JSMC

What an evening! ✨ Yesterday’s announcement brought cheers, hugs & happy tears. Cluster members, Uni leadership & friends celebrated together – united by passion and purpose. Thank you for this unforgettable moment! 💙 #Microverse #ExcellenceStrategy #TeamScience

🚨📝 Applications for the 4th (virtual) SPAAM summer school course INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT METAGENOMICS (4-8 Aug 2025) are still open until May 3️0‼️ Aimed at masters and early-stage PhD students. 🎓
❓ Qs? Contact James Fellows Yates or Prof. Christina Warinner: www.spaam-community.org/wss-summer-s...

As "Phase II" of our lab @leibniz-hki.de, we are looking to fill a few positions. 🧪 Positions are:

1) Postdoc in host-fungal interactions
2) Doctoral Researcher in fungal RNA regulation
3) Doctoral Researcher in host-fungal RNA biology

I will share the job ads once live. #RNA

📢 Save the date! The 8th Int’l Symposium on Systems Biology of Microbial Infections is coming up Sept 18–19, 2025 in Jena @leibniz-hki.de, Germany. Join us to explore host-pathogen interactions through data, theory & biology. Let’s decode infection together! #SBMI2025
asb-conference.hki-jena.de

Our 5th #AlumniMeeting on 📆 Friday, June 27, 2025 is getting closer! Our alumni will share their experiences and information about their current position.

All alumni and current PhDs and PostDocs cordially invited! Register here by 23rd May: kurzlinks.de/f8rj

And please spread the word! 📣

PROSPECTS DFG Research Career Series: Emmy Noether Programme (in English) - 28/04/2025 - 1:15-2:45 p.m. CET

PhD candidates and postdocs of all disciplines: Would you like to lead an independent junior research group? In our online talk you will get first-hand information about the aims of our Emmy Noether Programme, its eligibility requirements and more. Questions welcome!
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

An image that reads: Friedrich Schiller University Jena: Preparing your application for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship hosted by the University of Jena. Invitation for a Master class.

A medium sized German city. On the right is a picteruesque river in the glowing daybreak. Around the city are gently rolling, green hills.

Are you interested in a postdoc in Germany on fungal pathogen biology, genomics, or antifungal resistance? My Uni (@uni-jena.de) is hosting a free two-day masterclass in June on preparing MSCA Postdoc Fellowships with it as host.

If you are interested in writing a fellowship with me, get in touch!

Congratulations @jlspragu.bsky.social for winning the #microLife poster prize at the annual @trr124-funginet.bsky.social meeting!! 🎉🥳🎊
@jsmc-info.bsky.social @leibniz-hki.de

➡️ Aging and Microbiome Conference 2025 #AMC2025 in Jena, Germany!

Be there on October 28–29 and learn more about the latest developments on #microbiome & #aging

Read more 👉 amc25.leibniz-fli.de

We are thrilled to invite you to the annual meeting of CRC TR124 "FungiNet – Pathogenic fungi and their human host" and "Invasive Mycoses in Haematological Malignancies – IMIHM XV".
📅 Date: March 31 - April 1, 2025
📍 Location: University of Wuerzburg, IMIB
#Mycology #Fungi #MedicalResearch

Excited about microbiomes and want to study them at the single-cell level? Join our team to pioneer research using microfluidics paired with automated timelapse microscopy. We're hiring motivated postdocs to push the boundaries of microbial ecology!

Apply now: apply.interfolio.com/165601

We are excited about our new call for applications - we offer 8 cool projects and 5 doctoral positions in Chemical Ecology! Have a look at the projects and apply!
www.ice.mpg.de/296576/adver...
jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobpostin...

A stylized blue little man is peeking out from behind a yellow pillar looking scared. Next tot hat are the words: #9 "I'm scared of DMP Writing!" Image by: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franziska-mau-9b32a12ba/

Still find yourself making excuses for not writing a Data Management Plan? Then come join us tomorrow at 2pm for our first #CoffeeLecture of the summer semester: "DMP – early planning is half the battle".

👉 Register here: forschungsdaten-thueringen.de/event/CL2025...

#FDM #DMP #EnglishLanguage

Our lecture series #MiCoCo is back! On 2 April, Prof. Panagiotou @mbdlab.bsky.social will give a talk on "Colorectal Cancer Through the Lens of Gut Microbial Metabolism".
📍 Lecture Hall Erbertstraße 1
Everyone is welcome!

Congratulations! 👏😊🎉

Are you interested in the distribution of microbes, viruses, and #phages throughout the Microverse? Come and do a #bioinformatics PhD with us @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/b...

Are you interested in the distribution of microbes, viruses, and #phages throughout the Microverse? Come and do a PhD with us in experimental microbial ecology @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/d...

We are looking for a #postdoc to join the VEO Group @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de and build an experimental research line into the dynamics and functioning of microbial communities: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/1...

This year we will host the first #summerschool from Aug 1-15. This engaging two-week program of science and social events is open to all recent #Master graduates of #Lifesciences with an interest in pursuing a PhD in Microbial Communication.

➡️Apply now: apply2.uni-jena.de/zoymy

"Digital flyer for 'Online Coffee Lectures 2025' on research data management, presented by Thüringer Kompetenznetzwerk. The flyer lists five English-language lectures: 'DMP – early planning is half the battle' by Jessica Rex (March 26, 2025), '5S Data: Organization is not a 4-letter word!' by Kevin Lang (April 30, 2025), 'Data documentation as a prerequisite for high-quality reusable research data' by Nadine Neute (May 28, 2025), 'Data Publishing – Publisher Requirements on Research Data Availability' by Roman Gerlach (June 25, 2025), and 'Research Data Management in Funding Proposals' by Cora Assmann (August 6, 2025). The background is green with a coffee bean pattern, and the top features an image of coffee beans. A QR code and website link for more information are at the bottom."

Am 26.03. um 14 Uhr startet die neue Online #CoffeeLecture Reihe mit den 5 beliebtesten (TK)FDM-Beiträgen der Vergangenheit - but in English! Thematisch ist definitiv für jeden was dabei - schnappt euch einfach ein Getränk und schaut vorbei!

Mehr Info: forschungsdaten-thueringen.de/nachricht/co...

The JSMC #Career #Mentoring Program is looking for professionals in industry and academia with a PhD in life sciences who would like to volunteer as a mentor for our #PhDs and #Postdocs

If you are interested, follow the link and fill out the questionnaire by May 1st, 2025
👉 kurzelinks.de/dspv

Unsichtbare Welten: Vom Mikrokosmos zum Universum Rund um den 13. April 2025 feiern wir mit einer Themenwoche das 400-jährige Jubiläum des Mikroskops – eine bahnbrechende Erfindung, die wie das Teleskop unseren Blick auf naturwissenschaftliche Zusamm...

🔬 Into the Microverse at ZEISS-Großplanetarium Berlin! 🌍✨ From April 9–13, 2025, explore the hidden world of microbes with our 360°-Fulldome film, live microscopy, expert talks & more—celebrating 400 years of the microscope! 🔬 #IntoTheMicroverse
www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltun...

Are you nearing the completion of your Master's degree in a natural science subject, such as life sciences, medicine or optics/photonics, and interested in doing your PhD @uni-jena.de?
Join the Jena Alliance Talent Fair which will be held online on March 25

➡️https://www.uni-jena.de/en/talent-fair

The #JenaAllianceTalentFair 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 is your opportunity to 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 towards a PhD in life sciences, medicine or optics/photonics at @uni-jena.de

🗓️ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: March 25, 2025
🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄: kurzlinks.de/fmm5

#PhDOpportunities #ResearchCareers #GraduateSchool #AcademicFuture

We’re looking for alumni who’d love to give a talk or just join us at the JSMC/ILRS Alumni Meeting 2025 in Jena! A great chance to reconnect, share experiences, and network.

📅 When? 2025 – Details here: tinyurl.com/4wtykaut

Interested? Let us know! 🚀 #JSMC #ILRS #AlumniMeeting #Networking #Science

🚀 Attention #LifeSciences researchers at @uni-jena.de & @Uniklinik Jena!

💡 Ready to launch a new research collaboration? The LIFE-"Connect" fund is here to support you!

📅 Deadline: 31.03.2025
🔗 Apply now: kurzlinks.de/Connect-Fund

🔄 Spread the word! #Funding #Collaboration #ResearchBoost

✨ Save the Date! ✨ Join us for the next Jena Excellence in Microbiology Seminar (JEMS) featuring Rotem Sorek from the Weizmann Institute of Science!
📅 March 10, 2025, 1–2 PM
📍 Leibniz-HKI Jena
🎙️ Talk: "The immune system of bacteria: Beyond CRISPR"
No registration required! #ScienceTalks #JEMS

Great news from the Microverse!

It's still possible to join the GBM for free! Become a member until March 2025 and you will enjoy free membership for 1 year!

Calling early-career life science researchers! 🎉

The LIFE Talent Award @UniJena
is here! 🏆 Celebrate innovation, excellence, and impact with a prize of €5,000!

📅 Apply by January 31, 2025
kurzlinks.de/LIFETalent
Showcase your research at the LIFE Symposium & beyond!
#LIFE