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Ed Chuong @edchuong.bsky.social · Jul 17

Are you bravely deciding to do a postdoc in the US? And also interested in some combination of genomics, immunology, and transposons? If so, consider applying to my lab at the BioFrontiers Institute in Boulder, Colorado!

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

🧪🧬 #TESky #interferosky

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Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut @leibnizfli.bsky.social · Jul 4

Exciting news: DFG funds FOR5872 – Chaperone-mediated regulation of amyloids in condensates!
Led by Prof. Janine Kirstein (FLI), researchers from Germany and Israel will explore how chaperones counteract disease-causing protein misfolding.
Good luck to the team!
#FLI #DFG #FOR5872 #Chaperones

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Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut @leibnizfli.bsky.social · Jun 16

Aging and Microbiome Conference 2025

📢 We would like to draw your attention to the abstract submission deadline ➡️ June 30, 2025 ‼️

Read more: amc25.leibniz-fli.de

📅 Registrations under: amc25.leibniz-fli.de/registration/

#AMC2025 #Jena #microbiome #aging

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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · Jun 16

Please share! We are accepting applications for the Biology Preview Program, which aims to make the PhD application process accessible and work with students to strenghten applications. Participants will receive a fee waiver, work 1:1 w/ a mentor, and meet w/faculty. Link: forms.gle/1xBShmvot5Vr...

2025 Stanford Biology Preview Program Application

The Stanford Biology Preview Program (BPP) aims to support scholars through the PhD application process. The Stanford BPP offers virtual workshops to provide insight into the Stanford Biology PhD Prog...

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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · Jun 14

I'm in the field so can't attend the #NoKings protests today, but I'm so proud of our communities and country for the massive outpouring in defense of our democracy! And glad to see so many signs in defense of science #StandUpForScience

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Jun 11

Huge congrats 🙌🏽

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Lamming Lab @lamminglab.bsky.social · May 30

Sad to learn we lost Keith Blackwell, an unsung hero of the aging field. Keith showed rapamycin extends C. elegans lifespan, that mTORC2 has diet-dependent effects on aging, and linked together skn1 TOR splicing and aging.
www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

THOMAS BLACKWELL Obituary (1957 - 2025-05-09) - Boston, MA - Boston Globe

View THOMAS KEITH BLACKWELL's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

www.legacy.com

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Jun 5

Amazing way to kick start the 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium. Felicity Jones’ inspiring keynote talk on convergent adaptive evolution in three-spine sticklebacks. #NOTHO25

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Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut @leibnizfli.bsky.social · May 8

🧫 #Insights to the @leibnizfli.bsky.social 🔬

This week we would like to introduce you to the work of Prof. Dr. Helen Morrison´s research group.

➡️Nerve regeneration: How damaged cells recover

🎬Videolink: youtu.be/OHFkw-oWxSs

Morrison Research Group

YouTube video by Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - FLI e.V.

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Apr 14

On a related note - cafes open at 6 am

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Apr 7

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Apr 7

📣 103 participants and counting…
The 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium is fast approaching!
🧬 Join us in beautiful Jena, Germany, June 5–6, 2025, for cutting-edge talks on #killifish.
📝 Abstracts accepted until April 22
🔗 notho-2025.de
We look forward to meeting you at #Notho25!

Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Apr 7

📣 103 participants and counting…
The 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium is fast approaching!
🧬 Join us in beautiful Jena, Germany, June 5–6, 2025, for cutting-edge talks on #killifish.
📝 Abstracts accepted until April 22
🔗 notho-2025.de
We look forward to meeting you at #Notho25!

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Apr 4

Recent events made this one rapidly climb my must-read list for 2025.

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Apr 3

'The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), one of Europe’s leading institutes for basic research in the life sciences, is seeking outstanding candidates for a faculty position.'
#ScienceJobs in Vienna.
www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-...

Group Leader Search

www.oeaw.ac.at

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Mar 30

Cool bits from our recently concluded killifish field research work in the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe.
A nicely camouflaged lapwing nest (it’s a bird) and some giraffe spoors by one of our favorite seasonal ponds in the center of the park.

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Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut @leibnizfli.bsky.social · Mar 25

📢 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium – Call for Abstracts 🐟

Submit your abstract now and be part of #Notho25 in beautiful #Jena, Germany.

🚨 Abstract submission deadline: April 1
📄 Abstract guidelines: notho-2025.de#call-for-abs...
➡️ Website & registration: notho-2025.de

#killifish #aging #research

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Katerina Guschanski @kguschan.bsky.social · Mar 20

One week left to apply for a postdoc position in beautiful Edinburgh! Fully funded, 3 years, visa sponsorship. Explore interactions between host genomes and microbiomes during population declines using #museum collections ( #aDNA #popgen #hologenomics )!

Katerina Guschanski @kguschan.bsky.social · Mar 2

3-y postdoc position in (meta)Genomics of Population Declines elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid.... If you have experience with low-coverage genomic data, care about biodiversity loss, want to understand host-microbiomes interactions, this post is for you! #museomics #ancientDNA #mammals

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · Mar 19

If you’re interested in fieldwork as part of your Postdoc, check out this fishy position with the Valenzano Lab @leibnizfli.bsky.social: jobs.leibniz-fli.de/jobposting/7... #killifish

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Mar 19

It’s that time of the year when our team at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social does field work in the Gonarezhou National Park. This year the rains came late and in large amounts, making it harder to find fish.
In the pics a beautiful spotted killifish and the typical butterfly-shaped mopane leaf.

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Mar 8

We're recruiting a postdoc to join our team at @leibnizfli.bsky.social to explore microbiome-host interactions in aging.

Apply here: jobs.leibniz-fli.de/s48bh #microbiome #aging #killifish #Postdoc

Postdoc (m/f/x)

The Research Group led by Prof. Dr. Dario Riccardo Valenzano is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join our team with a strong background in molecular biology, cell culture and anim...

jobs.leibniz-fli.de

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Mar 6

It's been great fun discussing with @chrisnsimms.bsky.social about our recent preprint linking Amyloid beta to brain aging. This story was a tour de force led by super talented postdoc Dennis de Bakker at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social.

Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · Mar 5

A protein linked to Alzheimer's may actually be a key player in normal brain ageing - which means targeting it could work as an anti-ageing treatment. It was great to talk to @dvalenzano.bsky.social about his exciting research on this.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This key protein could be responsible for brain ageing

An amyloid protein targeted by Alzheimer’s disease therapies seems to be involved in normal mental decline.

www.nature.com

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Björn Schumacher @bjornschumacher.bsky.social · Mar 5

Deadline is coming up, register now and join us for the most exciting meeting of the year 2025!

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Mar 3

🚨 Deadline reminder!

Submit your abstract for 'The ageing genome: from mechanisms to disease' before 18 March 🧬✨

Join top researchers at #EESAgeing discussing ageing biology, from telomere dysfunction to DNA repair.

➡️ https://s.embl.org/ees25-05-bl

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Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut @leibnizfli.bsky.social · Feb 26

➡️ FLI Colloquium with Prof. Jesus Gil

Prof. Jesus Gil, @mrc-lms.bsky.social, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, UK, will speak on March 6, 2025, @leibnizfli.bsky.social about the "Cellular senescence as a therapeutic target".

👉 Read more: bit.ly/3QB4iO7

FLI Colloquium with Jesus Gil

Jesus Gil, MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London, UK, will speak on March 6 about the "Cellular senescence as a therapeutic target".

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Dario Valenzano @dvalenzano.bsky.social · Feb 5

🚨 Registration Now Open for the 2025 Nothobranchius Symposium! 🚨

Join us in beautiful Jena (Germany) on June 5-6 to share the latest and greatest about Nothobranchius research.

👉 website and registrations: notho-2025.de

#Notho25 #killifish #aging @leibnizfli.bsky.social

2025_Nothobranchius Symposium

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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · Jan 30

If you’re not familiar with how it works, this short explainer video is worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnJ...

The eLife Model for research publishing: How does it work?

YouTube video by eLife

www.youtube.com

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