The September Science Academy was a big success and a great experience. 31 talented women in their PhD or Postdoc from all over the world visited us for 3 days full of science, workshops and networking.
#Genderequality is not about favoring women - it’s about empowering them
🚀Women in STEM: Are you a late-stage PhD student or postdoc in the life sciences?
The September Science Academy in Marburg offers talks, lab tours, workshops – and the chance to present your own research! Apply now 👉 https://t.co/RLcXC6FCAu
#LifeSciences#AcademicCareers
We invite women in science at an advanced stage of their PhD to 3 days of science & career development in the molecular and microbial biosciences.
🎤 Present your research
💬 Lab tours
💬 Workshops
✈️ Fully funded
Apply until 01.07.25
https://t.co/gyTXnbroXw
Happy International Women’s Day!
We’re celebrating women who have changed the world. Here are all of the amazing women who have received the #NobelPrize and their remarkable achievements at the time of the award.
Tell us about the women who inspire you the most - and why
#InternationalWomensDay
Wir haben es geschafft! 🚀 Unser Projekt „HAPPY“ ist Finalist für #HGP24! Unser System zur Altersbestimmung von Hefe kann Tierversuche ersetzen und die Effizienz in der Lebensmittel- und Pharmaproduktion verbessern. Wir freuen uns über Deine Stimme:
https://t.co/PC9XPthIeD
Very happy to share our new work about the newly identified SopA protein and
its role in the control of type IV pili formation.
Paper is now online DOI: 10.1128/jb.00108-24
Excellent study and exciting new findings. Congratulations to María Pérez-Burgos & Marco Herfurth, @LotteSogaard , @urs_jenal and everybody else involved.
📢 Congrats 𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 @KaHochberg for receiving the new "Zukunftspreis" of @Leopoldina and @CoBaStiftung 🎉 His research on the #evolution of proteins helps us understand and optimise processes such as #photosynthesis
https://t.co/BGck5JokOc
International meeting of the VAAM special section Microbial Cell Biology
Two days of inspiring talks, poster sessions and discussions on all aspects of bacterial and archaeal cell biology.
October 6-8, 2024, in Marburg (Germany)
https://t.co/ijKZdKwWMw
Register soon - only a limited number of spots available!
@VAAM_Microbes
Excited to share our work on the most rigid and strongest type IVa pilus yet described, which is now online: https://t.co/5bgI5SnR87.
Great collaboration with Edward H. Egelman and Yves F. Dufrêne
@AnkeTreuner @LotteSogaard @PNAS
Published today @SJohnsonDPhil and @justindeme85 story finally revealing the molecular basis for transmission of uni-directional ion flow into bi-directional rotation of the bacterial flagellum https://t.co/x0Uxn8ZhWA
Large pilin subunits provide distinct structural and mechanical properties for the Myxococcus xanthus type IV pilus https://t.co/Dm2XJBeaVK #biorxiv_micrbio