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Collage of four photos from the DZIF PEG 2026 meeting in Bonn. Top left: me standing in front of my poster. Bottom left: a conference slide displayed in the lecture hall reading “DZIF/PEG Joint Meeting 2026, Bonn.” Top right: view from the first floor down into the foyer with tables, catering, and conference participants networking. Bottom right: me and my Spanish colleague smiling and holding churros during a break.

Very convenient way to a conference - tram from home directly to the venue 🚋

Thanks for two great days at #DZIFPEG2026 in Bonn. It was especially nice to reconnect with collaborating labs and meet new colleagues in #infectionbiology and #AMR.

Bonus for me and my Spanish colleague: churros! 😄

On #WorldNTDDay, I’m arriving in Berlin for a seminar on effective altruism and how to choose a career that actually makes a difference.
A good moment to think about neglected diseases, among other overlooked global challenges.
#EndTheNeglect

Blick über die Spree auf den Berliner Fernsehturm. Die Ufer sind schnee- und eisbedeckt, der Himmel ist weißgrau. Die Turmspitze ist wolkenverhangen.

Blick von oben auf einen Tisch in einem Café mit Avocadobrot und kleinem Beilagensalat sowie einer großen Tasse Milchkaffee mit der Aufschrift „Berliner Kaffeerösterei“. Dahinter liegt eine Bauchtasche, am rechten Bildrand ist Schnee draußen zu sehen.

Danke für die Vorwarnung! War gerade keine Minute aus dem Hbf raus, da sehe ich schon den ersten Sturz.

Berlin wirkt aber ungewöhnlich ruhig und ich hab es ohne Unfall in ein (sehr nahes) Café geschafft.

Künstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung

DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung.

Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.

While a week #WAAW of focusing on #AMR has come to an end, the fight against the silent pandemic continues.
100 faces against AMR! (by DNAMR)
#WAAW2025 #AMR #OneHealth #HealthForAll
@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social

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I zoomed in so you can actually see my euphonium - a rather unknown instrument (at least here).

November is always a busy month: St. Martin’s parades, Christmas markets and our annual concert - I just got back from our dress rehearsal. But I'm looking forward to our concert tomorrow! 2/2

Collage of two photos: on the left, the Bonn Christmas market at Sterntor with the orchestra stage in view; on the right, me playing the euphonium.

While facing deadlines, writing grants, revising a paper and wondering whether I'll still have a job in 2026 #IchbinHanna, it was such a welcome change to officially open the Christmas market in #Bonn with our orchestra yesterday. #LifeOutsideTheLab #PostdocLife 1/2

Der angeblich neue Beatles-Song (, der kein echter Beatles-Song ist, sondern ein Fan-Projekt)?

Genau mein Gedanke. Ein 95€-Dinner bringt die Uni kaum näher an den Alltag der (meisten) Menschen. Das wirkt eher exklusiv als bürgernah.

Europe not on track to meet four of five AMR targets New data from the ECDC shows the threat of antimicrobial resistance, known as ‘the silent killer’, continues to rise across the EU

The EU/EEA is off track in meeting four of its five antimicrobial resistance targets.
#WAAW #AntimicrobialResistance #AntimicrobialResistanceAwarenessWeek
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💙It’s #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek!

80 years ago, penicillin changed modern medicine - but how does it work? And how do bacteria resist?

👉Read more to learn how the IOI protects our life-saving antibiotics: ineosoxford.shorthandstories.com/80-years-of-...

#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking

Jane Goodall has died. What a wonderful, inspiring life. RIP, Dr. Jane Goodall.

#RIPJaneGoodall

View of the blue sea under a blue sky.

View of the Sicilian coast with clear blue sea, dark volcanic rocks, and a terrace with white lounge chairs and umbrellas.

Greetings from the #GreatWallSymposium in beautiful Sicily! 🌊☀️ Inspiring talks, great people, and the perfect backdrop of sunshine and sea - science is even more fun with this view!
Check out poster 15 to learn about the cell wall mystery of #Wolbachia.

#GWS2025 #antibiotics #ScienceByTheSea

Would be interested to hear about the experience if a short summary is possible. 😊

📑 On the very same day as my birthday defense, I also received reviewer comments for the 4. and final PhD paper (the first 3 already published). Reviewer 1 accepted outright, Reviewer 2 only had minor suggestions – what a cool extra birthday gift. 🎁 (4/4)

#AcademicLife #PeerReview #AcademicChatter

🔬 My PhD research focused on how #antibiotics affect #Wolbachia - an intracellular bacterium essential for filarial worms and unusual for lacking a classical #peptidoglycan. 🧪

Thanks to everyone who has been part of this journey! (3/4)

#Microbiology #CellWall #AMR #AcademicSky

When they placed the hat on my head, they sang happy birthday for me. 🎶
In Germany, it’s a tradition that colleagues craft a unique doctoral hat for the graduate – mine is the best! :D
But I received so many wonderful gifts, including a photo book capturing my PhD journey. 📖💚 (2/4)

#HappyBirPhDay

I am wearing a big smile, white T-shirt and my self-made doctoral hat. I am standing in front of a bookshelf in the institute's seminar room. In Germany, it is a tradition that colleagues craft a unique doctoral hat for the PhD graduate. The hat has lots of details on top, prominently including small cell culture flasks. On the front, it reads "Dr. Lara".

Collage consisting of 6 pictures. Upper row: 1. My supervisor hands me a gift bag for children which reads "Schulende" (end of school). It is a self-made bag and usually reads "Schulstart" (beginning of school). 2. The lecture hall with green chairs and a green ceiling wall. 3. Me and others laughing and holding glasses of champagne. Lower row: 4. The room with some of the people who were there standing and sitting. 5. Picture taking directly after they placed the doctoral hat on me. My arms are close to the hat - it was heavy and I was afraid that it would fall. 6. Gift table with flowers, the doctoral hat and a big box with lots of different snacks and a photo book about my time as a PhD student. In the middle is a lab-themed card which was drawn by another PhD student.

🎓 PhD milestone – on my birthday! 🎉
Two weeks ago, I defended my PhD in Pharmacy on my 28th birthday (coincidence, but unforgettable!). A full lecture hall, friends & colleagues from abroad joining online, and afterwards a big celebration at our institute. (1/4)

#PhDone #BirthdayDefense #PhDSky

📣 We are pleased to announce that recruitment for 2025-26 Crowd Preprint Reviewers & Leads is open!

📝 The goal of the Crowd Preprint Review initiative is to provide an engaging environment for researchers to participate in giving feedback on preprints and support public reviews of preprints.

Spinger Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro

New from The Strain Team:
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊

Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).

Gross! 😀 1/n

#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky

Es ist alles sehr bizarr

A poster shows a cyclist riding in a bike lane separated from car traffic. The text reads: “The world would be better with more cycling lanes that PROTECT CYCLISTS. Yet very few roads have them!”

Did you know❓ Cycle lanes account for just 0.2% of the current road infrastructure.

It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians & cyclists first 👉 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsforLife

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We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international)

We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc.

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Warum stand dieses Geld denn nicht vorher zur Verfügung für all die Forschenden, die schon hier sind? Warum kommt es erst jetzt darauf an, attraktive Jobs (mit längeren Vertragslaufzeiten) zu schaffen? Wer sind "the best and the brightest"? Bitte nicht antworten, ich muss im Bad die Wand anbrüllen.

Auditorium of the Wolbachia conference. The slide shows "Welcome Remark, and Information from the Organizing Committee"

Thanks @symbionticism.bsky.social
It was a long journey - after 28 h I arrived at the Welcome Reception yesterday (there was Saki!).

And here we go #WolbachiaConference2025!

#Wolbachia

A disinfectant wipe I got at ESCMID Global last year. It says "See you next year! Vienna, Austria 12-15 April 2025"

Therefore, I unfortunately won’t make it to #ESCMIDGlobal this year but found this while packing. Enjoy Vienna! #ESCMID2025

So excited to be on my way to Okinawa for the #WolbachiaConference2025! Looking forward to great science and (re)connecting with old and new #Wolbachia peers. 🌸

Bis ich heut gecheckt hab, woher die ganzen Raumfahrtwitze kommen, hatten andere schon die ersten Anträge eingereicht 🤪