Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie - Hans-Knöll-Institut

Christian Hertweck has been awarded the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for #AnoxyGen. 🙌 In this project, Hertweck and his team from the Biomolecular Chemistry department at Leibniz-HKI want to analyze the unique biosynthetic pathways of #anaerobes – organisms that don’t need oxygen to survive. 🔬🦠 By using novel molecular and synthetic biology tools, the researchers aim to decode these pathways, and thus could potentially discover new compounds with various application options in biotechnology, medicine and ecology. The project also contributes significantly to the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse, which enhances our knowledge of microbial communities and their interactions. Congratulations to Prof. Hertweck and his team! 🔎 Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/eXYeBNS5 #ERCGrant #Anaerobes #Biotechnology #BiomolecularChemistry #ScienceForFuture #Microverse #BalanceOfTheMicroverse #LeibnizHKI Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

“I always wanted to be a chemistry professor,” says Hajo Kries, the former junior group leader for Biosynthetic Design of Natural Products at our institute. His dream has now finally become true. ✨🌠 On July 1, Kries has been appointed W3 professor of Technical Biochemistry at the Universität Stuttgart. Congratulations! We look forward to possible future collaborations with Professor Hajo Kries, who shows us how important our support for young researchers is. 🦉🎓💡 https://lnkd.in/ewnJ7nEu #Professorship #Congrats #NewProfessor #BioChemistry #Research #Science #University #Stuttgart #YoungResearchers #DreamsComeTrue

Our Director Prof. Dr. Axel Brakhage has been re-elected as Vice President of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), #DFG! 🗳️ Congratulations! Prof. Brakhage’s pioneering work in microbiology and infection biology, including his research on human pathogenic fungi, has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of microbial communication and developing new antibiotics. As DFG Vice President, he is particularly committed to sustainability in research, the development of research collaborations with China, and to fact-based political decision-making regarding animal testing and genetic engineering. ➡️ For more information, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eG8H8Kem Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research Foundation Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Balance of the Microverse

Hip hip hurray! 🎉 Shuaibing Zhang won the dissertation prize of the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Congratulations on this great achievement! 🏆 With this prize, the university honors the best doctoral theses of each faculty and celebrates outstanding young scientists from Jena. With his excellent research contributions, Shuaibing Zhang has well earned this special award. Zhang works at the Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie - Hans-Knöll-Institut as a postdoc in the Department of Paleobiotechnology, which is headed by Pierre Stallforth. In his doctoral thesis, Zhang identified new bacterial natural products that play an important role in microbial predator-prey relationships between bacteria and amoebae. 🎓🔬✨ https://lnkd.in/ekyhWRHy #Congratulations #AwardWinner #DissertationPrize #BiologicalSciences #YoungScientists #ResearchExcellence #PhD #Postdoc #LeibnizHKI #Paleobiotechnology #FriedrichSchillerUniversity #AcademicSuccess #UniJena #Schillertag #Promotionspreise #PromovierenInJena #BalanceOfTheMicroverse

INCATEurope has been honored with the Lighthouse Award 2024 by the Schweizerischer Nationalfonds SNF (SNSF) in Basel! ✨🏆🤸 The non-profit partnership creates a collaborative network that brings together research, industry, entrepreneurs, and investors to accelerate the development of new #therapies and #diagnostics in the battle against antimicrobial resistance, #AMR. The Lighthouse Award recognizes INCATE’s outstanding contributions to knowledge and technology transfer, particularly in the fight against AMR. Since its beginnings in 2021, INCATE has been a vital force in bridging the gap between groundbreaking research and market-ready solutions, supporting start-ups in developing urgently needed new #antibiotics. 🎉 Congratulations to the entire INCATE team and all partners for this remarkable achievement! Let’s continue to make a difference in global health. 🌍🔬 ➡ https://lnkd.in/eNdhDAsW #INCATE #LighthouseAward #LeibnizHKI #SNSF #NCCRAntiResist #DZIF #UniversityOfBasel Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung NCCR AntiResist Innovation Office University of Basel Leibniz-Gemeinschaft

🌎🦠 Celebrate World Microbiome Day with an exclusive interview from Balance of the Microverse featuring Gianni Panagiotou from the Microbiome Dynamics Department at #LeibnizHKI and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena! 💡 Find out how diet shapes our gut microbiome, including: ✔️ the role of resistant starch in combating metabolic diseases. ✔️ challenges and opportunities in personalized nutrition. ✔️ future potential of diet-gut microbiome interaction maps for better health. 🔎 https://lnkd.in/dBWu-4gz 🥗🥕🥑🍤🥔🍉 #WorldMicrobiomeDay #FeedYourMicrobes #MicrobiomeResearch #PersonalizedNutrition #GutHealth #DietAndHealth #BalanceOfTheMicroverse

🥇 The #LeibnizHKI paper entitled “The hyphal-specific toxin candidalysin promotes fungal gut commensalism” by Bernhard Hube’s team, in collaboration with Brown University and other institutions, was awarded the “Paper of the Month” from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie. Congratulations! 👏 The study is part of the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse, which aims to decode microbial interactions and restore ecological balance. The full publication can be read in Nature Portfolio: https://lnkd.in/eFg6mC9p #Candida #CandidaAlbicans #Candidalysin #Nature #NaturePublication #NatPub #PaperOfTheMonth #BalanceOfTheMicroverse #ResearchCollaboration

🖥️How to protect research institutes from cyberattacks? That is one of the main questions discussed at the annual spring meeting of the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft IT working group hosted Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie - Hans-Knöll-Institut. The heads of the IT departments discuss technical issues related in many ways to our research. ⌨️

📯 We are happy to share that #LeibnizHKI scientist Luzia Gyr is featured in the German speaking magazine #Zukunftsfragen. This insightful issue will be available as an insert in the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)! What health challenges will our society face in the future and how will we arm ourselves against them? Luzia Gyr is one of those researchers who are tackling these pressing questions of tomorrow. With “robot power”, she joins the fight against diseases and searches for urgently needed new antibiotics! 💪 👉 Can’t wait for the print version? The digital edition is already available via https://lnkd.in/eJHPvp_g Don’t miss out on this feature about #RoboPower! 🤖🧬✨ Thanks to https://lnkd.in/d-v3Jcgx for the wonderful insights into the Thuringian research landscape! #Zukunftsfragen #FutureQuestions #QuestionsOfTomorrow #SZ #FAZ #Robotics #RobotPower #FightAgainstDiseases #ScienceNews #Research #AntiInfectives #dasistthüringen Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft & Digitale Gesellschaft Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

To study how modulating the gut microbiome (the bacteria and fungi living in our gut) can help people with colorectal cancer, scientists need to collect and analyze patient data. Epidemiologists do this job. #PerMICCion's work depends on analysing fully anonymised patient data and biosamples obtained in two large epidemiological studies: the German National Cohort (GNC/NAKO) and Colocare. Patients sign an informed consent form, provide access to their clinical and lifestyle data, and grant permission to analyse samples collected by medical specialists (blood, stool, and tissue samples). The participation of patients in epidemiological studies is essential to advance the research and help people suffering or at risk of colorectal cancer. If you are interested in participating in a study, PerMiCCion is actively recruiting young patients (<50 years old), both with active colorectal cancer or recovered. More info👉 https://lnkd.in/epHKDd2U #PerMICCion #ColorectCancer #CRC #EoCRC #Study #Participate EU Health and Food Safety EU Science, Research and Innovation Bio-Me Universitätsmedizin Göttingen Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung DNANUTRICOACH® Genetic Analysis AS SNIPR Biome - A CRISPR Company Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute University Hospital Muenster The University of Bonn Gianni Panagiotou European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)