sigtrans.bsky.social
@sigtrans.bsky.social
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@thegutmann.bsky.social is honoured by the Signal Transduction Society (STS) with the STS Science Award 2025 for her recent research on how coronaviral #SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein disturbs DNA sensing by the immune system.

We warmly congratulate her and wish her continued success!

@mpi-cbg.de
January 16, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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“Looking Beyond Academia” | Feb 9 | @uni-freiburg.de

One of the most nerve-wracking questions for PhD students: What comes after the doctorate? To ease the transition into the next career phase, we invite you to join the IMPRS @sgbmfreiburg.bsky.social #Career Evening.

Register: s.gwdg.de/yjlAXo
January 15, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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Louis‑Jeantet Foundation 2026 Prizes

Congratulations to Yasmine Belkaid, President of the Institut Pasteur, awarded the Collen‑Jeantet Prize for Translational Medicine, and to Fiona Doetsch, laureate of the Louis‑Jeantet Prize for Medicine

Excellence in biomedical research 🔬🌍

👉 www.jeantet.ch
Fondation Louis-Jeantet |
www.jeantet.ch
January 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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Immunometabolism researchers are meeting in Newcastle on 16-17 April!

Join us for 2 days of fantastic immunometabolism research, Bright Sparks sessions & networking with the community. #UKimmunomet26

Submit your abstract by 5 March and register now 👉 https://bit.ly/493uE45
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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🧬 #PhD #position in #Immunology / #Dendritic #Cell #Biology (m/f/x) at #LMU #Munich 🌍

Join the @barbaraschraml.bsky.social lab in our Biomedical Center (BMC).

Apply online ➡️ www.med.lmu.de/bmc/en/jobs-...

📸: Schraml Lab 2025
#Germany #job #offer #academia #science #biomedical
January 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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New research led by @karinaxavierlab.bsky.social at 🇵🇹 @gimmfoundation.bsky.social demonstrates that a harmless strain of 🦠 #Klebsiella – discovered by chance in 🧫 laboratory experiments – can eliminate #infections and reduce gut inflammation in mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease. #IBD
Klebsiella strain to protect against IBD gut infections
A team of researchers led by Karina Xavier has uncovered a promising new live biotherapeutic agent that may redefine how the medical field approaches microbiota-based therapies.
healthcare-in-europe.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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It is unrealistic to expect new principal investigators to instantly know how to run a lab.

www.science.org/content/arti...
January 11, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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🚨 Last call - deadline extended to Jan. 15! PhD positions at the Max Planck Institute & University of Göttingen! #IMPRSGS #GönomiX
➡️ www.uni-goettingen.de/de/applicati...
#PhD #GenomeScience #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #Germany @mpi-nat.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de
Application - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
January 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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📢 DSMZ is hiring!
We are looking for a Scientific Lead for the SILVA Database, a key tool for understanding microbes and biodiversity.
Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/y973v547

#HiringNow #ScienceJobs #Microbiology #ResearchCareers
@dsmzd3.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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How did @Nature become "prestigious" to scientists?

In our opening article of Issue 09, writer Robert Reason traces the journal's history.

By understanding how Nature’s prestige was constructed, we can also clarify which elements are deserved and which are entrenched.
January 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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This one was quite the journey! The paper describing the #ChlamyDataset is finally out and on the cover of Mol Cell!

This beautiful rendering made by co-author @jessheebner.bsky.social and Holly Peterson shows an instance of mitochondrial fission found in the dataset 😍

[Maybe long thread ahead]
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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🧪🐸 PhD position open in the Harnos Lab (Masaryk University, Brno)!
We study cell migration, WNT/PCP signaling, mitochondria & energy in Xenopus.
Start: June 2026 (flexible)
Apply by Feb 28, 2026
📩 harnos@sci.muni.cz

#PhDposition #CellBiology #Mitochondria #Xenopus #WNT #PCP
January 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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NXR Bioinformatics Workshop: April 18-26, 2026. The workshop format will be a wet-dry-hybrid exercise, specifically emphasizing single-cell analysis. www.xenbase.org/xenbase/doNe... #science #devbio #xenopus #frogs
January 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Please apply for the @cshlxeno course:

Cell & Developmental Biology of Xenopus: Gene Discovery & Disease
April 7 - 21, 2026

Application Deadline: January 16.

youtu.be/T6wu7XYOP3E?...
Frogs: A biologist’s best friend
YouTube video by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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📣 Great news! We’re giving you more time to submit your abstract for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology.

Don’t miss the chance to present your research in Heidelberg from 17–20 March 2026!

🎯 New deadline: Jan 11, 2026

☝️ Submit now:
🔗 virology-meeting.de

#virology #conference
35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology
virology-meeting.de
January 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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🧬 Join our Deep Sequencing Facility! 🧬

We are looking for a Scientist as Application Specialist »Next Generation Sequencing« (m/f/div) to work with cutting-edge tech like AVITI24 & NovaSeq.

📍 Freiburg, Germany 🇩🇪
📅 Apply by Feb 2, 2026
🔗 jobs.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/jobposting/d...
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The new @mpi-cbg.de research group of Nagaraja Chappidi is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Macromolecular Compartmentalization and Genome Stability. Apply now: careers.mpi-cbg.de/jobs/6132430...
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#FDA has approved a new 1st-in-class oral antibiotic for the treatment of #gonorrhea, which has been making its way through the armamentarium of available antibiotics. Nuzolvence was brought to market through a private-public partnership involving @gardp.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2025/12/12/f...
FDA approves first new kind of drug to target gonorrhea in decades
The bacterium that causes gonorrhea has developed resistance to nearly every antibiotic used against it
www.statnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The 35th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Virology will take place in Heidelberg from March 17 to March 20, 2026. We have an exciting programme and look forward to welcome you here!

Registration and Abstract submission are now open. Please see details here:

virology-meeting.de
December 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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🚀 We're hiring!
We are offering several exciting #PhD & #postdoc positions spanning a range of topics, from jumbo phage biology & phage therapy to programmable RNA therapeutics & Fusobacterium nucleatum research. The application deadline is Jan 11. Learn more: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...
Working at HIRI
At the HIRI, we do not just value excellent research. Short distances, an open door policy, and a good working atmosphere—this is what distinguishes us from others. Have a look at our current job…
www.helmholtz-hiri.de
December 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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🚨 New dates! Our next 'Omic data analysis and visualisation using R' bioinformatics training course will start Monday 9 March 2026 - running every weekday morning for two weeks.

Perfect for beginners & all online.

Half price for members! Register here: https://bit.ly/4oNRuTh
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Trusted science starts with how we communicate it.

5 takeaways from our webinar with Sense about Science: context, transparency, peer review ≠ "truth", avoid hype, know your audience.

Read the summary: spkl.io/63329Agxjx
Rebuilding Trust in Science: Why Quality Communication Matters
Discover insights from leading experts on how rigorous research and clear communication can strengthen public trust and the real-world impact of science.
spkl.io
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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· #AcademicSky ·
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 2025! 🎉
At the 28th STS Meeting in Weimar Theresia Gutmann @thegutmann.bsky.social was honored with this award, which recognizes outstanding research by postdocs or junior PIs within the STS. Congratulations! @mpi-cbg.de #STS #CellCommSummit
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Pancreatic cancer cells express cryptic peptides shared across patients that may be therapeutic targets, according to research from earlier this year in Science.

Learn more in this #SciencePerspective on #WorldPancreaticCancerDay: https://scim.ag/4o0MslR
The hunt for common tumor antigens
Pancreatic cancer cells express cryptic peptides shared across patients that may be therapeutic targets
scim.ag
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM