Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
We study function, communication and interaction of #microorganisms, with emphasis on microbial metabolism, synthesis & function of natural products, and cellular communication, regulation and organisation. Imprint: mpi-marburg.mpg.de/imprint
- We wish you all a Happy New Year! 🥳2026 starts with an exciting opportunity: #DynaPore is looking for builders to join their team in the beautiful German town of #Marburg! 🔊Please spread the word
- For more information, please visit www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1546020/dyna...
- 🚨 Fully funded PhD positions in #microbiology! Join IMPRS Principles of Microbial Life in Marburg,Germany 🌱 Interdisciplinary research 🧬 World-class mentoring 🧪 State-of-the-art research infrastructure 🗓️ Apply until Jan 31, 2026 🔗 imprs-marburg.mpg.de/3197/JOIN-US #PhDposition #WomenInSTEM
- Turbo platform for plant research 🚀🪴 Extreme weather events due to #climatechange reduce crop yields. @reneinckemann.bsky.social & team led by Tobias Erb @synmikro.bsky.social has now developed a microalgae platform for fast and efficient tests of chloroplast gene variants s.gwdg.de/hznfNe
- Die Gewinnung des #Plastik - Bausteins Ethylen setzt große Mengen #Treibhausgase frei. Ein Enzym des Bakteriums Rhodospirillum rubrum könnte es zukünftig möglich machen, Ethylen ohne #Kohlendioxid - Emissionen zu produzieren. www.mpg.de/25455785/092... @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
- Mikrobielle Enzyme als Schlüssel zu grünem Plastik! Rhodospirillum rubrum kann Ethylen produzieren, ohne CO₂ freizusetzen. Ein Team von @rebeleinlab.bsky.social hat das Enzym gereinigt und seine Struktur entschlüsselt – ein wichtiger Schritt in Richtung #NachhaltigeChemie.
- Microbial enzymes hold the key to greener plastics! Rhodospirillum rubrum can produce ethylene without releasing CO₂. A team @rebeleinlab.bsky.social purified the enzyme and solved its structure, an important step towards #SustainableChemistry.
- The September Science Academy was a big success and a great experience. 31 talented women in their PhD or Postdoc from all over the world came to the MPI-TM for 3 days full of science, workshops and networking. #Genderequality is not about favoring women - it’s about empowering them 💪.
- We're hiring a DFG-funded PhD student (TVöD E13, 65%) at Max Planck Institute, Marburg to study quorum sensing in Klebsiella & host–pathogen interplay. 3 yrs, start flexible. Apply by Sep 30, 2025 (rolling). Send 1 PDF to laganenka@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
- The @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social September Science Academy organisers are so sweet! A DETAILED welcome package was waiting for us at the hotel! Even with the faces of who will join us for dinner! My heart is melting, this booklet helped me relax and be excited for tomorrow!! 😊👩🔬💜🥹
- How do beneficial gut microbes 'read' their habitat? A study by Victor Sourjik`s lab together with @bangebalcony.bsky.social investigated the chemical preferences of gut microbes. The study highlights the important role of #microbes in #health and #ecosystems. 👉 s.academiccloud.de/zSKBRb
- 🌿🔬 Oak leaves + bacteria = science! A LOEWE Tree-M PhD student explained this at the Summer Fair of the Philipps-Universität Marburg, at the @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social's booth. 📸 @ramona-zuelch.bsky.social @proloewe.bsky.social @jlugiessen.bsky.social @synmikro.bsky.social
- 👉Meet the Advisory Board👈 Tobias Erb is the Director at the MPI for terrestrial Microbiology & SYNMIKRO in Marburg. He serves on our Advisory Board, actively supporting efforts to develop and empower the next generation of scientists addressing scientific and societal challenges through SynBio📈.
- Celebrating science in the beautiful New Botanical Garden 🌳 of @unimarburg.bsky.social! The ScienceBox-Team had a great time chatting about #Microbiology at MPI, @synmikro.bsky.social , iGEM_Marburg and @proloewe.bsky.social #Grundlagenforschung #Wissenschaftskommunikation
- Join us on 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 when Philosophy🧠 meets Life Sciences🧪 at Campus Lahnberge! 📅 July 9, 1:15-2 p.m., MPI Marburg - Prof Anjan Chakravartty: "Understanding Science in a Time of Science Denial", 👉 Info & Link for joining online: s.academiccloud.de/LWIvmZ
- Fresh from the press! 📰Check out the article by Dr. Johannes Rebelein @rebeleinlab.bsky.social on page 29: 'From waste to valuable materials'. #sustainability #carboncapture #nitrogenase
- Can't enough of science? Worry not - we've got you covered! 😊Our 2024 Yearbook Highlights Research just dropped: filled with inspiring science that shapes our future, from breakthroughs in heart health to ingenious ways to cut waste. Read all here ➡️ www.mpg.de/13631298/yea...
- Can't enough of science? Worry not - we've got you covered! 😊Our 2024 Yearbook Highlights Research just dropped: filled with inspiring science that shapes our future, from breakthroughs in heart health to ingenious ways to cut waste. Read all here ➡️ www.mpg.de/13631298/yea...
- #📢 Rethinking #methane metabolism: A team led by Seigo Shima has discovered that methanogenic #microbes🦠 🦠 can reduce their #nickel requirements when levels are low. This study sheds new light on the ecology of #methanogens and their impact on #climatechange. s.gwdg.de/qAOd9C
- ✨ Deadline extended! There’s still time to apply: September Science Academy - international summer school for women in the molecular life sciences. Deadline: July 14, 📍 Marburg, Germany www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept... #WomenInSTEM #SummerSchool
- 📢 Congratulations 𝗗𝗿. 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗸𝗲𝗿 for receiving the Otto Hahn Medal and Otto Hahn Award from @maxplanck.de ! 🎉 The honors recognize her exceptional work @georghochberg.bsky.social. 🌟 Exciting times ahead! #MaxPlanck #ResearchExcellence www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1511259/2025...
- Congratulations to Maik Wolfram-Schauerte @maiktungsten.bsky.social for receiving the Otto Hahn Medal and Otto Hahn Award from @maxplanck.de for his work @hoeferlab.bsky.social ! We're excited to see the impact of your outstanding research! #MaxPlanckSociety www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1511202/2025...
- 📢 Last chance to apply: Fully funded international summer school for women in molecular life sciences - Enjoy scientific exchange, career workshops & share your research in Marburg, Germany. 🗓️ Deadline: July 1 www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept... #WomenInScience #CallForApplications #LifeSciences
- 🔔 Save the Date! We are happy to announce a talk by philosophy professor Anjan Chakravartty, University of Miami: 'Understanding Science in Times of Science Denial'. 📅 9 July, 1:15–2:00 pm, 📍 MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Lecture Hall. In English & open to all!
- 🚀Women in STEM: Are you a late-stage PhD student or postdoc in the life sciences? The September Science Academy in Marburg offers talks, lab tours, workshops – and the chance to present your own research! Apply now 👉 www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1489492/Sept... #LifeSciences #AcademicCareers
- We invite women in science at an advanced stage of their PhD to 3 days of science & career development in the molecular and microbial biosciences. 🎤 Present your research 💬 Lab tours 💬 Learn about leadership, grants & communication ✈️ Fully funded Apply until 01.07.25 tinyurl.com/yj8vbnhj
- 🎉Doppelerfolg für die #UniMarburg in der Exzellenzstrategie! 🎉 Zwei Cluster zu Klimawandel und menschlicher Wahrnehmung sichern sich Förderung. Marburg beweist Forschungsstärke und Innovationskraft.🚀 @proloewe.bsky.social @synmikro.bsky.social @maxplanck.de @jlugiessen.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social
- Die #Exzellenzcluster stehen fest: Heute hat die Exzellenzkommission 70 Projekte zur Förderung ausgewählt. 45 Cluster werden fortgesetzt, 25 neu eingerichtet. Die Förderung beginnt ab 1. Jan. 2026 für 7 Jahre, die Fördersumme beträgt insg. 539 Mio. €/Jahr. Die Liste: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
- 📢 We are proud and delighted that our Microbes for Climate (M4C) Cluster of Excellence has been selected for the 2025 Excellence Strategy! 🌟Together with @unimarburg.bsky.social, we look forward to exciting #microbe research – stay tuned! @unimarburg.bsky.social @maxplanck.de @synmikro.bsky.social
- 📢 Wir sind stolz und freuen uns, dass unser Exzellenzcluster Microbes-for-Climate (M4C) in der Exzellenzstrategie 2025 ausgewählt wurde! 🌟Wir freuen uns gemeinsam mit @unimarburg.bsky.social auf spannende #Mikrobenforschung - stay tuned ! @unimarburg.bsky.social @maxplanck.de @synmikro.bsky.social
- Just in time for our kick off meeting - our homepage is ready! 🤩 Find all information on our research project between groups of @unimarburg.bsky.social and @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social, funded by #LOEWE: www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb17/robucop
- Pünktlich zum Kick off Meeting geht es auch digital endlich los - unsere Homepage ist online 🤩 RobuCop ist eine Kooperation von @unimarburg.bsky.social und @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social gefördert von #LOEWE. Mehr Infos hier: www.uni-marburg.de/fb17/robucop
- Heute sind wir mit Sacha Vogel|ScienceBirds|+dem ProLOEWE-Planspiel von LOEWE-DiffusibleSignals zum Thema #Antibiotika + #Antibiotikaresistenzen an der Friedrich Magnus Gesamtschule🏫 in Laubach #Hessen! @unimarburg.bsky.social @jlugiessen.bsky.social @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social #LOEWE #Forschung
- Wir freuen uns🍃 @loewe-tree-m.bsky.social hier im Namen des ProLOEWE-Netzwerks♥️willkommen zu heißen + sind schon sehr gespannt mehr über die👨🏽🔬👩🔬👨🏻🔬+ Forschung im Rahmen des Projekts zu erfahren! @unimarburg.bsky.social @jlugiessen.bsky.social @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social #Grundlagenforschung #Hessen
- 🔬Vom 17.–18. Juni findet in Marburg das internat. Symposium von LOEWE-Diffusible Signals statt! Prof. Dr. Bernd Schmeck begrüßt Top-Speaker🗣️zu Infektionsmedizin & -forschung 😷. Infos: www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb20/diff... @jlugiessen.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
- What's better than blockbusters? Receiving the M4C Explorer Award 2025 in the #𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 Cineplex at the SYNMIKRO @synmikro.bsky.social annual conference! Congrats 📢🥳 Dr 𝗛𝗮𝗶 𝗛𝗲 - Well deserved!!!
- Glückwunsche 🌟 an Dr. Martina Preiner! @preinerin.bsky.social hat eine prestigeträchtige Förderung des @Human Frontiers Science Programms @hfspo.bsky.social erhalten, um den Ursprung des Lebens aus Gestein zu erforschen - wir sagen: 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀!! 🪨 👩🔬 🪨 s.gwdg.de/5rENAp
- Congratulations 🌟 to Dr Martina Preiner @preinerin.bsky.social for being awarded a prestigious Human Frontiers Science Grant to research the origin of life from a geochemical environment. We say 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀! 🪨 👩🔬 🧪 s.gwdg.de/LuTOK5
- Unser #GirlsDay am MPI-TM war ein unvergesslicher Tag! Wir haben tolle Mädchen kennengelernt, die sich für #Mikrobenforschung begeistern. Vielen Dank an unsere Gäste: Wir freuen uns auf Euch als zukünftige Forscherinnen! #GirlsDay #GirlsInScience #GirlsRockScience
- During our recent consortium meeting in Marburg, we visited the cutting-edge research facilities at @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social. Thank you, Nicole Paczia & Timo Glatter, for showing us around your Metabolomics and Proteomics installations! 🧪 #Microbiology #SynBio #SolarFuels #HorizonEU
- Katharina Höfer, v. @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social+LOEWE-Spitzenprof. @unimarburg.bsky.social forscht zu #Phagen! Jetzt wurde sie bei @spektrum.de mit ander. Forschenden v. @sigridmaerz.bsky.social🎙️befragt➡️https://www.spektrum.de/news/synthetische-phagen-bakterienkiller-aus-dem-genbaukasten/2253856
- Bei LOEWE-Tree-M forschen👩🏽🔬👩🏼🔬zu Beziehungen zw.↔️Umwelt + bakteriellem🍃Blatt-Mikrobiom von Eichen. Ziel ist es, Zusammensetzung + Aktivitäten zu🔬analysieren, um den Einfluss auf das Blatt als Lebensraum + Nahrungsquelle zu verstehen. Mit den🆕gewonnenen Erkenntnissen sollen die🌳Wälder🌳gestärkt werden.
- At LOEWE-Tree-M,👩🏽🔬👨🏻🔬scientists are studying the relationship between the #environment + #bacterial leaf #microbiome of #oaks.🌳The aim is to🔬analyze composition + activities to understand the influence on the leaf as habitat + food source. The knowledge gained will be used to strengthen the #forests.
- Hot off the press: The 1st ProLOEWE-NEWS 2025! This time it's off to the treetops with LOEWE-TREE-M, into the lab with @loewe-fci.bsky.social to #fightcancer +LOEWE-DYNAMIC for #KI use in the treatment of mental illness.🎙️with Prof. Franziska Matthäus,LOEWE-CMMS.➡️https://proloewe.de/en/proloewe-news/
- Looking forward to having you here @bunzela.bsky.social ! 🙌 🎉 - Young talents out there - check out his open positions: www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/bunzel @synmikro.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social
- 🌍 Exciting news! This summer, my group joins @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social l to create photoenzymes for solar energy conversion & carbon capture. With #ProteinDesign 🖥️ & #DirectedEvolution 🧬, we’ll push enzyme design to new limits for a sustainable future! #Hiring www.mpg.de/24336572/phd...
- Congratulations to 𝗗𝗿. 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝘇𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮-𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿 on being awarded the #MarBiNa Marburg Prize for Biotechnology and Nanotechnology 2024 for her groundbreaking research @hoeferlab.bsky.social on #bacteriophages! Go Nadiia! Exciting times ahead 🔬 🌟 s.gwdg.de/IYQH7M
- Invitation to our #Synmikro annual meeting in #Marburg, April 23rd, 2025 at the Cineplex Cinema: "Enzyme Design and Evolution - Unlocking a ustainable Future". Please register: www.eventbrite.de/e/enzyme-des... Participation is free
- Wie wäre ein Abendspaziergang mit Forschung-to-go? 𝗛𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲 erfahrt ihr, was Hefen können und wie HAPPY effizientere #Medikamententests, weniger #Tierversuche und schnellere #Forschung ermöglicht. #MicrobesforFuture | 17:30 Uhr | Elisabethschule #Marburg. Eintritt frei!
- Great collaboration with the Bar-Even lab at the @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social , the Erb lab at the @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social and the @mib-wur.bsky.social al @w-u-r.bsky.social.
- Synthetic Carbon fixation just got a boost 🚀: Synthetic Biology outperformed Nature in a Living Bacterium. Check out the new work from @BDronsella @erblabs together with @NicoC_MicSynBio @MIB_WUR #synbio, #formatebioeconomy
- Was hat Bier 🍺 mit Altersforschung 🔬 ⌛ zu tun? Das erfahrt Ihr am kommenden Dienstag, 4.3. bei #MicrobesforFuture mit 𝗗𝗿. 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝘇𝗶𝗮! Um 17:30 in der Elisabethschule Marburg, Eintritt frei! @Stadt_Marburg
- Du interessierst Dich für #Forschung? Am 03.04. ist 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹`𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 am Max-Planck Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie in #Marburg! Jetzt anmelden: s.gwdg.de/5na2yo
- Job alert! 📢 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 as a 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 for 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg - more info: www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1490266/job_...
- Eines haben sie alle gemeinsam: die Leidenschaft für ihre Forschung ✨🧪🌎 Ein herzliches Willkommen an alle zwölf neu berufenen Max-Planck-Direktorinnen! Damit steigt der Anteil von Wissenschaftlerinnen in Führungspositionen erneut 🤩 www.mpg.de/24147695/meh... #IDWGS2025 #WomenInScience
- Die neue US-Administration schränkt die #Forschungsfreiheit ein – Förderanträge werden nicht geprüft, Mittel eingefroren. Das betrifft auch viele unserer Partner. Umso wichtiger ist es, den transatlantischen Austausch zu stärken. Gespräch im @spiegel.de u.a. dazu (€): www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
- Wie forscht man mit winzigen Teamplayern 🦠🧬 für neue Technologien? - Das könnt Ihr 𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗱 Johannes Rebelein fragen! #MicrobesforFuture um 17:30 in der Elisabethschule #Marburg
- Many women, one mission: LOEWE top research from Hesse. February 11: Women & Girls in Science Day. @tuda.bsky.social @jlugiessen.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @unikassel.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social @thm.de @synmikro.bsky.social @ciesek.bsky.social @susanneherold.bsky.social @sgn.one
- Es geht weiter! 👉 Unsere öffentliche 𝗩𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘀𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗵𝗲 #MicrobesForFuture. Di 11.02., 04.03., 04.11. und 02.12. um 17:30 in der Aula der 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗹𝗲 #Marburg - spannende #Forschung 🧪 🧬 anschaulich erklärt + mit Zeit für 🙋 Fragen! Alle Infos unter www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1341496/
- Very proud to see my first PhD student defend his thesis @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social ! Congrats to Leonard Ernst 🎊🍾🎉🥳
- Wishing Dr. Maren Nattermann @marennattermann@bsky.social and her team a fantastic start 🚀 at MPI-TM! We look forward to exciting #synbio research for a #SustainableChemistry www.mpi-marburg.mpg.de/1488725/2025... #Biotechnology #WomeninSTEM
- Hello world, our lab investigates bacterial secretion systems and virulence mechanisms to better understand their role in infection biology, and their application in biotech and healthcare. Since October 2024, we are the Department of Applied Biology at the KIT @kitkarlsruhe.bsky.social
- Jetzt online in der 3sat Mediathek 🍿🎦: www.3sat.de/wissen/scobe... - mit @kgoepfrich.bsky.social ! @3sat.bluesky.com.de
- 📺 heute 21🕘einschalten: @3sat.bluesky.com.de zu Gast bei Scobel Tobias Erb, Direktor Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie @mpicbg.bsky.social Marburg, Co-Sprecher von LOEWE-TREE-M+LOEWE-Robucop @unimarburg.bsky.social zum Thema: " #Biologie aus dem Baukasten". @synmikro.bsky.social.
- Congratulations🎉 @maiktungsten.bsky.social for receiving the Friedrich Hirzebruch-Promotionspreis 2025! 🏆 Maik`s groundbreaking work at @hoeferlab.bsky.social has paved the way for new insights into phage-host interactions and epitranscriptomics ! #phages #RNAylation
- Huuuuuuuuge congratulations to Maik Wolfram-Schauerte for receiving this year's Friedrich Hirzebruch PhD Prize from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes! So well deserved! #ProudPI @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social @synmikro.bsky.social
- The last program in our #SynBioMasteratlas so far is at the @unimarburg.bsky.social! Microbiology is your thing? Then you might be right here🦠! With the local @synmikro.bsky.social and @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social, doors are open to the world of synthetic microbiology!👇 gasb.de/synbio-maste...
- Exciting opportunity! Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology is looking for a Head of the DNA-Biofoundry MaxGENESYS. Join us in vibrant #Marburg - apply by 15 February 2025. #ScienceJobs #SyntheticBiology #Biofoundry @maxplanck.de
- The Max Planck Society consists of 84 institutes worldwide. Do you want to know what they are researching? Then follow the ever-growing #MaxPlanck Family on Bluesky, share this starter pack and help people join our community 🙏 Thanks a lot! 😊 go.bsky.app/2sYoWWNat://did:plc:grv55fa6uxsrnjzeoxpq3kho/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbr43v7iuj22
- Our #MaxPlanck-Family here on Bluesky is ever growing – how wonderful to see! 😀 Check out the many institutes that have already arrived and follow their superexciting research! 🎓🔬📚
- The Max Planck Society consists of 84 institutes worldwide. Do you want to know what they are researching? Then follow the ever-growing #MaxPlanck Family on Bluesky, share this starter pack and help people join our community 🙏 Thanks a lot! 😊 go.bsky.app/2sYoWWNat://did:plc:grv55fa6uxsrnjzeoxpq3kho/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbr43v7iuj22
- We found that many bacterial species use exogenous peptidoglycan fragments - released by lysis of neighboring cells - as a general danger signal, triggering a danger response that protects bacteria against many dangers: biofilm formation. Details here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
