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Maik Wolfram-Schauerte
@maiktungsten.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Research in Integrative Transcriptomics @University of Tübingen | passionate about bacteriophages, RNA biochemistry, bioinformatics & machine learning
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Julia Frunzke @frunzkelab.bsky.social · 6d
Please RT:
We have an opening for a junior group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“.
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact me via email for further details.

@spp2330.bsky.social; @mibinet.bsky.social
Junior Group Leader - Phage Biology & Biotechnology
As a leading research institution for microbial biotechnology the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Biotechnology (IBG-1, https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-1 ) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich foc...
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Helmholtz Institute Würzburg @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social · Sep 10
Phages, viruses that infect bacteria, could help fight antibiotic resistance, but phage–host interactions are not yet sufficiently understood. Researchers from #HIRI, JMU & HZI now successfully interfered with phage reproduction using ASOs.
Just out in @nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Jörg Vogel @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social · Sep 10
Looking for a new approach to studying or eliminating phages? Check out our study introducing anti-phage ASOs (antisense oligos) out in @Nature today. nature.com/articles/s4158…
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MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · Sep 1
🚨Upcoming virtual hands-on workshop on Ecological Graph Theory, organised by our postdoc Ata Kalirad for the Methods in Ecology and Evolution and the British Ecological Society.
🗓️ Date: 25 September
🕐 Time: 10am BST
💻 Location: Zoom
📝 Register here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/mee-...
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German Conference on Bioinformatics #GCB2025 @gcb-bioinformatics.bsky.social · Sep 2
🧬 & 🖥️
✨ Secure your ticket for the German Conference on #Bioinformatics (#GCB2025)!
We are excited to welcome you to Düsseldorf starting September 22, 2025.
👉Register now and be part of #GCB2025: gcb2025.de/GCB2025_regi...
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Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry @mpibiochem.bsky.social · Aug 26
Do you love the world of science? Are you a passionate communicator eager to engage others?

Put your talents to work as
Head of Communications and Social Media in the #PublicRelations team!

❕Apply until: September 19
❕https://www.mpg.de/25248300/head-of-communications-and-social-media

#hiring
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George Bouras @gbouras13.bsky.social · Aug 8
Stoked to finally have a preprint out for Phold, our tool that uses protein structural information to enhance phage genome annotation #phagesky 1/n

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Protein Structure Informed Bacteriophage Genome Annotation with Phold
Bacteriophage (phage) genome annotation is essential for understanding their functional potential and suitability for use as therapeutic agents. Here we introduce Phold, an annotation framework utilis...
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Constantin Ahlmann-Eltze @const-ae.bsky.social · Aug 4
Our paper benchmarking foundation models for perturbation effect prediction is finally published 🎉🥳🎉

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We show that none of the available* models outperform simple linear baselines. Since the original preprint, we added more methods, metrics, and prettier figures!

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Beeswarm plot of the prediction error across different methods of double perturbations showing that all methods (scGPT, scFoundation, UCE, scBERT, Geneformer, GEARS, and CPA) perform worse than the additive baseline. Line plot of the true positive rate against the false discovery proportion showing that none of the methods is better at finding non additive interactions than simply predicting no change.
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Sorek Lab @soreklab.bsky.social · Jul 30
We wrote a review on the free nucleotide pool as a central playground in human, bacterial, and plant immunity – now out in Nature Reviews in Immunology

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Was fun to write this piece with Dina Hochhauser!

Here is a thread to explain the premises

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Manipulation of the nucleotide pool in human, bacterial and plant immunity - Nature Reviews Immunology
Modification of the nucleotide pool is emerging as key to innate immunity in animals, plants and bacteria. This Review explains how immune pathways conserved from bacteria to humans manipulate the nuc...
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Maciek Wiatrak @macwiatrak.bsky.social · Jul 21
💥 Excited to introduce Bacformer 🦠 - the first foundation model for bacterial genomics. Bacformer represents genomes as sequences of ordered proteins, learning the “grammar” of how genes are arranged, interact and evolve.

Preprint 📝: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🧵 1/n
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Didier Mazel @amazeld.bsky.social · Jul 28
A 2-year postdoc position in my lab, under the supervision of P-Alex Kaminski, on Z-DNA phages and the benefit given by ZTGC DNA and the replication machinery, with attempt to create a Z based minireplicon
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A two year post-doctoral position at the BacterialGenome Plasticity Unit starting October 1st - Research
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Patrick Cramer @patrick-cramer.maxplanck.de · Jun 26
Congratulations!👏
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Jun 25
Congratulations to all our wonderfully talented young researchers honoured with an #OttoHahnMedal today for their outstanding scientific contributions - we're so proud of you🥳! Keep paving the way for a bright future!📷 Group photo of the winners in Magdeburg w/th @patrick-cramer.maxplanck.de
Every year, the Max Planck Society awards the Otto Hahn Medal and 7,500 euros of prize money to its best junior scientists - mostly for achievements in connection with their doctorates. Particularly outstanding doctoral students even have the chance to win the Otto Hahn Award. It comes with the chance to run their own research project at a Max Planck Institute of their choice, and it is intended to encourage them to pursue their career in Germany.
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Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social · Jun 26
📢 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...
Triple Honours for Franziska Sendker
Dr Franziska Sendker, a former doctoral candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal by the Max Planck Society. The medal honours the outstanding achievements of young scientists and comes with a prize of 7,500 euros. In March 2025, she received the Bayer Pharmaceuticals Doctoral Award from the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM e.V.), presented at the Mosbach Colloquium. Franziska Sendker's research showed that complex protein forms can arise not only through natural selection, but also through random genetic changes.
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Maik Wolfram-Schauerte @maiktungsten.bsky.social · Jun 26
I had the honor of receiving both the Otto Hahn Medal and Award of the May Planck Society. I am looking forward to transforming this chance into an own research group pushing the boundaries of interdisciplinary phage research!
Huge thanks to all colleagues, collaborators, family and friends!
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Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social · Jun 26
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...
Double award from the Max Planck Society for Maik Wolfram-Schauerte
For his outstanding doctoral thesis, Dr Maik Wolfram Schauerte has been honoured by the Max Planck Society with both the Otto Hahn Medal and the Otto Hahn Prize. The Max Planck Society (MPS) presented the awards at its annual meeting in Magdeburg on 25 June.
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Olalla Vázquez @olallalab.bsky.social · May 24
YES!!!Excellent initiative #Microbes-for-Climate #M4C🦠FUNDED💲💰☺️🤩
The best?🤔The people❤️
Endless gratitude to Tobi & Anke - amazing role models❤️ Love the "thanks BBQ no matter what" spirit from the "Präsidium"! @unimarburg.bsky.social - sure it tasted better as we got it😉😂 #ProfLife #LovelyMarburg🏰❤️
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lenabue.bsky.social @lenabue.bsky.social · May 19
Excited to share: Phage–phage competition & biofilms affect interactions between two virulent bacteriophages & Pseudomonas aeruginosa academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
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Phage–phage competition and biofilms affect interactions between two virulent bacteriophages and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Abstract. Virulent bacteriophages (or phages) are viruses that specifically infect and lyse a bacterial host. When multiple phages co-infect a bacterial ho
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 22
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
Deutschlandkarte der Verteilung der Exzellenzcluster auf Bundesländer und Universitäten.
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Andrew Millard @milja001.bsky.social · May 16
Interested in phages ?
Want to work as team that will isolate, genome sequence and charachterise 1000s of phage to build a biobank .
Come work with me and Martha Clokie at Leicester

jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
Vacancy Search Results - University of Leicester Recruitment Team
View our Latest Vacancies
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Raphael @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · May 13
Guten Morgen! ☕
Normalerweise startet mein Tag mit zwei wachen Kindern – unserer Tochter & unserer jungen Hündin.

Heute ist nur eine davon da. Das nehme ich zum Anlass, über etwas zu sprechen, das mich täglich begleitet:
👶🏽👩‍🔬 Kind & Karriere in der Wissenschaft
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Raphael @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · May 13
@maiktungsten.bsky.social & ich bekommen das hin – mit viel Organisation.
Aber: Es darf nicht vom persönlichen Kraftaufwand abhängen, ob Vereinbarkeit gelingt.

Wir brauchen endlich strukturelle Lösungen – nicht stille Kompromisse.
#SciMom #DualCareer #ForschungUndFamilie
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Raphael @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · May 12
Eine kontroverse Frage, die mich selbst regelmäßig beschäftigt:

🧠 Ist Forschung an cerebralen Organoiden – also Mini-Gehirnen – ethisch verwerflich?

Ich habe dazu einen klaren Standpunkt – glaube aber auch, dass wir als Wissenschaftler:innen die ethische Relevanz nicht ausklammern dürfen.
Illustration einer Petrischale mit vier lilafarbenen cerebralen Organoiden („Mini-Gehirnen“) in bläulicher Flüssigkeit. Darüber steht die Frage: „Ist Forschung an cerebralen Organoiden – also 'Mini-Gehirnen' – ethisch verwerflich?“
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Raphael @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · May 12
Damit verlasse ich jetzt meinen Arbeitsplatz: das M3 Forschungszentrum am UKT. 🚲
Ich radle nach Hause – dort warten schon @maiktungsten.bsky.social ❤️ und unsere Hündin Théa 🐾.

Unsere Tochter ist gerade bei ihrer Oma in Berlin. Das ist der Grund, warum ich heute so lange im Labor sein konnte.
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Raphael @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · May 12
[Admin] Mini-Gehirne für die Krebsforschung! Begrüßt unsere neue Kuratorin @annawolfram.bsky.social!
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Mini-Gehirne für die Krebsforschung! Anna Wolfram ist jetzt bei Real Scientists DE!
Diese Woche freuen wir uns auf unsere Kuratorin Anna Wolfram ( @annawolfram.bsky.social )! Anna ist Joint PhD Candidate in Neurowissens...
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Raphael @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · May 12
🧠 Heute möchte ich euch mein zentrales Forschungsmodell vorstellen: cerebrale Assembloide.
Das klingt technisch – ist aber ein großer Schritt in Richtung realistischer, tierversuchsfreier Krebsforschung.

Was das genau ist, wie es funktioniert & warum es wichtig ist – darum geht's hier. ⬇️
🔬 Links: Einige unserer cerebralen Assembloide als Immunfluoreszenzbilder – gesundes Gewebe in rot, Tumour in der jeweils anderen Farbe. 🏷️ Rechts: Das Logo unseres Forschungsteams – Sevenich Lab am Universitätsklinikum Tübingen.
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Raphael @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · May 12
👋 Hallo! Ich bin Anna Wolfram – Neurowissenschaftlerin 🧠, Chemikerin ⚗️, SciMom 👶 & diese Woche eure Kuratorin bei @RealScientistsDE.
Ich freue mich, euch in den kommenden Tagen in meine wissenschaftliche Welt mitzunehmen – mit ehrlichen Einblicken, kritischen Fragen & einer Prise Alltagswahnsinn. 💬✨
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