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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies

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Communicating in the Molecular Language of Life. DFG funded Cluster of Excellence at the University of Freiburg, Germany #LifeSciences #Research #Freiburg Website: https://www.cibss.uni-freiburg.de/ Legal Notice: https://www.cibss.uni-freiburg.de/imprint

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · May 22

We are thrilled to have just found out: CIBSS has secured continued funding under the #ExcellenceStrategy! This major boost will enable us to accelerate our research into biological signalling and lay the groundwork for next-generation insights from 2026 to 2032!

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 16h

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 16h

🌿 Join the #CIBSS & dompsfr.bsky.social Joint Seminar!
🧬 Dr. José Estevez estevezjosem.bsky.social (CONICET, Argentina / UNAB-CBV, Chile) on signaling pathways in plant root hair development under stress.
📅 Thu, Oct 09 · 10:15–11:00
📍 Biol. II/III, KS 00.009

🔗 kurzlinks.de/wegb

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 19h

The Theory of Living Systems Symposium at @uni-freiburg.de's Institute of Physics highlighted cutting-edge research where #physics meets the #LifeSciences.
Co-organized by #CIBSS members, it gathered leading theoreticians to discuss physics-driven approaches to understanding living systems.

One of the speakers giving his talk at the Theory of Living Systems Symposium in the lecture hall of the Institute of Physics at the University of Freiburg

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 1d

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 1d

"He will strengthen CIBSS both contentwise & strategically," says CIBSS speaker Sonja-Verena Albers. "His work on epigenetic signals & their adaptation to environmental factors combines basic research with approaches to personalised medicine – an important boost for the second CIBSS funding phase."

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 1d

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Simon Elsässer in his new #CIBSS core professorship as Endowed Professor for #SyntheticBiology at the @uni-freiburg.de. His work is funded by the @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social with 4.8 million euros over 10 years.
🔗 kurzlinks.de/44nn

Simon Elsässer is the new Endowed Professor for Synthetic Biology at the University of Freiburg

Elsässer strengthens the ‘Signals of Life’ research focus as well as the CIBSS Cluster of Excellence at the University of Freiburg. The foundation Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung is providing the professorship wi...

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 1d

#CIBSS researcher and Director of the Institute for Immunodeficiency at the University Medical Centre Freiburg Prof. Dr. Stephan Ehl explains the significance of the research honoured with the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine.

➡️ Read more here: kurzlinks.de/zqa5

Classification of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Freiburg immunologist explains the significance of the research honoured with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 2d

Our review "Acylamino acid-releasing enzyme, a bifunctional protease with a potential role in aging" is now out in JXB with full citation. Please check it out.
AARE is deeply conserved in evolution. So it's far more than #plantscience.
academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

Acylamino acid-releasing enzyme, a bifunctional protease with a potential role in aging

We consolidate information on Acylamino acid-releasing enzyme, a serine protease affecting plant development and aging, and emphasize its conserved feature

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 6d

Look at this nice cover: beautiful archaella, image made by @sshamphavi.bsky.social !

Thanks also to Marta Rodeiguez for keeping the EM im shape in @ottlab.bsky.social lab!

At @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social at @uni-freiburg.de @sfb1381.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social

Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 7d

Some keen Observations in Our October issue!

🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence

and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...

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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · 8d

Aktin-Gerüst im Zellkern erklärt Überleben von #Krebszellen bei ihrer Wanderung im Körper. Langfristig könnten Eingriffe in den Mechanismus, der das Aktin-Gerüst bildet, helfen, #Metastasen zu verhindern. @cibss.bsky.social @grosselab.bsky.social @degradomics.bsky.social ufr.link/aktin-geruest

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 8d

@grosselab.bsky.social & @degradomics.bsky.social 👏

CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 9d

@mwk-bw.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de @archaellum.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @elkebarbez.bsky.social @uniklinik-fr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social Media Credit: Silvia Wolf / Uni Freiburg 5/5

CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 9d

The visit was also an opportunity to show how the excellent conditions for research and innovation at the University of Freiburg and in CIBSS attract international talent and help scientists in the Cluster reach their full potential. 4/5

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 9d

Dr. Emilia Neuwirt, a former doctoral researcher in CIBSS and Co-founder and CEO of the CIBSS Start-up EMUNO Therapeutics, explained how her company is developing compounds targeting key inflammatory processes in order to precisely control immunity. 3/5

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 9d

At the Minister’s visit last week, Jun. Prof. Priscilla Briquez and Dr. Elke Barbez presented their complementary research on the importance of the extracellular matrix in signalling in plants and humans, illustrating the value of uniting plant sciences and biomedical research in CIBSS. 2/5

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 9d

‘It was an honor to meet Minister Olschowski and share how the vision of CIBSS to decode decision-making in living systems holds great promise for sustainable agriculture and human health.’ - Prof. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, who together with Prof. Sonja Albers presented our Cluster’s research. 1/5

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 16d

The future of @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de is about teamwork, curiosity, and collaboration across disciplines.

We are thrilled to be in this together @kraftlabfr.bsky.social @archaellum.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social !

selfie of @kraftlabfr.bsky.social @archaellum.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social

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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · 16d

Freiburger Forschende haben einen Mechanismus entdeckt, durch den Pflanzenhormone gezielt reguliert werden, um das Wachstum den Umweltbedingungen anzupassen: ufr.link/wachstums-sc...
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Mehrere grün blühende Pflanzen in Nahaufnahme, unscharf im Hintergrund. Rechts im Bild befindet sich eine halbtransparente blaue Kreisfläche mit weißem Text: „Wachstums-Schalter für Anpassungsfähigkeit von Pflanzen entdeckt“.

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Robert Grosse @ grosselab @grosselab.bsky.social · 16d

we found that nuclear envelope rupture triggers rapid DIAPH3 formin influx to generate a actin mesh to prevent further chromatin leakage from damaged nuclei. thanks to Pitter Huesgen @degradomics.bsky.social and @cibss.bsky.social, @chrkam.bsky.social

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 16d

@kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @archaellum.bsky.social @kraftlabfr.bsky.social

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 16d

New leadership for #CIBSS!
Welcome Sonja-Verena Albers as new spokesperson & congrats to Claudine Kraft on her confirmation. Together with Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, they’ll lead CIBSS into its #NextChapter – following Wolfgang Driever & Carola Hunte.
More info: kurzlinks.de/fkv4

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 16d

⏸️🌱 Ever wondered how stressed plants press pause on growth? Then check out the lastest from the lab of our Speaker @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social and collaborators.

KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 16d

1/ 🌱 When plants face stress, they often suppress growth to save resources.
In our new Science Advances paper, we reveal how: plants repurpose their ER quality control machinery (ERAD) to regulate auxin compartmentalization and thus growth.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

ERAD machinery controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES in plants

Plant ERAD machinery governs the turnover of auxin transporters involved in developmental and stress responses.

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 20d

Spinning into new evolutionary territory🌀🦠: The latest @natmicrobiol.nature.com paper from the lab of our Speaker Sonja Albers uncovers bacterial species with an ATP-driven archaellum for motility. Great work from @sshamphavi.bsky.social and our Cryo-EM facility

Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 21d

Happy to share that our story on the bacterial archaellum was published today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats to the authors: @sshamphavi.bsky.social @loumollat.bsky.social @mariejoest.bsky.social Najwa Taib and @sgribaldo.bsky.social

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 23d

Location: Lecture Hall, Institute of Biology I, Hauptstr. 1, and online.

CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 23d

TODAY at 12:00 ➡️ We are are excited to host Dr. Tanja Mittag in our Seminar Series! @stjuderesearch.bsky.social @sfb1381.bsky.social @mpi-ie.bsky.social www.stjude.org/research/lab...

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