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Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB)
@imbmainz.bsky.social
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We study how organisms grow, age & develop disease through basic research in epigenetics, genome stability & related fields 🧬

www.imb.de / Imprint: https://www.imb.de/impressum-imprint
📍 #Mainz, Germany
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SFB 1361 member - Dr Carolin Wagner - will present a short talk at our upcoming conference 👩‍🏫

Don't miss out and come join her at @imbmainz.bsky.social!

Registration closes 02 Feb → www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026

#SFB1361 #IMBMainz #ISC26DNArepair
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Olivenöl, Avocados & Nüsse enthalten sogenannte MUFAs – einfach ungesättigte Fettsäuren 🥑

Unsere Wissenschaftler:innen untersuchen, wie diese Fette die Lebensdauer beeinflussen und was wir daraus für gesundes Altern lernen können.

#chamainz #healthyfats #gesundefette
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Können gesunde Fettsäuren uns helfen, länger zu leben?
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January 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Meet the speakers!🎤

Session 6 "Replication Stress"

Chunlong Chen (Institut Curie) and Nynke Dekker (@nynkedekkerlab.bsky.social, Univ. of Oxford).

Registration via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026 is ongoing!
See you in March at @imbmainz.bsky.social!

#ISC26DNArepair #SFB1361 #IMBMainz
December 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Meet the speakers!🎤

Session 4 "Telomeres"

Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna (IFOM), Stephane Marcand (iRCM), Patricia Opresko (Univ. of Pittsburgh) & Teresa Teixeira (IBPC).

Register now via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026 and come listen to them in Mainz!
#ISC26DNArepair #SFB1361 #IMBMainz
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Our speaker - Prof. Helle Ulrich - invites fresh perspectives on DNA repair & genome stability. 🧬

Continue the conversation at our conference "The Evil Within: Regulation and Repair of Endogenous DNA Damage." (IMB Mainz, 10–13 Mar 2026).

Register → www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026
December 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Understanding how #CRISPR cuts DNA is key to safer gene editing. Researchers in the Roukos lab developed BreakTag, a method that maps genome editing cuts with unprecedented detail - showing where, how often, and how DNA ends form.

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December 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Meet the speakers!🎤

Session 5 "Features Driving Vulnerability"

Tony Cesare (@thecesarelab.bsky.social, CMRI), Julien Duxin (Univ. of Copenhagen), Fumiko Esashi (Univ. of Oxford), Lorenza Penengo (Univ. of Zurich) & Francesca Storici (Georgia Tech)

#ISC26DNArepair #SFB1361 @imbmainz.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Meet the speakers!🎤

Session 2 "Gene Regulation & Chromatin Dynamics"

Sophie Polo (@polosophie.bsky.social, Univ. Paris Cité), Viviana I. Risca (@vivrisca.bsky.social, Rockefeller), Kikue Tachibana (MPI of Biochemistry) & Zhiguo Zhang (CUIMC).

Join us in March!
#ISC26DNArepair #SFB1361 #IMBMainz
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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📢Abstract deadline extended to Mon, 15 Dec, 23:59 CET!

Good news! You now have a few more days to submit your abstract to present a short talk or poster at the IMB & SFB 1361 conference.

📑Find more info here: sfb1361.de/dnarepaircon...

#ISC26DNArepair #SFB1361 #IMBMainz
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Meet the speakers! 🎤

Introducing Session 1 "Double Strand Breaks", featuring

Petr Cejka (@cejkalab.bsky.social) from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine Bellinzona, CH and Boris Pfander from TU Dortmund, DE.

Register now and come hear them at @imbmainz.bsky.social!
#ISC26DNArepair #SFB1361
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Early Bird Registration Deadline ends 1 December. We are looking forward to meet you in March!

www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026
#ISC26DNArepair #IMBMainz
sfb1361.bsky.social SFB1361 @sfb1361.bsky.social · Oct 15
Registration is open!

Join us at IMB Mainz from 10–13 March 2026 for the 2nd International IMB & SFB 1361 Conference on "The Evil Within: Regulation and Repair of Endogenous DNA Damage".

Don't miss this conference and register now via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026

#ISC26DNArepair #IMBMainz
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Always a pleasure to visit @imbmainz.bsky.social and learn more about the exciting research on aging, epigenetics and evolution @unimainz.bsky.social

Thank you for the invitation and looking forward to fruitful collaborations 🙏
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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We’re excited to have Lorraine Symington and Stephen West as our keynote speakers - covering how cells repair DSBs during replication and how chromosomes are rebuilt via HR.

IMB & SFB 1361 Conference, 10–13 March 2026. Registration is live! #ISC26DNArepair #IMBMainz
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Excited to share our latest contribution in a collab with Helle Ulrich's Lab. Great work by Ronald and Mariia! Thanks to @sfb1361.bsky.social and @imbmainz.bsky.social 🧬🔨
sfb1361.bsky.social SFB1361 @sfb1361.bsky.social · Oct 16
New publication!! 📑

Congrats to the Ulrich and @hopfnerlab.bsky.social labs on their latest work exploring how the INO80 chromatin remodeller facilitates DNA damage bypass via postreplicative gap repair.

🔎Read the paper here:
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/s44318-025-00580-4
October 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Registration is open!

Join us at IMB Mainz from 10–13 March 2026 for the 2nd International IMB & SFB 1361 Conference on "The Evil Within: Regulation and Repair of Endogenous DNA Damage".

Don't miss this conference and register now via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026

#ISC26DNArepair #IMBMainz
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining @imbmainz.bsky.social in February 2026 to start my own group!
We will explore new mechanisms in eukaryotic gene expression, leveraging ‘evolutionary play’ to uncover how regulation, repurposing, and hijacking shape RNA biology.
PhD positions available!
October 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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We are delighted to welcome Prof. Andreas Ladurner to the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of IMB. A leading expert in chromatin regulation, he brings deep insight from his roles at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and Eisbach Bio GmbH. His expertise will be an invaluable contribution to IMB's SAB.
October 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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We are deeply saddened to announce the unexpected passing of our colleague Dr Nard Kubben. He joined IMB as a Group Leader in 2021, bringing a passion for understanding ageing & improving human health. Our heartfelt condolences go to his family, friends & all who knew him.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Our IPP Community! 🫶 The past 2 days, we gathered at the annual IPP Symposium to connect with students from @unimainz.bsky.social, Uni Med #Mainz and IMB, share ideas, and get inspired by each other's research.

Apply to our open call via www.imb.de/phd and be a part of next year's event.
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Yesterday’s full-day workshop co-organised with @imbmainz.bsky.social focused on building a strategic approach to research funding for postdocs.

We’re proud to stand behind our postdocs as they shape the future of research!

#PAWde #PostdocAppreciationWeek2025 #IMBMainz
September 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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This week we are celebrating the people who make impossible experiments possible (and still find time to fix the lab printer 😅) - our postdocs 🫶

#postdocappreciationweek #paw2025
September 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Our IPP Winter Call is now open! 📢 Are you looking for a fully funded PhD project in an international environment, doing cutting-edge research, and developing your career with advanced training? Join the #IPPMainz!

Learn more via www.imb.de/phd & apply by 16 October

#IMBMainz @unimainz.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Emeritus Group Leader Prof. Christoph Cremer has received the 2025 David Glick Lectureship Award from @histochemicalsoc.bsky.social for pioneering super-resolution #microscopy methods that let scientists visualise cellular structures at unprecedented resolution.

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September 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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IMB is joining the Doctoral Insights Symposium!
Study genome stability, epigenetics & aging in Mainz 🧬
🎓 20 PhD programs | 💻 Free & online
🔗 www.doctoralinsights.at
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#docinsights #phdprogram #lifesciences #gradschool #europe #symposium
August 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Really beautiful work led by Jessica Leismann in Joan Barau’s lab @imbmainz.bsky.social . If you like elegant mouse genetics, the transposon arms race, and a healthy dose of epigenetics, this one’s for you. www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... @emboreports.org
DNA methylation at retrotransposons protects the germline by preventing NRF1-mediated activation | EMBO reports
imageimageIn spermatogenesis, loss of promoter DNA methylation reactivates retrotransposons in patterns shaped by chromatin modifications and the binding of DNA methylation-sensitive transcription fac...
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August 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM