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From single cells to intricately constructed colonies - bacteria are multicellular wonders! An interdisciplinary research effort to unravel the intricate paths, regulation systems and structures behind the multifaceted forms of bacterial multicellularity

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The what, when, where, and why of wrinkly morphology in biofilms Wrinkling is a striking emergent behavior that occurs in microbial biofilms across many species. The phenomenon originates from an intricate interplay between e

The what, when, where, and why of wrinkly morphology in biofilms

-in Biophysics Rev

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25.07.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We loved hearing @khammerschmidt.bsky.social talk about evolution at the #MultiBac2025 conference this January - check out the @asm.org report on the origins of early microbial life!

24.06.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A very interesting study by @cyanofur.bsky.social Lab on biofilm formation by filamentous #Cyanobacteria Nostoc

Could be interesting for @spp2389.bsky.social

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23.06.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats to @mcaroec.bsky.social on winning a talk prize at #BACELL2025 !

19.06.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #SPP2389 associated PhD student Luis gave a great talk on the effects of experimental evolution on Streptomyces aggregates and colonies at the #ISBA2025 !

19.06.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another #SPP2389 PhD student Martha with a great talk on phase transitions in B. subtilis macrocolonies!
Thanks again to @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social for capturing the moment! #BACELL2025

18.06.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of our SPP PhD students Lena presented her research on cannibalism in B. subtilis biofilms at the #BACELL2025 today!
Thanks to @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social for snapping a pic!

17.06.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Only 2 more days until the ISBA! Genna's looking forward to 5 days of nothing but actinomycetes and the beautiful North Sea.
Tot snel!

www.universiteitleiden.nl/isba2025

13.06.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Antimicrobial efflux and biofilms: an interplay leading to emergent resistance evolution The biofilm mode of growth and drug efflux are both important factors that impede the treatment of bacterial infections with antimicrobials. Decades of work have uncovered the mechanisms involved in b...

Antimicrobial efflux and biofilms: an interplay leading to emergent resistance evolution

@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social from Rosalind Allen, Frank Schreiber groups (within @spp2389.bsky.social and @microverse.bsky.social)

www.cell.com/trends/micro...

23.05.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only a few more weeks until the Long Night of Science (Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften) here in Dresden!

www.wissenschaftsnacht-dresden.de

22.05.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bacterial colony biopsies: Spatial discrimination of heterogeneous cell types by cytometric fingerprinting Colonies of pure bacterial strains are highly dense cellular structures organised in distinct and typical arrangements. The size, shape and variability of bacterial colonies are strongly species-d...

Bacterial colony architecture is heavily influenced by the strain and its environment - how can we study the spatial organization of these heterogeneous groups?
Susann MΓΌller's group developed a method for biopsies on the microscale!
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07.05.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We heard Stefan talk about his work on multicellularity in Stenotrophomonas at our conference this January, check out his latest preprint!

05.05.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Evolution and origins of multicellularity across the tree of life The study of the origins and evolution of multicellularity in different lineages has recently captured the attention of many research groups and is fueling the generation of numerous innovative resea…

The page for the EMBO multicellularity meeting organized by @multicellgenome.bsky.social , @martaalvarez.bsky.social and colleagues is online! #multicellularity #protists

meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul...

19.04.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Petition DSMZ, bring back TYGS DSMZ, bring back TYGS

The Type Strain Genome Server (TYGS) is struggling due to system problems and resource distribution - help save this widely used and crucial taxonomic tool!

www.ipetitions.com/petition/dsm...

22.04.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Publications A list of publications from the participating SPP 2389 groups sorted by publication year and last name of the corresponding group leader(s).

From cell-cell communication in cyanobacteria to unraveling bacterial biofilm structures - check out all of the publications from our groups!

tu-dresden.de/mn/biologie/...

15.04.2025 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And a special thanks to all of our invited speakers!
Akos Kovacs
Roberto Kolter
Nicola Stanley-Wall
Tanmay Bharat
Carolina Trenado-Yuste
Cynthia Whitchurch
Daniel Dar
Kevin Foster
Enrique Flores Garcia
Marie Elliot
Tam Mignot
GΓΌrol SΓΌel

10.04.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How could we forget you and your wonderful biofilms! 😱

10.04.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When the pressure is on, Archaea go multicellular! A new @science.org study reveals surprising organizational capacity in archaea.

πŸžβ€œIt’s like rising sourdough loaf”: tinyurl.com/yc2nxmr6

#Archaea #Multicellularity @archaeon-alex.bsky.social @tbharat-lab.bsky.social @vikramalva.bsky.social

09.04.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Throwback Thursday to our international conference in January!
120 PhD students, PIs, and guest speakers met in Berlin to present their amazing research on multicellular bacteria (and some archaea!)
Congratulations to our poster prize winners Ruth Viveros, Miriam Epping, and Danielle Lange!

10.04.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi everyone and welcome to our profile for the DFG-funded SPP 2389 on emergent functions of bacterial multicellularity!

A lot has happened recently and we're looking forward to sharing all things bacteria, biofilms, and beyond with all of you!

Genna & Matthias

03.04.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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