If you want to work in a collaborative environment, you should check this out! My lab is also offering a PhD position in this call.

Helmholtz Institute Würzburg@helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · yesterday

🚨 Exciting #PhD opportunities across multiple labs, including those of @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social, @emmanuel-saliba.bsky.social, @cciollimattioli.bsky.social, @ffaberlab.bsky.social & @westermannlab.bsky.social at #HIRI in Würzburg. 🎓🥼 More about the projects: www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/gr...

🚨 Exciting #PhD opportunities across multiple labs, including those of @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social, @emmanuel-saliba.bsky.social, @cciollimattioli.bsky.social, @ffaberlab.bsky.social & @westermannlab.bsky.social at #HIRI in Würzburg. 🎓🥼 More about the projects: www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/gr...

Joint One Lab Call for Doctoral Researchers 2026

The HZI offers 16 fully funded PhD positions - an exceptional opportunity for curious, young scientist to work in a stimulating environment.

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Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI)@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · 2d ago

🚨 We're recruiting! The HZI is offering 16 fully funded PhD positions to tackle pressing challenges in infection research — from basic science to translational innovation. 📍 Braunschweig, Würzburg, Hannover or Saarbrücken 📅 Apply by September 11 Learn more: jobs.helmholtz-hzi.de/job/Braunsch...

Our next Infect-Net meeting will be very soon! Prof. Dr. Franziska Faber and Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kampmeier invite infection researchers to our 7th network meeting in Würzburg. 📅 22.-23.09.2026 📍Würzburg, Germany Save the date!

Offering 1 PhD position under the call in the link

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI)@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · 2d ago

🚨 We're recruiting! The HZI is offering 16 fully funded PhD positions to tackle pressing challenges in infection research — from basic science to translational innovation. 📍 Braunschweig, Würzburg, Hannover or Saarbrücken 📅 Apply by September 11 Learn more: jobs.helmholtz-hzi.de/job/Braunsch...

If you're interested in systems microbiology of intracellular pathogens and joining @cciollimattioli.bsky.social's group, you should check out this call 👇 Highly recommended!

Camilla Ciolli Mattioli@cciollimattioli.bsky.social · yesterday

Offering 1 PhD position under the call in the link

🎉 Happy #RNADay!  Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 @rnasociety.bsky.social RNA Day Art & Baking Contests! Special thanks to Lexogen, the exclusive industry sponsor of the 2026 RNA Society RNA Day Art & Baking Contests, for supporting this initiative.

Check out this new preprint by @cciollimattioli.bsky.social! 👇👏

Camilla Ciolli Mattioli@cciollimattioli.bsky.social · 5d ago

Preprint alert! Work from my postdoc in the lab of @roi1avraham.bsky.social In a collaboration with @danielschraivogel.bsky.social and Lars Steinmetz www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Image-based transposon screening reveals a flavin reductase that restrains intracellular Salmonella replication in macrophages https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.30.741741v1

Makrophagen können Krankheitserreger beseitigen, doch manche #Bakterien machen sich diese Zellen als Versteck zunutze. Forscher @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social & Partner haben einen Mechanismus entdeckt, der das verhindern soll. @faznet.bsky.social berichtet über die Studie. www.faz.net/aktuell/rhei...

Überraschung im Immunsystem: Zellen schalten sich selbst ab

Damit Fresszellen des Immunsystems nicht zu Brutstätten für Bakterien werden, gibt es im Körper ein Sicherheitssystem. Forscher aus Würzburg und Marburg haben es entdeckt.

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We were pleased to welcome MDirig Dr Manfred Wolter from the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy to Würzburg. During his visit, he toured our future institute building and met with representatives of #HIRI, JMU & UKW. ➡️ www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

Cutting-edge research for Bavaria

Dr Manfred Wolter visits HIRI

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Another City Cycling success for the “D15 Bikers”! 🚴💪 34 cyclists from HIRI, IMIB & RVZ covered 7,865 km, once again making them the strongest sub-team at @uni-wuerzburg.de. Congrats to our top 3️⃣ cyclists: Johannes Kullmann, Jonathan Scheler & Tristan Beste. 🏆 ➡️ www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

City Cycling 2026: “D15 Bikers” Once Again Best Sub-Team of the University of Würzburg

Cyclists from HIRI, IMIB, and RVZ accumulated a total of 7,865 kilometers

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Congrats to NUCLEATE PIs Jörg Vogel & Alexander Westermann on their new paper in PNAS! 👏 Alongside partners at Uni Marburg, they identified SAILR, a long non-coding RNA that acts as an apoptosis regulator. Read more: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #NUCLEATECluster

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI)@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · 2w ago

#Makrophagen sind die „Fresszellen“ des #Immunsystems, doch manche Erreger machen sich gerade diese Zellen als Versteck zunutze. Ein Team des @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social hat mit Partnern eine #RNA gefunden, die ein "Notausschalter" für infizierte Immunzellen ist. www.helmholtz-hzi.de/media-center...

Macrophages are known as the immune system’s “scavenger cells”. Yet some pathogens use them as hiding places. Researchers from HIRI & @unimarburg.bsky.social have discovered an lncRNA called SAILR that helps macrophages balance their response to infection: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/... (1/3)

Excited to share our PNAS paper with @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social and @westermannlab.bsky.social! We identify SAILR, a human-specific lncRNA that binds 14-3-3β to support macrophage viability—its loss during infection strengthens antimicrobial defense. #RNA www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#Makrophagen sind die „Fresszellen“ des #Immunsystems, doch manche Erreger machen sich gerade diese Zellen als Versteck zunutze. Ein Team des @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social hat mit Partnern eine #RNA gefunden, die ein "Notausschalter" für infizierte Immunzellen ist. www.helmholtz-hzi.de/media-center...

„Notausschalter“ für Fresszellen

Forschende identifizieren die lncRNA SAILR als Schlüsselregulator in Makrophagen. Sie könnte als Biomarker und Therapieansatz dienen.

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I'm very grateful to receive the Supervisor of the Year award from our graduate school (>350 PIs). This really means a lot to me! Big thanks to my great lab, and I look forward to the coming years of exciting science with everyone 🙂

Helmholtz Institute Würzburg@helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congratulations to @jenshoer.bsky.social, who has been named “Supervisor of the Year” by the @gslsuniwue.bsky.social at @uni-wuerzburg.de! 🎉🥇 Read more: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

Congratulations to @jenshoer.bsky.social, who has been named “Supervisor of the Year” by the @gslsuniwue.bsky.social at @uni-wuerzburg.de! 🎉🥇 Read more: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

Jens Hör is “Supervisor of the Year”

GSLS honors dedicated mentors

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Check out these exciting job opportunities at the NUCLEATE Cluster and apply now! 🔎🧬👇

NUCLEATE Cluster@nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 4w ago

The NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence is hiring! Shape the future of nucleic acid sciences 🧬 🚀 Group Leaders: All 3 locations (LMU, TUM, JMU Würzburg) 🔬 PhDs & Postdocs: Open call in Würzburg and speculative applications welcome! Deadline: Aug 16, 2026 👉 More info: nucleate-cluster.de/careers/

Congratulations to Adini Arifah on successfully defending her doctoral thesis today! 👏🎓 She joined #HIRI in 2021 through the graduate program “RNA & Infection” and pursued her #PhD in Chase Beisel’s lab. Learn more about her and her research: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

1/4 Excited to share our new preprint on phage genome editing: Targeted DNA nicking enables efficient, single-step and counterselection-free editing of bacteriophage genomes Preprint: lnkd.in/dv4g5kW6

New preprint!! 🎉 A cool collaborative work with @copabio.bsky.social and Chase Beisel teams on the phage editing technology. @sarshad.bsky.social led the work from our side to validate & characterize the lib. #phage #phagesky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Work supported by: phagefoundry.org

Targeted DNA nicking enables efficient, single-step and counterselection-free editing of bacteriophage genomes

Genetic manipulation of bacteriophages is essential for interrogating phage biology and advancing antimicrobial therapies. However, current genome editing approaches can be inefficient, require multip...

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We’re excited to introduce the network behind the NUCLEATE Cluster! 🧪 We create a one-of-a-kind ecosystem where nucleic acid research thrives. Proudly collaborating with @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social, @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social, @mpibiochem.bsky.social. 🧬 #NUCLEATECluster #RNA #DNA

Welcome to Bluesky, @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social! 👋

NUCLEATE Cluster@nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · last mo.

Welcome to the official account of the NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence👋🧬 We’re building a community around nucleic acid sciences and technology, and innovation 🚀 Expect research highlights, collaborations, events, and opportunities — with open positions coming soon. #Biotech #Science #RNA #Research

As the lab interiors advance rapidly, our new institute building is making a striking impression from the outside. Don’t you think? 🤩

Check out the latest publication from @twincore.bsky.social with #HIRI group leader @emmanuel-saliba.bsky.social as one of the corresponding authors. Congratulations to all authors! 👏🎉 Read more: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI)@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · last mo.

Die Studie ist als interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit eines Teams von @twincore.bsky.social, @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social, @resist-cluster.bsky.social, @uniregensburg.bsky.social, MHH & HZI entstanden und im Fachmagazin #ScienceAdvances erschienen. doi.org/10.1126/scia...

I can hardly imagine a better awardee than @nanopat.bsky.social! Despite his love for small things, his impact is huge! Well done! 🤩

Helmholtz Institute Würzburg@helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to @nanopat.bsky.social on receiving the @rnasociety.bsky.social’s Eclipse Award for Innovation in High Throughput Biology! 🎉 The award recognizes the #RNA research methods he developed during his doctoral studies in #HIRI’s Smyth lab. Read more: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

Congratulations to @nanopat.bsky.social on receiving the @rnasociety.bsky.social’s Eclipse Award for Innovation in High Throughput Biology! 🎉 The award recognizes the #RNA research methods he developed during his doctoral studies in #HIRI’s Smyth lab. Read more: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

Award-winning novel methods in RNA research

Patrick Bohn receives RNA Society Eclipse Award for Innovation in High Throughput Biology

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How can we keep drugs effective? #PhD student & Eckernkamp fellow Vincent Lau is investigating how to overcome microbiome-induced drug resistance using antisense oligonucleotides. 💊🦠 Learn more about his research & the fellowship program by the #VogelStiftung: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

How do intracellular bacteria such as Salmonella interact with host cells? At #HIRI, @cciollimattioli.bsky.social & her team are developing single-cell technologies to find out. 🦠🧫 Read more about her research & the path that brought her to Würzburg: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

... as well as a commentary by Helmholtz President Martin Keller: www.helmholtz.de/en/newsroom/... Starting today, there will also be numerous online events throughout Diversity Month that are open to everyone interested in participating: www.helmholtz.de/karriere/was... #HelmholtzDiversity

“Science is a team sport”

At Helmholtz, we stand for a scientific culture in which people are respected, welcomed, and able to contribute their perspectives—perspective

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