Julian Kiefer
@jkiefer.bsky.social
PostDoc @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social | Symbiosis #Olavius
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We are approaching 5000 #followers – time to say thanks! 😀👏
As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑🔬
It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩
@maxplanck.de #marinescience
As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑🔬
It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩
@maxplanck.de #marinescience
October 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
We are approaching 5000 #followers – time to say thanks! 😀👏
As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑🔬
It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩
@maxplanck.de #marinescience
As soon as we hit this magic mark, we'll raffle off 10 goodie bags of MPIMM-merch among you, our 5,000 followers! 🎉🎁 🌊🔬🚢🧑🔬
It is wonderful to be in touch with so many of you & share & discuss our research! 🤩
@maxplanck.de #marinescience
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📣 #OurLastPaper is out! And it's a major breakthrough that we're publishing in @cp-cell.bsky.social l: we've discovered architect bacteria that build complex structures to feed themselves better!
#SymbioSky 1/5
#SymbioSky 1/5
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📣 #OurLastPaper is out! And it's a major breakthrough that we're publishing in @cp-cell.bsky.social l: we've discovered architect bacteria that build complex structures to feed themselves better!
#SymbioSky 1/5
#SymbioSky 1/5
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A long, long time ago, we started this review project during the first Coron lockdown, but if finally made it out into the world - Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects! @naturerevmicro.bsky.social
New online! Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects
Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects
Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 27 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01164-zIn this Review, Kaltenpoth et al. examine the evolution and function of beneficial symbioses between bacteria and their insect hosts, focusing on their effects on the host fitness and the microbial factors that play a role in the evolution of these symbiotic associations.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A long, long time ago, we started this review project during the first Coron lockdown, but if finally made it out into the world - Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects! @naturerevmicro.bsky.social
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New preprint is out!
We investigate how well you can call variants directly from genome assemblies compared to traditional read-based variant calling.
Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Data & code: github.com/rrwick/Are-r...
(1/8)
We investigate how well you can call variants directly from genome assemblies compared to traditional read-based variant calling.
Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Data & code: github.com/rrwick/Are-r...
(1/8)
Are reads required? High-precision variant calling from bacterial genome assemblies
Accurate nucleotide variant calling is essential in microbial genomics, particularly for outbreak tracking and phylogenetics. This study evaluates variant calls derived from genome assemblies compared...
www.biorxiv.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
New preprint is out!
We investigate how well you can call variants directly from genome assemblies compared to traditional read-based variant calling.
Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Data & code: github.com/rrwick/Are-r...
(1/8)
We investigate how well you can call variants directly from genome assemblies compared to traditional read-based variant calling.
Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Data & code: github.com/rrwick/Are-r...
(1/8)
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Spannend: @jkiefer.bsky.social erzählt auf dem 5. Bremer #OceanDay über seine #Forschung und die spannende Welt der #Meeressymbiosen.
#Machmint #Meeresforschung #Wisskomm #Bremen @unibremen.bsky.social
#Machmint #Meeresforschung #Wisskomm #Bremen @unibremen.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Spannend: @jkiefer.bsky.social erzählt auf dem 5. Bremer #OceanDay über seine #Forschung und die spannende Welt der #Meeressymbiosen.
#Machmint #Meeresforschung #Wisskomm #Bremen @unibremen.bsky.social
#Machmint #Meeresforschung #Wisskomm #Bremen @unibremen.bsky.social
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A paper in Nature reports that the loggerhead turtle can learn and remember the magnetic signature of an area and does a ‘turtle dance’ when in a location that they associate with food. https://go.nature.com/4jSQEDo 🐢 🧪
Learned magnetic map cues and two mechanisms of magnetoreception in turtles - Nature
Loggerhead sea turtles, which undergo long-distance migrations, can learn magnetic signatures associated with different geographic areas and have two different magnetic senses, each based on a different underlying mechanism.
go.nature.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A paper in Nature reports that the loggerhead turtle can learn and remember the magnetic signature of an area and does a ‘turtle dance’ when in a location that they associate with food. https://go.nature.com/4jSQEDo 🐢 🧪
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January 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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🪲 Leaf beetles 🧬 New research reveals how these diverse insects overcome dietary challenges through symbiosis & horizontal gene transfer. #Insects #Symbiosis #EvolutionaryEcology #Symbionts @hassansalem.bsky.social [link to press release: t.ly/NRxc7 ]
Symbioses and gene transfer in leaf beetles
In the course of evolution, leaf beetles found the key to digesting plants better with the help of bacteria
t.ly
January 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🪲 Leaf beetles 🧬 New research reveals how these diverse insects overcome dietary challenges through symbiosis & horizontal gene transfer. #Insects #Symbiosis #EvolutionaryEcology #Symbionts @hassansalem.bsky.social [link to press release: t.ly/NRxc7 ]