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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 6h

Nothing like a little whiff of tear gas to get you ready for lecture. Campus riots before 9 AM? Vive la France 🥲

Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 20h

Welcoming Maria Panarisi into the journey towards the PhD in our group. She looks almost as positively shocked popping the cork as appears to be by this new phase in her scientific life. Looking forward to our joint discoveries in the next years! #journeyintothenucleus

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great to visit @imbmainz.bsky.social via invite of Sina Wittmann @sfb1551.bsky.social yesterday. My impression was that we are really going after the same questions, Wittmann lab via super strong reconstituted molecular biology, and us top-down by embryo and simulations. Fantastic discussions!

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napari @napari.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

🚀 napari is hiring Remote Developers-in-Residence! Join us to build the future of interactive n-dimensional data visualization in Python. 💻 60% Dev / 20% Maintenance / 20% Community & Outreach 💰 $59.50/hr (Contract, 14–35 hrs/wk) 🌍 100% Remote, open globally Learn more and apply today […]

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I hate when this happens. And, let me tell you, it happens. It’s a really bad look … omitting prior, highly relevant work is academically inappropriate, especially if it was brought to one’s attention directly. It violates commonly applicable standards and proper process.

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This seems like an excellent day to mention: this scientist holds a Canadian PhD and is legally partnered with a Canadian. 🇨🇦🤝🇪🇺

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 09/09/2026

We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack

Call for independent Max Planck Research Groups

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Fena Ochs @fenaochs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My lab at the Center for Gene Expression (CGEN), University of Copenhagen is looking for a motivated Postdoc interested in cohesin biology, 3D chromatin, and super-resolution microscopy. 📩 Please email your CV and letter of intent to fena.ochs(at)sund.ku.dk.

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Kazuhiro Maeshima @kazu-maeshima.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Is euchromatin really “open”? 🧬 Using super-resolution imaging🔬 our new study @natgenet.nature.com reveals: Euchromatin forms condensed domains in live cells. Cohesin constrains them and prevents domain mixing for proper transcriptional insulation🚧 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/2)

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'll try another live read-through of a recent preprint "Formation of an RNA-mediated nuclear compartment" by Denis Lafontaine et al., @jobdekker.bsky.social lab I am first posting my summary sketch of the introduction. Link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Original post: bsky.app/profile/jobd...

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

JOB ALERT 🚨 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) is looking for a Fish Facility Manager, taking primary responsibility for fish husbandry & embryo production. For more details, see: recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/34... 🐟 #ZebrafishJobs cc: @zebrafishhusbandry.bsky.social

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Animal Care keeper / Biology Laboratory Technician (f/m/x) Zebrafish breeding

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Wonderful visit to @samwilken.bsky.social lab at Uni Mainz today, discussing joint projects within @centersyngen.bsky.social and science in general. Got to snap a whiteboard selfie, but missed our postdocs Abishek Ghadai & Marcel Piepers in the photo…also thanks Huan (spelling?) for the lab tour 🙏

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Wonderful imaging work by Mark @mpownall.bsky.social and lab, using ChromExM to advance the role of RNA in 3D genome organization into gastrulation and heterochromatin domain formation 😍

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Please cast your vote! We have an image in the competition, but I do not want to bias you :-)

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A week in the life of Hilbert lab, in four photos. Academic work felt great this week, and I hope the photos can show it. Description and details for each photo below.

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Graham Dellaire @docdellaire.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is why AI needs wet lab... #ThereIsaidIt

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A periodic reminder for all of our convenience: “The data are not good or bad. The data are the data.” “Data is king.” “Without data, all theory is crap.” 3 sentences I learned from 3 supervisors AKA the reason it’s worth spending 1/3 of my time and 2/3 of our budget on keeping a wet lab running.

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Still trying to figure out what should be my take-away from these directly juxtaposed posts on AI and robotics in Shenzhen and Karlsruhe on my LinkedIn timeline…there’s a lot contained in here, but I don’t even exactly know what.

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Marieke Oudelaar @mariekeoudelaar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We are looking for someone to lead the new Facility for Protein Biochemistry & Biophysics at the MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg — please spread the word and apply if you are interested!

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🔥 Published today, and just in time for summer conferences, here are your guidelines for presenting badly www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fqa92

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David Solecki @so-lets-kilab70.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

What if you could watch chromatin change in live neurons…..IN REAL TIME?Share if this is your dream! My lab is making biosensors to make chromatin visible as neurons wire into circuits & are hiring an Associate Scientist to build, not just execute. Apply: stjude.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/stjude/job/M...

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Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

WORK: our Bionanoscience department at TU Delft is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Biophysics of Living Systems. Apply! Deadline 30 July careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-As... RT=nice

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Assistant Professor in Biophysics of Living Systems

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Just start writing. My new post: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The zebrafish embryo is a great model of stem cell processes: zygotic genome activation and germ layer specification, within a single work day! Similar to mouse embryonic stem cells, we find transcriptional clusters undergo massive, global shifts. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Diepold Lab @diepold-lab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Exciting PhD position available in the Diepold lab @kit.edu ! We're especially interested in international students with expertise in molecular biology and ready to lead a cutting-edge research project in molecular machines and infection biology. Find out more at diepoldlab.com.

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RAPP OptoElectronic @rappopto.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🔬 The #EMBO | #EMBL Symposium "Mechanobiology across the tree of life" is well underway here in Heidelberg. 💡 Come by our booth to talk about #photomanipulation, laser ablation, #FLUCS, and custom microscopy solutions for #mechanobiology experiments. 👋 See you at the booth! #EESMechanobiology

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Did you know that stem cells have unusually large transcription clusters, which disappear upon differentiation? Yes? You paid attention in 2018! In 2026, we show you that this process proceeds via massive, global shifts in transcriptional control. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Special cameo of our favorite fish (c/o @lennarthilbert.bsky.social), for those interested! 🐟

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If you see this image and think "ha, fly testis!", you know your stuff. If you also know how transcription clusters form and disperse during sperm precursor formation, maybe don't read our new Advanced Science paper, out today 😉 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Carmelo Ferrai @carmeloferrai.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Hear hear, Another fantastic collaborative project have seen the light! After a few years of backing...the manuscript on how "Stem cell differentiation disperses transcriptional clusters via a conserved surface-condensate trajectory" Is out 🥳🥳 🍾🍾🥂🥂 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Botany One @botany.one · 02/06/2026

W3 Professorship for Plant Biotechnology // University of Freiburg www.nature.com/naturecareer... The position holder will lead a research program that combines excellent basic research with clear perspectives for biotechnological and societally relevant applications. #BotanyJobs

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The future position holder will lead an internationally recognized research program that combines excellent basic research with clear perspectives for

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

New preprint by our predoc Aaron Gadzekpo "Bayesian optimisation and graph-based rheology enable sequence-dependent modelling of DNA materials" Coarse-graining realistic DNA nanostars provides hydrogel network connectivity and mechanics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @centersyngen.bsky.social

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 30/05/2026

Dear #plantscience friends, we're looking to recruit a new colleague at @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social: a Professor in Plant Biotechnology. 🌱🧪 The @dompsfr.bsky.social community is truly fantastic. Interested? Please share far and wide and join us! uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Interesting point, find my opinion below the original post ;-)

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

There seem to be a lot of terrible revelations about ThermoFisher antibodies. Are we talking about big supplier DNA oligos yet? Had a few eye-opening experiences since starting our lab…

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

May the sun shine on all labs as it did on Modic and our Hilbert lab groups during our joint outing today 🌞 The photo reminds me how much we grew recently, we were even still missing several members! Most of all, the man Miha @paraspeckle.bsky.social himself, but we ate a lot of 🍕 for you.

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Arriving a day late for @events.embl.org #EESPhaseSeparation But today you can already meet Aaron Gadzekpo, Mona Wellhäusser @mofrawe.bsky.social & Elly Lohrer from our group. We present several topics: nanostar simulation, signaling condensates, nuclear actin meshworks, and synthetic chromatin 😁

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Got great news on a manuscript this week, extensive and long-term developed story forthcoming soon, ultimately placed in a wonderful journal. Cannot be specific, but also cannot contain myself. So here’s a weird non-factory image I generated with chatGPT, with no relation to the project at all ;-)

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Completed the annual Karlsruhe running event “Badische Meile”, shaved 5 minutes off my time from last year (run distance 8,888 km). This year, @kit.edu provided shirts for participating employees and students, I’ve seen *many* green shirts in the crowd. Reminder of the role we play in this city!

Before cycling to the run. Very relaxed.

Five minutes before start of the run. Still relaxed.

One minute after the run. Looking a lot more relaxed than I felt 🥵😓😓

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Anna Poetsch @apoetsch.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a Deep Learning Engineer. With this role you would set up deep learning infrastructures with the goal to understand genomes 🧬 and ageing 👵 .

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Selected photos from Boys Day last Thursday. We welcomed 7 young bright minds to our lab. They learned about options to study biology, train as lab technicians, and connections with physics, maths, materials and computer science. Offered by Iliya Stoev and our Hilbert Lab members via Center SynGen.

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RAPP OptoElectronic @rappopto.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

1/5 🤔 What can you actually do with #FLUCS? 💡 FLUCS enables researchers to actively & flexibly control intracellular flows. Non-invasively & label-free. 📩 Get in contact with us to explore how FLUCS can add a new dimension to your research. #Photomanipulation #Bioimaging #Biophysics

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Keep on hating AI, but the new Copilot in MatLab just *explained an error*: structured, accurate, complete with troubleshooting and fix-walk-through, pertaining to a *MatLab-external library". It actually teaches! Chapeau @mathworks.bsky.social! Of course, hat tip to @openmicroscopy.org

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Received this nice Easter present for our lab today. Happy Easter and good luck to all colleagues and collaborators :-) 🥚🐟🧬

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Some work life impressions of the week: Huge-a&& KIT logo downtown, our new slogan #scienceforimpact (I like it) Friday evening Campus North institute sunset panorama Drosophila testes imaging for revisions with @erhardtlab.bsky.social lab, samples looking great! #FluorescenceFriday #latergram

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