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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hands-on science in action! 🔬 At the TUM Open House Day (“Türen auf mit der Maus”), we loved guiding kids and adults through the basics of DNA and RNA, with custom nucleic acid wristbands to take home! 🧬 Thank you to @tum.de for having us, and to everyone who visited our stand!

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Join us and Munich’s other Clusters of Excellence at the TUM Open House Day at Garching Forschungszentrum on Saturday, Oct 3 (10–17:00)! 🚀 Stop by our booth to make your own DNA & RNA bracelets and test your nucleic acid knowledge in our quiz! 🧬✨ Great prizes await! See you there!

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Hopfner Lab @hopfnerlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A new member has arrived in the institute! 🎉🔬Our new Aquilos 2 cryo-FIB has made it to our cryoEM facility! We are very excited to add this powerful technology to our structural biology toolbox. 🧊#ElectronMicroscopy @katja-lammens.bsky.social @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Teamed up with with SFBTRR267 & CNATM for the workshop "Women & Career". From strategic networking to balancing family and academia, we ditched fixed blueprints to focus on what truly matters to early-career researchers. That was our first NUCLEATE workshop for PhDs & postdocs. More coming soon! 🚀

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Is a stay abroad still viable for postdocs today? 🌍 Join this event for International Research Careers in Challenging Times to discuss mobility, funding, & global science policy with leaders from LMU, TUM, AvH, MPIB, & FAU. 📅 21 Oct 2026 | 17:00–21:00 📍 BAdW, Munich 📝 Register by 12 Oct

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Transitioning into industry, or expanding your network in Munich? 🚀 Nucleate is sponsoring Biotech & Pharma Career Day 2026! 📅 Oct 1, 2026 📍 BMC LMU, Planegg-Martinsried Details & registration below 👇 www.bio-m.org/veranstaltun... #NUCLEATECluster #CareerDay

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Congrats to NUCLEATE PIs @oliveiramann.bsky.social and Roland Rad and their teams on their joint publication, which describes how STING agonist profiling by nucleotide library defines structural determinants of cyclic dinucleotide recognition. Read the publication here: www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This week's Nucleic Notes : Precision gene editing, simplified 🧬 CRISPR-Cas9 turns a microbial defense system into a precision tool: A custom guide RNA acts as a homing device, steering the Cas9 protein to an exact spot in the genome so it can make a targeted break. #NUCLEATECluster

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

DNA, RNA, and everything in between. 🧬 We are starting a new series called nucleic notes. Here you can learn fun facts about nucleic acids. Today is about DNA damage. Did you know that each cell repairs ~10,000 DNA lesions every single day? #NUCLEATECluster #DNA

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Sharma Lab @sharmalab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🚨😀We are recruiting PhD and postdoctoral researchers at the Würzburg site of our Cluster of Excellence #NUCLEATE @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social on Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies🧬.👉 nucleate-cluster.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2026-08_NUCLEATE_PhD-Postdoc_final_V02.pdf nucleate-cluster.de

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Science meets politics! 🏛️🔬 Bundestag member Mr. Kaczmarek stopped by the NUCLEATE Cluster during his visit at @uni-wuerzburg.de. We walked him through the importance of our work and gave him a firsthand look at our cryo-EM setup and intestinal organoids.🧫✨ #NUCLEATECluster

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Congrats to NUCLEATE PI Veit Hornung on his newest publication in Gastroenterology! This collaborative study shows that STING ablation in T Cells is required for the efficacy of STING agonists in CAR-T Cell immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer. Read more: www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...

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STING Ablation in T Cells Is Required for the Efficacy of STING Agonists in CAR-T Cell Immunotherapy of Pancreatic Cancer

Ablating the immune sensor STING in CAR-T cells enhances their effectiveness against pancreatic cancer when combined with a STING-activating drug that boosts immune responses in the tumor environment.

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We spent the weekend at FORSCHA Munich Science Days with the other Munich clusters of excellence teaching kids all about DNA and RNA! 🧬✨ After learning how codons work, they put their new knowledge to the test by coding their very own DNA wristbands to take home. #NUCLEATECluster #ScienceComm

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Congrats to NUCLEATE PIs Jörg Vogel & Alexander Westermann on their new paper in PNAS! 👏 Alongside partners at Uni Marburg, they identified SAILR, a long non-coding RNA that acts as an apoptosis regulator. Read more: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #NUCLEATECluster

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We are heading to FORSCHA – Munich Science Days this weekend, and we can’t wait! 🧬✨ We’re joining forces with other Clusters of Excellence on the Munich Excellence Mile. Visit our booth to make DNA Bracelets🧬, answer a Science Quiz 🧠 and collect your Research Passport 🗺️. forscha.de/fo

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Mission DNA: Accomplished! 🧬 NUCLEATE researchers from @zarnack-group.bsky.social and @koenig-lab.bsky.social hosted a group of 4th graders for 2 days of science. From extracting DNA to imaging cells via microscope, and touring the labs, we might have just met the next gen of scientists! 🧠

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We got invited to present our clusters and our research at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and enjoyed it so much. #LINO75 #HumanRightsFAU #ChiralElectronics #TransforM #BioSysteM #CrossCulturalPhilology #ResearchinBavaria #NUCLEATECluster

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König Lab @koenig-lab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Today, researchers from @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social, TRR 319, @sfb1551.bsky.social, and @sfb1361.bsky.social visited a primary school in Würzburg to show the fascinating world of DNA! 🧬 Thanks to the great team from the König and @zarnack-group.bsky.social labs at @uni-wuerzburg.de! #MissionDNA

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence is hiring! Shape the future of nucleic acid sciences 🧬 🚀 Group Leaders: All 3 locations (LMU, TUM, JMU Würzburg) 🔬 PhDs & Postdocs: Open call in Würzburg and speculative applications welcome! Deadline: Aug 16, 2026 👉 More info: nucleate-cluster.de/careers/

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Congratulations to NUCLEATE Cluster PI Olivia Merkel for securing an @erc.europa.eu Proof of Concept Grant. The grant supports her team to create an industry-relevant version of ALINA – Active-Learning Inference for Nucleic Acid Delivery. #NUCLEATECluster #RNA

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We’re excited to introduce the network behind the NUCLEATE Cluster! 🧪 We create a one-of-a-kind ecosystem where nucleic acid research thrives. Proudly collaborating with @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social, @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social, @mpibiochem.bsky.social. 🧬 #NUCLEATECluster #RNA #DNA

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🧬 Meet the NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence 🧬 Backed by the @dfg.de Excellence Strategy, we are a research alliance redefining the future of nucleic acid science by uniting 3 of Germany’s top universities in Munich and Würzburg: @lmu.de @tum.de @uni-wuerzburg.de #NUCLEATECluster #DFG

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NUCLEATE Cluster @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Welcome to the official account of the NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence👋🧬 We’re building a community around nucleic acid sciences and technology, and innovation 🚀 Expect research highlights, collaborations, events, and opportunities — with open positions coming soon. #Biotech #Science #RNA #Research

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