Dear authors, why do you bloody submit your papers during Christmas? Just hold on and submit in January!! As a reviewer I do not appreciate being asked at this time of the year. I too have a paper to submit but I respect my colleagues and will simply do it in January.

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I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.

The SynBioReactor is the place to be for BioTech Startups! Show us what you’ve got during our Pitching Competition and get the chance to win a fantastic prize that will help move you and your startup forward🚀. Learn more about SBR and apply for our Pitching Competition👇! shorturl.at/2um8W

This photo is sooo funny!!

The Hypersphere has new band members: Stefan and Felix joined Frank and I at the drums and the guitar, respectively. Our first gig is already set! 10.01.2026 in the Schlosskeller in Emmendingen ☺️ We are very excited!

Time to register to this amazing meeting!!!! 😊

JANNIK SINNER IS BACK TO #1 IN THE WORLD AFTER WINNING THE PARIS MASTERS 🥹🥹🥹

He is back to where he deserves to be 💪🏼🥳

I had forgotten to upload the fourth musical abstract! Here it is! It accompanies our paper describing the Int&in web server (intein.biologie.uni-freiburg.de), which we developed to predict active split sites in inteins. Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Hope you enjoy the song, too :)

Feeling a bit of a loser these days 😞 it ain’t a nice feeling.

Watching a beautiful documentary about Jane Goodall. I wish I had seen her in person. Absolutely amazing person!

And soon the judge will have no job anymore…

Third musical abstract! It accompanies our paper describing the iNClusive database, a repository with useful information on non-canonical amino acids and the synthetases and tRNAs needed to perform their incorporation into proteins of interest: L.-S. Icking et al. NAR, 2023 doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Here comes the second musical abstract that accompanies the following paper: Requirements for mammalian promoters to decode transcription factor dynamics E. B. Antwi, Y. Marrakchi, Ö. Cicek, T. Brox, B. Di Ventura Nucleic Acids Research, 2023 doi.org/10.1093/nar/... #creativesciencecommunication

The Hypersphere is looking for a new guitar player and drummer. If you live in Freiburg i.B. or nearby and would like to get involved in this creative endeavour, do contact me! We play mostly own songs with lyrics in English and Italian. Some covers (e.g. Maneskin, Bruno Mars). Style: rock/pop. 🎶🎶

I had uploaded my musical abstracts on Twitter, but since I deleted my account some months ago, I decided to post them again here. We start with the first one: Musical abstract for our paper in Nature Chemical Biology published in 2021: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #sciencecommunication

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Grandissimo 🥳🥳🥳

In the round of 16 at Wimbledon, 3 are Italians. 💪🏼🇮🇹 No other country has that many!

We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know people looking to work on big-scale ambitious science like this, please RT and share this with them. Apply by 7/20, interviews in Aug. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Wie lernt man, eine Geige zu bauen? 🎻 Unsere Alumnae Sarah May und Roxana Willis erforschen mit Lesung, Gespräch, Fotografie und Musik das Handwerk des Geigenbaus. 📅 3. Juli 2025, 19:30 Uhr 📍 Literaturhaus Freiburg www.literaturhaus-freiburg.de?e=gastverans...

Always.

The President of the United States is advocating for arresting the duly-elected Governor of California for his SPEECH He thereafter admitted that the Governor of California had committed NO CRIME—but he still wants him arrested Spend as much time as you need processing what that means for America

I go to bed heartbroken. Jannik should have won today. 😔 Ah, tennis is so mental and today Jannik showed that, under that cover of steel, he is a melting volcano… too bad, but next time champ, next time…

A tutti ‘sti gufoni che stanno facendo di tutto per portare sfiga a Jannik: spero che i vostri sforzi falliscano! FORZA JANNIk!! 💪🏼

On the 25th of June at 14:30 in Darmstadt we are pleased to welcome Georg Fritz as part of our SynBio seminar series with a talk entitled: The rise of a „superbug“: Can a marine microbe solve the world’s plastic problem? Join us if you are interested in #Synbio 🧪

Troppo Italiano! 😂

This is beautiful

Discover the #SyntheticBiology based innovations driving improvements in human health and planetary sustainability! #SynBio26 Join us at the intersection of bioengineering and medical science for sharing, networking and collaboration. 🗓️11-13 March 2026 📎Meeting info: bit.ly/43nlbBW #ALife ⚙️🧫

Bravissimo Lucio Corsi un fantastico quinto posto all’Eurovision Song Contest! 🇮🇹👏🏻 Davvero meritato. Una vera canzone con un gran testo. Vado a letto felice e fiera.

Does anyone have experience with single molecule RNA FISH? If so please DM me! Thanks

Did anyone perform single molecule RNA FISH in mammalian cells? Is it easy to establish as a method? #science #cell_biology #biological_methods

Die #UniversitätFreiburg ist Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für #Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen (#DGHochN). Diese vernetzt Expert*innen für Nachhaltigkeitsthemen über die Grenzen von Organisationen und Statusgruppen hinweg – von Hochschulleitungen bis Studierenden. Mehr dazu: ufr.link/dg-hochn

Great lab great science great city

⏰ Deadline approaching (15 April 2025). Just a few days left for #PostDocs in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Theology & Cultural Studies to apply for our new Young Academy for Cultures and Societies Research (YAC).

Do you want to hear exciting current projects in synbio and biomaterial research? Join us at the Designer Biology meeting 2025! Where: Newcastle UK. When: July 29-31. We have an incredible line-up of speakers! Apply today for a short talk and/or poster! www.efbiotechnology.org/designerbiol...

Finally we see a reaction of people in the US!

Leadership in science was once a closed door for women. Now iGEMers are holding it open and building ladders for others. We're celebrating 10 leaders driving change in their communities, advancing synthetic biology, and mentoring the next generation of innovators. blog.igem.org/blog/2025/3/...

Bluesky is cool but it just doesn’t work. I post something and max one person reacts. In Twitter it was different. Not sure what is the reason..

📣 *Full-time Technical Assistant position* available in my lab -possibility to become permanent. Tasks: support various research projects, help organize the lab. Profile: molecular biology skills, team-oriented, basic German knowledge, fluent English. Apply via email 2me (1 pdf incl. motivation).

Weiter so!!

Exactly my thoughts

There’s no end to the evil …

Excess has become a way of life. Most of the things this civilisation preoccupies itself with are unnecessary, absurd, and in fact, damaging to the well-being of both humans and the planet

Oh except the Russian oligarchs …

Come to Europe!

Apply now! Freiburg Postdoctoral Academy (FPA) offers 10 memberships in the newly launched Young Academy for Cultures and Societies Research. 📌The Good Life – What Makes a Good Society ✅ #Postdocs, 2–6 years after PhD 📆 Oct 2025-Sep 2028 📝 Apply by 15 April #cfa: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...