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🦟 One step closer to a Zika vaccine. New publication by KU Leuven
Prof. Dr. Kai Dallmeier and his team at KU Leuven have published in Nature Communications the preclinical results of YF-ZIK, a chimeric live-attenuated vaccine candidate built on the backbone of the yellow fever vaccine (YF17D), one of the most effective human vaccines ever developed. 📌 Why Zika still matters: In adults, infection is often mild. But in pregnant women, it can be devastating — causing severe congenital defects including microcephaly in newborns. To this day,
Jun 241 min read


Looking Back on Dissemination: Paula Dau at the European Health Psychology Society Congress
As we continue to look back on a rich year of scientific outreach within Yellow4FLAVI, we are proud to highlight the contribution of Paula Hanna Dau, PhD student in Prof. Odette Wegwarth's group at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, who presented her work at the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) Annual Congress, held in Groningen. 🦟 Paula presented a poster entitled "Acceptance of novel vaccine technologies: an exploration of hesitancy, trust, and information nee
Jun 32 min read


Looking back on dissemination: International One Health Symposium (Berlin)
As we continue to look back on a year of scientific outreach within the Yellow4FLAVI consortium, we are pleased to highlight the contribution of Marialuigia Caporale, PhD student in Dr Alessio Lorusso’s lab (IZS Teramo), who attended and presented at the International One Health Symposium, held in Berlin in October 2025. The symposium brought together experts working across human, animal and environmental health — offering an ideal One Health forum to discuss emerging and re
May 251 min read


Looking back on Dissemination: Manon Babise at the SFM Annual Congress
As we reflect on a rich year of scientific outreach within the Yellow4FLAVI consortium, we are proud to look back on the contribution of Manon Babise, PhD student in Dr. Jacques Dutrieux’s lab at INSERM Institut Cochin, who presented her work at the Annual Congress of the Société Française de Microbiologie (SFM) last September. 🦟 Manon delivered an oral communication entitled "Decoding the short-term immune response induced by Yellow Fever Virus in the human skin", presentin
May 181 min read


Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth at the forefront of international scientific outreach
One of the core missions of the Yellow4FLAVI consortium is to ensure that its science reaches beyond the laboratory — into the hands of clinicians, researchers, and the scientists of tomorrow. As we reflect on a rich year of scientific outreach within the consortium, Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth (Institut Pasteur), Coordinator, has been contributing as an invited speaker to two major international scientific events. 🇬🇷 Keynote Lecture — ESCV 2025, Thessaloniki Giovanna was inv
May 112 min read


New publication by UKER: Yellow Fever Vaccination: How Long-Lived Immune Memory Is Established
Researchers at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen show that an early metabolic "standby mode" — established in T cells shortly after vaccination — is the key to durable immune protection. The findings could reshape how we design and evaluate vaccines. The yellow fever vaccine (YF17D) is one of the most effective immunizations ever developed. A single dose can provide robust protection lasting decades — possibly a lifetime. Because of the extraordinary du
May 43 min read


Yellow4FLAVI welcomes a new Associated Partner: Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Dr. Rajagopal Murugan The Yellow4FLAVI consortium is delighted to announce the official integration of Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) as a new Associated Partner, formalised through Amendment No. 2 to the project's Grant Agreement, signed in April 2026. LUMC joins the consortium through the Molecular Immunology team led by Dr. Rajagopal Murugan, a B cell immunologist whose research focuses on uncovering the fundamental principles that govern effective and durable B
Apr 302 min read


Understanding Vaccine Immunity: LMU Team Reveals How Dendritic Cells Process Yellow Fever Vaccine Virus
Margarita Shnipova and Anne Krug presenting LMU's Yellow4FLAVI poster at Dendritic Cell Working Group AKDC of the German Society of Immunology, February 2026 Yellow4FLAVI continues to gain recognition across Europe's scientific community. From February 4 to 6, Professor Anne Krug and Margarita Shnipova, PhD student , from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ( LMU ) played a central role at the annual meeting of the Dendritic Cell Working Group (AKDC) of the German Society
Feb 272 min read


An Amsterdam catch-up for the social scientists
With data collection now complete for the first phase of the social science component for Yellow4FLAVI, researchers based in Germany visited the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) to discuss the next step of analysis. Recently, additional data collection has been finalized with respondents in Germany – this supplemented previous focus groups and aimed to add further insights from women who are hesitant about new vaccine technologies. And, with data
Feb 41 min read


Meet Our Partners
Over the past few months, we have introduced the Yellow4FLAVI Partner institutions on our LinkedIn (follow us here ), highlighting the...
Oct 8, 20251 min read


Yellow4FLAVI Presents Insights into B Cell Responses at ECV 2025
We are pleased to share that Yellow4FLAVI was represented at the European Congress of Virology (ECV) 2025 , where our team member Pinja...
Jul 24, 20251 min read


Yellow4FLAVI Presented at the Montpellier Symposium on Arboviruses and Antimicrobial Resistance
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth, head of FlavImmunity group at Institut Pasteur, Coordinator of Yellow4FLAVI,...
Jul 17, 20251 min read


Training and Knowledge Exchange – Yellow4FLAVI Lab Visit
As part of Yellow4FLAVI's commitment to training and capacity building , Dr. Pinja Jalkanen, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Pieta...
Jun 24, 20251 min read


Women’s leadership in Yellow4FLAVI
We’d like to shine a spotlight on Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth, Coordinator of the Yellow4FLAVI Horizon Europe funded project and Head of...
Jun 2, 20253 min read


New Publication by LMU: Interferon-induced activation of dendritic cells and monocytes
Yellow Fever Vaccination: How Strong Immune Responses Are Triggered Researchers show how specific immune cells are activated by the...
May 23, 20252 min read


🔬 Omniscope Joins Yellow4FLAVI as 14th Partner with the European Commission’s Hop-On Initiative
🌍 We’re proud to announce that Omniscope, based in Malta, has joined Yellow4FLAVI through the Hop-On Facility, expanding our Horizon...
May 19, 20251 min read


Exploring Flavivirus Immunology: Insights from Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth’s Seminar
Last Wednesday 19th of March LWNVIVAT project held the first seminar in their series on emergent pathogens, with a special focus on...
Mar 26, 20252 min read


CIDEIM and AIGHD Researchers Explore Cali’s Vaccination Programme in Colombia to Enhance Vaccine Uptake Strategies
CIDEIM and AIGHD research teams, working on the social science component of Yellow4FLAVI, visited Cali’s vaccination programme in...
Mar 24, 20251 min read


Yellow4FLAVI Online General Assembly: One Year of Progress and Collaboration 🌟
Yesterday, we held our second online General Assembly , celebrating one year of progress since our kick-off meeting at Institut Pasteur...
Mar 19, 20252 min read


Social Sciences Partners (WP5) Meets in Colombia: Dr. Christopher Pell (AIGHD) Visits CIDEIM
In late January, Dr. Christopher Pell from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) visited the Yellow4FLAVI...
Mar 18, 20251 min read
Events


Yellow4FLAVI General Assembly, 18/09/2024
Following the Kick-Off Meeting in March 2024 and the monthly Steering Committee that took place online since May, 2024, the Online...
Aug 1, 2024


Scientific Work Packages Monthly Meetings
Each Scientific Work Package Team meets monthly since the Kick-Off Meeting in March 2024 to discuss the essential points needed to...
May 22, 2024


Steering Committee Monthly Meetings
The Yellow4FLAVI Steering Committee convenes its online meeting every third Monday of the month, a practice established since May 2024....
May 15, 2024


Yellow4FLAVI Kick-Off Meeting
The Yellow4FLAVI Kick-Off Meeting takes place on 21-22nd March, 2024 at Institut Pasteur, in Paris (Coordinator). This event gathers all...
Mar 21, 2024
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