MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
A joint channel for the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory. We study aspects of microbial, algal, fungi, plant & animal biology. www.bio.mpg.de/ www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/
Imprint: https://www.bio.mpg.de/3047/imprint
Imprint: https://www.bio.mpg.de/3047/imprint
Promoting young research talent is something we take seriously at MPI-Bio! This Monday, we opened our doors to 23 class 3e pupils (+ their teachers) from the Lindenbrunnenschule Tübingen for them to learn about bacteria, peer at them under the microscope, and smell some peculiar-scented vials!
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Promoting young research talent is something we take seriously at MPI-Bio! This Monday, we opened our doors to 23 class 3e pupils (+ their teachers) from the Lindenbrunnenschule Tübingen for them to learn about bacteria, peer at them under the microscope, and smell some peculiar-scented vials!
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According to an international survey conducted by Elsevier, 68 percent of scientists say that publication pressure has increased over the past two to three years. 3,200 researchers from 113 countries took part in the survey. www.elsevier.com/insights/con... @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
Researcher of the Future: Confidence in Research
In this report, learn how researchers are adapting to rapid AI change, shifting funding landscapes, and new expectations for collaboration and impact.
www.elsevier.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
According to an international survey conducted by Elsevier, 68 percent of scientists say that publication pressure has increased over the past two to three years. 3,200 researchers from 113 countries took part in the survey. www.elsevier.com/insights/con... @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
Another talk in our DSSS series will take place this Wednesday where we will be hosting Dr. Dominique Ferrandon from the University of Strasbourg. Everyone welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/2xjkzjsd
📆: Wednesday 12th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
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📆: Wednesday 12th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Another talk in our DSSS series will take place this Wednesday where we will be hosting Dr. Dominique Ferrandon from the University of Strasbourg. Everyone welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/2xjkzjsd
📆: Wednesday 12th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
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📆: Wednesday 12th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
November is here and for our #WeAreMPIBio #WeAreFML portrait series we’re highlighting postdoctoral researcher Hadeer Elhabashy and her team in the Department of Protein Evolution. Find out more about what drives her, her team's research and how they connect as a team: tinyurl.com/3ez3csd6
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
November is here and for our #WeAreMPIBio #WeAreFML portrait series we’re highlighting postdoctoral researcher Hadeer Elhabashy and her team in the Department of Protein Evolution. Find out more about what drives her, her team's research and how they connect as a team: tinyurl.com/3ez3csd6
🔍 Stellenangebot – Administrative Assistenz (m/w/d, Teilzeit 50 %)
📍 Ort: Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen
Sie sind organisiert, kommunikativ und möchten in einem internationalen Umfeld arbeiten? Dann werden Sie Teil unseres Instituts!
👉 jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/264
#Assistenz #Administration
📍 Ort: Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen
Sie sind organisiert, kommunikativ und möchten in einem internationalen Umfeld arbeiten? Dann werden Sie Teil unseres Instituts!
👉 jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/264
#Assistenz #Administration
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🔍 Stellenangebot – Administrative Assistenz (m/w/d, Teilzeit 50 %)
📍 Ort: Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen
Sie sind organisiert, kommunikativ und möchten in einem internationalen Umfeld arbeiten? Dann werden Sie Teil unseres Instituts!
👉 jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/264
#Assistenz #Administration
📍 Ort: Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen
Sie sind organisiert, kommunikativ und möchten in einem internationalen Umfeld arbeiten? Dann werden Sie Teil unseres Instituts!
👉 jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/264
#Assistenz #Administration
Join us this Friday for the next DSSS with Dr. Ana Marija Jakšić from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Come along for the next exciting lecture in the series!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/y3k7duv3
📆: Friday 7th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
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📆: Friday 7th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Join us this Friday for the next DSSS with Dr. Ana Marija Jakšić from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Come along for the next exciting lecture in the series!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/y3k7duv3
📆: Friday 7th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/y3k7duv3
📆: Friday 7th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
Interested audience at our Friday seminar today
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
featuring Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social
talking about the evolutionary landscapes of the zygotic activation in animals.
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
featuring Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social
talking about the evolutionary landscapes of the zygotic activation in animals.
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Interested audience at our Friday seminar today
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
featuring Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social
talking about the evolutionary landscapes of the zygotic activation in animals.
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
featuring Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social
talking about the evolutionary landscapes of the zygotic activation in animals.
Join us Friday for the second DSSS talk this week where we are hosting Dr. Manuel Irimia from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Everyone welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc5x4ks8
📆: Friday 31st October at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
@mirimiam.bsky.social
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc5x4ks8
📆: Friday 31st October at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
@mirimiam.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Join us Friday for the second DSSS talk this week where we are hosting Dr. Manuel Irimia from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Everyone welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc5x4ks8
📆: Friday 31st October at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
@mirimiam.bsky.social
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc5x4ks8
📆: Friday 31st October at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
@mirimiam.bsky.social
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1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social!
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social!
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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We selected the laziest mouse at each round to inoculate the next batch of germfree mice: over rounds of selection and passaging, behavior shifted without changes to the mouse genome: rdcu.be/eM3rO
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Selection and transmission of the gut microbiome alone can shift mammalian behavior
Nature Communications - Here, the authors present evidence that the gut microbiome alone, without changes in the host genome, can shape how animals respond to selection, identifying a bacterium and...
rdcu.be
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
We selected the laziest mouse at each round to inoculate the next batch of germfree mice: over rounds of selection and passaging, behavior shifted without changes to the mouse genome: rdcu.be/eM3rO
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Excellence in #science drives #innovation! We are ranking among the top ten European research institutions with the highest number of #patent applications ✨🤩 The Fraunhofer Society is 3rd place, the Max Planck Society 7th place, and the German Aerospace Centre 10th place. mpg.de/25586100/europ…
Europe's cutting-edge research as a driver of innovation
According to a recent study by the European Patent Office, the Max Planck Society ranks second – just behind the Fraunhofer Society and ahead of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The study highlights...
https://mpg.de/25586100/europ…
October 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Excellence in #science drives #innovation! We are ranking among the top ten European research institutions with the highest number of #patent applications ✨🤩 The Fraunhofer Society is 3rd place, the Max Planck Society 7th place, and the German Aerospace Centre 10th place. mpg.de/25586100/europ…
Fruit flies are more than pests! Humans share 60% of their genome with them. @luisapallares.bsky.social busts myths about how these tiny creatures can tell us about human diseases. Watch Luisa's full video here: www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/71433/videos #BiologyMyths #Drosophila #Genomics
October 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Fruit flies are more than pests! Humans share 60% of their genome with them. @luisapallares.bsky.social busts myths about how these tiny creatures can tell us about human diseases. Watch Luisa's full video here: www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/71433/videos #BiologyMyths #Drosophila #Genomics
Join us next Tuesday for the next DSSS seminar where we are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz from MPI for Evolutionary Biology in Plön. Everyone is welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/5dkkadz3
📆: Tuesday 28th October at 11am
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/5dkkadz3
📆: Tuesday 28th October at 11am
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
October 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Join us next Tuesday for the next DSSS seminar where we are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz from MPI for Evolutionary Biology in Plön. Everyone is welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/5dkkadz3
📆: Tuesday 28th October at 11am
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/5dkkadz3
📆: Tuesday 28th October at 11am
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
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Had a fantastic visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Super thanks to @hassansalem.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social for hosting me and showing me the town! Fun to talk symbiosis science with such superstars 🤩
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Had a fantastic visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Super thanks to @hassansalem.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social for hosting me and showing me the town! Fun to talk symbiosis science with such superstars 🤩
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🧪 Looking for candidates with experience in stem cell culture, quantitative image analysis, or modeling — and eager to learn!
📩 Interested? Contact us!
📩 Interested? Contact us!
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🧪 Looking for candidates with experience in stem cell culture, quantitative image analysis, or modeling — and eager to learn!
📩 Interested? Contact us!
📩 Interested? Contact us!
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Our Pyrodictium cannulae paper is out in its final form! Cannulae assemble into calcium-stabilized tubular filaments stable at 100 °C—a unique archaeal cell–cell connection. Led brilliantly by @mikesleutel.bsky.social & @vinceconticello.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64120-8
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64120-8
October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our Pyrodictium cannulae paper is out in its final form! Cannulae assemble into calcium-stabilized tubular filaments stable at 100 °C—a unique archaeal cell–cell connection. Led brilliantly by @mikesleutel.bsky.social & @vinceconticello.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64120-8
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64120-8
Come along next Monday for the next seminar in the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series by Dr. Corrie Moreau from Cornell University for her talk on turtle ants. Everyone is welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc4vdbj2
📆: Monday 20th October at 3pm
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc4vdbj2
📆: Monday 20th October at 3pm
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
October 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Come along next Monday for the next seminar in the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series by Dr. Corrie Moreau from Cornell University for her talk on turtle ants. Everyone is welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc4vdbj2
📆: Monday 20th October at 3pm
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc4vdbj2
📆: Monday 20th October at 3pm
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
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We have put together a comprehensive eQTL map for D. melanogaster using thousands of genetically diverse flies 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 We hope this helps -as similar resources have done in yeast and humans- to understand how genetic variation 🧬 regulates complex traits variation 🪰 via transcriptional regulation ⬆️⬇️
Saturating the eQTL map in Drosophila: Genome-wide patterns of cis and trans regulation of transcriptional variation in outbred populations
Pallares et al. collect over a thousand RNA-seq and DNA samples from Drosophila melanogaster
flies to investigate the genetic basis of gene expression variation. They find eQTLs
for 98% of the genes a...
www.cell.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We have put together a comprehensive eQTL map for D. melanogaster using thousands of genetically diverse flies 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 We hope this helps -as similar resources have done in yeast and humans- to understand how genetic variation 🧬 regulates complex traits variation 🪰 via transcriptional regulation ⬆️⬇️
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News for mushroom lovers: With the Flora Incognita app, you can now identify numerous #mushroom species in Central Europe based on images. These results can give you a good initial indication of what you have found 🍄 😱https://floraincognita.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
News for mushroom lovers: With the Flora Incognita app, you can now identify numerous #mushroom species in Central Europe based on images. These results can give you a good initial indication of what you have found 🍄 😱https://floraincognita.com
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Meeting our Max Planck group leaders and young researchers in São Paulo was a highlight of my Latin America trip. Their talent and commitment show how collaboration across borders strengthens science — and the global community that depends on it. 📸 Ricson Onodera
October 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Meeting our Max Planck group leaders and young researchers in São Paulo was a highlight of my Latin America trip. Their talent and commitment show how collaboration across borders strengthens science — and the global community that depends on it. 📸 Ricson Onodera
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But beware: **An app determination is never approval to eat the mushroom!**
October 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
But beware: **An app determination is never approval to eat the mushroom!**
Looking to do a postdoc? Explore this fantastic opportunity to do a postdoc at a Max Planck institute. Applications for this program are due by October 13, 2025.
hashtag#maxplancksociety hashtag#postdoc
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hashtag#maxplancksociety hashtag#postdoc
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Max Planck Postdoc Program
Launching in April 2025, the Max Planck Postdoc Program features structured application calls and a comprehensive support system for researchers.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Looking to do a postdoc? Explore this fantastic opportunity to do a postdoc at a Max Planck institute. Applications for this program are due by October 13, 2025.
hashtag#maxplancksociety hashtag#postdoc
www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
hashtag#maxplancksociety hashtag#postdoc
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Thinking about a postdoc in microbiome science?
Our lab at the MPI for Biology (Tübingen) builds on the culture I established at Cornell: collaborative, creative, and internationally diverse. Postdocs lead their own projects with secure funding. Join us!
#PostdocJobs #HostMicrobe #AcademicJobs
Our lab at the MPI for Biology (Tübingen) builds on the culture I established at Cornell: collaborative, creative, and internationally diverse. Postdocs lead their own projects with secure funding. Join us!
#PostdocJobs #HostMicrobe #AcademicJobs
October 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Thinking about a postdoc in microbiome science?
Our lab at the MPI for Biology (Tübingen) builds on the culture I established at Cornell: collaborative, creative, and internationally diverse. Postdocs lead their own projects with secure funding. Join us!
#PostdocJobs #HostMicrobe #AcademicJobs
Our lab at the MPI for Biology (Tübingen) builds on the culture I established at Cornell: collaborative, creative, and internationally diverse. Postdocs lead their own projects with secure funding. Join us!
#PostdocJobs #HostMicrobe #AcademicJobs
Come along this Friday for the next Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series talk to be delivered by Prof. Nick Talbot from The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich. Everyone is welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/xnanannn
📆: Friday 10th October at 3pm
📍: MPI-IS seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/xnanannn
📆: Friday 10th October at 3pm
📍: MPI-IS seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Come along this Friday for the next Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series talk to be delivered by Prof. Nick Talbot from The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich. Everyone is welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/xnanannn
📆: Friday 10th October at 3pm
📍: MPI-IS seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/xnanannn
📆: Friday 10th October at 3pm
📍: MPI-IS seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
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Thrilled to share what we learned from re-annotating the mobilome of the brown algae model [Ectocarpus] 🌊🌿🏖️
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A wonderful collaboration with @ericadinatale.bsky.social, @cssmartinho.bsky.social, @rorycraig.bsky.social, and Susana Coelho! 🎉
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A wonderful collaboration with @ericadinatale.bsky.social, @cssmartinho.bsky.social, @rorycraig.bsky.social, and Susana Coelho! 🎉
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Thrilled to share what we learned from re-annotating the mobilome of the brown algae model [Ectocarpus] 🌊🌿🏖️
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A wonderful collaboration with @ericadinatale.bsky.social, @cssmartinho.bsky.social, @rorycraig.bsky.social, and Susana Coelho! 🎉
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A wonderful collaboration with @ericadinatale.bsky.social, @cssmartinho.bsky.social, @rorycraig.bsky.social, and Susana Coelho! 🎉