Working at HIRI
At the HIRI, we do not just value excellent research. Short distances, an open door policy, and a good working atmosphereโthis is what distinguishes us from others. Have a look at our current jobโฆ
๐ We're hiring!
We are offering several exciting #PhD & #postdoc positions spanning a range of topics, from jumbo phage biology & phage therapy to programmable RNA therapeutics & Fusobacterium nucleatum research. The application deadline is Jan 11. Learn more: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...
09.12.2025 11:14 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ We welcome you to the next Immune Alliance Seminar on Dec 17, 9 am (in Germany) / 5 pm (in Japan), via zoom. Registration is free: dgfi.org/immune-allia...
Organizers:
Christina Zielinski (Leibniz-HKI, Jena, Germany), @zielinskilab.bsky.social
Osamu Takeuchi (Kyoto University, Japan)
09.12.2025 09:42 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ข Join us at the #SFB1160 #Symposium 2026: Impaired Immunity โ From Immunopathology to Immune Reconstitution at the #UniversityofFreiburg from October 8-10, 2026!
Stay tuned for registration details and program updates.
09.12.2025 09:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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Text says Key Details
Job ID:
MI/25/56
Role:
Associate Scientist
Area:
Cancer Dynamics
Salary:
ยฃ45,000 โ ยฃ60,000 per annum (dependent upon qualifications and experience)
Closing date:
16th December 2025
There's just one week left to apply to join us as an Associate Scientist in the Cancer Dynamics Laboratory led by our Director Prof Samra Turajliฤ
We're seeking a motivated & accomplished Associate Scientist to help lead and shape the programme of the lab:
www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/career/mi-25...
09.12.2025 12:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Join us for tomorrowยดs ๐ข CIBSS Seminar Series
๐ 09 Dec 2025 | 12:00โ13:00
๐ฉโ๐ฌ @julianeg.bsky.social, (@mpi-ie.bsky.social)
๐ Endogenous retroviruses and mouse developmental malformations
๐ Lecture Hall, Institute of Biology I, Hauptstr. 1
See more: kurzlinks.de/iplv
#CIBSS #Science #Immunobiology
08.12.2025 10:19 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Lead a lab at Janelia
Janelia is hiring! "Invent new imaging methods, molecular tools, or protein chemistry approaches"
www.janelia.org/content/lead...
08.12.2025 20:41 โ ๐ 27 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
If you are at #CellBio2025, head over NOW to room 108 to hear about CIBSS and the Clusters of Excellence @immunosens.bsky.social and @cecad.bsky.social.
We are looking forward to meet you!
08.12.2025 22:24 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โผ๏ธDon't miss the next Immunity & Infection #seminar on Monday, December 15, 2025 with Prof. Dr. Andreas Diefenbach
@sfb1160.bsky.social
09.12.2025 07:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I am presenting at the Science and Art Minisymposium at #CellBio2025 today! The line up is great this year. I am hands down the least qualified person presenting. It is a weird feeling but I am excited! Here is my title slide.
Room 122 4pm
07.12.2025 16:49 โ ๐ 32 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Less than one week left to apply ๐
06.12.2025 02:43 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Zhang, Honjo, Chamoto et al. @ccii-kyoto.bsky.social identified peptide sequence principles that drive dendritic cell maturation and broaden tumor-reactive T cell clones, even with non-tumor sequences. rupress.org/jem/article/...
#TumorImmunology
05.12.2025 17:45 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Qian Zhang et al. @casanovalab.bsky.social @rockefeller.edu report a fatal case of avian #influenza #H5N1 infection caused by autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs. These rogue autoantibodies are common, especially in elderly people. rupress.org/jem/article/...
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05.12.2025 18:15 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Are you interested in cytoskeleton and looking for a postdoc position? I will be advertising positions in the new year but happy to chat in person if you are attending ASCB @ascbiology.bsky.social in Philadelphia. Just drop me a line.
04.12.2025 08:42 โ ๐ 33 ๐ 33 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
#Myeloid cells ๐ค #Lymphoid cells!
Michelle von Locquenghien, Drs. Pascale Zwicky, Ken Xie, and Dr. Ido Amit's lab developed myeloid-targeted immunocytokines and NK/T cell enhancers that could potentially treat solid cancers.
๐@cp-cell.bsky.social - https://bit.ly/3Mkw3eM
๐ง - https://bit.ly/4pJvw4u
05.12.2025 16:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Congratulations to Salk scientist Tony Hunter, recipient of the National Foundation for Cancer Research 2025 Szent-Gyรถrgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research.
His pioneering discovery redefined our understanding of cancer and opened new paths for treatment.
04.12.2025 17:56 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
โฐ The IMPRS-IDI call 2026 closes next week Wednesday! Don't forget to apply for one of our 6 #PhD projects in infectious disease research and #immunology.
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Application deadline: December 10
Project descriptions and how to apply: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/imprs-idi-call
05.12.2025 12:10 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ New episode alert!
Dr. Ana Anderson from Harvard Medical School talks about her work on #ImmuneRegulation in cancer.
โถ๏ธ https://bit.ly/4pJvw4u
03.12.2025 00:32 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A woman writing on a flipchart during a course. Text highlighting the next EMBO Lab Leadership for Postdocs course running in Germany on 27โ29 January 2026 still has places available. Register now and we can still issue the invoice this year.
Still need to use up 2025 funding? Places available for @embo.org Lab Leadership for #Postdocs course 27โ29 January! Take time to focus on interpersonal skills + discover tools to support development. Sign up now and still get invoice this year: www.embolableadership.org/course/embol... #EMBOLabLead
05.12.2025 08:15 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐See our newest study:
What was supposed to be a control experiment uncovered a new function of mTOR: 3โmediated translation control in primary human T cells, mediated through DDX21. AU-rich elements are required for this effect. Happy reading!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mDFf3vVUP...
05.12.2025 08:24 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 3
Heute gibt es ab 13 Uhr Kaffee und Punsch auf Spendenbasis im Foyer der Biologie II/III. Kommen Sie gerne vorbei, auf eine Tasse Kaffee oder Punsch und ein nettes Gesprรคch mit Studis โ๏ธ๐ฌ
05.12.2025 10:06 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The deadline is approaching! Apply for a PhD position in our group!
04.12.2025 11:00 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Cell Symposia: Hallmarks of cancer
We're excited to host a distinguished lineup of speakers at @CellSymposia #CSHallmarks2026, including keynote speakers @johannajoyce.bsky.social & Faisal Mahmood @harvardmed.bsky.social. View the full speaker lineup: http://dlvr.it/TPbBqL
02.12.2025 18:01 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The EMBO Practical Course "Hack your microscope" in Oeiras, PT, 20โ25 Apr 2026 aims to innovate, democratize advanced #imaging technologies and shape the future of open-source #microscopy โ Apply now!
Deadline: 12 Dec
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-microscope
#EMBOmicroscope #EMBOevents ๐งช
03.12.2025 16:15 โ ๐ 28 ๐ 19 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 3
#membrane seminars are back this THURSDAY for a super session with @dr-downes.bsky.social from the @giuliazanetti.bsky.social lab and Xin Zhou from the Ikonen lab! @felixmendu.bsky.social @ishier.bsky.social
03.12.2025 11:20 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
ImmunoSensation is a Cluster of Excellence at the @unibonn.bsky.socialโฌ performing research in the field of #immunology.
Visit our website: www.immunosensation.de
NYT columnist. Signal: carlzimmer.51
Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/carlzimmer/
Web: http://carlzimmer.com
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Research group led by Claudine Kraft at the
@UniFreiburg
Our focus is on understanding the molecular mechanisms of #yeast and #mammalian #autophagy.
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Immunologists studying the biology of innate lymphoid cells #ILC #NK at Charitรฉ University Berlin
Collaborative Research Center investigating the formation and function of dynamic cellular interfaces at the University of Mรผnster, Germany. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
https://www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en/index.html
Professor of Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Mรผnster | #cellcortex, #membranes, #actin, #Lifeact | acting president of the German society of Cell Biology, @DGZ.bsky.social;
I'm a Professor in the Faculty of Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany. I'm fascinated by visual navigation in insects. We study this and also develop tools to help us with that. https://strawlab.org/
T cell Immunologist, with a passion for RNA biology and translation control, working at Sanquin Blood Supply, Amsterdam
Oncode Institute investigator
The EU channel for scientists & researchers: opportunities to fund your ideas, updates from EU-funded science, and scientific resources you can use in your work.
Microscopic farmer ๐ฌ๐บ
Microscopy core director @UNC Chapel Hill
Former plant developmental biologist
Die DGfI vernetzt Wissenschaftler:innen aus immunologischen Forschungs- und Tรคtigkeitsfeldern und organisiert u.a. Kongresse.
senior scientist at Janelia | single particle tracking & #microscopy ๐ฌ | PhD on single-molecule enzymatic dynamics | my path: ๐ฉ๐ชโ๐บ๐ธโ๐ธ๐ชโ๐บ๐ธ | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UzGfR3MAAAAJ&hl=en
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Tweets are my own, some days smarter than on others.
If I mention shares or other investments; no advice, private account
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernd-Zinselmeyer
"Synthetic Membrane Systems" group
Biochemistry, University of Dรผsseldorf
Membrane proteins, Good spirit and some Anarchy
Society of core facilities, scientists, students, institutions & companies for microscopy, imageanalysis & datamanagement.
๐ฌ https://gerbi-gmb.de/
I love science, coffee, and humans.
Discovering the remarkable intracellular dynamics of killer T cells
Structural and molecular immunology and protein biophysics at the University of Notre Dame. T cell receptors, MHC proteins, specificity, and cross-reactivity. Plus drums, odd time signatures, Iron Maiden, and much Rush. Opinions mine alone.
bmblab.nd.edu
Biophysicist, Interested in Single molecule fluorescence, #IDP, #LLPS.