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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 29/09/2026

Study today in @natcellbio.nature.com by @mathilda95.bsky.social @nadlerlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de, Honigmann group @biotec-tud.bsky.social & @carldmodes.bsky.social reveals that clathrin-mediated endocytosis sorts proteins but not lipids. Lipids use different routes. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🕵️‍♀️🦇 New research has rewritten the evolutionary history of bats, providing evidence the winged mammals most likely originated in Europe during the late Palaeocene, some 65-60 million years ago. @emmateeling.bsky.social

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Michael Hiller @hillermich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy to share results of the @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social phase 1, providing reference genomes covering 21 bat families. New insights into bat phylogeny, ancestral genome reconstruction, European origin & ancestral echolocation. Great work by a team of 100+ colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography - Nature

An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 21/09/2026

We hosted the six weeks long summer school Dive into Research for 16 students. They explored combinatorial structures in algebraic statistics and game theory and how mathematical software can be applied to these problems. Collab with MPI for Math in Science (Leipzig). @csbdresden.bsky.social

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Shevchenko Lab @labshevchenko.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We are hosting a student from the University of Greifswald @unigreifswald.bsky.social . Maxine Boerner is studying human biology. During her internship in our lab, she is learning how to isolate proteins from diverse biological materials and analyze them using mass spectrometry. @mpi-cbg.de

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Stowers Grad School @stowersgrad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From the Stowers Graduate School to @mpi-cbg.de 🧬 Alum Augusto Ortega Granillo, Ph.D., reflects on his journey at #StowersGrad and how pairing #biology with physics is shaping his #research today. 🔗Read more + applications are NOW OPEN: bit.ly/4xpAc2Y

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Pairing biology with physics, from the Stowers Institute and beyond

Augusto Ortega Granillo, Ph.D., reflects on his journey from the Stowers Graduate School to his postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 14/09/2026

The new name of @mpi-cbg.de PhD program, IMPRS Bio-MAP—International Max Planck Research School for Biology, Mathematics, AI, and Physics, reflects the continued evolution of the program and the interdisciplinary character of @mpi-cbg.de. Call open now! dipp.cmcb.tu-dresden.de/ausschreibun...

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Shevchenko Lab @labshevchenko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

EMBO Workshop "Lipid Code of Life" this week in Dresden, organized by #lipidomics researchers from ZML TUD @mpi-cbg.de @nadlerlab.bsky.social @fedorovalab.bsky.social @lipid.bsky.social Our favorite session "Lipid Quality Control" is on Friday! meetings.embo.org/event/26-lip...

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 07/09/2026

New tool to score AlphaFold-predicted molecular interactions: Mihaly Badonyi @mbadonyi.bsky.social & @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social have developed Pinc, an algorithm to convert AlphaFold's uncertainty into a single number. Publication in Protein Science. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 04/09/2026

We are hosting the Dive into Research (DiR) workshop for 16 students (Aug 10 - Sep 18), as part of the Combinatorial Synergies initiative. Organizers: Irem Portakal & Benjamin Hollering from MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences & @aidadoesmath.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social #DiR2026

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Doctoral Insights Symposium @docinsightssymp.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Max Planck. EMBL. DKFZ. Seven programs in Doctoral Insights alone. Fully funded. Employment contracts. Berlin to Heidelberg to Dresden to Freiburg. Meet them all Sept 10 → doctoralinsights.at #DocInsights #Germany

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Doctoral Insights Symposium @docinsightssymp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Still wondering what PhD life in Europe is actually like? Real students. Real coordinators. Honest answers — no sales pitches. 🗓️ Doctoral Insights Symposium Sept 10, 14:00 CET | Free | Online Register → doctoralinsights.at #DocInsights #Symposium Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG)

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 01/09/2026

Film Screening and Talk: “There is no such thing as fish” September 15th @mpi-cbg.de w Carolyn Kirschner (Artist S=T+ARTS Ec(h)o / Goldsmith U of London) & @ritamateus.bsky.social (research group leader @mpi-cbg.de, @poldresden.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social) in dialogue. Everybody is welcome!

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 27/08/2026

Drone view of our 25 years anniversary celebrations. Video: Ashot Matevosyan. If you are an @mpi-cbg.de Alumni, join our network: plan.events.mpg.de/event/839/ #25yearsmpicbg

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Pierre Haas @lepuslapis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It was great to celebrate the quartercentenary (if that's a word...) @mpi-cbg.de!

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Pombo-GarciaLab @pombo-garcialab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It was a great pleasure to celebrate the 25th anniversary of @mpi-cbg.de reconnect with colleagues and friends. A wonderful occasion to honour the institute’s spirit of building a community of People pushing the boundaries of science and, of course, having fun along the way! 🔬🥂✨ #25yearsmpicbg

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 24/08/2026

Thanks for your feedback. If you look at our feed, we are also featuring videos with woman only. (check it out) During our spontaneous video shoot, we asked people who passed by and wanted to be in the video.

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 24/08/2026

We are celebrating 25 years since opening our building in Dresden on January 22, 2001! #25yearsmpicbg www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

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Sylvie Benzoni-Gavage @gavagesylvie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thank you very much Raffaella Mulas for the interview, fantastic job! Honoured to share the @euromathsoc.bsky.social magazine's cover with Heather Harrington from @mpi-cbg.de

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André Nadler @nadlerlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Lipids build the membranes of all cells, but identifying their precise functions is extremely challenging. Here’s our attempt to change that: How to find and understand lipid-protein interactions, by Katelyn Cook & company. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Rita Mateus @ritamateus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New preprint alert!!! Super proud to finally share an authentic 'tour-de-force' from the amazing PhD students Shivani Gunnan @shivanigunnan.bsky.social, Max Kotz and Lucas Ribas, in collaboration with @friedrich-group.bsky.social 👇a small thread www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Developmental growth rates adapt to enable self-correction of organ morphology after injury.

Proportional organ growth requires tissue-level control of cell behavior. Yet the cues that adapt growth rates, especially after organ injury, remain unclear. Here, we uncover that developing organs a...

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KatajistoLab @katajistolab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Happy to see this fantastic paper finally out. Started as a PostDoc in our lab and finished in her own lab at @mpi-cbg.de talented Sandra Scharaw show how intestinal stem cells optimize niche signal reception by multiple lateral Golgi stacks facing Paneth cells www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Golgi organization regulates stem cell function in the small intestine - Nature Communications

Here the authors show that intestinal stem cells reorganize their Golgi apparatus to improve the delivery of receptors that receive signals from nearby support cells. This adaptation promotes efficien...

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Doctoral Insights Symposium @docinsightssymp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

How do cells form tissues and organisms? 🔬 IMPRS-CellDevoSys at MPI-CBG Dresden: biology, physics, chemistry, computing. Built for quantitative thinkers. Degree from TU Dresden — University of Excellence. Symposium Sept 10 → doctoralinsights.at #DocInsights

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 15/07/2026

Meet PhD student Felix Romer @mpi-cbg.de @anne-grapin.bsky.social group on his cycling tour from August 26 to September 6 through Germany and the Netherlands! If you are interested to talk to him during his journey or know someone who would, please contact Felix on Instagram @cycling4science! 🚴‍♂️

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 09/07/2026

The first Discrete Laplacians workshop took place @mpi-cbg.de on June 22nd to 25th, assembling 60 participants, including 9 keynote speakers and 22 contributed speakers. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

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First workshop for Laplace equations

MPI-CBG hosts 60 mathematicians for event on Discrete Laplacians

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BIOspektrum @claudialudy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Nachgefragt: Dr. Theresia Gutmann im Interview www.biospektrum.de/artikel/nach... @thegutmann.bsky.social Copyright rechter Bildteil: Katrin Boes (MPI-CBG)

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HZDR @hzdr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Welcome to HZDR, Prof. Ágnes Tóth-Petróczy! Since June 2026, @tothpetroczylab.bsky.social has been a Research Team Leader at the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS). Her research focuses on the function and evolution of intrinsically disordered proteins. www.hzdr.de/presse/tothp...

Portrait of Prof. Ágnes Tóth-Petróczy, who has been a professor at CASUS and TU Dresden since June 2026.

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Shevchenko Lab @labshevchenko.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We have a visiting student from the Institute for Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology in Praha in our lab @mpi-cbg.de. Soodabeh Abbasi Sani is learning mass spectrometry-based methods & metabolomics. Happy to share our knowledge with motivated eager young minds of tomorrow!

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 01/07/2026

Today, we remembered Marwa El-Sherbini at the institute and in front of the regional court, where a new stele commemorates Marwa. Marwa, the wife of former MPI-CBG PhD student Elwy, was stabbed to death and Elwy got injured at an appeal hearing in the Court. Our thoughts are with her family.

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 30/06/2026

A very hot and long night packed with science! A big thank you to our 100 amazing volunteers and 700 guests! www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

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A very hot and long night packed with science

MPI-CBG part of Dresden Science Night

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Meri Huch Lab @merihuchlab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Great evening at Long Night of Science Dresden! 🌟 On 26th June, the Huch Lab welcomed visitors at @mpi-cbg.de to explore liver regeneration, structure, function, and disease. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and shared our enthusiasm for liver research!🧫 Photos: ©Huch Lab and ©MPI-CBG, 2026

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Physics of Life Dresden @poldresden.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🤔 How do organs measure and control their size? 🐟 The Mateus Lab @ritamateus.bsky.social at PoL & @mpi-cbg.de use #zebrafish to understand how organs form the right size and shape, at the right time, during development or regeneration. Learn more in our new video 👉 youtu.be/L7XUfk0s51E

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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 25/06/2026

Get your memory @mpi-cbg.de stamp tomorrow at the Dresden Science Night! We are open 5pm to midnight. Our program: www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

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Theresia Gutmann @thegutmann.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Can a German scientist make science fun and understandable? I will be giving a #ScienceSlam at the Grand Finale of the Long Night of Sciences. Join me for the "Mission Invisible! Virale Tricks gegen das Immunsystem" at TU Dresden. @tudresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de #Immunology #Virology #SciComm

Theresia Gutmann gives a Science Slam on "Mission Invisible! Virale Tricks gegen das Immunsystem".

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