FDA approves first new kind of drug to target gonorrhea in decades The bacterium that causes gonorrhea has developed resistance to nearly every antibiotic used against it

#FDA has approved a new 1st-in-class oral antibiotic for the treatment of #gonorrhea, which has been making its way through the armamentarium of available antibiotics. Nuzolvence was brought to market through a private-public partnership involving @gardp.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2025/12/12/f...

The 35th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Virology will take place in Heidelberg from March 17 to March 20, 2026. We have an exciting programme and look forward to welcome you here!

Registration and Abstract submission are now open. Please see details here:

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Rebuilding Trust in Science: Why Quality Communication Matters Discover insights from leading experts on how rigorous research and clear communication can strengthen public trust and the real-world impact of science.

Trusted science starts with how we communicate it.

5 takeaways from our webinar with Sense about Science: context, transparency, peer review ≠ "truth", avoid hype, know your audience.

Read the summary: spkl.io/63329Agxjx

ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent

· #AcademicSky ·
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 2025! 🎉
At the 28th STS Meeting in Weimar Theresia Gutmann @thegutmann.bsky.social was honored with this award, which recognizes outstanding research by postdocs or junior PIs within the STS. Congratulations! @mpi-cbg.de #STS #CellCommSummit

The hunt for common tumor antigens Pancreatic cancer cells express cryptic peptides shared across patients that may be therapeutic targets

Pancreatic cancer cells express cryptic peptides shared across patients that may be therapeutic targets, according to research from earlier this year in Science.

Learn more in this #SciencePerspective on #WorldPancreaticCancerDay: https://scim.ag/4o0MslR

ViroCareer Compass – Navigating Your Career in Virology
Shape your career at the 6th #ACHIEVE Workshop of the #GfV! Explore academia, industry & diagnostics, strengthen your CV, get hands-on tips for your first grant
📅 16–17 Mar 2026 | Heidelberg | Late PhD, postdocs & MDs
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🎉 Hao Wu received the STS Honorary Medal for her lifetime contributions to uncovering molecular details of innate immune signaling. The laudatio by Theresia Gutmann highlighted her impact as scientist and mentor. Prof. Wu: your brilliance, dedication, and humor made this evening unforgettable ! 🌟

📢 New Award for #ECRs in #Biochemistry!

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Have you done your thesis on a topics related to the work of the GBM study groups? Then you are eligble to apply for these awards! gbm-online.de/en/news-even...

In case you missed it. @natsmb.nature.com is currently offering all its reviewers the opportunity to invite an early career researcher to formally co-review manuscripts with them.

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

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🎉 Join the International Symposium of CRC1160!

We are excited to announce the upcoming International Symposium of the Collaborative Research Center 1160!

📅 October 8-10, 2026
📍 Freiburg, Germany
🔬 Theme: Impaired Immunity: from Immunopathology to Immune Reconstitution

Jo in our team - we are looking for a PhD student, postdoc or lab manager!

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steven spielberg is sitting in a chair with his hands folded ALT: steven spielberg is sitting in a chair with his hands folded

Today's pro-tip for effective research seminars: Invest your efforts in clear and accessible visuals! Figures from papers often have too high complexity for seminars - a bit like a book needs to be streamlined when making a movie out of it. 😅📚🎬

Herzlichen Glückwunsch @ulrike-protzer.bsky.social und so verdient! (BS)

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We have written two reviews providing a practical guide and fundamentals of cell migration:

(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.

We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.

Coming out soon in Nature Methods.

GBM Lunch on Nov. 19, 12.30pm

Speaker: Adrian Bunzel,
@mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social

Title: Creating Enzymes by Computational Design and Directed Evolution

Chair: Valentina Piano @valentinapiano.bsky.social (CECAD, Köln)
Organized by GBM Young Investigators.

#GBMLunch #GBM_YI

The 28th STS Meeting in Weimar is over! We had a great time with fantastic speakers and plenty of time for interactions. So, save the date for next year's meeting - which btw will also be the 25th in Weimar: 2.-4.11.2026!

Das erwartet euch bei der letzten #Beerology2025: Ich spreche über das #Immunsystem und #Viren – Wissenschaft ohne Fachchinesisch, auf Deutsch!

📅 12. November
📍 Mondpalast, Dresden
🎟️ Eintritt frei!

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NEW: 6 PhD positions in infection biology, immunology, parasitology and medical biotechnology.

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Prof. Martin Schwemmle (Virologie, Uniklinik Freiburg) zu einem neuen Frühwarnsystem zu Vogelgrippe und anderen Zoonosen (BS)

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📢 New Award for #ECRs in #Biochemistry!

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