MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
A joint channel for the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory. We study aspects of microbial, algal, fungi, plant & animal biology. www.bio.mpg.de/ www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/
Imprint: https://www.bio.mpg.de/3047/imprint
Imprint: https://www.bio.mpg.de/3047/imprint
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle: Director Stuart Parkin presented Spintronics+, a technology designed to enable more powerful chips, underlining the importance of basic research in the development of new technologies #HightechAgenda
Hier entsteht Zukunft! Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz besuchte das Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik in Halle, an dem an neuen Technologien und Materialien für #Mikrochips geforscht wird. www.mpg.de/25746559/neu... #Forschungspolitik #Technologietransfer
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle: Director Stuart Parkin presented Spintronics+, a technology designed to enable more powerful chips, underlining the importance of basic research in the development of new technologies #HightechAgenda
Excited to announce that the new Max Planck House has officially opened!
A modern hub for events, collaboration, and visiting researchers, it brings the campus community back under one roof with a 250-seat lecture hall, library and guest rooms.
Congratulations to everyone involved shorturl.at/M6W1D
A modern hub for events, collaboration, and visiting researchers, it brings the campus community back under one roof with a 250-seat lecture hall, library and guest rooms.
Congratulations to everyone involved shorturl.at/M6W1D
November 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Excited to announce that the new Max Planck House has officially opened!
A modern hub for events, collaboration, and visiting researchers, it brings the campus community back under one roof with a 250-seat lecture hall, library and guest rooms.
Congratulations to everyone involved shorturl.at/M6W1D
A modern hub for events, collaboration, and visiting researchers, it brings the campus community back under one roof with a 250-seat lecture hall, library and guest rooms.
Congratulations to everyone involved shorturl.at/M6W1D
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Many Max Planck scientists have started sharing their #research findings on #BlueSky. Follow their posts and join the conversation! 👋 go.bsky.app/BYcBy6R #StarterPack
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Many Max Planck scientists have started sharing their #research findings on #BlueSky. Follow their posts and join the conversation! 👋 go.bsky.app/BYcBy6R #StarterPack
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Very proud of Catarina Lino for facilitating the first ever sequencing of a plant genome on Zimbabwean soil, together with local organiser and collaborator Prince Marowa.
With thanks to the Max Planck Society ARTEMIS Bridging Minds and the University of Zimbabwe! www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-pat...
With thanks to the Max Planck Society ARTEMIS Bridging Minds and the University of Zimbabwe! www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-pat...
💪🏽 Very proud of Catarina Lino for facilitating the first ever sequencing of a plant genome on Zimbabwean soil, together with local organiser and collaborator Prince Marowa. The workshop's lecture...
💪🏽 Very proud of Catarina Lino for facilitating the first ever sequencing of a plant genome on Zimbabwean soil, together with local organiser and collaborator Prince Marowa. The workshop's lecture ser...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Very proud of Catarina Lino for facilitating the first ever sequencing of a plant genome on Zimbabwean soil, together with local organiser and collaborator Prince Marowa.
With thanks to the Max Planck Society ARTEMIS Bridging Minds and the University of Zimbabwe! www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-pat...
With thanks to the Max Planck Society ARTEMIS Bridging Minds and the University of Zimbabwe! www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-pat...
Kommen Sie und feiern morgen die Eröffnung des neuen Max-Planck-Hauses mit uns!
🎉 Invitation: opening of the new Max Planck House – 18 Nov 2025
Everyone is warmly invited to visit the new Max Planck House tomorrow from 3:30 PM for a reception and tours of the building. Explore the new hub for collaboration and scientific exchange!
#MaxPlanckHouse
Everyone is warmly invited to visit the new Max Planck House tomorrow from 3:30 PM for a reception and tours of the building. Explore the new hub for collaboration and scientific exchange!
#MaxPlanckHouse
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Kommen Sie und feiern morgen die Eröffnung des neuen Max-Planck-Hauses mit uns!
Postdoc Tony Walters and our Directors, Ruth Ley (@microbiome.bsky.social) and Detlef Weigel (@plantevolution.bsky.social), are among the 66 “Highly Cited Researchers” in 2025 from the Max Planck Society. Many congratulations!
66 Max-Planck-Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler gehören 2025 zu den weltweit meistzitierten Forschenden ihrer Fachgebiete. Wir sind damit die einzige deutsche unter den Top Ten der internationalen Forschungseinrichtungen 👏 www.mpg.de/highly-cited... @clarivateag.bsky.social
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Max-Planck unter den Top Ten-Einrichtungen bei den Highly Cited Scientists 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Postdoc Tony Walters and our Directors, Ruth Ley (@microbiome.bsky.social) and Detlef Weigel (@plantevolution.bsky.social), are among the 66 “Highly Cited Researchers” in 2025 from the Max Planck Society. Many congratulations!
Great visit yesterday from the J1 class of the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in WHO Tübingen! 🌟
22 curious pupils explored the Electron Microscopy facility at the MPI for Biology, where Katharina Hipp gave an inspiring lecture and explained sample preparation techniques 🔬✨
#biology #education #STEM
22 curious pupils explored the Electron Microscopy facility at the MPI for Biology, where Katharina Hipp gave an inspiring lecture and explained sample preparation techniques 🔬✨
#biology #education #STEM
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Great visit yesterday from the J1 class of the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in WHO Tübingen! 🌟
22 curious pupils explored the Electron Microscopy facility at the MPI for Biology, where Katharina Hipp gave an inspiring lecture and explained sample preparation techniques 🔬✨
#biology #education #STEM
22 curious pupils explored the Electron Microscopy facility at the MPI for Biology, where Katharina Hipp gave an inspiring lecture and explained sample preparation techniques 🔬✨
#biology #education #STEM
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Pleased to share our review on S-layers with @bupbuse.bsky.social, Andriko von Kügelgen, and @tbharat-lab.bsky.social, where we explore recent advances and argue that deeper insight into S-layers is key to deciphering microbial interactions and community organization. @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers
Review article published in @natrevmicro.nature.com with @bupbuse.bsky.social, Andriko von Kügelgen and @vikramalva.bsky.social.
S-layers are everywhere!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Review article published in @natrevmicro.nature.com with @bupbuse.bsky.social, Andriko von Kügelgen and @vikramalva.bsky.social.
S-layers are everywhere!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers - Nature Reviews Microbiology
Surface layers (S-layers) are ubiquitous protein assemblies that coat prokaryotic cells, with their functional roles increasingly coming into focus. In this Review, Isbilir and colleagues discuss rece...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pleased to share our review on S-layers with @bupbuse.bsky.social, Andriko von Kügelgen, and @tbharat-lab.bsky.social, where we explore recent advances and argue that deeper insight into S-layers is key to deciphering microbial interactions and community organization. @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
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Nice write up of our paper here, thanks! 🧫🦠
dailyneuron.com/how-gut-micr...
dailyneuron.com/how-gut-micr...
How Gut Microbes Transmit Behavior Across Generations - Daily Neuron
A new study reveals how gut microbes transmit behavior, showing microbes alone can pass traits like activity levels between generations.
dailyneuron.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Nice write up of our paper here, thanks! 🧫🦠
dailyneuron.com/how-gut-micr...
dailyneuron.com/how-gut-micr...
Promoting young research talent is something we take seriously at MPI-Bio! This Monday, we opened our doors to 23 class 3e pupils (+ their teachers) from the Lindenbrunnenschule Tübingen for them to learn about bacteria, peer at them under the microscope, and smell some peculiar-scented vials!
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Promoting young research talent is something we take seriously at MPI-Bio! This Monday, we opened our doors to 23 class 3e pupils (+ their teachers) from the Lindenbrunnenschule Tübingen for them to learn about bacteria, peer at them under the microscope, and smell some peculiar-scented vials!
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According to an international survey conducted by Elsevier, 68 percent of scientists say that publication pressure has increased over the past two to three years. 3,200 researchers from 113 countries took part in the survey. www.elsevier.com/insights/con... @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
Researcher of the Future: Confidence in Research
In this report, learn how researchers are adapting to rapid AI change, shifting funding landscapes, and new expectations for collaboration and impact.
www.elsevier.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
According to an international survey conducted by Elsevier, 68 percent of scientists say that publication pressure has increased over the past two to three years. 3,200 researchers from 113 countries took part in the survey. www.elsevier.com/insights/con... @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
Another talk in our DSSS series will take place this Wednesday where we will be hosting Dr. Dominique Ferrandon from the University of Strasbourg. Everyone welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/2xjkzjsd
📆: Wednesday 12th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/2xjkzjsd
📆: Wednesday 12th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Another talk in our DSSS series will take place this Wednesday where we will be hosting Dr. Dominique Ferrandon from the University of Strasbourg. Everyone welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/2xjkzjsd
📆: Wednesday 12th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/2xjkzjsd
📆: Wednesday 12th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-IS
November is here and for our #WeAreMPIBio #WeAreFML portrait series we’re highlighting postdoctoral researcher Hadeer Elhabashy and her team in the Department of Protein Evolution. Find out more about what drives her, her team's research and how they connect as a team: tinyurl.com/3ez3csd6
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
November is here and for our #WeAreMPIBio #WeAreFML portrait series we’re highlighting postdoctoral researcher Hadeer Elhabashy and her team in the Department of Protein Evolution. Find out more about what drives her, her team's research and how they connect as a team: tinyurl.com/3ez3csd6
🔍 Stellenangebot – Administrative Assistenz (m/w/d, Teilzeit 50 %)
📍 Ort: Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen
Sie sind organisiert, kommunikativ und möchten in einem internationalen Umfeld arbeiten? Dann werden Sie Teil unseres Instituts!
👉 jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/264
#Assistenz #Administration
📍 Ort: Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen
Sie sind organisiert, kommunikativ und möchten in einem internationalen Umfeld arbeiten? Dann werden Sie Teil unseres Instituts!
👉 jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/264
#Assistenz #Administration
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🔍 Stellenangebot – Administrative Assistenz (m/w/d, Teilzeit 50 %)
📍 Ort: Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen
Sie sind organisiert, kommunikativ und möchten in einem internationalen Umfeld arbeiten? Dann werden Sie Teil unseres Instituts!
👉 jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/264
#Assistenz #Administration
📍 Ort: Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie Tübingen
Sie sind organisiert, kommunikativ und möchten in einem internationalen Umfeld arbeiten? Dann werden Sie Teil unseres Instituts!
👉 jobs.tue.mpg.de/jobs/264
#Assistenz #Administration
Join us this Friday for the next DSSS with Dr. Ana Marija Jakšić from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Come along for the next exciting lecture in the series!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/y3k7duv3
📆: Friday 7th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/y3k7duv3
📆: Friday 7th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Join us this Friday for the next DSSS with Dr. Ana Marija Jakšić from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Come along for the next exciting lecture in the series!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/y3k7duv3
📆: Friday 7th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/y3k7duv3
📆: Friday 7th November at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
Interested audience at our Friday seminar today
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
featuring Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social
talking about the evolutionary landscapes of the zygotic activation in animals.
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
featuring Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social
talking about the evolutionary landscapes of the zygotic activation in animals.
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Interested audience at our Friday seminar today
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
featuring Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social
talking about the evolutionary landscapes of the zygotic activation in animals.
@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
featuring Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social
talking about the evolutionary landscapes of the zygotic activation in animals.
Join us Friday for the second DSSS talk this week where we are hosting Dr. Manuel Irimia from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Everyone welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc5x4ks8
📆: Friday 31st October at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
@mirimiam.bsky.social
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc5x4ks8
📆: Friday 31st October at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
@mirimiam.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Join us Friday for the second DSSS talk this week where we are hosting Dr. Manuel Irimia from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Everyone welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc5x4ks8
📆: Friday 31st October at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
@mirimiam.bsky.social
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/yc5x4ks8
📆: Friday 31st October at 3pm
📍: MPI IS seminar room IS N0.002 (ground floor)
#DSSS
@mirimiam.bsky.social
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1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social!
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social!
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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We selected the laziest mouse at each round to inoculate the next batch of germfree mice: over rounds of selection and passaging, behavior shifted without changes to the mouse genome: rdcu.be/eM3rO
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Selection and transmission of the gut microbiome alone can shift mammalian behavior
Nature Communications - Here, the authors present evidence that the gut microbiome alone, without changes in the host genome, can shape how animals respond to selection, identifying a bacterium and...
rdcu.be
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
We selected the laziest mouse at each round to inoculate the next batch of germfree mice: over rounds of selection and passaging, behavior shifted without changes to the mouse genome: rdcu.be/eM3rO
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Excellence in #science drives #innovation! We are ranking among the top ten European research institutions with the highest number of #patent applications ✨🤩 The Fraunhofer Society is 3rd place, the Max Planck Society 7th place, and the German Aerospace Centre 10th place. mpg.de/25586100/europ…
Europe's cutting-edge research as a driver of innovation
According to a recent study by the European Patent Office, the Max Planck Society ranks second – just behind the Fraunhofer Society and ahead of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The study highlights...
https://mpg.de/25586100/europ…
October 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Excellence in #science drives #innovation! We are ranking among the top ten European research institutions with the highest number of #patent applications ✨🤩 The Fraunhofer Society is 3rd place, the Max Planck Society 7th place, and the German Aerospace Centre 10th place. mpg.de/25586100/europ…
Fruit flies are more than pests! Humans share 60% of their genome with them. @luisapallares.bsky.social busts myths about how these tiny creatures can tell us about human diseases. Watch Luisa's full video here: www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/71433/videos #BiologyMyths #Drosophila #Genomics
October 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Fruit flies are more than pests! Humans share 60% of their genome with them. @luisapallares.bsky.social busts myths about how these tiny creatures can tell us about human diseases. Watch Luisa's full video here: www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/71433/videos #BiologyMyths #Drosophila #Genomics
Join us next Tuesday for the next DSSS seminar where we are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz from MPI for Evolutionary Biology in Plön. Everyone is welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/5dkkadz3
📆: Tuesday 28th October at 11am
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/5dkkadz3
📆: Tuesday 28th October at 11am
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
October 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Join us next Tuesday for the next DSSS seminar where we are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz from MPI for Evolutionary Biology in Plön. Everyone is welcome!
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/5dkkadz3
📆: Tuesday 28th October at 11am
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
▶️More info: tinyurl.com/5dkkadz3
📆: Tuesday 28th October at 11am
📍: MPI BIO seminar room (ground floor)
#DSSS #MPI-BIO
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Had a fantastic visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Super thanks to @hassansalem.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social for hosting me and showing me the town! Fun to talk symbiosis science with such superstars 🤩
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Had a fantastic visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Super thanks to @hassansalem.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social for hosting me and showing me the town! Fun to talk symbiosis science with such superstars 🤩
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🧪 Looking for candidates with experience in stem cell culture, quantitative image analysis, or modeling — and eager to learn!
📩 Interested? Contact us!
📩 Interested? Contact us!
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🧪 Looking for candidates with experience in stem cell culture, quantitative image analysis, or modeling — and eager to learn!
📩 Interested? Contact us!
📩 Interested? Contact us!
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Our Pyrodictium cannulae paper is out in its final form! Cannulae assemble into calcium-stabilized tubular filaments stable at 100 °C—a unique archaeal cell–cell connection. Led brilliantly by @mikesleutel.bsky.social & @vinceconticello.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64120-8
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64120-8
October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our Pyrodictium cannulae paper is out in its final form! Cannulae assemble into calcium-stabilized tubular filaments stable at 100 °C—a unique archaeal cell–cell connection. Led brilliantly by @mikesleutel.bsky.social & @vinceconticello.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64120-8
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64120-8