The next #PROSPECTS online talk is coming up! Our Research Careers Team provides an overview of all DFG funding instruments and gives advice on how to prepare your proposal for the review process. The meeting link will be published here shortly before the event: sohub.io/zmtx

#ECR save these dates!🗓️ In the #PROSPECTS series, our team "Research Careers" will continue to provide information about the various DFG funding opportunities. As the series is so popular, dates have already been set for the rest of the year. 👇 Participation without registration: ➡️ sohub.io/zmtx

As #WorldImmunisationWeek comes to a close, here are some key messages to remember 👇 Vaccines protect individuals and communities, and prevent 3.5–5 million deaths each year. Share one message with your network today! #CelebrateVaccines #VaccinesWork

Mucosal immunity through vaccination would be a game changer in this pandemic business

📢Call for papers! Special Issue in "Biological Chemistry" on “Aspects of Signal Transduction” (guest edited by Klaudia Giehl and @kkubatzky.bsky.social). Submit research, reviews, or original research. 🗓️ Deadline: May 31, 2026 www.degruyterbrill.com/de/journal/k... #SignalTransduction

Great initiative of the @gbmev.bsky.social Young Investigators!

Treg therapies could restore immune tolerance, but key barriers remain. #ImmuneTherapies26 This session explores challenges including specificity and cell trafficking and how next generation approaches aim to overcome them. Register now: vist.ly/4ynds

DFG-Leitlinie zum Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung tritt heute (16.04.) in Kraft. KI ist nur unterstützend und unter klaren Prinzipien zulässig. Die DFG bietet am 22.04., 10:30-12:00 Uhr, ein Webinar zum Thema an. Vorab können Fragen gestellt werden. Fragen einreichen u. Webex-Link ⏬ sohub.io/1egt

Für Interessierte an immunologischen Themen haben wir rund um den Tag der Immunologie ein Webinar organisiert - zur Anmeldung: das-immunsystem.de/tag-der-immu... 🙂 Wir freuen uns über Ihr Weitersagen und Weiterleiten ... #Immunology #DayOfImmunology #Immunologie @dgfi-yi.bsky.social

Congratulations, Yue! This was an impressive PhD Defence and this fantastic doctoral hat is well-deserved! I particularly love the „citrus-cycle“, from seed to fruit 😂

Award Goes to Outstanding Heidelberg Master’s Student: Biochemist Franziska Gießler receives fourth edition of Marie-Luise Jung Prize ... weiterlesen

14 things PhD supervisors got right and why it mattered: #PhD students reflect on how their supervisors made a meaningful difference - from quiet acts of kindness to career-shaping guidance. www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com

💉 Did you take part in our #CelebrateVaccines campaign? If you’re passionate about public engagement and immunology, consider applying for Public Engagement Secretary. UK‑based | 4‑year term | BSI members ⏰ Nominations close Thursday 16 April vist.ly/4ycuw

#JobAlert We’re looking for a #ScienceCommunication Officer (parental leave coverage) with creativity, a strong feel for language and media, and curiosity for emerging topics. 🗓️ Apply by 24 April 2026 👉 More info: kurzlinks.de/6qoo Fixed-term until 27 November 2026. #UniversityOfFreiburg

Mapping nerves in a whole embryos. We find that across species and development stages, embryonic nerves display (beautiful) fractal geometry. More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New Findings on the First Steps in Protein Synthesis: International research team under Heidelberg supervision examines role of NAC complex in essential process of protein folding... weiterlesen

March is #AutoimmuneAwarenessMonth! Raising awareness helps everyone, from people with the conditions to those researching for a cure. Learn what autoimmune diseases are here: vist.ly/4vucn

🌿 GreenLabShare Freiburg New platform for sustainable lab practices at the University of Freiburg: 🔁 Laboratory exchange platform ♻️ Recycling and disposal infos ✅ Tips for everyday lab work 💬 Exchange & community 👉connect, recycle & grow! 🗓️ 24 March 2026 at 10:30 greenlabshare.uni-freiburg.de

New online event! In “Struggles and Growth: My Postdoctoral Journey”, Madhumitha Narasimhan will share insights into her career path and her role as an Associate Editor at Nature Communications. 🗓 7 April | 4:00 pm | Online (Zoom) Registration via the following link: gbm-online.de/de/nachwuchs...

Ein HZI-Forschungsteam um @ntorow.bsky.social untersucht gemeinsam mit Partnern der Hebräischen Universität Jerusalem, wie Entzündungen der Mutter in der Schwangerschaft das kindliche #Immunsystem beeinflussen. Gefördert werden sie durch „zukunft.niedersachsen“. www.helmholtz-hzi.de/media-center...

International PhD Programs in the Life Sciences. #engineering #career #jobs #job #jobsearch #phd #phdposition #bioengineering #biotechnology #biotech www.lifescience.net/jobs/220812/...

That’s such a nice visualization of the #inflammasome pathway! Thanks for sharing!

Das Projekt #IMPRESS des @rki.de untersucht die Impfakzeptanz in der Bevölkerung in Deutschland. HZI-Epidemiologin Berit Lange ordnet die ersten Ergebnisse der Befragung ein und kommentiert, welche Studiendaten in Deutschland fehlen. via @sciencemediacenter.de. sciencemediacenter.de/angebote/imp...

Want to understand how the immune system works? Our ‘Foundations of immunology’ course is on 18 March. Learn the fundamentals of immunology, from immune defence to vaccines & immunotherapies. 📊 Past attendees reported a 76% increase in confidence! 🔗 bit.ly/4reoIfv

3 weeks to go ⏰ On 25 March we’re marking Vaccine Engagement Day 2026! Join us to #CelebrateVaccines and highlight how vaccination protects our health and our communities. Looking for inspiration? Explore our vaccine resources 👉 bit.ly/4u8LXu9

Last chance to sign up to our beginner's bioinformatics training course starts next Monday, 9 March. Just 2 weeks & mornings only to gain practical omics analysis skills you can use right away. Rated 9.5 out of 10 by 3,000 plus scientists! Register now: bit.ly/46C2QDC

Great initiative!

That’s a great idea! 👏👏👏

🏅 Big congrats to Richard Treisman as the 2026 STS Honorary Medalist! His work transformed our understanding of signal-dependent gene regulation — from discovering SRF, to linking MAPK pathways to transcription, to revealing how actin dynamics shape gene expression.

Advance your #bioinformatics skills this spring! Our Single cell and spatial omics course runs every Monday from 20 April to 18 May 2026, 09:30–16:30 BST. For wet lab scientists with basic R skills. Rated 9.5/10 by over 3,000 attendees! Book now: https://bit.ly/48GDDYL

Internationale #Studierende weltweit suchen ihr #Gastland nach vielen Kriterien aus. Wie steht es um die #Wissenschaftsfreiheit der USA? Wie attraktiv sind deutsche #Universitäten? Darüber spricht #DAAD-Generalsekretär Dr. Kai Sicks im #didacta-Bildungspodcast. bildungsklick.de/internationa...

🚨 We have a new preprint out! 🧪 In this paper we look at GLUT4 trafficking. This is a short explainer thread, but please read the paper! 1/n 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

📣 Postdoc in T cell Immunity & Cancer – Karolinska Institutet Join Antonino Cassotta’s Human Immunology lab for a 2-year postdoc in cancer immunotherapy. Focus: tumor-reactive T cells, TCR repertoire & immune evasion mechanisms. ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

We had a productive first board meeting in 2026 in Hannover! The 2026 #STS Medalist will be announced shortly! Save the date for the 29th meeting (2.-4.11.26) and stay tuned for more information! @thegutmann.bsky.social @cstaubert.bsky.social @sjoerdvanwijk.bsky.social @bastianschirmer.bsky.social

Want to submit an abstract for the Oxford Immunology Symposium 2026? #OIS26 Not long left! Deadline is on Sunday 1 March. Join colleagues from across Oxford to showcase your research in adaptive and innate immunity! Submit your abstract & register here: https://bit.ly/4qUY8bD

Einladung zum Online-Seminar im Programm "Open-Access-Publikationskosten" für Verantwortliche von Einrichtungen, die 2026 einen Antrag einreichen möchten (Deadline: 4. Mai). Termin: 27.02.26, 9:30 bis 11:30 Uhr Einzelheiten zum Programm und Zugangsinfos: ▶️ www.dfg.de/de/foerderun...

Open position in Biochemistry

⌛ Noch 4 Tage - Deadline verlängert bis zum 22. Februar 2026 dgfi.org/preise/ The calls for application are available in the English version here dgfi.org/dgfi-en/awar... @dgfi-yi.bsky.social @efis-immunology.bsky.social @iuis-online.bsky.social

We're excited to host Prof. Petra Bacher from the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein for our next YI seminar, who'll take us through the pathogenic CD4+ T cell responses against intestinal microbes in inflammatory bowel diseases. When? 25 Feb 2026, 17:00 CET Register at shorturl.at/jn45W

The 3rd Annual Meeting of the YoungPI Working Group - for Junior Profs. and Group Leaders - will take place in Heidelberg, on the 16th and 17th March 2026, just before the start of the GfV Meeting. Registrations are now open: youngpi.g-f-v.org/events/

Great opportunity! Don't miss it!

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the #STS is celebrating our three female STS Medal Award winners as representatives of women in #SignalTransduction!

Fantastic opportunity for early career researchers in infectious diseases!

The abstract submission deadline for "Therapeutic Frontiers in Medicine: Mechanisms & Modalities", is January 29! Fantastic program and speakers!

@thegutmann.bsky.social is honoured by the Signal Transduction Society (STS) with the STS Science Award 2025 for her recent research on how coronaviral #SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein disturbs DNA sensing by the immune system. We warmly congratulate her and wish her continued success! @mpi-cbg.de

“Looking Beyond Academia” | Feb 9 | @uni-freiburg.de One of the most nerve-wracking questions for PhD students: What comes after the doctorate? To ease the transition into the next career phase, we invite you to join the IMPRS @sgbmfreiburg.bsky.social #Career Evening. Register: s.gwdg.de/yjlAXo

Louis‑Jeantet Foundation 2026 Prizes Congratulations to Yasmine Belkaid, President of the Institut Pasteur, awarded the Collen‑Jeantet Prize for Translational Medicine, and to Fiona Doetsch, laureate of the Louis‑Jeantet Prize for Medicine Excellence in biomedical research 🔬🌍 👉 www.jeantet.ch

Immunometabolism researchers are meeting in Newcastle on 16-17 April! Join us for 2 days of fantastic immunometabolism research, Bright Sparks sessions & networking with the community. #UKimmunomet26 Submit your abstract by 5 March and register now 👉 https://bit.ly/493uE45

🧬 #PhD #position in #Immunology / #Dendritic #Cell #Biology (m/f/x) at #LMU #Munich 🌍 Join the @barbaraschraml.bsky.social lab in our Biomedical Center (BMC). Apply online ➡️ www.med.lmu.de/bmc/en/jobs-... 📸: Schraml Lab 2025 #Germany #job #offer #academia #science #biomedical