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#CIBSS is featured in ZEIT für X as part of the promotion of 'Vision 2040' of @uni-freiburg.de.

➡️Read about how our researchers work together on biological signalling principles across infections, plant symbioses and cancer: kurzlinks.de/peeh

#SignalsOfLife #ExcellenceResearch
CIBSS - Von Infektionen, Symbiosen und Tumorzellen - ZEIT für X
Der Exzellenzcluster CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies erforscht biologische Signale und entwickelt Lösungsansätze in den Bereichen Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherung.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Vier #ERCSynergyGrants für Forschende der #UniFreiburg. Insgesamt werden die vier Projekte durch den @erc.europa.eu mit rund 41 Millionen Euro über sechs Jahre gefördert; die #UniversitätFreiburg erhält davon gut neun Mio Euro.
➡️ Mehr zu den geförderten Projekten hier: ufr.link/erc-synergy-grant-25
Photovoltaik-Forscher Prof. Dr. Stefan Glunz. Foto: Jürgen Gocke / Universität Freiburg Molekularbiologin Prof. Dr. Claudine Kraft. Foto: CIBSS / Universität Freiburg Mikrosystemtechniker Prof. Dr. Çağlar Ataman. Foto: Jürgen Gocke / Universität Freiburg Archäologin Dr. Susanne Brather-Walter. Foto: Jürgen Gocke / Universität Freiburg
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🧬 Wie steuern Zellen das Leben – und wie verändert CRISPR/Cas die Forschung?
Am 19. November 2025 lädt CIBSS Lehrer*innen der Oberstufe zur Fortbildung an die Uni Freiburg ein.

👉 Anmeldung: kurzlinks.de/ds9u

#CIBSS #CRISPR #Zellkommunikation #Lehrerfortbildung #Wissenschaft #Freiburg
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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🎬 Great feature from Baden TV Süd on @uni-freiburg.de's efforts & successes in its #ExcellenceStrategy!

🌍 The #ExcellenceClusters #CIBSS and #FutureForests play a vital role in driving interdisciplinary research and innovative applications for real-world impact.

➡️ Watch here: kurzlinks.de/w7wj
Ein Jahr vor der Entscheidung: So will die Uni Freiburg wieder Exzellenz-Universität werden
Ein Jahr vor der Entscheidung: So will die Uni Freiburg wieder Exzellenz-Universität werden | Die Uni Freiburg war eine der ersten deutschen Exzellenz-Universitäten seit 2007, verbunden mit hohem inte...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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The Theory of Living Systems Symposium at @uni-freiburg.de's Institute of Physics highlighted cutting-edge research where #physics meets the #LifeSciences.
Co-organized by #CIBSS members, it gathered leading theoreticians to discuss physics-driven approaches to understanding living systems.
One of the speakers giving his talk at the Theory of Living Systems Symposium in the lecture hall of the Institute of Physics at the University of Freiburg
October 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Simon Elsässer in his new #CIBSS core professorship as Endowed Professor for #SyntheticBiology at the @uni-freiburg.de. His work is funded by the @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social with 4.8 million euros over 10 years.
🔗 kurzlinks.de/44nn
Simon Elsässer is the new Endowed Professor for Synthetic Biology at the University of Freiburg
Elsässer strengthens the ‘Signals of Life’ research focus as well as the CIBSS Cluster of Excellence at the University of Freiburg. The foundation Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung is providing the professorship wi...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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New leadership for #CIBSS!
Welcome Sonja-Verena Albers as new spokesperson & congrats to Claudine Kraft on her confirmation. Together with Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, they’ll lead CIBSS into its #NextChapter – following Wolfgang Driever & Carola Hunte.
More info: kurzlinks.de/fkv4
September 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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#JobAlert! We're looking for someone to support the CIBSS office team for a few months. Apply by March 30 and spread the word!
@biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @mpi-ie.bsky.social @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de @uniklinik-fr.bsky.social
Further info: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
March 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Join tomorrow's #CIBSS Seminar with @wigge.bsky.social from @igzleibniz.bsky.social, who will explore how plants sense temperature.

🗓️ 10.12.2024, 12:00–13:00
📍 SR UG: -1.026, Hilde-Mangold-Haus, @uni-freiburg.de (hybrid)

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Seminar announcement for Tuesday, December 10, 2024, from 12:00 to 13:00, in Freiburg, SR UG: -1.026, Hilde-Mangold-Haus, Habsburgerstr. 49, 79104 Freiburg, and online via Zoom. Prof. Philip Wigge from the Leibniz-Institut für Gemüse- und Zierpflanzenbau (IGZ) and University of Potsdam will give a talk titled "Some like it hot, temperature sensing in plants." The seminar will be held in a hybrid format.
December 9, 2024 at 10:20 AM
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🌿 Join the #CIBSS & dompsfr.bsky.social Joint Seminar!
🧬 Dr. José Estevez estevezjosem.bsky.social (CONICET, Argentina / UNAB-CBV, Chile) on signaling pathways in plant root hair development under stress.
📅 Thu, Oct 09 · 10:15–11:00
📍 Biol. II/III, KS 00.009

🔗 kurzlinks.de/wegb
October 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Save the date for next week's #CIBSS & @sfb1381.bsky.social seminar with @davidbrueckner.bsky.social from @biozentrum.unibas.ch on “Information flow in self-organized developmental systems”

📅 Tue, July 08, 2025 · 12:00–13:00

📍 Inst. of Biology I, Hauptstr. 1 + livestream

🔗 kurzlinks.de/2985
Seminar announcement for Thursday, July 08, 2024, from 12:00 to 13:00, in Freiburg, Institute of Biology I, Hauptstr. 1, and online via Zoom. Prof. David Brückner from the Biozentrum Basel will present his research on “information flow in self-organized developmental systems". The seminar will be held in a hybrid format.
July 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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It’s #InternationalWomensDay tomorrow!
We took the occasion to talk to molecular biologist & CIBSS leadership team member @kraftlabfr.bsky.social about #Equality, #CultureChange and the power of mentoring and supportive networks in science.

📖 Read the full interview here: kurzlinks.de/ndwd
Sharepic showing a portrait picture of Claudine Kraft and her quote saying "Gender euqality is not just a women's issue – it affects us all. Real progress is made when we work together to find new solutions."
March 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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#CIBSS investigator Claudia Jessen-Trefzer has accepted an appointment as a professor of #PharmaceuticalBiology and #Biotechnology at the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy – we're immensely happy that she has accepted the call and continues to bring in her invaluable expertise! 🎉
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Herzlich willkommen! Seit April ist Prof. Dr. Claudia Jessen-Trefzer Professorin für Pharmazeutische #Biologie & #Biotechnologie an der Fakultät für Chemie & Pharmazie. Im #Interview gibt sie Einblicke in ihre #Forschung & erzählt, wie sie ihre Freizeit verbringt. ufr.link/neuberufen-jessen-trefzer
Prof. Dr. Claudia Jessen-Trefzer. Foto: Jürgen Gocke / Universität Freiburg
May 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Big News from CIBSS! The start-up EMUNO Therapeutics GmbH, founded by #CIBSS member Olaf Groß and Emilia Neuwirth (CEO) will be advancing research on EMT-224 – a promising drug candidate for #ColonCancer – with a prestigious #EICTransition Grant by the #EuropeanInnovationCouncil

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Innovative cancer treatment receives major EU funding
Start-up EMUNO Therapeutics receives €2.5 million EIC Transition Grant
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January 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Can rare gene variants influence metabolism? A study co-led by CIBSS member Anna Köttgen from the @uniklinik-fr.bsky.social identifies new links between genes and metabolites. Findings were recently published in @naturegenet.bsky.social.
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How rare gene variants influence metabolism
Study identifies new links between genes and metabolites / Publication in Nature Genetics
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January 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Mark your calendars for next Tuesday: Tel Aviv University's Prof. Eilon Shani will present a #CRISPR -based toolkit that targets multiple genes at a genome-wide scale, addressing functional overlap in genetic systems and to uncover hidden mechanisms behind hormone transport.
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Sharepic showing Date, Time and Place of Prof. Eilon Shani's CIBSS Seminar talk on "A Multi-targeted genome-scale CRISPR Toolbox to Overcome Functional Redundancy and Reveal Hidden Hormone Transport Mechanisms", Tuesday, January 14th 2025, Lecture Hall, Institute of Biology I, Hauptstr. 1, and online per Zoom.
January 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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How can #Mentoring and #GlobalCollaboration advance #AutophagyResearch? #CIBSS member and designated speaker @kraftlabfr.bsky.social co-authored a recent publication from the @WAutophagy network (WIA). Learn more about their work and mission! www.womeninautophagy.com
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Women in Autophagy: an initiative to promote gender parity in science - Nature Cell Biology
Scientific questions are universal but the scientific workforce remains skewed, with women and gender minorities still underrepresented. Initiatives such as the Women in Autophagy network promote the ...
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December 11, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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Joint CIBSS/ SFB 1381 seminar today!
September 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Join next week’s CIBSS seminar with Dr. Guillaume Diss @fmiscience.bsky.social, Basel on The genetic architecture of protein interaction domain families 🧬

📅 Tue, May 13, 2025 · 12:00–13:00
📍 Institute of Biology I, Hauptstr. 1 + livestream

More info: kurzlinks.de/joz3
May 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Actin Scaffold in Cell Nucleus Explains Survival of Cancer Cells
Researchers of the University of Freiburg Cluster of Excellence CIBSS demonstrate that an actin scaffold stabilizes the cell nucleus upon mechanical stress.

This protective mechan...
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In the control cell on the left, only a small amount of DNA is visible (red), while in the cell on the right, where the protective mechanism is blocked, significantly more DNA leaks out of the cell nucleus. - Copyright University of Freiburg
September 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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#CIBSS researcher and Director of the Institute for Immunodeficiency at the University Medical Centre Freiburg Prof. Dr. Stephan Ehl explains the significance of the research honoured with the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine.

➡️ Read more here: kurzlinks.de/zqa5
Classification of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Freiburg immunologist explains the significance of the research honoured with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine
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October 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Mark your calendars! In just two weeks, we will welcome Ulrike Endesfelder for our next SFB seminar, held in collaboration with CIBSS. Don’t miss this inspiring talk at the Institute of Biology I – see you there!

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June 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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#CIBSS brought signalling science to life last month at #ScienceDays2025!
Visitors isolated their own cheek-cell DNA🧬, watched zebrafish embryos develop 🔬, and explored plant genetics & symbiosis 🌱
A glimpse into CIBSS research & the “molecular language of life”.

🔗https://kurzlinks.de/r8qr
November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Opportunity for postdocs (all nationalities). Affected researchers can reach out to us about options in CIBSS / signalling research
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Together with @zukunftskolleg.bsky.social and Tübingen College of Fellows, FRIAS is offering #EarlyCareerRescueFellowships.
Open to researchers from all nationalities & represented disciplines | 1-7 years postdoc experience | 2 years btw 7/2026 and 11/2028
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Call for Applications Early Career Rescue Fellowships. 14 postdoctoral Fellowships for researchers whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA. Deadline 9 January 2026
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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It's a day of congratulations and pride, with more wonderful news from #CIBSS researchers! Marco Prinz has been honoured with the University Medal in recognition of his #ExcellentResearch in #Neuroimmunology and outstanding contributions to the @uni-freiburg.de! Congratulations!
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Dies Universitatis: Universitätsmedaille für Prof. Dr. Marco Prinz – Universität FreiburgText icon 'Universität Freiburg'Siegelement der Uni Freiburg in Form einer BlumeSuch-IconMenü-IconText icon 'Un...
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May 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM