As promised: We have an open 2-year postdoc position in my lab at HHU Düsseldorf, starting September 2026. Come join us and help pioneering structural biology of fungal GPCRs! More about the lab: altegoerlab.de Apply here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac... Please share with interested candidates!

Postdoc (m/f/d) structural biology of fungal G-Protein coupled receptors

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Altegoerlab@faltegoer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We just received funding for a 2yr postdoc position on cryoEM of fungal gpcrs. Official call will open soon. Contact me if you‘re interested!

We proudly present @mibinet.bsky.social, @hhu.de

📰 Nice, @vbio.bsky.social (the German Life Sciences association) posts about our work with #bacteriophages in #Plant #Protection. 🧪 #PlantScience #SciCom www.vbio.de/aktuelles/de... @fz-juelich.de @frunzkelab.bsky.social @guidogrossmann.bsky.social

Viren als Pflanzenschützer: Das Potenzial von Bakteriophagen

Bakterien können nicht nur Menschen und Tiere krank machen, sondern auch Pflanzen. Weltweit verursachen bakterielle Pflanzenkrankheiten erhebliche Ernteverluste. Für die Landwirtschaft ist das ein wac...

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Within the @trr341.bsky.social JJ Szymanski has an interesting postdoc position for leading plant Ecological genetics AI recruiting.fz-juelich.de/jobposting/5...

Postdoctoral Researcher - Machine Learning for Plant Regulatory Genomics

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Unterstützt wird das Team von verschiedenen Advisors – erfahrenen Mitgliedern vorheriger iGEM-Teams der HHU. Mehr über den Wettbewerb und das Team der HHU findet ihr unter t1p.de/c44gp. ^dw 6/6

iGEM-Team 2026 der HHU

Die synthetische Biologie gilt als Schlüssel, um globale Herausforderungen zu lösen. Ein studentisches Team der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (HHU) stellt sich dieser Aufgabe und nimmt erneut ...

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📢 Exciting faculty openings for ECRs in Biology! Looking for your next career step? Here are two excellent tenure-track and permanent professorships in Bielefeld in Synthetic Biology and Plant Biochemistry. A thread with the links below. 👇

Latest science in press 🗞️: Biosustainable plant protection using #viruses (bacteriophages) 🧪 🦠 #PlantScience #botany #PlantMicrobeInteractions @fz-juelich.de @ceplas.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social www.fz-juelich.de/en/news/arch...

Borjana Arsova@borjana-a.bsky.social · last mo.

‪ #Bacteriophages help sustainable plant protection ✅#Phages restore 🌱 growth during 🦠 infection. ✅🧬 shows ⬇️🌱immunity & ⬇️bacterial virulence. #Biocontroll #PlantSci 🧪 #PMI @frunzkelab.bsky.social @guidogrossmann.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Thoroughly enjoyed this collaboration with @usadellab.bsky.social & @faltegoer.bsky.social groups in the @mibinet.bsky.social framework to characterize Peltigera lichen symbioses with major contributions from @ciarankelly.bsky.social & @yukiyosato.bsky.social

Björn Usadel@usadellab.bsky.social · last mo.

1/8 What if the genomic features we associate with fungal pathogens were also used by mutualists? We assembled 41 scale lichen genomes across 11 Peltigera species with 30 chromosome scale and 5 T2T revealing an unexpected genomic toolkit behind lichen symbiosis. doi.org/10.64898/202... #lichen

Congratulations @athanasios-ppdpls.bsky.social and @mibinet.bsky.social!

Papadopoulos @ HHU@athanasios-ppdpls.bsky.social · last mo.

Excited to share our latest publication!🚀🙏🏼🤩 We present ATPLyzer, an advanced ratiometric biosensor that is a clear step forward in sensor-related ATP-research, opening new perspectives for future applications. 📄 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

What is the impact of phage biocontrol on plant immune responses and bacterial virulence? Very happy that this is out @cp-cellreports.bsky.social! @mibinet.bsky.social, @dfg.de, @fz-juelich.de, @hhu.de, @spp2330.bsky.social

Borjana Arsova@borjana-a.bsky.social · last mo.

‪ #Bacteriophages help sustainable plant protection ✅#Phages restore 🌱 growth during 🦠 infection. ✅🧬 shows ⬇️🌱immunity & ⬇️bacterial virulence. #Biocontroll #PlantSci 🧪 #PMI @frunzkelab.bsky.social @guidogrossmann.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Now out in @pnas.org 🥳 "DNA-intercalating antiphage molecules trigger abortive infection through mutual destruction and synergize with bacterial immunity" --> bad timing can kill you, even as a virus. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @spp2330.bsky.social, @mibinet.bsky.social, @dfg.de

Julia Frunzke@frunzkelab.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Happy to share our recent preprint: "DNA-intercalating antiphage molecules trigger abortive infection through mutual destruction and synergize with bacterial immunity" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @spp2330.bsky.social, @mibinet.bsky.social, @dfg.de @hhu.de @fzj.bsky.social

Our review on structural mechanisms of #CO2 fixation machinery by #cyanobacteria @theplantjournal.bsky.social is out🎉🎉 When #CO2 is limiting, #cyano concentrate it. Discover how they thrive? @hhu.de @ceplas.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social @sfb1381.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Functional and structural insights into cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanisms: from compartmentalization to regulation

Life on Earth depends on photosynthetic CO2 fixation via the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle to form organic carbon. This process evolved first in cyanobacteria and was later conveyed to eukaryotes, givi...

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Just in time for the RNA localisation conference, we uploaded a manuscript describing the link between endosomal mRNA transport and local mitochondrial activity. Great collaboration during MibiNet www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... @mibinet.bsky.social #EMBOrnaLocalization

Please RT: Registration is ongoing for our International Symposium "Microbial Networking - from organelles to cross-kingdom communities" organized as highlight of the first funding period of CRC 1535 @mibinet.bsky.social www.sfb1535.hhu.de/internationa... @dfg.de, @hhu.de, @fz-juelich.de

🎉 Big congrats to Rudvi Pednker! She just won a Poster Prize at the EMBL Symposium ‘The cellular mechanics of symbiosis’! 🏆 Rudvi rocked the stage with a quick talk on using synthetic biology & optogenetics in mammalian cells to reconstruct host-endosymbiont interactions. #MibiNet

🌱Borjana Arsova @borjana-a.bsky.social vom @fz-juelich.de ist die 3. Forscherin, die wir zum #fascinationofplantsday vorstellen möchten. Sie arbeitet u.a. daran, die Widerstandsfähigkeit/Leistungsfähigkeit von Pflanzen zu verbessern und nutzt dafür Mikroorganismen, die das Pflanzenwachstum anregen.

CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences@ceplas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🌱Heute ist #fascinationofplantsday! Wir stellen euch diese Woche CEPLAS Forschende vor, die von Pflanzen - vom Samenkorn bis zur ausgewachsenen Pflanze - fasziniert sind. Findet heraus warum! 🔎 @leibnizipk.bsky.social @hhu.de @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @unicologne.bsky.social

Burden-aware feedback control of microbial consortia www.nature.com/articles/s41... Could be of interest for @mibinet.bsky.social

Happy to share our finding on Lys-toxicity in #cyanobacteria @plantphys.bsky.social by talented PhD #AndreasEnkerlin A collaboration w/ @linkmetabolism.bsky.social @mfeldbruegge.bsky.social @dfg.de @sfb1381.bsky.social @cmfi.bsky.social @hhu.de @mibinet.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

Deciphering the metabolic details of L-lysine toxicity in cyanobacteria

Metabolomic analyses revealed that lysine rapidly disrupts the cell wall, energy homeostasis, amino acid balance, and photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, expl

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Delighted to see this work out in #ScienceAdvancesResearch @science.org where we uncover a surprising evolutionary origin of fungal effector proteins as ancient antimicrobials. Led by the super-star @mesny.bsky.social in the frame of @ceplas.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social & @madfungi.bsky.social

Universität zu Köln@unicologne.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🍂🌱 An international research team led by @teamthomma.bsky.social has discovered the surprising evolutionary origin of fungal effector proteins: molecules that pathogens use today to infect their hosts appear to have evolved from ancient antimicrobial proteins. More: ➡️ uni.koeln/UCMWQ #UniCologne

A peek behind the scenes! For the 3rd time, MibiNet opened its lab doors for #Girlsday. From cheese fungi to palm oil substitutes from corn smut and fluorescence microscopy, proving that the smallest organisms can have the biggest impact. 🔬 @hhu.de

Congratulations Florian!! @mibinet.bsky.social

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf@hhu.de · 4mo ago

Der Biologe Dr. Florian Altegoer vom Institut für Mikrobiologie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (HHU) erhält einen mit 210.000 Euro dotierten „Exploration Grant“ der Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung (BIS).

Thanks to @mibinet.bsky.social for hosting this edition of INSPIRE with Prof. Annegret Wilde @freecyano.bsky.social from @uni-freiburg.de! At INSPIRE, a collab between CEPLAS, MibiNet and @trr341.bsky.social we invite women scientists to share their research and personal career journey. Great talk!

Predicting competition & substrate preferences for targeted #microbiome alteration. Microbial interaction & niche determination (MIND) infers microbial niches from mRNA translation to predict competition & guide interventions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #microbiota #MicroSky

Plz spread the words @mibinet.bsky.social @gasb-synbio.bsky.social @gdchbiochem.bsky.social @claudialudy.bsky.social @febspress.bsky.social @gbmev.bsky.social @embl.org @femsmicro.org @ceplas.bsky.social @cmfi.bsky.social @biochemsoc.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social

#ThrowbackThursday to #VAAM2026 in BER! 🧫 “Microverse meets MibiNet” drew 80+ participants—one of our highlights. Chaired by Kirsten Küsel & Julia Frunzke, keynote by Leo Eberl. Thanks to everyone for inspiring exchange! 🤝@vaam-microbes.bsky.social, @mibinet.bsky.social &@kuesellab.bsky.social

History in the making! 🎓 Huge congratulations to Nora Zöllner, who successfully defended her PhD - earning top honors! Nora is the very first graduate of our MibiNext cohort. We couldn’t be prouder! A massive achievement for her and a major milestone for the entire network. #MibiNet #MibiNext

Huge congrats to Dr. Eliza Loo! The associated MibiNet researcher has secured a "Klaus Tschira Boost Fund" grant to explore targeted programming of plant microbiomes. Fantastic news for @hhu.de and the MibiNet team! #MibiNet #HHU @elizaloopi.bsky.social www.hhu.de/en/detail-re...

Nutzpflanzenforscherin aus dem „Klaus Tschira Boost-Fund“ gefördert

Die Pflanzenforscherin Dr. Eliza Loo, Arbeitsgruppenleiterin am Institut für Molekulare Physiologie an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (HHU), wird für die kommenden zwei Jahre für ein Projek...

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Congratulations to @ciarankelly.bsky.social for winning a prize for his poster on his @mibinet.bsky.social project describing lichen antimicrobial proteins at the @vaam-microbes.bsky.social annual conference in Berlin!

Breakthrough article 😊 Joint effort of teams Zarnack & König & Feldbrügge clarifies how multiple RNA-binding domains cooperate to identify functional important binding sites in vivo doi.org/10.1093/nar/... @zarnack-group.bsky.social @könig-lab.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social #EMBOrnaLocalization

Dissecting the RNA-binding capacity of the multi-RRM protein Rrm4 essential for endosomal mRNA transport

Abstract. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) utilize multiple RNA-binding domains (RBDs) to engage with extensive messenger RNA (mRNA) networks. Understanding the

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We Are very happy that our Paper was published. Thank to everyone involved pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @mibinet.bsky.social @mfeldbruegge.bsky.social @frunzkelab.bsky.social