Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich
@genecenter-lmu.bsky.social
Science beyond disciplines — pioneering research in genome biology, immunology, virology & oncology www.genzentrum.lmu.de
Official account of the Gene Center Munich, a central scientific institution @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
Impressum: tinyurl.com/59k5d95t
Official account of the Gene Center Munich, a central scientific institution @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
Impressum: tinyurl.com/59k5d95t
🧐Curious about what has happened at the Gene Center over the past 5 years? Take a look at our hot-off-the-press report.🤩
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November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🧐Curious about what has happened at the Gene Center over the past 5 years? Take a look at our hot-off-the-press report.🤩
www.genzentrum.uni-muenchen.de/institute/ab...
www.genzentrum.uni-muenchen.de/institute/ab...
🥳 Veit Hornung, Marion Subklewe and Christoph Klein are again among the most influential researchers. Congratulations! 🤩
@v-hornung.bsky.social @msubklewe.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🥳 Veit Hornung, Marion Subklewe and Christoph Klein are again among the most influential researchers. Congratulations! 🤩
@v-hornung.bsky.social @msubklewe.bsky.social
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@v-hornung.bsky.social @msubklewe.bsky.social
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🥳 Huge congratulations to Roland Beckmann and his team on being awarded an ERC Synergy Grant! We are very proud of you! 👏🏻 🥂
@beckmannlab.bsky.social
@beckmannlab.bsky.social
💪 #ERC Synergy Grants: Großer Erfolg für die #LMU✨
Der Physiker Tim Liedl, der Biochemiker Roland Beckmann und der Meteorologe Fabian Hoffmann haben an der LMU in Kooperation mit internationalen Forschungsteams jeweils einen #SynergyGrant eingeworben. #ERCSynergyGrants #LMUMuenchen
Der Physiker Tim Liedl, der Biochemiker Roland Beckmann und der Meteorologe Fabian Hoffmann haben an der LMU in Kooperation mit internationalen Forschungsteams jeweils einen #SynergyGrant eingeworben. #ERCSynergyGrants #LMUMuenchen
ERC Synergy Grants: Großer Erfolg für LMU-Forschende
Drei Forschende haben mit der LMU hochdotierte Synergy Grants des Europäischen Forschungsrats eingeworben. Die geförderten Projekte beschäftigen sich mit Nanomaschinen aus DNA, den Proteinfabriken der...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🥳 Huge congratulations to Roland Beckmann and his team on being awarded an ERC Synergy Grant! We are very proud of you! 👏🏻 🥂
@beckmannlab.bsky.social
@beckmannlab.bsky.social
📣Join us for a guest seminar by Atlanta Cook from the University of Edinburgh
🕐TODAY at 13:00
▶️Lynen Lecture Hall.
Title: “Seeing Double: Integrative structural approaches to unravel nuclear dsRNA recognition by the NF45-NF90 complex.”
We're looking forward to seeing you🤗
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
🕐TODAY at 13:00
▶️Lynen Lecture Hall.
Title: “Seeing Double: Integrative structural approaches to unravel nuclear dsRNA recognition by the NF45-NF90 complex.”
We're looking forward to seeing you🤗
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
📣Join us for a guest seminar by Atlanta Cook from the University of Edinburgh
🕐TODAY at 13:00
▶️Lynen Lecture Hall.
Title: “Seeing Double: Integrative structural approaches to unravel nuclear dsRNA recognition by the NF45-NF90 complex.”
We're looking forward to seeing you🤗
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
🕐TODAY at 13:00
▶️Lynen Lecture Hall.
Title: “Seeing Double: Integrative structural approaches to unravel nuclear dsRNA recognition by the NF45-NF90 complex.”
We're looking forward to seeing you🤗
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
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🧬 From 14–16 Nov, join us at the #DeutschesMuseum for “Stem Cell Stories” — an interactive exhibition on stem cells, identity & epigenetics.
🎙️ Roundtable discussion on #AI in stem cell research & its ethical challenges on 📅14 Nov ⏲️18:30.
#StemCells #Epigenetics #AIinBiomedicine #HelmholtzMunich
🎙️ Roundtable discussion on #AI in stem cell research & its ethical challenges on 📅14 Nov ⏲️18:30.
#StemCells #Epigenetics #AIinBiomedicine #HelmholtzMunich
October 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🧬 From 14–16 Nov, join us at the #DeutschesMuseum for “Stem Cell Stories” — an interactive exhibition on stem cells, identity & epigenetics.
🎙️ Roundtable discussion on #AI in stem cell research & its ethical challenges on 📅14 Nov ⏲️18:30.
#StemCells #Epigenetics #AIinBiomedicine #HelmholtzMunich
🎙️ Roundtable discussion on #AI in stem cell research & its ethical challenges on 📅14 Nov ⏲️18:30.
#StemCells #Epigenetics #AIinBiomedicine #HelmholtzMunich
🎓 Great to see LMU highlighting alumnus Stephan Kotrade in an alumni portrait! He fondly recalls the inspiring lectures of Prof. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, founding director of the Gene Center Munich — where innovation and curiosity still drive research today🚀
www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
Alumnus Stephan Kothrade: from chemistry student to CTO at BASF
The chemistry PhD describes his journey from the lecture halls of LMU to the boardroom of BASF and the current challenges facing the chemical industry.
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October 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🎓 Great to see LMU highlighting alumnus Stephan Kotrade in an alumni portrait! He fondly recalls the inspiring lectures of Prof. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, founding director of the Gene Center Munich — where innovation and curiosity still drive research today🚀
www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
📣Don't miss this amazing publication from the Hopfner lab👇
Thrilled that our work is now finally out in Nature Comms!
rdcu.be/eG3vP
We reveal cryo-EM structures of the MRN complex bound to DNA & TRF2 - showing how DNA breaks are sensed and regulated at telomeres.
Fantastic work by first authors @yilanfan.bsky.social @filizkuybu.bsky.social & Hengjun!
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We reveal cryo-EM structures of the MRN complex bound to DNA & TRF2 - showing how DNA breaks are sensed and regulated at telomeres.
Fantastic work by first authors @yilanfan.bsky.social @filizkuybu.bsky.social & Hengjun!
September 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📣Don't miss this amazing publication from the Hopfner lab👇
🤩Congratulations to Lukas Milles on being awarded an ERC Starting Grant – we’re proud to have you at the Gene Center! 👏🥂
@lfmilles.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@lfmilles.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
#ERCStartingGrants to #LMU researchers: nanoscientist @q-akkerman.bsky.social , cultural studies scholar Marianna Mazzola, and biophysicist @lfmilles.bsky.social. The @erc.europa.eu awards based on excellence – among Europe’s most prestigious grants. ✨ #ERC #Research www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
Three new ERC grants at LMU
Three early-career researchers have each been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for their projects with LMU.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🤩Congratulations to Lukas Milles on being awarded an ERC Starting Grant – we’re proud to have you at the Gene Center! 👏🥂
@lfmilles.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@lfmilles.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
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Marleen Bérouti (@marleenberouti.bsky.social) from the lab of Veit Hornung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. 👏🏾 2/
September 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Marleen Bérouti (@marleenberouti.bsky.social) from the lab of Veit Hornung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. 👏🏾 2/
🥳Congratulations, Marleen!👏
Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce the six outstanding laureates of the International Birnstiel Award for Doctoral Studies in Molecular Life Sciences 2025!
🏆Congratulations to all awardees and honourable mentions! 🎉 1/ ➡️ www.imp.ac.at/news/article...
🏆Congratulations to all awardees and honourable mentions! 🎉 1/ ➡️ www.imp.ac.at/news/article...
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🥳Congratulations, Marleen!👏
LMU remains the best German university www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
LMU remains the best German university
In the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities, LMU ranks among the world’s top 50 research-intensive universities.
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August 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
LMU remains the best German university www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
Check out this LMU article on Lukas Milles’ research — one of our rising talents!😉
Nanomachines made to measure: protein design with artificial intelligence www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
@lfmilles.bsky.social
Nanomachines made to measure: protein design with artificial intelligence www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
@lfmilles.bsky.social
Nanomachines made to measure: protein design with artificial intelligence
Biophysicist Lukas Milles is a researcher at LMU’s Gene Center Munich. He investigates how to design completely new proteins with the help of deep learning.
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August 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Check out this LMU article on Lukas Milles’ research — one of our rising talents!😉
Nanomachines made to measure: protein design with artificial intelligence www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
@lfmilles.bsky.social
Nanomachines made to measure: protein design with artificial intelligence www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
@lfmilles.bsky.social
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Check out our pre-print on how the human INO80 complex acts on nucleosomes and hexasomes: PostDocs Priyanka & Manmohan et al. solved structures of INO80 bound to several substrates and completed missing questions about similarities of modes of actions across species🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Recognition and remodelling of nucleosomes and hexasomes by the human INO80 complex
The ATP-dependent INO80 chromatin remodeller slides and repositions nucleosomes to shape and maintain chromatin around gene regulatory elements and replication origins. Recent work uncovered capabilit...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Check out our pre-print on how the human INO80 complex acts on nucleosomes and hexasomes: PostDocs Priyanka & Manmohan et al. solved structures of INO80 bound to several substrates and completed missing questions about similarities of modes of actions across species🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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July 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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We‘re proud to share that our #SFB1361 PhD student, Yilan Fan from the @hopfnerlab.bsky.social, has been awarded a poster prize at the CNIO-CaixaResearch Frontiers Meeting “Machines on DNA and RNA: A Molecular Mechanistic Perspective“ held on 28-30 May 2025 in Madrid, Spain.
Congrats! 🎉
Congrats! 🎉
August 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We‘re proud to share that our #SFB1361 PhD student, Yilan Fan from the @hopfnerlab.bsky.social, has been awarded a poster prize at the CNIO-CaixaResearch Frontiers Meeting “Machines on DNA and RNA: A Molecular Mechanistic Perspective“ held on 28-30 May 2025 in Madrid, Spain.
Congrats! 🎉
Congrats! 🎉
Neue Vizepräsidenten der LMU gewählt www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/...
Neue Vizepräsidenten der LMU gewählt
Ab Oktober unterstützen zehn Vizepräsidentinnen und Vizepräsidenten die Arbeit des künftigen LMU-Präsidenten Professor Matthias Tschöp.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Neue Vizepräsidenten der LMU gewählt www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/...
📣New paper from the Stingele lab!
👏🥳Congratulations to first author @sduerauer.bsky.social and the @jstingele.bsky.social team on their exciting discovery showing how ubiquitin activates the SPRTN protease to repair toxic DNA–protein crosslinks – a key mechanism for maintaining genome stability👇
👏🥳Congratulations to first author @sduerauer.bsky.social and the @jstingele.bsky.social team on their exciting discovery showing how ubiquitin activates the SPRTN protease to repair toxic DNA–protein crosslinks – a key mechanism for maintaining genome stability👇
July 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📣New paper from the Stingele lab!
👏🥳Congratulations to first author @sduerauer.bsky.social and the @jstingele.bsky.social team on their exciting discovery showing how ubiquitin activates the SPRTN protease to repair toxic DNA–protein crosslinks – a key mechanism for maintaining genome stability👇
👏🥳Congratulations to first author @sduerauer.bsky.social and the @jstingele.bsky.social team on their exciting discovery showing how ubiquitin activates the SPRTN protease to repair toxic DNA–protein crosslinks – a key mechanism for maintaining genome stability👇
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Researchers in the United States are filing appeals, seeking court remedies, turning to philanthropy and starting GoFundMe campaigns
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How your research can survive a US federal grant termination
Researchers in the United States are filing appeals, seeking court remedies, turning to philanthropy and starting GoFundMe campaigns.
go.nature.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Researchers in the United States are filing appeals, seeking court remedies, turning to philanthropy and starting GoFundMe campaigns
go.nature.com/4m48yDu
go.nature.com/4m48yDu
🥳Congratulations, Shubo! 🥂👏What a fantastic start to your scientific career!
Shubo Zhao @jstingele.bsky.social receives Promotion Award from the Münchner Universitätsgesellschaft:
www.genzentrum.uni-muenchen.de/news-events/...
MUG prizes for LMU early-career researchers www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
Shubo Zhao @jstingele.bsky.social receives Promotion Award from the Münchner Universitätsgesellschaft:
www.genzentrum.uni-muenchen.de/news-events/...
MUG prizes for LMU early-career researchers www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
MUG prizes for LMU early-career researchers
This year, six doctoral graduates and two habilitation graduates are receiving awards from the Munich University Association.
www.lmu.de
July 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🥳Congratulations, Shubo! 🥂👏What a fantastic start to your scientific career!
Shubo Zhao @jstingele.bsky.social receives Promotion Award from the Münchner Universitätsgesellschaft:
www.genzentrum.uni-muenchen.de/news-events/...
MUG prizes for LMU early-career researchers www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
Shubo Zhao @jstingele.bsky.social receives Promotion Award from the Münchner Universitätsgesellschaft:
www.genzentrum.uni-muenchen.de/news-events/...
MUG prizes for LMU early-career researchers www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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If EMBL-EBI managed data resources have ever saved you time & effort, this is your chance to give back!
Fill in a 15-minute survey to help us:
🌍Demonstrate the real-world impact of our resources
🤓Understand your needs
🌟Secure continued funding
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Fill in a 15-minute survey to help us:
🌍Demonstrate the real-world impact of our resources
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June 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
If EMBL-EBI managed data resources have ever saved you time & effort, this is your chance to give back!
Fill in a 15-minute survey to help us:
🌍Demonstrate the real-world impact of our resources
🤓Understand your needs
🌟Secure continued funding
Closes 16 July
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Fill in a 15-minute survey to help us:
🌍Demonstrate the real-world impact of our resources
🤓Understand your needs
🌟Secure continued funding
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🎤 Postdocs: want to take the next step and become a #PI?
Apply to speak at the TALENT FORUM @www.helmholtz-munich.de, showcase your research in Epigenetics & Nucleic Acids, and connect with top scientists.
🧳 Travel & accommodation covered if selected!
📝 Apply by 31July.
🔗 Info: lnkd.in/drkRvz7N
Apply to speak at the TALENT FORUM @www.helmholtz-munich.de, showcase your research in Epigenetics & Nucleic Acids, and connect with top scientists.
🧳 Travel & accommodation covered if selected!
📝 Apply by 31July.
🔗 Info: lnkd.in/drkRvz7N
May 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🎤 Postdocs: want to take the next step and become a #PI?
Apply to speak at the TALENT FORUM @www.helmholtz-munich.de, showcase your research in Epigenetics & Nucleic Acids, and connect with top scientists.
🧳 Travel & accommodation covered if selected!
📝 Apply by 31July.
🔗 Info: lnkd.in/drkRvz7N
Apply to speak at the TALENT FORUM @www.helmholtz-munich.de, showcase your research in Epigenetics & Nucleic Acids, and connect with top scientists.
🧳 Travel & accommodation covered if selected!
📝 Apply by 31July.
🔗 Info: lnkd.in/drkRvz7N
TODAY👇
🤗We're excited to host Daphne Cabianca next Monday!
She will give a talk on “Shaping the genome with diet: dietary control of chromatin organization and function in a whole organism”
📅 July 7 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall
Join us for an inspiring talk – see you there!
@daphne-cabianca.bsky.social
She will give a talk on “Shaping the genome with diet: dietary control of chromatin organization and function in a whole organism”
📅 July 7 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall
Join us for an inspiring talk – see you there!
@daphne-cabianca.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
TODAY👇
🤗We're excited to host Daphne Cabianca next Monday!
She will give a talk on “Shaping the genome with diet: dietary control of chromatin organization and function in a whole organism”
📅 July 7 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall
Join us for an inspiring talk – see you there!
@daphne-cabianca.bsky.social
She will give a talk on “Shaping the genome with diet: dietary control of chromatin organization and function in a whole organism”
📅 July 7 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall
Join us for an inspiring talk – see you there!
@daphne-cabianca.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🤗We're excited to host Daphne Cabianca next Monday!
She will give a talk on “Shaping the genome with diet: dietary control of chromatin organization and function in a whole organism”
📅 July 7 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall
Join us for an inspiring talk – see you there!
@daphne-cabianca.bsky.social
She will give a talk on “Shaping the genome with diet: dietary control of chromatin organization and function in a whole organism”
📅 July 7 🕐 1:15 PM ➡️Lynen Lecture Hall
Join us for an inspiring talk – see you there!
@daphne-cabianca.bsky.social
📣Rotem Sorek @soreklab.bsky.social has been awarded the Robert Koch Prize 2025 – congratulations, Rotem!👏🥂
www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/en/media/pre...
www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/en/media/pre...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
📣Rotem Sorek @soreklab.bsky.social has been awarded the Robert Koch Prize 2025 – congratulations, Rotem!👏🥂
www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/en/media/pre...
www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/en/media/pre...