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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great to be at DGHM in Hamburg! 🦠🔬 A fascinating DGHM Lecture: metabolism matters in infection. One important challenge: we need better models to study metabolism during infection in vivo! #DGHM #InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology #Metabolism #HostPathogenInteractions #Research #DFG

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Weekend motivation: It’s all relative. Sometimes, changing perspective is enough to change how we see a problem. From the microcosm to the macrocosm, scale reminds us that what feels enormous from one point of view can appear surprisingly small from another. lnkd.in/ex_w-esv

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🔬🇦🇷🇩🇪 German-Argentine Day of Science How does science shape our everyday lives—and how can research connect people across borders? Join us to hear from Argentine scientists in Germany and discover German-Argentine collaborations making a difference in health, technology, employment and society.

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

💙☁️ Under the Bavarian sky, let’s talk about the future of research! This Thursday at #TUM: an interactive #EJI workshop on scientific publishing, peer review, research integrity & AI in research 📣 Questions? Ask them here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/HLAkDxiqmn

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European Journal of Immunology @eurjimmunol.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📣Join us for an interactive workshop on scientific publishing, peer review, research integrity, and AI in research. Looking forward to an engaging discussion! Ask your questions here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/HLAkDxiqmn

Ask your questions here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/HLAkDxiqmn. We'll answer them live in Munich!

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Abstract deadline approaching! CSHA Meeting in Suzhou ‚Immune Tolerance‘ October 23-30, 2026

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A huge congratulations to an incredibly motivated and enthusiastic Master Class in T Cell Biology! 🧬🧫 It was inspiring to see such curiosity, energy, and passion especially for Tregs 😉! #TCellBiology #Immunology #Science #MasterClass #Research #Learning #ScientificCommunity #CRID

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Luciana Berod, Great talk, fun to teach in Brazil and to meet our wonderful collleagues S. Fukada and Zeca Alves Filho & other #CRID (CURE 😉) members: exciting results from Forschungszentrum für Immuntherapie (#FZI) #TRR355 - Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG) / #CRC1292. #CEPID CRID

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Honored to be invited to speak at the 2026 Cell Research Symposium on Autoimmunity and Inflammation, 23–25 October in Tiantai, China. Looking forward to stimulating discussions and scientific exchange. www.csbmb.org.cn/cr-symposia/... #Immunology #Autoimmunity #Inflammation

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I have been a victim of identity theft (see example), and unauthorized sm accounts are being created in my name. These accounts are not operated by me. Pls trust only my official bluesky profile and our IMMH. Any other account claiming to represent me should be considered fraudulent and reported!

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

13.-15.10.2026 Treg 2026 meeting in Beijing mm.sciconf.cn/en/web/index...

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yEFIS @yefis-immunology.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

👉 Through travel grants together with @efis-immunology.bsky.social, publication of the symposium abstract book 📖 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15214141... and support for our workshop, EJI has helped make this event more accessible and impactful for young immunologists.

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Back from a focused and energizing CRC/SFB-TRR 156 retreat at Kloster Schöntal. Our consortium studies the skin as a sensor and effector organ that shapes local and systemic immune responses. #DFG #TRR156 #researchingermany #scientificexcellence

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Fantastic #TRR355 - Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG) retreat and TRR355 international symposium on regulatory T cells, featuring a fantastic lineup of speakers in Waldenburg, Germany! #DFG #researchingermany #scientificexcellence

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Today we celebrated the 85th birthday of my mentor, Prof. Hermann Wagner, on a wonderful day at the Ammersee. Many of his former mentees now hold (or held) chairs in medical microbiology or immunology, carrying forward his standards, curiosity, and academic rigor. Happy Birthday Hermann!

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Thrilled to welcome Prof. Alves-Filho from @uspoficial.bsky.social! With a 3-year GRC fellowship, he joins us to advance immune cell research in cancer & autoimmunity, collaborating with @timsparwasser.bsky.social, @luberod.bsky.social and others! 📸 Official welcome at Monday's GRC Jahresfeier! 🔬✨

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Thank you to everyone attending our Special Lecture by Nobel Laureate Shimon Sakaguchi today! The co-hosted event with TRR 355 in lecture hall 505 on the #UMCMainz campus was fully booked and well received.

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Congratulations to Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi on receiving an honorary doctorate from #UMCMainz! His pioneering work on #Tregs has fundamentally shaped modern immunology. It was an honor to celebrate this well-deserved recognition and to welcome such an outstanding scientist to Mainz.

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Warmest congratulations to Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi on receiving an honorary doctorate from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. A deeply deserved recognition for a scientist whose discovery of regulatory T cells reshaped modern immunology. Proud that my proposal has now come to fruition.

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Congratulations to José Carlos Alves Filho on being elected today as a Gutenberg Research College Fellow. This is a fantastic recognition of his scientific excellence and international standing. It was a pleasure to celebrate this moment at JGU.

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Fantastic team, wonderful science, and an unforgettable asado afternoon. It was a real pleasure to spend time with GFK Fellow José Carlos Alves Filho and Nobel Laureate Shimon Sakaguchi and his wife Noriko.

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Nobel Laureate Shimon Sakaguchi is coming to Mainz 🎓 Join us for a special lecture on “Regulatory T cells for immune tolerance” 📅 May 19, 2026 🕐 13:00 📍 Lecture Hall H505 Hosted by IMMH & TRR355 ⚠️ Limited seats, so secure your spot now!! 🔗 forms.gle/XAarkDq98hWR...

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

At DGIM in Wiesbaden, I had the pleasure of attending an evening in honor of Prof. Dr. Stefan Endres and 60 yrs of the Paul-Martini-Stiftung. #DGIM #Wiesbaden #PaulMartiniStiftung #ClinicalResearch

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Congratulations, Sara Vieira-Silva on your new professorship with IREC at @uclouvain.bsky.social in Brussels! While we are sad to see you go, we wish you all the best and look forward to continued excellent #research on #GutMicrobiota coming from Belgium. ✨ Bonne chance!

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Check this out: lnkd.in/dWRyYsCb The first Adriatic school on immunometabolism: This summerschool is oriented towards early-career scientists and focuses on immunometabolism, an exciting and rapidly evolving field that explores the dynamic interplay between metabolism and immunity.

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A wonderful concert evening with violinist Naoya Nishimura, First Concertmaster of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz, and pianist Wataru Hisasue, Second Prize winner of the Concours Reine Elisabeth 2025, and a great success for #EndPolioNow and #Rotary.

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

✨ Immune Tolerance: Mechanisms, Diseases & Therapeutics ✨ Cold Spring Harbor Asia Meeting 📅 October 26-30, 2026 🌏 Suzhou, CHINA Abstract submission deadline: August 21, 2026 More Info online: 🔗 hhttps://www.csh-asia.org/?content/2882

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

TRR 355 is hosting its 1st International Symposium 📍Panoramahotel Waldenburg 🗓️ June 15–18, 2026 Speakers: Megan Levings, Eliane Piaggio, Markus Feuerer, Burkhard Becher, Ido Amit, Nicole Joller, Jose Alves-Filho, Alexander Rudensky, Oizhi Tang, Shohei Hori, Axel Kallies, Lucy Walker.

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Congratulations to our director, Prof. Sarwasser @timsparwasser.bsky.social, on his appointment to the Editorial Board of EJI @eurjimmunol.bsky.social! Thank you to the Editors-in-Chief, Prof. Iannaccone @iannaconelab.bsky.social and Dr. Bakocevic, for the invitation and their confidence!

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

#TBT to Meeting #7 of our #Sino-German Mobility Program! “Converging Pathways in #Immunity” united researchers from China, the US, and across Germany for excellent science, lively discussion, and new connections. Huge #thanks to all participants, and the CDZ for this strong finale to our program!

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Yuxi Wei on being awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship within the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme! Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher with Shohei Hori at The University of Tokyo, Dr. Wei will join the Sparwasser lab this summer. We look forward to welcoming her soon!

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

2026 Angerer Alm T Cell Summit with T Cell Connect Europe (EFIS-IL). Great discussions on T cell biology and immunotherapy. #Immunology #TCells #EFIS #Networking

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🔥 Save the date 🧬: We are pleased to welcome Nobel Laureate Shimon Sakaguchi to the Institute of Medical Microbiology (IMMH) for a special lecture on May 19. Talk title: Induction of antigen-specific Treg cells for immune tolerance. Further details to follow.

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Humboldt-Stiftung @humboldt-foundation.de · 14/01/2026

"Freedom is our most precious possession.": In his New Year’s message, our President, Robert Schlögl, calls for a joint commitment to peace and togetherness. 💬 The entire message: www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/explore/n...

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🎂 What a nice b-day surprise: 🏆 Congrats to Chengyu Zou on this timely and outstanding Cell Perspective on regulatory T cells. 🧬 Perfectly aligned with the Nobel spotlight on Tregs. Source: Zou C. et al., Cell (2026). authors.elsevier.com/c/1mPZDL7PXu...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🎉 We start 2026 with important changes in ERC governance. As of 1 January, six new members join the ERC Scientific Council and three new Vice Presidents take up their roles. We wish them every success as they help steer the ERC in the years ahead.

The six new ERC Scientific Council members are:

Michel Campillo, professor emeritus of geophysics at the University of Grenoble, France

Emmanuelle Charpentier, Nobel Prize laureate; founder, scientific and managing director of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin, Germany

Kateřina Králová, professor of contemporary history at the Institute of Ethnology (CAS) and Charles University in Prague, Czechia

Susana Narotzky, professor of social anthropology at the University of Barcelona, Spain

Karin Roelofs, professor at the Donders Institute and the Behavioural Science Institute at Radboud University, Netherlands

Eleftheria Zeggini, director of the Institute of Translational Genomics, Helmholtz Munich, Germany

The Scientific Council has elected three Vice Presidents from amongst its members: Liselotte Højgaard, who will be responsible for life sciences, Torsten Persson for the domain charge of social sciences and humanities, and Nicola Spaldin, who will be in charge of physical sciences and engineering.

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

⚡ Register for our Symposium now ⚡ "Converging Pathways in Immunity: From Cells to Clinical Applications" 📍 Erbacher Hof Conference Center 📅 December 9 and 10 Want to join? Email 📧 sparwasser.office@uni-mainz.de Full Program 🔗 lnkd.in/evFkMe7Y

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Congratulations to @timsparwasser.bsky.social and @luberod.bsky.social for the funding of their project as part of the recently renewed CRC 1292! 🔗 Read more in the University Medical Center Mainz press release (only in German): lnkd.in/ezDnqMda #DFG #Tregs #Collaboration

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Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene @immh-mainz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Darunter auch SFB 1292, bei dem @timsparwasser.bsky.social und @luberod.bsky.social Teilprojekt 18 betreuen werden. Gratulation zur 3. Förderperiode! 👏

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 21/11/2025

Die #DFG fördert zur weiteren Stärkung der #Spitzenforschung an den Hochschulen 9 neue #Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB). Die Themen reichen von pilzbasierten Baumaterialien über Autoimmunkrankheiten bis zu molekularer Bor-Chemie. Einzelheiten 👉 www.dfg.de/de/service/p...

Die DFG richtet 9 neue Sonderforschungsbereiche ein, mit einer Förderung von 120 Mio. Euro für die erste Förderperiode. Ein neuer Verbund ist SFB/Transregio (TRR), getragen von mehreren Hochschulen. 32 Sonderforschungsbereiche, darunter 15 SFB/Transregio, werden verlängert.

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🎊 The “Understanding the Nobel Prizes” event of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes regional group Mainz–Wiesbaden brought together scholars and professors for lively presentations, research insights and engaging discussion. Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the Studienstiftung!

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Sparwasser Lab @timsparwasser.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

🌱 Today we celebrate 50 yrs of academic partnership between the Universidad del Norte (Colombia) and the JGU Mainz (Germany). President Adolfo Meisel Roca, Vice-President Stephan Jolie, and the Colombian Ambassador planted a “Tree of Friendship”. #50Years #AcademicCollaboration #GlobalPartnership

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