Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB)
@imbmainz.bsky.social
We study how organisms grow, age & develop disease through basic research in epigenetics, genome stability & related fields 🧬
www.imb.de / Imprint: https://www.imb.de/impressum-imprint
📍 #Mainz, Germany
www.imb.de / Imprint: https://www.imb.de/impressum-imprint
📍 #Mainz, Germany
We are delighted to welcome Prof. Andreas Ladurner to the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of IMB. A leading expert in chromatin regulation, he brings deep insight from his roles at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and Eisbach Bio GmbH. His expertise will be an invaluable contribution to IMB's SAB.
October 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We are delighted to welcome Prof. Andreas Ladurner to the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of IMB. A leading expert in chromatin regulation, he brings deep insight from his roles at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and Eisbach Bio GmbH. His expertise will be an invaluable contribution to IMB's SAB.
We are deeply saddened to announce the unexpected passing of our colleague Dr Nard Kubben. He joined IMB as a Group Leader in 2021, bringing a passion for understanding ageing & improving human health. Our heartfelt condolences go to his family, friends & all who knew him.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We are deeply saddened to announce the unexpected passing of our colleague Dr Nard Kubben. He joined IMB as a Group Leader in 2021, bringing a passion for understanding ageing & improving human health. Our heartfelt condolences go to his family, friends & all who knew him.
www.imb.de/about-imb/ne...
www.imb.de/about-imb/ne...
Our IPP Community! 🫶 The past 2 days, we gathered at the annual IPP Symposium to connect with students from @unimainz.bsky.social, Uni Med #Mainz and IMB, share ideas, and get inspired by each other's research.
Apply to our open call via www.imb.de/phd and be a part of next year's event.
Apply to our open call via www.imb.de/phd and be a part of next year's event.
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our IPP Community! 🫶 The past 2 days, we gathered at the annual IPP Symposium to connect with students from @unimainz.bsky.social, Uni Med #Mainz and IMB, share ideas, and get inspired by each other's research.
Apply to our open call via www.imb.de/phd and be a part of next year's event.
Apply to our open call via www.imb.de/phd and be a part of next year's event.
This week we are celebrating the people who make impossible experiments possible (and still find time to fix the lab printer 😅) - our postdocs 🫶
#postdocappreciationweek #paw2025
#postdocappreciationweek #paw2025
September 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This week we are celebrating the people who make impossible experiments possible (and still find time to fix the lab printer 😅) - our postdocs 🫶
#postdocappreciationweek #paw2025
#postdocappreciationweek #paw2025
Our IPP Winter Call is now open! 📢 Are you looking for a fully funded PhD project in an international environment, doing cutting-edge research, and developing your career with advanced training? Join the #IPPMainz!
Learn more via www.imb.de/phd & apply by 16 October
#IMBMainz @unimainz.bsky.social
Learn more via www.imb.de/phd & apply by 16 October
#IMBMainz @unimainz.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Our IPP Winter Call is now open! 📢 Are you looking for a fully funded PhD project in an international environment, doing cutting-edge research, and developing your career with advanced training? Join the #IPPMainz!
Learn more via www.imb.de/phd & apply by 16 October
#IMBMainz @unimainz.bsky.social
Learn more via www.imb.de/phd & apply by 16 October
#IMBMainz @unimainz.bsky.social
Emeritus Group Leader Prof. Christoph Cremer has received the 2025 David Glick Lectureship Award from @histochemicalsoc.bsky.social for pioneering super-resolution #microscopy methods that let scientists visualise cellular structures at unprecedented resolution.
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September 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Emeritus Group Leader Prof. Christoph Cremer has received the 2025 David Glick Lectureship Award from @histochemicalsoc.bsky.social for pioneering super-resolution #microscopy methods that let scientists visualise cellular structures at unprecedented resolution.
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A day well spent at the 2nd Life Sciences Postdoc Symposium. Thank you to our speakers Christian Tidona @biomedx.bsky.social, Eckhard Thines @unimainz.bsky.social, Marie-Theres Weil #BioNTech & Verawan Boonsanay-Michel #sanofi for their inspiring contributions. And of course to all our participants!
June 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A day well spent at the 2nd Life Sciences Postdoc Symposium. Thank you to our speakers Christian Tidona @biomedx.bsky.social, Eckhard Thines @unimainz.bsky.social, Marie-Theres Weil #BioNTech & Verawan Boonsanay-Michel #sanofi for their inspiring contributions. And of course to all our participants!
2nd Life Sciences Postdoc Symposium Mainz - Connect, learn & grow with fellow postdocs & staff scientists from Mainz, Frankfurt, Darmstadt & the region! 🔬
26 June 2025
➡️ www.imb.de/postdoc-symposium25
Join us to strengthen your scientific network & exchange ideas with your peers.
#postdoclife
26 June 2025
➡️ www.imb.de/postdoc-symposium25
Join us to strengthen your scientific network & exchange ideas with your peers.
#postdoclife
May 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
2nd Life Sciences Postdoc Symposium Mainz - Connect, learn & grow with fellow postdocs & staff scientists from Mainz, Frankfurt, Darmstadt & the region! 🔬
26 June 2025
➡️ www.imb.de/postdoc-symposium25
Join us to strengthen your scientific network & exchange ideas with your peers.
#postdoclife
26 June 2025
➡️ www.imb.de/postdoc-symposium25
Join us to strengthen your scientific network & exchange ideas with your peers.
#postdoclife
"I wanted to challenge myself to live outside of my home country, travel, learn a new language & explore Europe", says our IPP student Tina. "With the support of AG Mayer, IPP & the Transmed program, I look forward to making novel discoveries during my PhD."
Call is open now! More: www.imb.de/phd
Call is open now! More: www.imb.de/phd
March 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"I wanted to challenge myself to live outside of my home country, travel, learn a new language & explore Europe", says our IPP student Tina. "With the support of AG Mayer, IPP & the Transmed program, I look forward to making novel discoveries during my PhD."
Call is open now! More: www.imb.de/phd
Call is open now! More: www.imb.de/phd
As PhD students in the same research group Rebecca, Zeynep & Aysan explore different aspects of #immunology 🔬 "But it's not all about research!" they say. "The PhD journey also brings unforgettable experiences & friendships."
Our call is open now! More info via www.imb.de/phd
Our call is open now! More info via www.imb.de/phd
March 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As PhD students in the same research group Rebecca, Zeynep & Aysan explore different aspects of #immunology 🔬 "But it's not all about research!" they say. "The PhD journey also brings unforgettable experiences & friendships."
Our call is open now! More info via www.imb.de/phd
Our call is open now! More info via www.imb.de/phd
📢 Save the Date! - Join us for the IMB & SFB 1361 Conference – The Evil Within: Regulation and Repair of Endogenous DNA Damage!
📅 Date: 10-13 March 2026
More infos via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026
@sfb1361.bsky.social
📅 Date: 10-13 March 2026
More infos via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026
@sfb1361.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📢 Save the Date! - Join us for the IMB & SFB 1361 Conference – The Evil Within: Regulation and Repair of Endogenous DNA Damage!
📅 Date: 10-13 March 2026
More infos via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026
@sfb1361.bsky.social
📅 Date: 10-13 March 2026
More infos via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026
@sfb1361.bsky.social
To foster connections and spark new ideas, delegates of the Korea-EU Collaboration Research Project visited IMB last week. We hosted a symposium where group leaders from IMB, @sfb1361.bsky.social and #UNIST came together to discuss, network and explore future collaborations.
February 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
To foster connections and spark new ideas, delegates of the Korea-EU Collaboration Research Project visited IMB last week. We hosted a symposium where group leaders from IMB, @sfb1361.bsky.social and #UNIST came together to discuss, network and explore future collaborations.
The summer call of our International PhD programme is open! 📢
Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍
www.imb.de/phd
Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍
www.imb.de/phd
February 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The summer call of our International PhD programme is open! 📢
Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍
www.imb.de/phd
Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍
www.imb.de/phd
Every step in research helps us learn more about #cancer and move closer to better prevention and treatment. #WorldCancerDay #CancerResearch
February 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Every step in research helps us learn more about #cancer and move closer to better prevention and treatment. #WorldCancerDay #CancerResearch
Congrats to Dr Claudia Keller Valsecchi, on receiving the prestigious Friedrich Miescher Award 2025, shared with Prof. Li Tang (EPFL Lausanne). Switzerland's highest distinction for scientists under 40, awarded for outstanding achievements in #biochemistry 👏👏 @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Congrats to Dr Claudia Keller Valsecchi, on receiving the prestigious Friedrich Miescher Award 2025, shared with Prof. Li Tang (EPFL Lausanne). Switzerland's highest distinction for scientists under 40, awarded for outstanding achievements in #biochemistry 👏👏 @lifesciswitzerland.bsky.social
Our König lab, in collaboration with the Zarnack lab at #UniWürzburg (previously Goethe University Frankfurt), discovered how m6A #RNAmodifications in the mRNA coding region slow translation & trigger a highly efficient mRNA degradation pathway. @cellpress.bsky.social
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December 20, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Our König lab, in collaboration with the Zarnack lab at #UniWürzburg (previously Goethe University Frankfurt), discovered how m6A #RNAmodifications in the mRNA coding region slow translation & trigger a highly efficient mRNA degradation pathway. @cellpress.bsky.social
www.imb.de/about-imb/ne...
www.imb.de/about-imb/ne...
Postdoc Retreat last week 🤗 Thank you to our speakers Holger Richly from Boehringer Ingelheim, Rebecca Matthes from Abbvie and Evelyn Rossmann from Biomindz for your inspirational talks on career development from academia to industry 👏
We love this community.
#imbmainz #postdoclife
We love this community.
#imbmainz #postdoclife
December 5, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Postdoc Retreat last week 🤗 Thank you to our speakers Holger Richly from Boehringer Ingelheim, Rebecca Matthes from Abbvie and Evelyn Rossmann from Biomindz for your inspirational talks on career development from academia to industry 👏
We love this community.
#imbmainz #postdoclife
We love this community.
#imbmainz #postdoclife
Claudia Keller Valsecchi was announced as a new #EMBO Young Investigator. Claudia joins nearly 800 current & former members all over the world & will receive funding & support for networking, training & other career development activities over the next four years.
Congratulations! 💐
Congratulations! 💐
December 3, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Claudia Keller Valsecchi was announced as a new #EMBO Young Investigator. Claudia joins nearly 800 current & former members all over the world & will receive funding & support for networking, training & other career development activities over the next four years.
Congratulations! 💐
Congratulations! 💐
And since we're here... 🥼
Join us as a Group Leader in #ComputationalBiology or #RNA Biology 🧬
More details via www.imb.de/jobs
Application deadline is 5 January 2025
#sciencejobs #resilience #biostatistics
Join us as a Group Leader in #ComputationalBiology or #RNA Biology 🧬
More details via www.imb.de/jobs
Application deadline is 5 January 2025
#sciencejobs #resilience #biostatistics
November 28, 2024 at 10:31 AM
And since we're here... 🥼
Join us as a Group Leader in #ComputationalBiology or #RNA Biology 🧬
More details via www.imb.de/jobs
Application deadline is 5 January 2025
#sciencejobs #resilience #biostatistics
Join us as a Group Leader in #ComputationalBiology or #RNA Biology 🧬
More details via www.imb.de/jobs
Application deadline is 5 January 2025
#sciencejobs #resilience #biostatistics