New online! Licence to knockdown — the phage gene silencer

🧬 EMERGENCY SWITCH! 🤯 Bacteria adapt their metabolism to famine in seconds. @uni-jena.de researchers found that 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘴 use two RNA molecules as molecular switches. An 'RNA sponge' kicks in to ensure survival.

Are you interested in studying RNA phages? We are looking for a PhD student and a postdoc to join the lab! For more information and how to apply, see below 👇 Please RT!

I'm really happy to have been granted an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant! We'll study the molecular principles of RNA phages—from infection to replication to bacterial immunity. Interested in joining? Feel free to reach out! Formal job ads to follow. More info here: tinyurl.com/RIBO-PHAGE #ERCStG

Hi there! We are lookig for a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral researcher to join our dynamic team starting in 2026. Please see the call for more details! Come on join us! It will be fun! :)

Upregulation of the AcrAB2NodT efflux pump confers antibiotic resistance at the cost of collateral metal sensitivity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.17.665315v1

Hello! Ever wonder what's "talking to" your favorite transcript, but were too scared to ask? In our review in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social, @mardakheh.bsky.social and I highlight new RNA-focused tools for discovering RNA interactions across organizational scales. Checkit! tinyurl.com/ydn6e3ac

Fresh in @NatureBiotech! We developed a synthetic biology tool for tracking gene transfer in microbial communities and applied it to study plasmid hosts in a wastewater microbiome. Awesome collab with James Chappell & @joffsilberg.bsky.social and incredible students. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm happy to share the first publication from my lab @hoerlab.bsky.social, now out in @narjournal.bsky.social! I take a look at the biology of RNA phages, focusing on how meta-omics methods are discovering new RNA phage families and bacterial defense strategies. #PhageSky doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Excited to share our new preprint on an RNA sponge counteracting sibling sRNAs in Caulobacter! Laura Vogt and @mvelascogomariz.bsky.social used RILseq, RNA biochemistry and great commitment to work out this story! www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

Microbiologist Dr Kathrin Fröhlich from the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse" at #UniJena will receive the research prize of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) for her work on regulatory RNA in bacteria. Congratulations! 🥳 ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/304590/re...

Base-modified nucleotides mediate immune signaling in bacteria www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs

RNA virus ecogenomics along a subarctic permafrost thaw gradient https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.13.637936v1

Let's all welcome our new postdoc, @mvelascogomariz.bsky.social, to the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg and @jenshoer.bsky.social's lab! 👋 We wish you a fantastic start and an amazing time here, Manuel! 🎉 www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/newsroom/...

Hello community! In my first post on Bluesky I would love to share with you the latest publication from my PhD at @uni-jena.de ! We generated a system to screen for the activity of sRNAs in Caulobacter and described the role of AbnZ in the post-transcriptional regulation of the TAM system.