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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Das Wasser wird knapp, Ernte fällt aus und Wälder brennen: Die Folgen der Klimakrise werden täglich gravierender sichtbar. Doch Österreich kommt beim Klimaschutz nicht voran. Schluss mit Ausreden: Die Bundesregierung muss jetzt handeln! Jetzt unterzeichnen: mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/kl...

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Jetzt unterzeichnen: Klimakrise – keine Ausreden mehr!

Österreich braucht endlich wirksame Maßnahmen für mehr Klimaschutz. Statt weiter zu zögern, muss die Bundesregierung Verantwortung übernehmen und die notwendigen Schritte für eine klimafitte Zukunft s...

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This week, we hosted the Austrian Computational Bioscience Days @bokuvienna.bsky.social, with hands-on tutorials on the Haddock software by @amjjbonvin.bsky.social himself! A great joint event by EGI, BOKU University and WeNMR! indico.egi.eu/event/6940/ #compchem 🧪

Alexandre Bonvin in front of a seminar room, pointing at a screen with a powerpoint slide introducing the Haddock software: an integrative modelling platform.

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Getting ready for the final annual metrazymes meeting! Looking forward to two days of great science in Strasbourg. 🧪🧪🧪 @metrazymes.bsky.social @bruns-lab.bsky.social

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BioToP PhD School @biotop-phd.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗧𝗼𝗣 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 connects companies with early-career researchers from the BioToP PhD Program. Join us at @bokuvienna.bsky.social on 21–22 September for talks, posters, discussion rounds & networking. Companies & related professionals welcome! Free participation: biotop.boku.ac.at/event.html

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BioToP PhD School @biotop-phd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

BioToP Retreat 2026: Scientific exchange, community building and many fresh perspectives from new PhD students. This year’s retreat was a great success — thank you to everyone who contributed!

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Ab 21.5. in der Semmelweisklinik, 1180 Wien: ScienceArt Ausstellung "Waste is a Myth": zirkuläre Bioökonomie transformiert in skulpturale und multimediale Kunst. Täglich Worksshops, Artist talks, oder Führungen, bis 31.5. boku.ac.at/oeffentlichk... @bokuvienna.bsky.social

Ankündigung der Ausstellung Waste is a Myth in der Semmelweisklinik, Wien 21.-31.5.2026

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Excited to announce the Austrian Computational Bioscience Days @bokuvienna.bsky.social, with the always great @amjjbonvin.bsky.social ! Join us June 30 and July 1 at BOKU University in Vienna indico.egi.eu/event/6940/ #compchem 🧪

Advertisement picture with an areal view of Vienna. Austrian Computational Bioscience Day: Tools, Workflows & Hands-On Training, June 30 - July 1, 2026

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We currently have a new position for a PhD student available in my group. If you are interested in alchemical drug design and could imagine coming to beautiful Vienna, check out the announcement below! #compchem 🧪🧪 @bokuvienna.bsky.social boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

There is still a bit of time to apply for a PhD position @bokuvienna.bsky.social for project “Targeting interactions of enzymes on cell wall polymers”. Become part of the doctoral programme @biotop-phd.bsky.social ! biotop.boku.ac.at/application2...

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Anne Kupczok @annecmg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Sounds like a great opportunity for a professor position in computational biology in the Netherlands careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Computational Biology

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Our PhD student Dominik Hörtnagel presented the plans for his PhD project at our first Cluster of Excellence for Circular Bioengineering retreat! A great first impression of our #excellence=austria cluster @fwf-at.bsky.social #circularbioengineering #compchem See circularbioengineering.boku.ac.at

Dominik presenting a slide with “QM/MM simulations in a nutshell”

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livecomsjournal.bsky.social @livecomsjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

In the latest @livecomsjournal.bsky.social perpetual review, Cavender et al overview NMR and crystallographic experimental datasets that can be used to benchmark protein force fields, including best practices for setup and analysis of simulations!: livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li... #compchem

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Looking forward to visit colleagues in Vienna and Graz 🇦🇹 If you’re in Vienna I’m speaking on: Prediction and Design of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Condensates (27/10 ISTA) & Understanding the Effects of Missense Variants Using Analyses of Protein Stability and Conservation (30/10 VBC)

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

8 PhD projects announced in a joint programme of BOKU University @bokuvienna.bsky.social TU Vienna @tuwien.at University Vienna @univie.ac.at on Green Chemistry! Check details via the link ⬇️ The first 2 projects will be realised in my lab at BOKU. www.tuwien.at/greenchem/en...

A watercolor rendering of a combined electrochemical reduction of CO2 to methanol with yeast based conversion of methanol to chemicals

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Nico Bruns @bruns-lab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

This is a paper by Eleonora Ornati and Iiulia Ushakova that I am really proud of. Who would have thought that the well-known Glucose Oxidase is up for some surprises, i.e., that it initiates radical polymerizations without the need for initiators or activation by light! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

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Glucose Oxidase Initiates Radical Polymerizations by Direct Electron Transfer to Monomers

Glucose oxidase (GOx) is a widely used and studied enzyme, yet it continues to surprise with previously unknown activities. We report GOx to initiate radical polymerizations of acrylamides and methacr...

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Very happy to see version 2.0 of our advanced GROMOS tutorials out in LiveCoMS today! It shows how we can keep a tutorial up to date with the latest developments, but without having to start from scratch. A big ‘thank you’ to all co-authors for their work! #compchem

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Leonard Böhm @leoboehm.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Great start of the #MMSoilSci Symposium with a Keynote by Edgar Galicia Andrés on the Impact of Computer Simulations in #SoilScience followed by talks from Hessam Yazdani, Hannah Pollak, Milan Předota, and Sébastien Le Crom. #MolecularModeling @bokuvienna.bsky.social www.cecam.org/workshop-det...

Edgar Galicia Andrés presenting his talk on the Impact of Computer Simulations in Soil Science

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Leonard Böhm @leoboehm.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Looking forward to three days of the International Symposium 2025 on Molecular modeling in soil science – achievements and perspectives #MMSoilSci hosted at @bokuvienna.bsky.social www.cecam.org/workshop-det...

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Our @cecamevents.bsky.social meeting on Molecular Modeling in Soil Science got started with the BOKU Hunting Horn Group and a welcome address by our Rector! Very excited about the program of the next days! @bokuvienna.bsky.social #compchem #mmsoilsky

The hunting horn group of BOKU University “Gregor Mendl”

Our rector, Eva Schulev-Steindl, welcomes the international community of molecular soil modellers to BOKU University!

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Für unsere Stabsstelle am Department für Naturwissenschaften und nachhaltige Ressourcen suchen wir ein*e Office Manager*in im Bereich Forschung. Deadline am 18.9.! Join a great team @bokuvienna.bsky.social boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

This week, Johannes @jostoe.bsky.social did a brilliant job at presenting and defending his PhD thesis. It was pleasure to listen to the great discussion with examiners @sykhalid.bsky.social and Christian Schröder. Congratulations, Johannes!! #compchem 💻🧪 @bokuvienna.bsky.social

Johannes in front of one of his slides about the integration of experiments and simulation

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

BOKU University in Vienna is recruiting a full professor for Biochemistry! Check out the description below, apply and join us in beautiful Vienna. @bokuvienna.bsky.social 🧪🧪🧪 short.boku.ac.at/53e6g6

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

About one week left to apply for this PhD position in my group! Are you a computational chemist, with an interest in protein-protein interactions? Apply soon and join us in beautiful Vienna! #compchem 🧪 @bokuvienna.bsky.social @biotop-phd.bsky.social

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livecomsjournal.bsky.social @livecomsjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Our latest Best Practices article "Developing Monte Carlo Methodologies in Molecular Simulations" is out now and describes how to derive acceptance probabilities for a variety of Monte Carlo moves: doi.org/10.33011/liv... #compchem

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Just 5 more days to register and submit your abstract! If you are working on Recombinant Protein Production, RPP12 is the conference to go! Oct. 7-9, Ulm, Germany. Abstract submission and early bird registration still open until August 15! www.efbiotechnology.org/RPP

banner informing about the conference Recombinant Protein Production RPP12, 7-9 October 2025, in Ulm in Germany

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

It’s been a while already, but PhD student Bene did a great job at defending his PhD thesis, entitled ‘The joys and pitfalls of accelerated enveloping distribution sampling’. Congratulations, Dr. Bene!

Bene in front of an image of the cover of his thesis, entitled ‘The joys and pitfalls of accelerated enveloping distribution sampling’

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Are you passionate about AI & molecular engineering? Just ‼️one‼️ week left to apply to the 2 PhD positions currently open in our team at Chalmers! 🎓 Apply to join us in here in lovely Gothenburg, Sweden 🇸🇪🤩 For details: ailab.bio/join-us

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livecomsjournal.bsky.social @livecomsjournal.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Interested in enhanced sampling for molecular dynamics simulations? Check out the latest LiveCoMS tutorial on Running Gaussian-accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations in NAMD: livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li... #compchem

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We will have a fully funded PhD position available in the context of out doctoral program Biomolecular Technology of Proteins. The project involves simulations of protein-protein interactions. Join us in beautiful Vienna and check out biotop.boku.ac.at/application2... #compchem

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Today, Iuliia Ushakova presented her PhD project in the context of the @metrazymes.bsky.social program. Iuliia did the first part of her PhD at the @bruns-lab.bsky.social, and now continues @bokuvienna.bsky.social ! Thanks to the @ec.europa.eu for making this possible.

Iuliia in front of a powerpoint slide describing some of her plans to continue her work at BOKU.

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

📢📢📢 PhD Opportunity! Join our research group at RUG! We're seeking a motivated PhD student for a project on biocatalytic cascade processes combining natural and designer enzymes, supported by machine learning. Click below to learn more — and feel free to share! sites.google.com/rug.nl/roelf...

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PhD position on Hybrid biocatalytic cascades aided by Machine learning (1.0 FTE)

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

It really was a wonderful retreat! Thanks for all the great talks and discussions.

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

On show now in Venice at #UniversePavilion (in frame of #biennale) Kristina Puljakova' wonderful piece on space survival aied by biotechnology. The artist (2nd right) together with @bokuvienna.bsky.social scientists who worked with her during the lab residency

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Welcome to Bluesky, BioToP! Looking forward to seeing the great BioToP-science highlighted here!

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

It was a great event, where I taught and learned a lot. Very happy that Metrazymes and @ec.europa.eu made this possible. We currently have two participants visiting our lab!

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

we are hiring: Senior Scientist at the Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology @bokuvienna.bsky.social - experience in bacterial biotechnology - active German knowledge necessary for undergrad teaching Initial contract until end of 2025. Extension possible! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...

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Sergey Ovchinnikov @sokrypton.org · 09/04/2025

If anyone has any tips for fellowships or grants or giftfunds our group can apply for (in the US), please send our way. So far, we've not had much luck in raising funds... 💰 In this relatively popular area, so I feel like I'm doing something wrong 😅

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Jürgen Zanghellini @juergenzanghellini.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Final boarding call for your future in bioengineering🚀 Takeoff tomorrow Mar 31, 23:59—last chance to apply for our PhD positions 🎯Computational Design of Optimal Bioprocesses 🔬Optimal Compartmentalization of Metabolic Pathways Hop on before it’s too late www.circularbioengineering.at/jobsprogram2

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

There is still (a little bit) of time to apply for a PhD position revolving around QM/MM simulations in my group. Check out position ‘PhD 3.11’ at www.circularbioengineering.at/jobs

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The Vienna Soil-Organic-Matter Modeler can now also create coarse-grained models! A great #compchem collaboration with our colleagues from Rostock. somm.boku.ac.at

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VSOMM2

A web application to generate condensed phase models of Soil Organic Matter for molecular dynamics simulations.

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Gemma Solomon and I are looking for a postdoc to work across the two groups on modelling biological systems with a view to applications for quantum computing More details about the project including how to apply in the link below. Deadline April 9 2025 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

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Bratislav Dačević @hemadzer.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Had an amazing week at the MetRaZymes @metrazymes.bsky.social Winter School in Hirschegg, Austria! It was a pleasure to learn, share, and connect with fellow researchers in our doctoral network. We organized and attended insightful lectures and workshops on ⬇️🧵

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Had a great time teaching #compchem and learning lots of other things at the @metrazymes.bsky.social winterschool in Hirschegg. A great group of clever participants!

I am standing in front of a screen with a slide about molecular models. In the front you see the backs of some students. Some seem interested.

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Lot’s of job openings for PhD candidates and postdocs in our Cluster of Excellence for Circular Bioengineering! Check out www.circularbioengineering.at/jobs #compchem positions in program 1 (PD 1.3) and in program 3 (PhD 3.11) Funded by @fwf-at.bsky.social and five leading universities in Austria.

A sketch of the world with pictograms representing bioengineering processes circulating around it.

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We are announcing about 30 PhD positions in the @fwf-at.bsky.social Cluster of Excellence Circular Bioengineering www.circularbioengineering.at/jobs 9 projects open in Progamme 2 (Self-Sustainable Microbial Systems) in 4 Austrian Universities

A spaceship as an allegory to an independent, self recycling system.

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Jürgen Zanghellini @juergenzanghellini.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The PhD floodgates are opening 🌊 We too are on the hunt for brilliant minds—check it out www.circularbioengineering.at/jobsprogram2 🎯 PhD 2.8 Computational Design of Optimal Bioprocesses 🔬 PhD 2.9 Optimal Compartmentalization of Metabolic Pathways Twice the fun—join the adventure @univie.ac.at 🚀

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Spoiler alert: In a few days we will announce around 30 PhD positions for the Cluster of Excellence Circular Bioengineering, one of them in my lab at @bokuvienna.bsky.social on synthetic single carbon pathways in yeast. Stay tuned!

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 26/02/2025

Going to the 2025 #MIT #European #Career #Fair this weekend, & wondering how to #fund your future #research? Visit the 🇪🇺 European Union's stand to find out all about European Research Council's #grants! Info 👉 europa.eu/!M4MWm8 #EURAXESS #Europe #Science #Grant #Funding @mitofficial.bsky.social

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