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Bioinorganic Chemistry Group at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

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CTFM lab at FAU @ctfm-lab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Two snapshots from your visit, Eline Hutter! Thank you for visiting @fau.de from @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social and sharing your insight with us -- @spanlabfau.bsky.social @dubelab.bsky.social Danijela Gregurec, Carolin Müller, Alex Kozen, Julien Bachmann! #ChemPrint
Profs. Eline Hutter and Ingrid Span

Photo credits: Dr. Janina GroschProfs. Ingrid Span, Alex Kozen, Eline Hutter, Julien Bachmann, Danijela Gregurec

Photo credits: Dr. Janina Grosch
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Ribbe Hu Labs @ribbehulab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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Minimal ATP‐Independent N2‐Reducing Systems Defined by L‐Cluster‐Bound Nitrogenase Assembly Platforms
Association of the L-cluster with the nitrogenase assembly proteins NifEN (NifENL) or NifB (NifBL) intrinsically endows these proteins with N2-reducing activity, enabling in vitro N2-reduction by Nif....
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Sven T. Stripp @stripplab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Exciting work from the Martin lab @hhu.de: prebiotic aqueous reactions catalyzed by Ni^0 in the absence of H2 (via @febsj.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1111/febs...
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Serpentinizing (H2-producing) hydrothermal vents are candidate environments for metabolic origin. They generate highly reducing conditions that convert CO2 to formate and methane in abiotic reactions....
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Register for the May 14 Office Hour on RCSB PDB's AI-Powered 3D Structure Similarity Search Learn how this new feature delivers faster and more scalable structural comparisons across PDB structures and predicted Computed Structure Models (CSMs).
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Register for the May 14 Office Hour on the new AI-Powered 3D Structure Similarity Search
Learn how this feature delivers faster and more scalable structural comparisons across experimentally determined PDB structures and predicted Computed Structure Models (CSMs).
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ICH2026 @ich2026.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The International Conference on Hydrogenase and Other Redox Metalloenzymes takes place @uniofleicester.bsky.social in the UK, 26-30 July 2026. A reminder that there is still time to submit an abstract and register for this exciting conference! le.ac.uk/chemistry/re...
A cartoon image of the Leicester skyline, showing buildings such as the clock tower and National Space Centre. Across the top of this are the words ICH 2026, and Register Now!!!
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Sven T. Stripp @stripplab.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Check out this cool new paper by Martin Winkler et al. who investigate the slow maturation of [FeFe]-hydrogenase DdH. Turns out that exchanging certain peptide motives allows for significant faster H-cluster insertion! @chemicalscience.rsc.org doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
@fau.de campus in snow — winter wonderland. Quiet paths, soft light, everything slowed down. ❄️
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Off to the synchrotron 🚀 Mara guiding our awesome students Samira and Yueheng through high-resolution structure solving. @fau.de #crystallography #desy #science
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DLR-next @dlr-next.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Artemis 2 - Rollout der Rakete soll morgen (17. Jan.) 13 Uhr MEZ beginnen. Zur Liveübertragung bitte ausreichend Popcorn bereithalten! Denn der riesige Crawler wird die Rakete mit einem Tempo von 1,6 km/h zum Startplatz befördern, sodass es Stunden dauern dürfte. www.nasa.gov/news-release...
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MiTeGen @mitegen.com · 12/01/2026
The IUCr 27th Congress and General Assembly will be held in Calgary, Canada, from August 11th-18th, 2026 - It's not too early to start planning - Learn more and sign up to express your interest -> zurl.co/FP2ho We'll be there!
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Wesley browne @wesleybrowne.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Registration and abstract submission is open for eurobic18.eu. Hopefully we see all of you (bio)inorganic chemists in Groningen - the coolest place to be in Europe this summer (and probably also a bit wet but fantastic speakers!).
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
💥🔥 LATE POST BUT HUGE NEWS: WE HAVE A FRESHLY MINTED PhD!!! Bianca defended her dissertation in Düsseldorf two weeks ago. Congratulations, Dr. Axinte! @hhu.de
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🎄✨ Inorganic Chemistry Institute Christmas Celebration! ✨🎄 A wonderful evening with the entire institute — great conversations, good food, and festive spirit all around. Grateful for an amazing team and another year of discovery, experiments, and collaboration. Happy holidays to everyone! 🔬❄️💙
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Analyzing the complex chemistry of Glühwein with the lab — conclusions: excellent aroma profile, strong bonding effects. 😉🍷✨
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Sven T. Stripp @stripplab.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Come to Potsdam!
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Eva Nowack @evanowack.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
📢Postdoc position available!🧪🧫🧬 Our group is seeking a motivated researcher to investigate the molecular mechanisms driving host–endosymbiont interactions. Full details & application: karriere.hhu.de//index.php?a.... Please help us get the word out!
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Postdoc (m/f/d) in Endosymbiosis Research
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Stieber Lab @stieberlab.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Thrilled to announce publication of the crystallography children’s book illustrated by undergraduate Justine Wong! You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com 50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op. #chemsky #chemchat
Children’s book in front of plant. Book looks like a composition notebook with red title „X-ray crystallography adventures!“ subtitle: cat & elephant‘s sugar crystal mystery. Two cartoons of a cat in a lab coat and an elephant in baking gear are on bottom right.
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Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe) @pdbeurope.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Metalloproteins make up ~30% of the PDB archive. To ensure FAIR data practices, wwPDB is remediating existing polyatomic metal-containing entries and CCDs — improving their chemical and coordination descriptions for better findability and reuse.
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 23/10/2025
A new partnership between the ERC and the African Academy of Sciences signed today opens opportunities for top African researchers and ERC grantees. 🇪🇺🌍👉 bit.ly/3WXAka1
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New partnership between African Academy of Sciences and the European Research Council to boost scientific collaboration
A new initiative to encourage collaboration between leading African researchers and European Research Council (ERC) grantees was signed by the European Commission and the African Academy of Sciences (...
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Register Now for Webinar: Exploring the Workhorses of Biotechnology On November 6, learn how to use RCSB PDB tools to analyze plastic-degrading enzymes
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Register Now for Webinar: Exploring the Workhorses of Biotechnology
On November 6, learn how to use RCSB.org to analyze plastic-degrading enzymes
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Lisa Pecher @lisipea.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Shout-out and kudos to the organizers, other speakers, advisory committee, and all the participants. See you next year! @spanlabfau.bsky.social @ctfm-lab.bsky.social @fau.de @chemdiva.bsky.social (3/3)
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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Register Now for Webinar: Exploring the Workhorses of Biotechnology On November 6, learn how to use RCSB PDB to analyze plastic-degrading enzymes
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PDB101: Register Now for Webinar: Exploring the Workhorses of Biotechnology
PDB-101: Training, Outreach, and Education portal of RCSB PDB
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
My student Mara Hebeis wowed the crowd at HEC27 🚀 with stunning HDAC6–inhibitor structures, opening new doors for tackling therapy-resistant leukemia. @fau.de
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
At HEC27, my student Reyana Ganguly gave a fantastic talk on spectroscopy & crystallography insights into how electron transfer pathways drive alkane monooxygenases. Brilliant work!🌟
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Three days in Halberstadt for HEC27 🌍🧬 Inspiring international science + proud moments as three of my PhD students gave fantastic talks! 👏 #HEC27 #Biocrystallography
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Daumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Hier kann man sich noch anmelden für unsere Experimentalvorlesung mit JJ Chemistry: form.hhu.de/institut-fue... 🙂
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Maus-Anmeldung
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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Wer heute Langeweile hat und mehr über Lebensmittelchemie wissen möchte kann die neue Folge des Podcasts des CVUA Stuttgart hören, wo ich über das Berufsbild und Studium spreche (neben anderen Dingen!) apfel-vogel-stories.podigee.io/23-neue-epis...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 30/08/2025
Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals. A feature in Nature explores how five organisms are helping researchers define how life became multicellular. 🧪
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How did life get multicellular? Five simple organisms could have the answer
Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals.
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R. David Britt @rdavbritt.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
is the dimer core of the H-cluster of FeFe hydrogenase formed by rSAM chemistry in HydE? pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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The Radical S-Adenosyl-l-methionine Enzyme HydE Forms an Fe(I)Fe(I) Dimer En Route to the [FeFe] Hydrogenase H-Cluster
[FeFe] hydrogenases are highly efficient metalloenzymes that catalyze hydrogen conversion via a sophisticated active site cofactor known as the H-cluster. Biosynthesis of its [2Fe]H subcluster, which ...
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SFB 1348 @sfb1348.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Looking forward to an exciting seminar with Leo Kurian @kurianlab.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social on Sept 11. He will speak about #RNA regulatory principles of engineering fate in living systems More info: www.uni-muenster.de/SFB1348/en Everyone's welcome! @sfb1348.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de
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Konstantin Roeder @koroeder.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
#Postdoc opportunity to join my group at KCL to work on RNA modelling for 2 years (+1 year pot. extension). #CompChem #ChemPostDoc #PostDocJobs #RNA Apply by 17th September! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/123725-...
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Research Associate in Molecular Modelling of RNAs
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Exciting #PhD Opportunity in #DrugDiscovery at Leiden University! The group of @mads-chem.bsky.social of the @led3hub.bsky.social is thrilled to announce a new PhD position at the intersection of #ChemicalBiology and #Immunology. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies... #ChemBio #ChemSky
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PhD Candidate in Chemical Biology and Immuno-metabolism
The Faculty of Science Leiden, the Leiden Institute of Chemistry and Leiden Institute of Biology are looking for a PhD candidate to pursue research on the development of drugs modulating immunometabolism.   Immune dysregulation contributes to many human diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular…
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Svetlana Tsogoeva @svetlanatsogoeva.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
It was a great pleasure to host Prof. Paolo Melchiorre for his brilliant #GDCh lecture at @nat.fau.de! Paolo’s talk highlighted how core #photochemical insights spark innovation in #AsymmetricSynthesis! @gdch.de @dubelab.bsky.social @spanlabfau.bsky.social @harder-research.bsky.social
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Happening Now: GDCh Lecture by Paolo Melchiorre (University of Bologna). Exciting insights into light-driven strategies for asymmetric synthesis! 🌞 @fau.de @gdch.de 🧪 #Photocatalysis #AsymmetricCatalysis
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JungesChemieForum @jungchemikerforum.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
🔍 Jetzt bewerben: EYCN #Representatives gesucht! Du möchtest die europäische Chemie-#Community mitgestalten? 🌍💡 Das JCF sucht Representatives für das EYCN! Werde Teil des #internationalen_Netzwerks. Bewirb dich bis zum 11.08.2025 unter dem folgenden Link: forms.gle/XH1RfHeMPxDG...
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Sophie Gutenthaler-Tietze (she/her) @sophieguti.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Behind the scenes of this year’s @munichsoapbox.bsky.social Kids Corner with @e-keil.bsky.social 🧪🥼⚗️ We had so much fun - nothing beats getting other people excited about science😍 #scicomm What’s you favourite science experiment for outreach activities?🤓 - Mine involves red cabbage juice!🧃😌
Two woman behind a table preparing a 24-well plate with red cabbage juice for testing the pH of e.g. coke, vinegar etc.
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Alexander Titz @titzlab.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Come and join us at Saarland University @uni-saarland.de as a professor for organic chemistry! Please spread the word! The call for the position has just been announced here jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w2-prof...
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W2 Professorship in Organic Chemistry (m/f/x) - Universität des Saarlandes
Universität des Saarlandes bietet Stelle als W2 Professorship in Organic Chemistry (m/f/x) in Saarbrücken - jetzt bewerben!
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Stephan Hammer @stephanhammer.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Join us! We are looking for a new team member (PhD student) with strong background in organic chemistry. 🙏 RETWEET (We want to recruit internationally) Organic chemistry meets #DirectedEvolution Highly interdisciplinary & passionate research group uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/433...
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Research Position (PhD) in organic chemistry and b...
<div style="text-align: justify;">The&nbsp; research&nbsp; group&nbsp; „Organic&nbsp; Chemistry&nbsp; and&nb...
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Really enjoyed the setting of #ISABC2025 — Uppsala was a great place for good discussions and meeting colleagues. 🇸🇪🧪 @fau.de
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
#ISABC2025 was a blast — great talks, lively discussions, and even some dancing after a fantastic dinner. Science and fun in perfect balance! 🧬💃🥂 @fau.de
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
ISABC 2025 has been an amazing conference full of exciting talks on hydrogenases and bioinorganic chemistry! 🧪⚗️ Inspired by the science and so grateful for the chance to connect with old friends and meet new ones. @kasanmaschefflab.bsky.social @fau.de #ISABC #Hydrogenase #Bioinorganic #Chemistry
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Hans-Böckler-Stiftung @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Bewirb dich jetzt und bring deine Ziele auf Kurs: Mit unserem Azubi-Stipendium erhältst du monatlich 300 € zusätzlich – und noch viel mehr: Weiterbildungsangebote, Sprachkurse und einen unvergesslichen Auslandsaufenthalt. Mehr Infos unter www.tibb-boeckler.de #Stipendium #Azubi #Auszubildende
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🤩 The moment you see crystals from a brand new protein—pure magic. Order emerging from chaos, one molecule at a time. #Crystallography #StructureBiology
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Rainy outside, but the new flowers bring color to the office 🌧️🌼 @fau.de
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🚗 Nothing like grabbing fresh pretzels on the way home. Quick stop, big joy. #Brezen #Drive @simonhammann.bsky.social
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Great work highlighting how important it is to carry out experimental structure determination instead relying on AlphaFold predictions. #crystallography #structure #biology #chemistry www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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AlphaFold predictions are valuable hypotheses and accelerate but do not replace experimental structure determination - Nature Methods
An analysis of AlphaFold protein structure predictions shows that while in many cases the predictions are highly accurate, there are also many instances where the predicted structures or parts of pred...
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 16/05/2025
🚨New collection alert🚨 In this cross-collection with @natcomms.nature.com and Scientific Reports, we invite manuscripts that showcase the development and application of AI-driven approaches leveraging big data to advance our understanding of RNA biology. www.nature.com/collections/...
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Artificial intelligence in RNA biology
With this cross-journal Collection, the editors at Nature Communications and Communications Biology invite manuscripts that showcase the development and ...
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Span Lab FAU @spanlabfau.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Opening the Editor's Black Box - Angewandte Chemie and GDCh Workshop happening next week at FAU! @fau.de @angewandtechemie.bsky.social @gdch.de
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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Join us: 👉 Apply to the Senior Group Leader position by May 20: bit.ly/gmi-groupleader-sr 👉 We are also recruiting for a Junior Group Leader position. Apply by May 20: bit.ly/gmi-groupleader-jr
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Senior Group Leader Position
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