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Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? ๐Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to โฌ2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? ๐Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...
15.09.2025 09:26 โ ๐ 92 ๐ 100 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 4
The summer break is over - weยดre back!
๐21st VAAM Industry-Academia Panel
๐Sept 18, 4 pm CEST, online
Topic "In Vitro Microbiome Models"
๐คMichael Schloter, TU Munich & Pabitra Nandy, Acaryon Berlin
๐Donโt miss it โ register now: t1p.de/6zzes
#VAAM #microbiology #microbiome #industry #academia
05.09.2025 12:52 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Well-deserved award: Gerhart in action ๐
01.09.2025 20:49 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
There is still some time left to apply for these two Group Leader positions in Plant Biology and Microbe-Plant Interactions. Spread the word, apply & become our colleague @johninnescentre.bsky.social
21.08.2025 09:58 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently...
A little gem here from Martin Schwartz, PhD the Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Cell Biology at Yale University
Felt good to read and share and I predict you just might have the same experience
16.08.2025 07:53 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships:
Expressions of interest can be submitted until 31 October 2025.
Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. โก๏ธ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
01.08.2025 09:06 โ ๐ 162 ๐ 195 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 15
Prachtvolle Dahlien in verschiedenen Farben blรผhen im Botanischen Garten. Auf schmalen Pfaden wandeln Besucherinnen dazwischen umher.
Unser Botanischer Garten ist Heimat vieler auรergewรถhnlicher Pflanzen: von prachtvollen Dahlien (das Bild zeigt sie in den 1980ern) bis zur Leberwurstblume und dem Trompetenbaum. Ab sofort kรถnnt ihr Patenschaften fรผr 60 verschiedene Pflanzen รผbernehmen. ๐๏ธ https://www.bogafreundeskreis.de/patenshop
14.07.2025 09:01 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
๐ Join us for our 20. (!) ๐
VAAM Industry-Academia Panel on
"Synthetic Microbiology Driven Drug Discovery"
We're excited to welcome:
๐ค Steven Schmitt - Myria Biosciences AG, Basel
๐ค Helge Bode - @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social, Marburg
๐
Thu July 17th, 4 PM CEST
๐ Register here: t1p.de/rqk1z
15.07.2025 09:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Emmy Noether Programme:
in English
Friday, 18. July 2025, 10-11:30 a.m. CET
#Prospects PhDs & postdocs of all disciplines note: Would you like to lead an independent junior research group? In our online talk you will get first-hand information about the aims and requirements of the DFG Emmy Noether Programme and more. Link to the meeting will be published here: fcld.ly/enp
09.07.2025 13:29 โ ๐ 37 ๐ 21 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 3
Weiรe Schrift auf rosa Hintergrund: "Millionenfรถrderung fรผr unsere Exzellenzcluster!"
Millionenfรถrderung fรผr unsere Exzellenzcluster! ๐ Wir gratulieren den Forschenden der Cluster CASA und @solvationsci.bsky.social zu ihrem verdienten Erfolg.
22.05.2025 16:41 โ ๐ 37 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Map of Germany with the Clusters of Excellence
The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with โฌ539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
22.05.2025 18:10 โ ๐ 116 ๐ 45 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 7
Netzausfall an der Ruhr-Universitรคt
Das Problem ist bekannt, an einer Lรถsung wird gearbeitet.
Aktuell kommt es zu Netzausfรคllen an der RUB. Sobald uns weitere Informationen vorliegen, werden wir dazu im Newsportal informieren. ๐
19.05.2025 14:30 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Job alert ๐ฆ ๐งช: We are looking for a postdoc (and PhD candidate!) to join our team at UCLouvain/de Duve institute in Brussels, Belgium. You will work on our ERC Starting Grant project aimed at characterizing cell cycle regulation in S. pneumoniae. More information here: dewachterlab.com/join-us/.
05.05.2025 12:56 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
*** Only a few days left to apply ***
Postdoc position at the University of Marburg (Germany), funded within our ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH"
Spatiotemporal regulation of cellular processes by CTP-switches in bacteria
Apply by 04 May: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...
01.05.2025 11:17 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 21 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The review process for the individual grants programmes โ how it works
Why is the DFG asking me to provide a review? Our Head Office invites suitably qualified and renowned national and international experts to review proposals submitted on specific research topics. We have compiled key reasons and practical information:
www.dfg.de/en/research-...
28.04.2025 09:13 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Registration is open, look forward to seeing you!
microbialrnameeting.com
15.04.2025 10:49 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Excited to host 900 microbiologists in Bochum
24.03.2025 12:02 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Congratulations to Luitpold Fried, winner of the 2025 VAAM Innovation Awardโจ๐ฅ!
At Bind-X GmbH, Friedยดs team optimized microbial calcite production for mining, road construction, and agriculture - reducing CO2 emissions and water usage by up to 90%.
๐https://t1p.de/qe1zk
#VAAM2025 #VAAMAward
21.03.2025 09:11 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We are ready to go to Bochum for the VAAM Annual Conference starting on Sunday and looking forward to seeing you soon๐คฉ!Have a good trip to Bochum - and note the construction word at Bochum main station ๐ค๏ธ.
vaam-kongress.de
#VAAM2025 #microbiology
21.03.2025 10:52 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Congratulations โจ๐to Dr Kathrin Froehlich, Jena on the VAAM Research Award 2025!๐
Her work on regulatory RNA molecules in bacteria shows how microbes use RNA to adapt to their environment and makes it possible to better understand and combat pathogens.
t1p.de/2ghut
#VAAM2025
20.03.2025 10:35 โ ๐ 32 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
The countdown for #VAAM2025 has started, just one week to go! Looking forward to see you in Bochum soon!
โก๏ธ Check all details here: vaam-kongress.de
14.03.2025 08:25 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
VAAM promotional picture
Just two weeks until #VAAM2025 ๐ฆ ๐คฉ
Meet us at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth ๐ or at the following posters and talks ๐ฉโ๐ซ:
Poster P-CM-103 (Monday): #BacDive
Poster P-MDE-143 (Monday): #LPSN
Poster P-OT-346 (Tuesday): #SILVA
Presentation (Monday lunch symposium): #StrainInfo
10.03.2025 08:11 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
07.03.2025 02:10 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
In addition to the inspiring main program
#VAAM2025 Annual Conference offers a variety of special events:
โก๏ธ VAAM Young Scientist Network
โฐ Monday 24.3., 12:30โ14:00
Check all details in the program: ๐https://t1p.de/4pz17
#VAAM #AnnualConference2025 #Microbiology
04.03.2025 13:45 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
DFG gibt Impulse fรผr neue Legislaturperiode
DFG gibt Impulse fรผr die 21. Legislaturperiode und benennt 10 Handlungsfelder fรผr die zentralen wissenschaftspolitischen Weichenstellungen, um die erkenntnisgeleitete Forschung wettbewerbsfรคhiger auch im internationalen Raum aufzustellen. 1/2
Kernthemen im รberblick ๐ฝ
www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
26.02.2025 10:07 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2
Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida. Stressing bacteria, pesting pathogens and folding RNA. Foodie, music lover and traveller who always dreams of Quebec on the plane.
Professor for Plant Cell Biology @ruhr-uni-bochum.de | #theustunlab | DFG Emmy Noether alumni | ERC StG #DIVERSIPHAGY | in ๐ with #proteostasis ๐บ๐ธ๐ช๐ธ๐ซ๐ท๐ฉ๐ช๐น๐ท๐ฎ๐น๐จ๐ณ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ He/Him
http://theustunlab.com/
@theustunlab.bsky.social
Professor of Biology at Portland State U.
Extreme Virologist - Astrovirologist
Opinions, Posts, Reposts and Privilege my own.
(he/him/his).
eXtreme Virus Lab - PI
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
Professor of Life Sciences & Director Global Health Institute @EPFL_en. Passionate about science ๐คฉ Views are my own.
Streptococcus pneumoniae cell biology at UCLouvain & de Duve Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Exploring how cyanobacteria changed the wO2rld, One oxygen molecule at a time!
Specifically on the early Earth as well as current day climate change effects on primary productivity (both C & N fixation), symbioses and secondary metabolite production.
Prof. and Head of Phage-host interactions (Phi) lab. Phage defences, counter-defences, CRISPR-Cas, toxin-antitoxin. FRSNZ / James Cook Fellow
Postdoc at Leibniz Uni Hannover @AGTschowri Interested in actinobacterial metabolism, mostly Streptomyces
RNAholic, Scientist, interested in architectural roles, packaging and binding codes
#RNA, #splicing, #condensates
"Dynamic Organization of Cellular Protein Machineries: From Biogenesis and Modular Assembly to Function"
Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) funded by the DFG at the University of Freiburg
Speaker: Chris Meisinger
http://sfb1381.uni-freiburg.de/imprint
Systems Microbiology @EMBL, combining high-throughput approaches & mechanism in bacteria, antibiotics, microbiome, infection, species diversity, cell envelope
https://www.embl.org/groups/typas/
Postdoc in bacterial systems biology in the Heilbronner lab, LMU. Previously Peschel lab and Brochado lab.
Microbiologist | PostDoc in @IMIB/ZINF Wuerzburg, working on pseudouridine modification and Ribo-seq in tiny organisms | AG Sharma
Lab Manager in the Bravo Lab @istaresearch.bsky.social
part of the Dynamic Duo with @belkoopal.bsky.social
microbes | defense systems | small proteins | cats
Assistant Professor of Environmental Microbiology at ETH Zurich | https://envmicrobiol.ethz.ch/
The Spectroscopy & Biocatalysis Group @ Uni Potsdam | DFG Heisenberg Fellow | Guest-Prof TU Berlin 2023/24 | Born at 338 ppm | Not a Strip Club
https://uni-potsdam.de/en/specbiocat | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZtfyzRoAAAAJ&hl=en
Molecular microbiology (Corynebacterium, Listeria), live biosensors and biotechnology of bacteriocins and other fancy peptides @ Ulm University
Experimental ecology and evolution | microbes | evolution of metabolic interactions | cooperation | bacterial multicellularity.
Bacterial cell biology and biochemistry | Professor at the University of Marburg, Germany