Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteCluster of Excellence CMFI @cmfi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 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: 1/2 197
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteJason Nomburg @jnoms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This application closes on Sept 15! If you're interested in a computational postdoc position in my lab, please apply here! Lots of fun science :) 013
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteRafal Mostowy @rafalmostowy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🧬 Postdoc ad is now live: evolutionary genomics of Klebsiella pneumoniae phages. How do prophage depolymerases vs SGNH-esterases shape phage host range? Krakow, Poland. Deadline 21 Sept: mostowylab.com/job-postdoc-... 12529
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteRafael Pinilla-Redondo (Rafa) @rafomics.bsky.social · 03/09/2026We got an ERC StG! 🥳🎉 Huge thank you to all the people who helped us get here. Five years to explore some Qs we’re very excited about! 🧬🔬 30905
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteMartin Steinegger 🇺🇦 @martinsteinegger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Foldseek-Interface enables fast search/clustering of the protein interface universe! We clustered 3.1M PDB dimers into 77,167 groups and found new interfaces keep appearing even as fold discovery plateaus. 🧵 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🔎 search.foldseek.com/interface 🌐 interface.foldseek.com 110941
Maik Wolfram-Schauerte @maiktungsten.bsky.social · 18/08/2026🦠 How do phages interact with their bacterial hosts... across infection phases and across diverse phage-host combinations? You can address such questions with the PhageExpressionAtlas now published. Please spread the word and provide your feedback as a user: academic.oup.com/nargab/artic...academic.oup.comThe PhageExpressionAtlas reveals shared and unique transcriptional patterns across phage–host interactionsAbstract. Time-resolved transcriptomic profiling has been used to study phage–host interactions for more than a decade. However, the resulting datasets are 196
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteKranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The shared principles of human and bacterial antiviral immunity An honor to highlight remarkable discoveries from many labs over the past 12 years that unite previously disparate fields of how animal cells and prokaryotes defend against viruses. www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fzwyBnature.comShared principles of human and bacterial antiviral immunity - NatureThe Review describes shared ancient, conserved mechanisms between human antiviral immunity and bacterial anti-phage systems, outlining universal principles of pathogen sensing, signalling and effector... 513161
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteCarl-Zeiss-Stiftung @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Neue Ausschreibung CZS #Forschungsstart für neuberufene Professor:innen an Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften. Gefördert wird die Aufnahme von konkreten Forschungsvorhaben von Neuberufenen in den Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften. www.carl-zeiss-stiftung.de/programm/czs... 011
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteVivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social · 08/08/2026We are in our worst timelines as scientists here in the USA. Funding crisis is real and will impact my entire team in Jan 2027. So this is it. Every moment I just keep thinking of funding & how to support super smart researchers in my team. 14410
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteJulia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Happy 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 Maik Wolfram-SchauerteXena Dyball @xenadyball.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I am excited to share that our manuscript titled 'Defining the ESKAPE pathogen prophage repertoire with PHORAGER' is now available online as a preprint in BioRxiv! 🤩 (doi.org/10.64898/202...) Here we present PHORAGER, a Nextflow pipeline for the identification and quality assessment of prophages 🧬 34022
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteXena Dyball @xenadyball.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Finally, PHORAGER is freely available as open-source software (github.com/aponsero/PHO...) and the ESKAPE prophage collection generated in this study is available online as a reusable resource for further investigations (zenodo.org/records/1832...) Happy PHORAGING! 🦠🧬🧺github.com 166
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteHelmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 04/08/2026🚨 Exciting #PhD opportunities across multiple labs, including those of @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social, @emmanuel-saliba.bsky.social, @cciollimattioli.bsky.social, @ffaberlab.bsky.social & @westermannlab.bsky.social at #HIRI in Würzburg. 🎓🥼 More about the projects: www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/gr...helmholtz-hzi.deJoint One Lab Call for Doctoral Researchers 2026The HZI offers 16 fully funded PhD positions - an exceptional opportunity for curious, young scientist to work in a stimulating environment. 058
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteMartin Steinegger 🇺🇦 @martinsteinegger.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Riboseek is a fast RNA/DNA search. More sensitive than nhmmer at 250x speed. Structure-aware realignment produces MSAs approaching rMSA quality. Plus 1.7M precomputed RNA MSAs, and an API to search your own 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 💾 github.com/steineggerla... 🌐 search.foldseek.com/riboseek 217975
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteJason Nomburg @jnoms.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I am hiring a computational postdoctoral fellow or bioinformatics scientist! Please apply here if interested, or share with anyone who may be. This position will be following up on our work studying the virus-host conflict. Reposts appreciated! aithyra.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/v2gwu...aithyra.onlyfy.jobsPostdoctoral Fellow or Bioinformatics Scientist, Nomburg Lab (all genders)About AITHYRAAITHYRA is a pioneering biomedical research institute in Vienna, Austria, where artificial intelligence meets life sciences to drive the next biological revolution. AITHYRA is an institut 044
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteNature @nature.com · 29/07/2026Nature research paper: Diverse bacterial pattern recognition receptors sense the core phage proteome go.nature.com/45fpXCZgo.nature.comDiverse bacterial pattern recognition receptors sense the core phage proteome - NatureSystematic analysis of prokaryotic STAND NTPases — relatives of animal and plant immune receptors — uncovers diverse antiviral sensors that detect most of the core structural and replicative proteins of bacteriophages. 16430
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteWearn Xin (Edeline) @wearnxin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026My second postdoc paper with @jbdsf.bsky.social is now out in Cell! We developed a phage TnSeq method, applied it to ΦKZ, and created a CRISPR-independent phage TnSeq method. Many thanks to Joe, my co-first Alex, and to Claire, Yuping and Deepto for contributing to this project! (Links in comments) 1215
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteISVM @isvm-society.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Looking for a 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 in phage research? A 𝟐𝟒-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 position is available at 𝐂𝐘 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭é starting 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 to develop genetically engineered therapeutic phages against 𝘚. 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴 biofilms. 📄Details in the attached announcement—please share! #PhageResearch #Postdoc #ISVM 176
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteJason Nomburg @jnoms.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Happy to share the first preprint out of the Nomburg lab! Many aspects of cellular immunity are shared across the tree of life. Here, we show that some of these conserved aspects of cellular immunity are mirrored by conserved effectors of immune antagonism. Thread below! 1/15 38249
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteAude Bernheim @audeber.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Out @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social, natural products meet bacterial immunity! We used genomics to identify lanthivirins: a family of >2,000 lanthipeptide BGCs that protect Actinobacteria against phages. Led by @hshomar.bsky.social & @mariegllm.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comA family of lanthipeptides with anti-phage functionBacteria produce natural products to adapt to their environments, with phage interactions as major ecological and evolutionary drivers. While some nat… 18444
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteRafael Pinilla-Redondo (Rafa) @rafomics.bsky.social · 21/07/20261/4 Every good defence needs a backup! 🛡️⚔ Out now in @natrevmicro.nature.com our Comment on "𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴"! 🎉 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comImmune safeguarding as a conserved principle of antiviral defence - Nature Reviews MicrobiologyAll organisms defend against viral infections through active immunity mechanisms that clear the virus or population-level mechanisms that cause regulated cell death. Recent research increasingly shows... 17145
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteRafal Mostowy @rafalmostowy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026PhD 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 11016
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteJens Hör @jenshoer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I'm very grateful to receive the Supervisor of the Year award from our graduate school (>350 PIs). This really means a lot to me! Big thanks to my great lab, and I look forward to the coming years of exciting science with everyone 🙂 2253
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteVolker Lipka @volkerlipka.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We are currently recruiting an Independent Junior Research Group Leader in the field of biotic and/or abiotic stress biology in plants at the University of Göttingen (starting in January 2027). www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht... Best, Salma Balazadeh & Volker Lipkauni-goettingen.deStellenanzeigen - Georg-August-Universität GöttingenWebseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 06174
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteOsterman Ilya @ostermanilya.bsky.social · 13/07/2026🚨 We're hiring! My new lab at EMBL Hamburg is looking for a Research Technician. I'm looking for someone excited by phages, metabolism, enzymes, structural biology and bacterial immunity—if you know the right person, please share this post!🧵⬇️ Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.comResearch Technician (Osterman Group – Metabolism-driven immunity)EMBL Hamburg / CSSB The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship life sciences organization, with more than 110 independent research groups across Heidelberg, Hamburg, Grenobl... 32940
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteSorek Lab @soreklab.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Ilya Osterman is opening a new lab at EMBL Hamburg and is now hiring. Highly recommended - a fantastic opportunity to do top-notch science in phage biology and bacterial immunity 0137
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteNew Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Only one month left until registration closes! Don't miss the opportunity to be part of the 2026 International Symposium on "New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interactions" in Berlin. Secure your spot today! 👉 spp2330.de/symposium-20... We look forward to welcoming you to Berlin!spp2330.deSymposium 2026 – SPP 2330 031
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteEugen Pfeifer @eugenpfeifer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026We are looking for a motivated PhD student in phage genomics! Please find the details attached. Application deadline 24/07. Don't hesitate to spread the word! 11722
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteAndreas Schoenit @andreasschoenit.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Take a look at this new preprint led by @fanny-wodrascka.bsky.social on tension-driven cell extrusion! Using optogenetics, she studied how tensile stresses can influence fate (alive or dead) and direction (apical or basal) of extruded cells. Happy to have contributed a bit to this nice story!biorxiv.orgMechanical Tension Actively Triggers RhoA-Mediated Cell ExtrusionCell extrusion is a fundamental process in tissue homeostasis, morphogenesis, and cancer progression, facilitating the removal of cells either alive or through apoptosis. While biochemical signaling p... 072
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteMPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Organisationstalent gesucht! Werden Sie als Assistenz des Betriebsrats Teil unseres internationalen Teams am Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen. Bewerben Sie sich bis 12.07.2026: jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/277 011
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteGerman Conference on Bioinformatics #GCB2026 @gcb-bioinformatics.bsky.social · 12/06/2026🧬🖥️ Call for Posters! Join us in celebrating 40 years of the German Conference on #Bioinformatics (#GCB2026) 🎉 📍 Saarbrücken | 🗓 22–25 Sep 2026 Submit your research & shape the future of Bioinformatics! Deadline Poster: 6 Aug 2026 👉 gcb2026.de 016
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteLaurie Belcher @lauriebelch.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The new OrthoFinder paper is out now! In this new work, we introduce major advances in accuracy and scalability, allowing analysis on much larger datasets www.nature.com/articles/s41... github.com/OrthoFinder/...nature.comOrthoFinder: improved phylogenetic orthology inference with enhanced accuracy and scalability - Nature MethodsThe updated OrthoFinder v3 software boosts accuracy and scalability in phylogenetic orthology inference with massive and diverse datasets. 111158
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteMartin Steinegger 🇺🇦 @martinsteinegger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Folddisco is now published @natbiotech.nature.com. It’s a fast motif search for similar 3D DISCOntinuous residues like catalytic sites or zinc fingers across the entire protein universe. 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 💾 folddisco.foldseek.com 🌐 search.foldseek.com/folddisconature.comStructural motif search across the protein universe with Folddisco - Nature BiotechnologyFolddisco enables protein structural motif search in million scale databases. 213455
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteJulia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Now out in @pnas.org 🥳 "DNA-intercalating antiphage molecules trigger abortive infection through mutual destruction and synergize with bacterial immunity" --> bad timing can kill you, even as a virus. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @spp2330.bsky.social, @mibinet.bsky.social, @dfg.depnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 13513
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteRafael Pinilla-Redondo (Rafa) @rafomics.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Phages invented sgRNAs before humans!! 🧬 Obviously, for mischief… 😈 Loved seeing this story unfold! 15624
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteMPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has elected Susana Coelho as a new member. Many congratulations! www.bio.mpg.de/523647/susan...bio.mpg.deSusana Coelho appointed as a member of the Leopoldina 0387
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteCedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 29/05/2026📣 POSTDOC position available in the Feschotte Lab at Cornell to work on #TRANSPOSONS! More details below. Pls send informal application or inquiry ASAP by DM or email to cf458_at_cornell.edu. Pls spread the word 🙏 #TEsky www.thefeschottelabatcornell.comthefeschottelabatcornell.comThe Feschotte Lab at Cornell 17499
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteKranzusch Lab @kranzuschlab.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Amazing piece from @science.org and @richardastone.bsky.social on our field and the growing connection between human and bacterial immunity! #microsky #virosky #immunosky www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgAncient wars between microbes gave us key immune defensesA better understanding of battles between bacteria and viruses could inspire new medicines 13611
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteSorek Lab @soreklab.bsky.social · 21/05/2026A nice piece at @science.org covers the exploding field of bacterial immunity, and how it led to the understanding that components of the human immune system evolved from bacterial defenses against phage www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgAncient wars between microbes gave us key immune defensesA better understanding of battles between bacteria and viruses could inspire new medicines 05320
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteAnna Wolfram @annawolfram.bsky.social · 20/05/2026For me, this comes with many firsts: 1st co-first author publication with Vanessa Arnold, 1st project with my own funding @jherzstiftung.bsky.social, my 1st publication together with @maiktungsten.bsky.social, talk about couple goals, & my 1st co-last authorship with @lisasevenich.bsky.social. 121
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteAndreas Schoenit @andreasschoenit.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Happy to share our new review on biophysical principles of cell competition and elimination: www.cell.com/trends/cell-... With @bladoux.bsky.social and @rmmege.bsky.social, we discuss mechanical fitness, how loser cells are removed through various strategies and how forces can effect their fate 1329
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteNew Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 18/05/2026📢 Registration for our International Symposium on “New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interactions” is now open! 🗓️ 5–7 October 2026 📍 Harnack House, Berlin, Germany ➡️ Information and registration: spp2330.de/symposium-20... 12314
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteMPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · 11/05/2026What an incredible Open Day! Hundreds of visitors explored our labs, talked with researchers, tried hands-on experiments, and discovered how fundamental research works behind the scenes. Thanks to everyone who joined us on the Tübingen Max Planck campus on Saturday! #OpenDay #MaxPlanck 084
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Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteFreya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Re-posting this as we’ve still not found any parallels #MicroSky 187
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteAndreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026You 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...nature.comIndependent Junior Research Group Leaders (m/f/d) - Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg (DE) job with Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | 12858473The Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI) at the University of Tübingen invites applications for Indepen... 13349
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteKhaled_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 11821
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteFuture Insight e.V. @futureinsightev.bsky.social · 13/04/2026What did you find in your Easter nest this year? Chocolate, or the next idea that could change the future? If this season has brought new scientific ideas to life, we’d love for you to share them with us at our #Curious2027 Conference in Heidelberg. 032
Reposted by Maik Wolfram-SchauerteMPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Congratulations to Max Planck Research Group Leader Can Aztekin and his team on their new paper in @science.org. They have discovered how oxygen-sensing explains why amphibians regenerate limbs and mammals do not. Read the full press release here: tinyurl.com/bsuwmek6tinyurl.comWhen oxygen determines if a limb can regrowResearchers show that mammals briefly activate regenerative programs after injury but shut them down too fast. Altering oxygen sensing keeps cells in a repair-ready state. 1237