König Lab
@koenig-lab.bsky.social
RNA Biology group at Würzburg University (@uni-wue). Previously at IMB in Mainz. We work on #RNAmodifications #splicing #decay #translation #RBP #iClip
Nucleic Acids Research is looking for a new Executive Editor! If you're an established researcher in RNA biology, translation, RNA virology, or related fields, apply! As a current Executive Editor, I highly recommend it. 📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026 academic.oup.com/nar/pages/ex...
NAR seeks a new Executive Editor
Overview of the Journal Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) is a leading open access molecular biology journal published by Oxford University Press. It provides rapid
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Get your calendars, because the new 2027 EMBL Annual Poster has arrived: s.embl.org/2027-poster Whether you'd like to enhance your skills in a practical course or engage with the latest research at one of our conferences, we've got you covered. See you at EMBL in 2027! 🙌 #LifeSciences #EMBL
🚨😀We are recruiting PhD and postdoctoral researchers at the Würzburg site of our Cluster of Excellence #NUCLEATE @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social on Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies🧬.👉 nucleate-cluster.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2026-08_NUCLEATE_PhD-Postdoc_final_V02.pdf nucleate-cluster.de
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The 2nd Workshop of the Human RNome Project Consortium took place last week in sunny Toronto 🇨🇦 ☀️, and @clare-r.bsky.social from our team had the pleasure of attending and hearing about the fantastic work happening all over the globe on #RNA modifications.
The complex life of RNA EMBO | EMBL Symposium is taking place 13 - 16 Oct 2026 in Heidelberg AND virtually! Register by 1 September for on-site attendance here: www.embl.org/about/info/c... #RNA #RNAbiology @events.embl.org @embo.org @embl.org
An RNA editing enzyme restrains the excessive proliferation of intestinal stem cells—a major hallmark of #aging in humans and other organisms—according to new work in #ScienceSignaling involving fruit flies and data from mice and human samples. https://scim.ag/44VKex1
A reduction in A-to-I RNA editing by ADAR disrupts Pumilio-mediated inhibition of MAPK signaling to drive intestinal stem cell aging
The RNA editing enzyme ADAR slows intestinal stem cell aging by reducing proliferative MAPK signaling.
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Academic tweeps! How do your institutes implement support for scientists in the rapidly changing AI-era - i.e, who is training the students to use Claude Code, and making sure they don't wreckt the cluster? Does it work well? Tell here/DM + pls RT (heading a sub-committee...)
Exciting news for the RNA research community! The Human RNome Project has been launched: a global effort to map all human RNAs and their chemical modifications. Proud to support it and contribute to the article in Genome Biology doi.org/10.1186/s130... #RNA #bioinformatics #RNAstructure #modomics
Unlocking the regulatory code of RNA: launching the Human RNome Project - Genome Biology
The human RNome, the complete set of RNA molecules in human cells, arises through complex processing and includes diverse molecular species. While research traditionally focuses on four canonical nucl...
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We spent the weekend at FORSCHA Munich Science Days with the other Munich clusters of excellence teaching kids all about DNA and RNA! 🧬✨ After learning how codons work, they put their new knowledge to the test by coding their very own DNA wristbands to take home. #NUCLEATECluster #ScienceComm
Nascent peptides emerge as regulators of mRNA stability
Nascent peptides emerge as regulators of mRNA stability
Mobile genetic elements and their hosts engage in continuous evolutionary conflict. Marino et al. recently uncovered an unusual anti-CRISPR mechanism: the phage protein AcrVA2 triggers translation-coupled mRNA degradation by recognizing nascent Cas12. The findings suggest that nascent peptides may signal an underappreciated layer of gene regulation across the kingdoms of life.
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Mission DNA: Accomplished! 🧬 NUCLEATE researchers from @zarnack-group.bsky.social and @koenig-lab.bsky.social hosted a group of 4th graders for 2 days of science. From extracting DNA to imaging cells via microscope, and touring the labs, we might have just met the next gen of scientists! 🧠
Introns have a hidden regulatory role! 🧬🎉 Delighted to share our latest paper showing that inefficiently spliced introns and spliceosomal proteins direct RNA methylation, engaging RNAi to silence retrotransposons and regulate gene expression nature.com/articles/s41...
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/
Exciting opportunity: We are recruiting 3 Independent Group Leaders for our Munich-Würzburg Cluster of Excellence #NUCLEATE on Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies 🧬. www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12861192/independent-group-leader-at-nucleate-excellence-cluster/ @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social
Independent Group Leader at NUCLEATE Excellence Cluster - Munich or Würzburg job with NUCLEATE Cluster | 12861192
Independent Group Leader in Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies within the NUCLEATE Cluster at LMU Munich, TU Munich or JMU Würzburg.
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📢 Great opportunity to join us for nucleic acid research!
NUCLEATE Cluster@nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 4w agoThe 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/
Interested in RNA and proteins? Perfect! 😀 We seek to fill a fully funded 3+ years PhD position for a project on pre-mRNA splicing regulation using structural biochemistry in combination with cell biology and bioinformatics. Find more information on our lab's homepage and get in contact via e-mail!
Analytische Biochemie - Fakultät - Universität Greifswald
Universität Greifswald
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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
🚨 Join us for the RNA modification and Processing conference from 7-9 September at the IMB in Mainz @imbmainz.bsky.social #RNA #modification #meeting Register here: converia.uni-mainz.de/frontend/ind...
The iCLIP3 protocol was developed by Vlado Despic in a close and fun collaboration with @koenig-lab.bsky.social and @zarnack-group.bsky.social. The protocol was inspired by and successfully tested in the @embo.org #iCLIPcourse thanks to Elias Bechara, Chris Sibley and @rosario-avolio.bsky.social
Michaela Müller-McNicoll@mixmue.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe are excited to share our new preprint: iCLIP3 — an improved protocol for transcriptome-wide mapping of protein–RNA interactions at single-nucleotide resolution.
Interested in G-quadruplex RNA structures, protein-RNA interactions, cooperativity, or splicing. Check out our latest study from our collaborative research center for polymer concepts. @sfb1551.bsky.social @zarnack-group.bsky.social
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Want to map protein-RNA interactions? Check out our new iCLIP3 protocol. Featuring steamlined library prep and visualisation of protein-RNA complexes without radioactivity! Bioinformatics workflow on top :) With the Müller-McNicoll and Zarnack labs! @zarnack-group.bsky.social @mixmue.bsky.social
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This is my love letter to mRNA: an Ignite talk I gave as a fundraiser for the Lawrence Hall of Science. Custom mRNA cancer vaccines could be a game changer, but anti-science policies make their future so uncertain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUlu...
Decoding mRNA: How AI & Vaccines Cure Cancer | Liana Lareau | Ignite Talk
YouTube video by Ignite Talks - Smart Ideas From Around the World
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We are excited to be recruiting a new tenure track group leader in the Structural Studies Division at MRC LMB! It is an amazing place to start your own lab. @mrclmb.bsky.social Please get in touch if you have any questions. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Research Group Leader Tenure Track - Structural Studies - LMB 2775 - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (GB) job with MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) | 12854636
Research Group Leader Tenure Track Starting Salary £67,979 to £76,868 per annum MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK The MRC Laborato...
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Sjors Scheres@sjorsscheres.bsky.social · 6mo agoPlease spread the word: the Structural Studies Division @mrclmb.bsky.social is looking for a new tenure-track, independent group leader with an exciting plan in any area of Structural (Molecular & Cell) biology, in discovery biology and/or methods development. 🥳 mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
I’m thrilled to share that my PhD work has been just published in Cell. After a long and bumpy ride, we uncovered the core function of nuclear speckles -splicing of GC-levelled exons- and traced the evolution of this gene architecture and condensates themselves to amniotes.
Tugce Aktas@aktast.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur most recent work on the “function and evolution” of #nuclear-speckles is now online at Cell @cp-cell.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... Read the thread👇 for the highlights of our findings.
Our most recent work on the “function and evolution” of #nuclear-speckles is now online at Cell @cp-cell.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... Read the thread👇 for the highlights of our findings.
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🧬 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)
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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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Congratulations Dr. Miona! Thank you for your amazing PhD work in the König Lab at @imbmainz.bsky.social and great to welcome you at the @uni-wuerzburg.de !
Discuss #RNA 3' ends and their regulation at the EMBO Workshop "RNA 3' ends and beyond" in #Oxford, United Kingdom, 7–11 September 2026. Deadline: 4 May 2026 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-rna3 #EMBORNA3EndsBeyond #RNAsky #LifeSciences #meeting #EMBOevents 🧪
🔦 Spotlighting Prof @edueyras.bsky.social - EMBL Australia Group Leader & newly appointed Director of the Shine‑Dalgarno Centre for #RNA Innovation at ANU! 🔗 Read about his vision for the Centre: www.emblaustralia.org/eduardo-eyra...
Eduardo Eyras appointed Director of Shine‑Dalgarno Centre for RNA Innovation | EMBL Australia
From being recruited through a highly competitive international search to Centre Director, Professor Eduardo Eyras has charted an impressive journey at EMBL Australia. After joining the John Curtin Sc...
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