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Carolin Wendling

@ccwendling.bsky.social
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Professor at LMU, all things phages, microbes, eco-evo, experimental evolution

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Wytamma @wytamma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the reasons I'm interested in local AI models is you're data can't be used for training - people say “I already put my data in onedrive so what's the difference to uploading it to an AI model?” Well one difference is that onedrive won't use your data to scoop you
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Rafal Mostowy @rafalmostowy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
PhD opening in my lab @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social: using AI to predict how phage enzymes break down bacterial capsules — joint work with ML group GMUM and Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa's phage lab (Wrocław), spanning genomics, AI & evolution. mostowylab.com/job-phd-ai-d... Deadline: 15 August 2026
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We have a PhD studentship available to develop genome safeguarding technologies for synthetic phage therapeutics www.findaphd.com/phds/project... It is part of an exciting new @officialuom.bsky.social PhD by Enterprise programme www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...
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(PhD by Enterprise) Genome safeguarding technologies for synthetic phage therapeutics against multidrug resistant bacterial infections at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (PhD by Enterprise) Genome safeguarding technologies for synthetic phage therapeutics against multidrug resistant bacterial infections at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD...
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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
You are an ambitious young scientist, on the verge to independence, in a research field related to our Cluster of Excellence @cmfi.bsky.social “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections”? Join our vibrant, interactive scientific community in Tubingen. Repost and apply! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Independent Junior Research Group Leaders (m/f/d) - Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg (DE) job with Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | 12858473
The Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI) at the University of Tübingen invites applications for Indepen...
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Bram van Dijk 🏳️‍🌈 @bramvandijk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! 🚨 Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!) Sharing is appreciated 🙏 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1093/fems...
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
What’s holding back clinical use of phage therapy in the UK? Our workshop last year brought together international experts, biotech and regulators to find out Meeting Report out now in Nature Microbiology with our take on the challenges and opportunities facing the UK phage therapy sector
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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
We are excited to share that @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social will be joining us as speaker at the 2026 International SPP 2330 Symposium. We look forward to meeting you in Berlin! 📅 October 5 – 7, 2026 📍 Harnack House, Berlin 🌐 More information is available at lnkd.in/eeSphFER
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Felix Bohr @felixbohr.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
»Es mag Dir pathetisch klingen, aber ich betrachte es als heilige Aufgabe mitzuhelfen in meiner Art im Kampf gegen Nazitum, menschliche Sturheit, Schlappheit und Barbarei. Was in Deutschland geschieht, geht die ganze Menschheit an.« Irmgard Keun geboren am 6. Februar 1905
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Carolin Wendling @ccwendling.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Standing ovations and a deeply moved audience after Natalie Amiri’s brilliant White Rose memorial lecture at @LMU. Indifference is dangerous and helps the oppressors. Instead, we must stand up for freedom and democracy. @natalieamiri.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
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Jerónimo Rodríguez-Beltrán @jerorb.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
New paper out in @pnas.org, and it made the cover! 👁️ We represent plasmids as circles and mutations as dots, resembling an eye, because in this paper we literally 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ plasmids evolve. ‼️Check Paula’s 🧵 and the paper👇 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Cover of PNAS in which we show plasmids as colourful concentric circles, with dots scattered. The image kind of resembles an eye, although it’s visibly a plot.
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Pascal Falter-Braun @interactome.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Very happy and proud that our paper “Effector–host interactome map links type III secretion systems in healthy gut microbiomes to immune modulation” is out today in #NatureMicrobiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com Paper 👉 t1p.de/v42xb #microbiome #commensal #pathomechanism #T3SS #immune #health #IBD
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Effector–host interactome map links type III secretion systems in healthy gut microbiomes to immune modulation - Nature Microbiology
Large-scale computational and in vitro analyses identify commensal type III secretion systems and substrates in the human gut microbiome that can interact with human proteins to modulate immune pathwa...
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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Mark your calendars: deadline is January 31!
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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
The University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists in natural sciences, life sciences, and economics.
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Marion Clavel @thevirusmc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The Clavel Group is recruiting a new postdoc for two possible projects dealing with plant-virus interactions and selective autophagy! More (wordy) details below ⬇️🌱🦠
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Carolin Wendling @ccwendling.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Christmas market outing with our friends from @baerboletta.bsky.social lab 🎄
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Joe Bondy-Denomy @jbdsf.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Phages are full of genes of unknown function that are likely adaptive in specific conditions. New preprint: Phage TnSeq identifies essential genes rapidly and knocks all non-essentials. We would like to send a pool of phiKZ mutants to anyone wanting it! Reach out tinyurl.com/bdcfrejh
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Emmanuele Severi @emmseveri.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
#microsky #phagesky filamentous #phage www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness
Kubota et al. show that bacteria can use their filamentous phage to outcompete other bacteria, but increased phage production enables the evolution of cheater miniphages with truncated genomes. Miniph...
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Mike Bottery @mbottery.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Research Technician: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Postdoc: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Technician in Microbiology:Oxford Road
We are seeking a motivated laboratory-based Research Technician to join a dynamic lab working to understand the evolution of antimicrobial resistance within human fungal pathogens. This role is based in the lab of Dr Bottery, part of the wider Manchester Fungal Infection Group. The role is full-time for 12 months, available from January 2026.
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Mike Bottery @mbottery.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Exciting news! I have two positions open in my lab at the UoManchester: one PDRA and one Research Tech. Join our team to study evolutionary mycology and help us understand antifungal resistance in fungal pathogens. A fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant Manchester Fungal Infection Group!
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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social A PhD position is available in my lab to work on: Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria. Please RT Deadline: 12.11.25 More infos 👇 shorturl.at/rAKAT
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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
#microsky #mevosky @spp2389.bsky.social A PhD position is available in my lab to work on: Emergence and self-organisation of bacterial metabolism in consortia of cross-feeding bacteria. Please RT Deadline: 12.11.25 More infos 👇 shorturl.at/rAKAT
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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Please RT: We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“. www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/... Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details. @spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
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Junior Group Leader - Phage Biology & Biotechnology
As a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc...
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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
#NobelPrize week is approaching fast, and it's a good time to remember scientists whose contributions were overlooked. Read this #GENETICS story from @ccwendling.bsky.social, Zachary Bailey featuring Esther Lederberg, whose work in bacterial genetics was attributed to her husband: buff.ly/LKYfqvQ
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Teppo Hiltunen @teppo-h.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share. duunitori.fi/tyopaikat/ty...
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Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto - Työpaikat - Duunitori
Avoin työpaikka: Professor or Associate professor (Tenure Track/Full) in Microbial Genetics of Health - Turun yliopisto, Turku. Duunitorilla lisäksi yli 30 000 muuta avointa työpaikkaa. Lue lisää nyt!
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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 30/09/2025
EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬 The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩‍🔬🤓
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 12/09/2025
Dagegen sind Frauen bei der Leitung von Fakultäten immer noch deutlich unterrepräsentiert. Dies geht aus dem Datenreport Geschlechtergleichstellung in Hochschulgremien hervor.
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Die aktuelle Ausgabe von CEWS/publik ist online!
Lesen Sie die vollständige Ausgabe auf unserer Website.
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Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New ERC funded computational postdoc position in my lab! We are looking for someone who will study the genomics of bacterial evolution using samples from experimental evolution and clinical trials. Lots of opportunities for interesting and fun collaboration! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Job Details
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Ben Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
2 job adverts on a NERC project w myself + @darrenobbard.bsky.social on “What determines the virome: ecology and the environment, evolution, or species history?” early 2026 in @uniexecec.bsky.social - Postdoc: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... - RA: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... Pls share!
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Olaya Rendueles @olayarendueles.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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EMBL @embl.org · 07/08/2025
We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠 Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels. Take a look at these four open positions 👇
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John Lees @johnlees.bacpop.org · 17/09/2025
The EMBL PhD programme is open until 13th October (entry ~Sep 2026): www.embl.org/about/info/e... We have three positions in microbial genomics at EMBL-EBI, including one in my group. Please do apply, or if you know anyone that would be interested pass on to them
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EMBL International PhD Programme – Unique in the world and waiting for you!
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EMBL @embl.org · 17/09/2025
Are you ready to lead ground-breaking research in Infection Biochemistry? We are recruiting outstanding scientists to establish research groups based at @cssbhamburg.bsky.social tackling fundamental questions in molecular mechanisms of infection. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
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Felix M Key @keyfm.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Open postdoc position in in my lab in Berlin @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de. Join us to push the frontier in ancient microbial genomics. Please apply until Oct 17th. Reach out in case you have any questions. www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...
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Postdoctoral position (m/f/d) | Evolutionary Genetics
We are offering a Postdoctoral position in Evolutionary Genetics (m/f/d)
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Jörg Vogel @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Looking for a new approach to studying or eliminating phages? Check out our study introducing anti-phage ASOs (antisense oligos) out in @Nature today. nature.com/articles/s4158…
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Repost: 2 fully funded PhD positions in Bacteriology available in the Unterweger Lab @ LMU Biocenter in Munich Great opportunity to join an exciting research environment! More info & how to apply: 1. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6... 2. job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3... #PhDposition #Bacteriology
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PhD Student in Bacteriology/Infection biology (m/f/x)
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Please repost: Do you want to be part of the LSM Graduate school? Apply now for projects in Bioinformatics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Neurosciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences & Microbiology at www.portal.graduatecenter.lmu.de/ocgc/lsm 🗓️Deadline: 24.10.2025, 12:00 CET noon ! youtu.be/Xu2au-cX2pQ?...
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Graduate School Life Science Munich LSM
YouTube video by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!
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Macarena Toll-Riera @mtoll8.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We are hiring a PhD student! Are you fascinated by microbes and evolution? Come join us in Barcelona!
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Schulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
We are welcoming applications for a full professorship on Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology at Kiel Univerdity, Northern Germany, with fantastic facilities and infrastructure! @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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W 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12844416
Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural...
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Nature @nature.com · 05/09/2025
An investigation has identified more than 1,500 research articles produced by a network of Ukrainian companies that could be one of Europe’s largest paper mills go.nature.com/3VxA1SD
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Europe’s largest paper mill? 1,500 research articles linked to Ukrainian network
A group of companies has flooded 380 journals with hundreds of suspect papers since 2017.
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Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We're hiring a DFG-funded PhD student (TVöD E13, 65%) at Max Planck Institute, Marburg to study quorum sensing in Klebsiella & host–pathogen interplay. 3 yrs, start flexible. Apply by Sep 30, 2025 (rolling). Send 1 PDF to laganenka@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
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Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training @vbcscitraining.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Please share. Further details: www.vbcphd.at
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DaganLab @daganlab.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
A call for W 3 (full) professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology is now open at our department. Join our community of evolutionary biologists! Excellent facilities and scientific environment! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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W 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12844416
Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural...
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Carolin Wendling @ccwendling.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Interested in exploring prophages in your (meta)genomes, but don't know how and where to start? We've put together a beginners guide to exploring viral diversity in prokaryotes @marievasse.bsky.social @sebwielgoss.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 01/09/2025
The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
Group photo of postdocs conducting research at a Max Planck Institute
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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Only 10 days left to apply: We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution. The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects. Please RT. Details 👇: shorturl.at/iiiOv
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Siân Owen @sianowen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
An inspiring read! academic.oup.com/genetics/adv... A beautiful historical perspective on Ester Lederberg's legacy from @ccwendling.bsky.social & @zacharybailey.bsky.social
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Pioneer of bacterial genetics: the legacy of Esther Miriam Lederberg
Abstract. Esther Miriam Lederberg's brilliant scientific lifework, from the discovery of phage lambda, bacterial conjugation, and replica plating, provided
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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We are searching for a professor in Biology Didactics (W2) at Osnabrück University. The research focus should be on organismic biology, biodiversity, organismic interactions in ecosystems and human-environment interactions. Link to (German) advertisement 👇 shorturl.at/aKKAB
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Frank Melzner @frankmelzner.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Doctoral position on genomic basis of Fucus (brown algal) local adaptation - join our exciting #Fubluc team! Fully funded for 3.5 years & we also consider candidates with strong molecular or bioinformatic skillls but no marine / algal experience, see www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
Fucus algal meadow in the Baltic Sea
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Sebastian Suerbaum @suerbaums.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Please note the announcement of the 2025 Pettenkofer Prize. This year's topic is "Modulation of the innate immune response by effectors of pathogenic bacteria". The application deadline is Sept. 10, 2025. www.mvp.uni-muenchen.de/en/2025/07/3...
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Pettenkofer-Prize 2025 - Max von Pettenkofer-Institut
The Pettenkofer Foundation, which is administered by the Foundation Administration of the City of Munich, intends to award a research prize of € 5,000 for outstanding scientific work on the topic of  ...
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