📖 Perfect weekend reading for fungal fans! 😉 Our @mpm-hki.bsky.social colleagues uncover how #CandidaAlbicans manages to invade tissue as hyphae but spread as yeast. Published in @femsjournals.bsky.social. 🧑🏻‍🔬: @jlspragu.bsky.social

🎉 #LeibnizHKI has again been honored with the TOTAL E-QUALITY rating for our equal-opportunities personnel policy – for the 5th time in a row! This year, we also received the Sustainability Prize 2025 for our long-term commitment to equality, diversity & inclusion. 🗞️✨ lmy.de/zVSiL #TotalEquality

📣 I’m excited to share two open positions in my lab @leibniz-hki.de. For this interdisciplinary project with @luziagyr.bsky.social, I’m seeking (1) an enthusiastic PhD student interested in fungal natural product research and genetic engineering, as well as (2) a technical assistant 👇🏻

🍁 Meet our #October #calendar 2025 feature: Zoltán Cseresnyés, imaging specialist at our @appsysbio.bsky.social research group. From 1980s Hungary to super-resolution microscopy at Cambridge, he now helps researchers unlock insights from complex images. 🔬🌌 lmy.de/LsPim #FacesOfScience #LeibnizHKI

Over the past two days, @leibniz-hki.de has hosted the Junior Groups in Infection Research Annual Meeting. We talked a lot about collaborations, the future of infection research and enjoyed dinner at the Botanical Garden @uni-jena.de. #bmftr #infection #research #science

🏆The @leibniz-hki.de receives the Thuringian Animal Welfare Award 2025! An innovative lung model reduces animal testing in infection research by up to 90%. Science and animal welfare go hand in hand🤝 #AnimalWelfare #Research @soziales.thueringen.de Picture Credits: TMSGAF; Delf Zeh

Dose makes the difference! #Candidaalbicans uses the toxin #candidalysin not only to cause infections but also to quietly colonize the mouth – too little fails, too much triggers immune defense. @natmicrobiol.nature.com @mpm-hki.bsky.social picture credits: Erik Böhm, @leibniz-hki.de

🍄 #Psilocybe & #Inocybe magic mushrooms use completely different enzymes to make #psilocybin as a team from @leibniz-hki.de and @uni-jena.de have discovered. 🗞️ Press release: shorturl.at/imyW2 🔎 Original paper: doi.org/10.1002/anie... @angewandtechemie.bsky.social @microverse.bsky.social @dfg.de

Biophelion, a @leibniz-hki.de spin-off, turns industrial waste into sustainable materials! 🌱♻️ Using a black yeast, they create biodegradable polyesters, pullulan & new eco-friendly surfactants. @sprind-de.bsky.social @tilltiso.bsky.social Pictures: @sprind-de.bsky.social, Tillmann Franzen

Meet our #September feature Hannah Büttner in this year’s #calendar 2025! 👩🏻‍🔬 She explored fungal-bacterial symbiosis, loves both music & art, and carries science in her bag wherever she goes. 🎒🏜️ Read her interview here: lmy.de/FUIJC 🎙️ #FacesOfScience #LeibnizHKI

🌍 Today is the #InternationalMicroorganismsDay! On this occasion, we are naming the Microverse #MicrobeoftheYear 2025: Candida albicans. Carried by up to 95% of people, it usually lives harmlessly in our bodies – but can also cause infections. www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/micr...

Virusinfektionen sind ja leider oft nur die halbe Miete. Pilze finden geschwächte Körper nämlich auch ganz gut ⬇️ #zombies @leibniz-hki.de#zombies

A little more than 2 weeks to apply for a Postdoc position in our lab @leibniz-hki.de 👇🏻

We’re accelerating antiinfective discovery with #ISMEA! This automated system powers high-throughput screening via #JenXplor, enabling efficient, error-free handling of substances and boosting research with ML-driven predictions. ➡️ lmy.de/Hyqtb

🌱 “Researching and working in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way is both a #process and a #challenge. We are happy to take on these tasks, as they make a lasting contribution to positive climate development,” says our Director Axel Brakhage. #Sustainability @patricks-science.bsky.social

Solar panels, recycling waste heat, efficient freezers. Small steps, big impact: We are working on making research and our institute more energy-efficient. #Sustainability #EnergyEfficiency #SolarPanels #LeibnizHKI

Plastic waste is a challenge. But with simple changes, labs can cut up to 65% – without compromising research quality, says Patrick Penndorf (@patricks-science.bsky.social). We want to tackle this problem. #Sustainability #PlasticWaste #GreenLabs #LeibnizHKI

Science must be part of the climate solution. 🌱🌎 At #LeibnizHKI, we rethink workflows to reduce waste & save energy. Patrick Penndorf (@patricks-science.bsky.social) helps us with this. ➡️ www.leibniz-hki.de/en/press-rel... #Sustainability

🛠️🚗 Meet Michael Hetz, our in-house technician and driver! From fixing tech to dreaming of flying a helicopter with the boss 🚁😉– discover what drives him and brings him joy 🎶🛥️in our #August #calendar feature: lmy.de/dXISl #FacesOfScience #LeibnizHKI

Join our Deep Microbiome Metabolomics team as a Technician! Work with LC/MS & ICP-MS in a cutting-edge microbiome lab @leibniz-hki.de - CTA/chemical lab tech or BSc in chemistry/biochemistry - LC/MS experience - English 🔗 jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Technis... #LabJobs #Technician #Metabolomics #LCMS

We’re hiring a Postdoc on Gut Microbiome–Host Interactions @leibniz-hki.de, Jena 🇩🇪 You'll create organ-on-chip models to study how microbes mediate host responses to xenobiotics jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

We’re hiring a Postdoc in Gut Microbiome Metabolomics! Help us decode microbial metabolism and its impact on human health @leibniz-hki.de , Jena 🇩🇪 🔗 jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

🤝Politics meets research: Today, we welcomed Lena Saniye Güngör & Christian Schaft from @dielinketh.bsky.social to @leibniz-hki.de. They were particularly impressed by the research opportunities offered for young scientists, for example at the Bio Pilot Plant. #Research #Biotechnology

At #LeibnizHKI, research thrives through collaboration. Like microbial communities in balance, our strength comes from the Leibniz Association network. We are celebrating 30 years of shared science, because community matters – on small and large scales. #30JahreLeibniz @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de

Spotlight on our Leibniz Competition project “FuRTHER” on #WorldRNADay: Exploring how fungal ncRNAs may reprogram human gene expression. A new concept in infection biology by @mgblango.bsky.social, funded by the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de. #InterkingdomCommunication #LeibnizHKI ➡️ lmy.de/bNyTX

Yesterday, Thuringian Science Minister Christian Tischner visited #LeibnizHKI to learn about our junior research groups fighting the antibiotic crisis with high-tech. It was a pleasure having him with us! lmy.de/AYoYM @slavi-jan.bsky.social @jethrohemmann.bsky.social @luziagyr.bsky.social

Sporty 🏸, curious, and far from cliché: In our #July feature of our #calendar, colleagues Tongta Sae-Ong & Sascha Schäuble share their paths in bioinformatics, love for sports, and why science is as much about people as it is about data: lmy.de/fTKMI #FacesOfScience #LeibnizHKI @mbdlab.bsky.social

Making a research institute more sustainable in just 2 weeks? The Leibniz-HKI and I took on the challenge... 🧵👇 The goal wasn’t just clean energy, but also less plastic in experiments, reducing chemical waste, and improving health & safety. #STEM #Greenlab @leibniz-hki.de

💡 New infection strategy in #Candida albicans discovered: human #albumin reprograms its metabolism, turning harmless strains pathogenic – without the need of hyphae or toxins. #LeibnizHKI 🗞️ lmy.de/mthFi 🧪 rdcu.be/exl7d @markgresnigt.bsky.social @aps-hki.bsky.social @dfg.de @microverse.bsky.social

Finance Minister Katja Wolf visits #LeibnizHKI in Jena – highlighting the importance of research, innovation and international specialists for Thuringia! lmy.de/nKCeA

📣 I’m recruiting a #Postdoc to help us further our understanding on the infection strategies of our human fungal pathogen. If you’re enthusiastic about research, our interdisciplinary group @leibniz-hki.de will be a good fit for you! Please share! jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

In a new @naturemedicine.bsky.social study, 8 weeks of VR training with REVERIE improved working memory, olfaction & altered the gut microbiome in teens with #overweight – without physical exercise. P.S.: We still like exercise though! 🤫 ➡️ Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @mbdlab.bsky.social

#MDRWISSEN feature explores how our researchers at @leibniz-hki.de are reviving #AncientDNA 🧬of microbes from Neanderthal teeth to discover new compounds, possibly even new #antibiotics! Read and listen the german article 👉 lmy.de/rMRxk @microverse.bsky.social @uni-jena.de #WernerSiemensStiftung

Just out: Check out the interview of ACS infectious diseases with our PhD student Karen Cheng working on new inflammatory axis in vaginal candidiasis axial.acs.org/medicinal-ch...

🤓New insights into biomass utilization: Researchers at @leibniz-hki.de and @mpi-ce.bsky.social I-CE have decoded the structure of the 🟡"Yellow Affinity Substance" from A. thermocellus, a pigment that binds cellulose and could boost biofuel production and antibiotic research. #biotech #research #ERC

The plant pathogen #Pseudomonas syringae adapts to its environment using unique #NaturalProducts. ⚔️🦠 We identified new compounds that help the bacterium to fight competitors and thrive in diverse ecological niches. #LeibnizHKI 🗞️ PR: lmy.de/vcZyU 📝 Publication in Angew Chem Int Ed: lmy.de/NImXY

Meet our #June #calendar feature François Keiff! 🌞 From Alsace to Jena, he tackled #TB with BTZ-043 during his PhD. Discover his journey, why he sees baking as chemistry’s twin, his passion for teaching & more in his interview: www.leibniz-hki.de/en/calendar-... #FacesOfScience #LeibnizHKI

Our project “meta-CDI” is funded by the #LeibnizCompetition 2025! We are exploring how Clostridioides difficile disrupts the gut microbiome – paving the way for new therapies. Thanks @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de! 📰 www.leibniz-hki.de/en/news/fund... #metaCDI #InfectionBiology #LeibnizHKI

Yesterday, we hosted the #ATHANA workshop on #patents & #innovation in academia! A great exchange on protecting and commercializing research. Thx to @asceniongmbh.bsky.social & all involved! #Workshop #TechTransfer #BMFTR #LeibnizHKI 🌐 More on ATHANA: lmy.de/tAmvm

Pandorae bacteria produce #pandorabactins to steal #iron from other microbes, thus limiting competitors in the diseased lung of patients with cystic fibrosis or sepsis, as we show in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social Int Ed. #NewPaper #NaturalProducts #LeibnizHKI 🔎 PR: lmy.de/VoJXp 📖 Paper: lmy.de/mGWPV

📢 Curious how automation can accelerate the discovery of novel antimicrobials? Check out the open postdoc position: jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

How does the gut stay healthy during worm infections? 🛡️🪱 A new Canadian-German study in #Cell shows #interferons help protect tissue. Not by killing worms, but by boosting gut resilience! 🗞️ News article: lmy.de/qMldA 💡Publication: lmy.de/wcghm #DiseaseTolerance #InfectionBiology #LeibnizHKI

The #MiCCrobioTAckle network held its first on-site training in Jena! 12 PhD researchers learned R basics for #microbiome data at #LeibnizHKI. The EU project explores the gut microbiome’s role in cancer cachexia. 👉 lmy.de/QLhdA 👥 @mbdlab.bsky.social 🌐 www.miccrobiotackle.eu

🔓Check out this #OpenAccess review by @christinawarinner.bsky.social‬, Pierre Stallforth et al. @leibniz-hki.de‬ @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social‬ ‪on microbial dynamics & Pseudomonas natural product production in milk & dairy products #natprod Read in full here🔽 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

🌸🌈 Happy #DiversityDay! Meet Moemi Kawashima, our #May #calendar face and one of our many PhD researchers coming from abroad! From Tokyo 🇯🇵 & physics to Jena & fungi, she’s now decoding a mysterious mold protein 🧬 that can be found in Aspergillus nidulans: lmy.de/mdoge #FacesOfScience #DDT25

#BRYOMIC explores the moss microbiome to discover novel antimicrobial compounds. 🧪 Using metabolomics and bioinformatic genome mining, we decode their biosynthesis and ecological functions. ➡️ www.leibniz-hki.de/en/bryomic.h... @mnd-hki.bsky.social #ESF #EU

🚨📝 Applications for the 4th (virtual) SPAAM summer school course INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT METAGENOMICS (4-8 Aug 2025) are still open until May 3️0‼️ Aimed at masters and early-stage PhD students. 🎓 ❓ Qs? Contact James Fellows Yates or Prof. Christina Warinner: www.spaam-community.org/wss-summer-s...

🎉 Congrats to @microverse.bsky.social on 7 more years of funding! We’re proud to support this success at #LeibnizHKI and continue exploring microbial interactions together. Kudos also to the new #Imaginamics Cluster! 👏💭✨ #Excellence #Microverse 💡 lmy.de/CYLBO 📸 Nicole Nerger

🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️The #LeibnizHKI team had a blast at the Jena #CompanyRun 2025! We ran for a good cause, raised donations per kilometer, and showed that science can keep pace! 💪 Thx to all involved! #JenasFirmenLaufen! #CharityRun 👟💞