Today is @unesco.org’s World Science Day for Peace & Development. At the Microverse Cluster we believe the science of 2050 needs curiosity, openness, and trust. Some of our PIs share what future-ready science means to them. ➡️ www.unesco.org/en/days/scie...

Researchers at @microverse.bsky.social Cluster of Excellence of #UniJena have successfully enriched a wide range of difficult-to-cultivate groundwater bacteria from the Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) group in the laboratory for the first time. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/370821/pr...

Thrilled to share that last week, I successfully defended my PhD thesis at @leibniz-hki.de 🥳🎓 Grateful to my supervisor @pstallforth.bsky.social, colleagues, collaborators, @microverse.bsky.social, and @jsmc-info.bsky.social for their invaluable support 🙏 😇 #PhDDefense #Research #Microbiology

Kerstin Unger (from @plantmicrobiosis.bsky.social group) on Pathogen-mediated degradation of the plant defense metabolite sulforaphane functions as public good in a leaf bacterial community See their @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PMS2025

🚦 Last call to vote! Only until Wed you can support @uni-jena.de's idea for the Bürgerbudget 2025: “The Smartest Traffic Lights in Jena” — crossing figures with microscopes, microbes, and QR codes leading to fun science insights. Help bring Science at the Crosswalk to life!

Something’s brewing in the Hellmich Lab… and it’s not just science! 🎃👩‍🔬 Happy Halloween from our spooktacular lab crew!

A great turnout for our latest Microverse Seminar! 🍕🔬 @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social, Junior Group Leader #FungalInformatics, shared fascinating insights in her talk “From Ecology to Genomes: Unraveling Fungal Pathogenicity Across Scales.” Lively discussions and great connections followed!

🧬 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.

🎉Congrats to Beatrix on successfully defending her PhD! Her work, “Ancient carbon in sedimentary rocks drives modern groundwater microbiomes,” reveals deep links between geology and microbial life. We’re proud of your achievement and can’t wait to see where your scientific journey takes you next!🪨🧫🌿

🎉 We warmly congratulate Dr Alexander Mosig on his new professorship for Alternative Methods to Animal Testing in Infection & Inflammation Research at #JenaUniversityHospital! From Jan 2026, he’ll also join our Cluster to share expertise in #OrganOnChip and infection research.

Be a leader in chemistry! 🏆 ⚗️ It is already possible today to store your research data FAIR. Do you want to lead the way? Then apply with your FAIR data set for the #FAIR4Chem Award 2026 and a 500 euro prize! 💰 https://bit.ly/3sCGoct ##chemistry #FAIR

Building inclusive microbial communities 🌍 @adjiep.bsky.social (@kuesellab.bsky.social, @uni-jena.de & Sullivan Lab) shares how mentorship & representation can shape a more inclusive future in microbial sciences. 🎤 Meet him at the #ISME Early Career Researchers event on 21 Oct: lnkd.in/dXeyvnZK

🎥 New "3 Questions for …" episode! Prof. Miriam Rosenbaum shows how microbes can produce antibiotics, bioplastics, and find balance under stress. Discover how our #ClusterOfExcellence brings interdisciplinary science to life! 🌱🔬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA45...

Interested in the chemical ecology of plant-bacteria interactions? There is still time to apply until October 20th!

🌍 Microbes act as a natural methane filter! A new @pnas.org study by @bgc-jena.mpg.de & @uni-jena.de shows that microbes in groundwater consume over half of its methane before it reaches the surface. 🔗: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/how-... 🤝 @crc-aquadiva.bsky.social & @kuesellab.bsky.social

💡 Show your research! The #UniversityCompetition 2026 invites young scientists to share creative ideas on the Medicine of the Future — from AI diagnosis to preventive care. 💰 €10,000 for the best projects! 🗓 Apply by Nov 30, 2025 → www.hochschulwettbewerb.net/2026/wettbew...

One week till abstract submissions for the Microbes in Miami 2026 meeting close. Submit your abstract before Monday 20 October 2025 23:59 GMT - microb.io/MiM26Abstracts #MiM26

Time for interdisciplinary #LIFEScience CONNECTions! Meet researchers and network with local companies & intitatives at the 4th LIFE Symposium! 🗓️Nov 26, 2025 🔗 kurzlinks.de/LIFESymposium @uni-jena.de

👏 @uni-jena.de ranks among the top 11% of universities worldwide in the new THE World University Ranking 2026! We’re proud to contribute to this strong research and innovation environment through the our Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse". 🌍

Evi Stegmann from IMIT, @unituebingen.bsky.social, joined our #MicroverseSeminarSeries for an inspiring talk on natural product biosynthesis. She shared insights into the genes behind negamycin production & balhimycin biosynthetic machinery – sparking lively discussions! Thank you for visiting us!

🎙 MDR AKTUELL: Nobel Prize day! While the #Chemistry awards are celebrated in Stockholm, #Jena’s #ClusterOfExcellence at the @uni-jena.de investigates microbial “conversations” that could reshape medicine and biotechnology. Full #MDR feature: www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...

18 students from across Germany joined us at our #ClusterOfExcellence at @uni-jena.de for the #CampusThüringenTour! 💬 Talks, lab tours & hands-on microbiology — from Gram staining to magnetotactic bacteria from the Saale. 🔬🌱🧫 #ScienceEducation #Microbiology

🚦 @uni-jena.de proposes “The Smartest Traffic Lights in Jena” for Bürgerbudget 2025: crossing figures with microscopes, microbes & QR codes to fun science insights. 💡 Science at the crosswalk – vote via mitmachen.jena.de/budgets/5/in... #GreenLightForScience

We're so happy to share our newest ancient DNA findings in Mongolia on the Slab Grave expansion and its consequences for diverse Bronze Age pastoralists! doi.org/10.1038/s414...

🎥 New feature on “Balance of the Microverse” by JenaTV! Our PI & Executive Board member Prof. Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum explains why microbial communities matter – and you’ll also get a look at our new Microverse building. 👉 www.jenatv.de/mediathek/81...

Hope y'all enjoyed Tim's talk at the #DGHM as much as we did! He presented his @microverse.bsky.social -funded PhD work on the antibacterial mechanisms of candidalysin. 🦠🍄🧫 He's still around for a chat in case you have questions about his project! 😊 @leibniz-hki.de

This is part of a larger call for the newly re-funded Excellence cluster Balance of the Microverse @microverse.bsky.social. In total there are 15 positions available: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo...

We're organizing a new CARTA symposium this November 7 on "Ancient DNA: New Revelations"! We have an amazing lineup of speakers who will showcase the biggest discoveries in ancient DNA over the past 5 years - and offer a sneak peek of what's next. Mark your calendars and don't miss it!

55 students got the Wübben Science Foundation Student Grant! 🎓 Among them: Samira Quanz & Emily Reichel from our #ClusterOfExcellence. 🦠🔬 Read more about their research: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/two-... @w-s-w.org @uni-jena.de #Microverse #StudentGrant #FutureScientists

🌍 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...

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob PhD position: Signal Detection and Modification in Algal-Bacterial Interactions In Excellence Cluster @microverse.bsky.social at @uni-jena.de Start: 1 January 2026 Deadline: 5 October 2025 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

💧🌊 What happens when freshwater bacteria meet their salty counterparts? Our new preprint explores the ecological factors driving community coalescence 👉https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675091v1 @bedutilh.bsky.social @microverse.bsky.social

On #WorldSepsisDay, Michael Bauer from Jena University Hospital shares how microbiome research at our #ClusterOfExcellence could change the way we understand and treat #sepsis. Watch the latest "3 Questions for..." clip! #MicrobiomeResearch www.youtube.com/watch?v=auG7... @lifeprofile.bsky.social

At this week’s #JEMS, Michael Zimmermann (@zimmermannlab.bsky.social & @embl.org) shared insights on how gut microbiota shape #drugmetabolism and carcinogen toxicity. Fascinating findings on cancer risk, #drugresponse variability, and limits of current models. Thanks for the inspiring talk!

🚴‍♀️ On Sept 12, the Sepsis Awareness Tour 2025 stops in Jena! Led by the Center for Sepsis Control & Care (CSCC), experts share how early detection saves lives. Join us at Teichgraben, 2 p.m. #WorldSepsisDay #SepsisAwareness #Jena

Submit a poster and present your research at the NFDI4Microbiota Conference in Cologne (30 Sept – 2 Oct 2025). The poster session offers a space for exchange between wet-lab scientists and bioinformaticians. Deadline: 11 September. Participation is free. Register here: events.hifis.net/eve...

Be a leader in chemistry! 🏆 ⚗️ It is already possible today to store your research data FAIR. Do you want to lead the way? Then apply with your FAIR data set for the #FAIR4Chem Award 2026 and a 500 euro prize! 💰 https://bit.ly/3sCGoct ##chemistry #FAIR

We’re hiring! 🚀 Join us and work with Prof. Rosalind Allen on modeling microbial community dynamics. 📍 Jena, Germany 🎓 PhD or Postdoc position 🗓️ Start: Dec 2025 Apply here 👉 jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/f... #Microverse #Jena #PhD #Postdoc #MicrobialEcology

Just a few more days to apply! ⏰

The NFDI4Microbiota Conference takes place 30 Sept – 2 Oct 2025 at ZB MED, Cologne.💡 Motto: “From Lab to Publication – Bridging the Gap with Best Practices” | Free registration open until 31 August: events.hifis.net/eve... | Ambassadors receive travel & hotel reimbursement: nfdi4microbiota.de/c...

We have a new article out in Cell! Learn more about plague in prehistoric livestock: "Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage" www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Happy Birthday, Goethe! 🌿 Though he never saw microbes under a microscope, his holistic view of nature still inspires us today. At the #Microverse, we explore how microbial worlds shape life’s balance – just as Goethe imagined nature as one interconnected whole. Illustration: AI-generated

Meet us at #GAIN25 in #Boston, Aug 29–31! Discover career paths in Germany with Balance of the Microverse, @uni-jena.de. Connect with 80+ institutions & explore opportunities for your research career!

🌊 In June 2025, Prof. Christian Jogler and his team dove into Corsica’s seagrass meadows to explore unseen microbial worlds. Samples collected by scientists & divers are now cultivated at @uni-jena.de — tiny discoveries that may unlock novel bacteria and future natural products.

🌟 The @jsmc-info.bsky.social Summer School 2025 ended with an inspiring celebration at the Planetarium Jena! 2 weeks, 13 nations, microbial research & new friendships. Thanks to all participants, organizers & awardees who made this journey unforgettable! 🌍✨ #JSMC #ScienceCommunity

🔬 In our new “3 Questions for…” episode, junior group leader @mlakemeyer.bsky.social reveals how chemical biology tools help decode microbial interactions & gut microbiota’s role in health & disease – and how this could inspire new therapies. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS54... @uni-jena.de

Aspergillus fumigatus reference strain Af293 carries a mycovirus that boosts heat+oxidative stress resistance and infection fitness. 😲💥 I encourage you to check out Neta's thread and I'm delighted my group could play a small role in this exciting study!!

Infect-Net Netzwerktreffen No 6️⃣!!! Prof. Dr. Bettina Löffler lädt Infektionsforscherinnen zu unserem 6. Netzwerktreffen nach Jena ein. Direkt im Anschluss an die Jahrestagung der #DGHM. 📅 24.-25.09.2025 📍 Jena, Germany 🧬 #Sequenzierung und #Diagnostik #InfectNet 👉 www.infectnet.org/web/blog-pos...