Yesterday Felix Willmund from @unimarburg.bsky.social visited us to talk about the features of heat-induced aggregation of #chloroplast #proteins in #algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Great seminar und discussion!
Thanks to Adrian Nievergelt for organizing the event.

🆕Neue🪐Impulse aus der LOEWE-Forschung: Die🗞️ProLOEWE-NEWS 1. 2026 ist da! #Krebsforschung @loewe-fci.bsky.social, #Zukunftsmedizin, #mentaleGesundheit + ein Blick👀hinter die🎭Kulissen wissenschaftl. Karrieren diesmal Prof. Andreas Gattinger @jlugiessen.bsky.social ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/proloe...

Algae Picture Contest, EABA | EABA - European Algae Biomass Association 📸 Algae Picture Contest 2026 is ON! 👀🌿 After the wonderful 2025 edition, and first announced at AlgaEurope 2025, our 2026 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 is your chance to show the world just how cool, beautif...

Here’s a great opportunity to share your photogenic algae and win a ticket to AlgaEurope 2026 in Malta! We can’t wait to see the image collection that comes from this contest! 📸 🧪

Send your photo by April 30 to picture.contest@eaba-association.org

More info at: www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...

𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 @unimarburg.bsky.social 📽️𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 „𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱“ 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗳𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝗳, 𝗢𝗯🌱𝗺𝗶𝘁👨‍👩‍👦‍👦𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗸𝗼̈𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗻? 𝗜𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺🎙️, 𝘃om 𝟭𝟲. 𝗙𝗲𝗯, 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲, 𝗴𝗶𝗯𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝘃. 𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘- @robucop.bsky.social 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘀🔬⚗️𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿👀𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁➡️
www.op-marburg.de/lokales/marb...

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻🥁𝗶𝘀𝘁 der 𝗧𝗮𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗲𝗻 & 𝗠ä𝗱𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁 + 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗴𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗶ß𝘁 👉🏼𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘 𝗽𝗿ä𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁: 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗲𝗻, 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘-𝗦𝗽𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻👏🏽 – 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗸𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘇𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮̈𝗱𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻+𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗲𝗻,𝟭𝟭. FEB 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!

We wish you all a Happy New Year! 🥳2026 starts with an exciting opportunity: #DynaPore is looking for builders to join their team in the beautiful German town of #Marburg! 🔊Please spread the word

Our study provides a high-throughput platform and standardized genetic parts for chloroplast engineering, offering a foundation for rapid prototyping of complex genetic designs with potential transferability to crop plastids.

The best part: it’s freely available to the community ❤️

By integrating this to the MoClo standard, we enabled standardized, automated assembly and rapid testing of genetic combinations - resulting in more than 30 new synthetic genetic elements. We demonstrated a proof of concept by introducing a synthetic photorespiration pathway into the chloroplast!

We developed an automation workflow to generate, handle, and analyze thousands of transplastomic strains in parallel. We expanded the available selection markers and reporter genes and systematically characterized over 140 regulatory parts.

In our new study, we established Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a prototyping chassis for chloroplast synthetic biology. This fast-growing alga has a single chloroplast per cell and can be cultivated in high-throughput formats, making it an ideal testbed.

The potential of chloroplast synthetic biology is immense: from increasing yield and resilience to improving nutrient profiles and developing new ways of CO₂ fixation. But realizing this potential requires more than traditional breeding or gene-editing techniques...

A modular high-throughput approach for advancing synthetic biology in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas - Nature Plants This study reports a modular-cloning-based platform for high-throughput chloroplast engineering in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that allows large-scale characterization of genetic parts and prototyping o...

Oh happy day!
The latest research funded by RobuCop was just published in Nature Plants 🥳
Read below on a modular high-throughput approach for chloroplast engineering in Chlamy!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@unimarburg.bsky.social @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social @proloewe.bsky.social

𝗪𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗵ö𝗻𝗲, 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗴𝗲𝗳ü𝗹𝗹𝘁𝗲+𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘-𝗧𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗺 23.-24.🍂𝗢𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗺🐮𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶 𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘-𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆, 𝗶𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗴-𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 + 𝗯𝗲𝗶 𝗟𝗢𝗘𝗪𝗘-𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗧, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (𝗧𝗛𝗠) 𝗚𝗶𝗲ß𝗲𝗻! @jlugiessen.bsky.social
📸Katrina Friese, Leonie Dittrich+ProLOEWE

Happy birthday!

Impressions from the Science Academy. left: women in a workshop, listening, right: group photo on staircase

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 came to the MPI-TM for 3 days full of science, workshops and networking.
#Genderequality is not about favoring women - it’s about empowering them 💪.

Glückwunsch an unseren PI @schullerjm.bsky.social!

Wunderbar war es!🩷Tolles Wetter, tolle Menschen & tolle Gespräche! Wir freuen uns aufs nächste Jahr! #Sommerfest #Lahnberge #LOEWE #Grundlagenforschung #Hessen #Marburg @unimarburg.bsky.social @loewe-tree-m.bsky.social @habitatschwerpunkt.bsky.social @robucop.bsky.social @maxberg91.bsky.social

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗲 – 𝗨𝗻𝗶-𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴,25. 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶,15 𝗨𝗵𝗿!
Sommer, Sonne, Wissenschaft! Beim Uni-Sommerfest erwarten Dich, neben vielen tolle Ständen, Musik + Genuss, zum 1. Mal auch 5 Marburger LOEWE-Projekte mit Spitzenforschung zum Mitmachen➡️ www.uni-marburg.de/de/aktuelles...

Hessischer Wissenschaftsminister Timon Gremmels übergibt eine Urkunde an die Speaker des LOEWE Schwerpunkts RobuCop

Wie ihr sehen könnt - Forschung macht Freude! 🤩
Letzte Woche überreichte der hessische Wissenschaftsminister @timongremmels.bsky.social die offizielle Urkunde für unseren LOEWE Schwerpunkt an Felix Willmund, Judith Klatt und Tobias Erb!
Danke an der HMWK für die Förderung und das schöne Event!

Danke für den Support @proloewe.bsky.social!🌱
Infos zu unserem Projekt findet ihr jetzt auch auf der proLOEWE-Homepage 😊

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
💬 Learn about leadership, grants & communication
✈️ Fully funded
Apply until 01.07.25
tinyurl.com/yj8vbnhj

Deutschlandkarte der Verteilung der Exzellenzcluster auf Bundesländer und Universitäten.

Die #Exzellenzcluster stehen fest: Heute hat die Exzellenzkommission 70 Projekte zur Förderung ausgewählt. 45 Cluster werden fortgesetzt, 25 neu eingerichtet. Die Förderung beginnt ab 1. Jan. 2026 für 7 Jahre, die Fördersumme beträgt insg. 539 Mio. €/Jahr. Die Liste: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3

sorry for messing up the tag 😬 @olallalab.bsky.social

Thank you for being a part of RobuCop!@olallalab.bsky.social @bangebalcony.bsky.social @danielschindler.bsky.social @hoeferlab.bsky.social @schullerjm.bsky.social @georghochberg.bsky.social

What a lovely time at @synmikro.bsky.social!

PIs, PhD students, PostDocs and associated members of RobuCop met at the kick off meeting to share ideas, discuss projects and connect with each other🌱🫰
Can't wait for our next meeting!

Thank you @ramona-zuelch.bsky.social for the picture.

Just in time for our kick off meeting - our homepage is ready! 🤩
Find all information on our research project between groups of @unimarburg.bsky.social and
@mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social, funded by #LOEWE: www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb17/robucop

Pünktlich zum Kick off Meeting geht es auch digital endlich los - unsere Homepage ist online 🤩
RobuCop ist eine Kooperation von @unimarburg.bsky.social
und @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social
gefördert von #LOEWE. Mehr Infos hier:
www.uni-marburg.de/fb17/robucop