Sebastian Suerbaum @suerbaums.bsky.social · 26/08/2026www.gatesnotes.com/a-turbulent-...gatesnotes.comThe choices we make about AI now are critical | Bill GatesAI will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice. We need to start planning now so it makes the world a fairer place. 000
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumAlbert and Mary Lasker Foundation @laskerfdn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025“Her ability to identify talent, foster collaboration, & build lasting institutional frameworks has left an indelible mark on each organization she has led.” @leslievosshall.bsky.social on #LaskerAward winner Lucy Shapiro 🧪 #Lasker2025 @PNAS.orgow.lyThe Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science awarded to Lucy Shapiro | PNASScientists can contribute to society in numerous ways. Some scientists discover new biological principles and found entirely new fields. Some scien... 1148
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumFEMS Journals @femsjournals.bsky.social · 26/01/2026🦠 @laurentterradot.bsky.social lab reviews #Brucella’s #T4SS—a key virulence factor—covering its structure, function, and growing effector arsenal. It also explores how effectors enter host cells, opening new paths to understand and target infection. 🔬 👉 buff.ly/KW4kVN4 286
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumFelix M Key @keyfm.bsky.social · 30/04/2026What a life! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/s...nytimes.comJ. Craig Venter, Scientist Who Decoded the Human Genome, Dies at 79 011
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumTypas Lab @typaslab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Excited to share our paper with @savitski-lab.bsky.social, led by @tarabartolec.bsky.social, Karin Mitosch & Clément Potel, out now in @nature.com. We show that T7 phage broadly disables bacterial defenses using a unique ‘loose cannon’ protein kinase. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comPervasive phosphorylation by phage T7 kinase disarms bacterial defences - NatureThe T7 bacteriophage deactivates bacterial defence systems through T7K phosphorylation of nearly all host and phage proteins during infection. 47739
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumLMU München @lmu.de · 10/06/2026🏥 Startschuss am Campus Großhadern/Martinsried der LMU München: Heute wird das neues neue #Zentrum für Diagnostik und translationale Forschung des Max von Pettenkofer-Instituts für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie (DIAG) eröffnet. 🔬 www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/... #LMU #DIAG 053
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumNature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 05/01/2026Nature Microbiology turns 10! 🎂 As a special treat, we take you back to the editorial team that started it all and then fast forward to take a peek into the future of microbiology through some brilliant microbiologists. #MicroSky 🦠 www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v... 33512
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumVAAM e.V. @vaam-microbes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Just a reminder 🔔 that early bird registration for the VAAM Annual Conference 2026 in Berlin ends 📆January 11 Register soon to save your spot and some money. Hope to see you there! 054
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumBundesministerium für Gesundheit @bmg-bund.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Heute wäre Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt 125 Jahre alt geworden. Sie war von 1961 bis 1966 Bundesgesundheitsministerin und damit nicht nur die erste Leitung unseres Hauses, sondern auch die erste Bundesministerin überhaupt. 172
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumNature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 09/01/2026#NewResearch Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) can cause bacterial prostatitis, a prevalent and recurrent infection with high morbidity in men. Here they show that UPEC invades luminal prostate cells via a bacterial FimH and host PPAP receptor interaction #microsky www.nature.com/articles/s41... 0104
Sebastian Suerbaum @suerbaums.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Congratulations to Professor Teresa L. Thurston from the University of Oxford for being awarded the 2025 Pettenkofer Award recognizing her groundbreaking work on mechanisms of bacterial effector - host interactions, including kinase reprogramming. Wonderful award ceremony in Munich Town Hall. 140
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumWellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Read ‘Genetic population structure of Haemophilus influenzae at local and global scales’ from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, the University of Oslo, University of Helsinki, @ox.ac.uk and collaborators in @natmicrobiol.nature.com here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comGenetic population structure of Haemophilus influenzae at local and global scales - Nature MicrobiologyLarge-scale sequencing and population genomic analyses reveal frequent transmission, a highly admixed global population structure and evidence of pervasive negative selection in Haemophilus influenzae... 022
Sebastian Suerbaum @suerbaums.bsky.social · 29/10/2025See our new paper out in microLife, resulting from international team effort led by Christine Josenhans group: Functional and intricate interaction network connecting H. pylori Cag type 4 secretion system surface proteins with outer membrane proteins HopQ and HopZ academic.oup.com/microlife/ar...academic.oup.comValidate User 020
Sebastian Suerbaum @suerbaums.bsky.social · 15/09/2025See this preprint resulting from our international team effort led by Christine Josenhans group: Functional and intricate interaction network connecting Helicobacter pylori Cag Type 4 Secretion System surface proteins with outer membrane proteins HopQ and HopZ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgFunctional and intricate interaction network connecting Helicobacter pylori Cag Type 4 Secretion System surface proteins with outer membrane proteins HopQ and HopZThe Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island ( cag PAI) encodes a complex type IV secretion system (CagT4SS) which is an important virulence factor of H. pylori . Recently, structural detail on th... 011
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumInstitut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 26/05/2025Zoom into a human cell infected by Shigella, the bacteria behind dysentery. Using cryo-EM, @leaswistak.bsky.social and team revealed how it pierces cells with molecular syringes. Stunning science at the nanoscale. @enningalab.bsky.social @jytinevez.bsky.social @nanoimaging.bsky.social #CryoEM 04914
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Fancy an all-you-can-eat salmon buffet? Then head on over to Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It's the salmon run season right now, and the waterfall is absolutely swarming with bears. They've all gotten so chubby from feasting. 🐻🧸 Yummy.. #nationalpark #bears #salmon #wildlife 26481211235
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumGene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · 27/08/2025LMU remains the best German university www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...lmu.deLMU remains the best German universityIn the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities, LMU ranks among the world’s top 50 research-intensive universities. 043
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumVAAM e.V. @vaam-microbes.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Join us at the VAAM Annual Conference🌟 22.-25.3.2026 in Berlin 👥! ✏️Registration is now open - benefit from early bird fees🏃♀️! 📝 Submit your abstract & 🎓 Apply for student travel grants until 🗓️ 7 November 2025. All details & more info 👉https://t1p.de/zazfv 089
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumRobert Koch-Institut @rki.de · 13/08/2025In einem der berühmtesten Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts, Thomas Manns "Der Zauberberg", wird an einer Stelle ein Mitarbeiter Robert Kochs erwähnt. Wisst ihr, um welchen Bakteriologen es geht? Unser Medizinhistoriker und Leiter des RKI-Museums Benjamin Kuntz erzählt die Geschichte in diesem Video. 0227
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumNationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · 01/08/2025🎉 Für seine wichtigen Beiträge zur #Infektionsforschung und sein Engagement zur Stärkung des wissenschaftlichen Austauschs in #Europa und der Welt wurde Leopoldina-Mitglied Otto Haller @uni-freiburg.de mit der Robert-Koch-Medaille in Gold ausgezeichnet: www.leopoldina.org/mitglieder/m... 061
Sebastian Suerbaum @suerbaums.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Please note the announcement of the 2025 Pettenkofer Prize. This year's topic is "Modulation of the innate immune response by effectors of pathogenic bacteria". The application deadline is Sept. 10, 2025. www.mvp.uni-muenchen.de/en/2025/07/3...mvp.uni-muenchen.dePettenkofer-Prize 2025 - Max von Pettenkofer-InstitutThe Pettenkofer Foundation, which is administered by the Foundation Administration of the City of Munich, intends to award a research prize of € 5,000 for outstanding scientific work on the topic of ... 032
Sebastian Suerbaum @suerbaums.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Our latest paper on the H. pylori methylome out in mBio. Note the link with Hardy ecospecies: The Helicobacter pylori orphan ATTAAT-specific methyltransferase M.Hpy99XIX plays a central role in the coordinated regulation of genes involved in iron metabolism | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...journals.asm.orgThe Helicobacter pylori orphan ATTAAT-specific methyltransferase M.Hpy99XIX plays a central role in the coordinated regulation of genes involved in iron metabolism | mBioHelicobacter pylori has one of the largest repertoires of methyltransferases. Methylation has been associated with multiple functions in H. pylori, including the defense against foreign DNA and transc... 000
Reposted by Sebastian SuerbaumNationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · 24/07/2025🎊 Robert Koch Award for Leopoldina member Rotem Sorek: The molecular biologist @soreklab.bsky.social fom the Weizmann Institute of Science was honored by the Robert Koch Foundation for his fundamental discoveries on how bacteria defend themselves against viruses. www.leopoldina.org/en/members/m... 141
