„Forschung ist kein Selbstzweck. Forschung muss zu Wertschöpfung, Produktion und Innovation in Deutschland und in Europa führen“, so der @bundeskanzler. Die Wissenschaftsfreiheit, wie sie Art. 5 Abs. 3 GG und das Bundesverfassungsgericht verstehen, setzt einen anderen Maßstab. 🧵 1/n

‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Hiring at IPB Halle! Department Head & Director – Chemistry of Natural Products and Bioactives. Exceptional position with outstanding support & research environment. Apply now by April 24, 2026!-> berufungsportal.uni-halle.de #NaturalProductChemistry #AcademicJobs #IPB #PlantScience

Dear colleagues in science - it is time to stop normalising the emerging fascism of the US by attending conferences there as though everything is fine.

I’m happy to share that our latest work is now published and available open access in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social . Many thanks to Ingrid Richter, Katharina Dornblut, Alicia, and Christian Hertweck for our excellent collaboration 🎉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🎓 Open PhD position at the interface of natural product discovery & biotechnology in our group! In this interdisciplinary project in collaboration with the Bio Pilot Plant, you will develop co-cultivation methods for mosses and bacteria to trigger the production of novel natural products. 🦠↔️ 🌱

Job opportunity Doctoral Researcher (m/f/div) at Leibniz HKI Jobportal

Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena

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Leibniz-HKI@leibniz-hki.de · 8mo ago

Funded PhD position 8/9: Develop scalable moss-bacteria co-cultivations for the discovery and production of new natural products & benefit from the PhD training program ILRS 2.0. Apply by 13 Dec. 🎓 lmy.de/diSOz #PhDOpportunity #ScienceJobs #LeibnizHKI

Schaut dieses Video. Verbreitet es weiter. Beobachtet, wie der Journalismus die entsprechende Entwicklung in Deutschland begleitet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHdU...

Why your government is about to raise YOUR taxes

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🤓New insights into biomass utilization: Researchers at @leibniz-hki.de and @mpi-ce.bsky.social I-CE have decoded the structure of the 🟡"Yellow Affinity Substance" from A. thermocellus, a pigment that binds cellulose and could boost biofuel production and antibiotic research. #biotech #research #ERC

Pandorae bacteria produce #pandorabactins to steal #iron from other microbes, thus limiting competitors in the diseased lung of patients with cystic fibrosis or sepsis, as we show in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social Int Ed. #NewPaper #NaturalProducts #LeibnizHKI 🔎 PR: lmy.de/VoJXp 📖 Paper: lmy.de/mGWPV

I'm happy that our latest study has been accepted in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! This work elucidates the final steps of malleicyprol biosynthesis. A big thank you to all co-authors for their contributions to this project. Full article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Excited to share the second publication of my PhD published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! Using chemical synthesis, full in vitro reconstitution and trapping of intermediates, we elucidated the final steps in the biosynthesis of the virulence factor malleicyprol. 🧪 doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Thiotemplated Polyketide Chain Fusion and Reductive Cyclization Build the Reactive Butenolide Core of Malleicyprol

Malleicyprol, a virulence factor of notorious animal and human pathogens of the Burkholderia pseudomallei (BP) group, features a molecular cyclopropanol warhead linked to a reactive butenolide core. ...

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„Karlheinz #Weißmann, einer der meinungsstärksten Vertreter des Konservatismus“. Geht’s noch, Schloss Ettersburg? Der Mann ist nicht konservativ, sondern radikaler #Geschichtsrevisionist und Vordenker der Neuen Rechten. Er gründete das rechtsextreme Institut für Staatspolitik in #Schnellroda.

My group is looking for a postdoc to explore novel chemistry in the moss microbiome! 🧪🌱🧫 If you have experience in natural product isolation and structural elucidation, apply now. 📅 Deadline: April 30, 2025 More info & apply here: 🔗 jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/div) in Natural Product Chemistry at Leibniz HKI Jobportal

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Metabolomics-guided Natural Product Discovery @ Leibniz-HKI@mnd-hki.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Natural Product Chemistry! 🧪⚗️ Join us to discover and isolate natural products from the moss microbiome and elucidate their structures and biosyntheses. If you're eager to work at the interface of chemistry and microbiology, apply here: jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

🚨 New dual-use #Jagaricin function uncovered: it drives red blood cell destruction by C. haemolyticum, enabling infections while normally aiding survival via biofilms. A case of accidental virulence, as we show in #mBio. 🔎 doi.org/10.1128/mbio... @microverse.bsky.social #ChemBioSys #NaturalProducts

Some bacteria use a chemical radar to protect themselves from predators: how this happens, was discovered by #UniJena, @leibniz-hki.de and @unibayreuth.bsky.social with our Cluster of Excellence @microverse.bsky.social, as they reported in "Cell". 🦠 ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/307648/pr...

Second publication from my previous work in the Group of Prof. Schofield @ox.ac.uk! We show that silaproline-bearing derivatives of SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors can convalently inhibit Mpro, resulting in viral progression inhibiton in cells. Great work everyone! doi.org/10.1016/j.ej... 🧪

I am very excited to share the first work of my PhD published in mBio @asm.org! 🦠🧪 In short, we discovered why the opportunistic human pathogen Chromobacterium haemolyticum is hemolytic - the reason are jagaricins, a family of cyclic lipodepsipeptides! #secmet 1/2 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Dual-use virulence factors of the opportunistic pathogen Chromobacterium haemolyticum mediate hemolysis and colonization | mBio

Despite the rising incidence of Chromobacterium haemolyticum as a serious opportunistic pathogen, there is limited information on whether the competitive traits that ensure its survival in its freshwa...

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Fun day with motivated students! 🦠🧪

Leibniz-HKI@leibniz-hki.de · last yr.

👀 Science in action! At #FutureDay2025, students synthesized fluorescent dyes, observed fungi under the microscope, and even generated electricity from mud. Pure curiosity at work! 📸 Check out some highlights! www.leibniz-hki.de/en/news/exci... 🤝 @microverse.bsky.social

#AllEyesOn our department Biomolecular Chemistry! We explore bacteria and fungi to study their microbial interactions, discover and identify pharmacologically relevant bioactive compounds or toxins and elucidate their biosynthetic pathways. lmy.de/rBnwi