On Feb 4, the GfG workshop 'On the Path to a Professorship' brought early-career researchers to Berlin for practical advice on applications and insider tips for the next career step. Thanks to Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray, Sandra Hake, and Reinhard Köster for organizing! Next workshop planned for 2027/28.

Frohe Weihnachten! Wir freuen uns auf ein neues Jahr voller spannender Beiträge aus der Wissenschafts-Community und bedanken uns bei allen Autor:innen, Leser:innen und Unterstützer:innen. @gbmev.bsky.social y.social @vaam-microbes.bsky.social @gfgenetik.bsky.social @vbio.bsky.social

The GfG congratulates Anna Righetti, who won the GfG-sponsored Poster Award at the GBM RNA Biochemistry meeting for her outstanding poster “Structure and function of the non-conventional RNA splicing machinery.”

Many thanks to all attendees of the GfG Sympsoium "Epigenetics & Chromatin" for making this conference such a great success! Go to www.gfgenetik.de for more information and fotos. Become a GfG member!

This was truly an amazing meeting😍! Rarely have I had such fruitful exchanges with exceptional scientists. Thanks so much to @gfgenetik.bsky.social and especially @hake-chromatin.bsky.social and team for providing this opportunity🙏. I’m feeling the post-conference motivation high🤩.

Gesellschaft für Genetik@gfgenetik.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Women-Power at the last day of the ‘Epigenetics & Chromatin’ symposium. Inspiring talks by, among others, S. Schick, @epign.bsky.social, C. Cardoso. Elisabeth Gateff awarded her prize to A. Kalita. Best poster prize to @geneticjonathan.bsky.social & best short talk to L. Paasche. Congratulations!

It has been a lot of fun to present our research focus and get to know the @gfgenetik.bsky.social! Thank you so much for having me and organising this great symposium! Looking forward to the next one!

Gesellschaft für Genetik@gfgenetik.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Amazing 2. day at the GfG ‘Epigenetics & Chromatin’ symposium. Fantastic flash talks, a great first poster session and many memorable talks: among others @erhardtlab.bsky.social, @rodvilla.bsky.social, @thebraunlab.bsky.social, @flurylab.bsky.social, Ehrenhofer-Murray, Liefke, Heun, Imhof & Brehm.

This one feels special: our latest work on subtelomeric heterochromatin is now on www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... This story was driven by the virtuoso PhD work of Agnisrota Mazumder @agnisrota.bsky.social, co-mentored with @al-sadylab.bsky.social, and grew out of our #MSCA Cell2Cell network.

Discrete Subdomains Establish Epigenetic Diversity in Subtelomeric Heterochromatin

Subtelomeres are imperfect repeats adjacent to telomeres that are repressed by heterochromatin. Although essential for genome integrity, their repetitive nature has thwarted dissection of local hetero...

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Women-Power at the last day of the ‘Epigenetics & Chromatin’ symposium. Inspiring talks by, among others, S. Schick, @epign.bsky.social, C. Cardoso. Elisabeth Gateff awarded her prize to A. Kalita. Best poster prize to @geneticjonathan.bsky.social & best short talk to L. Paasche. Congratulations!

Just half a day in and it’s been a blast, with really incredible talks here on Giessen!

Gesellschaft für Genetik@gfgenetik.bsky.social · 12mo ago

What a great first day at the GfG symposium on epigenetics & chromatin. Fantastic talks by @akispapantonis.bsky.social , @apombo1.bsky.social, @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social and Philipp Korber. And Peter Becker giving the Max-Delbrueck lecture. A real treat for the audience!

Amazing 2. day at the GfG ‘Epigenetics & Chromatin’ symposium. Fantastic flash talks, a great first poster session and many memorable talks: among others @erhardtlab.bsky.social, @rodvilla.bsky.social, @thebraunlab.bsky.social, @flurylab.bsky.social, Ehrenhofer-Murray, Liefke, Heun, Imhof & Brehm.

What a great first day at the GfG symposium on epigenetics & chromatin. Fantastic talks by @akispapantonis.bsky.social , @apombo1.bsky.social, @marcusbuschbeck.bsky.social and Philipp Korber. And Peter Becker giving the Max-Delbrueck lecture. A real treat for the audience!

Juri Kazakevych@juri-epigenomics.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Looking forward to exciting talks at the GfG Symposium in Gießen. Already found a poster, featuring my favourite gene: SMARCAD1, by Jacqueline Mermoud #epigenomics @diagenode.bsky.social @gfgenetik.bsky.social

Dr. Agata Kalita wins the prestigious GfG Elisabeth-Gateff Prize 2025 for her amazing work on sex chromosome dosage compensation in insects! Dr. Kalita will receive the award at the upcoming GfG Symposium “Epigenetics & Chromatin” on September 26th, 2025 (express.converia.de/frontend/ind...).

Die Gesellschaft für Genetik freut sich die diesjährige Tagung Dicty-2025 in Potsdam zu unterstützen: www.dicty-2025.de Die Gesellschaft vergibt einen Posterpreis für die beste Vorstellung der wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse.

🎉 Join us at the upcoming GfG Symposium "Epigenetics & Chromatin" in Giessen, Sept 24–26, 2025! Amazing speakers, low registration fee, € 300 prizes for best poster & short talk, + free GfG membership for non-members. Please RT! express.converia.de/frontend/ind...

Deadline approaching fast (June 30th, 2025)! Do not miss this fantastic opportunity: prestigious 3.000 € award for best PhD thesis!

Gesellschaft für Genetik@gfgenetik.bsky.social · last yr.

Do not miss! Great opportunity to acknowledge and pay tribute to an outstanding PhD Thesis in the area of genetics/epigenetics/molecular biology! The GfG awards again the prestigious Elisabeth-Gateff price (3,000 €). Deadline for application is June 30th, 2025. Please RT!

Do not miss! Great opportunity to acknowledge and pay tribute to an outstanding PhD Thesis in the area of genetics/epigenetics/molecular biology! The GfG awards again the prestigious Elisabeth-Gateff price (3,000 €). Deadline for application is June 30th, 2025. Please RT!

Do not forget: 🎉 Join us at the GfG Symposium "Epigenetics & Chromatin" in Giessen, Sept 24–26, 2025! Great speakers, low fees, prizes for best poster & short talk, + free GfG membership for non-members. Please RT! Info and Registration: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...

🎉 Join us at the GfG Symposium "Epigenetics & Chromatin" in Giessen, Sept 24–26, 2025! Great speakers, low fees, prizes for best poster & short talk, + free GfG membership for non-members. PLease RT! 👉 Info & registration: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...

Yesterday, the GfG Board & Advisory Council met virtually. Key topics: planning the Epigenetics & Chromatin conference (Sept 2025, Giessen), the Elisabeth-Gateff Prize 2025, and the 'Path to Professorship' workshop. Stay tuned!

#StandUpForScience👩‍🔬👨‍🔬📢Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, including our managing director, show solidarity with our colleagues in the US who are protesting against the attacks of the current US administration. @standupforscience.bsky.social @maxplanck.de

Open position for W3 Professor "Genetics" in Osnabrueck, Germany. Check it out! www.uni-osnabrueck.de/stellenangebote

✍️ Lust auf #WissKomm? Der KlarText-Preis 2025 sucht Promovierte, die ihre Dissertation allgemeinverständlich erklären können! 💰 7.500€ Preisgeld 📝 Als Artikel oder Infografik 🎓 Naturwissenschaften ⏰ Deadline: 28.2.25 klartext-preis.de/meldungen/be... @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de

Dear all, registrations are open for the Mobile Genome @EMBO workshop. Many slots for posters, short talks but also long talks for last minute groundbreaking results! Let’s meet again on Nov 4-7, 2025 in Heidelberg. www.embl.org/about/info/c...

The mobile genome: genetic and physiological impacts of transposable elements

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Spannendes Dialogforum zu invasiven Arten - Jetzt anmelden! t1p.de/VBIO-Dialogf...

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Having participated last year, I can say that this workshop is really worth it! So if you plan to apply for a professorship around genetics in Germany within the next few years, sign up!

Gesellschaft für Genetik@gfgenetik.bsky.social · 2y ago

Der beliebte und hilfreiche GfG Workshop „Auf dem Weg zur Professur“ soll auch in 2025 wieder stattfinden! Im kleinen Kreis werden erfahrene Professor/Innen Insider-Tipps und -Tricks über die Bewerbung, die Probevorträge, das Interview und das Berufungsverfahren weitergeben. Bitte weiterleiten!

Best first bsky post posible 4us: 2025 INTERNSHIP CALL IS NOW OPEN! Ready for an adventure this summer? Join our 2025 #Epigenetics #SummerInternship at Helmholtz Munich! Dive into AI, stem cells, nutrition and cutting-edge research, while gaining hands-on experience. Apply now! 👉 bit.ly/40g1BWL

Do not miss! Great opportunity to acknowledge and pay tribute to an outstanding PhD Thesis in the area of genetics/epigenetics/molecular biology! The GfG awards again the prestigious Elisabeth-Gateff price (3,000 €). Deadline for application is June 30th, 2025. Please RT!

Der beliebte und hilfreiche GfG Workshop „Auf dem Weg zur Professur“ soll auch in 2025 wieder stattfinden! Im kleinen Kreis werden erfahrene Professor/Innen Insider-Tipps und -Tricks über die Bewerbung, die Probevorträge, das Interview und das Berufungsverfahren weitergeben. Bitte weiterleiten!

The GfG is delighted to reconnect with everyone here on Bluesky! We're excited to announce our upcoming symposium, "Epigenetics & Chromatin", taking place September 24–26 in Giessen, Germany. Stay tuned for more details! (... and become a member of the GfG...!)