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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 1d

Another fantastic SPP 2330 meeting! Thank you all for three inspiring days of science, collaboration, and novel ideas. See you next year at our international symposium in Berlin, October 5–7, 2026! @dfg.de @fz-juelich.de @hhu.de

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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 1d

That was a phagetastic @spp2330.bsky.social meeting again! Thanks to everyone to your excellent presentations. Keep the spirit ☺️

@dfg.de

Already looking forward to our International Symposium in Berlin next year (October 5-7, 2026; Harnack-Haus)

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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 4d

Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.

@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social

Junior Group Leader - Phage Biology & Biotechnology

As a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc...

www.fz-juelich.de

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Daumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 8d

Video compilation from our #türenauf mit der Maus Tag today! #outreach #chemsky @hhu.de @sophieguti.bsky.social @joguti.bsky.social @markussuta.bsky.social @chemiehhu.bsky.social

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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 8d

Just returning from a fantastic symposium celebrating my former postdoc mentor, Julia Vorholt, on receiving the Novonesis Biotechnology Prize! Huge congratulations to Julia — and to the Novo Nordisk Foundation on an outstanding choice!

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Jan-Willem Veening @veeninglab.com · Jun 10

New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

DMF: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology - Site des postulations FBM

wwwfbm.unil.ch

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · Jun 10

We have two new positions, a PhD and a Post doc at #InstituteofBiologyLeiden within our @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG project to discover interaction of #circadianclocks between Bacillus subtilis and Arabidopsis

please share these with your network! 🙏

links below👇
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Martin Thanbichler @thanbichlerlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Congratulations to Rebecca Hinrichs on her first senior-author paper! @synmikro.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

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Melanie Blokesch @mblokesch.bsky.social · May 22

Exciting news!! Our latest paper is out in Nat. Microbiol. @natmicrobiol.nature.com

We show that a sub-lineage of 7th pandemic V. cholerae has acquired mobile genetic elements packed with phage defense systems—rendering it multi-phage resistant 😳 ..... 1/3

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

West African–South American pandemic Vibrio cholerae encodes multiple distinct phage defence systems - Nature Microbiology

The West African–South American lineage of Vibrio cholerae contains multiple distinct anti-phage defence systems that provide resistance to various phage families, including vibriophage ICP1, a key pr...

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Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf @hhu.de · May 22

✨ Still excellent ✨
@ceplas.bsky.social ✅

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 22

Die #Exzellenzcluster stehen fest: Heute hat die Exzellenzkommission 70 Projekte zur Förderung ausgewählt. 45 Cluster werden fortgesetzt, 25 neu eingerichtet. Die Förderung beginnt ab 1. Jan. 2026 für 7 Jahre, die Fördersumme beträgt insg. 539 Mio. €/Jahr. Die Liste: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3

Deutschlandkarte der Verteilung der Exzellenzcluster auf Bundesländer und Universitäten.

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Forschungszentrum Jülich @fz-juelich.de · May 22

Die Förderentscheidungen der #Exzellenzstrategie sind da! 🎉 Wir gratulieren allen Universitäten mit erfolgreichen Clusteranträgen – und freuen uns, an Clustern der @rwth.bsky.social, @unibonn.bsky.social, @unicologne.bsky.social, @hhu.de, @tu-dortmund.bsky.social und Uni Siegen beteiligt zu sein.

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Ute Hellmich @hellmichgroup.bsky.social · May 22

Both Jena Clusters got funded!!!! 🥳 The emotions are overwhelming!!!
Here's to amazing future science with this incredible team and the amazing people that made it possible!!!

Ute Hellmich @hellmichgroup.bsky.social · May 22

We are ready.... 😬
2 Clusters, 1 community.... everyone on edge 😅

Go Jena!!!!! @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de

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Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social · May 22

📢 Wir sind stolz und freuen uns, dass unser Exzellenzcluster Microbes-for-Climate (M4C) in der Exzellenzstrategie 2025 ausgewählt wurde! 🌟Wir freuen uns gemeinsam mit @unimarburg.bsky.social auf spannende #Mikrobenforschung - stay tuned ! @unimarburg.bsky.social @maxplanck.de‬ @synmikro.bsky.social

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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · May 22

Big Congratulations 🥂!!

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · May 22

🎊 We made it!! @dfg.de has just announced that we have been successful with our CEPLAS III proposal in the current funding round of the Excellence Strategy! Many thanks to all our supporters! @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social

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Universität Marburg @unimarburg.bsky.social · May 22

🎉Doppelerfolg für die #UniMarburg in der Exzellenzstrategie! 🎉 Zwei Cluster zu Klimawandel und menschlicher Wahrnehmung sichern sich Förderung. Marburg beweist Forschungsstärke und Innovationskraft.🚀 @proloewe.bsky.social @synmikro.bsky.social @maxplanck.de @jlugiessen.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social

Marburg feiert Doppelerfolg in der Exzellenzstrategie

Zwei Cluster erhalten Förderung im wichtigsten deutschen Forschungswettbewerb

www.uni-marburg.de

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 22

Die #Exzellenzcluster stehen fest: Heute hat die Exzellenzkommission 70 Projekte zur Förderung ausgewählt. 45 Cluster werden fortgesetzt, 25 neu eingerichtet. Die Förderung beginnt ab 1. Jan. 2026 für 7 Jahre, die Fördersumme beträgt insg. 539 Mio. €/Jahr. Die Liste: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 22

Die zukünftig geförderten #Exzellenzcluster werden bekannt gegeben! In ca. einer halben Stunde startet unser Livestream auf Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRVw...
@wissenschaftsrat.de

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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · May 19

Join us in Tubingen as a Junior Research Group Leader if you do research on #ESKAPE pathogens and infections and are interested in the highly cooperative environment of @dzif.bsky.social‬ and @cmfi.bsky.social ! Please send your application or forward to colleagues!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

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David Bikard @dbikard.bsky.social · May 18

I will be recruiting new postdocs with start dates end 2025 - early 2026. If you'd like to work at the Pasteur Institute in the heart of Paris surrounded by amazing scientists, reach out to discuss possible projects on SynBio / Bacterial Immunity!

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 8

#ECR attention! Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme might be a funding option for you? Come and find out in our info talk in our research career series #Prospects (in English). The link to the meeting will be published here:
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

Walter Benjamin Programme
Monday, 26 May 2025, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. CET

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Borjana Arsova @borjana-a.bsky.social · May 5

I feel we just scratched the surface of 🌱 #immunity response to #phage #biocontrol against pathogens🦠.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

But this is such a cool team to work with👇 and I am looking forward to do more. 🧪 #PlantScience #PlantResearch #microbiology #PMI #PlanMicrobeInteractions

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Schuller Jan @schullerjm.bsky.social · Apr 17

Do you want to join the team? I just got awarded a 2 year fully funded Postdoc position to investigate the metabolism of anaerobic pathogenic bacteria. If you have a strong background in protein biochemistry or anaerobes shown by solid publications, reach out. Job add follows, please repost.

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Schuller Jan @schullerjm.bsky.social · Apr 16

One of the largest open questions in anaerobic metabolism solved. The best work of my lab yet, performed by the incredible hard working, talented and motivated coworkers: @fidelormz.bsky.social , @sophia-pa.bsky.social and @rnfr2d2.bsky.social. I am a proud PI today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Structure of the ATP-driven methyl-coenzyme M reductase activation complex - Nature

The structure and function of the MCR activation complex from Methanococcus maripaludis were revealed, demonstrating its ATP-dependent ability to activate MCR and form methane while uncovering a uniqu...

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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · May 5

Springtime at Jülich Biocampus @fz-juelich.de: Flowers and goslings 😍

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