Vier #ERCSynergyGrants für Forschende der #UniFreiburg. Insgesamt werden die vier Projekte durch den @erc.europa.eu mit rund 41 Millionen Euro über sechs Jahre gefördert; die #UniversitätFreiburg erhält davon gut neun Mio Euro. ➡️ Mehr zu den geförderten Projekten hier: ufr.link/erc-synergy-grant-25

Congratulations! Claudine Kraft @kraftlabfr.bsky.social receives a prestigious ERC Synergy Grant – to find out why some protein #aggregates can be cleared by #autophagy and others not. She and her partners will harness this knowledge to improve autophagy in #ageing & #disease. 🔗  kurzlinks.de/50j8

Functional Characterization of Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Signalling in Physcomitrella https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.686496v1

Do you like forests and computer models? 🌳🧑‍💻 Within the Future Forests excellence cluster, we are hiring two modellers for 7 year (!) positions here in Freiburg. A scientific coordinator role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004... And and a scientific programmer role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...

How does a single plant cell tell symbiont from pathogen? We show that the Symbiotic Determinant 1 of NFR1 evolved to facilitate nitrogen-fixing symbiotic signalling. I’m thrilled to share our published data from my PhD back in Aarhus! #symbiosis #juxtamembrane #ensa www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#CIBSS brought signalling science to life last month at #ScienceDays2025! Visitors isolated their own cheek-cell DNA🧬, watched zebrafish embryos develop 🔬, and explored plant genetics & symbiosis 🌱 A glimpse into CIBSS research & the “molecular language of life”. 🔗https://kurzlinks.de/r8qr

Science days at Europa-Park! 🌿 Science, thunderstorm, a little bit of sunshine and curious minds with @dobrogojski.bsky.social at Europa Park! Special thanks to @elkebarbez.bsky.social for the GMO basket. #PlantScience #ScienceIsFun #Outreach #CuriosityDriven #PublicEngagement #ScienceForEveryone

Follow the members of our Department of Molecular Plant Sciences at the University of Freiburg and stay updated on the latest news: go.bsky.app/2zSQBeQ

That's one happy PI #iGEM @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social

WE UNBENCHED THE GENSCH! #iGEM @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social

WHAT THE FUUUUUCK

Lab member and hacker extraordinaire Victor Titov has entered the Component Abuse Challenge @hackadayofficial.bsky.social with the LEDs on our bee tracking drone. hackaday.io/project/2043.... Check out the video! Thanks @volkswagenstiftung.de @dfg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de

Please check out our improved #preprint: CRISPR/Cas9 targeted genetic screening in Physcomitrella identifies novel cell division genes Thank you, Elena Kozgunova for taking the lead. #Physcomitrella #celldivision www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Einige wenige Plätze sind auch noch für die Lehrer*innenfortbildung am 5. November 2025 mit identischem Programm frei - Zur Anmeldung hier: lfbo.kultus-bw.de/lfb/termine/...

🧬 Wie steuern Zellen das Leben – und wie verändert CRISPR/Cas die Forschung? Am 19. November 2025 lädt CIBSS Lehrer*innen der Oberstufe zur Fortbildung an die Uni Freiburg ein. 👉 Anmeldung: kurzlinks.de/ds9u #CIBSS #CRISPR #Zellkommunikation #Lehrerfortbildung #Wissenschaft #Freiburg

Join us today at Anatomy Lecture Hall👇

How does your brain build the world you experience? 🌍🧠 Our BrAInWorlds outreach event invited participants to explore how environments shape internal world models. 🎬 Watch the video: uni-freiburg.de/brainlinks-b... @brainworlds.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social #NeuroAI

🍁Our team took advantage of the beautiful fall colors for a walk and talk around the Seepark. Great conversations, a bit of sporty energy, and lots of laughter. Nothing like fresh air and good company to spark new ideas! @brainworlds.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social

Congratulations, Maryam on your PhD defense! Maryam worked on the recombinant production of spider silk proteins and has two first-author publications from that project. Maryam is the 57th PhD student I had the honor and joy to supervise and to accompany to a successful PhD defense.

Registration closes today. Hurry up. ⌛ 👉 The next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club takes place at the Friedrich Miescher Institute @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel 🇨🇭. 📅 Nov. 5th, 2025 (14:00-20:00) 📌 FMI, Basel ✍️ Registration deadline: Oct. 20th, 2025

Join us for a talk by Prof. Jens Stein @unifr.bsky.social to discover how cellular and molecular insights reveal the complexity of immune defense 🧫 CIBSS Seminar | 21 Oct 2025 · 12:00 📍 Lecture Hall, Institute of Biology I 💻 Hybrid event – also via livestream 🔗 kurzlinks.de/r78f

+++ Update mit allen Vortragsterminen und -themen +++ Wir freuen uns schon sehr!

An exciting lecture series is coming up - and two members of our SFB 1381 (Sonja Albers and Beatrice Lace) are contributing!

Happy #Diwali from our team at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social! @advaitagashe.bsky.social prepared a traditional breakfast meal for us this morning 😊👍🏻🏵️🌸

The IMBIT mastered its power outage test without trouble - thanks to our giant generator and the helping hands. Note to self: connect coffee machine to an uninterruptible power supply - surviving on cafeteria coffee was tough. @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @brainworlds.bsky.social

Congratulations 🎉 @jsontgerath.bsky.social , who received this year’s award for the best plant science master thesis @uni-freiburg.de Today, all our representatives at other Universities were asked to find the best theses at their universities

🎬 Great feature from Baden TV Süd on @uni-freiburg.de's efforts & successes in its #ExcellenceStrategy! 🌍 The #ExcellenceClusters #CIBSS and #FutureForests play a vital role in driving interdisciplinary research and innovative applications for real-world impact. ➡️ Watch here: kurzlinks.de/w7wj

Coming soon! Science Days at Europa-Park from 23 -25 October 2025. Two great volunteers from our lab will be there on Thursday, 23 October. Extract DNA from kiwi (fruit) and watch some zebrafish embryos! @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social www.europapark.de/en/events/sc...

Ein schöner 5:39 Film: Ein Jahr vor der Entscheidung: So will die Uni Freiburg wieder Exzellenz-Universität werden #Freiburg #Exellenzinitiative www.baden-tv-sued.com/mediathek/vi...

The Cell Wall as a Biophysical Gatekeeper of Iron Homeostasis in Plant Roots Yesterday, Chenlu Liu (from the @elkebarbez.bsky.social group) revealed how dynamic cell wall charge regulates iron uptake in plant roots, acting as a reversible ion filter that shapes nutrient balance. #PlantScience

🌿 Join the #CIBSS & dompsfr.bsky.social Joint Seminar! 🧬 Dr. José Estevez estevezjosem.bsky.social (CONICET, Argentina / UNAB-CBV, Chile) on signaling pathways in plant root hair development under stress. 📅 Thu, Oct 09 · 10:15–11:00 📍 Biol. II/III, KS 00.009 🔗 kurzlinks.de/wegb

A strong start to the semester at @uni-freiburg.de, @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social! 🌱 The Department of Molecular Plant Sciences (DOMPS) introduced its working groups, sparking lively conversations with many curious and motivated master’s students.

#CallforApplications addressing senior researchers @uni-freiburg.de and other Freiburg based research institutions: FRIAS is funding two project groups. The aim of this funding programme is to support multidisciplinary cooperation at an early stage. Read more: uni-freiburg.de/frias/cfa-fr...

#CIBSS researcher and Director of the Institute for Immunodeficiency at the University Medical Centre Freiburg Prof. Dr. Stephan Ehl explains the significance of the research honoured with the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine. ➡️ Read more here: kurzlinks.de/zqa5

Here’s a sneak peek from @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social new poster featuring all the exciting projects we’re working on! My section explores the evolutionary role of PILS proteins in Chlamydomonas. Come join us for the intro in BIO I today at 13:50 & ur Master thesis. #plantbiology #masterthesis

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Simon Elsässer in his new #CIBSS core professorship as Endowed Professor for #SyntheticBiology at the @uni-freiburg.de. His work is funded by the @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social with 4.8 million euros over 10 years. 🔗 kurzlinks.de/44nn

Our review "Acylamino acid-releasing enzyme, a bifunctional protease with a potential role in aging" is now out in JXB with full citation. Please check it out. AARE is deeply conserved in evolution. So it's far more than #plantscience. academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

Vergangenes Wochenende fand die Absolvent:innenfeier 2025 statt. Verabschiedet wurden 85 Absolvent:innen aller Studiengänge an der @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social 👨‍🎓 Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Die Fachschaft hat die Absolvent:innen mit einer Zeremonie und einer Aftershow Party verabschiedet.

📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣 🔬Plant Proteases - Guardians of Proteome Integrity & Function 🌱 Exploring the fascinating diversity, function & regulation of proteases in plants 📘 Edited by Pitter Huesgen, Annick Stintzi & Andreas Schaller 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪

Zum 1. Oktober 2025 übernimmt Prof. Dr. @simonelsasser.bsky.social die von der Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung geförderte Professur für Synthetische #Biologie an der #UniFreiburg. Er erforscht das Zusammenspiel von #Epigenom, Umwelt und krankheitsbedingten Veränderungen. ufr.link/elsaesser-synthetische-biologie

Look at this nice cover: beautiful archaella, image made by @sshamphavi.bsky.social ! Thanks also to Marta Rodeiguez for keeping the EM im shape in @ottlab.bsky.social lab! At @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social at @uni-freiburg.de @sfb1381.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social

Alisha Alisha from @plantphotobiology.bsky.social lab in Freiburg is telling us more about the functional analysis of PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORS and their potential roles in light and cytokinin signaling #MAdLand2025

Wrapping up the session with our final Invited Talk — @shiltemann.bsky.social and @dvarshney.bsky.social are giving the community informative overviews of DataPLANT ARCs @nfdi4plants.bsky.social and Galaxy @galaxyproject.bsky.social 🌱 #FAIRData #UseGalaxy #MAdLandtools #MAdLand2025

@sshamphavi.bsky.social and the amazing #Archaellum made it to the cover ✨😍

Beautiful archaellum filaments on the cover 😍🦠 Thanks to the Imaging Facility within MIAP at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social that made it possible! Curious how we got there? check our latest publication: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

‘It was an honor to meet Minister Olschowski and share how the vision of CIBSS to decode decision-making in living systems holds great promise for sustainable agriculture and human health.’ - Prof. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, who together with Prof. Sonja Albers presented our Cluster’s research. 1/5

Love goes out to all the fly peeps @edrc2025.bsky.social, fantastic meeting and we had brilliant time together with @classenlab.bsky.social in Alicante!♥️♥️♥️ Can’t wait for the EDRC 2027 in Bonn!

Proteins can form condensates to boost interactions and gene control. This week @gjjang.bsky.social (from @mpi-ie.bsky.social) shows how plants use them in transcription and epigenetics, and how super-resolution microscopy reveals them in vivo. 📅 Fri, Sep 26 | 🕥 10:15 |📍KS 00.009 #PlantScience

New leadership for #CIBSS! Welcome Sonja-Verena Albers as new spokesperson & congrats to Claudine Kraft on her confirmation. Together with Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, they’ll lead CIBSS into its #NextChapter – following Wolfgang Driever & Carola Hunte. More info: kurzlinks.de/fkv4

„RAPDOR: Using Jensen-Shannon Distance for the computational analysis of complex proteomics dataset“ rdcu.be/eImcr : 11 authors from 3 labs. Many thanks to all for making this possible!