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SCALE - SubCellular Architecture of LifE
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We are a Cluster of Excellence (EXC) based in Frankfurt, Germany, that explore the SubCellular Architecture of LifE. Our goal is to understand how the organizational principles within cells give rise to functional biological outcomes.
🚀 Exciting Job Opportunity: Project Coordinator at the Cluster of Excellence SCALE

We’re thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity to join the newly founded Cluster of Excellence SCALE – Subcellular Architecture of Life from the @goetheuni.bsky.social.

👉 Learn more and apply here:
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🎉 We congratulate Prof. Dr. Eric Helfrich on nomination for the Paul Ehrlich & Ludwig Darmstaedter Early Career Award 2026! 🔬👏
September 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🧊🔦 CryoRhodopsins — a newly discovered clade of microbial rhodopsins found only in cold environments — absorb red light under acidic conditions and behave like molecular photoswitches!

Discovered by an interdisciplinary team led by SCALE PI Prof. Dr. Josef Wachtveitl.🧵
July 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🏆 The SCALE-it Best PhD Award 2025 celebrated groundbreaking doctoral research shaping the future of science!
From interdisciplinary innovation to pioneering methods & major scientific contributions — we honored early-career researchers pushing the boundaries:🧵
July 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🎉 Congratulations to FIAS Fellow Sebastian Thallmair on receiving the Director’s Award for Excellent Mentoring (June 17, 2025)!🧵

Image: Sebastian Thallmair (left) and FIAS Director Volker Lindenstruth. Source: FIAS website (lnkd.in/eZEz6zdk)
June 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🔬 Join the 1st Human RNome Project Workshop
📅 Aug 4–8, 2025 | 📍 Frankfurt, Germany
🧬 Hands-on Mass Spectrometry of RNA + expert-led Break-Out Sessions

The Human RNome Project (HRP) brings together experts in RNA chemistry, sequencing, MS, bioinformatics & therapeutics.
June 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🎉We are excited to kick off the SCALE-it Best PhD Award 2025!

We look forward to celebrating our outstanding awardees, enjoying inspiring keynote lectures, and sharing this special moment with our vibrant community! 🤩
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🔬 Calling all super-resolution and single-molecule imaging enthusiasts!

The 14th Single Molecule Localization Microscopy Symposium (SMLMS 2025) is happening this August 26–28, 2025 in Bonn, Germany! @smlm-symposium.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🎉We’re celebrating the #SCALE-it-Best-PhD-Awards-2025, honoring exceptional researchers! 🎓 This year, three remarkable dissertations were recognized, selected from a highly competitive and multidisciplinary pool of candidates. 🧵
June 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🎉 We’re absolutely thrilled: SCALE has been selected as a DFG Excellence Cluster!
A huge thank you to our incredible team—this would not have been possible without your dedication and talent. 🙌 @dfg.de
#ClustersOfExcellence #SCALEcluster 🧵
May 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM