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Diagnostics, Communication and Networking – The Best of the TBFVnet Project
A network of labs that study and survey Tick-Borne Flaviviruses
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Are we more exposed to new viral outbreaks? Addressing the risk with a one-health approach.
Recent outbreaks of viruses such as Chikungunya, Zika, Yellow Fever, West Nile Fever, or Dengue, as well as the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, have found us unprepared and vulnerable.
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Meet Our Partners
In a series of short videos, we hear directly from our partners and the roles of their institutes and research teams on the TBFVnet project.
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Regional Workshop
The second TBFVnet regional seminar was held at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in Trieste, Italy on 26-28 March 2023.
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Viruses and brain health
The brain is perhaps the organ that most characterizes our species. It can think about itself or wonder about its origin. But, this fascinating organ can be damaged. Sometimes these affect people’s mental health, while others affect the neurological system itself.
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TBFVnet researchers shed new light on flavivirus biology
In 2022 TBFVnet published two research papers. The first one was about new possible antivirals against flaviviruses. The second one was about the implementation of a research tool to study TBEV biology.
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An October dedicated to European Youth Goals
Each year, young scientists from ICGEB Member States undertake research in the laboratories of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. Youth, essential to nurturing a brighter and more equitable future, constitutes the backbone of the ICGEB’s training programmes that have been operating for over three decades across the world.
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Studying abroad can advance your career and life
Maria Juul Diekmann has always had a huge passion for human health. She was always interested in infectious diseases. This is what motivated her to study medical and molecular biology and, at the end, to move abroad for doing her final thesis.
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The TBFVnet project grows with new partners
The war in Ukraine is reaching every aspect of our society. Science aims to be the champion of international coopreation. As such it is deeply influenced by politics and sadly by war.
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Is science really immune to war?
The war in Ukraine is reaching every aspect of our society. Science aims to be the champion of international coopreation. As such it is deeply influenced by politics and sadly by war.
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The TBFVnet project video is out
TBFVnet project video features Alessandro Marcello and Tea Carletti from ICGEB to present all the different aspect of this project.
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How science can make safer a mountain walk
Tick-borne diseases can be a dangerous for anyone in endemic regions. Project like TBFVnet can give solution to prevent and treat these diseases.
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The NS1 ELISA has been tested on the TBE virus
TBFVnet partner from NIPH leaded by Åshild K Andreassen implemented the NS1 ELISA test to detect TBE virus.
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TBE vaccine failure explained
Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine could fail in protect vaccinated people. Even if this happen rarely it represent a major issue for health. TBFVnet’s russian partner investigated the reason for TBE vaccine failure highlighting two principal causes.
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International Scientific Cooperation Can Boost the Knowledge Society
Tick-borne diseases represent a big risk for humans engaged in outdoor activities. Ticks can carried pathogens such as flaviviruses that can cause severe diseases like tick-borne encephalitis. However, with proper action we can effectively protect ourselves.
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Better clothes, much safer. Protect yourself from tick-borne disease
Tick-borne diseases represent a big risk for humans engaged in outdoor activities. Ticks can carried pathogens such as flaviviruses that can cause severe diseases like tick-borne encephalitis. However, with proper action we can effectively protect ourselves.
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The TBFVnet project is now online
The TBFVnet project represents a network of laboratories that aim to study and survey tick-borne flaviviruses, involving six institutes across Central Europe, at the heart of the endemic region. In December 2020 the tbfvnet.eu website has been launched.
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A new strategy to detect flaviviruses
A paper published by the Molecular Virology Group, ICGEB Trieste, Italy, presents a new strategy to diagnose flaviviruses infection in patient sera. This work is pivotal for the TBFVnet project as starting point to develop new assays for tick-borne flaviviruses.
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A new tool to study TBEV
The Laboratory of Arbovirology, Veterinary Research Institute, Czech Republic, recently developed a new tool that can boost the search for new antiviral agents and detect neutralising antibodies for TBEV. The Group has engineered TBEV with mCherry fluorescent protein to be used in in vitro screening.
A network of laboratories that study and survey Tick-Borne FlaviViruses