Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB)

Thinking of a PhD in life sciences? Join the Doctoral Insights Symposium — fully online & featuring 20 PhD programs from across Europe! 🌍 Hear from PIs, PhD students.

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A day well spent at the 2nd Life Sciences Postdoc Symposium. Thank you to our speakers Christian Tidona @biomedx.bsky.social, Eckhard Thines @unimainz.bsky.social, Marie-Theres Weil #BioNTech & Verawan Boonsanay-Michel #sanofi for their inspiring contributions. And of course to all our participants!

See you tomorrow 👋 Short notice registrations are still possible today via www.imb.de/postdoc-symposium25

🚀 Want to know what life as a PhD student in Europe is like?

Join the Doctoral Insights Symposium, an online event with 20 PhD programs. Hear from PIs, students in the life sciences.

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Happening next week, 26 June! And registration is still open
➡️ www.imb.de/postdoc-symposium25

🚀 Want to know what life as a PhD student in Europe is like?

Join the Doctoral Insights Symposium, an online event with 20 PhD programs & from PIs, students in the life sciences.

🔗 Free to register: www.doctoralinsights.at
#docinsights #phdprogram #lifesciences #gradschool #europe #symposium

2nd Life Sciences Postdoc Symposium Mainz - Connect, learn & grow with fellow postdocs & staff scientists from Mainz, Frankfurt, Darmstadt & the region! 🔬

26 June 2025
➡️ www.imb.de/postdoc-symposium25

Join us to strengthen your scientific network & exchange ideas with your peers.

#postdoclife

Some of our researchers took part in the workshop 'Using AI Assistants to Increase Productivity' by Daniel Mertens. We're grateful to the trainer for the insightful content & to the co-organizers for making it possible @sfb1361.bsky.social, @imbmainz.bsky.social @4r-rtg.bsky.social, SFB1552 & GenEvo

"I wanted to challenge myself to live outside of my home country, travel, learn a new language & explore Europe", says our IPP student Tina. "With the support of AG Mayer, IPP & the Transmed program, I look forward to making novel discoveries during my PhD."

Call is open now! More: www.imb.de/phd

(1/3) In conjunction with International Women’s Day, we organised a day of training and experience sharing tailored for our fantastic female PhDs and Postdocs.

It was a pleasure to co-organise this event with @4r-rtg.bsky.social, GenEvo, and @sfb1551.bsky.social.

#IWD2025 #Workshop #CareerPanel

As PhD students in the same research group Rebecca, Zeynep & Aysan explore different aspects of #immunology 🔬 "But it's not all about research!" they say. "The PhD journey also brings unforgettable experiences & friendships."

Our call is open now! More info via www.imb.de/phd

Congratulations! 👏

With numerous IMB directors, group leaders & core facility heads contributing, the @sfb1551.bsky.social – Polymer Concepts in Cellular Function aims to build an interdisciplinary think tank for polymer & life scientists. This CRC explores how polymer science principles apply to biological systems.

HELAU 🎉

Yesterday, we participated in the #Mainz Carnival alongside the @sfb1551.bsky.social! This was an amazing experience, and with over 600,000 people watching, it was a fantastic way to show how fun science can be!

You can find the recording here, starting at 45:50 👉 shorturl.at/41alV

📢 Save the Date! - Join us for the IMB & SFB 1361 Conference – The Evil Within: Regulation and Repair of Endogenous DNA Damage!

📅 Date: 10-13 March 2026

More infos via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026
@sfb1361.bsky.social

Thank you for your visit at IMB #ABclonal 👋

To foster connections and spark new ideas, delegates of the Korea-EU Collaboration Research Project visited IMB last week. We hosted a symposium where group leaders from IMB, @sfb1361.bsky.social and #UNIST came together to discuss, network and explore future collaborations.

The summer call of our International PhD programme is open! 📢

Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍

www.imb.de/phd

Every step in research helps us learn more about #cancer and move closer to better prevention and treatment. #WorldCancerDay #CancerResearch

Bye bye 👋 Please take good care of them @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social 🥰

Artistic illustration of a researcher examining an intrinsically disordered protein

Reliable analysis of #IntrinsicallyDisorderedProteins: Researchers of #MainzUniversity and @embl.org Hamburg present new approach to determine the form of disordered proteins by using two different methods simultaneously in a single sample 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/reliable-ana... @imbmainz.bsky.social

Check out our recent work on CDS #m6A mediated RNA decay (CMD)! Decay relies on ribosome pausing at m6A containing codons. Great collab with the Zarnack lab & colleagues. Thank you @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social , @imbmainz.bsky.social and RMap🥳

www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

We will miss you!

Ready for 2025? 🔬🤗 Screenshot our #Bingo card and tag us if you get five in a row this year.

#imbmainz

Minds of Mainz – Der Gutenberg-Talk. Forschungspodcast der Uni Mainz

🎧 HÖRTIPP: #Forschungspodcast #MindsOfMainz – #DerGutenbergTalk | Folge 13: Feinde im Kopf. Neurodegenerativen Erkrankungen auf der Spur | mit Prof. Dorothee Dormann 👉 www.magazin.uni-mainz.de/minds-of-mai... #NeurodegenerativeErkrankungen #Biochemie #Zellbiologie
@imbmainz.bsky.social

Minds of Mainz – Der Gutenberg-Talk. Forschungspodcast der Uni Mainz

🎧 HÖRTIPP: #Forschungspodcast #MindsOfMainz – #DerGutenbergTalk | Folge 8: #Transposons – Müll, Bedrohung oder unterschätzte Alleskönner in unserer #DNA? | mit Jessica Leismann 👉 www.magazin.uni-mainz.de/minds-of-mai... #Genetik #Genom #Biologie #Molekularbiologie #Forschung @imbmainz.bsky.social

Congrats to Dr Claudia Keller Valsecchi, on receiving the prestigious Friedrich Miescher Award 2025, shared with Prof. Li Tang (EPFL Lausanne). Switzerland's highest distinction for scientists under 40, awarded for outstanding achievements in #biochemistry 👏👏 @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social

Our König lab, in collaboration with the Zarnack lab at #UniWürzburg (previously Goethe University Frankfurt), discovered how m6A #RNAmodifications in the mRNA coding region slow translation & trigger a highly efficient mRNA degradation pathway. @cellpress.bsky.social

www.imb.de/about-imb/ne...

Postdoc Retreat last week 🤗 Thank you to our speakers Holger Richly from Boehringer Ingelheim, Rebecca Matthes from Abbvie and Evelyn Rossmann from Biomindz for your inspirational talks on career development from academia to industry 👏

We love this community.
#imbmainz #postdoclife

Claudia Keller Valsecchi was announced as a new #EMBO Young Investigator. Claudia joins nearly 800 current & former members all over the world & will receive funding & support for networking, training & other career development activities over the next four years.

Congratulations! 💐