WeigandLab
@weigandlab.bsky.social
RNA biochemist; like RNA structures and RBPs; Marburg University, Germany
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@weigandlab.bsky.social
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Join us for an online seminar on ASO therapy, September 24th 12.30 pm
#RNAtherapeutics #Antisense
@gbmev.bsky.social @oligogirl.bsky.social
#RNAtherapeutics #Antisense
@gbmev.bsky.social @oligogirl.bsky.social
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GBM Lunch on Nov. 19, 12.30pm
Speaker: Adrian Bunzel,
@mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
Title: Creating Enzymes by Computational Design and Directed Evolution
Chair: Valentina Piano @valentinapiano.bsky.social (CECAD, Köln)
Organized by GBM Young Investigators.
#GBMLunch #GBM_YI
Speaker: Adrian Bunzel,
@mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
Title: Creating Enzymes by Computational Design and Directed Evolution
Chair: Valentina Piano @valentinapiano.bsky.social (CECAD, Köln)
Organized by GBM Young Investigators.
#GBMLunch #GBM_YI
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
GBM Lunch on Nov. 19, 12.30pm
Speaker: Adrian Bunzel,
@mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
Title: Creating Enzymes by Computational Design and Directed Evolution
Chair: Valentina Piano @valentinapiano.bsky.social (CECAD, Köln)
Organized by GBM Young Investigators.
#GBMLunch #GBM_YI
Speaker: Adrian Bunzel,
@mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
Title: Creating Enzymes by Computational Design and Directed Evolution
Chair: Valentina Piano @valentinapiano.bsky.social (CECAD, Köln)
Organized by GBM Young Investigators.
#GBMLunch #GBM_YI
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📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Full Professorship in Integrative Structure Biology with a focus on in situ structural biology using cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and related methods. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/brswbymu
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Full Professorship in Integrative Structure Biology with a focus on in situ structural biology using cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) and related methods. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/brswbymu
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📢 Postdoc position: Cell Biology of Cyanobacteria
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📢 Postdoc position: Cell Biology of Cyanobacteria
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
in my group, as part of the Excellence Cluster "Microbes for Climate" (M4C) in Marburg, Germany.
More information at shorturl.at/wNnDT (see Project 2)
🔗Apply at shorturl.at/VsEDl
📅Deadline: Nov 16, 2025
Please repost. #Postdoc
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Excited to share my first PhD student’s @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social!
Tracking 5 dyes simultaneously Kavan Gor @embl.org tracks nascent #RNA folding during #ribosome assembly to correlate structural with functional information on single RNA molecules!
Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Tracking 5 dyes simultaneously Kavan Gor @embl.org tracks nascent #RNA folding during #ribosome assembly to correlate structural with functional information on single RNA molecules!
Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Excited to share my first PhD student’s @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social!
Tracking 5 dyes simultaneously Kavan Gor @embl.org tracks nascent #RNA folding during #ribosome assembly to correlate structural with functional information on single RNA molecules!
Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Tracking 5 dyes simultaneously Kavan Gor @embl.org tracks nascent #RNA folding during #ribosome assembly to correlate structural with functional information on single RNA molecules!
Check it out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Join the SCALE Community!
🚀 Exciting Job Opportunity: Project Coordinator at the Cluster of Excellence SCALE
We’re thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity to join the newly founded Cluster of Excellence SCALE – Subcellular Architecture of Life from the @goetheuni.bsky.social.
👉 Learn more and apply here:
We’re thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity to join the newly founded Cluster of Excellence SCALE – Subcellular Architecture of Life from the @goetheuni.bsky.social.
👉 Learn more and apply here:
October 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Join the SCALE Community!
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Postdoc position available, fully funded for 3y!!! The interdisciplinary project covers the structural biochemistry of a versatile nucleic acid binding protein in RNA-viral defense! The official job post can be found through our homepage:
biochemie.uni-greifswald.de/forschung/fo...
Or DM for more!
biochemie.uni-greifswald.de/forschung/fo...
Or DM for more!
Analytische Biochemie - Fakultät - Universität Greifswald
Universität Greifswald
biochemie.uni-greifswald.de
October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Postdoc position available, fully funded for 3y!!! The interdisciplinary project covers the structural biochemistry of a versatile nucleic acid binding protein in RNA-viral defense! The official job post can be found through our homepage:
biochemie.uni-greifswald.de/forschung/fo...
Or DM for more!
biochemie.uni-greifswald.de/forschung/fo...
Or DM for more!
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Enjoy it while it lasts
October 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Enjoy it while it lasts
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So excited to see this out in @natgenet.nature.com! An amazing collaboration with @gagneurlab.bsky.social, I am happy I was (a small) part of. Nucleotide dependencies can capture regulatory elements, including #RNA structures! Congrats to the whole team! Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nucleotide dependency analysis of genomic language models detects functional elements - Nature Genetics
Mapping pairwise nucleotide dependencies by leveraging genomic language models highlights functional genomic elements and predicts deleterious genetic variants more effectively than alignment-based conservation metrics.
www.nature.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
So excited to see this out in @natgenet.nature.com! An amazing collaboration with @gagneurlab.bsky.social, I am happy I was (a small) part of. Nucleotide dependencies can capture regulatory elements, including #RNA structures! Congrats to the whole team! Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
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We are hiring a PhD student!!
The project starts as early as January 2026 and is fully funded for three years.
Everyone with interest in NMR-centered structural biochemistry of nucleic acid-protein interactions in virus-infected cells, get in contact!
biochemie.uni-greifswald.de/forschung/fo...
The project starts as early as January 2026 and is fully funded for three years.
Everyone with interest in NMR-centered structural biochemistry of nucleic acid-protein interactions in virus-infected cells, get in contact!
biochemie.uni-greifswald.de/forschung/fo...
Analytische Biochemie - Fakultät - Universität Greifswald
Universität Greifswald
biochemie.uni-greifswald.de
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We are hiring a PhD student!!
The project starts as early as January 2026 and is fully funded for three years.
Everyone with interest in NMR-centered structural biochemistry of nucleic acid-protein interactions in virus-infected cells, get in contact!
biochemie.uni-greifswald.de/forschung/fo...
The project starts as early as January 2026 and is fully funded for three years.
Everyone with interest in NMR-centered structural biochemistry of nucleic acid-protein interactions in virus-infected cells, get in contact!
biochemie.uni-greifswald.de/forschung/fo...
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Join us for the next GBM Lunch on Oct 8th at 12:30
Speaker: Sven-Erik Behrens from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Title: RNA-based plant protection
Chair : Dorothee Staiger (@staigerlab.bsky.social, Bielefeld University)
Organized by: GBM Study Group "Biochemistry of Plants"
#GBMLunch
Speaker: Sven-Erik Behrens from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Title: RNA-based plant protection
Chair : Dorothee Staiger (@staigerlab.bsky.social, Bielefeld University)
Organized by: GBM Study Group "Biochemistry of Plants"
#GBMLunch
October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join us for the next GBM Lunch on Oct 8th at 12:30
Speaker: Sven-Erik Behrens from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Title: RNA-based plant protection
Chair : Dorothee Staiger (@staigerlab.bsky.social, Bielefeld University)
Organized by: GBM Study Group "Biochemistry of Plants"
#GBMLunch
Speaker: Sven-Erik Behrens from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Title: RNA-based plant protection
Chair : Dorothee Staiger (@staigerlab.bsky.social, Bielefeld University)
Organized by: GBM Study Group "Biochemistry of Plants"
#GBMLunch
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How many PhDs does it take...
September 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
How many PhDs does it take...
TT Lecturer position at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Deadline for application October 26th.
Please share the link:
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...
#pharmacy #teaching
Please share the link:
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...
#pharmacy #teaching
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de
September 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
TT Lecturer position at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Deadline for application October 26th.
Please share the link:
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...
#pharmacy #teaching
Please share the link:
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...
#pharmacy #teaching
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Next GBM Lunch on Sept. 24, 2025 (12:30)! 🧬
Join us for an exciting lecture by Annemieke Aartsma-Rus @oligogirl.bsky.social (Dept. of Human Genetics, Leiden University) on
"Development of exon skipping ASO therapy".
Chair: Julia Weigand (Philips University Marburg)
#GBMLunch
Join us for an exciting lecture by Annemieke Aartsma-Rus @oligogirl.bsky.social (Dept. of Human Genetics, Leiden University) on
"Development of exon skipping ASO therapy".
Chair: Julia Weigand (Philips University Marburg)
#GBMLunch
September 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Next GBM Lunch on Sept. 24, 2025 (12:30)! 🧬
Join us for an exciting lecture by Annemieke Aartsma-Rus @oligogirl.bsky.social (Dept. of Human Genetics, Leiden University) on
"Development of exon skipping ASO therapy".
Chair: Julia Weigand (Philips University Marburg)
#GBMLunch
Join us for an exciting lecture by Annemieke Aartsma-Rus @oligogirl.bsky.social (Dept. of Human Genetics, Leiden University) on
"Development of exon skipping ASO therapy".
Chair: Julia Weigand (Philips University Marburg)
#GBMLunch
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It's #PostdocAppreciationWeek:
#Postdocs are an essential part of the German research system! Dear @gbmev.bsky.social #Postdocs: thank you for the science 🔬, the teaching 👩🏫, and for supporting your groups and institutions 🙌 – they wouldn’t be the same without you! 💙
GBM PIs: plz share+comment!🫶
#Postdocs are an essential part of the German research system! Dear @gbmev.bsky.social #Postdocs: thank you for the science 🔬, the teaching 👩🏫, and for supporting your groups and institutions 🙌 – they wouldn’t be the same without you! 💙
GBM PIs: plz share+comment!🫶
September 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It's #PostdocAppreciationWeek:
#Postdocs are an essential part of the German research system! Dear @gbmev.bsky.social #Postdocs: thank you for the science 🔬, the teaching 👩🏫, and for supporting your groups and institutions 🙌 – they wouldn’t be the same without you! 💙
GBM PIs: plz share+comment!🫶
#Postdocs are an essential part of the German research system! Dear @gbmev.bsky.social #Postdocs: thank you for the science 🔬, the teaching 👩🏫, and for supporting your groups and institutions 🙌 – they wouldn’t be the same without you! 💙
GBM PIs: plz share+comment!🫶
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We are seeking postdoctoral researchers or physician-scientists who are eager to launch their careers in cardiovascular and pulmonary research within the Cluster Pulmonary Institute. Postdocs can select their host from among our excellent faculty members: cpi-online.de
September 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
We are seeking postdoctoral researchers or physician-scientists who are eager to launch their careers in cardiovascular and pulmonary research within the Cluster Pulmonary Institute. Postdocs can select their host from among our excellent faculty members: cpi-online.de
Join us for an online seminar on ASO therapy, September 24th 12.30 pm
#RNAtherapeutics #Antisense
@gbmev.bsky.social @oligogirl.bsky.social
#RNAtherapeutics #Antisense
@gbmev.bsky.social @oligogirl.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Join us for an online seminar on ASO therapy, September 24th 12.30 pm
#RNAtherapeutics #Antisense
@gbmev.bsky.social @oligogirl.bsky.social
#RNAtherapeutics #Antisense
@gbmev.bsky.social @oligogirl.bsky.social
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RNA is far more than a messenger.
Its structures regulate, evolve, and catalyze — carrying out functions DNA alone cannot.
But predicting #RNA structure from sequence is still extremely difficult.
In our recently published paper in @narjournal.bsky.social we present a way forward.
🧵 ⤵️
Its structures regulate, evolve, and catalyze — carrying out functions DNA alone cannot.
But predicting #RNA structure from sequence is still extremely difficult.
In our recently published paper in @narjournal.bsky.social we present a way forward.
🧵 ⤵️
August 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
RNA is far more than a messenger.
Its structures regulate, evolve, and catalyze — carrying out functions DNA alone cannot.
But predicting #RNA structure from sequence is still extremely difficult.
In our recently published paper in @narjournal.bsky.social we present a way forward.
🧵 ⤵️
Its structures regulate, evolve, and catalyze — carrying out functions DNA alone cannot.
But predicting #RNA structure from sequence is still extremely difficult.
In our recently published paper in @narjournal.bsky.social we present a way forward.
🧵 ⤵️
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We are excited to announce the Otto Meyerhof Prize, awarded by #Boehringer Ingelheim and the #GBM for e𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲-𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 scientists conducting research in Germany:
- PhD no more than 8 years ago
- Nominations and self-applications
💶 €5000 prize money
📅 Deadline 30.11.25
📩 Submit to: awards@gbm-online.de
- PhD no more than 8 years ago
- Nominations and self-applications
💶 €5000 prize money
📅 Deadline 30.11.25
📩 Submit to: awards@gbm-online.de
August 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We are excited to announce the Otto Meyerhof Prize, awarded by #Boehringer Ingelheim and the #GBM for e𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲-𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 scientists conducting research in Germany:
- PhD no more than 8 years ago
- Nominations and self-applications
💶 €5000 prize money
📅 Deadline 30.11.25
📩 Submit to: awards@gbm-online.de
- PhD no more than 8 years ago
- Nominations and self-applications
💶 €5000 prize money
📅 Deadline 30.11.25
📩 Submit to: awards@gbm-online.de
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Gratuliere Christof ! Sehr schön 👍🏻
👍🏼COOL🆕Christof Wegscheid-Gerlach @cwgmr.bsky.social (Koord. d. eh.LOEWE-GLUE) übernimmt Staffelstab🧪von Prof. Stefanie Dehnen (ehem.👩🏼🔬bei LOEWE-MOSLA, heute Direktorin des Instituts für Nanotechnologie am KIT in Karlsruhe).Wir gratulieren dem🆕Direktor des Chemikum #Marburg!!! @unimarburg.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Gratuliere Christof ! Sehr schön 👍🏻
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Did you get the email I sent 😭
August 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Did you get the email I sent 😭
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Upcoming Event: "From Academia to Industry – Working at Novo Nordisk A/S"
📅 Date: August 21, 2025
🕟 Time: 4:30 p.m.
🎤 Speaker: Dr. Martin Peter
🔗 Register here: gbm-online.de/de/nachwuchs...
Zoom link will be sent to registered participants.
Please share with your postdoc colleagues!
📅 Date: August 21, 2025
🕟 Time: 4:30 p.m.
🎤 Speaker: Dr. Martin Peter
🔗 Register here: gbm-online.de/de/nachwuchs...
Zoom link will be sent to registered participants.
Please share with your postdoc colleagues!
August 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Upcoming Event: "From Academia to Industry – Working at Novo Nordisk A/S"
📅 Date: August 21, 2025
🕟 Time: 4:30 p.m.
🎤 Speaker: Dr. Martin Peter
🔗 Register here: gbm-online.de/de/nachwuchs...
Zoom link will be sent to registered participants.
Please share with your postdoc colleagues!
📅 Date: August 21, 2025
🕟 Time: 4:30 p.m.
🎤 Speaker: Dr. Martin Peter
🔗 Register here: gbm-online.de/de/nachwuchs...
Zoom link will be sent to registered participants.
Please share with your postdoc colleagues!
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Who can apply?
Dissertations from German universities submitted within the last 2 years. Self- and supervisor nominations welcome. GBM membership not required!
ℹ️ gbm-online.de/en/news-even...
📞 Questions? 069 – 660 567-12
#Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #PhD #Award
Dissertations from German universities submitted within the last 2 years. Self- and supervisor nominations welcome. GBM membership not required!
ℹ️ gbm-online.de/en/news-even...
📞 Questions? 069 – 660 567-12
#Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #PhD #Award
Call for the Young Scientist Awards 2026 - Homepage of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM, Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie e.V.)
Applications are now open for the Bayer Pharmaceuticals PhD Prize, the GBM PhD Prize and the Otto Meyerhof Prize. Deadline: November 30, 2025
gbm-online.de
August 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Who can apply?
Dissertations from German universities submitted within the last 2 years. Self- and supervisor nominations welcome. GBM membership not required!
ℹ️ gbm-online.de/en/news-even...
📞 Questions? 069 – 660 567-12
#Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #PhD #Award
Dissertations from German universities submitted within the last 2 years. Self- and supervisor nominations welcome. GBM membership not required!
ℹ️ gbm-online.de/en/news-even...
📞 Questions? 069 – 660 567-12
#Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #PhD #Award
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🚀PhD Thesis Awards 2026!🏆
GBM honors two outstanding PhD theses with €1,500 each in biochemistry and molecular biology:
🔬 Bayer Pharmaceuticals PhD Award
🔬 GBM PhD Award
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30, 2025
#Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #PhD #Award
GBM honors two outstanding PhD theses with €1,500 each in biochemistry and molecular biology:
🔬 Bayer Pharmaceuticals PhD Award
🔬 GBM PhD Award
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30, 2025
#Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #PhD #Award
August 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🚀PhD Thesis Awards 2026!🏆
GBM honors two outstanding PhD theses with €1,500 each in biochemistry and molecular biology:
🔬 Bayer Pharmaceuticals PhD Award
🔬 GBM PhD Award
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30, 2025
#Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #PhD #Award
GBM honors two outstanding PhD theses with €1,500 each in biochemistry and molecular biology:
🔬 Bayer Pharmaceuticals PhD Award
🔬 GBM PhD Award
🗓️ Deadline: Nov 30, 2025
#Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #PhD #Award
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1st Workshop of the Human RNome Project - Scientific Revolution Begins in Frankfurt! #HRP2025 @goetheuni.bsky.social
10 days to go!
10 days to go!
July 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
1st Workshop of the Human RNome Project - Scientific Revolution Begins in Frankfurt! #HRP2025 @goetheuni.bsky.social
10 days to go!
10 days to go!