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Andreas Bergthaler
@andreasbergthaler.bsky.social
Scientist, Citizen & Dad. Views and typos are my own. #Virologist #Immunologist #ScienceCommunicator #Mentorfirst #Vienna 🇦🇹 🇪🇺 🌎
5 weeks left to apply: Ass. Prof. (tenure-track) in Translational Immunology/Immunometabolism @meduniwien.ac.at. 🙏 for reposting.
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#immunology #immunometabolism #Vienna #Austria #Europe #TopResearchVienna #FacultyPositions #TenureTrack
June 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
June 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#FÄKT bei der heutigen MINT-Gala.

Herzliche Gratulation den mehr als 200 ausgezeichneten Kindergärten und Schulen in ganz Österreich. Mehr Infos: www.mintschule.at

#MINTGütesiegel #NextGen #Schule #MINT #Wissenschaftskommunikation
June 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Für die Forschung sind die Zeiten vielerorts schwieriger geworden. In #Wien wurden die Bedingungen stetig besser. Ich bin überzeugt, dass dieser Trend anhält, die Unterstützung dafür stark bleibt und werde meinen Teil dazu beitragen. Ich lebe und forsche gerne in Wien! #IchForscheGernInWien
April 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
10th #ScienceBall in Vienna - 10. Wiener #Wissenschaftsball

Motto: Decent fun – Dance with an attitude
Spaß mit Anstand – Tanz mit Haltung

What a great sign of welcome & appreciation for the international scientific community to have this ball hosted in the city hall of #Vienna.
January 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It was great to host @labliston.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social with us for scientific discussions, an awesome guest seminar on Tregs in tissues, as well as an inspiring workshop about positive research culture. More on the latter @LinkedIn . 🙏
January 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Auf ein erfolgreiches Neues Jahr!

#ScharlachroterKelchbecherling
January 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Wissenschaftskommunikation für Kids - hier der dieswöchige #FÄKT Artikel in der @krone.at.web.brid.gy .

Sind Sie als ForscherIn interessiert, bei FÄKT mitzumachen? Siehe dazu den offenen Call für die 3. Staffel.
www.oeaw.ac.at/foerderungen...
#Wisskomm #Scicomm
November 29, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Mother Nature holds the keys for many new therapeutics and other enabling chemical structures - most of them yet untapped. We “just” need to preserve #biodiversity and dissect these molecular cocktails. 3/n
November 25, 2024 at 7:17 AM
This thriller of serendipity & persistence demonstrates the vast opportunities when working with #nonmodelorganisms. Ants, moles, shrews, wasps, bees, scorpions, sea anemones, centipedes, snails et al all evolved wonderfully complex mixtures of molecules. 2/n
November 25, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Black&Yellow coalition

Black trumpet (Herbsttrompete), cauliflower fungus (Krause Glucke) & a fire salamander. #FungiFriends
November 20, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Peace to Everyone. #CatsofChristmas
December 27, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Comparing the relative growth of BA.2.86* to the remaining variants seen in WW draws a similar dynamic as seen on COV-Spectrum based on case-based data. This hints at a reliable WW signal and speaks against a dramatic change in shedding behavior. 6/n
December 16, 2023 at 10:15 PM
Conclusive data interpretation remains difficult. Viral loads until Dec 12 indicate that the wave begins to flatten. Seq data until Dec 4 suggest that the XBB dynamic has decelerated, with Pirola & subvariants (incl. JN.1, JN.2, JN.3, JN.9) still growing strongly and... 4/n
December 16, 2023 at 10:13 PM
Combining viral loads with seq data indicates that the wave in Austria started to build up well before the arrival of BA.2.86*, after which the dynamic sped up even more. The absolute load of XBB.* is no more rising, but reached levels not seen since 2022. 3/n
December 16, 2023 at 10:13 PM
Wastewater (WW) signal of SARS-CoV-2 draws an unprecedented wave in Austria. (National data from WW treatment plants covering appr. 60% pop; abwassermonitoring.at).

This coincidences with the spread of BA.2.86* (=Pirola and its subvariants), raising two main questions: 1/n
December 16, 2023 at 10:11 PM
We have open #postdocposition in #microbiology in #Vienna - 🙏 for RT!

Interested in #wastewater #surveillance #epidemiology #publichealth?

Excited to join a diverse & international team (bergthalerlab.org) in the heart of Europe?

Want to contribute to a vibrant research community like… 1/2
December 3, 2023 at 9:11 AM
So wächst der Anteil von BA.2.86.* (aka Pirola) kontinuierlich und liegt bei >22%. Darunter finden sich auch neue Untervarianten wie JN.1 (9.8%), JN.9 (5.3) & JN.2 (1.6%).
Grafik: Varianten der neuesten Proben gemittelt, gewichtet nach Bevölkerungsgröße. 2/n
November 29, 2023 at 7:23 AM
Abwasser Varianten Update in Ö

Das stärkste Signal stammt nach wie vor von XBB.* Varianten (>74%), darunter XBB.1.9, XBB.1.16, XBB.1.5 und XBB.2.3. Spannend ist jedoch, was sich abgesehen von XBB entwickelt. 1/n
#Abwasser #Surveillance #SARSCoV2 #Varianten
November 29, 2023 at 7:22 AM
November 21, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Rotkappen, keine Knallpilze. #Hotzenplotz
November 15, 2023 at 7:43 AM
November 2, 2023 at 4:51 AM