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The official account for the Graduate School Life Science Munich, a graduate program through LMU Munich dedicated to innovative research and education.

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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🔬 Doctoral applications 2026/27 are open at LSM Graduate School, LMU Munich! Disciplines: Neuroscience, Plant Genetics, Epigenetics, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Systematic Zoology 📅 Deadline: 19 October 2026 Apply 👉 www.portal.graduatecenter.lmu.de/ocgc/lsm #LifeSciences #PhD #LMU #Munich
PhD student using a microscope at LMU Biocente
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LMU München @lmu.de · 31/08/2026
How do plants prepare for an attack?🌱 A team led by Hans-Henning Kunz @kunzlab.bsky.social identified ion channels in chloroplasts that play a key role in connecting early stress signaling with the plant’s defense machinery. This can help them to respond faster & more strongly when stress returns.
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Important role of plastid ion channels in plant stress response identified
LMU researchers have shown that specific ion channels enable rapid transmission of calcium signals to chloroplasts and strengthen the defense response to recurring stress.
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KunzLab@LMU @kunzlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Congrats @lifescimunich.bsky.social PhD thesis awardees. Terrific job! @lmu.de
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How do flowers, their pollinators, and microbes interact—and why does this matter for ecosystems? Join the next Was Wissen schafft public lecture with Prof. Dr. Alexander Keller (Biozentrum, LMU) 🗓 Tuesday, 14.07.2026 The lecture is free of charge and held in German. Details: www.bi.mpg.de/wws
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Graduate School Life Science Munich (LSM) website has been relaunched to give you a better experience when exploring our international doctoral programme, students, faculty, research and application call ! 👉: www.bio.lmu.de/lsm/en/ 📸 by Carolin Bleese #LifeScience #PhDlife #GraduateSchool
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Graduate School Life Science Munich (LSM)
LSM Graduate School Munich offers an international doctoral programme in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, human biology, bioinformatics, molecular biology, microbiology, neuroscience, plant scien...
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Osman Lab @osman-lab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
We have officially launched our new lab website. 🥳 The site includes the automated literature curation on #mtDNA quality control and copy number regulation, which will appear on Mondays and Thursdays. Listen to the latest #NotebookLM generated podcast. 🧬 Explore the new site: osman-lab.de
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The Osman Lab | LMU Munich
Mitochondrial research and genome maintenance at Ludwig-Maximilians-University.
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TDvaliLab @tdvalilab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
#C.elegans is about to join the 'centriolar satellites' club. Check out our new preprint #centriolarsatellites: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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KunzLab@LMU @kunzlab.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
CHLOROPLAST LIPID-REMODELING PROTEIN 23 functions during cold acclimation in Arabidopsis url: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... Finally out now. Thx Serena & team from @lmu.de & @lifescimunich.bsky.social for resolving this conundrum. The inner not the outer envelope is the home of this protein.
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Validate User
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LMU München @lmu.de · 09/02/2026
#Photosynthesis 🌿: A team led by #LMU biologist Hans-Henning Kunz has now deciphered the chloroplast ionome of various plant species. Their findings form an important basis for elucidating the regulation of mineral homeostasis in chloroplasts & developing new biotech strategies.
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Photosynthesis: new insights into mineral homeostasis of chloroplasts
LMU biologists decipher the ionome of chloroplasts and create the foundations for new biotech strategies.
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Osman Lab @osman-lab.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
🧬 Introducing the #mtDNA Lab Intel Pipeline! Our system daily scans PubMed and bioRxiv to bring you: 📄 #Gemini generated Daily Dossiers (PDF) and 🎙️ #NotebookLM generated Podcasts with a focus on #mtDNA-QC and #mtDNA-copy-number 📂 Full Archive: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Square, neon-colored illustration announcing a “Daily Briefing” on mtDNA, showing mitochondria, DNA, AI icons, literature stacks, exercise symbols, and a bar graph, in a futuristic purple-pink style.
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KunzLab@LMU @kunzlab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Plz read our study by @lmumuenchen.bsky.social PhD cand. Lorenz. He describes chloroplast ionomes for several 🌱species & shows how plastid iron can be massively increased. Terrific help by peers from @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, @mizzouid.bsky.social and @uni-saarland.de academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
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The chloroplast ionome shines light on the dynamics of organellar iron homeostasis
Loss of chloroplast iron (Fe) ferritin storage leads to Fe re-shuttling into the vacuole and reduced leaf tissue Fe content.
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Osman Lab @osman-lab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Our new paper is out 🎉 in @narjournal.bsky.social A fascinating complex composed of Mrx6, Mam33, and Pim1 controls #mtDNA copy number by regulating Lon-dependent substrate turnover in #yeast. Congrats to @simonrecyclable.bsky.social, all co-authors and collaborators! academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Mrx6 binds the Lon protease Pim1 N-terminal domain to confer selective substrate specificity and regulate mtDNA copy number
Abstract. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number regulation remains incompletely understood, despite its importance in cellular function. In Saccharomyces c
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The program for the 2026 Lecture Series "Was Wissen Schafft" is now out ! 📆: First lecture by Stefan Stricker is on the 3rd of February 👉: Details www.bi.mpg.de/wws #WasWissenSchafft #ScienceForAll #SciComm #PublicLecture #MunichEvents @mpibiochem.bsky.social
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KunzLab@LMU @kunzlab.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Plz check out our preprint in which we investigate the role of KEA1 in #chlamy, a monoplastid algae. KO mutant vs WT comparison across the green linage reveals conserved but also novel insights in part linked to the mono plastid bottleneck. Thx to many terrific collabs 👇 doi.org/10.64898/202...
https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.03.692059
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KunzLab@LMU @kunzlab.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Super excited that @nightsciencepod.bsky.social @itaiyanai.bsky.social presenter M. Lercher @martinlercher.bsky.social from @hhu.de will present this year's Xmas lecture @lmumuenchen.bsky.social. More info here 👇. Please join us if you can. www.bio.lmu.de/en/latest-ne...
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Christmas Lecture on Night Science
the creative side of the scientific process with Martin Lercher. Afterwards Glühwein and Cookies from the Student Council of the Faculty of Biology
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Congratulations Alina and the team!🥳✨️
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Just out! Andre Amaral´s latest paper "First fossil mosquito larva in 99-million-year-old amber with a modern type of morphology sheds light on the evolutionary history of mosquitoes" is now published 🎉 Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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LMU München @lmu.de · 10/10/2025
🔝 Im renommierten Hochschulranking #TimesHigherEducation (THE) World University Ranking 2026 gehört die LMU mit #Platz 34 erneut zur internationalen #Spitze und verbessert sich um vier Plätze. Im EU-weiten Vergleich behauptet sie zudem ihre starke Position mit Rang 2. 🥈 #LMUMuenchen #THERanking #LMU
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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
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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 · 04/07/2025
Last week was our LSM AGM! Shalini kicked off the event with the Student Council intro & survey results(mental health,PhD rights,job support) 🎤 “Voices of LSM” tackled key issues in small groups 🧠 Inspiring talk by Dr. Kitashova 🌞 Ended with a BBQ in the Munich sun Big thanks to our Student Council❤️
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
We had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Tamara Mikeladze-Dvali as a part of our Insight series - In Conversation with the Experts!✨️ Tamara works on how molecular mechanisms coordinate for the development of a multicellular organism using C. elegans as the model🐛 #DevelopmentalBiology #C.elegans
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LMU München @lmu.de · 22/05/2025
🎉 Major achievement for #LMU in the Excellence Strategy: All seven proposed Clusters of Excellence have successfully passed the review process and will be funded for seven years as of 2026. An outstanding result! 🎉 #ExcellenceCluster #LMUMunich #research Read more here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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LMU München @lmu.de · 20/05/2025
🎉 50 years of the Faculty of #Biology - and 20 years of interdisciplinary work at the #Biocenter! “Biology today is a big data science,” says Professor Stibor. AI, biodiversity loss & synthetic biology will be key topics of the future.📖 To the interview: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Don't miss Tanja Schwander's talk @dee-unil.bsky.social‬ today @4pm @LMU-Biocenter ‘The Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of Parthenogenesis: Insights from Stick Insects’. #CASResearchFocus ‘Speciation’ For more information and registration, visit: www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstal...
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The Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of Parthenogenesis: Insights from Stick Insects
Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwander (Lausanne) | Moderation: Prof. Dr. Axel Imhof (LMU)
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Join us this Wednesday, 14.05 at 5 PM CET for the LSM Lecture with Andrea Rentmeister in G00.031, LMU Biocenter! Everyone is welcome — details in the poster below 👇 Talk Title: Expanding the scope of mRNA by non-natural modifications
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LMU München @lmu.de · 07/05/2025
🔬🌱 Master’s student Stella Chroni promotes #sustainability in science at LMU’s Martinsried Campus. Through the #GreenOffice, she supports research labs in reducing resource consumption & helps implementing more sustainable practices. More about Stella an her work for the Green Office at #LMU here:
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The Sustainability of Science
Molecular Biology student Stella Chroni supports the Green Office on Martinsried Campus, promoting sustainable lab practices and raising awareness among scientists and peers.
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Join us Today at 5 PM CET for the LSM Lecture with Annika Guse in G00.031, LMU Biocenter! Everyone is welcome — details in the poster below 👇 Talk Title: Adaptation to the environment: a model systems’ approach
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LMU München @lmu.de · 23/04/2025
🥔 European potato genetics decoded! A team led by Korbinian Schneeberger (LMU & @mpipz.bsky.social) found that just 10 old varieties hold 85% of the genetic diversity in today’s cultivated potatoes. Surprising chromosome variation + a new method for faster analysis = big step for future breeding.👉
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European potato genome: small gene pool with large differences
A research team has decoded the genome of historic potato cultivars and used this resource to develop an efficient method for analysis of hundreds of additional potato genomes.
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
As part of The Insight Series – Conversations with the Experts we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Silke Robatzek who is an ERC Grant holder and a leading researcher in the Genetics Dept at the LMU Biocenter We hope she motivates you as much as she has inspired us! #WomenInScience #Plants #Biol
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LMU München @lmu.de · 19/03/2025
How do plants survive in the desert? 🌵☀️ @juliabechteler.bsky.social, new to #LMU, is researching the genetic adaptations of mosses and desert plants to extreme drought - with exciting findings for biodiversity and climate research. 🌍🌱 #Biology #Research Read more here: 🔗 www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
A portrait of Julia Bechteler with a quote of her: "Plants in all their diversity have fascinated me since childhood."
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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🤩The advantages of being in the ♥️of the Lifescience Campus Grosshadern/Martinsried are obvious: ▶️All research facilities are within a 20-minute walk🚶‍♀️ ▶️Close connections foster networking — even over lunch😋😀 ▶️Close to the Innovation Center for spin-offs ▶️Easy U6 access to Munich city center
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Biomedical Center Munich / LMU Munich @bmc-lmu.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Yesterday, we did a quick spot check, asking our colleagues if they were concerned about current events affecting research freedom. The response was huge-most passers-by expressed their solidarity with the global scientific community 🧪 Imagine if we'd asked more... #StandUpForScience #ScienceMatters
32 BMC scientists each, holding the sign "Stand up for Science"
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LMU München @lmu.de · 07/03/2025
Oldest high-resolution larval eyes of fossil insects identified. 100-million-year-old amber fossils show that Cretaceous reticulate larvae developed specialized imaging systems - a significant contribution to the evolution of sensory structures. #palaeontology #evolution Read more here:
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Älteste hochauflösende Larvenaugen bei fossilen Insekten
100 Millionen Jahre alte Bernstein-Fossilien zeigen: Netzflügler der Kreidezeit besaßen hochentwickelte Larvenaugen.
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LMU München @lmu.de · 06/03/2025
Plants epigenetically control the production of pharmaceutically relevant active ingredients!🌿 #LMU Researchers led by Claude Becker have discovered a #genecluster that regulates the biosynthesis of withanolides in Physalis grisea - with important implications for alternative pesticides & drugs.
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How plants epigenetically regulate their chemical defences
A new study demonstrates how plants of the nightshade family produce pharmaceutically valuable compounds and how this biosynthesis is epigenetically regulated.
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LMU München @lmu.de · 05/02/2025
#ClickChemistry meets living cells: 🔬 Andrea Rentmeister at LMU Munich makes the invisible visible: her research on mRNA therapies & epitranscriptomics combines chemistry & biology - for the medicine of tomorrow. 🔐 #LMUMunich #chemistry #research Find out more: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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LMU München @lmu.de · 21/02/2025
An international research team led by Prof. Markus Meissner (LMU) and Prof. Gernot Längst (University of Regensburg) has discovered a new class of antimalarial drugs. 🦟 The study demonstrates the importance of integrating epigenetic research into the fight against malaria. www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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Promising new class of antimalarial drugs discovered
Epigenetic inhibitors as a promising new antimalarial intervention strategy? A new study identifies an inhibitor of gene regulation that specifically kills the malaria pathogen.
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Always a pleasure to run a customised course for @lifescimunich.bsky.social students! This week, we introduced them to Python, and we're confident these brilliant minds will soon apply it to their research projects. Excited to see what they’ll create! 🚀🐍
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LSM @lifescimunich.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Check out our new newsletter!!🎊❤️ Kudos to the newsletter team for their efforts!🎊
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Osman Lab @osman-lab.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
🚀 Excited to share our latest work on Mrx6 and mtDNA copy number regulation, now available on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ! We uncover how Mrx6 and Mam33 interact with the Lon protease Pim1 to control substrate degradation. 🔬 Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #mitochondria #mtDNA
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Mrx6 binds the Lon protease Pim1 N-terminal domain to confer selective substrate specificity and regulate mtDNA copy number
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number regulation remains incompletely understood, despite its importance in cellular function. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mrx6 belongs to the Pet20-domain-containing ...
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<interact> Munich 2025 @interactmunich.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🌟 <interact> 2025 Registration Now Open! 🌟 Prepare to meet our fantastic keynote speakers while enjoying inspiring networking with the participants 🧬✨ Explore and celebrate the impact of our research on the world around us alongside like-minded scientists. Let the <interact>ion begin!!
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