Don't miss Bernie's #MycoTalk!

✨️🎄 Wrapping up the year with our Christmas party! Thanks to @aps-hki.bsky.social and @sarsarela.bsky.social for celebrating with us! 🎁 Thanks to everyone who made 2025 such a great year of research and collaboration! Wishing you all happy holidays and a restful break! ✨️🫶 @leibniz-hki.de

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 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

Meet our #November feature Sophia Hitzler, a doctoral researcher at Leibniz-HKI, in this year’s #calendar 2025! From a fascination with fungi 🍄 to mentoring 👩‍🏫 and an unexpected dream job 🐳, discover her journey here: lmy.de/sBQAV #FacesOfScience #LeibnizHKI @aps-hki.bsky.social

🎙️ For #WAAW, our Director Axel Brakhage joins the German podcast “Contagious Enthusiasm” to discuss natural products in antibiotic development, the need of innovative #AMR strategies & the challenging conditions for researchers. lmy.de/EWdVZ 🎧 Spotify: lmy.de/bsezx 🎧 Deezer: lmy.de/Jzccq

Funded PhD position 1/9: Explore RNA modification by natural products across species & benefit from the PhD training program ILRS 2.0. Apply by 13 Dec. 🎓 lmy.de/szeVW #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

Commensalism and pathogenesis of #Candida albicans at the mucosal interface rdcu.be/eia8o

📖 Perfect weekend reading for fungal fans! 😉 Our @mpm-hki.bsky.social colleagues uncover how #CandidaAlbicans manages to invade tissue as hyphae but spread as yeast. Published in @femsjournals.bsky.social. 🧑🏻‍🔬: @jlspragu.bsky.social

🎉 #LeibnizHKI has again been honored with the TOTAL E-QUALITY rating for our equal-opportunities personnel policy – for the 5th time in a row! This year, we also received the Sustainability Prize 2025 for our long-term commitment to equality, diversity & inclusion. 🗞️✨ lmy.de/zVSiL #TotalEquality

Check out @jlspragu.bsky.social latest paper! @leibniz-hki.de

Check out another brand-new publication by our EXIT members Theresa Lange, Bernhard Hube, and Sascha Brunke, together with additional co-authors, on #Candidaalbicans in PLOS Pathogens: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

🎉 We warmly congratulate Dr Alexander Mosig on his new professorship for Alternative Methods to Animal Testing in Infection & Inflammation Research at #JenaUniversityHospital! From Jan 2026, he’ll also join our Cluster to share expertise in #OrganOnChip and infection research.

A great turnout for our latest Microverse Seminar! 🍕🔬 @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social, Junior Group Leader #FungalInformatics, shared fascinating insights in her talk “From Ecology to Genomes: Unraveling Fungal Pathogenicity Across Scales.” Lively discussions and great connections followed!

We proudly present: the 2025 Halloween Lab Pumpkin Carving Edition!!! 😁🥳👻

🎥 New "3 Questions for …" episode! Prof. Miriam Rosenbaum shows how microbes can produce antibiotics, bioplastics, and find balance under stress. Discover how our #ClusterOfExcellence brings interdisciplinary science to life! 🌱🔬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA45...

🍁 Meet our #October #calendar 2025 feature: Zoltán Cseresnyés, imaging specialist at our @appsysbio.bsky.social research group. From 1980s Hungary to super-resolution microscopy at Cambridge, he now helps researchers unlock insights from complex images. 🔬🌌 lmy.de/LsPim #FacesOfScience #LeibnizHKI

📣 I’m excited to share two open positions in my lab @leibniz-hki.de. For this interdisciplinary project with @luziagyr.bsky.social, I’m seeking (1) an enthusiastic PhD student interested in fungal natural product research and genetic engineering, as well as (2) a technical assistant 👇🏻

Thank you so much @mpm-hki.bsky.social for having me - I have enjoyed my first visit to Jena very much

“Pour some sugar on me” — environmental #CandidaAlbicans strains on a sugar diet can evolve enhanced virulence and antifungal resistance. Read our @leibniz-hki.de most recent discovery @plos.org doi.org/10.1371/jour... (1/2)

It's a wrap! Thanks to the organizers at @microbiologysociety.org for this great #Candida2025 conference! 🍄👏😊 And congratulations to our PhD student Myrto who won a prize for her excellent poster presentation! 🥳🎉 @leibniz-hki.de

Hope y'all enjoyed our talks at #Candida2025! Theresa presented yesterday one of her PhD projects about the C. glabrata-macrophage interaction. Tim presented today his work about the antibacterial mechanisms of candidalysin, and Sascha presented Osama's work on C. albicans' lipases. @leibniz-hki.de

At today's poster session at #Candida2025 come and check out Anna's poster #B022! She presents her PhD project about Candida albicans protein kinases and how they affect pathogenicity. @microbiologysociety.org @trr124-funginet.bsky.social @leibniz-hki.de

Don't miss our posters at #Candida2025 today! Myrto presents poster #A12 about dissecting C. albicans isolates using reporter cell lines. Steffi's poster #A6 is about ECE1 in non-albicans Candida species. And Verena presents her multi-reporter cells at poster #A24. @microbiologysociety.org

The #Candida2025 meeting has started! And what a great kick-off with these two keynote speakers: @slg1717.bsky.social introduced her group's work around IL-17 and our boss Bernie presented a great overview about our group's candidalysin research. 🍄🧬🔬 @leibniz-hki.de @microbiologysociety.org

On our way to the #Candida2025 hosted by the @microbiologysociety.org. Looking forward to see you there! 😊🍄

Excieted to see @fungalmeg.bsky.social from #UNSW #Sydney present her groundbreaking work on harnessing the human microbiome to combat #CandidaAlbicans, along with advances in antifungal polymers we at @leibniz-hki.de have had the pleasure to collaborate on in the past!

What a great talk by Megan Lenardon @fungalmeg.bsky.social from the #UNSWSydney! She visited our lab today @leibniz-hki.de and presented her group's work about how to antagonize #Candida albicans infections, either by novel antifungal polymers or via microbiome-based therapeutics. 🦠🧫🔬

Am Beispiel des Hefepilzes Candida albicans zeigen Forschende unter Leitung von @lableibundgut.bsky.social, mit Kollegen von @mpm-hki.bsky.social am @leibniz-hki.de und @pasteur.fr, wie das #Immunsystem auf unterschiedliche Pilzstämme reagiert. #Mikrobiologie #Pilzinfektion

Dose makes the difference! #Candidaalbicans uses the toxin #candidalysin not only to cause infections but also to quietly colonize the mouth – too little fails, too much triggers immune defense. @natmicrobiol.nature.com @mpm-hki.bsky.social picture credits: Erik Böhm, @leibniz-hki.de

#CandidaAlbicans needs the toxin candidalysin to colonize the oral cavity in mice. A new sudy in collaboration with @lableibundgut.bsky.social and @pasteur.fr shows that candidalysin enables the fungus to cross the outer skin layer, resist the immune response, and maintain its niche—(1/2)

🚨New paper out in microLife! We uncover how Candida albicans yeast cells cross intestinal barriers during infection. 📖 Read more: academic.oup.com/microlife/ad...

Paul Mathias Jansen presenting his exciting work comparing environmental and clinical #CandidaAlbicans strains at #DGHM @leibniz-hki.de

Excellent talk! Our Postdoc Steffi Allert presented another part of Tim's @microverse.bsky.social -funded project about the role of ECE1 (the gene that encodes candidalysin) in non-albicans #Candida species. 🧬🍄 Feel free to find her during the coffee break for further questions! @leibniz-hki.de

Well done! Myrto's Master's student Taniya Banerjee presented her work at the #DGHM about infection dynamics of clinical #Candida albicans isolates.🍄😊 @leibniz-hki.de

And another excellent talk at todays #EukaryoticPathogens session at the #DGHM by Myrto Katsipoulaki! 😊 She presented her #LPI -funded project about designing multi-reporter cell lines. 🎆🧬 If you have questions about her work, feel free to ask her during the coffee break! @leibniz-hki.de

Hope y'all enjoyed Tim's talk at the #DGHM as much as we did! He presented his @microverse.bsky.social -funded PhD work on the antibacterial mechanisms of candidalysin. 🦠🍄🧫 He's still around for a chat in case you have questions about his project! 😊 @leibniz-hki.de

Big congrats to Joachim Matz from #BNITM! Joachim, also a consortium member of our EXIT Priority Programme received the #DGHM Sponsorship Award today in Jena. Keep up the great work, Joachim!

🔎 Find us at the 77th #DGHM Meeting in #Jena! Gabriele Pradel, Anja Lührmann, Sandra Reuter, Bärbel Stecher and others are happy to tell you more about our German network for women in infection research! 💜 👩‍🔬@gabrielepradel.bsky.social @sandrareuter.bsky.social @baerboletta.bsky.social

Biophelion, a @leibniz-hki.de spin-off, turns industrial waste into sustainable materials! 🌱♻️ Using a black yeast, they create biodegradable polyesters, pullulan & new eco-friendly surfactants. @sprind-de.bsky.social @tilltiso.bsky.social Pictures: @sprind-de.bsky.social, Tillmann Franzen

🏆 Fighting the Gender Award Gap: Microbiologist Prof Dr Lisa Maier from @unituebingen.bsky.social received the main award of the German Association for #Microbiology and Hygiene at the #DGHM meeting in Jena. Congratulations to @lisamaierlab.bsky.social we are proud of you! 💜 📸 Gabriele Pradel

Excellent talks in this Plenary Session 3 at the #DGHM chaired by our #Postdoc Sascha Brunke! 👏😊 Don't miss out todays #EukaryoticPathogens Session in the afternoon with talks from our PhD candidates! @leibniz-hki.de

And don't forget to join Mathias Jansen's talk on Wednesday! 🍄 He'll present his work as a PhD candidate in the last #EukaryoticPathogen session in the afternoon. 😊

Tomorrow you can listen to an entire session with our talks! 😊 Our Master's student Taniya Banerjee, our PhD candidates Tim Schille and Myrto Katsipoulaki, and our PostDoc Steffi Allert will present their work - so don't miss the #EukaryoticPathogens session tomorrow! 🍄🧫🔬 @leibniz-hki.de

#DGHM2025 started already! Don't miss the talk by our PhD student Anna Möslinger in the #EukaryoticPathogens Session today!

🌍 Today is the #InternationalMicroorganismsDay! On this occasion, we are naming the Microverse #MicrobeoftheYear 2025: Candida albicans. Carried by up to 95% of people, it usually lives harmlessly in our bodies – but can also cause infections. www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/micr...

At this week’s #JEMS, Michael Zimmermann (@zimmermannlab.bsky.social & @embl.org) shared insights on how gut microbiota shape #drugmetabolism and carcinogen toxicity. Fascinating findings on cancer risk, #drugresponse variability, and limits of current models. Thanks for the inspiring talk!

Virusinfektionen sind ja leider oft nur die halbe Miete. Pilze finden geschwächte Körper nämlich auch ganz gut ⬇️ #zombies @leibniz-hki.de#zombies