support the sector by protecting animal health, advancing food security, and strengthening resilience in our food systems.
#CelebrateAg #HealthyPeopleHealthyAnimals
#CelebrateAg #HealthyPeopleHealthyAnimals
October 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🌾It’s Agriculture Week in SK! From crops to livestock, ag is at the ❤️ of our province. We’re proud to support the sector by protecting animal health, advancing food security, and strengthening resilience in our food systems.
#CelebrateAg #HealthyPeopleHealthyAnimals
#CelebrateAg #HealthyPeopleHealthyAnimals
Great to connect in Halifax with Philippe Hébert, Dir. Gen. at Defence Research and Development Canada and Canada’s representative on NATO DIANA. Strong partnerships are key to advancing research and innovation that strengthen Canada’s health security and global resilience. 🍁
#Collaboration
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October 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Great to connect in Halifax with Philippe Hébert, Dir. Gen. at Defence Research and Development Canada and Canada’s representative on NATO DIANA. Strong partnerships are key to advancing research and innovation that strengthen Canada’s health security and global resilience. 🍁
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#Collaboration
Coming up at #VIDOis50 Scientific Summit: Enabling Technologies.
Hear from innovators shaping the future of infectious disease research and vaccine development:
🔹 Dr. Nicolas Collin, Vaccine Formulation Institute
🔹Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien, Sick Kids
🔹 Dr. Steven Rayan, quanTA
Hear from innovators shaping the future of infectious disease research and vaccine development:
🔹 Dr. Nicolas Collin, Vaccine Formulation Institute
🔹Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien, Sick Kids
🔹 Dr. Steven Rayan, quanTA
September 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Coming up at #VIDOis50 Scientific Summit: Enabling Technologies.
Hear from innovators shaping the future of infectious disease research and vaccine development:
🔹 Dr. Nicolas Collin, Vaccine Formulation Institute
🔹Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien, Sick Kids
🔹 Dr. Steven Rayan, quanTA
Hear from innovators shaping the future of infectious disease research and vaccine development:
🔹 Dr. Nicolas Collin, Vaccine Formulation Institute
🔹Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien, Sick Kids
🔹 Dr. Steven Rayan, quanTA
The Bacteriology session at the VIDO Scientific Summit is here! Global experts are sharing the latest on bacterial pathogens, disease mechanisms, and prevention strategies:
Dr. Joanne Flynn, Uni. of Pittsburgh
Dr. Jörg Jores, Uni. of Bern
Dr. Scott Gray-Owen, Uni. of Toronto
Dr. Joanne Flynn, Uni. of Pittsburgh
Dr. Jörg Jores, Uni. of Bern
Dr. Scott Gray-Owen, Uni. of Toronto
September 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Bacteriology session at the VIDO Scientific Summit is here! Global experts are sharing the latest on bacterial pathogens, disease mechanisms, and prevention strategies:
Dr. Joanne Flynn, Uni. of Pittsburgh
Dr. Jörg Jores, Uni. of Bern
Dr. Scott Gray-Owen, Uni. of Toronto
Dr. Joanne Flynn, Uni. of Pittsburgh
Dr. Jörg Jores, Uni. of Bern
Dr. Scott Gray-Owen, Uni. of Toronto
🎉 VIDO is celebrating 50 years of protecting health, food security & advancing infectious disease research. From vaccines to pandemic response, we’re preparing the world for future threats. Read more: bit.ly/3KAvTPu
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September 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🎉 VIDO is celebrating 50 years of protecting health, food security & advancing infectious disease research. From vaccines to pandemic response, we’re preparing the world for future threats. Read more: bit.ly/3KAvTPu
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Researchers at VIDO have identified a new TB gene that could help guide safer, more effective vaccines. Their new vaccine approach worked as well as BCG while avoiding interference with TB skin tests. 🌍💉Read more 👉 bit.ly/3Io7Z9e
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September 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Researchers at VIDO have identified a new TB gene that could help guide safer, more effective vaccines. Their new vaccine approach worked as well as BCG while avoiding interference with TB skin tests. 🌍💉Read more 👉 bit.ly/3Io7Z9e
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🚨 We're hiring for an animal technician! Apply now to join our team: vido.applytojobs.ca/veterinary%2...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨 We're hiring for an animal technician! Apply now to join our team: vido.applytojobs.ca/veterinary%2...
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📢 Today, VIDO and the International Vaccine Institute in South Korea reaffirmed our commitment to global health by renewing our MOU to strengthen vaccine R&D and pandemic preparedness.
Read the full release: www.vido.org/news/2025/sa...
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Read the full release: www.vido.org/news/2025/sa...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
📢 Today, VIDO and the International Vaccine Institute in South Korea reaffirmed our commitment to global health by renewing our MOU to strengthen vaccine R&D and pandemic preparedness.
Read the full release: www.vido.org/news/2025/sa...
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Read the full release: www.vido.org/news/2025/sa...
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We were pleased to welcome Her Honour, the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Bernadette McIntyre and His Honour Rich McIntyre to meet the VIDO team and tour our facilities.
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We were pleased to welcome Her Honour, the Honourable Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Bernadette McIntyre and His Honour Rich McIntyre to meet the VIDO team and tour our facilities.
📣📣 We are hiring! Do you love caring for animals? Our Veterinary Research Services Team is looking for an animal attendant! For more info or to apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/veterinary%2...
August 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📣📣 We are hiring! Do you love caring for animals? Our Veterinary Research Services Team is looking for an animal attendant! For more info or to apply: vido.applytojobs.ca/veterinary%2...
New TB research! 🧫 A collab between VIDO & UBC shows the Parkinson’s drug benztropine may help immune cells fight TB. VIDO confirmed it works in infected mice using our CL3 labs. Great example of shared expertise in action.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#TBResearch #ScienceCollaboration
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#TBResearch #ScienceCollaboration
The Parkinson’s drug benztropine possesses histamine receptor 1-dependent host-directed antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - The Parkinson’s drug benztropine possesses histamine receptor 1-dependent host-directed antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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August 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New TB research! 🧫 A collab between VIDO & UBC shows the Parkinson’s drug benztropine may help immune cells fight TB. VIDO confirmed it works in infected mice using our CL3 labs. Great example of shared expertise in action.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#TBResearch #ScienceCollaboration
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#TBResearch #ScienceCollaboration