👋 Meet new #HFScout and quantitative cell biologist Amy Gladfelter, who uses microscopy, biophysical & genetic approaches to study syncytial cells (multinucleated cells) and how these large cells spatially organize the cytoplasm and sense their shape.
MibiNet
@mibinet.bsky.social
MibiNet aims to understand microbial networking in its full complexity to explain how organelles evolve and how the microbiome functions. https://www.sfb1535.hhu.de/
New paper alert! MibiNet PIs @frunzkelab.bsky.social, @mfeldbruegge.bsky.social, Dietrich Kohlheyer, Markus Pauly, and teams show how the extremophile alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae shines as a biotech chassis! Read more here👇 enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Systematic Evaluation of <fi>Cyanidioschyzon merolae</fi> Across Photobioreactor Systems: Linking Reactor Design to Biomass Production and Biochemical Composition
Systematic comparison of cultivation platforms revealed that photobioreactor design strongly influences growth, biomass productivity, and biochemical composition of the extremophilic red algae Cyanid...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
We’re #hiring, please RT! Our #IMPRS @mpipz.bsky.social & @unicologne.bsky.social recruits 7 PhD students. We look for candidates with a keen interest in experimental & computational plant biology to join us in 2027! Find details at www.mpipz.mpg.de/imprs/imprs-... and apply by Jan 5.
Es gibt immer weniger wirksame Antibiotika gegen multiresistente Krankheitserreger. Brauchen wir also neue Antibiotika? Sie haben häufig ihren Ursprung in Naturstoffen aus Pilzen und Bakterien.
A cool study could be interesting for @mibinet.bsky.social @faltegoer.bsky.social @usadellab.bsky.social @vivienrosenthal.bsky.social
Symbiotic #rhizobia form nitrogen-fixing partnerships with #plant roots. This study by @albinteulet.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social uses structural modelling to predict how secreted proteins may mimic plant factors in a strategy shared with pathogens. 🧪 #AcademicSky #symbiosis plos.io/4j6bWj0
There is "Only the Sky Above" SPP 2330! Great talk by Helga Hengge, the first German woman to summit Everest, at our international conference. 🏔️ @spp2330.bsky.social, @dfg.de
Julia Frunzke opening the 2026 International SPP 2330 Symposium on New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-host Interactions. Looking forward to 3 exciting days of science! @dfg.de @fz-juelich.de @frunzkelab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41... nice paper from Carl-Eric Wegner @hhu.de 🧪
High diversity but limited expression of biosynthetic gene clusters in a peatland microbial community - Nature Communications
Secondary metabolites, including metal chelators and antibiotics, are synthesized by diverse biosynthetic pathways. Here authors find that peatlands harbour extensive biosynthetic novelty, but their a...
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Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel – awarded the 2026 medicine prize – discovered a remarkable protein, channelrhodopsin, in a single-celled alga. Hegemann wondered how Chlamydomonas, a single-celled alga, is able to swim towards a light source.
A great talk by @athanasios-ppdpls.bsky.social from @sander1507.bsky.social Lab for creating non-invasive biosensors at @mibinet.bsky.social @hhu.de
Athanasios on developing a Ferrous iron sensor in Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas putida, and Corynebacterium glutamicum See their paper in ACS Sensors pubs.acs.org/ascefj/artic... #MibiNet
Isabel Monte @isabelmonte.bsky.social from @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social presenting at @mibinet.bsky.social @hhu.de
Isabel Monte @isabelmonte.bsky.social on evolution of molecular plant-microbe interactions between the fungus Trichoderma and streptophytes #MibiNet
Lasse van Wijlick from @mfeldbruegge.bsky.social @hhu.de is presenting at @mibinet.bsky.social conference ... Great talk!
Lasse van Wijlick on Coupling of mitochondrial energy metabolism with microtubule-dependent mRNA logistics #MibiNet
A great talk by Florian Altegoer @faltegoer.bsky.social from @hhu.de at @mibinet.bsky.social conference
Florian Altegoer @faltegoer.bsky.social on how fungi interpret their surroundings: GPCR-mediated communication in pathogenesis and symbiosis #MibiNet
A great talk by Aileen Krüger @frunzkelab.bsky.social Lab @fz-juelich.de & @hhu.de at @mibinet.bsky.social conference
Aileen Krüger (from group of @frunzkelab.bsky.social) on race for iron: impact of siderophore- and heme-mediated networking on spatial interactions in defined microbial communities See Aileen's brand new paper in #ISMEJournal academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... including her visit in Leiden #MibiNet
A great talk by Eugen Pfeifer @eugenpfeifer.bsky.social at @mibinet.bsky.social conference @hhu.de
Eugen Pfeifer @eugenpfeifer.bsky.social starts the last day of #MibiNet conference talking about diet and antibiotics shape phage-bacteria interactions in the human gut #NutriPhage #PhageSky
Superb talk by Lennart demonstrating the excellent microfluidic expertise at @fz-juelich.de @hhu.de and use within @mibinet.bsky.social consortium
Big thank you to @frunzkelab.bsky.social, @mfeldbruegge.bsky.social and their team for organizing such an excellent meeting to learn about diverse aspects of Microbial Networking from Organelles to Cross-Kingdom Communities and also the exciting projects within @mibinet.bsky.social 👏
@frunzkelab.bsky.social is closing #MibiNet @mibinet.bsky.social conference
Thank you MibiNet & friends @mibinet.bsky.social for a wonderful International Symposium on "Microbial Networking - from organelles to cross-kingdom communities"!! It was impressive to see the vivid exchange, excellent talks and and poster discussions. @dfg.de; @hhu.de; @fz-juelich.de
Ursula Fleig on Spatial compartmentalization of a PPIP5K enzyme rewires inositol pyrophosphate signaling during temperature adaptation Schizosaccharomyces pombe #MibiNet
Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social presented at @mibinet.bsky.social conference
Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social starts the second day of #MibiNet conference with his talk on Raiding or trading: disentangling metabolic interaction networks of bacteria #CrossFeeding
A wonderful talk by our PI Hanna Rövenich @hroevenich.bsky.social at @mibinet.bsky.social conference
Hanna Rövenich @hroevenich.bsky.social on Algal-fungal symbioses and their molecular foundations #MibiNet
A wonderful talk by Thijs J. G. Ettema @ettema.bsky.social on Asgard archaea @mibinet.bsky.social conference @hhu.de
Thijs J. G. Ettema @ettema.bsky.social Asgard archaea: key piece of the eukaryogenesis puzzle #MibiNet
A great talk by @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social at @mibinet.bsky.social conference @hhu.de
@evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social talking about specialized metabolites during our @mibinet.bsky.social Symposium. Apparently "primary metabolites make life possible and secondary make it interesting!
A great talk by Vivien @vivienrosenthal.bsky.social from @usadellab.bsky.social at @mibinet.bsky.social conference @hhu.de
First talk at #MibiNet conference @vivienrosenthal.bsky.social on A chromosome-scale super-pangenome of the lichen genus Peltigera reveals genome architecture and expanded interaction repertoires shared across pathogenic and mutualistic fungi #LichenSky
Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social starts the second day of #MibiNet conference with his talk on Raiding or trading: disentangling metabolic interaction networks of bacteria #CrossFeeding
Sarahi Garcia @sarilog.bsky.social on Microbial interactions across levels of biological organization #MibiNet
Caroline Gutjahr @carogutj.bsky.social on nutrient exchange and manipulation in arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis #MibiNet