SFB 1361 member - Dr Andriana Kotini - will present a poster at "The Evil Within: Regulation and Repair of Endogenous DNA Damage" (IMB Mainz, 10-13 March 2026)👩‍🏫 Join us to connect, discuss and collaborate! Details & registration: www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026 #SFB1361 #IMBMainz #ISC26DNArepair

SFB 1361 member - Dr Natalie Schindler (@scientistwithheart.bsky.social) - shares a preview of her short talk at our upcoming conference 👩‍🏫 Dive into details at @imbmainz.bsky.social in Mainz this 10-13 March 2026! Register now: www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026 #SFB1361 #IMBMainz #ISC26DNArepair

Preprint alert!!📑 We're happy to share a new preprint from our associated member, Dr Maximilian Reuter (@reuterlm.bsky.social), on "Mechanisms of MCM2-7 helicase activation and initial DNA melting at near base-pair resolution"  🔎Read more here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

SFB 1361 member - Dr Carolin Wagner - will present a short talk at our upcoming conference 👩‍🏫 Don't miss out and come join her at @imbmainz.bsky.social! Registration closes 02 Feb → www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026 #SFB1361 #IMBMainz #ISC26DNArepair

Our speaker - Prof. Helle Ulrich - invites fresh perspectives on DNA repair & genome stability. 🧬 Continue the conversation at our conference "The Evil Within: Regulation and Repair of Endogenous DNA Damage." (IMB Mainz, 10–13 Mar 2026). Register → www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026

Loving @drewberry.bsky.social's beautiful animation of DNA break repair by HR - featuring the MRN complex architecture and function inspired by the research from @hopfnerlab.bsky.social! Dive into the science behind it🧬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Publication alert!! 📃 Congratulations to the @hopfnerlab.bsky.social on the great work! 🔎Read the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢Abstract deadline extended to Mon, 15 Dec, 23:59 CET! Good news! You now have a few more days to submit your abstract to present a short talk or poster at the IMB & SFB 1361 conference. 📑Find more info here: sfb1361.de/dnarepaircon... #ISC26DNArepair #SFB1361 #IMBMainz

Don't forget - Early Bird Registration and Abstract Submission closes on 1 December. Register now via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026 We can’t wait to see you in March! #ISC26DNArepair #SFB1361

📃Just published: new joint #SFB1361 publication by the Luke and Ulrich labs! The article focuses on how Rad53 regulates RNase H1, which promotes DNA replication through sites of transcription-replication conflict. 🔎Find out more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We are excited to share that our #SFB1361 alumni, Dr Gabriel M. C. Longo, received a Walter Benjamin Fellowship to support his postdoctoral research in the Kleinstiver lab at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Congratulations! 🎉🎉

📃Publication alert!! Congrats to the Krämer lab on their new publication: "Identification of a Proteolysis-Targeting-Chimera that Addresses Activated Checkpoint Kinase-1 Reveals its Non-Catalytic Functions in Tumor Cells" 🔎Read more about it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We’re excited to have Lorraine Symington and Stephen West as our keynote speakers - covering how cells repair DSBs during replication and how chromosomes are rebuilt via HR. IMB & SFB 1361 Conference, 10–13 March 2026. Registration is live! #ISC26DNArepair #IMBMainz

New publication!! 📑 Congrats to the Ulrich and @hopfnerlab.bsky.social labs on their latest work exploring how the INO80 chromatin remodeller facilitates DNA damage bypass via postreplicative gap repair. 🔎Read the paper here: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/s44318-025-00580-4

Registration is open! Join us at IMB Mainz from 10–13 March 2026 for the 2nd International IMB & SFB 1361 Conference on "The Evil Within: Regulation and Repair of Endogenous DNA Damage". Don't miss this conference and register now via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026 #ISC26DNArepair #IMBMainz

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the unexpected passing of our dear colleague and associated member Dr Nard Kubben last week. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and all those who had the privilege of knowing him.

Publication alert!!📑 Congratulations to the @hopfnerlab.bsky.social, @yilanfan.bsky.social and @filizkuybu.bsky.social on the great work! Read about it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Yesterday’s full-day workshop co-organised with @imbmainz.bsky.social focused on building a strategic approach to research funding for postdocs. We’re proud to stand behind our postdocs as they shape the future of research! #PAWde #PostdocAppreciationWeek2025 #IMBMainz

📃Just published: new #SFB1361 publication by the Krämer and Christmann labs! The article focuses on how the deacetylases HDAC1/HDAC2 control JAK2V617F-STAT signaling through the ubiquitin ligase SIAH2. Find out more here: 🔎 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We’re excited to welcome Susanne Gerber from the University Medical Center Mainz as an associated member of the #SFB1361! 🎉 Her expertise in bioinformatics and cutting-edge nanopore sequencing protocols will advance genomic and epigenomic research within our network.

We‘re proud to share that our #SFB1361 PhD student, Yilan Fan from the @hopfnerlab.bsky.social, has been awarded a poster prize at the CNIO-CaixaResearch Frontiers Meeting “Machines on DNA and RNA: A Molecular Mechanistic Perspective“ held on 28-30 May 2025 in Madrid, Spain. Congrats! 🎉

Last week our #SFB1361 members gathered in Würzburg to discuss and plan for the 3rd funding period. This 3-day retreat led to many fruitful discussions and fresh ideas! Now its time to put these ideas to work! 🔬⚗️🧬 #scientificretreat #planning #DNArepair

The 2nd Life Sciences Postdoc Symposium in Mainz is happening this week! Registration is still open! www.imb.de/seminars-mee... #postdoc #postdoclife

Our members came from Mainz, Frankfurt, Darmstadt, and Munich to Würzburg for this retreat to discuss, network, and plan for the next years. We also took the opportunity to visit the Würzburg Residence and immerse ourselves in the art, culture, and history! #würzburg #SFB1361 #retreat

Poster presentations, discussions, and networking. Of course, our PhDs and Postdocs are also very much involved in this retreat. #SFB1361 #DNArepair #scientificretreat

Our #SFB1361 is away on #retreat from today until Wednesday! Starting off the day with most of us travelling by train to Würzburg and plenty of project updates in the afternoon! Excited to plan for the next years and the next funding period! #ecofriendly #worktravel #dnarepair

Cheers to a successful #PintofScience in Mainz! 🎉🎉 We're proud to have supported this effort and that our associated member presented her science in an interesting way to the public! Also a round of applause to all other presenters 👏👏 #pint25de #sciencecommunication

On next Wednesday (21 May), our associated member, Siyao Wang will talk on how the damage on the #DNA of fathers affects the children as part of the Pint of Science 2025 events! Buy your tickets now! www.pintofscience.de/events/mainz #pint25de 🥳

Are you interested in what goes on in the minds of scientists in Mainz? Here's your chance to listen to exciting talks on physics, stress, genetics and more in a relaxed atmosphere and chat with the scientists. Get your tickets now! www.pintofscience.de/events/mainz #pint25de #Mainz #scicomm

(1/2) Have you thought about using AI Assistants? How and where can these tools help us? Our researchers were surely excited to explore! We jointly organised a 2-day workshop on "Using AI Assistants to Increase Productivity" to provide the initial stepping stones to use these tools. #training #AI

Our RMU Master Module on DNA Repair & Genome Stability starts today with the first lecture from Prof Brian Luke! #SFB1361 #DNArepair #RMU

Pre-print alert from @hopfnerlab.bsky.social! Great job! Read more about it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #DNArepair #SFB1361

(1/3) In conjunction with International Women’s Day, we organised a day of training and experience sharing tailored for our fantastic female PhDs and Postdocs. It was a pleasure to co-organise this event with @4r-rtg.bsky.social, GenEvo, and @sfb1551.bsky.social. #IWD2025 #Workshop #CareerPanel

Publication alert! An interesting review on RNA damage coming from the lab of @jstingele.bsky.social! Read the review here: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Read an interview on the article from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social (LMU Munich) here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

Happy International Women's Day! Today we celebrate the achievement of women everywhere and the progress made towards equality! Let's stay committed on this path and #AccelerateAction towards #genderequality! #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay

Less than a month left to apply to the International PhD programme! Looking to develop a scientific career in #DNArepair, #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology? Apply now join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍

📢 Save the Date! - Join us for the IMB & SFB 1361 Conference – The Evil Within: Regulation and Repair of Endogenous DNA Damage! 📅 Date: 10-13 March 2026 More infos via www.sfb1361.de/dnarepairconf2026

To foster connections and spark new ideas, delegates of the Korea-EU Collaboration Research Project visited IMB last week. We hosted a symposium where group leaders from IMB, @sfb1361.bsky.social and #UNIST came together to discuss, network and explore future collaborations.

It is the "International Day of Women and Girls in Science"! We celebrate the recent achievements and successes of our SFB 1361 female PIs! Speaker - Helle Ulrich Member - Sandra Schick Assoc. member - Siyao Wang Find out more: www.sfb1361.de/about/news #WomenInScience #STEM #SFB1361

We are very happy to jointly host with @imbmainz.bsky.social our new collaborators coming from UNIST, Ulsan, Korea. Today and tomorrow we will have a symposium at IMB to kick off this collaboration! #science #dnarepair #SFB1361

First post on Bluesky and first event to start off 2025! Thank you to Prof. Mita Banerjee for the interesting talk on "The Beauty of Old Cells" and showing us the connection between science, language, and culture. Wonderful to co-organise it with @sfb1551.bsky.social SFB1552, 4R, and GenEvo.