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Job opening: Professorship for Molecular Pharmacology at Marburg University, Germany.

We seek a scientifically outstanding researcher in the field of epithelial biology in inflammation, regeneration, and/or cancer.

stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/0...

Exciting news:
Our RNA community in @uniregensburg.bsky.social is set to grow!

We are opening a Junior Group Leader position in RNA biochemistry / ribonucleases / RNA stability. A great opportunity to start your own team within our collaborative RNA network.

Details & application 👇

RNA Splicing Lab - JOIN US Are you interested in investigating basic mechanisms in splicing regulation and gene expression? Our research group was launched in September 2024 and is hosted at the Institute of Molecular Infection...

We have an open position for a #PhD student (last week to apply!) & a lab technician/TA. For more information see: www.beuschlab.org/join-us
Interested in understanding post-transcriptional regulation and how #RNA #splicing decisions are made? Then take a look or share with people who might be! 🧪🧫

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Looking for a truly unique PhD programme on RNA drugs and therapeutics? We have just opened the call for the second cohort of RNAmed-Future leaders in RNA-based medicine. More details under www.rnamed.de Please spread the word.

GBM Lunch on Feb. 25, 2026, 12:30 PM
Speaker: Francesca Tuorto (@francescatuorto.bsky.social, Universität Heidelberg)
Title: “Advances in functional understanding of queuosine-tRNA modification”
Chair: Nina Bonekamp (Universität Heidelberg)
Organized by the GBM Young Investigators
#GBMLunch

New paper from my group in @science.org : "A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesise itself and its complementary strand" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Outstanding work by @edogia.bsky.social

Working at HIRI At the HIRI, we do not just value excellent research. Short distances, an open door policy, and a good working atmosphere—this is what distinguishes us from others. Have a look at our current job…

🧬 Shape the future of #RNA-based infection research!
We are inviting applications for @helmholtz.de Junior Research Group Leader Positions (f/m/d). 👉 Apply by February 15 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...
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Maßnahmen zur Karriereförderung von Wissenschaftlerinnen Vor dem Hintergrund der deutschlandweiten Unterrepräsentanz und von der weiterhin bestehenden strukturellen Benachteiligung von Wissenschaftlerinnen auf Leitungsebene können Karrierefördermaßnahmen de...

Zur Förderung der Frauen in der Wissenschaft bietet die DFG zusätzliche Karrieremaßnahmen an, die über die Chancengleichheitspauschale finanziert werden können. Ziel ist es, Sichtbarkeit zu erhöhen, Qualifikation zu stärken und weitere Karriereschritte zu unterstützen. #WomenInScience
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#PhDPosition open — #RibosomeBiology & #Translation QC
📍 JGU Mainz, Germany
🗓️ Apply by 10 Mar 2026 (or until filled)
🔗 Full details + project options:
👉 ak-winz.pharmazie.uni-mainz.de/jobs/

Happy to announce our RTG 2355 International Conference “Regulatory landscapes of RNA: From code to control”, Sept 14-16, 2026 in Giessen, Germany. Topics cover #RNA as messenger, recruiting platform, sponge, regulator & sensor. 👉tinyurl.com/rtg2355conf

Save the date – registration opens May 1!

Specific activation instead of continuous operation: How bacteria save energy and what this means for antibiotic resistances Researchers in the Cluster of Excellence “Balance of the Microverse” at the University of Jena decipher a key mechanism of antibiotic resistance pumps

Researchers of @hellmichgroup.bsky.social at #UniJena Cluster of Excellence @microverse.bsky.social have deciphered a key mechanism of antibiotic resistance. They showed how the bacterium applies the energy required to transport the drug out of its cell.

➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/381040/sp...

🚨We are looking for a coordinator located at @uni-wuerzburg.de for our new excellence cluster NUCLEATE - Cluster of Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies 👇
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/03...
Deadline: Jan 31 st, 2026

If you are a #PhD candidate and want to attend #Biochemistry2026 (veranstaltungen.gdch...), make sure to apply for our meeting award, which comes with 500 € for the attendance and a free year of membership in @gdchbiochem.bsky.social
en.gdch.de/network-s...

Professurship (W2) in Microbiology - Regensburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with Universität Regensburg | 12851113 UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   The Faculty of Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine invites applications for a   Professurship (W2) in Microbiology   To be...

A new year brings new opportunities: we are looking to fill a permanent professorship position with a Microbiologist preferably with expertise on archaeal biology, RNA biology or imaging techniques to unravel cell biology in prokaryotes! Please share and/or apply :)! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

That’s great news. mRNA vaccines are game changers-hopefully 2026 brings us more of these discoveries.

Thanks to all who provide these illustrations for free - it helps so much for teaching etc! It’s like a Christmas present again and again ☺️

a close up of a green and white sponge with purple spots Alt: A green and white sea sheep grazes on a green lawn of algae on a surface underwater.

This is the "SEA SHEEP" (Costasiella kuroshimae) & it took the old axiom: "you are what you eat" VERY literally.

It eats algae & rather than just digest them, it harvests the chloroplasts & becomes PHOTOSYNTHETIC. Solar slug!

Also, some of its cousins can rip their own heads off.

Intramacrophage RIL-seq uncovers an RNA antagonist of the Salmonella virulence-associated small RNA PinT Abstract. Salmonella virulence chiefly relies upon two major pathogenicity islands, SPI-1 and SPI-2, which enable host cell invasion and intracellular surv

RIL-seq boosts the study of sRNAs. Here comes its first application to intracellular bacteria. Plus, 10 years after its characterization, we now present an RNA sponge of Salmonella PinT.
Congrats to @kooshapour.bsky.social & great collaboration w/ @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Toward community-driven visual proteomics with large-scale cryo-electron tomography of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Using the latest advances in instrumentation and computational workflows, Kelley et al. present a large-scale annotated cryo-electron tomography dataset of the model green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. This unprecedented community resource is rich in high-resolution biological information and empowers the development of new methods for visual proteomics.

Online Now: Toward community-driven visual proteomics with large-scale cryo-electron tomography of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Online now:

Are you interested in cutting-edge #Biochemistry and #ChemBio? Join us for the GDCh #Biochemistry2026 conference in Würzburg on March 16th to 18th, 2026.

Registration is now open and you can submit an abstract until January 10th, 2026: veranstaltungen.gdch...
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis overcomes phosphate starvation by extensively remodelling its lipidome with phosphorus-free lipids - Nature Communications Here, the authors show that Mycobacterium tuberculosis manipulates lipid metabolism to overcome host restriction, by remodelling its lipidome and utilising host lipids as an alternative phosphate sour...

We’re excited to share our latest study that reshapes our understanding of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) lipid composition, with major implications for drug discovery, immunity, and vaccine development.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Proud to bring together so many excellent invited speakers for our RTG 2355 International Conference next September, and looking forward to welcoming you @jlugiessen.bsky.social!
👉 tinyurl.com/rtg2355conf

Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to become part of the SCALE community! Several professorships and group leader positions are available at Goethe University and FIAS. We are looking for professors in the fields of molecular microbiology, cellular biochemistry, and molecular biochemistry.

Looking for a POSTDOC to work on jumbo phages (those with large genomes and fascinating cell biology), using our latest ASO technology (Gerovac M et al. 2025 Nature) to define RNA export mechanisms as well as to help to advance phage therapy. Here's the job ad.

Website and registration for the INSERM workshop on "Modern Methods in Molecular Parasitology" are now live! Open to all interested! Fantastic programme! ateliersinserm.dakini-pco.com/en

GBM Lunch on December 17, 12:30 PM (CET)
We’re excited to welcome Mikel Garcia-Marcos (Boston University) presenting: “The Secret Life of G Proteins”
Session chair: Tassula Proikas-Cezanne (@unituebingen.bsky.social)
Organized by the GBM Study Group Autophagy.
#GBMLunch #Autophagy #GProteins

The story of how multiple RBPs cooperate to repress translation is now out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social by @marcopayr.bsky.social and in a great collaboration with @hennig-lab.bsky.social!

www.cell.com/cell-reports...

It’s out 🥳🥳. Amazing new insights into Paraspeckles by SMART 3D STED imaging. Paraspeckles can be polar and fuse and have an interesting loop that contacts the nucleoplasm. Kudos to @heilemannlab.bsky.social, Sjoerd Stallinga and Bernd Rieger.