Gruppenfoto der Gründungsmitglieder des Verbands Deutscher Infektionsforscherinnen - Infect-Net. Acht lächelnde Frauen stehen um ein Werbebanner des Frauennetzwerks Infect-Net. Eine Frau hält die unterschriebene Satzung in die Kamera. Foto: Kathrin Czoppelt.

🥂 Ein Grund zu Feiern: Wir haben den Verband Deutscher Infektionsforscherinnen gegründet! 👩‍🔬🦠🥳
Am 25. März 2025 haben wir in München einen Verein gegründet, um die Ziele und die Mission von #InfectNet langfristig weiterzuführen und weiterzuentwickeln. 💜 #megastolz
👉 www.infectnet.org/web/blog-pos...

Now official: We have another opening for a fully funded #PhDposition in the Beusch lab (www.beuschlab.org) at @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social! More details here: tinyurl.com/947xcw85 If you or someone you know is curious about #splicing please apply or contact me for more information! #RNAsky #RNAbiology

I’m thrilled to share that I've recently been appointed Chair of Intestinal Microbiome at
#TUMunich
and transitioned to #TUMSchoolofLifeSciences in Freising. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Gabriele Pradel - Mehr Frauen in wissenschaftspolitische Kommissionen! YouTube video by Infect-Net TV

👩‍🔬 🚀 Mehr Frauen in wissenschaftspolitische Kommissionen! fordert unsere Sprecherin Prof. Dr. Gabriele Pradel. Warum sie die #Frauenquote befürwortet und welche Rolle Männer bei der #Frauenförderung spielen, erklärt sie in unserem neuen #Interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=36MV...
#Parität

Apply! This is a great place to develop your independence!

Structure and catalytic activity of the SAM-utilizing ribozyme SAMURI - Nature Chemical Biology Crystal structures of the ribozyme SAMURI reveal the alkyltransferase mechanism and show N3-modified adenosine and dealkylated cofactor in the active site, allowing for a comparison with riboswitches ...

A new paper from the Hoebartner Lab @UniWue @chlab.bsky.social reports the crystal structures of the ribozyme SAMURI, revealing the mechanism of its methyltransferase activity and site-selectivity

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Is it anything Hfq-like (RNA chaperone)? Or similar to CsrA (global translation modulator)? We don't know yet. But as it stands, Bacteroidota RRM proteins appear as excellent candidates to map post-transcriptional networks in a substantial fraction of the microbiota. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The global RNA-binding protein RbpB is a regulator of polysaccharide utilization in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron - Nature Communications Gut Bacteroides deploy several polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs) to forage diverse dietary and host-derived glycans. Here, the authors identify the RNA-binding protein RbpB and a family of noncod...

Latest from the Westermann lab investigating the RNA biology of the human gut commensal B. thetaiotaomicron -- the RNA-binding protein RbpB regulates polysaccharide utilization through interactions with 14 (?!) paralogous sRNAs 🧪🦠 #RNASky

This is a fantastic opportunity to start your independent career! Lots of support and a welcoming and collaborative environment!

Improved RNA stability estimation through Bayesian modeling reveals most Salmonella transcripts have subminute half-lives | PNAS RNA decay is a crucial mechanism for regulating gene expression in response to environmental stresses. In bacteria, RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are...

Well, with the new activity here, thought I'd post some threads with some of our recent work -- starting with our paper where we use Bayesian statistical modeling to show bacterial transcripts have subminute half-lives, far shorter than previously thought 🧫🦠🧬💻 #RNAsky www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Wonderful! Thank you @plos.org for choosing our paper! We definitely put some love into this project :)