Maja Köhn
@mkoehn.bsky.social
Prof. at University of Bonn, Chemical Biology, Phosphatases, views are my own, she/her
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I read this book when I was 15 and fell in love with DNA. I re-read it at 32 with lived experience in Science and it filled me with rage. I cannot pick up that book now. It reveals what women were/are up against.
Based on his self-described behavior in The Double Helix and these actions it is easy and appropriate to write him off as an ignorant jerk.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I read this book when I was 15 and fell in love with DNA. I re-read it at 32 with lived experience in Science and it filled me with rage. I cannot pick up that book now. It reveals what women were/are up against.
Wonderful concert Sunday night in Cologne. So happy that I got to see Johnny Marr! Great crowd too!
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Wonderful concert Sunday night in Cologne. So happy that I got to see Johnny Marr! Great crowd too!
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I have a PhD opening in my lab for an exiting project using base editor screens to find novel drug targets. Please help spread the word. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
PhD student position in the Cell Signaling and Cell Cycle group at the Danish Cancer Institute.
The Cell Signaling and Cell Cycle group, headed by Prof. Jakob Nilsson, is looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic PhD student to establish novel CRISPR
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October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I have a PhD opening in my lab for an exiting project using base editor screens to find novel drug targets. Please help spread the word. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Our latest research in collaboration with @nilssonlab.bsky.social, @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social and Mathieu Bollen reveals a new regulatory strategy employed by cells to control PP1 in mitosis. Check it out in @currentbiology.bsky.social
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Polo kinase inhibits protein phosphatase 1 to promote the spindle assembly checkpoint and prevent aneuploidy
Protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) is essential for spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) silencing and mitotic exit, but its regulation during mitosis remains i…
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October 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Our latest research in collaboration with @nilssonlab.bsky.social, @andrea-musacchio.bsky.social and Mathieu Bollen reveals a new regulatory strategy employed by cells to control PP1 in mitosis. Check it out in @currentbiology.bsky.social
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Come join us in Geneva for everything epigenetics and gene regulation. It will be a great meeting! Please repost!
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Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease: Linking Basic Mechanisms with Therapeutic Opportunities | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Health and Disease: Linking Basic Mechanisms with Therapeutic Opportunities, March 2026, in Geneva, with field leaders!
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October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Come join us in Geneva for everything epigenetics and gene regulation. It will be a great meeting! Please repost!
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I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
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Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas
This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…
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October 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
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scienceimpacts.org
Please share this link widely-- it allows people to see how the loss of NIH funding will directly impact their county. Includes current impact and future impacts. It is grim. NIH funding benefits us all.
Please share this link widely-- it allows people to see how the loss of NIH funding will directly impact their county. Includes current impact and future impacts. It is grim. NIH funding benefits us all.
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
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August 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
scienceimpacts.org
Please share this link widely-- it allows people to see how the loss of NIH funding will directly impact their county. Includes current impact and future impacts. It is grim. NIH funding benefits us all.
Please share this link widely-- it allows people to see how the loss of NIH funding will directly impact their county. Includes current impact and future impacts. It is grim. NIH funding benefits us all.
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Join us! Registration is now open for the 17th German #Peptide Symposium, 4–6 March 2026, in Essen @unidue.bsky.social! An open-topic event on modern peptide chemistry featuring top speakers including @mbogyo.bsky.social, @mkoehn.bsky.social & more.
🔗 www.uni-due.de/17gps/
#17GPS
🔗 www.uni-due.de/17gps/
#17GPS
August 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Join us! Registration is now open for the 17th German #Peptide Symposium, 4–6 March 2026, in Essen @unidue.bsky.social! An open-topic event on modern peptide chemistry featuring top speakers including @mbogyo.bsky.social, @mkoehn.bsky.social & more.
🔗 www.uni-due.de/17gps/
#17GPS
🔗 www.uni-due.de/17gps/
#17GPS
From in the historically rich city of Boston, MA. Some lessons don’t get old.
August 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From in the historically rich city of Boston, MA. Some lessons don’t get old.
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To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
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has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Group Leader - Genome Biology Unit
Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Genome Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group addressing exciting and original biological...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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Kusterlab is looking for a new member to join our Bioinformatics team.
Apply now if you're interested in working with us!
Apply now if you're interested in working with us!
July 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Kusterlab is looking for a new member to join our Bioinformatics team.
Apply now if you're interested in working with us!
Apply now if you're interested in working with us!
Very excited that the EMBO workshop on #phosphatases is about to start in the beautiful Juliusspital venue in Würzburg!
July 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Very excited that the EMBO workshop on #phosphatases is about to start in the beautiful Juliusspital venue in Würzburg!
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Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio
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Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology
Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emerges at the cross-section of biology, physics and engineering. It aims to understand how living cells, tissues and animals sense and respond to me…
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July 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio
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Do you have experience in mechanistic modelling of biological systems and want to do a postdoc with an interdisciplinary team on developing Digital Twins for rare disease? We have the job for you! Check it out below - deadline July 13th, online interviews 24th July.
Your weekly reminder that there is a really fun post @ebi.embl.org in our group in collaboration with Sheriff Rahuman (@biomodels) and Ellie McDonagh (@opentargets) to create Digital Twins for rare disease using multiomics, executable modelling and AI. Join our interdisciplinary team! Deadline 13/07
Exciting opportunity at the forefront of network biology, multiomics, AI and DT. Deadline 13th July! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Do you have experience in mechanistic modelling of biological systems and want to do a postdoc with an interdisciplinary team on developing Digital Twins for rare disease? We have the job for you! Check it out below - deadline July 13th, online interviews 24th July.
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We are looking for a PhD student in (mostly )wet-lab biochemistry to work on short linear motifs, intrinsically disordered regions, in the context of the Marie Curie network "IDPro". More info an apply here: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
PhD student in Biochemistry - Uppsala University
PhD student in Biochemistry, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
June 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We are looking for a PhD student in (mostly )wet-lab biochemistry to work on short linear motifs, intrinsically disordered regions, in the context of the Marie Curie network "IDPro". More info an apply here: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Happy to be at #APS2025, great science and community! And an unexpected wonderful reunion after >10 years with two previous postdocs in my group: Jayanta Chatterjee and Yansong Wang!
June 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Happy to be at #APS2025, great science and community! And an unexpected wonderful reunion after >10 years with two previous postdocs in my group: Jayanta Chatterjee and Yansong Wang!
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also anyone with an apt/house for rent in #freiburg, 4+ rooms, preferably Herdern, Güterbahnhof, Wiehre, ANY time, ANY price, SEND IT MY WAY
Incredibly grateful for this tremendous recognition by @humboldt-foundation.de and not possible without the strongest support from @uni-freiburg.de and many previous funding bodies that made our research possible
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June 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
also anyone with an apt/house for rent in #freiburg, 4+ rooms, preferably Herdern, Güterbahnhof, Wiehre, ANY time, ANY price, SEND IT MY WAY
I am very sad about the passing of Philippe Bastiaens. My heart goes to his family, his colleagues and his group www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/news/philipp...
The Max Planck Institute in Dortmund mourns the loss of Philippe Bastiaens
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May 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I am very sad about the passing of Philippe Bastiaens. My heart goes to his family, his colleagues and his group www.mpi-dortmund.mpg.de/news/philipp...
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We still have an open postbac position in the intramural program of the NIH for starting sometime this summer. Shares, reposts much appreciated-
Interested in chemical mechanisms of membrane proteins ?We have an opening for postbac fellows. Please share and repost. Thanks !
Our research focuses on understanding the chemical and cellular mechanisms of integral membrane enzymes and transition metal transporters.
bit.ly/42jWXYD.
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Our research focuses on understanding the chemical and cellular mechanisms of integral membrane enzymes and transition metal transporters.
bit.ly/42jWXYD.
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May 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We still have an open postbac position in the intramural program of the NIH for starting sometime this summer. Shares, reposts much appreciated-
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Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2025 - Last Chance to submit your abstract for a talk!
@biozentrum.unibas.ch
‼️Submit your abstract today via ptf25.scg.ch/registration
#ptf25 #scs #medchem #switzerland #symposia
@biozentrum.unibas.ch
‼️Submit your abstract today via ptf25.scg.ch/registration
#ptf25 #scs #medchem #switzerland #symposia
April 28, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2025 - Last Chance to submit your abstract for a talk!
@biozentrum.unibas.ch
‼️Submit your abstract today via ptf25.scg.ch/registration
#ptf25 #scs #medchem #switzerland #symposia
@biozentrum.unibas.ch
‼️Submit your abstract today via ptf25.scg.ch/registration
#ptf25 #scs #medchem #switzerland #symposia
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SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.
chemsymposia.com
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Join us at Chemsymposia 2026 to discover groundbreaking research in physics applications. Connect with experts, engage in insightful discussions, and explore our venue, registration details, and speak...
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April 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.
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Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.
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April 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.
www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
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Join scientists, biotech start-ups and pharmaceutical companies to discuss #phosphatase research at the EMBO Workshop "Phosphatases: From basic research to translation" in Würzburg, Germany, 27–31 July
Deadline: 11 April
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#EMBOphosphatases #EMBOevents 🧪
Deadline: 11 April
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#EMBOphosphatases #EMBOevents 🧪
Phosphatases: from basic research to translation
Phosphatases have been considered undruggable for decades. However, recent breakthroughs with the first small molecule phosphatase inhibitors for cancer immunotherapy now in clinical trials have resu…
meetings.embo.org
April 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Join scientists, biotech start-ups and pharmaceutical companies to discuss #phosphatase research at the EMBO Workshop "Phosphatases: From basic research to translation" in Würzburg, Germany, 27–31 July
Deadline: 11 April
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pho...
#EMBOphosphatases #EMBOevents 🧪
Deadline: 11 April
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pho...
#EMBOphosphatases #EMBOevents 🧪
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Don’t forget to register for the EMBO conference on phosphatases, July 27-31 2025 😊
Join us in Würzburg, Germany, for the EMBO workshop “Phosphatases: From basic research to translation”! July 27-31 2025. Newest developments in the field, from academia and industry. Great networking opportunities! Short talk slots available. Hope to see you there! meetings.embo.org/event/25-pho...
Phosphatases: from basic research to translation
Phosphatases have been considered undruggable for decades. However, recent breakthroughs with the first small molecule phosphatase inhibitors for cancer immunotherapy now in clinical trials have resu…
meetings.embo.org
March 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Don’t forget to register for the EMBO conference on phosphatases, July 27-31 2025 😊