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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · 13d

📣Don't miss this amazing publication from the Hopfner lab👇

Hopfner Lab @hopfnerlab.bsky.social · 20d

Thrilled that our work is now finally out in Nature Comms!
rdcu.be/eG3vP

We reveal cryo-EM structures of the MRN complex bound to DNA & TRF2 - showing how DNA breaks are sensed and regulated at telomeres.
Fantastic work by first authors @yilanfan.bsky.social @filizkuybu.bsky.social & Hengjun!

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · 22d

🤩Congratulations to Lukas Milles on being awarded an ERC Starting Grant – we’re proud to have you at the Gene Center! 👏🥂
@lfmilles.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @lmumuenchen.bsky.social

LMU München @lmumuenchen.bsky.social · Sep 5

#ERCStartingGrants to #LMU researchers: nanoscientist @q-akkerman.bsky.social , cultural studies scholar Marianna Mazzola, and biophysicist @lfmilles.bsky.social. The @erc.europa.eu awards based on excellence – among Europe’s most prestigious grants. ✨ #ERC #Research www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

Three new ERC grants at LMU

Three early-career researchers have each been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for their projects with LMU.

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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 28d

Marleen Bérouti (@marleenberouti.bsky.social) from the lab of Veit Hornung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. 👏🏾 2/

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · 23d

🥳Congratulations, Marleen!👏

IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 28d

Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce the six outstanding laureates of the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Studies in Molecular Life Sciences 2025!

🏆Congratulations to all awardees and honourable mentions! 🎉 1/ ➡️ www.imp.ac.at/news/article...

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Aug 27

LMU remains the best German university www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

LMU remains the best German university

In the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities, LMU ranks among the world’s top 50 research-intensive universities.

www.lmu.de

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Aug 27

Check out this LMU article on Lukas Milles’ research — one of our rising talents!😉
Nanomachines made to measure: protein design with artificial intelligence www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
@lfmilles.bsky.social

Nanomachines made to measure: protein design with artificial intelligence

Biophysicist Lukas Milles is a researcher at LMU’s Gene Center Munich. He investigates how to design completely new proteins with the help of deep learning.

www.lmu.de

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Hopfner Lab @hopfnerlab.bsky.social · Aug 27

Check out our pre-print on how the human INO80 complex acts on nucleosomes and hexasomes: PostDocs Priyanka & Manmohan et al. solved structures of INO80 bound to several substrates and completed missing questions about similarities of modes of actions across species🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Recognition and remodelling of nucleosomes and hexasomes by the human INO80 complex

The ATP-dependent INO80 chromatin remodeller slides and repositions nucleosomes to shape and maintain chromatin around gene regulatory elements and replication origins. Recent work uncovered capabilit...

www.biorxiv.org

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Julian Stingele @jstingele.bsky.social · Jul 21

Now peer reviewed and in its final form @natcomms.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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SFB1361 @sfb1361.bsky.social · Aug 7

We‘re proud to share that our #SFB1361 PhD student, Yilan Fan from the @hopfnerlab.bsky.social, has been awarded a poster prize at the CNIO-CaixaResearch Frontiers Meeting “Machines on DNA and RNA: A Molecular Mechanistic Perspective“ held on 28-30 May 2025 in Madrid, Spain.
Congrats! 🎉

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jul 23

Neue Vizepräsidenten der LMU gewählt www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/...

Neue Vizepräsidenten der LMU gewählt

Ab Oktober unterstützen zehn Vizepräsidentinnen und Vizepräsidenten die Arbeit des künftigen LMU-Präsidenten Professor Matthias Tschöp.

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jul 23

📣New paper from the Stingele lab!
👏🥳Congratulations to first author @sduerauer.bsky.social and the @jstingele.bsky.social team on their exciting discovery showing how ubiquitin activates the SPRTN protease to repair toxic DNA–protein crosslinks – a key mechanism for maintaining genome stability👇

Julian Stingele @jstingele.bsky.social · Jul 21

Now peer reviewed and in its final form @natcomms.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Nature @nature.com · Jul 21

Researchers in the United States are filing appeals, seeking court remedies, turning to philanthropy and starting GoFundMe campaigns

go.nature.com/4m48yDu

How your research can survive a US federal grant termination

Researchers in the United States are filing appeals, seeking court remedies, turning to philanthropy and starting GoFundMe campaigns.

go.nature.com

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jul 16

🥳Congratulations, Shubo! 🥂👏What a fantastic start to your scientific career!
Shubo Zhao @jstingele.bsky.social receives Promotion Award from the Münchner Universitätsgesellschaft:
www.genzentrum.uni-muenchen.de/news-events/...
MUG prizes for LMU early-career researchers www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

MUG prizes for LMU early-career researchers

This year, six doctoral graduates and two habilitation graduates are receiving awards from the Munich University Association.

www.lmu.de

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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · Jun 16

If EMBL-EBI managed data resources have ever saved you time & effort, this is your chance to give back!

Fill in a 15-minute survey to help us:
🌍Demonstrate the real-world impact of our resources
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Closes 16 July
www.surveymonkey.com/r/QGFMBH8?ch...

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Epigenetics at Helmholtz Munich @epihmgu.bsky.social · May 16

🎤 Postdocs: want to take the next step and become a #PI?

Apply to speak at the TALENT FORUM @www.helmholtz-munich.de, showcase your research in Epigenetics & Nucleic Acids, and connect with top scientists.

🧳 Travel & accommodation covered if selected!

📝 Apply by 31July.

🔗 Info: lnkd.in/drkRvz7N

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jul 7

TODAY👇

Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jul 3

🤗We're excited to host Daphne Cabianca next Monday!
She will give a talk on “Shaping the genome with diet: dietary control of chromatin organization and function in a whole organism”
📅 July 7 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall
Join us for an inspiring talk – see you there!
@daphne-cabianca.bsky.social

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jul 3

🤗We're excited to host Daphne Cabianca next Monday!
She will give a talk on “Shaping the genome with diet: dietary control of chromatin organization and function in a whole organism”
📅 July 7 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall
Join us for an inspiring talk – see you there!
@daphne-cabianca.bsky.social

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jul 2

📣Rotem Sorek @soreklab.bsky.social has been awarded the Robert Koch Prize 2025 – congratulations, Rotem!👏🥂
www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/en/media/pre...

Press releases

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jul 2

🩺💖The new ICON center unites cardiovascular research across disciplines to accelerate clinical translation of innovative therapies.
Steffen Massberg and our PI Eckhard Wolf discuss the center’s goals and potential➡ www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

Concentrated expertise for medical research transfer

The LMU research center ICON for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases has opened its doors. Steffen Massberg and Eckhard Wolf present the new facility.

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jul 1

🥳Amazing publication from the Hornung lab, in collab. with the Carell lab, on the innate immune system: how modified RNA tricks the immune system. Big shout-out to the two first authors, Marleen Bérouti and Mirko Wagner! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
@v-hornung.bsky.social @m-berouti.bsky.social

Innate immune system: How modified RNA tricks the immune system

Researchers at LMU have elucidated why certain RNA modifications do not trigger an immune response—a key mechanism for RNA therapeutics.

www.lmu.de

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jun 17

🌟Hey Master’s students! Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity in the Bohlen lab!👇

Jonathan Bohlen @jonathanbohlen.bsky.social · Jun 17

We are looking for motivated Master Students who are interested to start an internship or thesis in the fall. The project will focus on molecular biology of mRNA translation and is a great opportunity to master some staple methods. Please get in touch @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3f3kwmja

Bohlen Lab - mRNA Translation in Human Immunity - Gene Center Munich - LMU Munich

www.genzentrum.uni-muenchen.de

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · Jun 2

TODAY👇

Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · May 27

📣Our guest series continues with Oleh Khalimonchuk!
We're happy to welcome him next Monday! 🎉
He’ll be talking about “Regulation of mitochondrial shape and function: From basics to disease”
📅 June 2 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall
Don’t miss it! 🤗✨
@mitocrue.bsky.social @jaelab.bsky.social

Announcement of Oleh Khalimonchuk's talk, including a photo of him

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · May 27

📣Our guest series continues with Oleh Khalimonchuk!
We're happy to welcome him next Monday! 🎉
He’ll be talking about “Regulation of mitochondrial shape and function: From basics to disease”
📅 June 2 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall
Don’t miss it! 🤗✨
@mitocrue.bsky.social @jaelab.bsky.social

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · May 26

Amazing! Congratulations to the whole team! Great job, everyone!👏🤩🥂🥳

Beckmann Lab @beckmannlab.bsky.social · May 26

We are happy to share that our snR30 story is finally out in @natureportfolio.nature.com 🥳 We report the first structure of a H/ACA snoRNP acting in ribosome synthesis thereby providing a detailed structural and biochemical view of the snR30 snoRNP guiding local 18S rRNA subdomain folding. 👇👇👇

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · May 26

🤗 Join us TODAY for the next session of the Gene Center PhD/Postdoc Seminar Series!
Finn Becker from the Reichart lab and Milena Milakovic Obradovic from the Keppler lab will present their latest research results🧐
🕐1:15 PM ▶️Lynen Lecture Hall