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Wishing you peace, joy and happiness this holiday season. Looking forward to 2026!
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December 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Wishing you peace, joy and happiness this holiday season. Looking forward to 2026!
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The 25th issue of our CSSB Connect newsletter is here!
Find out what's been going on at CSSB during the second half of 2025.
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Find out what's been going on at CSSB during the second half of 2025.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The 25th issue of our CSSB Connect newsletter is here!
Find out what's been going on at CSSB during the second half of 2025.
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Find out what's been going on at CSSB during the second half of 2025.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Congratulations Julia!
Congratulations, Julia Mahamid!
Julia Mahamid receives the @dfg.de Leibniz Prize for her work on structural cell biology!
#LeibnizPreis
Julia Mahamid receives the @dfg.de Leibniz Prize for her work on structural cell biology!
#LeibnizPreis
Und hier sind sie – die 10 Preisträger*innen des Gottfried Wilhelm #LeibnizPreis' 2026 – ausgezeichnet für ihre exzellenten Forschungsarbeiten und Errungenschaften in der Wissenschaft! 🏆👏
Die Verleihung der Preise feiern wir am 18. März in Berlin.
Einzelheiten & Kurzprofile: sohub.io/1uv1
Die Verleihung der Preise feiern wir am 18. März in Berlin.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Congratulations Julia!
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Congrats to Thomas Mulvaney from the @topf-lab.bsky.social for his Nomination for the Leibniz Association’s Dissertation Award — a great recognition of his innovative work on integrative modeling of proteins and nucleic acids. #ResearchExcellence
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December 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Congrats to Thomas Mulvaney from the @topf-lab.bsky.social for his Nomination for the Leibniz Association’s Dissertation Award — a great recognition of his innovative work on integrative modeling of proteins and nucleic acids. #ResearchExcellence
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MHH invites applications for a W1 university professorship for Systems Virology at CSSB. The research focus should be on analyzing viral infections using innovative, systemwide methods to elucidate virus-virus and virus-host interaction networks.
More info: t1p.de/nag2v
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More info: t1p.de/nag2v
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December 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
MHH invites applications for a W1 university professorship for Systems Virology at CSSB. The research focus should be on analyzing viral infections using innovative, systemwide methods to elucidate virus-virus and virus-host interaction networks.
More info: t1p.de/nag2v
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More info: t1p.de/nag2v
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CSSB group leader Jens Bosse @bosse-lab.bsky.social @resist-cluster.bsky.social and CSSB associate member Chris Meier @uni-hamburg.de , together with Hans-Achim Wagenknecht from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, have developed a new method for live-cell RNA imaging
Find out more: t1p.de/18suk
Find out more: t1p.de/18suk
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
CSSB group leader Jens Bosse @bosse-lab.bsky.social @resist-cluster.bsky.social and CSSB associate member Chris Meier @uni-hamburg.de , together with Hans-Achim Wagenknecht from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, have developed a new method for live-cell RNA imaging
Find out more: t1p.de/18suk
Find out more: t1p.de/18suk
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The Krey lab is hiring! If you are interested in viral glycoproteins, neutralizing antibodies and vaccines - and you want to further study this using structural and biochemical approaches, please apply!
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December 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Krey lab is hiring! If you are interested in viral glycoproteins, neutralizing antibodies and vaccines - and you want to further study this using structural and biochemical approaches, please apply!
stellenangebote.uni-luebeck.de/jobposting/d...
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Join CSSB! The Sondermann lab is interested in deciphering the molecular processes that determine bacterial interactions in microbial communities. They are looking for a PhD candidate to investigate the bacterial secretion systems involved in these processes.
Apply now: v22.desy.de/e67416/recor...
Apply now: v22.desy.de/e67416/recor...
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Join CSSB! The Sondermann lab is interested in deciphering the molecular processes that determine bacterial interactions in microbial communities. They are looking for a PhD candidate to investigate the bacterial secretion systems involved in these processes.
Apply now: v22.desy.de/e67416/recor...
Apply now: v22.desy.de/e67416/recor...
An international research team headed by the Bozdech lab at the Nanyang Technological University and the Gilberger lab (BNITM @uni-hamburg.de) at CSSB reveals the global landscape of protein-protein interactions that govern the biology of the malaria parasite.
Find out more: t1p.de/puyln
Find out more: t1p.de/puyln
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
An international research team headed by the Bozdech lab at the Nanyang Technological University and the Gilberger lab (BNITM @uni-hamburg.de) at CSSB reveals the global landscape of protein-protein interactions that govern the biology of the malaria parasite.
Find out more: t1p.de/puyln
Find out more: t1p.de/puyln
Researchers from @topf-lab.bsky.social, @embl.org, and IIT have visualised how a large RNA molecule assembles itself into a functional machine, revealing a dynamic choreography that helps us better understand structural folding and misfolding, almost frame by frame.
More information: t1p.de/tt2hk
More information: t1p.de/tt2hk
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Researchers from @topf-lab.bsky.social, @embl.org, and IIT have visualised how a large RNA molecule assembles itself into a functional machine, revealing a dynamic choreography that helps us better understand structural folding and misfolding, almost frame by frame.
More information: t1p.de/tt2hk
More information: t1p.de/tt2hk
📣Join us on December 9 for the Academia-Industry Matchmaking Workshop, focused on innovative solutions for challenges in the Life Sciences.
Registration: indico.desy.de/event/50931/
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Registration: indico.desy.de/event/50931/
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November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📣Join us on December 9 for the Academia-Industry Matchmaking Workshop, focused on innovative solutions for challenges in the Life Sciences.
Registration: indico.desy.de/event/50931/
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Registration: indico.desy.de/event/50931/
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Using a combination of X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM, a new study from @landaulabcssb.bsky.social shows that amyloids,form different structures that could be useful as a natural mechanism of immune protection.
More info: t1p.de/4n8se
@amyloid-sam.bsky.social @emilgustavsson.bsky.social
More info: t1p.de/4n8se
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November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Using a combination of X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM, a new study from @landaulabcssb.bsky.social shows that amyloids,form different structures that could be useful as a natural mechanism of immune protection.
More info: t1p.de/4n8se
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More info: t1p.de/4n8se
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The Barisch lab held a 2 week practical module called 'Molecular Master Thieves' including an excursion to FZB. It was amazing & inspiring to see the students' enthusiasm & curiosity.
We wish you all the best for your bright careers!
@carobarisch.bsky.social @fzborstel.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
We wish you all the best for your bright careers!
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November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The Barisch lab held a 2 week practical module called 'Molecular Master Thieves' including an excursion to FZB. It was amazing & inspiring to see the students' enthusiasm & curiosity.
We wish you all the best for your bright careers!
@carobarisch.bsky.social @fzborstel.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
We wish you all the best for your bright careers!
@carobarisch.bsky.social @fzborstel.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
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New preprint out!📃
This work uncovers how the clathrin adaptors Ent5 & Sla2
undergo LLPS, revealing distinct structural drivers that shape endocytic and trafficking dynamics.
@lucasdefelipe.bsky.social @katharinchen.bsky.social @embl.org @cssbhamburg.bsky.social
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This work uncovers how the clathrin adaptors Ent5 & Sla2
undergo LLPS, revealing distinct structural drivers that shape endocytic and trafficking dynamics.
@lucasdefelipe.bsky.social @katharinchen.bsky.social @embl.org @cssbhamburg.bsky.social
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Clathrin adaptors drive phase separation in endocytosis and trafficking
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) underlies the formation of biomolecular condensates that organize cellular processes, including endocytosis and membrane trafficking. Although LLPS has been impli...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New preprint out!📃
This work uncovers how the clathrin adaptors Ent5 & Sla2
undergo LLPS, revealing distinct structural drivers that shape endocytic and trafficking dynamics.
@lucasdefelipe.bsky.social @katharinchen.bsky.social @embl.org @cssbhamburg.bsky.social
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This work uncovers how the clathrin adaptors Ent5 & Sla2
undergo LLPS, revealing distinct structural drivers that shape endocytic and trafficking dynamics.
@lucasdefelipe.bsky.social @katharinchen.bsky.social @embl.org @cssbhamburg.bsky.social
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
On Wednesday afternoon, students who are part of DESY's ELB-Akademie programme visited CSSB. The students learned about our molecular infection research and visited the @landaulabcssb.bsky.social and our ALFM and cryo-EM facilities.
Find out more about the ELB-Akademie: t1p.de/w89j6
Find out more about the ELB-Akademie: t1p.de/w89j6
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
On Wednesday afternoon, students who are part of DESY's ELB-Akademie programme visited CSSB. The students learned about our molecular infection research and visited the @landaulabcssb.bsky.social and our ALFM and cryo-EM facilities.
Find out more about the ELB-Akademie: t1p.de/w89j6
Find out more about the ELB-Akademie: t1p.de/w89j6
Congratulations to the Hamburg iGEM team for winning a gold medal in Paris for their project DeathCapTrap. @uni-hamburg.de @igemhq.bsky.social @igemcommunity.bsky.social
Find out more: t1p.de/dtho1
Find out more: t1p.de/dtho1
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Congratulations to the Hamburg iGEM team for winning a gold medal in Paris for their project DeathCapTrap. @uni-hamburg.de @igemhq.bsky.social @igemcommunity.bsky.social
Find out more: t1p.de/dtho1
Find out more: t1p.de/dtho1
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Are you looking for female speakers in CryoEM for seminars and conferences? Are you a woman in CryoEM and not yet on the ‚woman in CryoEM‘ list? Find your speakers and add/update name and affiliation! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Are you looking for female speakers in CryoEM for seminars and conferences? Are you a woman in CryoEM and not yet on the ‚woman in CryoEM‘ list? Find your speakers and add/update name and affiliation! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Not only our figures in paper but the sky outside CSSB is also colourful.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Not only our figures in paper but the sky outside CSSB is also colourful.
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Congratulations to Gabriele Diana, a PhD Student in the @topf-lab.bsky.social, who received the Italian Crystallographic Association (AIC) award “Fiorenzo Mazzi” for Best Crystallographic Thesis 2025.
Find out more: t1p.de/a8yuf
@bosse-lab.bsky.social, @landaulabcssb.bsky.social
Find out more: t1p.de/a8yuf
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November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Congratulations to Gabriele Diana, a PhD Student in the @topf-lab.bsky.social, who received the Italian Crystallographic Association (AIC) award “Fiorenzo Mazzi” for Best Crystallographic Thesis 2025.
Find out more: t1p.de/a8yuf
@bosse-lab.bsky.social, @landaulabcssb.bsky.social
Find out more: t1p.de/a8yuf
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Holger Sondermann (DESY, @uni-kiel.de) Scientific Director of CSSB, recently presented the Plenary Lecture of the Pan American Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PABMB) at SAIB 2025 in Córdoba, Argentina. @fbsisti.bsky.social
Find out more: t1p.de/3alk9
Find out more: t1p.de/3alk9
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Holger Sondermann (DESY, @uni-kiel.de) Scientific Director of CSSB, recently presented the Plenary Lecture of the Pan American Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PABMB) at SAIB 2025 in Córdoba, Argentina. @fbsisti.bsky.social
Find out more: t1p.de/3alk9
Find out more: t1p.de/3alk9
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Save the date for another exciting "academia meets industry" event!
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October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Save the date for another exciting "academia meets industry" event!
@cssbhamburg.bsky.social @evotec.bsky.social
@cssbhamburg.bsky.social @evotec.bsky.social
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The latest work from the Marlovits group in collaboration with the Sartori group. Victor used Elastic Strain Analysis to complement Jiři's original Staring at the Structures for Ages Analysis and understand the chemo-mechanical coupling of the RuvAB AAA+ ATPase
Elastic analysis bridges structure and dynamics of an AAA+ molecular motor pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41134915/ #cryoem
October 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The latest work from the Marlovits group in collaboration with the Sartori group. Victor used Elastic Strain Analysis to complement Jiři's original Staring at the Structures for Ages Analysis and understand the chemo-mechanical coupling of the RuvAB AAA+ ATPase
Congratulations to the @uni-hamburg.de's MIN Faculty on its 20th Birthday!
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October 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Congratulations to the @uni-hamburg.de's MIN Faculty on its 20th Birthday!
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@carobarisch.bsky.social @cui-unihh.bsky.social
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Unser RZ sucht für das @cssbhamburg.bsky.social in Hamburg derzeit eine studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) zur Unterstützung im IT-Bereich (bis zu 50 h/Monat). www.helmholtz-hzi.de/karriere/job.... Alle weiteren offenen Stellen findet ihr in unserem Jobportal: www.helmholtz-hzi.de/karriere/job...
Das CSSB in Hamburg sucht eine studentische Hilfskraft im IT-Bereich
Das CSSB sucht eine stundentische Hilfskraft im IT-Bereich.
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October 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Unser RZ sucht für das @cssbhamburg.bsky.social in Hamburg derzeit eine studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) zur Unterstützung im IT-Bereich (bis zu 50 h/Monat). www.helmholtz-hzi.de/karriere/job.... Alle weiteren offenen Stellen findet ihr in unserem Jobportal: www.helmholtz-hzi.de/karriere/job...