iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Lavisha Parab receiving the FEMS microLife poster award for her outstanding poster presentation on “Need for speed: early lysogen formation following rapid lysis drives temperate phages persistence”. Congratulations! @lavishaparab.bsky.social @femsjournals.bsky.social

1142

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Most important: the biggest thank you to my phage-tastic team. You rocked the show - from session to poster to party 🥳 @fz-juelich.de, @hhu.de

050

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Congratulations again to our three poster prize winners! Sponsored by @fems @polyquant.bsky.social & @femsjournals.bsky.social

163

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is still "Only the Sky Above" @spp2330.bsky.social! International Symposium on "New concepts in prokaryotic virus-host interactions": It's been a blast! Thank you for 3 days of exciting research, for the inspiring discussions, and, of course, for the great social moments as well! @dfg.de

3172

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Congratulations to our @polyquant.bsky.social poster prize winner Gideon Cummings from Tanita Weins lab for his poster “Weaving their own demise - bacteria utilize death domains to assemble effector filaments in an anti-phage defense system”. @spp2330.bsky.social, @dfg.de

191

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Her inspiring reflections on resilience, courage and perseverance resonated especially with young female scientists navigating their academic careers. Thank you for sharing your story!

010

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is "Only the Sky Above" SPP 2330! Great talk by Helga Hengge, the first German woman to summit Everest, at our international conference. 🏔️ @spp2330.bsky.social, @dfg.de

183

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cover image alert 🎨🚨👇🏼 - check out the amazing drawing of Sophia Zimmermann from our group in Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com ! Fun fact: Sophia initially drew it as a present to Dorentina @humollidorentina.bsky.social when we celebrated her recent paper on TnSeq with phages 🥂😊.

19214

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Julia Frunzke opening the 2026 International SPP 2330 Symposium on New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-host Interactions. Looking forward to 3 exciting days of science! @dfg.de @fz-juelich.de @frunzkelab.bsky.social

1184

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Kranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our story with @hobbslabutah.bsky.social discovering CBASS sensing of phage proteases out now in @science.org New data include CBASS recognition of diverse proteases beyond T4, and verifying CD-NTase activation loop cleavage as the trigger for defense in vivo www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

science.org

Phage proteases activate CBASS antiphage immunity

Cyclic oligonucleotide–based antiphage signaling systems (CBASS) are bacterial immune pathways evolutionarily related to cGAS-STING (cyclic GMP-AMP synthase–stimulator of interferon genes) in humans. ...

08838

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Khaled_Selim Lab @selimlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A great talk by Aileen Krüger @frunzkelab.bsky.social Lab @fz-juelich.de & @hhu.de at @mibinet.bsky.social conference

042

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you Àkos for your excellent talk and your continous support! ☺️

010

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Big thank you to @frunzkelab.bsky.social, @mfeldbruegge.bsky.social and their team for organizing such an excellent meeting to learn about diverse aspects of Microbial Networking from Organelles to Cross-Kingdom Communities and also the exciting projects within @mibinet.bsky.social 👏

152

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you MibiNet & friends @mibinet.bsky.social for a wonderful International Symposium on "Microbial Networking - from organelles to cross-kingdom communities"!! It was impressive to see the vivid exchange, excellent talks and and poster discussions. @dfg.de; @hhu.de; @fz-juelich.de

11710

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Aileen Krüger (from group of @frunzkelab.bsky.social) on race for iron: impact of siderophore- and heme-mediated networking on spatial interactions in defined microbial communities See Aileen's brand new paper in #ISMEJournal academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... including her visit in Leiden #MibiNet

141

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Lawrence Rudy Cadena @rudycadenabioevo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Our paper on the subcellular proteome of Paulinella is finally out! A possible oxygen-scavenging mechanism to enhance RuBisCO carboxylation highlights how protists can reveal unexpected solutions to challenges in photosynthesis. Big kudos to everyone involved! @evanowack.bsky.social

12313

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Dorentina Humolli @humollidorentina.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Very happy to share that HIDEN-SEQ is now out in @natmicrobiol.nature.com! Using this technique, we recapitulated decades of established phage genetics and uncovered new gene functions, including previously unknown anti-defense factors against several defense systems. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

38443

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The final version of our manuscript on TnSeq in bacteriophages (“HIDEN-SEQ”) is out today – if you have an interesting phage phenotype and want to know the underlying genetic basis, this one is for you! 1/4

515473

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finally!! 🥳 "A consensus-based guideline for personalized bacteriophage therapy" www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.spektrum.de/news/leitlin... @spp2330.bsky.social

spektrum.de

Infektionen: Leitlinie zur Phagentherapie

Für wen eignet sich eine Phagentherapie?

0138

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#AMR superbugs are getting tougher, but predatory bacteria like B. bacteriovorus can hunt them down! We show that model bacterium E.coli 🦠 can escape these ‘living antibiotic’ by evolution, mainly through OmpF porin loss. This comes at a cost. Details at: tiny.cc/2qpa101 #MicroSky, #Evolution

23012

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Anthony Vecchiarelli @cellforganized.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Applications are now being accepted for the 2027 Bacterial Cell Biology & Development GRC, June 6–11! GRS will be on June 5-6, 2027 We’ll likely be oversubscribed, so please apply early!

26638

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Khaled_Selim Lab @selimlab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Our Collaborative Research Center MibiNet @mibinet.bsky.social @hhu.de was strongly present in #EMBOBacNet Best poster prize for Benita Lückel, a PhD student in Bott group @fz-juelich.de, sponsored by @natmicrobiol.nature.com Congrats🎉🎉everyone & organizers @lalouxlab.bsky.social @s-lab.bsky.social

0125

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

MibiNet @mibinet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

MibiNet PI Eva Nowack (@hhu.de) has been awarded the 2026 Miescher-Ishida Award by the International Society of Endocytobiology! Honored for her work on how endosymbionts integrate into eukaryotic host cells. Huge congratulations! 👏 @evanowack.bsky.social #MibiNet www.hhu.de/news-einzela...

hhu.de

Renommierte Auszeichnung für HHU-Biologin

Die Fachgesellschaft „International Society of Endobiology“ zeichnete am 15. September 2026 Prof. Dr. Eva Nowack, Leiterin des Instituts für Mikrobielle Zellbiologie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düs...

497

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Congratulations Eva! Absolutely deserved 🥳

000

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Proudly present our fantastic collaborative effort within SFB 1535 "Microbial networking" @mibinet.bsky.social now out in The ISME Journal. "Context-dependent siderophore exploitability shapes microbial community structure" academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de @dfg.de

34527

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thank you Àkos for enabling these nice imaging approaches in Leiden!

000

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Congratulations Khaled and team!

120

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy to share our recent review on "Control of foreign DNA: emerging roles of xenogeneic silencers" @spp2330.bsky.social, @fz-juelich.de @hhu.de, @mibinet.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

0226

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Aude Bernheim @audeber.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

2/10 The biological roles of most bacterial natural products remain unknown. A few were shown to provide antiphage phenotypes, as early as 1945 by Doris Jones and more recently by the @themaxwelllab.bsky.social and @frunzkelab.bsky.social labs. Ex: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

131

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Sorek Lab @soreklab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Our paper out in Science today: The Metis defense system senses molecular byproducts released when a phage degrades the bacterial genome, and then prevents replication of the phage in the infected cell Congratulations @ostermanilya.bsky.social and co-authors!

science.org

Bacteria sense virus-induced genome degradation via methylated mononucleotides

Phages often degrade the genome of their bacterial host to individual nucleotides. Here we describe Metis, a bacterial defense system that directly senses phage-mediated host genome degradation. Metis...

410353

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Björn Usadel @usadellab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

@sebastianbeier.bsky.social has fixed some minor issues in our read trimmer Trimmomatic for R0.41 since the latest release just a few months ago academic.oup.com/bioinformati.... github.com/usadellab/Tr.... Please note, that the website trimmomatic.com is not ours and send you to commercials.

academic.oup.com

Trimmomatic: a decade of feature-rich, high-performance NGS read preprocessing

AbstractMotivation. Trimmomatic is a widely adopted tool for preprocessing high-throughput sequencing data, particularly from Illumina platforms. Since its

043

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Khaled_Selim Lab @selimlab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Happy to share our latest finding on ComFB, a new #cdiGMP receptor in bacteria Team effort w/ @freecyano.bsky.social at @sfb1381.bsky.social ComFB regulates type IV pilus-dependent functions via sequestering TFs (CRP1/2) @hhu.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

3206

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Simon Roux @simrouxvirus.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🚨 Registration for VEGA26 is 👏 officially open 👏 🚨 The 5th edition of our Viral EcoGenomics and Applications symposium will be held November 18-19, 2026, on the UC Berkeley campus 🧬 🦠 🔬 🧫 Event website ➡️ jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us... Registration link ➡️ cvent.me/e0RnA0

12717

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Looking forward to Viruses of Microbes 2026 in Prague!

1160

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Typas Lab @typaslab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

How can we harness the vast functional diversity of microbes on our planet? Join us at EMBL Heidelberg from 8–10 December 2026 to hear about ongoing efforts to decode gene function and organisation in human gut microbes, and to present your own research. www.embl.org/about/info/c...

23934

Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

What is the impact of phage biocontrol on plant immune responses and bacterial virulence? Very happy that this is out @cp-cellreports.bsky.social! @mibinet.bsky.social, @dfg.de, @fz-juelich.de, @hhu.de, @spp2330.bsky.social

12812

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Melanie Blokesch @mblokesch.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Open postdoc position in my lab on HGT and interbacterial competition. We seek candidates with a PhD in microbiology (or related fields)+ strong 1st-author publications. Curious, highly motivated, and dedicated team players ready to contribute fully are encouraged to apply. Details: tiny.cc/cz01101

tiny.cc

Open Positions

06480

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Team Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

📣 We are hiring! In the collaborative research center 'Plant Ecological Genetics' @teamthomma.bsky.social searches a PhD candidate to study the role of plant-associated microbiota in plant density responses and inter-plant competition. See project A07: sl1nk.com/b7z0doc Deadline July 10!

sl1nk.com

Encurtador de Link

Encurtador de Link | O melhor encurtador de links e urls gratuito da internet.

12224

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

FEMS @femsmicro.org · 18/06/2026

Dr. Michael Sauer, FEMS Board Member and ÖGMBT President, invites you to join him this year in Vienna as collaboration takes centre stage at the FEMS Regional COLLAB. Discover how collaboration can transform ideas into impact. ⏰ 23 June EB Deadline: buff.ly/pg2yXvN

031

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Altegoerlab @faltegoer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

As promised: We have an open 2-year postdoc position in my lab at HHU Düsseldorf, starting September 2026. Come join us and help pioneering structural biology of fungal GPCRs! More about the lab: altegoerlab.de Apply here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac... Please share with interested candidates!

karriere.hhu.de

Postdoc (m/f/d) structural biology of fungal G-Protein coupled receptors

02625

Reposted by Julia Frunzke

Cell Host & Microbe @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

NAD to the bone: How bacteria put phages under aRES-t … and how phages fight back Preview of work IDing aRES, bacterial proteins that deplete cellular NAD+, generating products that cannot be utilized by phage NAD+ regeneration pathways www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

cell.com

NAD to the bone: How bacteria put phages under aRES-t … and how phages fight back

In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Osterman et al. discover aRES, a new family of bacterial immune proteins that deplete cellular NAD+, generating cleavage products that cannot be utilized by canon...

02211