In this new paper, we show how a deep learning model trained to classify antibiotic drug treatments in Escherichia coli can recognize their mechanism of action (MoA) using brightfield images only: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

DNA, RNA, and everything in between. 🧬 We are starting a new series called nucleic notes. Here you can learn fun facts about nucleic acids. Today is about DNA damage. Did you know that each cell repairs ~10,000 DNA lesions every single day? #NUCLEATECluster #DNA

Science meets politics! 🏛️🔬 Bundestag member Mr. Kaczmarek stopped by the NUCLEATE Cluster during his visit at @uni-wuerzburg.de. We walked him through the importance of our work and gave him a firsthand look at our cryo-EM setup and intestinal organoids.🧫✨ #NUCLEATECluster

NUCLEATE Cluster researchers from the @koenig-lab.bsky.social and @zarnack-group.bsky.social taught 4th graders all about DNA 🧬 #NUCLEATECluster #DNA

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Today, researchers from @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social, TRR 319, @sfb1551.bsky.social, and @sfb1361.bsky.social visited a primary school in Würzburg to show the fascinating world of DNA! 🧬 Thanks to the great team from the König and @zarnack-group.bsky.social labs at @uni-wuerzburg.de! #MissionDNA

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 NUCLEATE Cluster PI Olivia Merkel for securing an @erc.europa.eu Proof of Concept Grant. The grant supports her team to create an industry-relevant version of ALINA – Active-Learning Inference for Nucleic Acid Delivery. #NUCLEATECluster #RNA

LMU München@lmu.de · 3mo ago

🎉 Congratulations! Olivia Merkel, Professor of Drug Delivery at LMU’s Department of #Pharmacy, has received a Proof of Concept Grant from the erc.europa.eu (ERC) for her project ALINA – Active-Learning Inference for Nucleic Acid Delivery. 🧬#LMU #RNA #DrugDelivery

🧬 Meet the NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence 🧬 Backed by the @dfg.de Excellence Strategy, we are a research alliance redefining the future of nucleic acid science by uniting 3 of Germany’s top universities in Munich and Würzburg: @lmu.de @tum.de @uni-wuerzburg.de #NUCLEATECluster #DFG

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

Unser nächstes Infect-Net Netzwerktreffen steht bald an! Prof. Dr. Franziska Faber und Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kampmeier laden Infektionsforcherinnen zu unserem 7. Netzwerktreffen nach Jena ein. 📅 22.-23.09.2026 📍Würzburg, Deutschland Topic "RNA&Infection: From bed to bedside" Save the date!

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!

We’re hiring a Junior Group Leader - AI in immunotherapy - to join our team at the earliest possible date. The position is embedded within my Chair and the Chair of Cellular Immunotherapy (Michael Hudecek), and connected to CAIDAS center for AI. med.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/03...

Live-cell study at the molecular level is essential for understanding the complexities of bacterial systems and protein functions in vivo. Explore recent progress on imaging probes and modalities in #MMBRJournal:

Very grateful to receive the Deutscher Krebspreis 2026 (Experimental Cancer Research) together with Marcus Conrad. This recognition reflects the incredible efforts of our teams and collaborators over the years @uni-wuerzburg.de

Congratulations!

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI)@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · 7mo ago

HZI-Forscherin Susanne Häußler ist unter den 95 neuen Mitgliedern der renommierten Europäischen Akademie für Mikrobiologie @femsmicro.org. Sie erforscht multiresistente Krankheitserreger sowie hartnäckige, biofilmassoziierte Infektionen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! www.helmholtz-hzi.de/media-center...

New post-doctoral research position in my phage-host interactions (Phi) laboratory in @otagomicroimmuno.bsky.social at @universityofotago.bsky.social New Zealand. The project is focused on defences against jumbo phages. Please share and if interested apply using the link in the comments.

We have an open position for a #PhD student (last week to apply!) & a lab technician/TA. For more information see: www.beuschlab.org/join-us Interested in understanding post-transcriptional regulation and how #RNA #splicing decisions are made? Then take a look or share with people who might be! 🧪🧫

RNA Splicing Lab - JOIN US

Are you interested in investigating basic mechanisms in splicing regulation and gene expression? Our research group was launched in September 2024 and is hosted at the Institute of Molecular Infection...

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Like bacteria, phages use sRNAs to regulate gene expression! Out today in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social, @mvelascogomariz.bsky.social and I highlight a recent RIL-seq study from the @saharmelamed.bsky.social lab that looked into posttranscriptional regulation of lambda! tinyurl.com/lambda-RIL-seq

Unraveling posttranscriptional regulatory networks in phage infection

Phages employ sophisticated transcriptional regulatory networks to optimize replication. Recently, Silverman et al. used RIL-seq (RNA interaction by l…

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Looking for a truly unique PhD programme on RNA drugs and therapeutics? We have just opened the call for the second cohort of RNAmed-Future leaders in RNA-based medicine. More details under www.rnamed.de Please spread the word.

🧬 Shape the future of #RNA-based infection research! We are inviting applications for @helmholtz.de Junior Research Group Leader Positions (f/m/d). 👉 Apply by February 15 at www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale... (1/2)

Working at HIRI

At the HIRI, we do not just value excellent research. Short distances, an open door policy, and a good working atmosphere—this is what distinguishes us from others. Have a look at our current job…

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Out Now! The building blocks of one of the most complex flagellar nanomachines #MicroSky

The building blocks of one of the most complex flagellar nanomachines

Nature Microbiology, Published online: 03 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02275-wA near-complete model for the complex structure of the Campylobacter jejuni flagellar motor revealed different mechanisms of assembly, activation and stability from the simple ‘classical’ flagellar model. Some of the additional motor structures in C. jejuni are conserved and only found in species of Campylobacterota, whose ancestor likely co-opted type IV pilus components from bacteria in the deep ocean.

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Our first paper is out today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com! We introduce a prostate organoid model and show that UPEC invades prostate cells via FimH binding to the prostate-specific protein PAPP. A step toward targeted therapies against bacterial prostatitis. 🎉 #UTI #UPEC #Organoids #AMR

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli invade luminal prostate cells via FimH–PPAP receptor binding - Nature Microbiology

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection of a murine prostate organoid model reveals a bacterial FimH–host prostatic acid phosphatase adhesin-receptor interaction enabling invasion and replication wit...

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🎉 Welcome to HIRI! 🎉 @cciollimattioli.bsky.social will start her new research group “Systems Microbiology of Intracellular Pathogens” at HIRI in February. Together with her team, she will investigate the molecular mechanisms that shape interactions between intracellular pathogens & their host cells.

Let’s get this started and on an RNA high 😅

Würzburger Forscher entdecken neuartige Entzündungsfunktion von Blutplättchen Ein Team der Würzburger Universitätsmedizin hat das Verständnis der Thrombozytenbiologie grundlegend geändert. Es zeigt in Science, dass das Oberflächenprotein... weiterlesen

Wir haben eine Promotionsstelle im Bereich Infektionsbiologie/Parasitologie zu besetzen!

RIL-seq boosts the study of sRNAs. Here comes its first application to intracellular bacteria. Plus, 10 years after its characterization, we now present an RNA sponge of Salmonella PinT. Congrats to @kooshapour.bsky.social & great collaboration w/ @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Intramacrophage RIL-seq uncovers an RNA antagonist of the Salmonella virulence-associated small RNA PinT

Abstract. Salmonella virulence chiefly relies upon two major pathogenicity islands, SPI-1 and SPI-2, which enable host cell invasion and intracellular surv

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Grateful to be among the 25 inspiring women featured in @zeit.de as part of the #Zia fellowship for Visible Women in Science. Thanks to @uni-wuerzburg.de for their support and to everyone involved for making scientific work by women more visible. Honored and proud to be part of this initiative ☺️.

#MachineLearning methods are used to predict #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR from genomic data. @lbarquist.bsky.social &co show that sampling biases driven by population structure severely undermine the accuracy of AMR prediction models even with large datasets @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4iZ0zXQ

A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10 2025 go.nature.com/4q9upvr

Nature’s 10: Ten people who shaped science in 2025

A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10.

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Today, Minister-President Markus Söder awarded @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social the Bavarian Maximilian Order. Presented every two years, the award recognizes outstanding accomplishments in science & the arts and is regarded as one of the state’s highest honors. Congrats on the “Bavarian Nobel Prize”! 👏🎉