For the first time, researchers from #UniJena and @leibniz-hki.de at @microverse.bsky.social have detected tiny membrane tunnels connecting social amoebae, serving as a communication and transport system. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/434214/amo…
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We are exploring microbial natural products and fungal pathogens to develop new diagnostics and treatments for infectious diseases. #LeibnizHKI https://www.leibniz-hki.de/en/
Good yeast, bad yeast: Researchers from KU Leuven and our institute, supported by the #ClusterofExcellence @microverse.bsky.social, reveal how a strain of the baker’s yeast 𝘚. 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘦 can weaken 𝘊. 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 and reduce inflammation. Learn more 👇
Good yeast, bad yeast: Researchers discover New Potential o…
Millions of women worldwide suffer from vaginal yeast infections. These infections are most commonly caused by the…
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Old toxin, new twist 🍄🔬 Muscarine is a well-known mushroom toxin, but how fungi produce it has long been misunderstood. Researchers from @uni-jena.de and our institute revised a nearly 50-year-old model of its biosynthesis. www.leibniz-hki.de/en/press-rel...
An old toxin, a new approach
Just in time for May, a research team led by Dirk Hoffmeister and Sebastian Dörner published a revised model of m…
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🏅 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗻𝗶𝘇 𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 2026 𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻 This year’s award honors research from our institute & @uni-jena.de, conducted within the #ClusterOfExcellence @microverse.bsky.social. 💡👉 Learn more about their discoveries using an innovative research approach: www.leibniz-hki.de/en/press-rel...
🔬✨ Yeast, bright colors, and a dash of curiosity Together with @microverse.bsky.social, we welcomed 34 students for this year’s “Forsche Schüler” Day. Hands on experiments from yeast to data driven research offered insights into real lab work. 👉 Read more: www.leibniz-hki.de/en/news/yeas...
Excellence in microbiome research: Today the Microverse Early Career Scientist Awards honored Beatrix Heinze & @hsuma.bsky.social for outstanding interdisciplinary work on microbial ecosystems. 👏 Congrats to both awardees! 🤝@pstallforth.bsky.social, @kuesellab.bsky.social & @uni-jena.de
Excellence in Microbiome Research: Microverse Presents 2025…
The Cluster of Excellence “Balance of the Microverse” at the University of Jena has awarded the Microverse Ear…
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Interdisciplinary collaboration is a top priority at our institute – exemplified by the research group FUSION, combining robotics & genetics to explore Fusarium.🍄 The team aims to uncover new antifungal strategies & identify promising drug candidates. ➡️ www.leibniz-hki.de/en/press-rel... #ESF #EU
We congratulate Prof. Wilhelm Boland on receiving the Xience Award 2026! 👏 In recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements and long-standing support, the Leibniz-HKI has presented the second Xience award to the chemist from @mpi-ce.bsky.social. 👉 More: www.leibniz-hki.de/en/press-rel...
Robotics meets genetics 🤖🧬🍄 Two junior research groups are FUSIONing their expertise to explore Fusarium, a fungus with two faces: a threat and a treasure trove for new therapeutics. Find out more about FUSION: www.leibniz-hki.de/en/press-rel... @luziagyr.bsky.social @slavi-jan.bsky.social
Robotics meets genetics: Joining forces to explore <em>Fusa…
They are both feared pathogens and a source of hope: fungi of the genus Fusarium. Spreading worldwide, they can ca…
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We’re proud to contribute to current #Tuberculosis research – from discovering BTZ-043 to advancing it towards a potential new treatment. On #WorldTBDay, we also honour the foundations: We named a seminar room after pioneering microbiologist Ruth Ella Moore, whose work also advanced TB research.
We’re excited to host the SPP 2240 #eBiotech Training Week 2026! After a great start with “Female Leadership” and inspiring talks, the week continues with workshops on #ScienceStorytelling and #ScientificWriting for doctoral researchers, led by @robinbonne.bsky.social and Christina Schütte.
🔬 Leibniz-HKI Research featured as Biomedical Picture of the Day! Proud to see a microscopy image from one of our recently published studies was selected as Biomedical Picture of the Day on March 5, 2026! BPoD article: bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... Paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Finally understanding the rules of the game: Working closely together in Jena, scientists have now deciphered how two species of bacteria join forces to avoid being eaten. www.leibniz-hki.de/de/pressemit... @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de @uni-wuerzburg.de
Endlich die Spielregeln verstanden
Kooperation gibt es bei Brettspielen, Forschenden und Bakterien. In enger und lokaler Zusammenarbeit entschlüssel…
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What drives women in science — and how do they drive science forward? 🔬🚀 Great to see that @microverse.bsky.social has captured and shared the voices of women scientists for #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, including colleagues from our institute.
Balance of the Microverse@microverse.bsky.social · 6mo agoDifferent Roles, One Shared Mission! 🔬✨ Success in the Microverse Ecosystem is about more than just research—it's about the perspectives and support systems that empower women to lead. 🚀 Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience! 🤝@leibniz-hki.de & @uni-jena.de
With Christmas just around the corner, we wish all our colleagues, partners, and friends joyful holidays and a successful start into the New Year! We will be back in January. Warm wishes from the #LeibnizHKI. 🎄🎀⭐ The picture shows a colon cross section of a mouse colonized with Candida albicans.
Researchers at #LeibnizHKI discovered an enzyme that cleaves the toxin malleicyprol and reduces virulence in Burkholderia bacteria. 🗞️ Press release: lmy.de/VwRfa 🔎 Original paper: doi.org/10.1002/anie... @dfg.de @uni-jena.de @microverse.bsky.social @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
Meet our #December #calendar 2025 feature Wolfgang Vivas & Dolly Montaño, postdocs from Venezuela 🇻🇪 at Leibniz-HKI. How do they both juggle demanding research 🧪 with family life 👨🏻👩🏻👦🏻 while also keeping their creativity alive? 🎨 Find it out in their interview: lmy.de/Ibiul #FacesOfScience #LeibnizHKI
"May the phage be with you!" 🎬🧬 Julia Frunzke (@fz-juelich.de) joined our #JEMS at @leibniz-hki.de! She discussed antiviral defense & how delayed phage DNA replication buys cells time to respond. Great science + movie quotes = 💯. Thanks for the visit, Julia! #ScienceSky #Microbiology #Phage
The research network #PerMiCCion, funded by the #BMFTR, enters its 2nd funding phase to uncover why more young adults develop colorectal #cancer, and how the gut microbiome can enable earlier detection and personalized prevention. ➡️ lmy.de/fZkRG @mbdlab.bsky.social @uni-jena.de #Microverse
The German Research Foundation (@dfg.de) welcomes the provisional agreement announced by the European Union on a new legal framework for so-called NGT-1 plants produced using new genomic techniques (NGT). The DFG and #Leopoldina have been campaigning for years for this classification. lmy.de/QqMLB
DFG welcomes EU agreement on new plant breeding techniques
The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) welcomes the provisional agreement announced…
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft@dfg.de · 8mo agoDie DFG begrüßt die vorläufige Vereinbarung der EU zu einem neuen Rechtsrahmen für Pflanzen, die mit neuen #Züchtungstechniken (New Genomic Techniques, NGT) hergestellt werden. DFG und #Leopoldina setzen sich seit Jahren für diese Einstufung von NGT-1-Pflanzen ein. Einzelheiten: ➡️ sohub.io/nuy0
Funded PhD position 9/9: Study the role of human p11-dependent EGFR in regulating phagosome maturation and antifungal defense & benefit from the PhD training program ILRS 2.0. Apply by 13 Dec. 🎓 lmy.de/saMIG #PhDOpportunity #ScienceJobs #LeibnizHKI
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
... And here is a direct link to the original publication in Nat Mircobiol: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🙂 @mbdlab.bsky.social 👏 #UniJena #LeibnizHKI #Microverse
Gut microbiome-mediated transformation of dietary phytonutrients is associated with health outcomes - Nature Microbiology
Systematic analysis and machine learning coupled with in vitro and in vivo validation link gut microbiome-mediated transformation of dietary phytonutrients to health outcomes.
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Balance of the Microverse@microverse.bsky.social · 8mo ago🧬 New study in @natmicrobiol.nature.com: Our gut’s “chemical cookbook” is highly individual. Researchers from our Cluster at @uni-jena.de & @leibniz-hki.de show why healthy eating affects everyone differently — and how #microbiome insights could enable truly personalized #nutrition.
Funded PhD position 7/9: Discover mycoparasites as unexplored resource for antiinfectives & benefit from the PhD training program ILRS 2.0. Apply by 13 Dec. 🎓 lmy.de/FMclh #PhDOpportunity #ScienceJobs #LeibnizHKI
Funded PhD position 6/9: Explore liver-on-chip based macrophage-drug interactions in invasive candidiasis & benefit from the PhD training program ILRS 2.0. Apply by 13 Dec. 🎓 lmy.de/ZAZGj #PhDOpportunity #ScienceJobs #LeibnizHKI
Funded PhD position 5/9: Study microbiome-enteric nervous system interactions in sepsis & benefit from the PhD training program ILRS 2.0. Apply by 13 Dec. 🎓 lmy.de/ybPgD #PhDOpportunity #ScienceJobs #LeibnizHKI
Funded PhD position 4/9: Advance image quantification of organ-on-chip-based experiments within JIPipe & benefit from the PhD training program ILRS 2.0. Apply by 13 Dec. 🎓 lmy.de/tSJYf #PhDOpportunity #ScienceJobs #LeibnizHKI
Funded PhD position 3/9: Investigate how Candida albicans lipases shape fungal-bacterial interactions & benefit from the PhD training program ILRS 2.0. Apply by 13 Dec. 🎓 lmy.de/VyUor #PhDOpportunity #ScienceJobs #LeibnizHKI
Funded PhD position 2/9: Study neutrophil extracellular vesicles as a key defense mechanism against Aspergillus fumigatus & benefit from the PhD training program ILRS 2.0. Apply by 13 Dec. 🎓 lmy.de/yisip #PhDOpportunity #ScienceJobs #LeibnizHKI
