Metaorganism Research
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The DFG funded Collaborative Research Centre 1182 is an interdisciplinary network of 80 researchers at Kiel University investigating associations between specific microbial communities and their multicellular hosts. https://www.metaorganism-research.com
Congratulations to Hinrich Schulenburg of Kiel University, Max Planck Fellow at MPI EvolBio, on receiving an ERC Advanced Grant! CrypticBenefits explores how hidden genetic variation drives rapid adaptation. Read more: www.evolbio.mpg.de/3886905/hinr...
The @erc.europa.eu is providing 2.5 million euros for the “CrypticBenefits” research project at @uni-kiel.de through an Advanced Grant #ERCAdG awarded to Prof. Hinrich Schulenburg. Congratulations to our spokesperson @schulenburglab.bsky.social! More: www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
The symposium that Thomas Bosch and I organized on developmental symbiosis is coming up this Thursday at the Euro Evo Devo meeting in Glasgow! Hope to see all of those that are curious about host-microbe symbiosis at #EED2026 there!
👏 Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Eva Stukenbrock! Die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina hat die Professorin für Umweltgenomik an der #UniKiel und Fellow am Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön (MPI-EvolBio), zu ihrem neuen Mitglied ernannt. @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social
Eva Stukenbrock zum Leopoldina-Mitglied berufen
Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften ehrt CAU-Professorin für ihre Leistungen in der Erforschung pflanzenschädlicher Pilze
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Congratulations to Prof. Eva Stukenbrock on her appointment to the Leopoldina. Her research on fungal pathogens helps us better understand evolution and protect crops. www.evolbio.mpg.de/3882989/eva-... #EvolutionaryBiology #Leopoldina
The @crc1182.bsky.social and @geomarkiel.bsky.social were so very kind to put out a joint press release about our recent @plosbiology.org paper. Here is the one from the @crc1182.bsky.social: www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...
A mother’s gift: plastid-derived structures help sea urchin development and disperse
Sea urchins can pass on certain components of eukaryotic plastids across generations to improve their fitness and geographic distribution
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Tyler J. Carrier@tylerjcarrier.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew paper entitled "Sea urchin eggs contain a plastid-derived structure that contributes to their development" is now out in @plosbiology.org! Here is a summary... journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Brilliant new paper by @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social on how plastid-derived structures help sea urchin development and dispersal. 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003705 @plosbiology.org @geomarkiel.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social
Tyler J. Carrier@tylerjcarrier.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew paper entitled "Sea urchin eggs contain a plastid-derived structure that contributes to their development" is now out in @plosbiology.org! Here is a summary... journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
💡Today and tomorrow our PIs @hologenomics.bsky.social are meeting with our great colleagues from @uni-kiel.de to discuss and align research ideas and future collaborations in host-microbe interactions 🦠 #holobiont #hologenomics #synergy @dg.dk, @ucph.bsky.social
(1/7) Excited that the Virtual Colon, an extension of BacArena for modeling the spatiostructural environment of the colon, is now out at mSystems. Kudos to @maringos.bsky.social and for leading this work! @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de iel.de Link: journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
Virtual Colon: spatiotemporal modeling of metabolic interactions in a computational colonic environment | mSystems
Interactions between the human body and gut microbes are crucial for health and disease. We present the Virtual Colon, an extension of the individual-based microbiome modeling approach BacArena that m...
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Final day of the @uni-kiel.de #CRC1182 2025 retreat today at @geomarkiel.bsky.social. Many thanks to all participants! More information and some images: www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
I am happy to announce publication of our new perspectives paper on applying evolutionary theory to host-microbiome evolution - new tricks for old dogs! @bweek.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...
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We are welcoming applications for a full professorship on Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology at Kiel Univerdity, Northern Germany, with fantastic facilities and infrastructure! @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...
W 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12844416
Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural...
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Teaching old dogs new tricks: Extending existing theory on #host-microbiome evolution. New #CRC1182 publication out in @natecoevo.nature.com in cooperation with Brendan Bohannan, Shelbi Russell and Marjolein Bruijning: www.metaorganism-research.com/news/teachin...
See our new paper on C. elegans-yeast interactions. @crc1182.bsky.social @michaelhabig.bsky.social enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Interaction Between the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and Its Coexisting Fungal Microbiome Member Barnettozyma californica
Barnettozyma californica is a member of the fungal microbiome of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and can serve as food for worms. When combined with E. coli, this fungus can increase popula...
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And also see our new paper on the Role of microbial life history strategy in host-microbiome interactions in the ISMEJ. @crc1182.bsky.social url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
Role of microbial life history strategy in shaping the characteristics and evolution of host-microbiota interactions
Abstract. Many host-associated microbes are transmitted between individual hosts via the environment and, therefore, need to succeed both within a host and
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Mercator Fellows visit life sciences at @uni-kiel.de: @jessmetcalf.bsky.social and Brendan Bohannan are currently contributing to our research activities as guests of @transevo.bsky.social and #CRC1182. Many thanks to both of you for staying with us! www.metaorganism-research.com/news/mercato...
#CRC1182 Summer get-together coming up next week: Join us on Thursday, July 31st, at the Biozentrum, everyone from the CRC 1182 is warmly invited! More information: www.metaorganism-research.com/seminars-eve...
(1/5) 🧠 Excited to share our new preprint on molecular drivers of cognitive function in aging mice! Led by Stefano Flor & @sciwitch.bsky.social, with the Frahm lab @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Multi-omics analysis highlights the link of aging-related cognitive decline with systemic inflammation and alterations of tissue-maintenance
Aging-related cognitive decline is associated with changes across different tissues and the gut microbiome, including dysfunction of the gut-brain axis. However, only few studies have linked multi-org...
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The @symbnet.bsky.social PhD Summer School 2025 on #host-microbe symbioses at Oeiras, Portugal, supported by the #CRC1182 just ended. We collected some impressions: www.metaorganism-research.com/news/6th-edi...
Winning Best Poster Award is always exciting — but receiving it at the SymbNet Summer School feels truly unbelievable! 🚀 The level of expertise from the faculty was sky-high, and the talent of students made me feel like I need to work more to keep up 😱 #SymbNet #ScienceCommunity #BestPosterAward
Register now: Performing Arts & Science Conference, July 16-17 in Kiel, supported by the #CRC1182 amongst others. The Performing Science Conference brings together experts from the natural sciences and the performing arts in a dialog at eye level. More info and registration: performing-science.de
Happy to share our new comment on How #spatial #metabolomics is transforming #microbiology and gives insights into #microbe-microbe and #host-microbe interactions. #OpenAccess in @molsystbiol.org @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s443...
From microbes to molecules: unveiling host-microbe interactions with spatial metabolomics | Molecular Systems Biology
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The #CRC1182 was represented again at the 2025 #KielerWoche together with KLS and PMI Cluster of Excellence. Here are a few images from the #KielerUniLive @uni-kiel.de event featuring our Digital Meta Poster, Sponge Pop-Up Cards and more: www.metaorganism-research.com/news/crc-118...
New work from Bosch Lab's @chnoack.bsky.social et al: How the nerve network in the freshwater polyp Hydra self-organises during embryonic development under the influence of environmental factors including the #microbiome www.metaorganism-research.com/news/observi...
I am excited to share our new publication in @pnas.org on the de novo nerve net assembly in Hydra embryos showing that neural circuits self-assemble through activity-driven processes, modulated by temperature and the microbiome. Thanks to all colleagues involved here! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Assembly of a functional neuronal circuit in embryos of an ancestral metazoan is influenced by temperature and the microbiome | PNAS
Understanding how neural populations emerge to give rise to behavior is a major goal in neuroscience. Here, we explore the self-assembly of neural ...
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See our new paper, headed by Katja Dierking and her team, esp. Lena Peters, on microbiota protection against pathogens @crc1182.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @manuelliebeke.bsky.social @kaletalab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids mediate microbiota protection against a bacterial pathogen in C. elegans - Nature Communications
Here, Peters et al. report that Pseudomonas fluorescens protects Caenorhabditis elegans against pathogen infection via polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids, uncovering a non-canonical bacterial s...
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The #CRC1182 metaorganism symposium on cellular #host-microbe crosstalk has just come to an end @geomarkiel.bsky.social Thanks to all for participating and special thanks to @utehentschel.bsky.social for organizing this wonderful event! www.metaorganism-research.com/news/cellula...
The 1st talks of our #metaorganism symposium in Kiel have been eye opening and fascinating! Microbes interacting with worms, squid, plants and jellyfish - so much novel cross talk shown. #symbiosis @crc1182.bsky.social
Ute Hentschel@utehentschel.bsky.social · last yr.Looking forward to an exciting CRC 1182 Metaorganism symposium on host-microbe crosstalk. @crc1182.bsky.social @cpogoreutz.bsky.social @spencernyholm.bsky.social @manuelliebeke.bsky.social oliviaroth.bsky.social @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social @daganlab.bsky.social
#CRC1182 two day symposium on "Cellular Underpinnings in #Host-Microbe Crosstalk" starting tomorrow: www.metaorganism-research.com/seminars-eve...
Looking forward to an exciting CRC 1182 Metaorganism symposium on host-microbe crosstalk. @crc1182.bsky.social @cpogoreutz.bsky.social @spencernyholm.bsky.social @manuelliebeke.bsky.social oliviaroth.bsky.social @tylerjcarrier.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social @daganlab.bsky.social