Martina Preiner
@preinerin.bsky.social
Likes rocks and cells and everything in between. Research group leader at the MPI for terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg.
Group's 1st paper out! CONGRATS to Delfina Pereira & all coauthors: Xiulan Xie, Kerstin Volz, Jürgen Belz @unimarburg.bsky.social, Sarah Stewart & Valentina @erastova.bsky.social, Tuğçe Beyazay, Harun Tüysüz @imdeamaterials.bsky.social, Nicole Paczia & Zainab Subrati @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
Just out: Reduction of NAD and NMN on mineral surfaces with H2 reveals a functional role for the AMP moiety in a prebiotic context
Reduction of NAD and NMN on mineral surfaces with H2 reveals a functional role for the AMP moiety in a prebiotic context
Communications Chemistry, Published online: 30 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s42004-025-01752-3The evolutionary role of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) in cofactors like NAD remains poorly understood. Here, the authors reveal that the AMP moiety protects NAD from overreduction in hydrothermal and mineral-based environments, suggesting its ancient function predates enzymatic activity.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Group's 1st paper out! CONGRATS to Delfina Pereira & all coauthors: Xiulan Xie, Kerstin Volz, Jürgen Belz @unimarburg.bsky.social, Sarah Stewart & Valentina @erastova.bsky.social, Tuğçe Beyazay, Harun Tüysüz @imdeamaterials.bsky.social, Nicole Paczia & Zainab Subrati @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
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Just started: the Beilstein Enzymology Symposium 2025 on Natural and Synthetic Evolution of Catalysis. Tobias Erb opened the first session and Hans Westerhoff giving his first talk on thermodynamics principles of biochemical reactions. Looking forward the next three days. #BeilsteinEnzymology2025
September 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Just started: the Beilstein Enzymology Symposium 2025 on Natural and Synthetic Evolution of Catalysis. Tobias Erb opened the first session and Hans Westerhoff giving his first talk on thermodynamics principles of biochemical reactions. Looking forward the next three days. #BeilsteinEnzymology2025
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✨ Deadline extended! There’s still time to apply: September Science Academy - international summer school for women in the molecular life sciences. Deadline: July 14, 📍 Marburg, Germany
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
September Science Academy
The September Science Academy for microbial and molecular biosciences is a fully funded international summer school for women in science and scientists of underrepresented genders in an advanced stage of their PhD or an early postdoctoral stage. Hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, the program invites early-career scientists from all over the world to explore cutting-edge research, connect with the institute’s scientific community, and discover new career opportunities.
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de
July 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
✨ Deadline extended! There’s still time to apply: September Science Academy - international summer school for women in the molecular life sciences. Deadline: July 14, 📍 Marburg, Germany
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
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We invite women in science at an advanced stage of their PhD to 3 days of science & career development in the molecular and microbial biosciences.
🎤 Present your research
💬 Lab tours
💬 Learn about leadership, grants & communication
✈️ Fully funded
Apply until 01.07.25
tinyurl.com/yj8vbnhj
🎤 Present your research
💬 Lab tours
💬 Learn about leadership, grants & communication
✈️ Fully funded
Apply until 01.07.25
tinyurl.com/yj8vbnhj
June 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We invite women in science at an advanced stage of their PhD to 3 days of science & career development in the molecular and microbial biosciences.
🎤 Present your research
💬 Lab tours
💬 Learn about leadership, grants & communication
✈️ Fully funded
Apply until 01.07.25
tinyurl.com/yj8vbnhj
🎤 Present your research
💬 Lab tours
💬 Learn about leadership, grants & communication
✈️ Fully funded
Apply until 01.07.25
tinyurl.com/yj8vbnhj
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📢 We are proud and delighted that our Microbes for Climate (M4C) Cluster of Excellence has been selected for the 2025 Excellence Strategy! 🌟Together with @unimarburg.bsky.social, we look forward to exciting #microbe research – stay tuned! @unimarburg.bsky.social @maxplanck.de @synmikro.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📢 We are proud and delighted that our Microbes for Climate (M4C) Cluster of Excellence has been selected for the 2025 Excellence Strategy! 🌟Together with @unimarburg.bsky.social, we look forward to exciting #microbe research – stay tuned! @unimarburg.bsky.social @maxplanck.de @synmikro.bsky.social
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Excited to announce that @preinerin.bsky.social, @colemathis.bsky.social and I were awarded an @hfspo.bsky.social research grant! 🎉
If you are an experimentalist interested in studying protein histories as a graduate student in the Longo Lab ELSI, please get in touch.
If you are an experimentalist interested in studying protein histories as a graduate student in the Longo Lab ELSI, please get in touch.
March 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Excited to announce that @preinerin.bsky.social, @colemathis.bsky.social and I were awarded an @hfspo.bsky.social research grant! 🎉
If you are an experimentalist interested in studying protein histories as a graduate student in the Longo Lab ELSI, please get in touch.
If you are an experimentalist interested in studying protein histories as a graduate student in the Longo Lab ELSI, please get in touch.
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The speakers list of the upcoming Beilstein Enzymology Symposium 2025 “Natural and synthetic evolution of catalysis” in Rüdesheim, Germany, is complete: 🔗 enzymology.beilstein-symposia.org?B=y
Follow #BeilsteinEnzymology2025 for updates on registration, scientific program etc.
#enzymology
Follow #BeilsteinEnzymology2025 for updates on registration, scientific program etc.
#enzymology
March 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The speakers list of the upcoming Beilstein Enzymology Symposium 2025 “Natural and synthetic evolution of catalysis” in Rüdesheim, Germany, is complete: 🔗 enzymology.beilstein-symposia.org?B=y
Follow #BeilsteinEnzymology2025 for updates on registration, scientific program etc.
#enzymology
Follow #BeilsteinEnzymology2025 for updates on registration, scientific program etc.
#enzymology
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Wie forscht man mit winzigen Teamplayern 🦠🧬 für neue Technologien? - Das könnt Ihr 𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗱 Johannes Rebelein fragen! #MicrobesforFuture um 17:30 in der Elisabethschule #Marburg
February 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Wie forscht man mit winzigen Teamplayern 🦠🧬 für neue Technologien? - Das könnt Ihr 𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗱 Johannes Rebelein fragen! #MicrobesforFuture um 17:30 in der Elisabethschule #Marburg
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Exciting opportunity! Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology is looking for a Head of the DNA-Biofoundry MaxGENESYS. Join us in vibrant #Marburg - apply by 15 February 2025. #ScienceJobs #SyntheticBiology #Biofoundry @maxplanck.de
January 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Exciting opportunity! Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology is looking for a Head of the DNA-Biofoundry MaxGENESYS. Join us in vibrant #Marburg - apply by 15 February 2025. #ScienceJobs #SyntheticBiology #Biofoundry @maxplanck.de
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Early-career postdocs 🙌 Want to start your own research group in environmental, molecular, or synthetic microbiology? The Microcosm Earth Center (MEC) offers a 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 for top young scientists. Learn more: www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1483573/job_...
December 17, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Early-career postdocs 🙌 Want to start your own research group in environmental, molecular, or synthetic microbiology? The Microcosm Earth Center (MEC) offers a 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 for top young scientists. Learn more: www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1483573/job_...
Our Max-Planck-Institute's grad school is calling for 2025 applications: imprs-marburg.mpg.de/3485/Eligibi...
If you are interested in our research but also microbiology and microbial physiology, have a look!
If you are interested in our research but also microbiology and microbial physiology, have a look!
Eligibility & application documents
imprs-marburg.mpg.de
December 3, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Our Max-Planck-Institute's grad school is calling for 2025 applications: imprs-marburg.mpg.de/3485/Eligibi...
If you are interested in our research but also microbiology and microbial physiology, have a look!
If you are interested in our research but also microbiology and microbial physiology, have a look!
Last week my first PhD student (and first Postdoc to be) defended her thesis and passed with flying colors. Congrats, Dr. Delfina Pereira!!! What was even more beautiful than her kicking ass: her Portuguese family being there and bursting with pride for 'the first doctor of the village' ❤️
November 20, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Last week my first PhD student (and first Postdoc to be) defended her thesis and passed with flying colors. Congrats, Dr. Delfina Pereira!!! What was even more beautiful than her kicking ass: her Portuguese family being there and bursting with pride for 'the first doctor of the village' ❤️
Want to become my colleague? Come to Marburg, come to the Microcosm Earth Center, become a research group leader! Application Deadline December 15th 2024.
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/e...
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/e...
Independent junior research group leader
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de
November 7, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Want to become my colleague? Come to Marburg, come to the Microcosm Earth Center, become a research group leader! Application Deadline December 15th 2024.
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/e...
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/e...
Ever wondered if there was a pre-enzymatic role of the adenine-tail shared by so many coenzymes? We have, too! So excited about this preprint, 1st-authored by the 1st PhD student brave enough to join our lab: Delfina 🤗 Good sign for her defense next week. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 5, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Ever wondered if there was a pre-enzymatic role of the adenine-tail shared by so many coenzymes? We have, too! So excited about this preprint, 1st-authored by the 1st PhD student brave enough to join our lab: Delfina 🤗 Good sign for her defense next week. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Last minute practice for my #AbSciCon24 talk thus Eastcoast morning/European afternoon. Sad to not meeting anyone in person (again!) but at least I got a view...
May 9, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Last minute practice for my #AbSciCon24 talk thus Eastcoast morning/European afternoon. Sad to not meeting anyone in person (again!) but at least I got a view...