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Check out our new newsletter!!🎊❤️ Kudos to the newsletter team for their efforts!🎊
Congratulations Alina and the team!🥳✨️
Schreiner, Mikeladze-Dvali et al. @lifescimunich.bsky.social show that CDK-1 primes PCMD-1 for PLK-1 phosphorylation. Mutations in PLK-1 docking sites impair SPD-5 binding, destabilize the PCM, and delay #centriole separation. rupress.org/jcb/article/...
#Centrosome #PCMstability #Celegans
#Centrosome #PCMstability #Celegans
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Congratulations Alina and the team!🥳✨️
Just out! Andre Amaral´s latest paper "First fossil mosquito larva in 99-million-year-old amber with a modern type of morphology sheds light on the evolutionary history of mosquitoes" is now published 🎉
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just out! Andre Amaral´s latest paper "First fossil mosquito larva in 99-million-year-old amber with a modern type of morphology sheds light on the evolutionary history of mosquitoes" is now published 🎉
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🔝 Im renommierten Hochschulranking #TimesHigherEducation (THE) World University Ranking 2026 gehört die LMU mit #Platz 34 erneut zur internationalen #Spitze und verbessert sich um vier Plätze. Im EU-weiten Vergleich behauptet sie zudem ihre starke Position mit Rang 2. 🥈 #LMUMuenchen #THERanking #LMU
October 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🔝 Im renommierten Hochschulranking #TimesHigherEducation (THE) World University Ranking 2026 gehört die LMU mit #Platz 34 erneut zur internationalen #Spitze und verbessert sich um vier Plätze. Im EU-weiten Vergleich behauptet sie zudem ihre starke Position mit Rang 2. 🥈 #LMUMuenchen #THERanking #LMU
Please repost: Do you want to be part of the LSM Graduate school? Apply now for projects in Bioinformatics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Neurosciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences & Microbiology at www.portal.graduatecenter.lmu.de/ocgc/lsm
🗓️Deadline: 24.10.2025, 12:00 CET noon !
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🗓️Deadline: 24.10.2025, 12:00 CET noon !
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September 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Please repost: Do you want to be part of the LSM Graduate school? Apply now for projects in Bioinformatics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Neurosciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences & Microbiology at www.portal.graduatecenter.lmu.de/ocgc/lsm
🗓️Deadline: 24.10.2025, 12:00 CET noon !
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🗓️Deadline: 24.10.2025, 12:00 CET noon !
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Repost: 2 fully funded PhD positions in Bacteriology available in the Unterweger Lab @ LMU Biocenter in Munich
Great opportunity to join an exciting research environment! More info & how to apply:
1. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
2. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3...
#PhDposition #Bacteriology
Great opportunity to join an exciting research environment! More info & how to apply:
1. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
2. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3...
#PhDposition #Bacteriology
PhD Student in Bacteriology/Infection biology (m/f/x)
job-portal.lmu.de
July 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Repost: 2 fully funded PhD positions in Bacteriology available in the Unterweger Lab @ LMU Biocenter in Munich
Great opportunity to join an exciting research environment! More info & how to apply:
1. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
2. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3...
#PhDposition #Bacteriology
Great opportunity to join an exciting research environment! More info & how to apply:
1. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
2. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3...
#PhDposition #Bacteriology
Last week was our LSM AGM!
Shalini kicked off the event with the Student Council intro & survey results(mental health,PhD rights,job support)
🎤 “Voices of LSM” tackled key issues in small groups
🧠 Inspiring talk by Dr. Kitashova
🌞 Ended with a BBQ in the Munich sun
Big thanks to our Student Council❤️
Shalini kicked off the event with the Student Council intro & survey results(mental health,PhD rights,job support)
🎤 “Voices of LSM” tackled key issues in small groups
🧠 Inspiring talk by Dr. Kitashova
🌞 Ended with a BBQ in the Munich sun
Big thanks to our Student Council❤️
July 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Last week was our LSM AGM!
Shalini kicked off the event with the Student Council intro & survey results(mental health,PhD rights,job support)
🎤 “Voices of LSM” tackled key issues in small groups
🧠 Inspiring talk by Dr. Kitashova
🌞 Ended with a BBQ in the Munich sun
Big thanks to our Student Council❤️
Shalini kicked off the event with the Student Council intro & survey results(mental health,PhD rights,job support)
🎤 “Voices of LSM” tackled key issues in small groups
🧠 Inspiring talk by Dr. Kitashova
🌞 Ended with a BBQ in the Munich sun
Big thanks to our Student Council❤️
We had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Tamara Mikeladze-Dvali as a part of our Insight series - In Conversation with the Experts!✨️ Tamara works on how molecular mechanisms coordinate for the development of a multicellular organism using C. elegans as the model🐛
#DevelopmentalBiology #C.elegans
#DevelopmentalBiology #C.elegans
June 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
We had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Tamara Mikeladze-Dvali as a part of our Insight series - In Conversation with the Experts!✨️ Tamara works on how molecular mechanisms coordinate for the development of a multicellular organism using C. elegans as the model🐛
#DevelopmentalBiology #C.elegans
#DevelopmentalBiology #C.elegans
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🎉 Major achievement for #LMU in the Excellence Strategy: All seven proposed Clusters of Excellence have successfully passed the review process and will be funded for seven years as of 2026. An outstanding result! 🎉 #ExcellenceCluster #LMUMunich #research Read more here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
May 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🎉 Major achievement for #LMU in the Excellence Strategy: All seven proposed Clusters of Excellence have successfully passed the review process and will be funded for seven years as of 2026. An outstanding result! 🎉 #ExcellenceCluster #LMUMunich #research Read more here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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🎉 50 years of the Faculty of #Biology - and 20 years of interdisciplinary work at the #Biocenter! “Biology today is a big data science,” says Professor Stibor. AI, biodiversity loss & synthetic biology will be key topics of the future.📖 To the interview: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
May 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🎉 50 years of the Faculty of #Biology - and 20 years of interdisciplinary work at the #Biocenter! “Biology today is a big data science,” says Professor Stibor. AI, biodiversity loss & synthetic biology will be key topics of the future.📖 To the interview: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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Don't miss Tanja Schwander's talk @dee-unil.bsky.social today @4pm @LMU-Biocenter ‘The Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of Parthenogenesis: Insights from Stick Insects’.
#CASResearchFocus ‘Speciation’
For more information and registration, visit: www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstal...
#CASResearchFocus ‘Speciation’
For more information and registration, visit: www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstal...
The Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of Parthenogenesis: Insights from Stick Insects
Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwander (Lausanne) | Moderation: Prof. Dr. Axel Imhof (LMU)
www.cas.lmu.de
May 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Don't miss Tanja Schwander's talk @dee-unil.bsky.social today @4pm @LMU-Biocenter ‘The Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of Parthenogenesis: Insights from Stick Insects’.
#CASResearchFocus ‘Speciation’
For more information and registration, visit: www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstal...
#CASResearchFocus ‘Speciation’
For more information and registration, visit: www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstal...
Join us this Wednesday, 14.05 at 5 PM CET for the LSM Lecture with Andrea Rentmeister in G00.031, LMU Biocenter!
Everyone is welcome — details in the poster below 👇
Talk Title: Expanding the scope of mRNA by non-natural modifications
Everyone is welcome — details in the poster below 👇
Talk Title: Expanding the scope of mRNA by non-natural modifications
May 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Join us this Wednesday, 14.05 at 5 PM CET for the LSM Lecture with Andrea Rentmeister in G00.031, LMU Biocenter!
Everyone is welcome — details in the poster below 👇
Talk Title: Expanding the scope of mRNA by non-natural modifications
Everyone is welcome — details in the poster below 👇
Talk Title: Expanding the scope of mRNA by non-natural modifications
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🔬🌱 Master’s student Stella Chroni promotes #sustainability in science at LMU’s Martinsried Campus. Through the #GreenOffice, she supports research labs in reducing resource consumption & helps implementing more sustainable practices. More about Stella an her work for the Green Office at #LMU here:
The Sustainability of Science
Molecular Biology student Stella Chroni supports the Green Office on Martinsried Campus, promoting sustainable lab practices and raising awareness among scientists and peers.
www.lmu.de
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🔬🌱 Master’s student Stella Chroni promotes #sustainability in science at LMU’s Martinsried Campus. Through the #GreenOffice, she supports research labs in reducing resource consumption & helps implementing more sustainable practices. More about Stella an her work for the Green Office at #LMU here:
Join us Today at 5 PM CET for the LSM Lecture with Annika Guse in G00.031, LMU Biocenter!
Everyone is welcome — details in the poster below 👇
Talk Title: Adaptation to the environment: a model systems’ approach
Everyone is welcome — details in the poster below 👇
Talk Title: Adaptation to the environment: a model systems’ approach
May 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Join us Today at 5 PM CET for the LSM Lecture with Annika Guse in G00.031, LMU Biocenter!
Everyone is welcome — details in the poster below 👇
Talk Title: Adaptation to the environment: a model systems’ approach
Everyone is welcome — details in the poster below 👇
Talk Title: Adaptation to the environment: a model systems’ approach
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🥔 European potato genetics decoded!
A team led by Korbinian Schneeberger (LMU & @mpipz.bsky.social) found that just 10 old varieties hold 85% of the genetic diversity in today’s cultivated potatoes. Surprising chromosome variation + a new method for faster analysis = big step for future breeding.👉
A team led by Korbinian Schneeberger (LMU & @mpipz.bsky.social) found that just 10 old varieties hold 85% of the genetic diversity in today’s cultivated potatoes. Surprising chromosome variation + a new method for faster analysis = big step for future breeding.👉
European potato genome: small gene pool with large differences
A research team has decoded the genome of historic potato cultivars and used this resource to develop an efficient method for analysis of hundreds of additional potato genomes.
www.lmu.de
April 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🥔 European potato genetics decoded!
A team led by Korbinian Schneeberger (LMU & @mpipz.bsky.social) found that just 10 old varieties hold 85% of the genetic diversity in today’s cultivated potatoes. Surprising chromosome variation + a new method for faster analysis = big step for future breeding.👉
A team led by Korbinian Schneeberger (LMU & @mpipz.bsky.social) found that just 10 old varieties hold 85% of the genetic diversity in today’s cultivated potatoes. Surprising chromosome variation + a new method for faster analysis = big step for future breeding.👉
As part of The Insight Series – Conversations with the Experts we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Silke Robatzek who is an ERC Grant holder and a leading researcher in the Genetics Dept at the LMU Biocenter
We hope she motivates you as much as she has inspired us!
#WomenInScience #Plants #Biol
We hope she motivates you as much as she has inspired us!
#WomenInScience #Plants #Biol
April 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
As part of The Insight Series – Conversations with the Experts we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Silke Robatzek who is an ERC Grant holder and a leading researcher in the Genetics Dept at the LMU Biocenter
We hope she motivates you as much as she has inspired us!
#WomenInScience #Plants #Biol
We hope she motivates you as much as she has inspired us!
#WomenInScience #Plants #Biol
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How do plants survive in the desert? 🌵☀️ @juliabechteler.bsky.social, new to #LMU, is researching the genetic adaptations of mosses and desert plants to extreme drought - with exciting findings for biodiversity and climate research. 🌍🌱 #Biology #Research Read more here: 🔗 www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
March 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
How do plants survive in the desert? 🌵☀️ @juliabechteler.bsky.social, new to #LMU, is researching the genetic adaptations of mosses and desert plants to extreme drought - with exciting findings for biodiversity and climate research. 🌍🌱 #Biology #Research Read more here: 🔗 www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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🤩The advantages of being in the ♥️of the Lifescience Campus Grosshadern/Martinsried are obvious:
▶️All research facilities are within a 20-minute walk🚶♀️
▶️Close connections foster networking — even over lunch😋😀
▶️Close to the Innovation Center for spin-offs
▶️Easy U6 access to Munich city center
▶️All research facilities are within a 20-minute walk🚶♀️
▶️Close connections foster networking — even over lunch😋😀
▶️Close to the Innovation Center for spin-offs
▶️Easy U6 access to Munich city center
March 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🤩The advantages of being in the ♥️of the Lifescience Campus Grosshadern/Martinsried are obvious:
▶️All research facilities are within a 20-minute walk🚶♀️
▶️Close connections foster networking — even over lunch😋😀
▶️Close to the Innovation Center for spin-offs
▶️Easy U6 access to Munich city center
▶️All research facilities are within a 20-minute walk🚶♀️
▶️Close connections foster networking — even over lunch😋😀
▶️Close to the Innovation Center for spin-offs
▶️Easy U6 access to Munich city center
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Yesterday, we did a quick spot check, asking our colleagues if they were concerned about current events affecting research freedom. The response was huge-most passers-by expressed their solidarity with the global scientific community 🧪 Imagine if we'd asked more...
#StandUpForScience #ScienceMatters
#StandUpForScience #ScienceMatters
March 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Yesterday, we did a quick spot check, asking our colleagues if they were concerned about current events affecting research freedom. The response was huge-most passers-by expressed their solidarity with the global scientific community 🧪 Imagine if we'd asked more...
#StandUpForScience #ScienceMatters
#StandUpForScience #ScienceMatters
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Oldest high-resolution larval eyes of fossil insects identified. 100-million-year-old amber fossils show that Cretaceous reticulate larvae developed specialized imaging systems - a significant contribution to the evolution of sensory structures. #palaeontology #evolution Read more here:
Älteste hochauflösende Larvenaugen bei fossilen Insekten
100 Millionen Jahre alte Bernstein-Fossilien zeigen: Netzflügler der Kreidezeit besaßen hochentwickelte Larvenaugen.
www.lmu.de
March 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Oldest high-resolution larval eyes of fossil insects identified. 100-million-year-old amber fossils show that Cretaceous reticulate larvae developed specialized imaging systems - a significant contribution to the evolution of sensory structures. #palaeontology #evolution Read more here:
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Plants epigenetically control the production of pharmaceutically relevant active ingredients!🌿 #LMU Researchers led by Claude Becker have discovered a #genecluster that regulates the biosynthesis of withanolides in Physalis grisea - with important implications for alternative pesticides & drugs.
How plants epigenetically regulate their chemical defences
A new study demonstrates how plants of the nightshade family produce pharmaceutically valuable compounds and how this biosynthesis is epigenetically regulated.
www.lmu.de
March 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Plants epigenetically control the production of pharmaceutically relevant active ingredients!🌿 #LMU Researchers led by Claude Becker have discovered a #genecluster that regulates the biosynthesis of withanolides in Physalis grisea - with important implications for alternative pesticides & drugs.
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#ClickChemistry meets living cells: 🔬 Andrea Rentmeister at LMU Munich makes the invisible visible: her research on mRNA therapies & epitranscriptomics combines chemistry & biology - for the medicine of tomorrow. 🔐 #LMUMunich #chemistry #research Find out more: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
February 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#ClickChemistry meets living cells: 🔬 Andrea Rentmeister at LMU Munich makes the invisible visible: her research on mRNA therapies & epitranscriptomics combines chemistry & biology - for the medicine of tomorrow. 🔐 #LMUMunich #chemistry #research Find out more: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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An international research team led by Prof. Markus Meissner (LMU) and Prof. Gernot Längst (University of Regensburg) has discovered a new class of antimalarial drugs. 🦟 The study demonstrates the importance of integrating epigenetic research into the fight against malaria. www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
Promising new class of antimalarial drugs discovered
Epigenetic inhibitors as a promising new antimalarial intervention strategy? A new study identifies an inhibitor of gene regulation that specifically kills the malaria pathogen.
www.lmu.de
February 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
An international research team led by Prof. Markus Meissner (LMU) and Prof. Gernot Längst (University of Regensburg) has discovered a new class of antimalarial drugs. 🦟 The study demonstrates the importance of integrating epigenetic research into the fight against malaria. www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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Always a pleasure to run a customised course for @lifescimunich.bsky.social students! This week, we introduced them to Python, and we're confident these brilliant minds will soon apply it to their research projects. Excited to see what they’ll create! 🚀🐍
February 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Always a pleasure to run a customised course for @lifescimunich.bsky.social students! This week, we introduced them to Python, and we're confident these brilliant minds will soon apply it to their research projects. Excited to see what they’ll create! 🚀🐍
Check out our new newsletter!!🎊❤️ Kudos to the newsletter team for their efforts!🎊
February 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Check out our new newsletter!!🎊❤️ Kudos to the newsletter team for their efforts!🎊
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🚀 Excited to share our latest work on Mrx6 and mtDNA copy number regulation, now available on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ! We uncover how Mrx6 and Mam33 interact with the Lon protease Pim1 to control substrate degradation. 🔬 Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #mitochondria #mtDNA
Mrx6 binds the Lon protease Pim1 N-terminal domain to confer selective substrate specificity and regulate mtDNA copy number
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number regulation remains incompletely understood, despite its importance in cellular function. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mrx6 belongs to the Pet20-domain-containing ...
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February 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🚀 Excited to share our latest work on Mrx6 and mtDNA copy number regulation, now available on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ! We uncover how Mrx6 and Mam33 interact with the Lon protease Pim1 to control substrate degradation. 🔬 Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #mitochondria #mtDNA