🎥 New feature on “Balance of the Microverse” by JenaTV! Our PI & Executive Board member Prof. Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum explains why microbial communities matter – and you’ll also get a look at our new Microverse building. 👉 www.jenatv.de/mediathek/81...

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

This is part of a larger call for the newly re-funded Excellence cluster Balance of the Microverse @microverse.bsky.social. In total there are 15 positions available: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo...

We're organizing a new CARTA symposium this November 7 on "Ancient DNA: New Revelations"! We have an amazing lineup of speakers who will showcase the biggest discoveries in ancient DNA over the past 5 years - and offer a sneak peek of what's next. Mark your calendars and don't miss it!

55 students got the Wübben Science Foundation Student Grant! 🎓 Among them: Samira Quanz & Emily Reichel from our #ClusterOfExcellence. 🦠🔬 Read more about their research: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/two-... @w-s-w.org @uni-jena.de #Microverse #StudentGrant #FutureScientists

🌍 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...

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob PhD position: Signal Detection and Modification in Algal-Bacterial Interactions In Excellence Cluster @microverse.bsky.social at @uni-jena.de Start: 1 January 2026 Deadline: 5 October 2025 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

💧🌊 What happens when freshwater bacteria meet their salty counterparts? Our new preprint explores the ecological factors driving community coalescence 👉https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675091v1 @bedutilh.bsky.social @microverse.bsky.social

On #WorldSepsisDay, Michael Bauer from Jena University Hospital shares how microbiome research at our #ClusterOfExcellence could change the way we understand and treat #sepsis. Watch the latest "3 Questions for..." clip! #MicrobiomeResearch www.youtube.com/watch?v=auG7... @lifeprofile.bsky.social

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!

🚴‍♀️ On Sept 12, the Sepsis Awareness Tour 2025 stops in Jena! Led by the Center for Sepsis Control & Care (CSCC), experts share how early detection saves lives. Join us at Teichgraben, 2 p.m. #WorldSepsisDay #SepsisAwareness #Jena

Submit a poster and present your research at the NFDI4Microbiota Conference in Cologne (30 Sept – 2 Oct 2025). The poster session offers a space for exchange between wet-lab scientists and bioinformaticians. Deadline: 11 September. Participation is free. Register here: events.hifis.net/eve...

Be a leader in chemistry! 🏆 ⚗️ It is already possible today to store your research data FAIR. Do you want to lead the way? Then apply with your FAIR data set for the #FAIR4Chem Award 2026 and a 500 euro prize! 💰 https://bit.ly/3sCGoct ##chemistry #FAIR

We’re hiring! 🚀 Join us and work with Prof. Rosalind Allen on modeling microbial community dynamics. 📍 Jena, Germany 🎓 PhD or Postdoc position 🗓️ Start: Dec 2025 Apply here 👉 jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/f... #Microverse #Jena #PhD #Postdoc #MicrobialEcology

Just a few more days to apply! ⏰

The NFDI4Microbiota Conference takes place 30 Sept – 2 Oct 2025 at ZB MED, Cologne.💡 Motto: “From Lab to Publication – Bridging the Gap with Best Practices” | Free registration open until 31 August: events.hifis.net/eve... | Ambassadors receive travel & hotel reimbursement: nfdi4microbiota.de/c...

We have a new article out in Cell! Learn more about plague in prehistoric livestock: "Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage" www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Happy Birthday, Goethe! 🌿 Though he never saw microbes under a microscope, his holistic view of nature still inspires us today. At the #Microverse, we explore how microbial worlds shape life’s balance – just as Goethe imagined nature as one interconnected whole. Illustration: AI-generated

Meet us at #GAIN25 in #Boston, Aug 29–31! Discover career paths in Germany with Balance of the Microverse, @uni-jena.de. Connect with 80+ institutions & explore opportunities for your research career!

🌊 In June 2025, Prof. Christian Jogler and his team dove into Corsica’s seagrass meadows to explore unseen microbial worlds. Samples collected by scientists & divers are now cultivated at @uni-jena.de — tiny discoveries that may unlock novel bacteria and future natural products.

🌟 The @jsmc-info.bsky.social Summer School 2025 ended with an inspiring celebration at the Planetarium Jena! 2 weeks, 13 nations, microbial research & new friendships. Thanks to all participants, organizers & awardees who made this journey unforgettable! 🌍✨ #JSMC #ScienceCommunity

🔬 In our new “3 Questions for…” episode, junior group leader @mlakemeyer.bsky.social reveals how chemical biology tools help decode microbial interactions & gut microbiota’s role in health & disease – and how this could inspire new therapies. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS54... @uni-jena.de

Aspergillus fumigatus reference strain Af293 carries a mycovirus that boosts heat+oxidative stress resistance and infection fitness. 😲💥 I encourage you to check out Neta's thread and I'm delighted my group could play a small role in this exciting study!!

Infect-Net Netzwerktreffen No 6️⃣!!! Prof. Dr. Bettina Löffler lädt Infektionsforscherinnen zu unserem 6. Netzwerktreffen nach Jena ein. Direkt im Anschluss an die Jahrestagung der #DGHM. 📅 24.-25.09.2025 📍 Jena, Germany 🧬 #Sequenzierung und #Diagnostik #InfectNet 👉 www.infectnet.org/web/blog-pos...

New article in the Harvard Gazette about how we’re persevering despite funding cuts news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Prof. Dr. Simon Alberti from the ‪@tudresden.bsky.social will speak on August 15th about “Biomolecular condensates: molecular insights and implications for disease” at the @leibnizfli.bsky.social. ➡️ More information: lnkd.in/eyCFPUn6

I'll be presenting our research on ancient food fermentations at the upcoming Stanford Fermented Food Conference on September 4-5, 2025. Join us to learn more about our recent findings on Roman wine and ancient Himalayan beer! There will be yeast and LAB genomes! med.stanford.edu/nutrition/ev...

Is there a 4th domain of life? 🧬 Prof. Christian Jogler from our #ClusterOfExcellence at @uni-jena.de searching for microbial lifeforms bridging pro- & eukaryotes. 🚀 Backed by €1.4M from @volkswagenstiftung.de, the quest for the origin of life begins today: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/in-s...

New PhD position @uni-jena.de and at our #ClusterOfExcellence! Join @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social's group to study #ClimateChange & #FungalPathogens. Interdisciplinary training, vibrant research network & great working conditions. Apply by Aug 31: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/a... @uni-jena.de

🔬 Microbiome, gut & health – science meets practice! Join the DGMIM Annual Meeting 2025, Oct 17–18 in Freising. 🎓 Young researchers: Apply now for travel grants! 🎟️ Register here: www.dgmim.de/veranstaltun... #Microbiome #GutHealth #DGMIM2025 #ScienceMeetsPractice

“What is feeding surface life?” 🌍 and “Are the microbes all alive?” 🦠 — Kirsten Küsel (@kuesellab.bsky.social & @uni-jena.de) sparked deep curiosity at the #MicrobialDiversity Symposium at @mblscience.bsky.social. A powerful talk on unseen life in groundwater & its global impact. #MBL2025

🎉 Roos Brouns (@bedutilh.bsky.social's #VEO-Group & @uni-jena.de) & Vikrant Minhas (mentee @kuesellab.bsky.social) won the ISME poster award at the AEM Gordon Conference! A great example of cross-institutional #excellence in microbial ecology. 👏 #Microbiology #ISME #AEMGordon #EarlyCareerResearchers

💡 New infection strategy in #Candida albicans discovered: human #albumin reprograms its metabolism, turning harmless strains pathogenic – without the need of hyphae or toxins. #LeibnizHKI 🗞️ lmy.de/mthFi 🧪 rdcu.be/exl7d @markgresnigt.bsky.social @aps-hki.bsky.social @dfg.de @microverse.bsky.social

🎓 Published a top paper in the past year? As a doctoral researcher or postdoc @uni-jena.de , you could be nominated for the €2,000 Siegfried Czapski Publication Prize! 🧬🌟 Celebrate excellence at the LIGHT–LIFE interface. 🗓 Apply by 31 July: apply2.uni-jena.de/acefa #JenaAlliance #ResearchPrize

🌟 Celebrating community at the Microverse Get-Together! Big thanks to Kirsten Küsel (@kuesellab.bsky.social) & @mlakemeyer.bsky.social for inspiring us. Proud of our amazing team spirit! Looking forward to more great moments together 🚀 #MicroverseCommunity #ThankYou

🎥 Meet Dr. Johannes Zimmermann, Junior Group Leader at our Cluster. His team explores microbial metabolic interactions and life history traits. Discover how innovative models help decode microbial functions in our latest video. #MicroverseVoices #MicrobiomeResearch www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQv...

Yesterday, Judith Behnsen from the University of Illinois & Chicago visited our lab @leibniz-hki.de and gave an amazing talk in the @microverse.bsky.social seminar. She presented her group's work about Salmonella exploiting Candida albicans' presence in the gut.🦠🍄 👉Her paper: doi.org/10.1101/2024...

#MDRWISSEN feature explores how our researchers at @leibniz-hki.de are reviving #AncientDNA 🧬of microbes from Neanderthal teeth to discover new compounds, possibly even new #antibiotics! Read and listen the german article 👉 lmy.de/rMRxk @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de #WernerSiemensStiftung

The bacterium Acetivibrio thermocellus can break down cellulose and uses a yellow pigment to do so, the molecular structure of which has now been decoded within our Cluster of Excellence @microverse.bsky.social. It was also found that it has antibiotic effects. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/326150/pigme...

🥳 🥳 Celebrating World Microbiome Day with this year’s theme: “Microbiome 101: What You Need to Know.” A balanced microbiome is key to our overall health, but there’s still much to learn. Stay curious and keep your microbiome balanced! #Microbes4Life #MicrobiomeDay

New publications from the Microverse! - Exciting results.

@christinawarinner.bsky.social, PI in our Cluster, speaks in Science on the abrupt cancellation of U.S. archaeology grants. Her Maya DNA project was among those cut. What’s at stake? The future of a field. 🔗 www.science.org/content/arti...

🎉 Congrats to Uwe Hoßfeld (@uni-jena.de), Associated Investigator in our #MicroverseCluster, on receiving the Caspar Friedrich Wolff Medal for his 600-page work on Gregor Mendel’s legacy—blending genetics, science history & education. 🧬📚 Awarded in Prague by the DGGTB. 👏 🔖http://bit.ly/4nfsuob

Important insights from our Microverse PI @christinawarinner.bsky.social on the implications of a proposed U.S. government move to ban Harvard from admitting international students. What would this mean for science and research in the US? Listen to the interview on @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy.

Dental calculus is such a treasure trove! www.science.org/content/arti...

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

Only two weeks left to apply for a Flash Talk at the 5th Virtual @chembiotalks.bsky.social! If you are a PhD or postdoc and want a chance to present to a global #ChemBio audience, make sure to check out our abstract challenge: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

The #NFDI4Microbiota Flex Funds Call 2026 opens June 16! Support for infrastructure, workflows, training & more in microbiology. Deadline: Aug 11. Details: nfdi4microbiota.de/n...#NFDI4Microbiota#OpenScience #FAIRdata