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Our lab @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social focuses on gene regulation & virulence control in bacterial pathogens.

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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now, one of our hosts, Franziska Faber, presents her work on programmable RNA antibiotics #Infect-Net #asobiotics #Clostridioides
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Infect-Net @infect-net.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now we continue with @sharmalab.bsky.social who talks about the role of small RNAs and small proteins in flagella biogenesis of Campylobacter jejuni #Infect-Net #smallRNAs #regulation
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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 · 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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Helmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🧬 @rnamed.bsky.social is hiring! Apply for one of six fully funded #PhD positions in RNA biology and RNA therapeutics, and work with leading RNA experts in an international, interdisciplinary environment. 📅 Application deadline: September 17, 2026 More info: www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/jobs-tale...
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RNAmed - Future Leaders in RNA-based Medicine
RNAmed takes a holistic approach to endow doctoral students with the necessary knowledge and skills in the fast-growing area of RNA-based medicine.
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Sharma Lab @sharmalab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Reminder for our current NUCLEATE cluster calls for Group Leader as well as PhD/Postdoc positions. Deadline 16.08.2026. 👇
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 31/07/2026
Get your calendars, because the new 2027 EMBL Annual Poster has arrived: s.embl.org/2027-poster Whether you'd like to enhance your skills in a practical course or engage with the latest research at one of our conferences, we've got you covered. See you at EMBL in 2027! 🙌 #LifeSciences #EMBL
The image depicts the 2027 EMBL Annual Poster featuring the new events programme for 2027. On the left side is a colorful banner, on the right is the list of events sorted by month
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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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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Sharma Lab @sharmalab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Exciting opportunity: We are recruiting 3 Independent Group Leaders for our Munich-Würzburg Cluster of Excellence #NUCLEATE on Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies 🧬. www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12861192/independent-group-leader-at-nucleate-excellence-cluster/ @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social
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Independent Group Leader at NUCLEATE Excellence Cluster - Munich or Würzburg job with NUCLEATE Cluster | 12861192
Independent Group Leader in Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies within the NUCLEATE Cluster at LMU Munich, TU Munich or JMU Würzburg.
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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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Sharma Lab @sharmalab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Cluster for Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies @uni-wuerzburg.de @lmu.de @tum.de #RNA #DNA @dfg.de 👇
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Irene Beusch @pauletteoctopus.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We have an open position for a #PhD student (last week to apply!) & a lab technician/TA. For more information see: www.beuschlab.org/join-us Interested in understanding post-transcriptional regulation and how #RNA #splicing decisions are made? Then take a look or share with people who might be! 🧪🧫
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RNA Splicing Lab - JOIN US
Are you interested in investigating basic mechanisms in splicing regulation and gene expression? Our research group was launched in September 2024 and is hosted at the Institute of Molecular Infection...
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Sharma Lab @sharmalab.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🚨We are looking for a coordinator located at @uni-wuerzburg.de for our new excellence cluster NUCLEATE - Cluster of Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies 👇 www.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/03... Deadline: Jan 31 st, 2026
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Carmen Aguilar @carmen-aguilar.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Our first paper is out today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com! We introduce a prostate organoid model and show that UPEC invades prostate cells via FimH binding to the prostate-specific protein PAPP. A step toward targeted therapies against bacterial prostatitis. 🎉 #UTI #UPEC #Organoids #AMR
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Uropathogenic Escherichia coli invade luminal prostate cells via FimH–PPAP receptor binding - Nature Microbiology
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection of a murine prostate organoid model reveals a bacterial FimH–host prostatic acid phosphatase adhesin-receptor interaction enabling invasion and replication wit...
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Mona Alzheimer @monaalzheimer.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🧪We are hiring #MicroSky🧪 Postdoc position in #microbiology #bioinformatics for our @volkswagenstiftung.de funded MOMENTUM project. Join us to study bacterial gene expression with #microfluidics and #microscopy. ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/03290000/2025/Postdoc_MOMENTUM_Sharma_2025-08.pdf
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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · 22/05/2025
Erfolg auf ganzer Linie: zwei Exzellenzcluster für Würzburg! 🥂🚀 Im Rahmen der #ExStra wird nicht nur der Quantenphysik-Cluster ctd.qmat weiterhin gefördert. Mit NUCLEATE, einem Forschungsprojekt zu Nukleinsäuren, kommt noch ein zweiter Cluster hinzu! ➡️ go.uniwue.de/xstra25
Freude über den Doppelerfolg: Zwei Würzburger Forschungsvorhaben haben sich im Exzellenzwettbewerb durchgesetzt und erhalten Mittel aus der begehrten Millionenförderung. Von links: Caroline Kisker (Würzburger Koordinatorin von NUCLEATE und Vizepräsidentin), Cynthia Sharma (Würzburger Speakerin von NUCLEATE), Ralph Claessen (Würzburger Speaker von ctd.qmat) und Universitätspräsident Paul Pauli (Bild: Jonas Blank / JMU)
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Sharma Lab @sharmalab.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
New preprint on our #Campylobacter Tn-seq screen in a 3D tissue model revealing a #smallprotein crucial for motility by @monaalzheimer.bsky.social @kathrinfroschauer.bsky.social @campy-bara.bsky.social together with the Beeby & Hendrixson labs: 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @uni-wuerzburg.de
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Functional genomics of Campylobacter-host interactions in an intestinal tissue model reveals a small lipoprotein essential for flagellar assembly
Campylobacter jejuni is currently the most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. However, its genome provides few clues about how it interacts with the host. Moreover, infection screens...
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Sharma Lab @sharmalab.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We are happy to share our new paper on the #Campylobacter translatome out now in @naturecomms.bsky.social. Many congrats to @kathrinfroschauer.bsky.social & @campy-bara.bsky.social and all collaboration partners! #SPP2002 #smallproteins @uni-wuerzburg.de www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58329-w
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Complementary Ribo-seq approaches map the translatome and provide a small protein census in the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni - Nature Communications
Bacterial genomes still contain many hidden and uncharacterized genes. Using complementary Ribo-seq approaches, Froschauer, Svensson et al. here annotate start and stop codons of Campylobacter jejuni,...
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