🔬 We're back! Kicking off 2026 with the 23. Industry Academia Panel: 📅 Jan 15, 2026, 4:00 PM CET 💻 Online via Zoom 🦠 Topic "New class of bacteriophage-based antibacterial solutions" Register: t1p.de/rqk1z Looking forward to seeing you there! 🎉 #Microbiology #PhageTherapy #VAAM #AMR

Just a reminder 🔔 that early bird registration for the VAAM Annual Conference 2026 in Berlin ends 📆January 11 Register soon to save your spot and some money. Hope to see you there!

🔔Deadline 31.12.🔔 🧾 Nominate outstanding microbiologists for the VAAM Awards 2026! 🧪 Research Award for exceptional early-career research 🎓 PhD Awards €2,000 for excellent dissertations Award ceremony at VAAM Annual Conference 2026 Berlin Details: t1p.de/hisqb #Microbiology #VAAM2026 #VAAMAwards

📣 VAAM Young Scientist Network – Upcoming Meeting! Join us 📆Dec 8 ⏲️ 1 pm for our next session: “Industrial Careers: Perspectives and Pathways.” Discover insights into career options beyond academia & hear experiences from young industry professionals 👉 Register here: t1p.de/hmbhw #YoungScientists

Pls share: A postdoctoral research position is available in the group of Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany focusing on SRBs (www.bio.lmu.de/en/research/...)

De-DUFing the DUFs 🧩 @franznarberhaus.bsky.social lab uncovers how small DUF1127 proteins regulate #phosphate uptake by binding the sensor kinase PhoR. Their conserved role from Agrobacterium to E. coli highlights how even small DUFs can shape bacterial physiology 🦠 buff.ly/jJd9Eho

⏳ Only 3 weeks left to submit your abstract for #VAAM2026 Annual Conference🎤👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 in Berlin ! ⏱️Abstract deadline: 7th November 🎓 Student members: Apply for travel grants until 7th November! 📌 t1p.de/7fgc4 Do not miss your chance and apply today!🏃🏃‍♀️ #VAAM2026 #microbiology #AnnualConference

🚀Grow your microbiology career – join VAAMentoring🌟 We connect early-career researchers 👨‍🔬with experienced microbiologists in 1:1 tandems👬 To get personalized guidance and build your network apply until 📆31.10.! Learn more: t1p.de/8yrt #CareerinMicrobiology #VAAMentoring #Microbiology

Yesterday, our #ResearchCareers team gave an online presentation on DFG funding in the Walter Benjamin Programme. If you missed it, don't worry. We have a film about funded researchers and general information on this programme available: www.dfg.de/walter_benja... youtu.be/wLe8xCMSpLA?...

Please RT: We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“. www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/... Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details. @spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

The summer break is over - we´re back! 🚀21st VAAM Industry-Academia Panel 📆Sept 18, 4 pm CEST, online Topic "In Vitro Microbiome Models" 🎤Michael Schloter, TU Munich & Pabitra Nandy, Acaryon Berlin 👉Don’t miss it – register now: t1p.de/6zzes #VAAM #microbiology #microbiome #industry #academia

There is still some time left to apply for these two Group Leader positions in Plant Biology and Microbe-Plant Interactions. Spread the word, apply & become our colleague @johninnescentre.bsky.social

A little gem here from Martin Schwartz, PhD the Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Cell Biology at Yale University Felt good to read and share and I predict you just might have the same experience

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

Unser Botanischer Garten ist Heimat vieler außergewöhnlicher Pflanzen: von prachtvollen Dahlien (das Bild zeigt sie in den 1980ern) bis zur Leberwurstblume und dem Trompetenbaum. Ab sofort könnt ihr Patenschaften für 60 verschiedene Pflanzen übernehmen. 👉️ https://www.bogafreundeskreis.de/patenshop

🚀 Join us for our 20. (!) 🌟 VAAM Industry-Academia Panel on "Synthetic Microbiology Driven Drug Discovery" We're excited to welcome: 🎤 Steven Schmitt - Myria Biosciences AG, Basel 🎤 Helge Bode - @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social, Marburg 📅 Thu July 17th, 4 PM CEST 📝 Register here: t1p.de/rqk1z

#Prospects PhDs & postdocs of all disciplines note: Would you like to lead an independent junior research group? In our online talk you will get first-hand information about the aims and requirements of the DFG Emmy Noether Programme and more. Link to the meeting will be published here: fcld.ly/enp

Millionenförderung für unsere Exzellenzcluster! 🎉 Wir gratulieren den Forschenden der Cluster CASA und @solvationsci.bsky.social zu ihrem verdienten Erfolg.

The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3

Aktuell kommt es zu Netzausfällen an der RUB. Sobald uns weitere Informationen vorliegen, werden wir dazu im Newsportal informieren. 👇

Job alert 🦠🧪: We are looking for a postdoc (and PhD candidate!) to join our team at UCLouvain/de Duve institute in Brussels, Belgium. You will work on our ERC Starting Grant project aimed at characterizing cell cycle regulation in S. pneumoniae. More information here: dewachterlab.com/join-us/.

*** Only a few days left to apply *** Postdoc position at the University of Marburg (Germany), funded within our ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH" Spatiotemporal regulation of cellular processes by CTP-switches in bacteria Apply by 04 May: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/2...

Why is the DFG asking me to provide a review? Our Head Office invites suitably qualified and renowned national and international experts to review proposals submitted on specific research topics. We have compiled key reasons and practical information: www.dfg.de/en/research-...

Excited to share this major paper spearheaded by Janka J. Schmidt; a great team effort by four groups of our Research Training Group MiCon funded by the DFG: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40193708/

Registration is open, look forward to seeing you! microbialrnameeting.com

Over the moon 3 days, 12 plenaries, 170 short talks, 350 posters and a fabulous mixer later. Microbes and microbiologists are fun 🤩

Excited to host 900 microbiologists in Bochum

Congratulations to Luitpold Fried, winner of the 2025 VAAM Innovation Award✨🥇! At Bind-X GmbH, Fried´s team optimized microbial calcite production for mining, road construction, and agriculture - reducing CO2 emissions and water usage by up to 90%. 🔗https://t1p.de/qe1zk #VAAM2025 #VAAMAward

We are ready to go to Bochum for the VAAM Annual Conference starting on Sunday and looking forward to seeing you soon🤩!Have a good trip to Bochum - and note the construction word at Bochum main station 🛤️. vaam-kongress.de #VAAM2025 #microbiology

Congratulations ✨🎉to Dr Kathrin Froehlich, Jena on the VAAM Research Award 2025!🏆 Her work on regulatory RNA molecules in bacteria shows how microbes use RNA to adapt to their environment and makes it possible to better understand and combat pathogens. t1p.de/2ghut #VAAM2025

The countdown for #VAAM2025 has started, just one week to go! Looking forward to see you in Bochum soon! ➡️ Check all details here: vaam-kongress.de

Just two weeks until #VAAM2025 🦠🤩 Meet us at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth 👋 or at the following posters and talks 👩‍🏫: Poster P-CM-103 (Monday): #BacDive Poster P-MDE-143 (Monday): #LPSN Poster P-OT-346 (Tuesday): #SILVA Presentation (Monday lunch symposium): #StrainInfo

In addition to the inspiring main program #VAAM2025 Annual Conference offers a variety of special events: ➡️ VAAM Young Scientist Network ⏰ Monday 24.3., 12:30–14:00 Check all details in the program: 🔗https://t1p.de/4pz17 #VAAM #AnnualConference2025 #Microbiology

DFG gibt Impulse für die 21. Legislaturperiode und benennt 10 Handlungsfelder für die zentralen wissenschaftspolitischen Weichenstellungen, um die erkenntnisgeleitete Forschung wettbewerbsfähiger auch im internationalen Raum aufzustellen. 1/2 Kernthemen im Überblick 🔽 www.dfg.de/de/service/p...

#VAAM2025 is just around the corner😍 Get ready for insightful presentations, special events, VAAM awards, networking opportunities & join us in #Bochum 💡 Secure your spot early & enjoy a quick check-in on-site with your personal QR code to dive straight into the congress! 🔗 vaam-kongress.de

📢Save the Date📢 17. VAAM Industry-Academia Panel on "Enzymes Tailored to Fit: From Nature to Industrial Application" 📅 Thursday, Feb 20 ⏰ 4 PM, online Register free to get valuable insights from our expert speakers 🖊️https://t1p.de/rqk1z Open also to non-VAAM members

REMINDER VAAM Industry-Academia Panel (IAP) 📅 Thu, Feb 20⏰ 4:00 PM 💻 Online (Zoom) Topic: "Enzymes tailored to fit - from nature to industrial application" Registration link🔗 t1p.de/6zzes

#ECR aufgepasst! 📅 Unter dem Motto #PROSPECTS informiert unser Team #Karriereförderung regelmäßig über die verschiedenen Fördermöglichkeiten bei der #DFG. Nächste Woche starten die Talks 2025. In der ersten Jahreshälfte haben wir folgende Termine. Mehr Infos und Zugang: www.dfg.de/de/foerderun...

New round of the Lise Meitner Excellence Program for tenure track group leaders in @maxplanck.de institutes opened today -- please consider applying! The program aims to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. Because diversity increases excellence! www.mpg.de/lise-meitner...

Molecular Microbiology (Wiley) is now on BlueSky! We have 9 academic editors including four on BlueSky: @johnhelmann.bsky.social (EIC) @kimingeneva.bsky.social @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social @neil-gow.bsky.social and... Jim Imlay Steve Harris Natacha Ruiz Ute Romling Jacomine Locker