Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
@mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social
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As the only "marine" institute within the Max Planck Society, we do basic research in order to better understand microbial life in the oceans and its impacts the environment.
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Welcome @ecologicalgenomics.bsky.social – we are excited to read and share your news here! 😀👉🦠🌊🔬
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Hello, world! 👋
We are the Ecological Genomics group at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology 🌊🧬🔬
Our group officially started in April 2025, and we’ll be using this space to share updates about our research, team, and publications.
Stay tuned! 🚀
🔗 www.mpi-bremen.de/en/ERC-Resea...
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Hooray, we are growing! 🎉👩‍🔬

We are happy & grateful to welcome #MinervaFastTrack Fellow Alicia L. Bruzos to study how #cancer spreads & forms #metastases in #marine #bivalves.🦪

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#MaxPlanck #PostDoc #WomeninSTEM #marinescience #Bremen
Dr. Alicia L. Bruzos (center), recipient of a Minerva Fast Track Fellowship, with MPG Vice President Dr. Asifa Akhtar (left) and Tobias Erb from the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology (right) at the award ceremony. (© David Ausserhofer / Max Planck Society)
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Wel­come, MarMic Class of 2030!! 👩‍🔬

13 stu­dents from 8 countries have ar­rived to our In­ter­na­tional Max Planck Re­search School of Mar­ine Mi­cro­bi­o­logy MarMic.
We’re very happy to have you & look for­ward to the years ahead!
www.mpi-bremen.de/en/Welcome-M...
@maxplanck.de #marinebiology
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Wusstest du, dass manche Bakterien "hamstern"? 😮🐹

In unserem #Erklärfilm tauchen wir in diese faszinierende Strategie der #Mikroben ein. 🌊🔬

🎥 Jetzt entdecken, wie clever #Bakterien wirklich sind: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDZI...

@scienceintermedia.de #wisskomm #kurzerklärt #polysaccharide
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Wow #science community – we r closing in on 5000 #followers! 😀 It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of u and share our interests!🤩
Let's celebrate this with a small raffle: Be our 5000th follower (screenshoot it) & win a #goodiebag of MPIMM-materials to brighten up ur day! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬
@maxplanck.de
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Das Abeneteuer Tiefsee führt eben auch in flachere Gewässer – im konkreten Fall geht es um die Algenblüte in der Nordsee vor Helgoland, zu der unser Team von Forschenden reist.
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Endlich ist es so weit: Teil 2 von "Abenteuer Tiefsee" ist verfügbar! 📖 📺 Diesmal geht es um ein fas­zi­nie­ren­des Na­tur­schau­spiel, das sich jeden Frühling ereignet: Die Al­gen­blü­te. 🦠 🌊
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@scienceintermedia.de #wisskomm #sciencecomics #MachMINT #STEM #wissencomics
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"Mission #Algenblüte" 🌊🦠 Bald erscheint Teil 2 unserer Erklärfilm- und comicreihe „Abenteuer #Tiefsee“! 🎥📖
Freu dich auf spannende Einblicke, verständlich und visuell erzählt.

@scienceintermedia.de @maxplanck.de #kurzerklärt
#scienceanimation #wissenschaft #wisskom #scicomm #animationsfilm #meer
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Struc­tures of meth­ane-ac­tiv­at­ing en­zyme in elu­sive ar­chaea

@mariecmueller.bsky.social @cuwelte.bsky.social @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social

#methane #ANME #archaea #MCR #microbiology #biochemistry #StructuralBiology

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Not quite the fieldwork you expect to do at a marine research institute, but that did now stop @fischerlab.bsky.social! 🏔️
With his team, he climbed the Alps to hunt for giant #viruses – almost the size of #bacteria and have been unexplored in many aspects.
#CAPSOLUTION
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New research reveals structures of the #methane-converting enzyme #MCR in unprecedented detail, in MCRs from freshwater and marine #ANME.
A molecular insight into how microbes control the global #methane budget.
@natcomms.nature.com
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63387-1

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Structures of methane-activating enzyme in elusive archaea
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Atmende Endosymbionten ebnen den Weg in neue Lebensräume: Umweltmetagenome mitochondrien-ähnlicher #Endosymbionten können auch #Sauerstopff atmen und so den Wirten neue Lebenräume eröffnen.
@einzeller.bsky.social & Kolleginnen in #Biospektrum @springernature.com

link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
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#Ausbildung bei uns?
Wir suchen eine:n #Azubi zur/zum #Chemielaborantin:en
Viel Spaß und Abwechslung, Gleitzeit, 30 Urlaubstage, und eine vielseitige Ausbildung in internationalem Umfeld.
👉 Bewerbungen online bis 5.10.
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#Jobs #Stellenangebot #Jobangebot #CTA #TA
Auszubildende/n zur / zum Chemielaborantin/en
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Und noch ein #Jobangebot: Im #Labor unserer #Symbiose-Gruppe ist ein Platz frei!u arbeiten?
Wir suchen eine/n
#TA #BTA #CTA #MTA, zB für #Mikroskopie und #Molekularbiologie uvm.

Alle Details findet Ihr hier:
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#Stellenangebot #Job #ScienceJobs #Arbeit #Bremen
Elektromechaniker/ Mechatroniker (m/w/d)
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Lust, bei uns zu arbeiten? Wir haben einen #Job zu vergeben:
Wir suchen einen
#Elektromechaniker/ #Mechatroniker (m/w/d) in unserer feinmechanischen #Werkstatt.

Alle Details findet Ihr hier:
career.mpi-bremen.de/jobposting/d...

#Stellenangebot #Jobangebot #Feinmechanik #ScienceJobs #Arbeit #Bremen
Elektromechaniker/ Mechatroniker (m/w/d)
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The 2025 #CAPSOLUTION expedition is finished!
To sample microbes from 31 mountain lakes across the Alps, we drove 5400 km, hiked 130 km and climbed 10,000 m with our gear, braved snow- and thunderstorms, and filtered 4000 L of water. Well done everyone!!
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Locations of the 31 mountain lakes across five regions of the European Alps that we sampled this summer. Thanks everyone for your time commitment and hard work - a truly collective effort!
With @maxemilschon.bsky.social, @lqueiss.bsky.social, @drjmpetersen.bsky.social, @sumayrasultanji.bsky.social‬, @hoeferlab.bsky.social, and the rest of the team. Now the lab work begins! 
Here are some of our microbial enrichment cultures from the mountain lakes. The precious collection of filter concentrates for DNA sequencing, light/electron microscopy analysis, and virus isolation.
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Great job #CAPSOLUTION Team @fischerlab.bsky.social , we can't wait to welcome you back! 🏔️🥾
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Our final lakes for this expedition were the two largest of the Lacs de Vens in Mercantour National Park, France. One of the longer hikes, but as we stayed at the rustic hut (refuge) nearby, we could finish the filtration the following day.
#CAPSOLUTION
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Lacs de Vens with the perfectly situated refuge on the left. The upper lake with its prime marmot real estate. Our first attempt to sample the upper lake was cut short by a thunder/hail storm, that replaced the sunny skies within half an hour. Our team for the last leg of the 2025 expedition!
With @sumayrasultanji.bsky.social‬ and @hoeferlab.bsky.social
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This demanding fieldwork is coming to an end – we are excited to dig into the collected samples and data!

Learn more about the research behind the fieldwork here:
mpi-bremen.de/en/Max-Planc...

#CAPSOLUTION @fischerlab.bsky.social @sumayrasultanji.bsky.social @hoeferlab.bsky.social
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Blue skies and shorts, finally! Our researchers do deserve this change in weather while carrying out this demanding rserach in the alps! ⛰️
#CAPSOLUTION
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The last two lakes we sampled in Switzerland were Lac des Vaux (2543 m) near Verbier, and the highly frequented Stellisee (2537 m) in Zermatt. Thanks to its accessibility and the views of the Matterhorn, we had a lot of outreach to do!
#CAPSOLUTION
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Lac des Vaux is situated in the popular ski area of Verbier.
With @hoeferlab.bsky.social and @maxemilschon.bsky.social. Lake Stellisee with the iconic Matterhorn (4478 m) in the back. Sampling the waters of Stellisee. @hoeferlab.bsky.social explaining our research project to tourists!
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Arctic viruses follow the rhythm of the sea 🌊🦠

Just published in @natcomms.nature.com 🎯🙂 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Press release: www.geomar.de/en/news/arti...

Great collaboration between @geomarkiel.bsky.social @awi.de @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social

— our HAUSGARTEN Observatory goes viral 🙃