RTG 2355
@rtg2355.bsky.social
A DFG-funded research training group @JLU Giessen, Germany. Interested in regulatory networks in the mRNA life cycle - from coding to non-coding RNAs!
https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/fb08/Inst/biochem/rtg
https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/fb08/Inst/biochem/rtg
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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.
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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.
www.mpg.de
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
www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
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🚨 Please share! We are seeking motivated PhD students who wish to work at the intersection of molecular life sciences and computational sciences.
#IMPRS #IMPRSBAC @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
Check out our projects and apply by Jan 7th, 2026!
www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRSPhDproj...
#IMPRS #IMPRSBAC @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
Check out our projects and apply by Jan 7th, 2026!
www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRSPhDproj...
October 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🚨 Please share! We are seeking motivated PhD students who wish to work at the intersection of molecular life sciences and computational sciences.
#IMPRS #IMPRSBAC @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
Check out our projects and apply by Jan 7th, 2026!
www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRSPhDproj...
#IMPRS #IMPRSBAC @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @maxplanck.de
Check out our projects and apply by Jan 7th, 2026!
www.molgen.mpg.de/IMPRSPhDproj...
@rtg2355.bsky.social PhD candidate Fabienne Becker from the Friedhoff lab recently presented her work on nucleic acid double strand unwinding by Sub2 & UAP56 DEAD-box helicases at the 2025 GGL conference @jlugiessen.bsky.social - the corresponding manuscript is close to resubmission! 😉
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
@rtg2355.bsky.social PhD candidate Fabienne Becker from the Friedhoff lab recently presented her work on nucleic acid double strand unwinding by Sub2 & UAP56 DEAD-box helicases at the 2025 GGL conference @jlugiessen.bsky.social - the corresponding manuscript is close to resubmission! 😉
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Very timely review for those of you who have been following all of the recent developments in this area... also @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social why can't we share via bsky directly from the article???
📝 Available online - the Feature Review "From transcription to export: mRNA’s winding path to the cytoplasm" from Murray Stewart.
#mRNAProcessing #NuclearExport #RibonucleoproteinComplex
Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
#mRNAProcessing #NuclearExport #RibonucleoproteinComplex
Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
July 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Very timely review for those of you who have been following all of the recent developments in this area... also @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social why can't we share via bsky directly from the article???
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I did a thing. I wrote a textbook about #RNA. I wrote it so that those without formal science training could understand what RNA is and how it is used in medicine. It releases in the US and Europe on September 8th. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I did a thing. I wrote a textbook about #RNA. I wrote it so that those without formal science training could understand what RNA is and how it is used in medicine. It releases in the US and Europe on September 8th. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
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#Forschungsdesign bedeutet u. a. den aktuellen Forschungsstand zu berücksichtigen, vorhandene Forschungsleistungen einzubeziehen und unbewusste Verzerrungen zu vermeiden. Leitlinie 9 der #GWP erläutert diese Grundsätze im Detail:
https://www.wissenschaftliche-integritaet.de/kodex/forschungsdesign/
https://www.wissenschaftliche-integritaet.de/kodex/forschungsdesign/
Forschungsdesign - Wissenschaftliche Integrität
Wissenschaftler*innen berücksichtigen bei der Planung eines Vorhabens den aktuellen Forschungsstand umfassend und erkennen ihn an. Die Identifikation relevanter und geeigneter Forschungs- fragen setzt sorgfältige Recherche nach bereits öffentlich zugänglich gemachten Forschungsleistungen voraus....
www.wissenschaftliche-integritaet.de
August 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#Forschungsdesign bedeutet u. a. den aktuellen Forschungsstand zu berücksichtigen, vorhandene Forschungsleistungen einzubeziehen und unbewusste Verzerrungen zu vermeiden. Leitlinie 9 der #GWP erläutert diese Grundsätze im Detail:
https://www.wissenschaftliche-integritaet.de/kodex/forschungsdesign/
https://www.wissenschaftliche-integritaet.de/kodex/forschungsdesign/
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My PhD student @leonielorenz.bsky.social (with Eva Geissen) has made this nice (free) online course to introduce mathematical modelling for biology:
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
Including both molecular and epidemiological examples
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
Including both molecular and epidemiological examples
Mathematical modelling for biologists - Modelling concepts in biological research
Mathematical modelling for biologists - Modelling concepts in biological research
www.ebi.ac.uk
August 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My PhD student @leonielorenz.bsky.social (with Eva Geissen) has made this nice (free) online course to introduce mathematical modelling for biology:
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
Including both molecular and epidemiological examples
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
Including both molecular and epidemiological examples
New paper out by RTG2355 members Jennifer Kothe, Theresa Dietz, Robina Scheuer & Elena Evguenieva-Hackenberg, identifying a new attenuation mechanism that apparently monitors ribosome availability and translation efficiency in the soil bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti
Early posttranscriptional response to tetracycline exposure in a gram-negative soil bacterium reveals unexpected attenuation mechanism of a DUF1127 gene
The gram-negative, soil-dwelling plant symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti shares its free-living habitat with antibiotic producers. To learn about early steps of its adaptation to antibiotics, we anal...
www.tandfonline.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
New paper out by RTG2355 members Jennifer Kothe, Theresa Dietz, Robina Scheuer & Elena Evguenieva-Hackenberg, identifying a new attenuation mechanism that apparently monitors ribosome availability and translation efficiency in the soil bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti
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Postdoc positions in structural biology of RNA processing complexes.
An ERC-funded position will dissect pre-mRNA processing pathways in the infective organism Trypanosoma brucei. An ANR-funded position will characterise large complexes in RNA modification.
Details: tinyurl.com/postdoc-RNA-...
An ERC-funded position will dissect pre-mRNA processing pathways in the infective organism Trypanosoma brucei. An ANR-funded position will characterise large complexes in RNA modification.
Details: tinyurl.com/postdoc-RNA-...
Postdoc in Structural Biology of RNA processing complexes
Postdoctoral positions in structural biology of macromolecular complexes are available in the laboratory of Dr. Eva Kowalinski at the EMBL Grenoble, France. We are looking for highly motivated and amb...
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July 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Postdoc positions in structural biology of RNA processing complexes.
An ERC-funded position will dissect pre-mRNA processing pathways in the infective organism Trypanosoma brucei. An ANR-funded position will characterise large complexes in RNA modification.
Details: tinyurl.com/postdoc-RNA-...
An ERC-funded position will dissect pre-mRNA processing pathways in the infective organism Trypanosoma brucei. An ANR-funded position will characterise large complexes in RNA modification.
Details: tinyurl.com/postdoc-RNA-...
And here goes another one - @rtg2355.bsky.social-member Fabienne Becker from the Friedhoff lab presented her research at the 2025 Helicase Conference in Lisbon today: "The Conserved C-terminal Domain of Tho1 Stimulates the DEAD-box Helicase Sub2" - more coming soon #proudCoordinator 😉
July 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
And here goes another one - @rtg2355.bsky.social-member Fabienne Becker from the Friedhoff lab presented her research at the 2025 Helicase Conference in Lisbon today: "The Conserved C-terminal Domain of Tho1 Stimulates the DEAD-box Helicase Sub2" - more coming soon #proudCoordinator 😉
Proudly presenting one of our associated PhD candidates @rtg2355.bsky.social - go Palina!
Palina Kot from @straesserlab.bsky.social recently gave a talk on her "Structural and Functional Insights into the Sub2-Yra1-Tho1 Complex in Nuclear mRNP Biogenesis" at the 2nd Polish RNA Biology Meeting in Poznan - #proudPI
July 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Proudly presenting one of our associated PhD candidates @rtg2355.bsky.social - go Palina!
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✨ Deadline extended! There’s still time to apply: September Science Academy - international summer school for women in the molecular life sciences. Deadline: July 14, 📍 Marburg, Germany
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
September Science Academy
The September Science Academy for microbial and molecular biosciences is a fully funded international summer school for women in science and scientists of underrepresented genders in an advanced stage of their PhD or an early postdoctoral stage. Hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, the program invites early-career scientists from all over the world to explore cutting-edge research, connect with the institute’s scientific community, and discover new career opportunities.
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de
July 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
✨ Deadline extended! There’s still time to apply: September Science Academy - international summer school for women in the molecular life sciences. Deadline: July 14, 📍 Marburg, Germany
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept...
#WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
Back from another great retreat to Schmitten, Taunus - this year with guests from @4r-rtg.bsky.social and from @jlugiessen.bsky.social and @mpi-hlr.bsky.social core facilities. We had inspiring method sessions on scientific diagrams & statistics, complexome proteomics, microscopy & image analysis ..
July 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Back from another great retreat to Schmitten, Taunus - this year with guests from @4r-rtg.bsky.social and from @jlugiessen.bsky.social and @mpi-hlr.bsky.social core facilities. We had inspiring method sessions on scientific diagrams & statistics, complexome proteomics, microscopy & image analysis ..
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🚨 We’re hiring ! 🚨
Join our cutting-edge research team as a molecular biologist at @nanoporetech.com HQ in Oxford.
Perfect for a fresh PhD or MSc with a couple of years’ experience. Work at the interface of chemistry, molecular/synthetic biology and AI
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Join our cutting-edge research team as a molecular biologist at @nanoporetech.com HQ in Oxford.
Perfect for a fresh PhD or MSc with a couple of years’ experience. Work at the interface of chemistry, molecular/synthetic biology and AI
👉 ejnh.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
June 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🚨 We’re hiring ! 🚨
Join our cutting-edge research team as a molecular biologist at @nanoporetech.com HQ in Oxford.
Perfect for a fresh PhD or MSc with a couple of years’ experience. Work at the interface of chemistry, molecular/synthetic biology and AI
👉 ejnh.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Join our cutting-edge research team as a molecular biologist at @nanoporetech.com HQ in Oxford.
Perfect for a fresh PhD or MSc with a couple of years’ experience. Work at the interface of chemistry, molecular/synthetic biology and AI
👉 ejnh.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Choosing the Best Journal for Your Paper - An upcoming webinar from Nature Masterclasses:
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Courses coming soon
Find out about research training online courses that will be available soon on the Nature Masterclasses on-demand platform. Learn from experts.
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June 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Choosing the Best Journal for Your Paper - An upcoming webinar from Nature Masterclasses:
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RTG PIs Katharina Höfer and Katja Sträßer presented recent research from their labs at the RNA Society Conference in San Diego.
May 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
RTG PIs Katharina Höfer and Katja Sträßer presented recent research from their labs at the RNA Society Conference in San Diego.
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Latest from the Nature Careers Podcast 🔊 Salary negotiations: a guide for scientists
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Salary negotiations: a guide for scientists
Seasoned negotiators share tips on how to handle conversations around pay, bonuses, benefits and contract length.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Latest from the Nature Careers Podcast 🔊 Salary negotiations: a guide for scientists
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A great overview of methods to investigate RNA modifications 😊
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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May 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A great overview of methods to investigate RNA modifications 😊
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Wow! This is an exciting and important action!
Hi friends - In the face of unprecedented cuts to the basic research science funding, climate scientists are staging an 100-hour live stream of why science matters. There will be many talks on all sorts of things (I'm Saturday at 12:30 PT). Please share widely! wcstreamathon.netlify.app. 🌊🧪
The Weather & Climate Livestream
Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.
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May 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Wow! This is an exciting and important action!
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Plüsch-Patienten willkommen: #Teddyklinik Gießen öffnet ihre Tore. Kinder dürfen vom 3. bis 6. Juni 2025 ihre Stofftiere und Puppen von Medizinstudierenden verarzten lassen
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May 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Plüsch-Patienten willkommen: #Teddyklinik Gießen öffnet ihre Tore. Kinder dürfen vom 3. bis 6. Juni 2025 ihre Stofftiere und Puppen von Medizinstudierenden verarzten lassen
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
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I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
Hundreds of research grants at Columbia canceled following Trump edict, administrator says
The National Institutes of Health is terminating 232 grants for scientific research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, according to an email an administrator sent to faculty.
gothamist.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I received one of the 232 NIH grant "terminations" sent to scientists at Columbia last night. My research focuses on improving maternal and child health in the US. Also affected: ongoing clinical trials, research training programs, and research centers that aim to improve the health of Americans.
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March 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Another Dr. from our RTG - Ebru Aydin from @kilchertlab.bsky.social successfully defended her thesis yesterday. Congratulations, Ebru! 🎓And a great party, too 🥳🍾🥂
March 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Another Dr. from our RTG - Ebru Aydin from @kilchertlab.bsky.social successfully defended her thesis yesterday. Congratulations, Ebru! 🎓And a great party, too 🥳🍾🥂
Open PhD position in our RTG2355 - great diversity in topics, invited speakers, retreats and symposia, workshops, soft skill courses - and very nice people!
Interested in RNA biology, especially mRNA processing and export from nucleus to cytoplasm? We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to investigate the RNA-binding proteins Sub2 and Tho1 🧪🧫🔬
More details and instructions on how to apply: www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
More details and instructions on how to apply: www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
Doctoral student (m/f/d) in the field of RNA Biology
www.uni-giessen.de
February 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Open PhD position in our RTG2355 - great diversity in topics, invited speakers, retreats and symposia, workshops, soft skill courses - and very nice people!
Excited to share the work of Jennifer Kothe et al suggesting a mechanism to be used by bacteria for fine-tuning gene expression according to ribosome availability and translation efficiency: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Early posttranscriptional response to tetracycline exposure in a gram-negative soil bacterium reveals unexpected attenuation mechanism of a DUF1127 gene
The Gram-negative, soil-dwelling plant symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti shares its free-living habitat with antibiotic producers. To learn about early steps of its adaptation to antibiotics, we analyze...
www.biorxiv.org
February 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Excited to share the work of Jennifer Kothe et al suggesting a mechanism to be used by bacteria for fine-tuning gene expression according to ribosome availability and translation efficiency: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...