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Meina Neumann-Schaal

@meina.bsky.social

Scientist at DSMZ, Germany, Biochemist, Mass Spec Enthusiast, Mum, views are my own

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Our colleagues described 28 new bacterial species 🦠and named them all after female microbiologists πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬. Read more in the press release linked below πŸ‘‡ and also check out @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social's social media Christmas calendar introducing the honored scientists and the bacteria named after them.

13.12.2024 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Priority Programme β€œEmergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity” (SPP 2389)

New Announcement of the DFG (German Research Foundation) for the second three-year funding period of SPP 2389| Priority Programme β€œEmergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity” (SPP 2389)

Deadline 31.03.2025.
For details see below:
www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...

18.11.2024 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cool webinar on 22 Nov at 16:00 CET.

Calling all #FEMSMicrobiolEcol enthusiasts! Join our webinar on Microbial Impacts of #ClimateChange with Max HΓ€ggblom & expert speakers Cornelia U Welte, Susanne Liebner, and Joel E Kostka on 22 Nov!

Free registration here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

18.11.2024 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯³ A tuneable minimal cell membrane reveals that two lipid species suffice for life: www.nature.com/articles/s41... We chemically minimized the membrane of the Minimal Cell...they survived, but with some interesting shapes, like this 'Death Star' phenotype @jcvi.bsky.social @jcv.bsky.social

13.11.2024 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

Uh, I just saw your tweet. I always have a good coffee in my office.

15.11.2024 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biotechnological and pharmaceutical potential of twenty-eight novel type strains of Actinomycetes from different environments worldwide Actinomycetes are a prolific source of bioactive natural compounds many of which are used as antibiotics or other drugs. In this study we investigated…

There’s still a huge gender gap in bacteria named after male or female scientists.
With this collaborative effort by Imen Nouioui and Yvonne Mast @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social, we tried to close the gap (a little bit): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

31.10.2024 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A diagram of the plant chemical caffeine next to three roasted coffee beans. Source: The Nutrition Source at Harvard

A diagram of the plant chemical caffeine next to three roasted coffee beans. Source: The Nutrition Source at Harvard

Caffeine is so important in plant defense that its occurrence in at least 60 different plant species evolved independently. Instead of 1 biochemical path to coffee, there are at least 12 pathways that evolved by exaptation - reusing existing pathways for a new outcome. Have a cup of coffee!

17.10.2024 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 318    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 12
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Summer, Sunday morning, coffee, strawberries and two happy cats. Lifeβ€˜s good.

21.07.2024 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Expanding the cultivable human archaeome: Methanobrevibacter intestini sp. nov. and strain Methanobrevibacter smithii GRAZ-2 from human feces https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.15.594450v1 Two mesophilic, hydrogenotrophic methanogens, WWM1085 and M. smithii GRAZ-2 were isolated from human

Expanding the cultivable human archaeome: Methanobrevibacter intestini sp. nov. and strain Methanobrevibacter smithii GRAZ-2 from human feces https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.15.594450v1

17.05.2024 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🧫🦠πŸ§ͺ

24.02.2024 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Still time to apply for a fully-funded @NLD_BBSRCDTP #PhD in my lab @nubiosciences, looking at #Cdiff #BugSlayer - deadline 15th Jan! @CBCB_Newcastle @MIHDNewcastle
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Get in touch to know more or discuss your application! Pls share! #findaPhD #phdchat

10.01.2024 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

My group offers a broad variety of services in microbiology, chemotaxonomy and biochemistry, both as a paid service (not-for-profit) or in our many collaborations worldwide. If you need support or want to discuss open questions, contact us at Leibniz institute DSMZ 🦠🧫πŸ§ͺ

10.01.2024 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A photographed winter scenery with the words BacDive 2023 winter update overlayed.

A photographed winter scenery with the words BacDive 2023 winter update overlayed.

The BacDive 2023 winter update is here, featuring 4,080 new strains and more than 700,000 new data fields filled! 🦠🧫
Read more: bacdive.dsmz.de/news

The BacDive team wishes everyone a happy holiday season and a good start to the new year!

21.12.2023 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Microbe of the Year 2024 / VAAM - Vereinigung fΓΌr Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie e.V. Die VAAM fΓΆrdert den wissenschaftlichen Informationsaustausch und die Zusammenarbeit ihrer Mitglieder, mit dem Ziel, Forschungsergebnisse der Mikrobiologie zum Wohl der Gesellschaft und der Umwelt um...

Microbe of the year 2024: Candidatus Electronema - a living power cable:

vaam.de/en/website-m...

#microsky 🦠🧫 #vaam

21.12.2023 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BacDive has been added to ELIXIR Core Data Resources! #ELIXIRCDRs are European #lifescience data resources that are important to biological and biomedical research and long-term preservation of biological data.

Check @ELIXIREurope’s news release: elixir-europe.org/news/resourc...

14.12.2023 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Itβ€˜s always great fun to work with Ingrid and Başak. Our last joint project before they left the DSMZ.

28.11.2023 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2-factor #proofofcat

28.11.2023 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Signaling in #archaea is poorly understood: here, we characterized a GPN loop GTPAse of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, which interacts with the PP2A.

Great collaboration with Lukas Korf and Lars-Oliver Essen from the University of Marburg. Congrats to Xing!
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

24.11.2023 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A. Murat Eren (Meren) - Understanding the Biodiversity of an Ecosystem Under Stress | S03 MVIF23
Title of the presentation: Understanding the Biodiversity of an Ecosystem Under Stress: Tales from Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesSpeaker: A. Murat Eren (Meren)M... A. Murat Eren (Meren) - Understanding the Biodiversity of an Ecosystem Under Stress | S03 MVIF23

Last week I gave a talk at the Microbiome Virtual International Forum (@microbiomevif.bsky.social): 'Understanding the Biodiversity of an Ecosystem Under Stress: Tales from Inflammatory Bowel Diseases'.

It's now on YouTube if you'd like to hear my annoying voice.

21.11.2023 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

#PhD position available:

Interested in volatile #organosulfur compounds and how they are cycled in the #marine environment? PhD opportunity in Eileen Kroeber's lab @MarineMicrobio

career.mpi-bremen.de/jobposting/1...

#sciencejobs #STEM #marinescience #cooljobs

21.11.2023 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rebecca Corrigan and I are advertising a fully funded PhD studentship (to start Oct '24) - deadline Jan 7th. We'll be focusing on the interplay between the stringent response and sporulation in C. diff. Get in touch if you have any questions!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

19.11.2023 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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