Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
@mpm-hki.bsky.social
Research group @leibniz-hki.de in Jena, Germany.
Studying pathogenicity of yeast-y beasties in the 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢 clade. 🧫🔬🦠🍄
Head: Prof Bernhard Hube
Webpage: https://www.leibniz-hki.de/en/microbial-pathogenicity-mechanisms.html
Studying pathogenicity of yeast-y beasties in the 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢 clade. 🧫🔬🦠🍄
Head: Prof Bernhard Hube
Webpage: https://www.leibniz-hki.de/en/microbial-pathogenicity-mechanisms.html
It's a wrap! Thanks to the organizers at @microbiologysociety.org for this great #Candida2025 conference! 🍄👏😊
And congratulations to our PhD student Myrto who won a prize for her excellent poster presentation! 🥳🎉
@leibniz-hki.de
And congratulations to our PhD student Myrto who won a prize for her excellent poster presentation! 🥳🎉
@leibniz-hki.de
October 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's a wrap! Thanks to the organizers at @microbiologysociety.org for this great #Candida2025 conference! 🍄👏😊
And congratulations to our PhD student Myrto who won a prize for her excellent poster presentation! 🥳🎉
@leibniz-hki.de
And congratulations to our PhD student Myrto who won a prize for her excellent poster presentation! 🥳🎉
@leibniz-hki.de
Hope y'all enjoyed our talks at #Candida2025! Theresa presented yesterday one of her PhD projects about the C. glabrata-macrophage interaction. Tim presented today his work about the antibacterial mechanisms of candidalysin, and Sascha presented Osama's work on C. albicans' lipases.
@leibniz-hki.de
@leibniz-hki.de
October 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Hope y'all enjoyed our talks at #Candida2025! Theresa presented yesterday one of her PhD projects about the C. glabrata-macrophage interaction. Tim presented today his work about the antibacterial mechanisms of candidalysin, and Sascha presented Osama's work on C. albicans' lipases.
@leibniz-hki.de
@leibniz-hki.de
At today's poster session at #Candida2025 come and check out Anna's poster #B022! She presents her PhD project about Candida albicans protein kinases and how they affect pathogenicity.
@microbiologysociety.org
@trr124-funginet.bsky.social
@leibniz-hki.de
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@trr124-funginet.bsky.social
@leibniz-hki.de
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
At today's poster session at #Candida2025 come and check out Anna's poster #B022! She presents her PhD project about Candida albicans protein kinases and how they affect pathogenicity.
@microbiologysociety.org
@trr124-funginet.bsky.social
@leibniz-hki.de
@microbiologysociety.org
@trr124-funginet.bsky.social
@leibniz-hki.de
Don't miss our posters at #Candida2025 today! Myrto presents poster #A12 about dissecting C. albicans isolates using reporter cell lines. Steffi's poster #A6 is about ECE1 in non-albicans Candida species. And Verena presents her multi-reporter cells at poster #A24.
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@microbiologysociety.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Don't miss our posters at #Candida2025 today! Myrto presents poster #A12 about dissecting C. albicans isolates using reporter cell lines. Steffi's poster #A6 is about ECE1 in non-albicans Candida species. And Verena presents her multi-reporter cells at poster #A24.
@microbiologysociety.org
@microbiologysociety.org
The #Candida2025 meeting has started! And what a great kick-off with these two keynote speakers: @slg1717.bsky.social introduced her group's work around IL-17 and our boss Bernie presented a great overview about our group's candidalysin research. 🍄🧬🔬
@leibniz-hki.de
@microbiologysociety.org
@leibniz-hki.de
@microbiologysociety.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The #Candida2025 meeting has started! And what a great kick-off with these two keynote speakers: @slg1717.bsky.social introduced her group's work around IL-17 and our boss Bernie presented a great overview about our group's candidalysin research. 🍄🧬🔬
@leibniz-hki.de
@microbiologysociety.org
@leibniz-hki.de
@microbiologysociety.org
On our way to the #Candida2025 hosted by the @microbiologysociety.org. Looking forward to see you there! 😊🍄
October 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
On our way to the #Candida2025 hosted by the @microbiologysociety.org. Looking forward to see you there! 😊🍄
Excieted to see @fungalmeg.bsky.social
from #UNSW #Sydney present her groundbreaking work on harnessing the human microbiome to combat #CandidaAlbicans, along with advances in antifungal polymers we at @leibniz-hki.de have had the pleasure to collaborate on in the past!
from #UNSW #Sydney present her groundbreaking work on harnessing the human microbiome to combat #CandidaAlbicans, along with advances in antifungal polymers we at @leibniz-hki.de have had the pleasure to collaborate on in the past!
October 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Excieted to see @fungalmeg.bsky.social
from #UNSW #Sydney present her groundbreaking work on harnessing the human microbiome to combat #CandidaAlbicans, along with advances in antifungal polymers we at @leibniz-hki.de have had the pleasure to collaborate on in the past!
from #UNSW #Sydney present her groundbreaking work on harnessing the human microbiome to combat #CandidaAlbicans, along with advances in antifungal polymers we at @leibniz-hki.de have had the pleasure to collaborate on in the past!
What a great talk by Megan Lenardon @fungalmeg.bsky.social from the #UNSWSydney! She visited our lab today @leibniz-hki.de and presented her group's work about how to antagonize #Candida albicans infections, either by novel antifungal polymers or via microbiome-based therapeutics. 🦠🧫🔬
October 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
What a great talk by Megan Lenardon @fungalmeg.bsky.social from the #UNSWSydney! She visited our lab today @leibniz-hki.de and presented her group's work about how to antagonize #Candida albicans infections, either by novel antifungal polymers or via microbiome-based therapeutics. 🦠🧫🔬
Paul Mathias Jansen presenting his exciting work comparing environmental and clinical #CandidaAlbicans strains at #DGHM @leibniz-hki.de
September 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Paul Mathias Jansen presenting his exciting work comparing environmental and clinical #CandidaAlbicans strains at #DGHM @leibniz-hki.de
Excellent talk! Our Postdoc Steffi Allert presented another part of Tim's @microverse.bsky.social -funded project about the role of ECE1 (the gene that encodes candidalysin) in non-albicans #Candida species. 🧬🍄
Feel free to find her during the coffee break for further questions!
@leibniz-hki.de
Feel free to find her during the coffee break for further questions!
@leibniz-hki.de
September 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Excellent talk! Our Postdoc Steffi Allert presented another part of Tim's @microverse.bsky.social -funded project about the role of ECE1 (the gene that encodes candidalysin) in non-albicans #Candida species. 🧬🍄
Feel free to find her during the coffee break for further questions!
@leibniz-hki.de
Feel free to find her during the coffee break for further questions!
@leibniz-hki.de
Well done! Myrto's Master's student Taniya Banerjee presented her work at the #DGHM about infection dynamics of clinical #Candida albicans isolates.🍄😊
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@leibniz-hki.de
September 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Well done! Myrto's Master's student Taniya Banerjee presented her work at the #DGHM about infection dynamics of clinical #Candida albicans isolates.🍄😊
@leibniz-hki.de
@leibniz-hki.de
And another excellent talk at todays #EukaryoticPathogens session at the #DGHM by Myrto Katsipoulaki! 😊 She presented her #LPI -funded project about designing multi-reporter cell lines. 🎆🧬
If you have questions about her work, feel free to ask her during the coffee break!
@leibniz-hki.de
If you have questions about her work, feel free to ask her during the coffee break!
@leibniz-hki.de
September 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
And another excellent talk at todays #EukaryoticPathogens session at the #DGHM by Myrto Katsipoulaki! 😊 She presented her #LPI -funded project about designing multi-reporter cell lines. 🎆🧬
If you have questions about her work, feel free to ask her during the coffee break!
@leibniz-hki.de
If you have questions about her work, feel free to ask her during the coffee break!
@leibniz-hki.de
Hope y'all enjoyed Tim's talk at the #DGHM as much as we did! He presented his @microverse.bsky.social -funded PhD work on the antibacterial mechanisms of candidalysin. 🦠🍄🧫
He's still around for a chat in case you have questions about his project! 😊
@leibniz-hki.de
He's still around for a chat in case you have questions about his project! 😊
@leibniz-hki.de
September 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Hope y'all enjoyed Tim's talk at the #DGHM as much as we did! He presented his @microverse.bsky.social -funded PhD work on the antibacterial mechanisms of candidalysin. 🦠🍄🧫
He's still around for a chat in case you have questions about his project! 😊
@leibniz-hki.de
He's still around for a chat in case you have questions about his project! 😊
@leibniz-hki.de
Excellent talks in this Plenary Session 3 at the #DGHM chaired by our #Postdoc Sascha Brunke! 👏😊
Don't miss out todays #EukaryoticPathogens Session in the afternoon with talks from our PhD candidates!
@leibniz-hki.de
Don't miss out todays #EukaryoticPathogens Session in the afternoon with talks from our PhD candidates!
@leibniz-hki.de
September 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Excellent talks in this Plenary Session 3 at the #DGHM chaired by our #Postdoc Sascha Brunke! 👏😊
Don't miss out todays #EukaryoticPathogens Session in the afternoon with talks from our PhD candidates!
@leibniz-hki.de
Don't miss out todays #EukaryoticPathogens Session in the afternoon with talks from our PhD candidates!
@leibniz-hki.de
#DGHM2025 started already!
Don't miss the talk by our PhD student Anna Möslinger in the #EukaryoticPathogens Session today!
Don't miss the talk by our PhD student Anna Möslinger in the #EukaryoticPathogens Session today!
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
#DGHM2025 started already!
Don't miss the talk by our PhD student Anna Möslinger in the #EukaryoticPathogens Session today!
Don't miss the talk by our PhD student Anna Möslinger in the #EukaryoticPathogens Session today!
Yesterday, Judith Behnsen from the University of Illinois & Chicago visited our lab @leibniz-hki.de and gave an amazing talk in the @microverse.bsky.social seminar. She presented her group's work about Salmonella exploiting Candida albicans' presence in the gut.🦠🍄
👉Her paper: doi.org/10.1101/2024...
👉Her paper: doi.org/10.1101/2024...
July 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Yesterday, Judith Behnsen from the University of Illinois & Chicago visited our lab @leibniz-hki.de and gave an amazing talk in the @microverse.bsky.social seminar. She presented her group's work about Salmonella exploiting Candida albicans' presence in the gut.🦠🍄
👉Her paper: doi.org/10.1101/2024...
👉Her paper: doi.org/10.1101/2024...
What an afternoon! ✨️
Yesterday, we had our annual group excursion together with @aps-hki.bsky.social. We visited the Petersberg citadel in Erfurt🏰, participated in a chocolate workshop and prepared our own pralines🍫, and had a nice dinner together! 🍻🌃
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Yesterday, we had our annual group excursion together with @aps-hki.bsky.social. We visited the Petersberg citadel in Erfurt🏰, participated in a chocolate workshop and prepared our own pralines🍫, and had a nice dinner together! 🍻🌃
@leibniz-hki.de
June 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
What an afternoon! ✨️
Yesterday, we had our annual group excursion together with @aps-hki.bsky.social. We visited the Petersberg citadel in Erfurt🏰, participated in a chocolate workshop and prepared our own pralines🍫, and had a nice dinner together! 🍻🌃
@leibniz-hki.de
Yesterday, we had our annual group excursion together with @aps-hki.bsky.social. We visited the Petersberg citadel in Erfurt🏰, participated in a chocolate workshop and prepared our own pralines🍫, and had a nice dinner together! 🍻🌃
@leibniz-hki.de
Our @leibniz-hki.de team was indeed #PoweredByNaturalProducts at this year's Company run (Firmenlauf) in Jena! 🏃🏃♀️
Of course, we cheered the loudest for our runners - Janik, Johannes, @jlspragu.bsky.social, and Osama. 🥳🎉 Congrats on your successful run❣️
#FirmenlaufJena
Of course, we cheered the loudest for our runners - Janik, Johannes, @jlspragu.bsky.social, and Osama. 🥳🎉 Congrats on your successful run❣️
#FirmenlaufJena
May 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Our @leibniz-hki.de team was indeed #PoweredByNaturalProducts at this year's Company run (Firmenlauf) in Jena! 🏃🏃♀️
Of course, we cheered the loudest for our runners - Janik, Johannes, @jlspragu.bsky.social, and Osama. 🥳🎉 Congrats on your successful run❣️
#FirmenlaufJena
Of course, we cheered the loudest for our runners - Janik, Johannes, @jlspragu.bsky.social, and Osama. 🥳🎉 Congrats on your successful run❣️
#FirmenlaufJena
What an amazing weekend! 🥳
Every year, all #PhDcandidates, Master's and Bachelor's students go on a little city trip - this year's destination was Strasbourg. 🏙
We played lasertag, went to a trampoline park, and admired the beautiful timbered houses!
@leibniz-hki.de
@aps-hki.bsky.social
Every year, all #PhDcandidates, Master's and Bachelor's students go on a little city trip - this year's destination was Strasbourg. 🏙
We played lasertag, went to a trampoline park, and admired the beautiful timbered houses!
@leibniz-hki.de
@aps-hki.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What an amazing weekend! 🥳
Every year, all #PhDcandidates, Master's and Bachelor's students go on a little city trip - this year's destination was Strasbourg. 🏙
We played lasertag, went to a trampoline park, and admired the beautiful timbered houses!
@leibniz-hki.de
@aps-hki.bsky.social
Every year, all #PhDcandidates, Master's and Bachelor's students go on a little city trip - this year's destination was Strasbourg. 🏙
We played lasertag, went to a trampoline park, and admired the beautiful timbered houses!
@leibniz-hki.de
@aps-hki.bsky.social
Our newest review is published in @femsjournals.bsky.social! Marisa Valentine discusses the host-pathogen-microbiome interactions during #vaginal #Candida infections.🍄🧫🦠
Big thank you to Duncan Wilson and @markgresnigt.bsky.social for contributing!
👉 academic.oup.com/femsre/advan...
Big thank you to Duncan Wilson and @markgresnigt.bsky.social for contributing!
👉 academic.oup.com/femsre/advan...
May 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Our newest review is published in @femsjournals.bsky.social! Marisa Valentine discusses the host-pathogen-microbiome interactions during #vaginal #Candida infections.🍄🧫🦠
Big thank you to Duncan Wilson and @markgresnigt.bsky.social for contributing!
👉 academic.oup.com/femsre/advan...
Big thank you to Duncan Wilson and @markgresnigt.bsky.social for contributing!
👉 academic.oup.com/femsre/advan...
Congratulations Hans!! 🥳 He received the @dynamic42.bsky.social presentation prize at the #DGHM #EukaryoticPathogens meeting! Hans presented his Master's thesis project about the role of #ECE1 in non-albicans #Candida species. Very well deserved, Hans! 😊❣️🍄
@leibniz-hki.de @uni-jena.de
@leibniz-hki.de @uni-jena.de
May 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Congratulations Hans!! 🥳 He received the @dynamic42.bsky.social presentation prize at the #DGHM #EukaryoticPathogens meeting! Hans presented his Master's thesis project about the role of #ECE1 in non-albicans #Candida species. Very well deserved, Hans! 😊❣️🍄
@leibniz-hki.de @uni-jena.de
@leibniz-hki.de @uni-jena.de
Very cool #DGHM #EukaryoticPathogens meeting! Our three Master's students Erik Boehm, Hans May, and Taniya Banerjee presented their projects and our PhD candidate Mathias Jansen introduced his work about #Candida albicans evolution. 🍄🔬🧫
@leibniz-hki.de @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de
@leibniz-hki.de @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de
May 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Very cool #DGHM #EukaryoticPathogens meeting! Our three Master's students Erik Boehm, Hans May, and Taniya Banerjee presented their projects and our PhD candidate Mathias Jansen introduced his work about #Candida albicans evolution. 🍄🔬🧫
@leibniz-hki.de @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de
@leibniz-hki.de @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de
Hope y'all enjoyed Johannes Sonnberger's and Theresa Lange's presentations at the @spp2225.bsky.social meeting as much as we have! 😊 Both presented their work on #Candida #albicans' and Candida glabrata's interaction with macrophages. 🍄🧫🔬
@leibniz-hki.de
@jsmc-info.bsky.social
@leibniz-hki.de
@jsmc-info.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Hope y'all enjoyed Johannes Sonnberger's and Theresa Lange's presentations at the @spp2225.bsky.social meeting as much as we have! 😊 Both presented their work on #Candida #albicans' and Candida glabrata's interaction with macrophages. 🍄🧫🔬
@leibniz-hki.de
@jsmc-info.bsky.social
@leibniz-hki.de
@jsmc-info.bsky.social
Very excited for the next day of the @spp2225.bsky.social meeting! 😊 Yesterday we heard many amazing talks, Theresa from our group even got to chair a session, and we did a beautiful night watch tour and explored Aachen by night. 🌃
Looking forward to the second day!
@leibniz-hki.de
Looking forward to the second day!
@leibniz-hki.de
May 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Very excited for the next day of the @spp2225.bsky.social meeting! 😊 Yesterday we heard many amazing talks, Theresa from our group even got to chair a session, and we did a beautiful night watch tour and explored Aachen by night. 🌃
Looking forward to the second day!
@leibniz-hki.de
Looking forward to the second day!
@leibniz-hki.de
Very nice presentation by Bea Cristóvão, a PhD candidate in @aps-hki.bsky.social, at todays @jsmc-info.bsky.social seminar series. 🔬🧫
She presented her work on how IFN-gamma affects Candida albicans translocation in the gut.
@leibniz-hki.de
She presented her work on how IFN-gamma affects Candida albicans translocation in the gut.
@leibniz-hki.de
April 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Very nice presentation by Bea Cristóvão, a PhD candidate in @aps-hki.bsky.social, at todays @jsmc-info.bsky.social seminar series. 🔬🧫
She presented her work on how IFN-gamma affects Candida albicans translocation in the gut.
@leibniz-hki.de
She presented her work on how IFN-gamma affects Candida albicans translocation in the gut.
@leibniz-hki.de