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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 4d

Another fantastic SPP 2330 meeting! Thank you all for three inspiring days of science, collaboration, and novel ideas. See you next year at our international symposium in Berlin, October 5–7, 2026! @dfg.de @fz-juelich.de @hhu.de

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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 4d

Kicking off the final day of this year’s SPP 2330 Meeting with a fantastic talk by Matthias Fischer on Virophages: Guardians, Parasites, and Architects of Eukaryotic Genome!

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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 4d

Very interesting talk by our invited speaker @patrick-pausch.bsky.social on how retron Eco 2 breaks tRNAs for antiphage defense!

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Molecular Microbiology @molmicrounihoh.bsky.social · 5d

Katharina presented at the annual @spp2330.bsky.social meeting in Rösrath (North Rhine-Westphalia):

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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 5d

Amazing talk by Joana Azeredo on how to target
chronic biofilm infections using phage therapy.

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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 5d

Career & Industry session at the SPP 2330 Meeting with amazing talks from Birhanu Kinfu @biontech.bsky.social and @brochadolab.bsky.social. Both shared insights into their personal career paths, which were truly inspiring for our early-career scientists.

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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 5d

Clara Rolland on recent developments of the SPP 2330 Z-project! @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social @dsmzd3.bsky.social

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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to 3 exciting days of science at the 2025 annual SPP2330 symposium! @spp2330.bsky.social @dfg.de

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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...

www.fz-juelich.de

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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · Jun 24

Final presentation of our SPP 2330 “Going Viral” course! Over the past year, we introduced high school students from Aachen to the world of phage research, giving them the unique opportunity to explore real scientific topics and contribute to ongoing phage research. @fz-juelich.de @dfg.de

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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · Mar 12

Huge congratulations to our former SPP member @pozhydaieva.bsky.social for winning the MarBiNa prize! You are a great inspiration for our young scientists!

Nadiia Pozhydaieva @pozhydaieva.bsky.social · Mar 12

Absolutely honored to receive this year’s MarBiNa Prize! Huge thanks to the IBiNa committee, my incredible PhD mentor @hoeferlab.bsky.social, and the entire Höfer team. Big thanks to @spp2330.bsky.social & IMPRS-Mic, of which I was a part. Grateful to everyone who shared this special moment with me!

Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social · Mar 12

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

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Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · Mar 3

By Janes Krusche @jkrusche.bsky.social. Christian Beck, @dger.bsky.social @wolzc.bsky.social et al
@cmfi.bsky.social @spp2330.bsky.social @dzif.bsky.social

Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social · Mar 3

Matching phages to cognate host bacteria has remained merely empirical. We describe a new tool predicting the host range of #S.aureus-specific phages, based on phage receptor binding protein sequences, which will become helpful for #phage-therapy.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Characterization and host range prediction of Staphylococcus aureus phages through receptor-binding protein analysis

Bacteriophages are crucial in bacterial communities and can be used for therapy of multidrug-resistant pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus. Howeve…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · Jan 16

🧬 Save the date! The EMBO Workshop "The Immune System of Bacteria" will uncover groundbreaking insights into bacterial defense systems. Join us April 8-10, 2025, at Institut Pasteur, Paris. Submit your abstracts by Feb. 28 👉 https://www.sisb2025.conferences-pasteur.org/home

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New Concepts in Prokaryotic Virus-Host Interaction @spp2330.bsky.social · Jan 30

Congratulations @maiktungsten.bsky.social for receiving the Friedrich Hirzebruch PhD prize!!!

Maik Wolfram-Schauerte @maiktungsten.bsky.social · Jan 23

I am truly honored to receive this year's Friedrich Hirzebruch PhD prize for my interdisciplinary work on phage-host interactions and NAD-capped RNA. Huge thanks to @hoeferlab.bsky.social, @spp2330.bsky.social, Studienstiftung and Joachim Herz Foundation!
www.studienstiftung.de/auszeichnung...

Preisträger:innen der Promotionspreise 2025 | Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

www.studienstiftung.de

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