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Benedikt Wimmer

@bwmr.net
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Using cryo-ET and timelapse microscopy to study bacteria and how they help and hurt us. PostDoc at the Jacobs-Wagner lab in Stanford. Previously at the Medalia Lab (Zurich) and Chlanda lab (Heidelberg). github.com/bwmr

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Benedikt Wimmer @bwmr.net · 25/02/2026
It‘s nice to be back to the world of #cryoET
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Benedikt Wimmer @bwmr.net · 01/12/2025
I'm very happy that the peer-reviewed version of our work on the amazing amylosome is now out in @natcomms.nature.com Through the review process, we could refine our manuscript in several important areas, for example: (1/4)
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Segmented filamentous bacteria undergo a structural transition at their adhesive tip during unicellular to filament development www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Benedikt Wimmer @bwmr.net · 03/04/2025
Check out part 2 of my PhD work out now on bioRxiv, in which we explore an amazing protein machinery from the human gut microbiome, the Ruminococcus bromii amylosome. A short explainer below (1/5). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #microbiology #microbiome #teamtomo
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Greenlab Zürich @greenlabzh.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
We're running a monthly lab sustainability challenge for labs at @ethzurich.bsky.social and UZH - join in to complete 10-minute challenges to make your lab more sustainable! uzh.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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Benedikt Wimmer @bwmr.net · 06/02/2025
Hey #teamtomo, if you often find yourself using the excellent membrain-seg from @lorenzlamm.bsky.social et al., you might find my napari plugin "napari-segselect" useful. Let's say your tomogram contains the edges of two bacterial cells, each with a membrane and cell wall:
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