Metaorganism Research
@crc1182.bsky.social
The DFG funded Collaborative Research Centre 1182 is an interdisciplinary network of 80 researchers at Kiel University investigating associations between specific microbial communities and their multicellular hosts.
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Final day of the @uni-kiel.de #CRC1182 2025 retreat today at @geomarkiel.bsky.social. Many thanks to all participants!
More information and some images:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
More information and some images:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
Final day of the @uni-kiel.de #CRC1182 2025 retreat today at @geomarkiel.bsky.social. Many thanks to all participants!
More information and some images:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
More information and some images:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
October 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Final day of the @uni-kiel.de #CRC1182 2025 retreat today at @geomarkiel.bsky.social. Many thanks to all participants!
More information and some images:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
More information and some images:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
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I am happy to announce publication of our new perspectives paper on applying evolutionary theory to host-microbiome evolution - new tricks for old dogs! @bweek.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I am happy to announce publication of our new perspectives paper on applying evolutionary theory to host-microbiome evolution - new tricks for old dogs! @bweek.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We are welcoming applications for a full professorship on Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology at Kiel Univerdity, Northern Germany, with fantastic facilities and infrastructure! @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...
W 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12844416
Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We are welcoming applications for a full professorship on Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology at Kiel Univerdity, Northern Germany, with fantastic facilities and infrastructure! @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Teaching old dogs new tricks: Extending existing theory on #host-microbiome evolution. New #CRC1182 publication out in @natecoevo.nature.com in cooperation with Brendan Bohannan, Shelbi Russell and Marjolein Bruijning:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/teachin...
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September 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Teaching old dogs new tricks: Extending existing theory on #host-microbiome evolution. New #CRC1182 publication out in @natecoevo.nature.com in cooperation with Brendan Bohannan, Shelbi Russell and Marjolein Bruijning:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/teachin...
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/teachin...
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See our new paper on C. elegans-yeast interactions. @crc1182.bsky.social @michaelhabig.bsky.social enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Interaction Between the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and Its Coexisting Fungal Microbiome Member Barnettozyma californica
Barnettozyma californica is a member of the fungal microbiome of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and can serve as food for worms. When combined with E. coli, this fungus can increase popula...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
See our new paper on C. elegans-yeast interactions. @crc1182.bsky.social @michaelhabig.bsky.social enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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And also see our new paper on the Role of microbial life history strategy in host-microbiome interactions in the ISMEJ. @crc1182.bsky.social url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
Role of microbial life history strategy in shaping the characteristics and evolution of host-microbiota interactions
Abstract. Many host-associated microbes are transmitted between individual hosts via the environment and, therefore, need to succeed both within a host and
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August 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
And also see our new paper on the Role of microbial life history strategy in host-microbiome interactions in the ISMEJ. @crc1182.bsky.social url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
Mercator Fellows visit life sciences at @uni-kiel.de:
@jessmetcalf.bsky.social and Brendan Bohannan are currently contributing to our research activities as guests of @transevo.bsky.social and #CRC1182. Many thanks to both of you for staying with us!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/mercato...
@jessmetcalf.bsky.social and Brendan Bohannan are currently contributing to our research activities as guests of @transevo.bsky.social and #CRC1182. Many thanks to both of you for staying with us!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/mercato...
August 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Mercator Fellows visit life sciences at @uni-kiel.de:
@jessmetcalf.bsky.social and Brendan Bohannan are currently contributing to our research activities as guests of @transevo.bsky.social and #CRC1182. Many thanks to both of you for staying with us!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/mercato...
@jessmetcalf.bsky.social and Brendan Bohannan are currently contributing to our research activities as guests of @transevo.bsky.social and #CRC1182. Many thanks to both of you for staying with us!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/mercato...
#CRC1182 Summer get-together coming up next week:
Join us on Thursday, July 31st, at the Biozentrum, everyone from the CRC 1182 is warmly invited! More information:
www.metaorganism-research.com/seminars-eve...
Join us on Thursday, July 31st, at the Biozentrum, everyone from the CRC 1182 is warmly invited! More information:
www.metaorganism-research.com/seminars-eve...
July 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
#CRC1182 Summer get-together coming up next week:
Join us on Thursday, July 31st, at the Biozentrum, everyone from the CRC 1182 is warmly invited! More information:
www.metaorganism-research.com/seminars-eve...
Join us on Thursday, July 31st, at the Biozentrum, everyone from the CRC 1182 is warmly invited! More information:
www.metaorganism-research.com/seminars-eve...
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🧠 Excited to share our new preprint on molecular drivers of cognitive function in aging mice!
Led by Stefano Flor & @sciwitch.bsky.social, with the Frahm lab @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social
📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠 Excited to share our new preprint on molecular drivers of cognitive function in aging mice!
Led by Stefano Flor & @sciwitch.bsky.social, with the Frahm lab @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social
📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Multi-omics analysis highlights the link of aging-related cognitive decline with systemic inflammation and alterations of tissue-maintenance
Aging-related cognitive decline is associated with changes across different tissues and the gut microbiome, including dysfunction of the gut-brain axis. However, only few studies have linked multi-org...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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🧠 Excited to share our new preprint on molecular drivers of cognitive function in aging mice!
Led by Stefano Flor & @sciwitch.bsky.social, with the Frahm lab @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social
📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠 Excited to share our new preprint on molecular drivers of cognitive function in aging mice!
Led by Stefano Flor & @sciwitch.bsky.social, with the Frahm lab @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social
📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The @symbnet.bsky.social PhD Summer School 2025 on #host-microbe symbioses at Oeiras, Portugal, supported by the #CRC1182 just ended. We collected some impressions:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/6th-edi...
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July 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The @symbnet.bsky.social PhD Summer School 2025 on #host-microbe symbioses at Oeiras, Portugal, supported by the #CRC1182 just ended. We collected some impressions:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/6th-edi...
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/6th-edi...
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Winning Best Poster Award is always exciting — but receiving it at the SymbNet Summer School feels truly unbelievable! 🚀
The level of expertise from the faculty was sky-high, and the talent of students made me feel like I need to work more to keep up 😱
#SymbNet #ScienceCommunity #BestPosterAward
The level of expertise from the faculty was sky-high, and the talent of students made me feel like I need to work more to keep up 😱
#SymbNet #ScienceCommunity #BestPosterAward
July 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Winning Best Poster Award is always exciting — but receiving it at the SymbNet Summer School feels truly unbelievable! 🚀
The level of expertise from the faculty was sky-high, and the talent of students made me feel like I need to work more to keep up 😱
#SymbNet #ScienceCommunity #BestPosterAward
The level of expertise from the faculty was sky-high, and the talent of students made me feel like I need to work more to keep up 😱
#SymbNet #ScienceCommunity #BestPosterAward
Register now: Performing Arts & Science Conference, July 16-17 in Kiel, supported by the #CRC1182 amongst others.
The Performing Science Conference brings together experts from the natural sciences and the performing arts in a dialog at eye level. More info and registration: performing-science.de
The Performing Science Conference brings together experts from the natural sciences and the performing arts in a dialog at eye level. More info and registration: performing-science.de
July 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Register now: Performing Arts & Science Conference, July 16-17 in Kiel, supported by the #CRC1182 amongst others.
The Performing Science Conference brings together experts from the natural sciences and the performing arts in a dialog at eye level. More info and registration: performing-science.de
The Performing Science Conference brings together experts from the natural sciences and the performing arts in a dialog at eye level. More info and registration: performing-science.de
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Happy to share our new comment on How #spatial #metabolomics is transforming #microbiology and gives insights into #microbe-microbe and #host-microbe interactions. #OpenAccess in @molsystbiol.org @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s443...
From microbes to molecules: unveiling host-microbe interactions with spatial metabolomics | Molecular Systems Biology
EMBO Press is an editorially independent publishing platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
doi.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Happy to share our new comment on How #spatial #metabolomics is transforming #microbiology and gives insights into #microbe-microbe and #host-microbe interactions. #OpenAccess in @molsystbiol.org @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s443...
The #CRC1182 was represented again at the 2025 #KielerWoche together with KLS and PMI Cluster of Excellence. Here are a few images from the #KielerUniLive @uni-kiel.de event featuring our Digital Meta Poster, Sponge Pop-Up Cards and more:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
June 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The #CRC1182 was represented again at the 2025 #KielerWoche together with KLS and PMI Cluster of Excellence. Here are a few images from the #KielerUniLive @uni-kiel.de event featuring our Digital Meta Poster, Sponge Pop-Up Cards and more:
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
New work from Bosch Lab's @chnoack.bsky.social et al:
How the nerve network in the freshwater polyp Hydra self-organises during embryonic development under the influence of environmental factors including the #microbiome
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/observi...
How the nerve network in the freshwater polyp Hydra self-organises during embryonic development under the influence of environmental factors including the #microbiome
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/observi...
June 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New work from Bosch Lab's @chnoack.bsky.social et al:
How the nerve network in the freshwater polyp Hydra self-organises during embryonic development under the influence of environmental factors including the #microbiome
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/observi...
How the nerve network in the freshwater polyp Hydra self-organises during embryonic development under the influence of environmental factors including the #microbiome
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/observi...
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I am excited to share our new publication in @pnas.org on the de novo nerve net assembly in Hydra embryos showing that neural circuits self-assemble through activity-driven processes, modulated by temperature and the microbiome. Thanks to all colleagues involved here! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Assembly of a functional neuronal circuit in embryos of an ancestral metazoan is influenced by temperature and the microbiome | PNAS
Understanding how neural populations emerge to give rise to behavior is a major goal
in neuroscience. Here, we explore the self-assembly of neural ...
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June 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I am excited to share our new publication in @pnas.org on the de novo nerve net assembly in Hydra embryos showing that neural circuits self-assemble through activity-driven processes, modulated by temperature and the microbiome. Thanks to all colleagues involved here! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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See our new paper, headed by Katja Dierking and her team, esp. Lena Peters, on microbiota protection against pathogens @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @manuelliebeke.bsky.social @kaletalab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids mediate microbiota protection against a bacterial pathogen in C. elegans - Nature Communications
Here, Peters et al. report that Pseudomonas fluorescens protects Caenorhabditis elegans against pathogen infection via polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids, uncovering a non-canonical bacterial s...
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June 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
See our new paper, headed by Katja Dierking and her team, esp. Lena Peters, on microbiota protection against pathogens @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @manuelliebeke.bsky.social @kaletalab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
The #CRC1182 metaorganism symposium on cellular #host-microbe crosstalk has just come to an end @geomarkiel.bsky.social
Thanks to all for participating and special thanks to @utehentschel.bsky.social for organizing this wonderful event!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/cellula...
Thanks to all for participating and special thanks to @utehentschel.bsky.social for organizing this wonderful event!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/cellula...
May 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The #CRC1182 metaorganism symposium on cellular #host-microbe crosstalk has just come to an end @geomarkiel.bsky.social
Thanks to all for participating and special thanks to @utehentschel.bsky.social for organizing this wonderful event!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/cellula...
Thanks to all for participating and special thanks to @utehentschel.bsky.social for organizing this wonderful event!
www.metaorganism-research.com/news/cellula...
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The 1st talks of our #metaorganism symposium in Kiel have been eye opening and fascinating! Microbes interacting with worms, squid, plants and jellyfish - so much novel cross talk shown. #symbiosis @crc1182.bsky.social
Looking forward to an exciting CRC 1182 Metaorganism symposium on host-microbe crosstalk. @crc1182.bsky.social @cpogoreutz.bsky.social @spencernyholm.bsky.social @manuelliebeke.bsky.social oliviaroth.bsky.social @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social @daganlab.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The 1st talks of our #metaorganism symposium in Kiel have been eye opening and fascinating! Microbes interacting with worms, squid, plants and jellyfish - so much novel cross talk shown. #symbiosis @crc1182.bsky.social
#CRC1182 two day symposium on "Cellular Underpinnings in #Host-Microbe Crosstalk" starting tomorrow:
www.metaorganism-research.com/seminars-eve...
www.metaorganism-research.com/seminars-eve...
May 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#CRC1182 two day symposium on "Cellular Underpinnings in #Host-Microbe Crosstalk" starting tomorrow:
www.metaorganism-research.com/seminars-eve...
www.metaorganism-research.com/seminars-eve...
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Looking forward to an exciting CRC 1182 Metaorganism symposium on host-microbe crosstalk. @crc1182.bsky.social @cpogoreutz.bsky.social @spencernyholm.bsky.social @manuelliebeke.bsky.social oliviaroth.bsky.social @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social @daganlab.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Looking forward to an exciting CRC 1182 Metaorganism symposium on host-microbe crosstalk. @crc1182.bsky.social @cpogoreutz.bsky.social @spencernyholm.bsky.social @manuelliebeke.bsky.social oliviaroth.bsky.social @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social @daganlab.bsky.social
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Die Leopoldina beruft Prof. Thomas Bosch, Zell- und Entwicklungsbiologie an der #UniKiel, zu ihrem neuen Mitglied. Die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften ehrt ihn für herausragende Leistungen in der Erforschung der Wirts-Mikroben-Beziehungen und ihrer Bedeutung für Gesundheit und Krankheit:
Thomas Bosch zum Leopoldina-Mitglied ernannt
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften ehrt CAU-Professor für die Erforschung der Wirts-Mikroben-Beziehungen
www.uni-kiel.de
May 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Die Leopoldina beruft Prof. Thomas Bosch, Zell- und Entwicklungsbiologie an der #UniKiel, zu ihrem neuen Mitglied. Die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften ehrt ihn für herausragende Leistungen in der Erforschung der Wirts-Mikroben-Beziehungen und ihrer Bedeutung für Gesundheit und Krankheit:
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We are exploring the physiological and evolutionary adaptations of plants to various stress factors in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
A key focus is understanding the central role of the microbiome—the microorganisms residing in/on plants—in the development of plant stress defense mechanisms.
A key focus is understanding the central role of the microbiome—the microorganisms residing in/on plants—in the development of plant stress defense mechanisms.
April 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We are exploring the physiological and evolutionary adaptations of plants to various stress factors in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
A key focus is understanding the central role of the microbiome—the microorganisms residing in/on plants—in the development of plant stress defense mechanisms.
A key focus is understanding the central role of the microbiome—the microorganisms residing in/on plants—in the development of plant stress defense mechanisms.
Life-long microbiome rejuvenation to delay aging? New #CRC1182 supported work by
@microbiomefxn.bsky.social, @kaletalab.bsky.social and Philip Rosenstiel et al. out in Microbiome:
doi.org/10.1186/s401...
@microbiomefxn.bsky.social, @kaletalab.bsky.social and Philip Rosenstiel et al. out in Microbiome:
doi.org/10.1186/s401...
Life-long microbiome rejuvenation improves intestinal barrier function and inflammaging in mice - Microbiome
Background Alterations in the composition and function of the intestinal microbiota have been observed in organismal aging across a broad spectrum of animal phyla. Recent findings, which have been der...
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April 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Life-long microbiome rejuvenation to delay aging? New #CRC1182 supported work by
@microbiomefxn.bsky.social, @kaletalab.bsky.social and Philip Rosenstiel et al. out in Microbiome:
doi.org/10.1186/s401...
@microbiomefxn.bsky.social, @kaletalab.bsky.social and Philip Rosenstiel et al. out in Microbiome:
doi.org/10.1186/s401...
Current paper by @kaletalab.bsky.social et al. in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social on host-microbiome-interactions in aging, supported by the #CRC1182:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Metabolic modelling reveals the aging-associated decline of host–microbiome metabolic interactions in mice - Nature Microbiology
A multi-omics approach reveals host–microbiome interactions in aging in mice.
doi.org
April 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Current paper by @kaletalab.bsky.social et al. in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social on host-microbiome-interactions in aging, supported by the #CRC1182:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...