🎥 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...

🌟 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

@gilbertjacka.bsky.social does a karaoke version of Microbe Microbe with @lhug.bsky.social and @kuesellab.bsky.social and the 2025 AEM GRC group meet the challenge?

“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

🎓 After 12 years of collaboration, CRC AquaDiva concluded on June 30, 2025. What began as an ambitious vision grew into a vibrant community of researchers, partners, and supporters across disciplines and borders - Thank you everyone! #ResearchLegacy #CriticalZoneResearch 🔗 www.aquadiva.uni-jena.de

Two of our researchers are in Helsinki this week for the Ecology of Soil Microorganisms conference — presenting their work and connecting with the global soil microbiology community. Have a great time and thank you @esmmicrobes.bsky.social‬! 🌱🦠✨ #SoilEcology #MicrobialEcology

It was a wonderful day. Thank you AquaDiva! 💙

We’re absolutely thrilled as well – heartfelt congratulations! 💙 What a fantastic achievement, driven by passion, collaboration, and vision!

Congrats to Prof. Dr. Kirsten Küsel on being elected to the @leopoldina.org ! A strong voice in microbial ecology and driving force behind the Microverse Cluster—honored for her interdisciplinary research for the benefit of man and nature. 👏🔬 @kuesellab.bsky.social

🔬 We're hiring! Join the Aquatic Geomicrobiology group as a Postdoc to study vampiristic CPR bacteria and their host interactions using -omics and cryo-TEM. Uncover secrets of microbial parasitism! 📍Jena | 🗓️ Apply by May 22, 2025 🔗 www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo... @kuesellab.bsky.social

Our group leader is currently on a research sabbatical and recently visited the Kostka Lab in Atlanta, Georgia. Together, they went on a sampling trip to Sapelo Island — a unique coastal site and long-term hub for ecological field research 🧪🌊🌿

💙 Thrilled to join Bluesky! 🌟 Follow us for the latest news, updates, research highlights, publications, events, and more. Looking forward to connecting!