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Kedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 19h

Congrats, Micha & Co.! Best wishes for many successful developments! 🔬

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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 1d

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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UK Cellular Microbiology @ukcellmicro.bsky.social · 2d

SAVE THE DATE!

The 2026 UK CellularMicrobiologyNetwork meeting will be held 22nd - 23rd of June at @wwiem-qub.bsky.social in Belfast.

Researchers from the UK and beyond are invited to share exciting work on the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions.

Follow us to stay tuned! www.ukcellmicro.org

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Augustinas Silale @augustsilale.bsky.social · 7d

Our paper on the Bacteroidota BAM complex is out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com! With @madejmar.bsky.social

We found that BAM in Bacteroides and Porphyromonas gingivalis has a distinct architecture from BAM in Proteobacteria.

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Structure of a distinct β-barrel assembly machinery complex in the Bacteroidota - Nature Microbiology

Structural and functional characterization of the β-barrel assembly machinery complex in Bacteroidota reveals a distinct, seven-component complex with a large extracellular domain that may enable β-barrel–surface lipoprotein complex assembly.

doi.org

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Gabriel Mendoza-Rojas @gabmrojas.bsky.social · 9d

🧵How does a pathogen know it has entered its host?

New preprint!🎉It’s a pleasure to share my first first-author preprint from my PhD journey!
We uncover a novel co-evolved peptide–GPCR system in the fungus Ustilago maydis that senses host entry and triggers infection (doi.org/10.1101/2025...)
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 11d

A co-evolved peptide-GPCR system senses host entry to drive fungal infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.26.678928v1

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Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) @fmp-berlin.de · 16d

Congrats to Volker Haucke, Director at the Leibniz-FMP on being awarded the Ernst Schering Prize 2025 for his pioneering work on the function of signaling lipids that control how cells respond to hormones, nutrients and messengers.

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Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · 9d

Assistant/Associate Professor in Structural Biology, Biophysics or Biological Imaging

www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...

#biozentrum #University #Basel #Professor #Structural #Biology #Biophysics #Biological #Imaging

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Sven Gould @turbokraken.bsky.social · 13d

Kürzungen. Kürzungen everywhere.

www.forschung-und-lehre.de/forschung/df...

DFG muss Kürzungen vornehmen

Inflation und steigende Kosten zwingen die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft zum Sparen. Die Mittelaufwüchse kompensierten die Preissteigerungen nicht.

www.forschung-und-lehre.de

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

Our call for PhD students within our International Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology is open! Apply until October 28th. We are looking forward hearing from you! imprs.mpi-cbg.de

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Kedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 17d

Really sad development, to my view...

Kedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 18d

Hah, one more story on Tat machinery detected! ❤️‍🔥 Congratulations to the authors, teams of @smlea.bsky.social @pstansfeld.bsky.social and Ben Berks!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Structure and substrate recognition by the Twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway core complex

The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system is a mechanistically unique protein transport pathway moving folded proteins across membranes (1-4). It is found in all domains of life and is essential fo...

www.biorxiv.org

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Kedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 19d

Seems to be a hot topic - apparently, 2nd time Ig-Noble prize 🏆!!

Kedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 19d

Very nice!!! 👏 Congrats to all the teams involved - and Khaled for bringing the efforts together!

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David A. Russo @bluegreendr.bsky.social · 20d

Very proud to share the latest development on our (w/ @synbiojazz.bsky.social) mission to bring fast and accessible methods to cyanobacterial proteomics.

Major highlight: 85% Synechococcus proteome coverage in a single shotgun experiment.

Out now in Plant Physiology!

doi.org/10.1093/plph...

Library-free data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry enables comprehensive coverage of the cyanobacterial proteome

Single-pot solid phase-enhanced sample preparation (SP3) and trifluoroacetic acid workflows open the door to high-throughput quantitative proteomics in cya

doi.org

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Kedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 20d

Congratulations!!! Totally thrilled to read! 🤩

Kedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 20d

Incredible and LOUD!!! 🌟🤓👇

Sazanov Lab @sazanovlab.bsky.social · 20d

How the twin-arginine translocase (Tat) system manages to transport folded proteins across membranes without any leaks? To answer this fundamental question we solved the first structure of TatB3C3 complex with bound cargo. Please check out new preprint!
t.co/962Kj9pt6F

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676506v1

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Sazanov Lab @sazanovlab.bsky.social · 20d

How the twin-arginine translocase (Tat) system manages to transport folded proteins across membranes without any leaks? To answer this fundamental question we solved the first structure of TatB3C3 complex with bound cargo. Please check out new preprint!
t.co/962Kj9pt6F

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676506v1

t.co

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cryoEM papers @cryoempapers.bsky.social · 23d

Molecular structure of the ESCRT III-based archaeal CdvAB cell division machinery www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.15.676241v1 #cryoem

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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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Kedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 21d

And a Big Applause to the Organizers! 👏🍻

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Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · 22d

4 days left to apply for this #PhD position on #nanopore trapping at @unibas.ch in Switzerland🇨🇭:

Sonja Schmid @scisonja.bsky.social · Jul 31

#1: #PhD Position in Single-Molecule Biophysics using Nanopore Trapping:

➤ solid-state and biological #nanopores
➤ label-free protein fingerprinting, enzyme catalysis & more
⏰: submit by Sept. 20, 2025.

More info & online application system: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

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sobolevsky.bsky.social @sobolevsky.bsky.social · 27d

Happy to share the molecular mechanism of activation of kainate-subtype ionotropic glutamate receptor GluK2 in complex with auxiliary subunits Neto2. In both closed/apo and open states, ligand-binding domain (LBD) layer has 2-fold rotational symmetry!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · Sep 5

Congratulations to Kai Simons, one of our founding directors, for receiving the Cothenius-Medal of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina @leopoldina.org for his insights into the function of cell membranes. 🎉 www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · Sep 4

Für sein herausragendes wissenschaftliches Lebenswerk wird Leopoldina-Mitglied Kai Simons, Direktor emeritus am Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik in Dresden @mpi-cbg.de, mit der Cothenius-Medaille geehrt. ➡️ www.leopoldina.org/presse-1/nac...

Porträtfoto von Kai Simons, der in die Kamera lächelt. Er trägt ein hellblaues Hemd und ein blaues Sakko, der Hintergrund ist neutral beige.

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The EMBO Journal @embojournal.org · Sep 4

Bacterial cell widening alters periplasmic size and activates envelope stress responses
Kerwyn Huang, @typaslab.bsky.social et al find that E. coli outer-membrane protein RcsF senses reduced periplasm thickness due to increased cell width, & activates Rcs signaling
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

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Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Gegen den russländischen Imperialismus - gegen das russländische Mörderregime: Düsseldorf, 6. September 2025

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