(unsuccessfully) tried to use ChatGPT for scheduling the internal group talks for the next months giving it a few uncomplicated constraints. at least the naming is somewhat human-like...

Returning after a first month of parental leave, I am thrilled to see many reasearchers moving to this place. A good timepoint to re-introduce myself:

I am a PostDoc at @mmmicrobiomelab.bsky.social interested in how the human microbiome is shaped by lifestyle, disease, genetics and evolution.

For the first time in the role of project PI, I presented our planned work and early results as part of the @dfgpublic.bsky.social|-funded #CRC1182. I have been part of the consortium as PhD candidate and PostDoc and I'm happy to continue and expand this work now with my 'own' project!

Celebrating 10 years at IKMB Kiel this month. DALL-E generated a nice image for the occasion!

Seeing the BASALT bin refiner out in Nat Comms, I just want to advertise our bin-refinement tool "MAGScoT" again:
github.com/ikmb/MAGScoT

MAGScoT is fast, easy to use and ressource friendly, outperforming DASTool and metaWRAP. Comparison to BASALT not easy, as no intermediate files are provided.

German coffee culture in a nutshell

Last day of Horizons in Metaorganism Research. The weather in Kiel doesn't keep up with the quality of the science.

Conferencing with a view.

Horizons in Metaorganism Research hosted by the CRC1182 (metaorganism-research.com)