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“Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI) researchers from different disciplines elucidate the mechanisms of interaction between beneficial and harmful bacteria and the host. – University of Tübingen, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How can we decode the chemical language of host–probiotic–pathogen interactions using iterative #metabolomics? Hear Neha Garg at #CMFI2027 in Tübingen, Feb 17–19, 2027. Submit your abstract for a poster or flash talk by Oct 31: tickets.congressa.de/CMFI/2027/
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱? CMFI 2027 – Registration & Call for Abstracts open today. 📍 Tübingen, 17–19 Feb 2027 🔹 Poster/Flash Talk 📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 Submit/Register: www.cmfi2027.com Among this year's keynote speakers: 1/2
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🦠 More food ≠ more diversity! Researchers @ratzke-lab.bsky.social found that extra nutrients can actually reduce microbial diversity — efficient bacteria outcompete rivals instead of new niches emerging. 🧾Nature Ecology & Evolution www.nature.com/articles/s41... Press release shorturl.at/bH4De
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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions @terra-cluster.org · 01/07/2026
🎙️ TERRAnauts Kira Rehfeld & Andreas Schweiger join „Exzellent erklärt" to talk soils, plants and climate — and the one-of-a-kind field experiment „Diversitorium". 🎧 exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io (German Language) | terra-cluster.org #exzellenterklaert #TeamTERRA #podcast
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Exciting upcoming EMBL Conference: Unlocking the Functional Diversity of Gut Microbiomes. 8–10 Dec 2026, EMBL Heidelberg & online. For researchers interested in gene function, microbial diversity, host–microbe interactions, and microbiome research. Save the date, submit an abstract, and register!
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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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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We were delighted to welcome Humboldt Fellows to @unituebingen.bsky.social and to the Cluster of Excellence CMFI. Thank you to the @humboldt-foundation.de and all participating Fellows for the inspiring conversations and the vibrant Humboldt Network spirit. 💚 #AvHNet
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Khaled_Selim Lab @selimlab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
#joboffer #Germany plz spread it I'm hiring a Junior leader (E13; 100% for 3-5 y) to start own independence w/ focus on #CryoEM SPA or ET Ideally 1-2y postdoc experience Plz get in touch, if you are interested in #Structural biology & #MicroBiochem @sfb1381.bsky.social @vaam-microbes.bsky.social
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Not just bigger muscles: study reveals that strength training affects our gut health. Participants with greatest strength improvements show biggest changes in their gut microbiome. Authors Sven Nahnsen / Daniel Straub explain within just a minute ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bhjjaxj @unituebingen.bsky.social
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Paper in a Minute - Daniel Straub, Sven Nahnsen, Resistance Training Reshapes the Gut Microbiome
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Why are most metabolites barely detectable in wild-type cells — biology or technology? A new study from the Link lab shows it's biology: cells actively maintain minimal metabolite pools to avoid unwanted effects. www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even...
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
📅 Save the Date – CMFI Conference 2027 Feb 17–19, 2027 📍 Tuebingen, Germany Confirmed speakers: Benoit Chassaing · Eran Elinav · Neha Garg · Kiran Patil · Bertrand Routy · Nina van Sorge Subscribe to stay updated and join us in Tuebingen: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/cmfi2027
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Effie Bastounis @effiebastounis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I'm excited to share our paper on how infected #macrophages promote #biomechanical alterations in #endothelia to transmigrate, published in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social! Thanks to all contributors, @sergemostowylab.bsky.social and @cmfi.bsky.social for the support. Here: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Listeria-infected macrophages promote biomechanical alterations in endothelial cell monolayers for transmigration
Intracellular pathogens like Listeria exploit macrophages to cross endothelial barriers and spread systemically. Muenkel et al. show that exposure to infected macrophages weakens contractile forces wi...
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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Largus Angenent, Professor für Environmental Biotechnology an der Universität Tübingen, erhält den Landesforschungspreis 2026, mit insgesamt 200.000 Euro der höchstdotierte Forschungspreis eines Bundeslandes. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏 sohub.io/oal7 @mwk-bw.bsky.social #Landesforschungspreis
Prof. Dr. Largus Angenent (Universität Tübingen). Foto: CORC Aarhus University
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Great Microbiology Colloquium at CMFI today! Kirsten Küsel (@kuesellab.bsky.social @microverse.bsky.social) shared insights on the groundwater microbiome, plus Kyle Mason-Jones (@unituebingen.bsky.social) on soil bacteriophages. Thanks to all for great talks and discussions!
Kirsten Küsel and Kyle Mason-Jones, speaker at the CMFI Microbiology Colooquium in Tübingen February 5, 2026. © CMFI / University of Tübingen
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Great colloquium today! Guest speaker @pdersch.bsky.social showed how 𝘠𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 reprograms neutrophils during infection, causing severe inflammation and @effiebastounis.bsky.social how 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 hijacks immune cells to spread. Key findings for fighting pathogens! #Microbiology #InfectBiology #BioMech
CMFI colloquium guest Petra Dersch from the University of Münster with her Tübingen colleagues Andreas Peschel (spokesperson for the CMFI Cluster of Excellence, left) and Samuel Wagner (former CMFI board member, Vice-President for Sustainable Development at University of Tübingen, right). Photo: Jonas Ritz / CMFI.CMFI Junior Reserach Group Leader Effie Bastounis speaking at the CMFI Microbiology Colloquium. Photo: Jonas Ritz / University of Tübingen
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Prof. Ruth Ley FRS @microbiome.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
🦠🧫 a collaboration with the Institute for Tropical Medicine in Tübingen and CERMEL in Gabon @cmfi.bsky.social
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🎥 New series: Paper in a Minute! CMFI researchers explain key findings from recent publications in under 60s. Ep. 1: Ana Rita Brochado @brochadolab.bsky.social on antifolate-triggered CBASS activation in V. cholerae. Watch: youtu.be/q3EErS28oMs?... #ERC #AMR @natmicrobiol.nature.com #scicomm
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Paper in a Minute — Ana Brochado, Vibrio cholerae CBASS phage defence system. Nature Microbiology
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🎉 Congrats to @brochadolab.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social on a €2M ERC Consolidator Grant for BacImmune-Decode, advancing our understanding of bacterial immunity to fight infections + AMR!! More: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even... @erc.europa.eu #ERC #AMR #Microbiology #ScienceNews
Ana Rita Brochado © Friedhelm Albrecht / Unversity of Tübingen
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🌍 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025 🦠 Antimicrobial resistance threatens global health. Unnecessary antibiotic use accelerates resistance and makes infections harder to treat. Use antibiotics responsibly and help raise awareness. Act now! youtu.be/_Qy3aTKiVLE #WWAW2025 #AMR #GoBlue
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WAAW - World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
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Functional Metabolomics Lab @func-metabo-lab.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
This was a large interdisciplinary effort together with the groups of Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt within the @cmfi.bsky.social Tübingen, and @mingxunwang.bsky.social at @ucriverside.bsky.social.
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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
How do keratinocytes sense bacterial commensals or pathogens? @cmfi.bsky.social Here is our recent review: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Role of Formyl Peptide Receptor 2 and Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Skin Barrier Function and Atopic Dermatitis
The skin acts as a barrier against external threats and plays an important role in tissue repair. Skin cells, including keratinocytes, sense microbe-a…
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Healthcare in Europe (DE) @health-europe-de.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
#Antibiotika stören das #Mikrobiom im #Darm und ebnen so den Weg für Erkrankungen. Das gilt allerdings auch für viele Nicht-Antibiotika, zeigt eine neue Studie von @ghammeranne.bsky.social und @jdlcz.bsky.social ‪vom @lisamaierlab.bsky.social am @cmfi.bsky.social ‪der @unituebingen.bsky.social‬.
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Studie: Nicht nur Antibiotika stören das Darm-Mikrobiom
Studie unter Leitung der Universität Tübingen: Viele Nicht-Antibiotika schwächen die natürliche Schutzfunktion des Darms, sodass sich krankmachende Bakterien leichter dort ansiedeln können
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Khaled_Selim Lab @selimlab.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A new doctor is born 😊🥳 Welcome with me Dr. Haffner, the first PhD student of the group after wonderful years @cmfi.bsky.social Michael published 8 articles & a review with 3 as 1st author.. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Daniel Petras @daniel-petras.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
New paper from the group. Together with Chambers Hughes, Giovanni Vitale and our amazing collaborators, we developed a multiplexed chemical metabolomics workflow to assign functional groups in non-targeted LC-MS/MS data: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Behind the paper story: go.nature.com/45ljV4d
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Enhancing tandem mass spectrometry-based metabolite annotation with online chemical labeling - Nature Communications
To improve annotation in non-targeted metabolomics studies, authors develop a Multiplexed Chemical Metabolomics (MCheM) platform, combining post-column derivatization with integrated data processing. ...
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 23/07/2025
How are bacterial transport machineries regulated by external cues? @brochadolab.bsky.social &co identify environmental chemicals that regulate #transporter transcription, identifying the TF Rob as a key modulator of #EffluxPump expression in #Ecoli #AMR @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46pUM9Q
Left: Compound-promoter interaction network. Fifty-three significant compound-promoter interactions are shown as edges in a Sankey diagram connecting the compounds (left, source nodes) to the promoters (right, target nodes). Edge thickness represents mean Z-scores (n = 8), while node size represents the total number of interactions. Right: Proposed model for the molecular mechanism of caffeine-ciprofloxacin antagonism. Caffeine triggers expression of MicF small RNA in a Rob-dependent manner, which then binds to the 5′-UTR of ompF mRNA to inhibit and decrease OmpF protein levels. This ultimately prevents ciprofloxacin from entering the cell, resulting in caffeine-ciprofloxacin antagonism
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Study finds #caffeine can weaken effectiveness of certain #antibiotics Substances from natural environment can trigger bacteria's alert systems – implications for future therapeutic approaches? Read the press release here: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even... @unituebingen.bsky.social
Scientist Ana Rita Brochado and her lab team member Laura Sniegula look at data from the pipetting robot. With this laboratory tool the team investigated the effect of 94 different substances – including antibiotics, prescription drugs, and food ingredients – on the bacterium E. coli, a potential pathogen. © Leon Kokkoliadis/CMFI, University of Tübingen
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Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga @jdlcz.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
It's finally out!🎉 We known that the #microbiome confers colonization resistance against #pathogens, we know that some meds 💊 affect gut microbes 🦠 So, do 💊 alter colonization resistance? It turns out that some do! If you wanna know more, check out our latest work www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Anne Grießhammer @ghammeranne.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Seeing this published is even better than eating sweets! I am so happy and proud of whole @lisamaierlab.bsky.social, especially Lisa and @jdlcz.bsky.social who walked the funny/exciting/rocky road with me until the very end. Check it out! #science #microbiome #health www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Non-antibiotics disrupt colonization resistance against enteropathogens - Nature
Non-antibiotic drugs from a wide range of therapeutic classes can alter the ability of gut commensals to resist invasion by enteropathogens, a previously underappreciated side effect of such drugs.
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Unexpected side-effect: how common medications clear the way for pathogens CMFI's @lisamaierlab.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social show in @nature.com: many non-antibiotics weaken the natural protective function of the intestine. Press release: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even...
Scanning electron microscopy image of a gut bacterial community (1:1.000.000). These interacting microorganisms form an ecosystem that is vital to human health. Medications can severely disrupt this fragile balance – they eliminate beneficial bacteria and thereby promote the growth of harmful species.
Image produced by the Maier Lab (Lisa Maier, Anne Grießhammer, Leonardo Boldt) together with the Tübingen Structural Microscopy Core Facility (Michaela Wilsch-Bräuninger, Stefan Fischer); Colouring: Elke Neudert.
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Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga @jdlcz.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This is work of many years and many wonderful people! 🧑‍🔬 Led by Anne Grießhammer @ghammeranne.bsky.social and me at the Maier lab @lisamaierlab.bsky.social in Tübingen @cmfi.bsky.social. Read the TL;DR and how the project and Lisa's lab grew hand in hand here: go.nature.com/3Ix8lu3
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🚨 Naming Challenge: Help redefine the #glycopeptide family! 🏆Submit your idea & win 500 € + authorship credit Let’s rethink antibiotic classification—together! 🧬 Deadline: Sept 15, 2025 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @nadineziemert.bsky.social #NameChallenge #NaturalProducts #Antibiotics
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘀: 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 The human microbiome—comprising trillions of microorganisms—interacts closely with our immune, metabolic, and nervous systems. It influences directly our health. On #WorldMicrobiomeDay, we celebrate the science that shows how much Microbes Matter.
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Lisa Maier Lab | Tübingen @lisamaierlab.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Big thanks to scientific writer Libera Lo Presti for this great little piece on our recent work exploring how proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and pH affect human gut microbes. Check it out here: go.nature.com/4lf6jNk
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The pill that might be relieving your heartburn but killing your gut microbes
Why drugs commonly used against heartburn harm your gut microbiome
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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Die @unituebingen feiert Erfolg im Exzellencluster-Wettbewerb 🎉Freude und Jubel bei der Pressekonferenz zur Entscheidung der DFG am 22.05.25 mit gut 200 Gästen. Weitere Infos und Fotos gibt es online 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... @cmfi.bsky.social @ml4science.bsky.social
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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Die Universität Tübingen erhält sechs #Exzellenzcluster, die im Rahmen der #Exzellenzstrategie vom 01.01.2026 an sieben Jahre lang gefördert werden! Darunter drei Cluster, die bereits etabliert sind und eine erneute Förderung erhalten. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #ExStra #Forschung #UniTübingen
Das Bild zeigt einen Brunnen vor der Neuen Aula. Darunter der Text: Sechs Exzellenzcluster werden in Tübingen gefördert.
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Nadine Ziemert @nadineziemert.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We were gathering together this evening to hear the announcement of the new clusters of excellence by the German research foundation. So happy to hear that @cmfi.bsky.social gets another round! Love the Team! #naturalproducts #fightinfections #secmet
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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Yeah! 7 more years for @cmfi.bsky.social So many people to thank... We are a fantastic team!
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🎉 Fantastic News 🎉 Our CMFI Cluster of Excellence @unituebingen.bsky.social receives funding extension for the next seven years. Spokesperson Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social: "We can now advance our research into resistance mechanisms and new antimicrobial agents!" shorturl.at/rcK1A
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CMFI Enters Second Funding Period | CMFI News
The members of CMFI can breathe a sigh of relief: On January 1, 2026, the Tübingen Cluster of Excellence will enter its second funding period with a duration of seven years. This was announced by the ...
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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
After her excellent PhD defense, Maryam Mahmoudi goes on a ride with her supervisor Eric Kemen. Check out her work about temp variation in plant microbiota: doi.org/10.1093/isme... doi.org/10.1128/mbio... More to come soon! @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social @cmfi.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Join us in Tubingen as a Junior Research Group Leader if you do research on #ESKAPE pathogens and infections and are interested in the highly cooperative environment of @dzif.bsky.social‬ and @cmfi.bsky.social ! Please send your application or forward to colleagues! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
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simonheilbronner.bsky.social @simonheilbronner.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I am happy to share our latest preprint, spearheaded by Laura Camus. We show that tyrosin-dependent interactions can foster integration of S. aureus into the nasal microbiome. @cmfi.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Lisa Maier Lab | Tübingen @lisamaierlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Here are our ideas on developing tools and technologies for anaerobic bacteria! We hope you enjoy the read as much as we enjoyed brainstorming on the topic...
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
#Podcast Release! 🎙️Folge 4: 𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗺 🦠Wirkt sich das Mikrobiom auf die Krebsentstehung aus? 🧪🚨Ja, sagt Christoph Stein-Thoeringer. Ziel seiner Forschung sind personalisierte Medikamente gegen Darmkrebs oder Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs. open.spotify.com/episode/62hK...
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Folge 4: Das Malignom und das Mikrobiom
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🔬 New pathoblocker is to stop Salmonella infections early on Possible alternative treatment method for infections with antibiotic-resistant germs. 📖 Study: tinyurl.com/2s3u4hwj #Pathoblocker #Salmonella #Pathogenicity #AMR @dzif.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
Cut through a protein: Look inside the HilD Regulator and the binding site for the pathoblocker. The discovered substance C26 (blue) bound to the HilD regulator and acting as pathoblocker. In addition, the HilD AlphaFold predicted structure is depicted (black). Model by Thales Kronenberger. 3D visualization created by Leon Kokkoliadis/CMFI, University of Tübingen. © Leon Kokkoliadis, CC-BY-NDA detailed view of the interior of a protein. The identified pathoblocker C26 (blue) has been shown to bind to the HilD-Regulator. The figure also illustrates the protein structure as predicted by AlphaFold (black). Model by Thales Kronenberger. 3D visualization created by Leon Kokkoliadis/CMFI, University of Tübingen. © Leon Kokkoliadis, CC-BY-ND
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Functional Metabolomics Lab @func-metabo-lab.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
New reprint from the team: Lead by @nike-wagner.bsky.social, we used our native metabolomics setup to shed new light onto the function of the CutA protein. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Study shows that (p)ppGpp-controlled GTP homeostasis is essential for maintaining the proton motive force. This ensures #bacterial survival and #antibiotic tolerance. Study by Andrea Salzer et al. points to new approaches to fight persistent infections: shorturl.at/HtJ6N @wolzc.bsky.social
Fig 9 from original publication: Bacterial culturability in the stationary phase is dependent on (p)ppGpp-driven GTP depletion. Uncontrolled, high levels of GTP (low ATP) in the (p)ppGpp0 mutant resulted in membrane disorder and decreased PMF. The lower PMF could at least in part be linked to transcriptional downregulation of nucleotide-sensitive genes of the respiratory chain. Maintenance of respiratory chain activity under (p)ppGpp positive/low GTP conditions likely accounts for the observed tolerance of stationary phase cells to bactericidal antibiotics.
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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
You have a strong background in molecular microbiology and look for a PhD position? Join us in #Tubingen in an international, enthusiastic team team, in an excellent research environment of the EU-funded #AUREUS program euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/328844 @cmfi.bsky.social
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PhD student / doctoral candidate in Infection Biology
AUREUS is a multidisciplinary European Training Network built to counteract multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aures infections, funded by Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN).
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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
How Staph. lugdunensis controls production of its anti-S. aureus effector lugdunin @cmfi.bsky.social @dzif.bsky.social The human microbiome-derived antimicrobial lugdunin self-regulates its biosynthesis by a feed-forward mechanism journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
#Podcast Release! 🎙️Folge 3: 𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗺 Wie wirken Medikamente und welche Rolle spielt das Mikrobiom? 🚨Kommt mit uns ins Sicherheitslabor von Lisa Maier. Sie hat die Wirkung von über 1200 Medikamenten auf unser Mikrobiom getestet. open.spotify.com/episode/7Awh... @lisamaierlab.bsky.social
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Folge 3: Das Mikrobiom
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Cluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🎯 It’s a match! New tool PhARIS finds right phage for S. aureus in hours! 🦠 With antibiotic resistance on a rise, #phagetherapy offers precise alternative. PhARIS streamlines #MRSA treatment. 👏 Congrats to @andreaspeschel.bsky.social @jkrusche.bsky.social & team! 🔗 More: tinyurl.com/25b8kfmh
PhARIS (Phage Aureus RBP Identification System): A new tool for identifying specific phage receptor-binding proteins and predicting the ability to infect the bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Exemplary presentation. Image: Dr. Johannes Richers and Dr. Christoph Kuehne (Jo Richers Studio), commissioned by University of Tübingen/CMFI
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