Schulenburg Lab Kiel
@schulenburglab.bsky.social
The Schulenburg lab is headed by Hinrich Schulenburg, Kiel University and Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen. We study the evolution and genetics of C. elegans-microbiome interactions and antibiotic resistance evolution in human pathogens
Join us at this year's meeting of the International Society of Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health - ISEMPH 2026 in Kiel. See: isemph.org/page-18356
ISEMPH - 2026 in Kiel, Germany
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January 30, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Join us at this year's meeting of the International Society of Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health - ISEMPH 2026 in Kiel. See: isemph.org/page-18356
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Tomorrow's #popgen seminar speaker Hinrich Schulenburg @schulenburglab.bsky.social will tell us about "Evolution of C. elegans-microbiome interactions". Streaming signup popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ Our #PhD students look forward to his visit and meetings! #evolution
Seminars
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January 19, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Tomorrow's #popgen seminar speaker Hinrich Schulenburg @schulenburglab.bsky.social will tell us about "Evolution of C. elegans-microbiome interactions". Streaming signup popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ Our #PhD students look forward to his visit and meetings! #evolution
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Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
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Please do not miss the opportunity to apply for this exciting PhD position in my lab.
The project will providefundamental insights into the coevolution of cross-feeding microbial consortia within and between species.
The deadline ends this week.
Looking forward to receiving your application.
The project will providefundamental insights into the coevolution of cross-feeding microbial consortia within and between species.
The deadline ends this week.
Looking forward to receiving your application.
I am very excited to announce that a fully funded PhD position is available in my group.
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
January 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Please do not miss the opportunity to apply for this exciting PhD position in my lab.
The project will providefundamental insights into the coevolution of cross-feeding microbial consortia within and between species.
The deadline ends this week.
Looking forward to receiving your application.
The project will providefundamental insights into the coevolution of cross-feeding microbial consortia within and between species.
The deadline ends this week.
Looking forward to receiving your application.
Wonderful update on the exciting research during our annual Metaorganism CRC retreat, incl. fantastic guest talks by Chris Voolstra and Tommi Vatanen. Many thanks for all contributions! @crc1182.bsky.social @reefgenomics.bsky @daganlab.bsky.social www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
CRC 1182 Retreat 2025
The 11th CRC 1182 Retreat was held from October 8-10 at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre in Kiel. Our members presented the current state of research in the different sub-projects and discussed their plans...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wonderful update on the exciting research during our annual Metaorganism CRC retreat, incl. fantastic guest talks by Chris Voolstra and Tommi Vatanen. Many thanks for all contributions! @crc1182.bsky.social @reefgenomics.bsky @daganlab.bsky.social www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
I am happy to announce publication of our new perspectives paper on applying evolutionary theory to host-microbiome evolution - new tricks for old dogs! @bweek.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I am happy to announce publication of our new perspectives paper on applying evolutionary theory to host-microbiome evolution - new tricks for old dogs! @bweek.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We are welcoming applications for a full professorship on Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology at Kiel Univerdity, Northern Germany, with fantastic facilities and infrastructure! @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...
W 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12844416
Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We are welcoming applications for a full professorship on Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology at Kiel Univerdity, Northern Germany, with fantastic facilities and infrastructure! @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Congrats to Michael Habig for his ERC grant on an exciting project with mobile chromosomes! @michaelhabig.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
ERC Starting Grant for Kiel University’s Fungal Geneticist Michael Habig
ERC funds project on the influence of horizontal chromosome transfer on the evolution of fungi
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September 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Congrats to Michael Habig for his ERC grant on an exciting project with mobile chromosomes! @michaelhabig.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
And a new methods paper on antibiotic resistance testing in predatory bacteria. doi.org/10.3389/fmic...
Frontiers | A streamlined method to determine the antibiotic resistance of plaque-forming predatory bacteria
IntroductionAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global health issue caused by antibiotic overuse, leading to the rise of multi-resistant pathogens s...
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August 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
And a new methods paper on antibiotic resistance testing in predatory bacteria. doi.org/10.3389/fmic...
See our new paper on C. elegans-yeast interactions. @crc1182.bsky.social @michaelhabig.bsky.social enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Interaction Between the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and Its Coexisting Fungal Microbiome Member Barnettozyma californica
Barnettozyma californica is a member of the fungal microbiome of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and can serve as food for worms. When combined with E. coli, this fungus can increase popula...
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August 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
See our new paper on C. elegans-yeast interactions. @crc1182.bsky.social @michaelhabig.bsky.social enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Combining evolutionary and economic perspectives at our joint meeting @idiv-research.bsky.social and @unileipzig.bsky.social to better understand the challenges of using natural common goods more effectively.
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August 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Combining evolutionary and economic perspectives at our joint meeting @idiv-research.bsky.social and @unileipzig.bsky.social to better understand the challenges of using natural common goods more effectively.
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And also see our new paper on the Role of microbial life history strategy in host-microbiome interactions in the ISMEJ. @crc1182.bsky.social url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
Role of microbial life history strategy in shaping the characteristics and evolution of host-microbiota interactions
Abstract. Many host-associated microbes are transmitted between individual hosts via the environment and, therefore, need to succeed both within a host and
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August 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
And also see our new paper on the Role of microbial life history strategy in host-microbiome interactions in the ISMEJ. @crc1182.bsky.social url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
Please see our new paper in the J. Evol. Biol. @crc1182.bsky.social @lena-peters.bsky.social url: academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
Maintenance and loss of microbe-mediated protection in the absence of pathogens
Abstract. Protective microbes are known for their service to hosts. While they allow hosts to survive infection, microbes, too, benefit from successful inh
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August 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Please see our new paper in the J. Evol. Biol. @crc1182.bsky.social @lena-peters.bsky.social url: academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
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Mercator Fellows visit life sciences at @uni-kiel.de:
@jessmetcalf.bsky.social and Brendan Bohannan are currently contributing to our research activities as guests of @transevo.bsky.social and #CRC1182. Many thanks to both of you for staying with us!
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@jessmetcalf.bsky.social and Brendan Bohannan are currently contributing to our research activities as guests of @transevo.bsky.social and #CRC1182. Many thanks to both of you for staying with us!
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August 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Mercator Fellows visit life sciences at @uni-kiel.de:
@jessmetcalf.bsky.social and Brendan Bohannan are currently contributing to our research activities as guests of @transevo.bsky.social and #CRC1182. Many thanks to both of you for staying with us!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/mercato...
@jessmetcalf.bsky.social and Brendan Bohannan are currently contributing to our research activities as guests of @transevo.bsky.social and #CRC1182. Many thanks to both of you for staying with us!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/mercato...
See our new paper, headed by Katja Dierking and her team, esp. Lena Peters, on microbiota protection against pathogens @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @manuelliebeke.bsky.social @kaletalab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids mediate microbiota protection against a bacterial pathogen in C. elegans - Nature Communications
Here, Peters et al. report that Pseudomonas fluorescens protects Caenorhabditis elegans against pathogen infection via polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids, uncovering a non-canonical bacterial s...
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June 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
See our new paper, headed by Katja Dierking and her team, esp. Lena Peters, on microbiota protection against pathogens @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @manuelliebeke.bsky.social @kaletalab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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The #CRC1182 metaorganism symposium on cellular #host-microbe crosstalk has just come to an end @geomarkiel.bsky.social
Thanks to all for participating and special thanks to @utehentschel.bsky.social for organizing this wonderful event!
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Thanks to all for participating and special thanks to @utehentschel.bsky.social for organizing this wonderful event!
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May 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The #CRC1182 metaorganism symposium on cellular #host-microbe crosstalk has just come to an end @geomarkiel.bsky.social
Thanks to all for participating and special thanks to @utehentschel.bsky.social for organizing this wonderful event!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/cellula...
Thanks to all for participating and special thanks to @utehentschel.bsky.social for organizing this wonderful event!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/cellula...
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Looking forward to an exciting CRC 1182 Metaorganism symposium on host-microbe crosstalk. @crc1182.bsky.social @cpogoreutz.bsky.social @spencernyholm.bsky.social @manuelliebeke.bsky.social oliviaroth.bsky.social @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social @daganlab.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Looking forward to an exciting CRC 1182 Metaorganism symposium on host-microbe crosstalk. @crc1182.bsky.social @cpogoreutz.bsky.social @spencernyholm.bsky.social @manuelliebeke.bsky.social oliviaroth.bsky.social @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social @daganlab.bsky.social
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Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June
April 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June
See our newest paper on the genetics of bacterial association with a host! rdcu.be/ejsJk
PelD is required downstream of c-di-GMP for host specialization of Pseudomonas lurida | BMC Microbiology
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April 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
See our newest paper on the genetics of bacterial association with a host! rdcu.be/ejsJk
Carola Petersen from our lab will be one of the invited symposium speakers at ESEB 2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Carola Petersen from our lab will be one of the invited symposium speakers at ESEB 2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social
1 more week left to apply! 7 PhD positions within our graduate school on Translational Evolutionary Research in Northern Germany
7 PhD positions in Translational Evolutionary Research available @uni-kiel.de
Application deadline is March 27, 2025
Please spread the word!
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Application deadline is March 27, 2025
Please spread the word!
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March 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
1 more week left to apply! 7 PhD positions within our graduate school on Translational Evolutionary Research in Northern Germany
Join our lively interactive community of evolutionary biologists in Northern Germany! 7 PhD positions on TransEvo topics, incl 1 PhD position in the Schulenburg lab. @transevo.bsky.social
7 PhD positions in Translational Evolutionary Research available @uni-kiel.de
Application deadline is March 27, 2025
Please spread the word!
www.kec.uni-kiel.de/news_events/...
Application deadline is March 27, 2025
Please spread the word!
www.kec.uni-kiel.de/news_events/...
February 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Join our lively interactive community of evolutionary biologists in Northern Germany! 7 PhD positions on TransEvo topics, incl 1 PhD position in the Schulenburg lab. @transevo.bsky.social
Möbius Fellowship to our long-term advisor and mentor Margaret McFall-Ngai! See: www.metaorganism-research.com/news/profess...
Professor Margaret McFall-Ngai awarded with Kiel Möbius Prize
CRC 1182 honours renowned symbiosis researcher for her pioneering work on the relationships between microorganisms and multicellular host organisms Last Friday, 6th December…
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December 10, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Möbius Fellowship to our long-term advisor and mentor Margaret McFall-Ngai! See: www.metaorganism-research.com/news/profess...
Our Dr. h.c. Margaret McFall-Ngai talking about a revolution...
December 5, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Our Dr. h.c. Margaret McFall-Ngai talking about a revolution...
Honorary doctorate from Kiel University to a fantastic scientist, teacher, and mentor: Margaret McFall-Ngai
December 5, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Honorary doctorate from Kiel University to a fantastic scientist, teacher, and mentor: Margaret McFall-Ngai