SchmitzStreitsLAB
@schmitzstreitslab.bsky.social
We are interested in #archaea,#regulation,#ncRNA,#smallproteins & novel biomolecules from nature, CAU Kiel
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Structure of the Methanosarcina mazei Mtr complex bound to the oxygen-stress responsive small protein MtrI - Nature Communications
Here, the authors present the cryoEM structure of the sodium-translocating methyltransferase (Mtr) complex from Methanosarcina mazei. Along with providing catalytic insights, they identify MtrI, an un...
doi.org
Best way to wrap up 2025 - fantastic collaboration between the @schullerjm and @schmitzstreit.lab - 2 excellent PhDs and colleagues showed small protein MtrI regulates the key complex of methanogenesis - doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67705-5
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a quick reminder!
🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research
The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...
research.pasteur.fr
January 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
a quick reminder!
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My team at @cbitoulouse.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc #bioinformatics with solid experience in metagenomic analyses.
Interest in evolution, ecology & MGEs is important.
The offer stands until the perfect candidate is found, and it could be you 🫵
🔁 🙏
#microSky #phagesky #UTIsky
@cnrs.fr
Interest in evolution, ecology & MGEs is important.
The offer stands until the perfect candidate is found, and it could be you 🫵
🔁 🙏
#microSky #phagesky #UTIsky
@cnrs.fr
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
My team at @cbitoulouse.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc #bioinformatics with solid experience in metagenomic analyses.
Interest in evolution, ecology & MGEs is important.
The offer stands until the perfect candidate is found, and it could be you 🫵
🔁 🙏
#microSky #phagesky #UTIsky
@cnrs.fr
Interest in evolution, ecology & MGEs is important.
The offer stands until the perfect candidate is found, and it could be you 🫵
🔁 🙏
#microSky #phagesky #UTIsky
@cnrs.fr
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This is such a shock. Such a smart and generous guy gone too soon.
We mourn the passing of Peer Bork, EMBO Member since 2000: https://www.embl.org/news/embl-announcements/in-remembrance-of-peer-bork/
In remembrance of Peer Bork | EMBL
EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.
www.embl.org
January 17, 2026 at 3:17 AM
This is such a shock. Such a smart and generous guy gone too soon.
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Out Now! A phage protein screen identifies triggers of the bacterial innate immune system #MicroSky
A phage protein screen identifies triggers of the bacterial innate immune system
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 16 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-025-02239-6A library of 400 phage protein-coding genes is used to find a trove of antiphage systems, revealing systems that target tail fibre and major capsid proteins.
go.nature.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Out Now! A phage protein screen identifies triggers of the bacterial innate immune system #MicroSky
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very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
In remembrance of Peer Bork | EMBL
EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.
www.embl.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:33 PM
very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
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#NatMicroPicks
Asgard archaea and the origin of eukaryotes! 🦠
Eukaryotic cellular complexity evolved largely within the Asgard lineage before mitochondrial endosymbiosis and later bacterial gene acquisitions
#MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Asgard archaea and the origin of eukaryotes! 🦠
Eukaryotic cellular complexity evolved largely within the Asgard lineage before mitochondrial endosymbiosis and later bacterial gene acquisitions
#MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dominant contribution of Asgard archaea to eukaryogenesis - Nature
A survey of the reconstructed gene set of the last eukaryotic common ancestor shows a consistent link between Asgard archaea and the origin of numerous, functionally diverse eukaryotic genes, dem...
www.nature.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 PM
#NatMicroPicks
Asgard archaea and the origin of eukaryotes! 🦠
Eukaryotic cellular complexity evolved largely within the Asgard lineage before mitochondrial endosymbiosis and later bacterial gene acquisitions
#MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Asgard archaea and the origin of eukaryotes! 🦠
Eukaryotic cellular complexity evolved largely within the Asgard lineage before mitochondrial endosymbiosis and later bacterial gene acquisitions
#MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Researchers from our Dept. of Biochemistry and @uni-kiel.de led by @sunsicker.bsky.social show in @pnas.org that the loss of plant diversity has an impact on the odor signals emitted by plant communities—with consequences for their interactions with other organisms. www.ice.mpg.de/527832/PR_Me...
Plant diversity shapes chemical communication in ecosystems
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Kiel have provided experimental evidence showing that reducing plant species diversity alters plant chemical signals ...
www.ice.mpg.de
January 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Researchers from our Dept. of Biochemistry and @uni-kiel.de led by @sunsicker.bsky.social show in @pnas.org that the loss of plant diversity has an impact on the odor signals emitted by plant communities—with consequences for their interactions with other organisms. www.ice.mpg.de/527832/PR_Me...
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@archaellum.bsky.social lab reveals how #cdiAMP and 4 RCK proteins shape osmotic stress responses in H. volcanii 🧬🦠. In highly halophilic #archaea, c-di-AMP coordinates ion balance and cell volume—mirroring bacterial strategies for environmental stress adaptation.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Great collaboration with @hoeferlab.bsky.social, @aharms485.bsky.social, @pozhydaieva.bsky.social, @usadellab.bsky.social, @vivienrosenthal.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Great collaboration with @hoeferlab.bsky.social, @aharms485.bsky.social, @pozhydaieva.bsky.social, @usadellab.bsky.social, @vivienrosenthal.bsky.social
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📢 We are hiring 📢 1st round of recruiting for our ERC project BacImmune-Decode! @erc.europa.eu
We are looking for a postdoc for wet-lab work on regulation of phage defence systems in bacteria using high-throughput microbial genetics. Check it out: lnkd.in/es7AE968
#Hiring #Postdoc #Microbiology
We are looking for a postdoc for wet-lab work on regulation of phage defence systems in bacteria using high-throughput microbial genetics. Check it out: lnkd.in/es7AE968
#Hiring #Postdoc #Microbiology
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January 14, 2026 at 8:55 AM
📢 We are hiring 📢 1st round of recruiting for our ERC project BacImmune-Decode! @erc.europa.eu
We are looking for a postdoc for wet-lab work on regulation of phage defence systems in bacteria using high-throughput microbial genetics. Check it out: lnkd.in/es7AE968
#Hiring #Postdoc #Microbiology
We are looking for a postdoc for wet-lab work on regulation of phage defence systems in bacteria using high-throughput microbial genetics. Check it out: lnkd.in/es7AE968
#Hiring #Postdoc #Microbiology
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Pleased to announce that I've joined the editorial board of the Biochemical Journal portlandpress.com/biochemj as an associate editor. I'd love to receive manuscripts focussed on CRISPR, anti-viral defence, archaean biochemistry and nucleic acid processing enzymes.
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
Biochemical Journal | Portland Press
Exploring the molecular mechanisms that underpin key biological processes, the Biochemical Journal is a leading bioscience journal publishing high-impact scientific research papers and reviews in the ...
portlandpress.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Pleased to announce that I've joined the editorial board of the Biochemical Journal portlandpress.com/biochemj as an associate editor. I'd love to receive manuscripts focussed on CRISPR, anti-viral defence, archaean biochemistry and nucleic acid processing enzymes.
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
@biochemsoc.bsky.social
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Dominant contribution of Asgard archaea to eukaryogenesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Dominant contribution of Asgard archaea to eukaryogenesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Save the date, please RT:
Looking forward to an exciting International Symposium @spp2330.bsky.social "New concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions".
October 5-7, 2026; Harnack-Haus Berlin (Germany).
@dfg.de @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de
Looking forward to an exciting International Symposium @spp2330.bsky.social "New concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions".
October 5-7, 2026; Harnack-Haus Berlin (Germany).
@dfg.de @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de
January 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Save the date, please RT:
Looking forward to an exciting International Symposium @spp2330.bsky.social "New concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions".
October 5-7, 2026; Harnack-Haus Berlin (Germany).
@dfg.de @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de
Looking forward to an exciting International Symposium @spp2330.bsky.social "New concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions".
October 5-7, 2026; Harnack-Haus Berlin (Germany).
@dfg.de @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de
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Phold's manuscript is now available @narjournal.bsky.social thanks to @susiegriggo.bsky.social @npbhavya.bsky.social @vijinim.bsky.social @linsalrob.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @milot.bsky.social @eunbelivable.bsky.social & others not on bsky #phagesky academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Phold's manuscript is now available @narjournal.bsky.social thanks to @susiegriggo.bsky.social @npbhavya.bsky.social @vijinim.bsky.social @linsalrob.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @milot.bsky.social @eunbelivable.bsky.social & others not on bsky #phagesky academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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@archaellum.bsky.social lab reveals how #cdiAMP and 4 RCK proteins shape osmotic stress responses in H. volcanii 🧬🦠. In highly halophilic #archaea, c-di-AMP coordinates ion balance and cell volume—mirroring bacterial strategies for environmental stress adaptation.
👉 buff.ly/ApWkCtg
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January 13, 2026 at 8:01 AM
@archaellum.bsky.social lab reveals how #cdiAMP and 4 RCK proteins shape osmotic stress responses in H. volcanii 🧬🦠. In highly halophilic #archaea, c-di-AMP coordinates ion balance and cell volume—mirroring bacterial strategies for environmental stress adaptation.
👉 buff.ly/ApWkCtg
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Team Tholey Kiel - team Greifswald and Team @schmitzstreitslab.bsky.social Kiel -
January 13, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Team Tholey Kiel - team Greifswald and Team @schmitzstreitslab.bsky.social Kiel -
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Team effort with a super smart PhD Student in the lead - funded by @dfg.de - Spp2002 on small Proteins - still to be discovered world 😉
Guided tour through the small protein landscape of Methanosarcina mazei using proteomics and biochemical approaches
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
@femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
@femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Guided tour through the small protein landscape of Methanosarcina mazei using proteomics and biochemical approaches
M. mazei proteomics detects 234 small proteins across different growth conditions, including small ribosomal proteins, ferredoxins with Fe-S cluster motifs
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Team effort with a super smart PhD Student in the lead - funded by @dfg.de - Spp2002 on small Proteins - still to be discovered world 😉
Team effort with a super smart PhD Student in the lead - funded by @dfg.de - Spp2002 on small Proteins - still to be discovered world 😉
Guided tour through the small protein landscape of Methanosarcina mazei using proteomics and biochemical approaches
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
@femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
@femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Guided tour through the small protein landscape of Methanosarcina mazei using proteomics and biochemical approaches
M. mazei proteomics detects 234 small proteins across different growth conditions, including small ribosomal proteins, ferredoxins with Fe-S cluster motifs
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Team effort with a super smart PhD Student in the lead - funded by @dfg.de - Spp2002 on small Proteins - still to be discovered world 😉
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Guided tour through the small protein landscape of Methanosarcina mazei using proteomics and biochemical approaches
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
@femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
@femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Guided tour through the small protein landscape of Methanosarcina mazei using proteomics and biochemical approaches
M. mazei proteomics detects 234 small proteins across different growth conditions, including small ribosomal proteins, ferredoxins with Fe-S cluster motifs
doi.org
January 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Guided tour through the small protein landscape of Methanosarcina mazei using proteomics and biochemical approaches
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
@femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
#microbiology #methanogens #methane
@femsjournals.bsky.social @femsmicro.org
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
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New Microbe Matters!
@relenski.bsky.social traces the legacy of Escherichia coli and how science is evolving to use this model organism in new ways
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@relenski.bsky.social traces the legacy of Escherichia coli and how science is evolving to use this model organism in new ways
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM
New Microbe Matters!
@relenski.bsky.social traces the legacy of Escherichia coli and how science is evolving to use this model organism in new ways
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@relenski.bsky.social traces the legacy of Escherichia coli and how science is evolving to use this model organism in new ways
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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#NewResearch
Infecting phages co-opt a bacterial protein to potentially faciliate genome degradation of competing phages
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Infecting phages co-opt a bacterial protein to potentially faciliate genome degradation of competing phages
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
#NewResearch
Infecting phages co-opt a bacterial protein to potentially faciliate genome degradation of competing phages
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Infecting phages co-opt a bacterial protein to potentially faciliate genome degradation of competing phages
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In diesem Jahr nimmt die @dfg.de Forschungsgruppe TORF die Arbeit auf. Ihr Ziel ist herauszufinden, wie Menschen im #Mittelalter im nordfriesischen #Wattenmeer gelebt und dabei die Küstenlandschaft massiv umgestaltet haben. @ndr.de #WelleNord hat mit den Forscherïnnen über das Propjekt gesprochen 👇
Rungholt und das Watt als Zeitkapsel: Forscher graben nach Spuren versunkener Kulturlandschaften
Die neue Forschungsgruppe TORF untersucht, wie Menschen im Mittelalter am nordfriesischen Wattenmeer lebten und dabei die Küstenlandschaft massiv umgestalteten. Archäologen, Historiker, Geografen, Geo...
www.ndr.de
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
In diesem Jahr nimmt die @dfg.de Forschungsgruppe TORF die Arbeit auf. Ihr Ziel ist herauszufinden, wie Menschen im #Mittelalter im nordfriesischen #Wattenmeer gelebt und dabei die Küstenlandschaft massiv umgestaltet haben. @ndr.de #WelleNord hat mit den Forscherïnnen über das Propjekt gesprochen 👇
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Please share! The Balskus Lab (where I did my PhD) his hiring a Research Assistant to work on the vaginal microbiome: us.smrtr.io/4rGc4
Can testify that branch of the Balskus Lab (like the other branches) is a vibrant research environment with cool projects and cool equipment!
Can testify that branch of the Balskus Lab (like the other branches) is a vibrant research environment with cool projects and cool equipment!
Research Assistant I Lab
Company Description: By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds...
us.smrtr.io
January 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Please share! The Balskus Lab (where I did my PhD) his hiring a Research Assistant to work on the vaginal microbiome: us.smrtr.io/4rGc4
Can testify that branch of the Balskus Lab (like the other branches) is a vibrant research environment with cool projects and cool equipment!
Can testify that branch of the Balskus Lab (like the other branches) is a vibrant research environment with cool projects and cool equipment!
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📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
The scientific lead will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪
The scientific lead will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪
January 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
The scientific lead will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪
The scientific lead will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪
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Review –by J. Yuan @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social, HG. Koch & B. Berghoff— highlights bacterial small membrane proteins (SMPs) 🧫: from regulating membrane targets and insertion pathways to toxin roles. SMPs also offer potential as tools and templates for new antibiotics.💊
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January 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Review –by J. Yuan @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social, HG. Koch & B. Berghoff— highlights bacterial small membrane proteins (SMPs) 🧫: from regulating membrane targets and insertion pathways to toxin roles. SMPs also offer potential as tools and templates for new antibiotics.💊
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