Kirstein Lab
@kirsteinlab.bsky.social
PI at Leibniz Institute on Aging, Jena + Professor for Biochemistry at University of Jena, Germany
We study amyloid proteins, molecular chaperones in the context of aging.
We study amyloid proteins, molecular chaperones in the context of aging.
First time India for me. Fantastic meeting on organellar proteostasis. Met some familiär faces of the SPP Miostasis and plenty (new) proteostasis afficiados. Thanks @embo.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
First time India for me. Fantastic meeting on organellar proteostasis. Met some familiär faces of the SPP Miostasis and plenty (new) proteostasis afficiados. Thanks @embo.org
Postdoc position available in my lab in Jena (Germany.
jobs.leibniz-fli.de/jobposting/6...
If you're interested in protein biochemistry of amyloid proteins and chaperones, this job may be for you. B2 Level German is required as the candidate will be involved in teaching in German.
jobs.leibniz-fli.de/jobposting/6...
If you're interested in protein biochemistry of amyloid proteins and chaperones, this job may be for you. B2 Level German is required as the candidate will be involved in teaching in German.
Postdoc (m/f/x)
Our Research Group led by Janine Kirstein, Professorin at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, is looking for a highly motivated and talented Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x) to join a research project ...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Postdoc position available in my lab in Jena (Germany.
jobs.leibniz-fli.de/jobposting/6...
If you're interested in protein biochemistry of amyloid proteins and chaperones, this job may be for you. B2 Level German is required as the candidate will be involved in teaching in German.
jobs.leibniz-fli.de/jobposting/6...
If you're interested in protein biochemistry of amyloid proteins and chaperones, this job may be for you. B2 Level German is required as the candidate will be involved in teaching in German.
Very much looking forward to host Simon Alberti (Vice speaker of the newly funded FOR5872) in Jena at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social on August 15th at 1 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend his talk.
Prof. Dr. Simon Alberti from the @tudresden.bsky.social will speak on August 15th about “Biomolecular condensates: molecular insights and implications for disease” at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social.
➡️ More information: lnkd.in/eyCFPUn6
➡️ More information: lnkd.in/eyCFPUn6
August 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Very much looking forward to host Simon Alberti (Vice speaker of the newly funded FOR5872) in Jena at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social on August 15th at 1 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend his talk.
Great work by the @schliekerlab.bsky.social 👏We're happy that we could contribute a bit.
Naughton et al. @schliekerlab.bsky.social conducted force measurements within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) measuring forces in the piconewton range uncovering a critical role for NOMO as force-bearing transmembrane protein that is critical for myogenesis. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
July 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Great work by the @schliekerlab.bsky.social 👏We're happy that we could contribute a bit.
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Exciting news: DFG funds FOR5872 – Chaperone-mediated regulation of amyloids in condensates!
Led by Prof. Janine Kirstein (FLI), researchers from Germany and Israel will explore how chaperones counteract disease-causing protein misfolding.
Good luck to the team!
#FLI #DFG #FOR5872 #Chaperones
Led by Prof. Janine Kirstein (FLI), researchers from Germany and Israel will explore how chaperones counteract disease-causing protein misfolding.
Good luck to the team!
#FLI #DFG #FOR5872 #Chaperones
July 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Exciting news: DFG funds FOR5872 – Chaperone-mediated regulation of amyloids in condensates!
Led by Prof. Janine Kirstein (FLI), researchers from Germany and Israel will explore how chaperones counteract disease-causing protein misfolding.
Good luck to the team!
#FLI #DFG #FOR5872 #Chaperones
Led by Prof. Janine Kirstein (FLI), researchers from Germany and Israel will explore how chaperones counteract disease-causing protein misfolding.
Good luck to the team!
#FLI #DFG #FOR5872 #Chaperones
I'm very excited to announce the funding of a new DFG research unit FOR 5872 "Chaperone-mediated regulation of the emergence of disease-causing amyloids inside biomolecular condensates" that I lead together with Simon Alberti. More information can be found here: www.leibniz-fli.de/news-events/...
Chaperones in focus: FLI heads new DFG research group on protein folding
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding seven new research groups (FOR) with a total of €33 million. One of these, DFG-FOR 5872, is dedicated to the role of molecular chaperones in the regulat...
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July 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I'm very excited to announce the funding of a new DFG research unit FOR 5872 "Chaperone-mediated regulation of the emergence of disease-causing amyloids inside biomolecular condensates" that I lead together with Simon Alberti. More information can be found here: www.leibniz-fli.de/news-events/...
Many thanks to the PhD students of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens (MPUSP) for the invitation to their summer retreat in Schwerin. Great science, nice scenery for the morning runs and its fantastic to reconnect with some old friends/colleagues/mentors.
July 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Many thanks to the PhD students of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens (MPUSP) for the invitation to their summer retreat in Schwerin. Great science, nice scenery for the morning runs and its fantastic to reconnect with some old friends/colleagues/mentors.
Nothing better than getting a visit of a former PhD student (Manuel Iburg) who has finished his first postdoc in Houston and is now heading to Cambridge, UK with a Marie Curie Fellowship to start his second postdoc. It was great having you Manuel for a talk and a reunion celebration.
July 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Nothing better than getting a visit of a former PhD student (Manuel Iburg) who has finished his first postdoc in Houston and is now heading to Cambridge, UK with a Marie Curie Fellowship to start his second postdoc. It was great having you Manuel for a talk and a reunion celebration.
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From June 23 to June 29, 2025, Freie Universität Berlin will be cutting out the letter e from its communication.
Why? Because the university itself is facing cuts: around 37 million euros this year alone. Additional cuts are also planned for 2026 and 2027. (1/3)
Why? Because the university itself is facing cuts: around 37 million euros this year alone. Additional cuts are also planned for 2026 and 2027. (1/3)
June 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
From June 23 to June 29, 2025, Freie Universität Berlin will be cutting out the letter e from its communication.
Why? Because the university itself is facing cuts: around 37 million euros this year alone. Additional cuts are also planned for 2026 and 2027. (1/3)
Why? Because the university itself is facing cuts: around 37 million euros this year alone. Additional cuts are also planned for 2026 and 2027. (1/3)
Reunion with former MSc student Antonia Otte from @unibremen.bsky.social who is now a PhD student at the John Innes Center in Norwich, UK and invited ne to a PhD symposium.
June 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Reunion with former MSc student Antonia Otte from @unibremen.bsky.social who is now a PhD student at the John Innes Center in Norwich, UK and invited ne to a PhD symposium.
Excited to expand the cooperation with Holger Bierhoff beyond the local running trails of Jena with the support of a Life Connect grant of @uni-jena.de to work on the role of rRNA activity in neurodegeneration.
June 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Excited to expand the cooperation with Holger Bierhoff beyond the local running trails of Jena with the support of a Life Connect grant of @uni-jena.de to work on the role of rRNA activity in neurodegeneration.
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Gain an overview on #proteostasis, attend #career development sessions and more at the EMBO | FEBS Lecture Course "Susan Lindquist School on Proteostasis" in Espoo, Finland, 16–19 September 2025.
Deadline: 15 June 2025
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#EMBOFEBSproteostasis #EMBOevents 🧪
Deadline: 15 June 2025
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pro...
#EMBOFEBSproteostasis #EMBOevents 🧪
Susan Lindquist School on Proteostasis
Cells constantly surveil and monitor their proteome to ensure proper function. These processes, spanning multiple steps from protein synthesis to folding and degradation, are collectively known as pr…
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June 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Gain an overview on #proteostasis, attend #career development sessions and more at the EMBO | FEBS Lecture Course "Susan Lindquist School on Proteostasis" in Espoo, Finland, 16–19 September 2025.
Deadline: 15 June 2025
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pro...
#EMBOFEBSproteostasis #EMBOevents 🧪
Deadline: 15 June 2025
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pro...
#EMBOFEBSproteostasis #EMBOevents 🧪
I'm very much looking forward to host Alexander Gottschalk for a seminar of the FOR Syntophagy in Jena on June 3rd at 4 pm. The talk will be set up as hybrid even. Please contact me if you want the zoom link.
May 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm very much looking forward to host Alexander Gottschalk for a seminar of the FOR Syntophagy in Jena on June 3rd at 4 pm. The talk will be set up as hybrid even. Please contact me if you want the zoom link.
Very much enjoyed yesterday's Firmenlauf in Jena. Go Team @uni-jena.de and @microverse.bsky.social with @hellmichgroup.bsky.social Would be great to represent @leibnizfli.bsky.social next year
May 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Very much enjoyed yesterday's Firmenlauf in Jena. Go Team @uni-jena.de and @microverse.bsky.social with @hellmichgroup.bsky.social Would be great to represent @leibnizfli.bsky.social next year
Amazing PI, cool science and Berlin - this is hard to beat!
✨We are looking for a PhD student interested in physical cell bio, imaging 🔬, biochemistry, #Xenopus 🐸 & #microtubules ✨
Join us @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
Join us @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de!
May 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Amazing PI, cool science and Berlin - this is hard to beat!
Thank you @hawlelab.bsky.social and Harm Kampinga for organizing the GRC stress proteins meeting. Very much looking forward to it.
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar on Stress Proteins in Growth, Development and Disease
will be held July 5 -11 in Newry, Maine. Submit your poster and short talk abstracts for both conferences by June 8! www.grc.org/stress-prote...
will be held July 5 -11 in Newry, Maine. Submit your poster and short talk abstracts for both conferences by June 8! www.grc.org/stress-prote...
2025 Stress Proteins in Growth, Development and Disease Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Stress Proteins in Growth, Development and Disease will be held in Newry, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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March 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Thank you @hawlelab.bsky.social and Harm Kampinga for organizing the GRC stress proteins meeting. Very much looking forward to it.
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Sign up now for EMBO | FEBS Lecture Course "Susan Lindquist School on Proteostasis" in Espoo, Finland, 16 – 19 September 2025
Abstract submission & registration deadline: 15 June
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pro...
#EMBOFEBSproteostasis #EMBOevents🧪
Abstract submission & registration deadline: 15 June
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pro...
#EMBOFEBSproteostasis #EMBOevents🧪
Susan Lindquist School on Proteostasis
Cells constantly surveil and monitor their proteome to ensure proper function. These processes, spanning multiple steps from protein synthesis to folding and degradation, are collectively known as pr…
meetings.embo.org
March 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sign up now for EMBO | FEBS Lecture Course "Susan Lindquist School on Proteostasis" in Espoo, Finland, 16 – 19 September 2025
Abstract submission & registration deadline: 15 June
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pro...
#EMBOFEBSproteostasis #EMBOevents🧪
Abstract submission & registration deadline: 15 June
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pro...
#EMBOFEBSproteostasis #EMBOevents🧪
It was great having Britta Eickholt and some of her lab members to discuss ongoing projects and future plans on actin, the wide spectrum of actin binding proteins and proteostasis in Jena at @leibnizfli.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It was great having Britta Eickholt and some of her lab members to discuss ongoing projects and future plans on actin, the wide spectrum of actin binding proteins and proteostasis in Jena at @leibnizfli.bsky.social
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February 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Congratulations to Dr. Franziska Hirsch! Franziska mastered AD worms and microfluidic devices and defended today her PhD. PhD awardee number 9 from the Kirstein lab. Thank you Franziska for your hard work and all the best for your next career step!
January 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Franziska Hirsch! Franziska mastered AD worms and microfluidic devices and defended today her PhD. PhD awardee number 9 from the Kirstein lab. Thank you Franziska for your hard work and all the best for your next career step!
I'm indeed very grateful to The European Regional Development Fund (EFRE) to fund the acquisition of two instruments for the comprehensive analysis how molecular chaperones remodel amyloid proteins such as Huntingtin.
At #UniJena, a bundle of new equipment is used to investigate the misfolding and aggregation of the Huntington's protein, the molecular trigger of Huntington's disease, in more detail.
The European Regional Development Fund (EFRE) is funding this with almost 400,000 euros. Thank you! 🙏 🇪🇺
The European Regional Development Fund (EFRE) is funding this with almost 400,000 euros. Thank you! 🙏 🇪🇺
January 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm indeed very grateful to The European Regional Development Fund (EFRE) to fund the acquisition of two instruments for the comprehensive analysis how molecular chaperones remodel amyloid proteins such as Huntingtin.
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Virtual Student Open Day 2024
Each year, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) opens its doors to give prospective PhD and internship candidates an insight into what it is like to study and do research at the inst...
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November 18, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Interested in a doing a PhD at Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)?
Exciting research in phys, chem, structural biology, math, neuro, earth sciences, computer sciences and more...
Sign up here for the virtual student open day Nov 20, 2024.
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Exciting research in phys, chem, structural biology, math, neuro, earth sciences, computer sciences and more...
Sign up here for the virtual student open day Nov 20, 2024.
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