Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUBen Engel @cellarchlab.com · 24/09/2026Insane in the #MemBrain 🤖🧠 #TeamTomo 🧪 0197
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMichael Schmitt @lasermichel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Es ist endlich so weit. Am 15.10.2026 startet unser neues Modul "Interdisziplinäre Umweltentscheidungen" an der @hhu.de. Unterstützt von @hcsd.bsky.social. Details, Orte und Termine hier: www.ak-schmitt.hhu.de/klima-und-um... 064
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUUlrich Hammes @uhammes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We’re looking for a new colleague in Würzburg! 🌱 W3 Professorship in Plant Metabolism 💊 Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology 🧪 Head of the Metabolomics Core Unit jobs.zeit.de/jobs/univers... Please spread the word! Questions? Feel free to contact me. www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/about-the...biologie.uni-wuerzburg.deW3_Pflanzenmetabolismus - FACULTY OF BIOLOGY 03249
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUbedzhov lab @bedzhovlab.bsky.social · 08/09/20262x Group leader/Professor positions at Uni Salzburg in: Developmental biology: www.plus.ac.at/personalwese... Endocrinology: www.plus.ac.at/personalwese... 0711
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMibiNet @mibinet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026MibiNet PI Eva Nowack (@hhu.de) has been awarded the 2026 Miescher-Ishida Award by the International Society of Endocytobiology! Honored for her work on how endosymbionts integrate into eukaryotic host cells. Huge congratulations! 👏 @evanowack.bsky.social #MibiNet www.hhu.de/news-einzela...hhu.deRenommierte Auszeichnung für HHU-BiologinDie Fachgesellschaft „International Society of Endobiology“ zeichnete am 15. September 2026 Prof. Dr. Eva Nowack, Leiterin des Instituts für Mikrobielle Zellbiologie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düs... 497
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUpaveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 20/09/202621627 applications. Nothing to celebrate here. Impossible to evaluate fairly & safely. Neither the science (too diverse & possibly LLM generated) nor the soft criteria (likely LLM generated). Without an interview stage - a security risk! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/ne...marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.euMSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 receives record number of applicationsThe 2026 call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 21,627 applications submitted. 29843
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUcryoEM papers @cryoempapers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026EM3DFold: accurate de novo protein and nucleic acid model building for cryo-EM maps using language model-powered deep learning www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.752067v1 #cryoEM 0126
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUSven Gould @turbokraken.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@petrovadmitri.bsky.social is locking for an 👇Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology 👇 011
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUDaumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Come be our colleague at @hhu.de @chemiehhu.bsky.social ! We are currently looking for 2 Full Professors in Physical chemistry in our department! berufungsportal.hhu.de/VAADIN/dynam... berufungsportal.hhu.de/VAADIN/dynam... #chemsky #chemchat 🧪berufungsportal.hhu.de 159
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry @mpibiochem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Our director, F.-Ulrich Hartl, is receiving this year’s “Keio Medical Science Prize”. We extend our warmest congratulations to him and to the other awardee, Seishi Ogawa. ❕Press release: www.biochem.mpg.de/f-ulrich-har... 064
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUEMBL @embl.org · 15/09/2026Scientists have determined the highest-resolution protein structure obtained to date. Using advanced X-ray crystallography techniques at EMBL Hamburg's P14 beamline, the team solved the structure of an archaeal protein at an astonishing 0.43 Ångström resolution. www.embl.org/news/science...embl.orgEvery electron counts: most detailed protein structure to date revealed | EMBLResearchers have used advanced X-ray crystallography methods to determine the structure of an archaeal protein at unprecedented resolution 0237
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🍄🟫💻 Explore UKCEH’s new Fungi Explorer, an interactive tool revealing the hidden world of soil fungi across Great Britain using DNA data from 1,000+ Countryside Survey soil samples. Search species, map distributions, or match your own DNA sequences. connect-apps.ceh.ac.uk/fungal-explo… 23226
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUCoskun Lipid Cellar @ ZML Dresden @lipid.bsky.social · 13/09/2026What a #lipidlove party @embo.org Workshop Lipid Code to Life meetings.embo.org/event/26-lip... 0194
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMartin Steinegger 🇺🇦 @martinsteinegger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Fold Spacer lets you fly through protein structures (Weekend project #2). It’s my first game: I originally set out to build a racer with structures as the tracks, but was a little too crazy. So it became this instead. You can upload your own structures. 🌐 martin-steinegger.github.io/Fold-Spacer/ 215758
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUKuesel Lab @kuesellab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We are hiring! 2-year Postdoc in Metagenomics starting October 2026. We are looking for a highly motivated researcher with strong bioinformatics expertise in metagenomic analyses of soil and/or groundwater microbiomes and a strong publication record. 📧 aquat.geomikrobiologie@uni-jena.de 044
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics @mpi-cbg.de · 14/09/2026The 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... 053
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUBen Martin @benjaminmartin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Come be my colleague! Montreal is a great place to live and work! Tenure Track position at @mcgill.ca in quantitative cell biology with a research program to address fundamental questions in biology. @futurepislack.bsky.social mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor in Quantitative Cell Biology - Department of BiologyPlease refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ... 05350
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUSMALP Network @smalp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026🧬 **Membrane Protein Conference — Sept 15** Join our free online meeting w 8 researchers discussing membrane protein structures / lipid interactions, and connect internationally. 👉 Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/smalp... #MembraneProteins #Nanodiscs #SMALP #StructuralBiology #Biophysics 042
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUNationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · 03/09/2026🦠 Die Leopoldina ehrt Mikrobiologin Regine Kahmann für ihr Lebenswerk mit der Cothenius-Medaille. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! ✨ 13914
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMurphy Lab @bjmurphylab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Check out our newest preprint! tinyurl.com/mttvaed3 Max was able to resolve cryo-EM structures of the DsrMKJOP complex, which catalyzes a critical step in sulfur metabolism and sulfide production is sulfate-reducing microbes. The main findings are summarized in the video below 📽️ 1238
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences @mpi-nat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Every electron counts⚛️! Researchers have determined the structure of the protein rubredoxin at an unprecedented 0.43 Ångström resolution. The method could now allow routine quantum crystallography of biological macromolecules. 👇More about this major advancement: www.mpinat.mpg.de/5314392/rn_2... 05517
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMichael Feldbrügge @mfeldbruegge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Two PhD positions in the Feldbrügge Lab at HHU Düsseldorf within nEXt-RNA: 🔬 DC1: Live-cell imaging of RNA transfer and function 📦 DC10: Mechanisms and applications of RNA delivery RNA biology, fungi, extracellular vesicles and advanced imaging. www.mikrobiologie.hhu.de/en/ 01423
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHURobert Arkowitz @robertarkowitz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026🔬🧪🦠 An exciting opportunity to work at the interface of Fungal Cell Biology & Biophysics in Nice, FR in a collaborative project on roles of cytoplasmic crowding in fungal pathogen morphogenesis, antifungal responses and host interaction. ibv.unice.fr/news/postdoc... Please share/retweet 2713
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUKhaled_Selim Lab @selimlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A press about our recent publication on Ca2+ signaling for controlling communication machinery in #cyano bacteria🦠 @hhu.de @cmfi.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social Supposed by @spp2389.bsky.social @sfb1381.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social @ceplas.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release... 1307
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUEMBL @embl.org · 01/09/2026Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! 📣 At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Start your career in the life sciences with us! 🔎 Read more and apply here: bit.ly/4x9Edss 01117
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMarc Bramkamp @bramkamplab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Still time to apply for a fully funded PhD position in my lab on antimicrobial resistance plasticity in pathogenic Corynebacteria. jobs.uni-kiel.de/jobposting/e...jobs.uni-kiel.dewissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in Zielrichtung Promotion 138
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUJörg Stülke @joergstuelke.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Really amazing: generation of more membrane surface via a quinone-transporting pseudomembrane composed of filaments of the NADH dehydrogenase Ndh and the quinone-transporting protein Ncp! #SubtiWiki www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comQuinone-transporting filaments expand bioenergetic capacity in Gram-positive Bacillota - Nature MicrobiologyBacillus subtilis Ncp and NADH dehydrogenase form tube-like filaments with phospholipid-lined chambers that associate with quinones, which can expand bioenergetic capacity and support respiratory elec... 173
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUKedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Preprint🚨: Exopolysaccharide export complex PelBC of Pseudomonas aeruginosa attenuates the dynamics of the surrounding outer membrane. Longer in preparation than in actual making. Blame summer time and perfectionism 🫠 A brief tour, to keep the feed alive over the wknd www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 2259
Schmitt-Lab@HHU @schmitt-lab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The pre-print is out! Ubp3 does not require its regulator for activity in vitro! Even the catalytic domain is sufficient. This raises the question about the function of the regulator Bre5 in vitro and in vivo! Thanks to everyone for this nice piece of work. And thanks to CRC 1531 for funding! 063
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUCurtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Professor in Bacteriophage Biology & Evolution at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Closing date 1 October, with an expected start date no earlier than January 1, 2027, and a salary within the range of $200,000 to $270,000 per year. For details: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac... 25585
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUStephanie Wankowicz @stephanieaw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Most PDB structures report one set of coordinates. But the experimental data behind them, in both X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM, is produced by an ensemble of structures. How to extract this ensemble data at scale has been a quest in structural biology for 40+ years. 25115
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMarc Bramkamp @bramkamplab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We are looking for a PhD student interested in AMR development in pathogenic corynebacteria. Link: jobs.uni-kiel.de/jobposting/e... The advert is bilingual (scroll down for English). Applications need to be submitted online via the indicated link. We are looking forward to you applications!jobs.uni-kiel.dewissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in Zielrichtung Promotion 026
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUEuropean Synthetic Cell Initiative @syncelleu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Career opportunity at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France They are looking for an experienced researcher with a strong background in synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, and who can take a leadership role in chemistry applied to the life sciences and health 0712
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUEMBL @embl.org · 20/07/2026EMBL and University of Washington researchers have developed NovoTags – AI-designed protein tags – that in future could help researchers combine fluorescence microscopy and cryo-ET, helping identify individual proteins inside cells. @steffenklein.bsky.social More info 👉 www.embl.org/news/science... 03512
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUKondadi Lab @kondadilab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Delighted to share that I will organize the first India | EMBO Lecture Course on “Mitochondrial Form, Function and Signalling Across Biological Scales” in Hyderabad, India, July 2027, with Naresh Sepuri, Verónica Eisner & Pooja Jadiya. #Mitochondria #EMBOmitoScales #EMBO #Science #Research 032
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUBen Engel @cellarchlab.com · 17/07/2026Fantastic new study charting the molecular atlas of #CO2 fixing compartments in seaweed! Yet another convergently evolved pyrenoid, with its own distinct Rubisco linker and binding site. There really is a "molecular kaleidoscope of pyrenoid diversity (™️Oliver M-C)" 🙌 @james-r-barrett.bsky.social 🌊🌾🧪 04111
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMax Planck Institute for Infection Biology @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de · 17/07/2026#JobOpening: We are seeking a Head of the Core Facility for Protein Biochemistry at our newly established location in #Berlin Dahlem. 💶 Pay grade: up to TVöD Bund E14 ⏰ Apply by August 23, 2026 📅 Start date: next possible date 👉 Application form: jobs.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/jobposting/2... 075
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUKedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Some more "legacy" of CRC 1208 @hhu.de: A brief up-to-date review of crowding effects in biological membranes - diversity of consequences, and approaches to mimic and to quantify. Thanks to Laura Hartmann @uni-freiburg.de for joining, and COSB for the invitation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comCrowding at the cellular membranes: Emerging physiological roles and novel study approachesCellular membranes are essentially complex and heterogeneous assemblies. The lipid bilayer forms the basis of the membrane architecture, and the assoc… 064
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUKedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 11/07/2026OK, not a "tremendous breakthrough", but it is nice to have it completed - the first project in the group, started after moving to @hhu.de years ago, as a part of CRC 1208 (1st C is for "collaborative"). Thanks to all the co-authors for the joint effort and resilence ✊🤓 www.jbc.org/article/S002...jbc.orgConformational dynamics of the membrane-anchored foldase LipH from Pseudomonas aeruginosa governs recognition and release of its client lipaseThe lipase LipA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an extracellular enzyme that plays an important role in bacterial infections. Prior to its export via the type II secretion system, LipA requires the cog... 3157
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUMike Murphy @mitoredox.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I have two post doctoral positions available in my lab funded by the Wellcome Trust to develop new chemical biology approaches to studying mitochondria. Would suit those with interest in both mitochondria and chemical biology. Advert below-please forward and repost! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...cam.ac.ukResearch Associate x 2 (Fixed Term)The Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit (MRC MBU), University of Cambridge, wishes to appoint two post-doctoral Research Associates to join the research group of Prof. Mike Murphy at t... 01919
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUJean-Paul Armache @valendraica.bsky.social · 08/07/2026If you or someone you know is interested in joining a fun and productive lab (JP Armache laboratory at Penn State University) to work on exciting projects, please follow or share the link below. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comPostdoctoral PositionAPPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a... 068
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUBen Engel @cellarchlab.com · 07/07/2026Jan and the anaeronauts keep zooming warp speed through the universe of globally-relevant anaerobic metabolism. Hang on! It’s a wild ride! 🌍🚀🦠🧪 2377
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUAlex Schier @schierlab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Come join us at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch as Professor in Climate Biophysics. Blue-sky research, inspiring colleagues, and generous support. 1157
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUPedro Beltrao @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · 06/07/2026My department @eth-dbiol.bsky.social at ETH Zurich is hiring for a tenured professor in mol cell bio and biochemistry (associate/full). The position is within the Institute of Biochemistry (www.bc.biol.ethz.ch) and it is fairly open within their scope of research. www.nature.com/naturecareer...nature.comProfessor of Molecular Cell Biology and Biochemistry - Zurich, Switzerland job with ETH Zurich | 12861386The Department of Biology at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned tenured professorship at the Institute of Biochemistry 07683
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUBen Engel @cellarchlab.com · 03/07/2026Super excited to launch this search for a new endowed professor at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch! Join us to build a research cluster in Climate Biophysics! 🌍🌊🌾🔬🧪 This is a unique opportunity to create a community in Basel🇨🇭working together on this timely topic! ⏳🌡️ Questions? Please reach out! 👩🔬👨🔬 14947
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUTeam Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Thoroughly enjoyed this collaboration with @usadellab.bsky.social & @faltegoer.bsky.social groups in the @mibinet.bsky.social framework to characterize Peltigera lichen symbioses with major contributions from @ciarankelly.bsky.social & @yukiyosato.bsky.social 01611
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUKedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Two positions (see the text, W2 and W3!!!) in Experimental Medical Biophysics have just been announced here, @hhu.de Come and let's make some great science together! 🤓🔬🧬🧪 jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w2-prof...jobs.zeit.deW2-Professur für Experimentelle Medizinische Biophysik - Heinrich-Heine-Universität DüsseldorfHeinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf bietet Stelle als W2-Professur für Experimentelle Medizinische Biophysik in Düsseldorf - jetzt bewerben! 188
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUKedrov Lab @ HHU @kedrov-lab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Position one could only dream of 👇 011
Reposted by Schmitt-Lab@HHUIsmael Mingarro @ismaelmingarro.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I am deeply saddened by the passing of Stephen H. White. Steve was not only a giant in #MembraneBiophysics, whose work profoundly shaped our understanding of membrane proteins, but also a kind, generous, and inspiring friend and colleague. Thank you, Steve! start.emailopen.com/public1/BrVi... 002