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idpgrc.bsky.social @idpgrc.bsky.social · 1d

🚨The 2026 IDP GRC Program is LIVE! 📣
Check it out: www.grc.org/intrinsicall...
We’ve got an incredible speaker lineup! 🌟
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting some of them and giving you a sneak peek at the exciting topics they’ll be covering. Stay tuned!

2026 Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Conference GRC

The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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idpgrc.bsky.social @idpgrc.bsky.social · 6d

🚨🚨The GRC on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins #IDPs is back!! 🍝🧵🏔️Join us for cutting-edge IDP science, great discussions, and mountain views 🌄🍝
📅 June 21-26, 2026 | Les Diablerets, Switzerland
👉 Details & registration: grc.org/intrinsicall...

2026 Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Conference GRC

The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.

grc.org

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 13d

Anthony Hyman @mpi-cbg.de @hymanlab.bsky.social recognized as a Clarivate @clarivateag.bsky.social Citation Laureate 2025. He is one of the 2025 Laureates in the field of chemistry, together with Clifford Brangwynne @brangwynnelab.bsky.social and Michael K. Rosen. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Anthony Hyman recognized as a Citation Laureate 2025

Clarivate unveils Citation Laureates 2025 - a distinguished group of 22 researchers

www.mpi-cbg.de

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Dormann Lab @dormannlab.bsky.social · 15d

Last week we attended a fantastic meeting of the SPP2191 and GBM Compact on Condensates!
Congrats to members of the Dormann Lab, Yelyzaveta Zadorozhna and Fatmanur Tiryaki, for giving great talks, and to Saskia Hutten for winning a poster award 🎉!
@spp2191.bsky.social
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SPP2191 - Molecular Mechanisms of Functional Phase Separation @spp2191.bsky.social · May 16

📢 Registration is open for the GBM Compact: Focus on Condensate Biology & SPP2191 Satellite Meeting! This is sure to be an incredible event diving into the latest in phase separation research with leading scientists.
📍 Frankfurt am Main
📅 Sept 16–19, 2025
🌐 shorturl.at/ZGQch
@gbmev.bsky.social

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Dormann Lab @dormannlab.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations to all poster awardees of the GBM Compact 2025 conference "Focus on Condensate Biology" in Frankfurt, including Saskia Hutten from our group 🎉!

GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · 16d

The GBM Compact - Focus on Condensate Biology poster session has 5 winners: Miriam Linsenmeier (FEBS Open Bio award), Patrick McCall and Michal Kacper Bialobrzewski (sponsored by De Gruyter Brill). Two book vouchers from Wiley were awarded to Saskia Hutten and Nora Haanaes! Congratulations!

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Alberti Lab @ TU Dresden @albertilab-tud.bsky.social · 15d

++++ We are hiring ++++

The DFG-funded Research Training Group RTG 3120 – Biomolecular Condensates: From Physics to biological Functions” in Dresden is currently recruiting PhD-candidates.

More Info here: dresdencondensates.org/join-us/

Please apply until October 31,2025

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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · 20d

GBM Compact Focus on Condensate Biology is opened by Edward Lemke. Looking forward to a great meeting!

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Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) @imbmainz.bsky.social · 28d

Our IPP Winter Call is now open! 📢 Are you looking for a fully funded PhD project in an international environment, doing cutting-edge research, and developing your career with advanced training? Join the #IPPMainz!

Learn more via www.imb.de/phd & apply by 16 October

#IMBMainz @unimainz.bsky.social

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SFB 1551 - Collaborative Research Centre 1551 @sfb1551.bsky.social · Aug 22

Fresh in Nature Communications: a big update from the international biocondensate community featuring SFB1551 spokespersons @dormannlab.bsky.social and @lemkelab.bsky.social
Read more 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congrats to all authors!

Current practices in the study of biomolecular condensates: a community comment - Nature Communications

The realization that the cell is abundantly compartmentalized into biomolecular condensates has opened new opportunities for understanding the physics and chemistry underlying many cellular processes1...

www.nature.com

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Mittal Group @ TAMU @mittalgrouptamu.bsky.social · Aug 6

Excited to share our recent work (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) led by PhD student Busra Ozguney & postdoc Priyesh Mohanty! We reveal atomic-level insights into how GU-rich RNA binding modulates the conformational ensemble of TDP-43 RRMs, promoting function and preventing misfolding.

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Andrea Sinz 🧪 @sinzandrea.bsky.social · Jul 30

🧪To all junior mass spectrometrists 🚨: The Fall Meeting of the DGMS Young Scientists will be held at monastery Hünfeld, September 17-19, 2025. Great chance to exchange with other students so don’t miss out! 🧪#teammassspec
#AcademicSky #ChemSky
Register here:👇🏼
youngscientists.dgms.eu/5th-fall-mee...

5th Fall Meeting Registration - DGMS Young Scientists

Registration will be open until the 31st of July. Detailed information and a preliminary schedule will be announced in due time. There is no registration fee for the conference. Room reservations at t...

youngscientists.dgms.eu

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Miha Modic @paraspeckle.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thrilled to co-advertise this postdoc or PhD position with @erhardtlab.bsky.social!
Join us, if RNP assembly on centromeres, RNA modifications, & bioinformatics are your thing.
More info also on modiclab.org.

Sylvia Erhardt @erhardtlab.bsky.social · Jul 23

🧪 Open PhD or Postdoc position 🧪
The project is in collaboration with my new collegue Miha Modic. If you are interesed in RNA modification, centromeres and bioinformatics this is for you!
Miha has more positions to fill, infos on his linkedin: linkedin.com/in/miha-modic-9aa8a752.

advertisment for a phd or postdoc position in epitranscriptomics of genome integrety at the KIT in Germany

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Janet Kumita @jrkumita.bsky.social · Jul 1

Come join us for the next monthly on-line seminar (4th July, 1pm GMT) aimed to connect the UK Biomolecular Condensate community (All are welcome to come and listen!) www.ukcondensates.co.uk/monthly-netw... @leebiophysics.bsky.social Alex Borodavka @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social

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Dormann Lab @dormannlab.bsky.social · Jun 23

One more week to catch the early bird registration deadline and submit an abstract to this International Condensate Meeting in Frankfurt, with fantastic invited speakers!
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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · Jun 2

Don't forget to submit your abstract for the GBM Compact Meeting - Focus on Condensate Biology! gbm-compact.org/gbm-compact-...
Did you know that young members of the GBM can apply for a travel grant until July 15? Not a GBM member? Apply here: gbm-online.de/de/mitglied....

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The Freeman Lab @spencerfreeman.bsky.social · Feb 27

We've been studying mechanisms of resilience that protect lysosomes from damage and wrote a review on the topic. We consider lysosomal stress and damage on a spectrum. Please help me share as this is my first post 😀 and I don't have many followers! 🙏 Open Access: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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EMBO @embo.org · Jun 5

Gain an overview on #proteostasis, attend #career development sessions and more at the EMBO | FEBS Lecture Course "Susan Lindquist School on Proteostasis" in Espoo, Finland, 16–19 September 2025.

Deadline: 15 June 2025

meetings.embo.org/event/25-pro...
#EMBOFEBSproteostasis #EMBOevents 🧪

Susan Lindquist School on Proteostasis

Cells constantly surveil and monitor their proteome to ensure proper function. These processes, spanning multiple steps from protein synthesis to folding and degradation, are collectively known as pr…

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Dormann Lab @dormannlab.bsky.social · Jun 2

Condensate 💦 lovers, check out this upcoming meeting taking place in September in Frankfurt
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GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie) @gbmev.bsky.social · Jun 2

Don't forget to submit your abstract for the GBM Compact Meeting - Focus on Condensate Biology! gbm-compact.org/gbm-compact-...
Did you know that young members of the GBM can apply for a travel grant until July 15? Not a GBM member? Apply here: gbm-online.de/de/mitglied....

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Dormann Lab @dormannlab.bsky.social · Jun 2

congratulations, Kevin! looking forward to reading your new story!

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Dormann Lab @dormannlab.bsky.social · May 25

Fantastic news: the Frankfurt-based research network SCALE (SubCellular Architecture of LifE) will receive funding by the DFG and become a new Excellence Cluster! 🎉
Happy to be part of it, congrats & many thanks to @mixmue.bsky.social @ihaenelt.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social
for all the hard work!

SCALE - SubCellular Architecture of LifE @scale-cluster-ffm.bsky.social · May 23

🎉 We’re absolutely thrilled: SCALE has been selected as a DFG Excellence Cluster!
A huge thank you to our incredible team—this would not have been possible without your dedication and talent. 🙌 @dfg.de
#ClustersOfExcellence #SCALEcluster 🧵

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Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) @imbmainz.bsky.social · May 13

2nd Life Sciences Postdoc Symposium Mainz - Connect, learn & grow with fellow postdocs & staff scientists from Mainz, Frankfurt, Darmstadt & the region! 🔬

26 June 2025
➡️ www.imb.de/postdoc-symposium25

Join us to strengthen your scientific network & exchange ideas with your peers.

#postdoclife

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Gräter lab @graeterlab.bsky.social · Apr 4

Job alert: Join us in Mainz as

Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2) in Molecular Design

...and make your own research dreams happen on de novo design, generative models, proteins, materials ...
tinyurl.com/r2xjxnuk

@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2) in Molecular Design

We are looking for exceptional early-career scientists conducting computational research with a proven record of accomplishment. The primary focus of this call is on candidates proposing research on b...

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Dormann Lab @dormannlab.bsky.social · Apr 3

Highly recommended read from the Banerjee lab!

Priya R Banerjee @priya-r-banerjee.bsky.social · Apr 2

Happy to share our new preprint on small molecule mediated inhibition of aging of biomolecular condensates.

Tharun Selvam Mahendran @tharun-mahendran.bsky.social · Apr 2

In our new preprint, we study the physical aging of biochemically active condensates of an engineered Tau protein into disease-linked fibrils — and investigate whether small molecules can counteract this transition.
@priya-r-banerjee.bsky.social
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.18.643977v1
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Biophysical Society @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social · Mar 10

The BPS IDP Subgroup and IDPSeminars present a #BiophysicsWeek Trainee Symposium!This event will showcase innovative research from emerging scientists, featuring presentations from both graduate students and postdocs
Thursday, March 27, at 12:00 PM Central Time

IDPSeminars

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SFB1361 @sfb1361.bsky.social · Mar 7

Less than a month left to apply to the International PhD programme!

Looking to develop a scientific career in #DNArepair, #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology? Apply now join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍

Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) @imbmainz.bsky.social · Feb 17

The summer call of our International PhD programme is open! 📢

Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍

www.imb.de/phd

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Dormann Lab @dormannlab.bsky.social · Mar 4

The Dormann Lab has a PhD project on offer, apply by April 3 👇

SFB 1551 - Collaborative Research Centre 1551 @sfb1551.bsky.social · Feb 14

Attention life scientists! 🚀 Explore the International PhD Programme in Mainz—an exciting opportunity for your research journey and to join the SFB1551.
Apply by April 3rd! 🔬📢
@imbmainz.bsky.social

René Ketting @reneketting.bsky.social · Feb 14

If you are an enthusiastic, motivated and team-oriented life science researcher-in-spé, we are looking for you! We offer excellent science and working conditions. For more info on projects please see. Please help me spread this🙏

www.imb.de/students-pos...

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