@mpibiochem.bsky.social
Max Planck Institute investigating the structure and function of proteins - from individual molecules to whole organisms.
Ever wondered what happens when therapeutic antibodies bind to cancer cells? In our latest study, we used multiplexed 3D-RESI to directly visualize how anti-CD20 antibodies interact with their receptors, revealing their precise arrangement at single-protein resolution. (1/6)
28.07.2025 08:36 — 👍 24 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
You want to head up the newly established Lentiviral Core Facility? We are looking for a qualified and motivated Application Scientist, part-time 50%.
❕apply until July 25
❕https://www.mpg.de/25024724/application-scientist-m-f-d-part-time-50
#hiring #sciencejobs #applicationscientist #Lentivirus
#pictureofthemonth: Illustration of the read-write mechanism by which ubiquitin tags are placed on histone H2A along genes to influence their expression. More: www.biochem.mpg.de/painting-gen...
July – institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social
Image by Tamara Bäßler
Our Grants Office is seeking full-time or part-time (min. 29 h/ week) support for the administrative project management of over 30 externally funded research projects.
❕Apply until July 25
❕https://www.mpg.de/24950578/scientific-coordinator-2025-17
#scienceadminstration #hiring #sciencecoordinator
Interested in translational, cutting-edge proteomics to redefine how we treat inflammatory skin diseases? The Nordmann-Lab, is looking for a postdoctoral fellow.
Ready to join?
❕apply until July 23
❕https://www.mpg.de/24950076/postdoctoral-position
#Postdoc #jobsinscience @tnordmann.bsky.social
Congratulations to Ralf on your election as a new EMBO member:
❕Original press release from @embo.org : www.embo.org/press-releas...
🎉 Congratulations to Matthias Mann on 20 years leading Proteomics & Signal Transduction at MPI of Biochemistry! Two decades of groundbreaking mass spectrometry research and training excellent future scientists.
#MS #Proteomics #Science @mannlab.bsky.social
@mannlab.bsky.social @lengyel-ovca-lab.bsky.social #DVP #LGSC
26.06.2025 17:27 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
An interdisciplinary study uncovers how benign borderline ovarian tumors develop into invasive low-grade serous carcinoma, opening a new avenue for targeted therapy.
❕Publication: www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...
❕Press Release: www.biochem.mpg.de/when-tumors-...
After many hours in the lab and tackling tricky research questions, it's now time to celebrate. 🥳 Congratulations on your PhD, Vincent @mannlab.bsky.social. We wish you every success in your future career.
25.06.2025 14:42 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Upcoming Joint IMPRS lecture with Pablo Oteiza tomorrow! The talk is free for everyone, on campus or via zoom. More info: imprs-bi.mpg.de/68666/Joint_...
@mpibiochem.bsky.social @imprs-ml.bsky.social
A warm welcome to @schullerm.bsky.social!
We wish you and your new research group every success.
❕Press Release: www.biochem.mpg.de/marion-schul...
❕Website: www.biochem.mpg.de/schuller
#LiseMeitner Research Group, #bacteriophages, #ADPribosylation signalling, #StructuralBiology
Apply now: www.mpg.de/24881816/phd...
18.06.2025 09:16 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
PhD Position in molecular mechanisms of ADP-ribosylation in the conflict between phages and the bacterial host.
The 'Host Defence Mechanisms' group led by Marion Schuller is looking to recruit a #PhD student (m/f/d) with a proposed start date of September 2025
Upcoming Joint IMPRS Lecture with Karl Duderstadt @duderstadtlab.bsky.social from the @mpibiochem.bsky.social this Thursday, 12 June at 4 pm CET via Zoom!
More info: imprs-ml.mpg.de/38279/Joint-...
@mpibiochem.bsky.social @mpiforbi.bsky.social @tum.de @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
Two 3-day-old ruff chicks sitting in grass
#pictureofthemonth: These two ruff chicks are just three days old. Which one fledges earlier and which one grows faster? These are exciting questions to study! More infos: www.bi.mpg.de/kuepper
June – Institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social
Congratulations! The #ShawPrize in Life Science & Medicine 2025 is awarded to Wolfgang Baumeister for his pioneering development & use of cryo-ET.
❕https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/2025-life-science-medicine/
#CryoEM #cryoET #Award
Check out our latest study @natsmb.nature.com: Establishing a consensus model for #ubiquitin chain assembly by HECT #E3 ligases: #cryoEM structures of #TRIP12 forming K29-linked and K29/K48-branched chains!
❕ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@samuelmaiwald.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
Can we build synthetic cells from de novo designed proteins?
Find out more in the latest review @natrevbioeng.nature.com from Bela Frohn, Shunshi Kohyama and Petra Schwille.
❕Publication: doi.org/10.1038/s442...
#ProteinDesign #SyntheticBiology @belafrohn.bsky.social
John Briggs has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. Congratulations to him and the other outstanding researchers from across the world!
❕https://royalsociety.org/news/2025/05/new-fellows/
@briggsgroup.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
Elena Conti @mpibiochem.bsky.social and Jörn Piel @ethz.ch have been awarded the Jung Prize for Medicine 2025. We congratulate them and all other #award winners.
❕https://www.biochem.mpg.de/elena-conti-erhaelt-renommierten-jung-preis-fuer-medizin?c=569499
❕https://jung-stiftung.de/
#pictureofthemonth: Proteins in our cells are interconnected. The illustration shows the connections each protein has with an average of 16 others.
More: www.biochem.mpg.de/mann
May – institute calendar of @mpibiochem.bsky.social and @mpiforbi.bsky.social
Image by @sci-illustrate.bsky.social
Press Release:
❕https://www.biochem.mpg.de/new-mpib-research-group-leader-thierry-nordmann-awarded-prestigious-oscar-gans-prize
Research Group of Thierry Nordmann "Molecular and Spatial Biology of the Skin":
❕https://www.biochem.mpg.de/nordmann
#skindiseases #translationalmedicine
Since April, @tnordmann.bsky.social has been leading a research Group @mpibiochem.bsky.social. He has now been awarded the prestigious Oscar Gans Prize by the German Dermatological Society. Congratulations and welcome!
#award #dermatology #proteomics @mannlab.bsky.social
Our directors Elena Conti @labconti.bsky.social and Matthias Mann @mannlab.bsky.social have been elected to the prestigious U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations!
❕https://www.nasonline.org/news/2025-nas-election/
@nasonline.org #nasmembers
Check out our new review discussing novel immunometabolic mechanisms underlying inflammation, metabolomic techniques and potential metabolite biomarkers of chronic inflammatory disease!
Special focus is on #efferocytosis #IL-10 and #trainedimmunity
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Want to work in science management join the Career Development Team | IMPRS-ML at the @mpibiochem.bsky.social? Then check out our latest job offer "Coordinator (m/f/div) (maternity cover)" and apply via the online portal by 23 May! 🚀
recruitingapp-5446.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/54...
Lassen Sie sich für Wissenschaft begeistern: Im nächsten Vortrag unserer allgemeinverständlichen Reihe "Was Wissen schafft" gibt Tobias Bonhoeffer spannende Einblicke in sein Forschungsfeld Lernen und Vergessen.
🗓️ 6. Mai um 19:00 Uhr
📍 Hybrid, in Martinsried oder per Zoom
🌐 www.bi.mpg.de/wws
Further information on the study can be found here:
❕Publication: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
❕Press Release: www.biochem.mpg.de/alpha-1-anti...
#AATD #Alpha1Awareness @nature.com @frosenberger.bsky.social
Scientists @mannlab.bsky.social, at Pavel Strnad Lab at UniklinikAachen & at Alksander Krag Lab at OUH Odense Universitetshospital, Svendborg Sygehus have used spatial #DeepVisualProteomics to reveal how liver cells become sick in patients with the proteotoxic disease alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
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