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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 5d

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 · 4d

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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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · May 5

Clearly the left image. After all, it is the dirt and imperfection that defines us as humans.

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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · May 3

While a single phage treatment did not eradicate the pathogen, we were able to restore plant growth to control levels and found a significant reduction in expression of bacterial virulence-associated genes.

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