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Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics
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An interdisciplinary research institution that conducts basic research in two key areas of modern biology: Immunobiology & Epigenetics in #Freiburg, Germany
https://www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de
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Congratulations! In the current call of the European Research Council, Max Planck researchers have secured five Synergy Grants. Together with the University of Cambridge, we are among the top three most successful #research institutions in #Europe ! 🙌 www.mpg.de/25684336/erc... @erc.europa.eu
Strong as a team
Five Max Planck researchers secure prestigious ERC Synergy Grants in 2025, enhancing collaborative research in Europe.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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This October I’m drawing 1 molecule a day inspired by proteins in pdb @rcsbpdb.bsky.social

Day 20/31
Prompt RIVALS
Pdb: 8V27 & 8G6S

Two rival histone modifications on a nucleosome. Ubiquitination of H2BK120 activates genes while H2AK119 represses them.

Next: BLAST
Suggestions?
November 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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🪰 🧬16th #DrosEU2026 Workshop & Satellite #DrosophilaSuzukii Meeting Conference will take place 13–17 April 2026 in #Montpellier, France 🇫🇷.

We look forward to connecting with colleagues across Europe to discuss new research in #Drosophila #genomics #evolution & #CitizenScience +info 👉 droseu.net
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Here is the schedule for the next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club at the FMI @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel 🇨🇭 next week (5 Nov 2025; 14:00-18:45).

Exciting topics ahead & we are looking forward to the #newPI talks by @julianeg.bsky.social (MPI) & Anupama Hemalatha (FMI).

www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/grc
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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🚨 The Power of Wellbeing
🚨 Epigenetic Studies in Twins

We are thrilled to be co-hosting epigenetics researchers Dr Jenny van Dongen and Dr Meike Bartels at the
@mpib-berlin.bsky.social next week. Join us live or online on 4.11. for their fascinating talks.

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October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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✨ Grand Opening of Our New Premises

Today we will open the doors to science at HERZOG MAX — right in the heart of Munich.
We expect guests from science, politics, and society to attend the grand opening. The highlight will be the panel discussion.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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📣 Apply now for the 🌵CaCTüS 3-month fully funded internship in Germany in 2026!
Work on ML, theor. neuroscience, computational psychiatry, behavioral experiments or data analysis at a top institution in Tübingen. For students facing barriers in higher education. 👉 cactus-internship.tuebingen.mpg.de
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Registration closes today. Hurry up. ⌛

👉 The next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club takes place at the Friedrich Miescher Institute @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel 🇨🇭.

📅 Nov. 5th, 2025 (14:00-20:00)
📌 FMI, Basel
✍️ Registration deadline: Oct. 20th, 2025
TriRhena Gene Regulation Club
The TriRhena Gene Regulation Club is a one-day symposium that brings together researchers from France (IGBMC), Germany (MPI-IE) and Switzerland (FMI) who share a common interest in gene regulation.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🚨 Paper alert: Using liver organoids and in vivo models, the Akhtar lab and first-author @mwiese.bsky.social revealed how the epigenetic regulator KANSL3 shapes transcriptional programs driving liver function and development.

More in @lsajournal.org:
www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/12...
October 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Feeling inspired after presenting some #3Dgenome & #single-cell data at the #EDRC2025 in the beautiful #Alicante🇪🇸🧬🪰
Looking forward to the next amazing sessions to exchange ideas and connect with the community!
September 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
👉 The next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club takes place at the Friedrich Miescher Institute @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel.

📅 Nov. 5th, 2025 (14:00-20:00)
📌 FMI, Basel
✍️ Registration deadline: Oct. 20th, 2025

Attendance is free 💸 , but registration mandatory:
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/gene-regulat...
TriRhena Gene Regulation Club
The TriRhena Gene Regulation Club is a one-day symposium that brings together researchers from France (IGBMC), Germany (MPI-IE) and Switzerland (FMI) who share a common interest in gene regulation.
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de
September 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Congratulations 🎉, Thomas Boehm. Our emeritus Director was appointed Vice President of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina!
Die Leopoldina begrüßt zwei neue Vizepräsidenten: Thomas Lengauer, emeritierter Direktor am @mpi-inf.mpg.de, und Thomas Boehm, emeritus Forschungsgruppenleiter am @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social. Neu ins Akademie-Präsidium wurde zudem Ferdi Schüth, Direktor am MPI für Kohlenforschung, gewählt.
September 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Our Alumna Felicia Basilicata became Professor for Chromatin & Neurodevelopment in Munich. 🥳 — here is an interview with Felicia.
🎙️ Chromatin and Neurodevelopment: An Interview with Prof M. Felicia Basilicata 🎙️
We are pleased to welcome Prof Basilicata, who joined our BMC as LMU Professor of #Molecular #Gene #Regulation on 1st Sep.

🧬 Read the interview ➡️ lnkd.in/eR9ptAWf

Foto: BMC / #chromatin #neurodevelopment #disorder
September 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Job alert 🚨 – Technical Assistant (m/f/d) – Developmental Epigenetics

Help uncover how epigenetic information is set at life’s very beginning. Join @iovino-lab.bsky.social to study gamete formation & the zygotic epigenome using 🪰, 🐭 and 🧫.

jobs.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/jobposting/2...
September 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Proteins can form condensates to boost interactions and gene control. This week @gjjang.bsky.social (from @mpi-ie.bsky.social) shows how plants use them in transcription and epigenetics, and how super-resolution microscopy reveals them in vivo.

📅 Fri, Sep 26 | 🕥 10:15 |📍KS 00.009
#PlantScience
September 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Congratulations to Davor Solter!🎊

Our Emeritus Director receives the 2026 Paul Ehrlich & Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for the groundbreaking discovery of genomic imprinting!

He shares the prize with Azim Surani (@gurdoninstitute.bsky.social)

All the details: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/6058738/2025...
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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TODAY at 12:00 ➡️ We are are excited to host Dr. Tanja Mittag in our Seminar Series! @stjuderesearch.bsky.social @sfb1381.bsky.social @mpi-ie.bsky.social www.stjude.org/research/lab...
September 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
A big welcome to the new PhD students in our IMPRS graduate program for Epigenetics, Biophysics & Metabolism in Freiburg! We’re excited to see where their curiosity will take them. Have good start!

More about the program here:
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
(new call in Dec. 2025 👀)
September 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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NEXT WEEK we are at #EESMicrobiome in Heidelberg @events.embl.org

Full program: www.embl.org/about/info/c...

On Tuesday, 16 Sept.
see you at Session 1
from 15:30
✨Liviana Ricci will give a talk "Microbial strain transmission between infants in nurseries drives gut microbiome development"

1/3
The human microbiome
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September 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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🚨 New Review Out 🚨
Thrilled to share our latest review in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research:
“Dad’s Diet Shapes the Future: How Paternal Nutrition Impacts Placental Development and Childhood Metabolic Health”
👉 lnkd.in/g8_VWKCp
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September 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Excited and very grateful to announce that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant by @erc.europa.eu! 🎉 This is a fantastic opportunity to further build my team at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (@mpi-ie.bsky.social) exploring new grounds in fundamental research:
📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

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#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope
September 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New ERC Starting Grant for Valentin Flury to investigate the role of epigenetic memory during cell division focusing on epigenome maintenance on sister chromatids.

Read all details here: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/6057908/2025...

Congratulations 🥳, @flurylab.bsky.social

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September 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
New ERC Starting Grant for Juliane Glaser to study role of epigenetic mechanisms, specifically the control of transposable elements, in mammalian embryonic development.

Read all details here: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/6057908/2025...

Congratulations @julianeg.bsky.social

@erc.europa.eu #ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Registration is open for the online course on Sex Chromosome Evolution (Oct 6-10) but seats are limited. Learn about sex chromosome evolution and analysis. More info: https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/sexchr/ #course
Sex chromosome evolution
Dates 6-10 October 2025 To foster international participation, this course will be held online
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September 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM