Kai Papenfort elected Fellow of the European Academy of Mic… Kai Papenfort, Principal Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence “Balance of the Microverse“ at the Universi…

𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 🔬
Kai Papenfort, PI in our #ClusterOfExcellence at @uni-jena.de, has been elected Fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology. His work on small RNAs reveals how tiny molecules shape microbial life.
Congrats! 👏
Read more:
www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/kai-...

🎥 New FWF video alert!

Austria’s Clusters of Excellence are advancing basic research on key topics at the highest scientific level — and we’re proud to be one!

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#FWF #ClusterOfExcellence #KnowledgeCrisis #FutureOfKnowledge

Microbial Tag-Team: Researchers Decode Joint Defense Strate… A team at the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse" reveals how two bacterial species cooperat…

Microbial Tag-Team! 🦠🤝
Researchers at our #ClusterOfExcellence found that bacteria cooperate to survive: One makes the compound, the other uses "molecular scissors" to turn it into a weapon against predators. A breakthrough for #DrugDiscovery! 💊
➡️ www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/micr...

Interested in building an international synthesis team or already discussing ideas? 🚀 Call for Synthesis Working Groups (SWG) of the #ClusterofExcellence #OceanFloor now open ➡️ www.marum.de/en/The-Ocean...
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#HumanRightsFAU Campaign: Contribution by Husam Al-Eryani: " “I was inspired to study human rights by the immense scale of violations committed by parties to the conflict in Yemen. I made a personal commitment to ensure that the voices of victims and their families are heard and not forgotten. Having witnessed firsthand how the absence of rights shapes people’s daily lives, choices, and dignity, human rights matter to me both personally and academically. They offer a universal language to challenge injustice and defend those whose voices are too often silenced.”

This week’s voice in our #HumanRightsFAU series: Husam Al-Eryani, M.A. Human Rights student and lawyer. The whole story: www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/12/08/h...
#HumanRightsDay #FAU #HumanRightsFAU #FAUCHREN #TransformingHumanrights #IDPBHR #ClusterofExcellence #MAHumanRights

📚 Yesterday (Feb 24) was the International Day of Education. Microbes may be tiny, but their impact on health, ecosystems & our future is huge. At our #ClusterOfExcellence, we believe microbiology deserves a central place in education. #InternationalDayOfEducation #Microbiology #STEM

In the coming weeks, students, PhD researchers, and PostDocs at FAU CHREN will share their personal reflections on human rights research at @fau.de #HumanRightsDay #FAU #HumanRightsFAU #FAUCHREN #TransformingHumanrights #IDPBHR #ClusterofExcellence #MAHumanRights

#HumanRightsDay #FAU #HumanRightsFAU #FAUCHREN #TransformingHumanrights #IDPBHR #ClusterofExcellence #MAHumanRights

#HumanRightsDay #FAU #HumanRightsFAU #FAUCHREN #TransformingHumanrights #IDPBHR #ClusterofExcellence #MAHumanRights

#HumanRightsDay #FAU #HumanRightsFAU #FAUCHREN #TransformingHumanrights #IDPBHR #ClusterofExcellence #MAHumanRights

Understanding the origins of life In the "EXplained" series, we provide insights into the seven Clusters of Excellence at our university. The final episode focuses on ORIGINS, represented at TUM by Prof. Stefan Schönert from the Chair...

From the #BigBang to #prebioticmolecules — the ORIGINS #ClusterofExcellence explores how life began. Meet Stefan Schönert and learn more in the latest EXplained episode: go.tum.de/555248

#AstroparticlePhysics #ExperimentalPhysics
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📷 ProLehre

Outreach Manager:in

🌱 Are you ready to make microbes famous? Become part of our #ClusterOfExcellence in Jena as Outreach Manager (50%) and bring the world of microbes to schools, society and beyond! Apply by 9 December 2025 👉 jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/8...
#ScienceCommunication #MicroverseJena #Outreach

Listen to Thomas Misgeld here - alumnus Fellow, host to a couple of Fellows and long-standing member of our Advisory Council. They do amazing work at the SyNergy #ClusterofExcellence!

Systematically towards new therapies In our "EXplained" video series, we introduce the seven Clusters of Excellence at our university. One of these is the Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology – SyNergy, represented at TUM by Prof. Thomas...

Thomas Misgeld talks about the SyNergy #ClusterofExcellence in the new EXplained episode. The cluster explores interactions between #nervecells, #immune- and #vascularsystems with the goal to develop new therapies: go.tum.de/499143

📷 ProLehre

Call for Applications: Fully Funded PhD Positions in the Cluster of Excellence “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence (RAI) | hessian.AI The Cluster of Excellence Reasonable Artificial Intelligence (RAI) invites applications for several fully funded PhD positions starting in early 2026. RAI conducts cutting-edge research on AI systems ...

Join our world-class #ClusterOfExcellence on Reasonable AI as a PhD student in one of the four labs. More info, particularly on the Challenging AI with Cognitive Science Lab (CAI) & application 👉 hessian.ai/call-for-app...

Quantum science as the basis for new technologies In the “EXplained” series, we provide insights into our university's seven Clusters of Excellence. One of these is the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), represented by Barbara ...

Watch the new EXplained episode to learn more about the #Munich Center for #QuantumScience and Technology #ClusterOfExcellence, represented at our university by Barbara Kraus and Ignacio Cirac: go.tum.de/477299

#QuantumPhysics
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🎥 New "3 Questions for …" episode! Prof. Miriam Rosenbaum shows how microbes can produce antibiotics, bioplastics, and find balance under stress. Discover how our #ClusterOfExcellence brings interdisciplinary science to life! 🌱🔬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA45...

Fascinating EXplained episode about the #ClusterofExcellence @e-conversion.bsky.social, which has hosted a number of international IAS Fellows over the past years!

Research for a sustainable energy future In our video series “EXplained,” we present the seven clusters of excellence with which our university is entering the next funding phase of the Excellence Competition. This episode focuses on the e-c...

In the latest EXplained episode, discover e-conversion, our #ClusterofExcellence that focuses on researching a #sustainable #energy future. Jennifer Rupp and Ian Sharp represent the cluster at our #university: go.tum.de/548997

#energyconversion @e-conversion.bsky.social

📷ProLehre

Chemiker lobt Forschungslandschaft in Deutschland | MDR.DE Deutschlands Forschung ist laut Chemiker Peter Seeberger besser als ihr Ruf: Auch in Mitteldeutschland entstehen wegweisende Projekte für eine nachhaltige Chemie.

🎙 MDR AKTUELL: Nobel Prize day! While the #Chemistry awards are celebrated in Stockholm, #Jena’s #ClusterOfExcellence at the @uni-jena.de investigates microbial “conversations” that could reshape medicine and biotechnology. Full #MDR feature: www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...

18 students from across Germany joined us at our #ClusterOfExcellence at @uni-jena.de for the #CampusThüringenTour! 💬 Talks, lab tours & hands-on microbiology — from Gram staining to magnetotactic bacteria from the Saale. 🔬🌱🧫 #ScienceEducation #Microbiology

Systematically linking technology and society In our "EXplained" video series, we introduce the seven Clusters of Excellence at our university. This time, we take a look at the third newly funded cluster, TransforM, whose spokesperson is Prof. Se...

Watch the third episode of our EXplained series, where we introduce the #ClusterofExcellence TransforM. Sebastian Pfotenhauer, the cluster’s spokesperson at our university, talks about systematically linking #technology and #society: go.tum.de/861512

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🎥ProLehre

Nucleic acids as key to a new class of drugs In our "EXplained" video series, we present the seven Clusters of Excellence with which our university is entering the next funding phase of the Excellence Strategy. In the second episode, we get to k...

In the second episode of our new EXplained series, we highlight the #ClusterofExcellence NUCLEATE. At our #university, it is represented by Stefan Engelhardt, who shares insights into #nucleid-based #medicine: go.tum.de/139582

#nucleicacids
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de

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Two Microbiology Master’s Students Awarded Wübben Scienc… Two Master’s students in the M.Sc. Microbiology program at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Samira Quanz and …

55 students got the Wübben Science Foundation Student Grant! 🎓 Among them: Samira Quanz & Emily Reichel from our #ClusterOfExcellence. 🦠🔬 Read more about their research: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/two-...
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#Microverse #StudentGrant #FutureScientists

On #WorldSepsisDay, Michael Bauer from Jena University Hospital shares how microbiome research at our #ClusterOfExcellence could change the way we understand and treat #sepsis. Watch the latest "3 Questions for..." clip! #MicrobiomeResearch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=auG7...
@lifeprofile.bsky.social

A good start! The Ocean Floor Symposium, happening now at MARUM, brings together international experts in this field with members of the #ClusterofExcellence #OceanFloor
More ➡️www.marum.de/en/From-the-ocean-surfac...

Between waves and particles Particles that simultaneously change their state despite vast distances between them? Electrons with the properties of both waves and particles? Quantum phenomena are often dramatically different from...

Discover the dual nature of #electrons —behaving like waves and particles at once—at the “LightandMatter” exhibition by the MCQST #ClusterofExcellence. Read more about the #exhibition, on display until October 26, here: go.tum.de/694616

📷A. Heddergott

In search of the microbial origin of life In biology, there are three known domains of cell-based life: eukaryotes – which include humans – bacteria and…

Is there a 4th domain of life? 🧬 Prof. Christian Jogler from our #ClusterOfExcellence at @uni-jena.de searching for microbial lifeforms bridging pro- & eukaryotes. 🚀 Backed by €1.4M from @volkswagenstiftung.de, the quest for the origin of life begins today: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/in-s...

Photo of University President Prof Dr Andreas Marx and Thuringia's Minister President Dr Mario Voigt

Our president, Prof. Andreas Marx, met with Thuringia's minister president, Dr Mario Voigt, to discuss our university's excellence strategy in depth.

👉 www.uni-jena.de/en/167277/ex...

#UniJena #Thuringia #StrategyOfExcellence #Exzellenzuniversität #ClusterOfExcellence

Doctoral Researcher in the areas of Microbial Pathogens and Climate Change

New PhD position @uni-jena.de and at our #ClusterOfExcellence! Join @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social's group to study #ClimateChange & #FungalPathogens. Interdisciplinary training, vibrant research network & great working conditions. Apply by Aug 31: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/a... @uni-jena.de