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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies
@cibss.bsky.social
Communicating in the Molecular Language of Life.
DFG funded Cluster of Excellence at the University of Freiburg, Germany

#LifeSciences #Research #Freiburg

Website: https://www.cibss.uni-freiburg.de/
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We are thrilled to have just found out: CIBSS has secured continued funding under the #ExcellenceStrategy! This major boost will enable us to accelerate our research into biological signalling and lay the groundwork for next-generation insights from 2026 to 2032!
Join us for a joint seminar by Prof. Andreas Bausch @tum.de to explore how structure formation in organoid systems reveals fundamental principles of life.

🧫 CIBSS / SFB 1381 Seminar | 11 Nov 2025 · 12:00
📍 Lecture Hall, Biology I (Hauptstr. 1, Freiburg) & livestream
🔗https://kurzlinks.de/oz1f
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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🎉 Join the International Symposium of CRC1160!

We are excited to announce the upcoming International Symposium of the Collaborative Research Center 1160!

📅 October 8-10, 2026
📍 Freiburg, Germany
🔬 Theme: Impaired Immunity: from Immunopathology to Immune Reconstitution
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#CIBSS is featured in ZEIT für X as part of the promotion of 'Vision 2040' of @uni-freiburg.de.

➡️Read about how our researchers work together on biological signalling principles across infections, plant symbioses and cancer: kurzlinks.de/peeh

#SignalsOfLife #ExcellenceResearch
CIBSS - Von Infektionen, Symbiosen und Tumorzellen - ZEIT für X
Der Exzellenzcluster CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies erforscht biologische Signale und entwickelt Lösungsansätze in den Bereichen Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherung.
kurzlinks.de
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Join us for a joint seminar by Prof. Andreas Bausch @tum.de to explore how structure formation in organoid systems reveals fundamental principles of life.

🧫 CIBSS / SFB 1381 Seminar | 11 Nov 2025 · 12:00
📍 Lecture Hall, Biology I (Hauptstr. 1, Freiburg) & livestream
🔗https://kurzlinks.de/oz1f
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Congratulations! Claudine Kraft @kraftlabfr.bsky.social receives a prestigious ERC Synergy Grant – to find out why some protein #aggregates can be cleared by #autophagy and others not. She and her partners will harness this knowledge to improve autophagy in #ageing & #disease.
🔗  kurzlinks.de/50j8
ERC Synergy Grant for Prof. Dr. Claudine Kraft
CIBSS speaker Prof. Dr. Claudine Kraft is part of a team receiving an ERC Synergy Grant of ten million euros for her research on how autophagy degrades large protein aggregates in health and disease.
kurzlinks.de
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Happy to share our latest preprint:
Functional Characterization of Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Signalling in Physcomitrella
@cibss.bsky.social #Physcomitrella #moss
Please check it out.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Functional Characterization of Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Signalling in Physcomitrella
Target of rapamycin (TOR) is a conserved protein kinase and an important signalling hub in eukaryotes. The moss Physcomitrella (Physcomitrium patens) is a model organism for plant physiology, developm...
www.biorxiv.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#CIBSS brought signalling science to life last month at #ScienceDays2025!
Visitors isolated their own cheek-cell DNA🧬, watched zebrafish embryos develop 🔬, and explored plant genetics & symbiosis 🌱
A glimpse into CIBSS research & the “molecular language of life”.

🔗https://kurzlinks.de/r8qr
November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🧬 Wie steuern Zellen das Leben – und wie verändert CRISPR/Cas die Forschung?
Am 19. November 2025 lädt CIBSS Lehrer*innen der Oberstufe zur Fortbildung an die Uni Freiburg ein.

👉 Anmeldung: kurzlinks.de/ds9u

#CIBSS #CRISPR #Zellkommunikation #Lehrerfortbildung #Wissenschaft #Freiburg
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Join us for a talk by Prof. Jens Stein @unifr.bsky.social to discover how cellular and molecular insights reveal the complexity of immune defense

🧫 CIBSS Seminar | 21 Oct 2025 · 12:00
📍 Lecture Hall, Institute of Biology I
💻 Hybrid event – also via livestream

🔗 kurzlinks.de/r78f
October 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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+++ Update mit allen Vortragsterminen und -themen +++

Wir freuen uns schon sehr!
October 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Join us for a talk by Prof. Jens Stein @unifr.bsky.social to discover how cellular and molecular insights reveal the complexity of immune defense

🧫 CIBSS Seminar | 21 Oct 2025 · 12:00
📍 Lecture Hall, Institute of Biology I
💻 Hybrid event – also via livestream

🔗 kurzlinks.de/r78f
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#CIBSS will have a booth again at this year's #ScienceDays from 23 -25 October.

Come visit us at booth C39 and make DNA visible🧬, watch fish grow in eggs 🔬 and learn how plants communicate with bacteria and the environment 🧫.

We look forward to seeing you!

➡️More infos: kurzlinks.de/t88y
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🎬 Great feature from Baden TV Süd on @uni-freiburg.de's efforts & successes in its #ExcellenceStrategy!

🌍 The #ExcellenceClusters #CIBSS and #FutureForests play a vital role in driving interdisciplinary research and innovative applications for real-world impact.

➡️ Watch here: kurzlinks.de/w7wj
Ein Jahr vor der Entscheidung: So will die Uni Freiburg wieder Exzellenz-Universität werden
Ein Jahr vor der Entscheidung: So will die Uni Freiburg wieder Exzellenz-Universität werden | Die Uni Freiburg war eine der ersten deutschen Exzellenz-Universitäten seit 2007, verbunden mit hohem inte...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🌿 Join the #CIBSS & dompsfr.bsky.social Joint Seminar!
🧬 Dr. José Estevez estevezjosem.bsky.social (CONICET, Argentina / UNAB-CBV, Chile) on signaling pathways in plant root hair development under stress.
📅 Thu, Oct 09 · 10:15–11:00
📍 Biol. II/III, KS 00.009

🔗 kurzlinks.de/wegb
October 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🌿 Join the #CIBSS & dompsfr.bsky.social Joint Seminar!
🧬 Dr. José Estevez estevezjosem.bsky.social (CONICET, Argentina / UNAB-CBV, Chile) on signaling pathways in plant root hair development under stress.
📅 Thu, Oct 09 · 10:15–11:00
📍 Biol. II/III, KS 00.009

🔗 kurzlinks.de/wegb
October 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The Theory of Living Systems Symposium at @uni-freiburg.de's Institute of Physics highlighted cutting-edge research where #physics meets the #LifeSciences.
Co-organized by #CIBSS members, it gathered leading theoreticians to discuss physics-driven approaches to understanding living systems.
October 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Simon Elsässer in his new #CIBSS core professorship as Endowed Professor for #SyntheticBiology at the @uni-freiburg.de. His work is funded by the @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social with 4.8 million euros over 10 years.
🔗 kurzlinks.de/44nn
Simon Elsässer is the new Endowed Professor for Synthetic Biology at the University of Freiburg
Elsässer strengthens the ‘Signals of Life’ research focus as well as the CIBSS Cluster of Excellence at the University of Freiburg. The foundation Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung is providing the professorship wi...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#CIBSS researcher and Director of the Institute for Immunodeficiency at the University Medical Centre Freiburg Prof. Dr. Stephan Ehl explains the significance of the research honoured with the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine.

➡️ Read more here: kurzlinks.de/zqa5
Classification of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Freiburg immunologist explains the significance of the research honoured with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine
kurzlinks.de
October 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Our review "Acylamino acid-releasing enzyme, a bifunctional protease with a potential role in aging" is now out in JXB with full citation. Please check it out.
AARE is deeply conserved in evolution. So it's far more than #plantscience.
academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...
Acylamino acid-releasing enzyme, a bifunctional protease with a potential role in aging
We consolidate information on Acylamino acid-releasing enzyme, a serine protease affecting plant development and aging, and emphasize its conserved feature
academic.oup.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Look at this nice cover: beautiful archaella, image made by @sshamphavi.bsky.social !

Thanks also to Marta Rodeiguez for keeping the EM im shape in @ottlab.bsky.social lab!

At @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social at @uni-freiburg.de @sfb1381.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social
Some keen Observations in Our October issue!

🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence

and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Aktin-Gerüst im Zellkern erklärt Überleben von #Krebszellen bei ihrer Wanderung im Körper. Langfristig könnten Eingriffe in den Mechanismus, der das Aktin-Gerüst bildet, helfen, #Metastasen zu verhindern. @cibss.bsky.social @grosselab.bsky.social @degradomics.bsky.social ufr.link/aktin-geruest
September 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
‘It was an honor to meet Minister Olschowski and share how the vision of CIBSS to decode decision-making in living systems holds great promise for sustainable agriculture and human health.’ - Prof. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, who together with Prof. Sonja Albers presented our Cluster’s research. 1/5
September 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The future of @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de is about teamwork, curiosity, and collaboration across disciplines.

We are thrilled to be in this together @kraftlabfr.bsky.social @archaellum.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social !
September 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Freiburger Forschende haben einen Mechanismus entdeckt, durch den Pflanzenhormone gezielt reguliert werden, um das Wachstum den Umweltbedingungen anzupassen: ufr.link/wachstums-sc...
@cibss.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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we found that nuclear envelope rupture triggers rapid DIAPH3 formin influx to generate a actin mesh to prevent further chromatin leakage from damaged nuclei. thanks to Pitter Huesgen @degradomics.bsky.social and @cibss.bsky.social, @chrkam.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM