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Maja Köhn @mkoehn.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congratulations! Great approach and insights! What a tremendous amount of work!

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Kimberly Beatty @beattylab.bsky.social · Aug 20

scienceimpacts.org
Please share this link widely-- it allows people to see how the loss of NIH funding will directly impact their county. Includes current impact and future impacts. It is grim. NIH funding benefits us all.

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research

Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

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Maja Köhn @mkoehn.bsky.social · Aug 17

No offense taken, point came across. But there is a difference, unlike US-American scientists now, I think the Nazis deserved the “improvement”. There was support for the Nazis in Germany and fear to resist. I admire that you and others speak up openly about the nightmare, and I support if I can.

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Center of Medical Biotechnology @unidue-zmb.bsky.social · Aug 15

Join us! Registration is now open for the 17th German #Peptide Symposium, 4–6 March 2026, in Essen @unidue.bsky.social! An open-topic event on modern peptide chemistry featuring top speakers including @mbogyo.bsky.social, @mkoehn.bsky.social & more.
🔗 www.uni-due.de/17gps/
#17GPS

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Maja Köhn @mkoehn.bsky.social · Aug 12

From in the historically rich city of Boston, MA. Some lessons don’t get old.

"May Faneuil Hall ever stand a monument to teach the world that resistance to oppression is a duty..." - General Lafayette (Boston, MA)

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Eileen Furlong @eileen-furlong.bsky.social · Jul 30

To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept ‪@embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Group Leader - Genome Biology Unit

Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Genome Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group addressing exciting and original biological...

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Kusterlab @kusterlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Kusterlab is looking for a new member to join our Bioinformatics team.
Apply now if you're interested in working with us!

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Maja Köhn @mkoehn.bsky.social · Jul 27

Very excited that the EMBO workshop on #phosphatases is about to start in the beautiful Juliusspital venue in Würzburg!

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Felix Campelo @felixmendu.bsky.social · Jul 4

Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio

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Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology

Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emerges at the cross-section of biology, physics and engineering. It aims to understand how living cells, tissues and animals sense and respond to me…

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Evangelia Petsalaki @epetsalaki.bsky.social · Jun 30

Do you have experience in mechanistic modelling of biological systems and want to do a postdoc with an interdisciplinary team on developing Digital Twins for rare disease? We have the job for you! Check it out below - deadline July 13th, online interviews 24th July.

Evangelia Petsalaki @epetsalaki.bsky.social · Jun 24

Your weekly reminder that there is a really fun post @ebi.embl.org in our group in collaboration with Sheriff Rahuman (@biomodels) and Ellie McDonagh (@opentargets) to create Digital Twins for rare disease using multiomics, executable modelling and AI. Join our interdisciplinary team! Deadline 13/07

Evangelia Petsalaki @epetsalaki.bsky.social · Jun 13

Exciting opportunity at the forefront of network biology, multiomics, AI and DT. Deadline 13th July! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...

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Ylva Ivarsson @ivarssonlab.bsky.social · Jun 30

We are looking for a PhD student in (mostly )wet-lab biochemistry to work on short linear motifs, intrinsically disordered regions, in the context of the Marie Curie network "IDPro". More info an apply here: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

PhD student in Biochemistry - Uppsala University

PhD student in Biochemistry, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University

www.uu.se

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Maja Köhn @mkoehn.bsky.social · Jun 28

Congratulations, Felix!

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Maja Köhn @mkoehn.bsky.social · Jun 16

Happy to be at #APS2025, great science and community! And an unexpected wonderful reunion after >10 years with two previous postdocs in my group: Jayanta Chatterjee and Yansong Wang!

Reunion at APS2025: From left to right Jayanta Chatterjee, Maja Köhn, Yansong Wang

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Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 5

also anyone with an apt/house for rent in #freiburg, 4+ rooms, preferably Herdern, Güterbahnhof, Wiehre, ANY time, ANY price, SEND IT MY WAY

Elsässer Lab @simonelsasser.bsky.social · Jun 5

Incredibly grateful for this tremendous recognition by @humboldt-foundation.de and not possible without the strongest support from @uni-freiburg.de and many previous funding bodies that made our research possible

www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/n...

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Maja Köhn @mkoehn.bsky.social · Jun 6

Congratulations Simon!

Maja Köhn @mkoehn.bsky.social · May 25

I am very sad about the passing of Philippe Bastiaens. My heart goes to his family, his colleagues and his group www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/news/philipp...

The Max Planck Institute in Dortmund mourns the loss of Philippe Bastiaens

www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de

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Anirban Banerjee @banirbn.bsky.social · May 22

We still have an open postbac position in the intramural program of the NIH for starting sometime this summer. Shares, reposts much appreciated-

Anirban Banerjee @banirbn.bsky.social · Apr 8

Interested in chemical mechanisms of membrane proteins ?We have an opening for postbac fellows. Please share and repost. Thanks !
Our research focuses on understanding the chemical and cellular mechanisms of integral membrane enzymes and transition metal transporters.
bit.ly/42jWXYD.
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Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) @swisschemistry.bsky.social · Apr 28

Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2025 - Last Chance to submit your abstract for a talk!
@biozentrum.unibas.ch

‼️Submit your abstract today via ptf25.scg.ch/registration
#ptf25 #scs #medchem #switzerland #symposia

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Apr 11

SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.

chemsymposia.com

Join Chemsymposia 2026: Research & Innovation | ChemSymposia 2026

Join us at Chemsymposia 2026 to discover groundbreaking research in physics applications. Connect with experts, engage in insightful discussions, and explore our venue, registration details, and speak...

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Jordan Meier @doc-jlmeier.bsky.social · Apr 10

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.

www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

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EMBO @embo.org · Apr 8

Join scientists, biotech start-ups and pharmaceutical companies to discuss #phosphatase research at the EMBO Workshop "Phosphatases: From basic research to translation" in Würzburg, Germany, 27–31 July

Deadline: 11 April

meetings.embo.org/event/25-pho...
#EMBOphosphatases #EMBOevents 🧪

Phosphatases: from basic research to translation

Phosphatases have been considered undruggable for decades. However, recent breakthroughs with the first small molecule phosphatase inhibitors for cancer immunotherapy now in clinical trials have resu…

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Adam Gilbert @adammgilbert65.bsky.social · Apr 5

Clever way to look for new CRBN ubiquitination substrate…

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A method to identify small molecule/protein pairs susceptible to protein ubiquitination by the CRBN E3 ligase

Although using DNA-encoded libraries (DELs) to find small molecule binders of target proteins is well-established, identifying molecules with functions beyond binding remains challenging in pooled scr...

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Maja Köhn @mkoehn.bsky.social · Mar 20

Don’t forget to register for the EMBO conference on phosphatases, July 27-31 2025 😊

Maja Köhn @mkoehn.bsky.social · Dec 11

Join us in Würzburg, Germany, for the EMBO workshop “Phosphatases: From basic research to translation”! July 27-31 2025. Newest developments in the field, from academia and industry. Great networking opportunities! Short talk slots available. Hope to see you there! meetings.embo.org/event/25-pho...

Phosphatases: from basic research to translation

Phosphatases have been considered undruggable for decades. However, recent breakthroughs with the first small molecule phosphatase inhibitors for cancer immunotherapy now in clinical trials have resu…

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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · Mar 3

Very excited for the virtual #RSCPoster conference by @rsc.org over on LinkedIn that is happening on March 4th and 5th and to be a subject chair for #RSCChemBio together with Lyn Jones and Ali Tavassoli. (1/2)

www.rsc.org/our-events/r...

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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · Mar 3

Very much looking forward to the 25th anniversary symposium of ChemBioChem and ChemPhysChem #CBCCPC2025 in Berlin on October 23rd and 24th, 2025.

There is an ever growing list of amazing speakers confirmed for this event. (1/2)

#chemsky #ChemBio @chemistryeurope.bsky.social

www.cbc-cpc2025.org

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