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Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
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Infectious disease research and immunology in the heart of #Berlin | Part of @maxplanck.bsky.social 🦠
Website: https://www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/en
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Looking for a #PhD project in #+immunology? The @romagnanilab.bsky.social offers two fully funded projects “Dissecting the Molecular Pathways of NK Cell Clonality” & “Dissecting the Molecular Pathways of NK Cell Memory“.
Apply by Dec 10 👉 www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/1947490/rese...
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Looking for a #PhD project in #malaria research? The Portugal Lab @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de offers a fully funded project in #Berlin: #Plasmodium falciparum cytoadhesion in seasonal malaria transmission areas.
Apply by Dec 10 👉 www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/1947490/rese...
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Looking for a #PhD project in immunology? The Weiss Lab @fweiss.bsky.social offers a fully funded project "Variable allele usage regulates inflammation" at the @drfzberlin.bsky.social.
Apply by Dec 10 👉 www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/1947490/rese...
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Looking for a #PhD project in immunology? The Diefenbach Lab ( #Charité Berlin) offers a fully funded project "Immune-metabolic adaptation in pregnancy: implications for offspring health".
Apply by Dec 10 👉 www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/1947490/rese...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Looking for a #PhD project in #immunology? The Bartfeld Lab @tuberlin.bsky.social offers a fully funded project "Innate immune recognition in the gastrointestinal epithelium – Organoids as host model".
Apply by Dec 10 👉 www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/1947490/rese...
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next week Wednesday for a talk by Marino Zerial, director at @humantechnopole.bsky.social, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.

🗓️ November 12
🕓 2 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43768...
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
We're happy to welcome Molly Ingersoll from @institutcochin.bsky.social next week, who will be giving a talk on mucosal immunity in the bladder.

🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕓 11 am
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43693...
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🔭 Are you looking for a #PhD project in infectious disease research and #immunology?
🧪 Do you want to be part of a vibrant research environment?
👉 The 2026 call of the IMPRS-IDI graduate school is now open with 6 exciting PhD projects in Berlin: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/imprs-idi-call
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🔬 Join us as a #Postdoc in Berlin!
Develop a multiplex serology assay, using #mosquitoes as bio-samplers to track pathogen exposure in Africa.

🦠 Lead assay dev & int'l coordination
📊 Strong data skills & serology exp needed
🗓️ Apply by Nov 15, 2025

Details: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2196303/job_...
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
📣 Open call for life science #interns
Our International Summer #Internship 2026 is now open for applications. Three-months fully funded internships at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology.
👉 Information on the internship projects and how to apply: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/mpiib-isi
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Next week, Stephan Grill @stephangrill.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de, will give a talk on "Chiral Morphogenesis" - kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.

🗓️ Wednesday, October 22
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/43511...
October 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next week for a talk by Boris Striepen @upenn.edu, hosted by Elena Levashina.

🗓️ Wednesday, October 1
🕓 2 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/42891...
September 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
#Job opportunity
The Key Lab @keyfm.bsky.social is looking for a #postdoc in evolutionary genetics - join a young team in the heart of #Berlin to investigate the evolution of ancient microbial pathogens.

⏰ Deadline: October 17
📌 More info and how to apply: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2193291/job_...
September 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
☀️ We're back from summer break with a talk by Jan Skotheim from @stanford.edu, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.

🗓️ Wednesday, September 10
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/42144...
September 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
(4/4) Finally, someone needs to take care of the #mosquitos. Twelve lab technicians and students work around 90 hours each week to maintain our #insectary - that's 4,680 hours each year. All these hours lay the groundwork for our #malaria research 🦟
August 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
(3/4) But sugar alone is not enough to breed #mosquitos. Females need to feed on a tiny drop of #blood (1-10 µL) to produce eggs, but this amount adds up!
August 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
(2/4) Our #mosquitos are hungry: Females and males in our insectary consume around 40 kilograms of sugar each year.
August 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🦟 Today is #worldmosquitoday! It's a good opportunity to show what it takes to rear Anopheles mosquitos for our #malaria research.
First, let's look at how many mosquitos are bred in the Levashina Lab each year.
Check out the following posts to learn what it takes to keep them happy! (1/4) 👇
August 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Silvia Portugal, our Lise Meitner Group Leader, was appointed an honorary professor at the #Charité –Universitätsmedizin #Berlin. We are happy to strengthen our relationship with our neighbors on campus. Congratulations, Silvia! Many thanks also to Prof. Spranger, the dean of the Charité.
July 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next this Thursday for a talk with @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social from @monashuniversity.bsky.social, kindly hosted by @iatsenkolab.bsky.social.

🗓️ Thursday, June 12
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Info and abstract: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/42144...
June 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next week for a talk by Gavin Band (@ox.ac.uk) on "Genetic and geographic analyses of the #Plasmodium falciparum sickle-associated mutations".

🗓️ Wednesday, May 28
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Info and abstract: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/41884...
May 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Next week's speaker is Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social from @embl.org, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.

🗓️ Wednesday, May 14
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/41775...
May 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Today is World Day for Laboratory Animals. We are taking the opportunity to publish our laboratory animal numbers for 2024—to ensure transparency in animal testing and to provide information on our infectious disease research. You can find our report here: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2181474/vers...
April 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Join us next week for a talk by Nicolas Minc @minclab.bsky.social, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.

🗓️ Wednesday, April 30
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/41644...
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
📢 Voices in Infection Biology
Next up in our seminar series is Gabriel Neurohr @gabrielneurohr.bsky.social from @ethzurich.bsky.social, kindly hosted by @simonereber.bsky.social.

🗓️ Wednesday, April 23
🕓 4 pm
📍 on-site seminar (Berlin)

Event info: www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/events/41624...
April 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM