Opening Slide - Microverse meets MibiNet

#ThrowbackThursday to #VAAM2026 in BER! 🧫
“Microverse meets MibiNet” drew 80+ participants—one of our highlights. Chaired by Kirsten Küsel & Julia Frunzke, keynote by Leo Eberl.

Thanks to everyone for inspiring exchange!
🤝@vaam-microbes.bsky.social, @mibinet.bsky.social &@kuesellab.bsky.social

Congratulations to my and @apapageorgiou.bsky.social 's PhD student, @microbiodnz.bsky.social, for winning both travel award and poster prize at the #VAAM2026 @vaam-microbes.bsky.social conference. Thanks to the organizers and more about archaeal HU proteins coming soon.

Our PhD student #SulariAnthony most lively discussing 🔥 results from the @crc1357.bsky.social Soil Microplastics Observatory #SMO at the #VAAM2026 conference.
Thanks to @vaam-microbes.bsky.social and Berlin colleagues for a great conference! 👌🚀

I am thrilled to have shared my latest research at #VAAM2026 in Berlin, where I presented the description of a brand-new genus of #methanogens: Methanopulvis (Methanomassiliicoccales).
#Microbiology #Archaea #NewSpecies #Taxonomy #Methane #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

👋 We had a successful and fun conference at #vaam2026 together with our partners and collaborators @denbi.bsky.social and @dsmzd3.bsky.social !

🙏 Thanks to all our booth visitors for the interesting questions and thought-provoking discussions.

See you soon at other events: tinyurl.com/2endbz9v

Thanks to everyone who came to talk to us at #VAAM2026 🦠🙋‍♂️.

We loved answering your questions and hearing your feedback and ideas 🤩.

See you next time!

If you love microbes & Bioinformatics just like us, then we love to see you at to our upcoming @denbi.bsky.social meet-the-experts session @vaam-microbes.bsky.social #VAAM2026 having a chat on Microbial genomics, our tools ( #Bakta, #EDGAR), DBs ( #BakRep, #sORFdb), and much more related & beyond!

📢 Are you at #VAAM2026?

👉 Stop by the NFDI4Microbiota booth to learn how we can support you with training, data analysis, and making your microbiome research easier to share, reuse, and scale.

And don’t miss today’s panel discussion at 1:30 in Lecture Hall B!

We’d love to meet you 👋!

Great start of #VAAM2026 in Berlin with a lovely musical kickoff 🎶Looking forward to chairing tomorrow’s session on membrane contact sites in bacterial infections🦠 (11:00, Lecture Hall E) with a keynote from @mschuhmacher.bsky.social

#MembraneContactSites #Microbiology #InfectionBiology #LipidsRock

#VAAM2026 is kicking off today in Berlin!🦠
The #BIDlab will be represented by the fantastic Miriana Battista who will be presenting our latest work on Poster IB-024 on Tuesday 🙌🏻🙏🏻👌🏻😍 stop by!

#microbiology #streptococcuspneumoniae #extracellularvesicles

✨ On Sunday, the VAAM Annual Conference finally kicks off 🚀

We can't wait to welcome the VAAM family and are looking forward to great days of microbiology, exchange, and networking. Wishing everyone safe travels and see you in Berlin🧸

🦠🧬🔬 #VAAM2026 #Microbiology #Berlin

Are you at #VAAM2026?

Join us for our lunch symposium and explore how and where wet-lab research meets AI - discussed by experts in the field.

📅 Mon, 23 March
🕒 13:30–14:30
📍 Lecture Hall B

More info: tinyurl.com/y6vb5p78

…and come visit us at the booth 👋!

#microbiology #microbes

Beyond the scientific programme- discover the special events at #VAAM2026:
🧫 From career development and funding advice to discussions on AI in microbiology and scientific publishing - plenty of insights and networking opportunities for researchers at every stage!
Check for details 🔗 t1p.de/4pz17

🚀 VAAM Annual Conference 2026, Berlin, 23–25 March

Don’t miss out — register now & meet the microbiology community for talks, poster sessions, Research and PhD Awards, and special events for Young Scientists.

Connect, learn, and exchange ideas!

👉 Join us & register here: t1p.de/b2vf8

#VAAM2026

We will be at VAAM, will you?

Just two weeks until #VAAM2026 🦠🤩!

You can hear about our work at the following talk and posters:

🔷 #StrainRegistry Talk SL-CM-08, Monday 12:30, Lecture Hall D
🔷 #LPSN, Poster P-MBE-002, Monday
🔷 #TYGS, Poster P-MBE-010, Tuesday
🔷 #MetabolicPathways, Poster P-CM-015, Tuesday

Microverse meets MibiNet at #VAAM2026! 🦠🤝

Join our joint session on microbial networking!
📅 March 23, 17:00
📍 Estrel Berlin, HS104
✨ Keynote: Leo Eberl
Chaired by Kirsten Küsel (@kuesellab.bsky.social)

Talks: Martina Herrmann & Kerstin Thriene.
🎉 vaam-kongress.de/registration

Have you already planned your trip 🚅 🏨 to #VAAM2026 in Berlin?

➡️ If not, then take a look👀 at the website, we have compiled all the important information for you: t1p.de/2ce0r

🔔Deadline 31.12.🔔

🧾 Nominate outstanding microbiologists for the VAAM Awards 2026!
🧪 Research Award for exceptional early-career research
🎓 PhD Awards €2,000 for excellent dissertations

Award ceremony at VAAM Annual Conference 2026 Berlin
Details: t1p.de/hisqb

#Microbiology #VAAM2026 #VAAMAwards

⚠️Deadlines end ⏱️TODAY!
🏃‍♀️🏃Do not miss the chance to showcase your research and send us your abstract for #VAAM2026 in Berlin
📫 Check out the topics and submit now: t1p.de/7fgc4

👩‍🎓Student members may also apply for travel grants: t1p.de/1hgkl

#VAAMAnnualConference2026 #Microbiology #AbstractDeadline

📣Final week to submit your abstract for the VAAM Annual Conference #VAAM2026 in Berlin
Get your submission in before time runs out:

Abstract Deadline 📆 7 November – no extension!

🎓 VAAM student members: Travel grant application also
until 7 Nov
📩 Check all details & submit here t1p.de/7fgc4

⏳ Only 3 weeks left to submit your abstract for #VAAM2026 Annual Conference🎤👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 in Berlin !

⏱️Abstract deadline: 7th November
🎓 Student members: Apply for travel grants until 7th November!
📌 t1p.de/7fgc4

Do not miss your chance and apply today!🏃🏃‍♀️

#VAAM2026 #microbiology #AnnualConference