IMPRS for Living Matter

Welcome on board at the IMPRS-LM!

Registration is now open for the EMBO Workshop "#Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins in health and disease" in #Monopoli, Italy, 28 Sep–2 Oct 2026.

Registration deadline: 31 May
Abstract submission deadline: 15 Jun

https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-ubiquitin
#EMBOubiquitin #EMBOevents 🧪

Ubiquitin & Friends Fiesta in Vienna, 29-30 April 2026.
Great speakers, small size, a friendly community, perfect for early-career researchers to connect with fellow ubiquitin enthusiasts. Sign up at www.protein-degradation.org/symposium/ and submit abstracts for talks and awards.
#ubfriends26

Are you passionate about interdisciplinary research and eager to contribute to groundbreaking discoveries in the areas of #biochemistry, #structuralbiology, #biophysics, #cellbiology, #chemicalbiology and #syntheticbiology? Apply NOW for a #fullyfunded #PhDpositions @IMPRS-LM.
Deadline: April 6

We have an exciting 3-year postdoc position available to study how Salmonella remodels host membrane dynamics.

If you have a background in cell biology and are interested in working on an infection project this could be for you!

Application deadline - 24th February.

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

📢Job alert📢

@uniheidelberg.bsky.social has an opening for a full W3-position on “Modeling of Biological Processes” 😀👍 Here is the call

tinyurl.com/3w9e9dtf

and application deadline is March 15. The group would be located at the beautiful #BioQuant center right in the middle of Neuenheimer Feld.

2nd postdoc job alert in the Crick Institute in London. Project will examine the role of motors & the cytoskeleton (actin, septins and microtubules) during vaccinia virus egress using biochemical, structural & cellular approaches + live cell imaging. spread the word.
crick.ac.uk/WayPostdoc20...

Check out the open positions in companies and institutions affiliated to Vienna BioCenter in the career section of our website: www.viennabiocenter.org/career/open-...

We are hiring! Join the Gerlich lab as a scientific programmer/bioinformatician and join an interdisciplinary team studying fundamental mechanisms of chromosome organization, DNA repair, and cell division.

SAVE THE DATE!
The EMBO workshop "Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-like proteins in Health and Disease" will be on September 2026.
Exciting line up of talks and an amazing location!
Organised by @kulathu.bsky.social, @merbllab.bsky.social, @simonapolo.bsky.social, Claudio Joazeiro.
Registration open soon.

An illustration of people writing on papers, with text: Academic writing was a struggle—until I formed a peer group with other graduate students

"Having someone beside me changed everything. It was a means to ensure accountability." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4rFa7LM

Cell Proliferation and Gene Editing Unit Every day, millions of cells divide to sustain essential tissue functions. Errors in this process can lead to developmental disorders or cancer. Our research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of cel...

We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher at OIST (Okinawa, Japan) to explore how mitotic stress shapes aging.

If you’re excited about cell biology, aging, and mechanistic discovery, we’d love to hear from you.

More info: www.oist.jp/careers/post...

Website: www.oist.jp/research/res...

A woman writing on a flipchart during a course. Text highlighting the next EMBO Lab Leadership for Postdocs course running in Germany on 27–29 January 2026 still has places available. Register now and we can still issue the invoice this year.

Still need to use up 2025 funding? Places available for @embo.org Lab Leadership for #Postdocs course 27–29 January! Take time to focus on interpersonal skills + discover tools to support development. Sign up now and still get invoice this year: www.embolableadership.org/course/embol... #EMBOLabLead

We are hiring!

Interested? Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887

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Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.

For more details and to apply please see

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

📢 New Award for #ECRs in #Biochemistry!

Apply for our Meeting Award to get:
✅ 500 € grant for the #Biochemistry2026 conference
✅ 1 year of free division membership

Apply now: en.gdch.de/network-s...

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#Chemistry #ChemBio #AcademicTwitter #PhD

A #postdoc position in atypical #ubiquitin signalling and protein binder engineering is opening soon in my lab at DTU Bioengineering! Get in touch if you are interested.

We are looking for a computational postdoc to work with us on new optimisation algorithms to make #RELION even better. Join our bubbly team at the @mrclmb.bsky.social in Cambridge, UK. 🤗 RTs appreciated.

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📢 Deadline extended until Saturday 11 October (included)!! Don't miss the chance to join an international community of scientists at the @imprs-lm.bsky.social. We offer fully funded #PhDpositions for you to pursue your graduate studies and develop into an independent researcher.
#IMPRS #PhDprogram

We are happy to announce that we will have two new scientific groups led by Andrija Sente and Katerina Naydenova soon! If you are interested to join their lab as a PhD Student apply at our @imprs-lm.bsky.social

www.imprs-lm.mpg.de/index.php/jo...

Errors during cell divisions can have dire consequences. If you are interested in understanding how kinetochores and the microtubule cytoskeleton network work together to allow faithful chromosome segregation in mitosis apply to the Westermann lab at IMPRS-LM @imprs-lm.bsky.social.
#IMPRS #yeast

The ability to visualize the molecular organization of the sarcomere in its native state is key for understanding the alterations that are associated with cardiomyopathies. Join the Raunser lab @raunser-lab.bsky.social at IMPRS-LM to dive into heart cells using cryo-electron tomography. APPLY NOW!

At the @imprs-lm.bsky.social the group of Hannes Mutschler @mutschlerlab.bsky.social, using reconstituted protein and nucleic acid components, aims to de-novo engineer self-replicating and biomimetic systems capable of mimicking the remarkable complexity of living cells. Intrigued? APPLY NOW!

At the IMPRS-LM @imprs-lm.bsky.social the group of Katerina Naydenova is offering a #PhDposition to explore the molecular pathways of cellular danger signaling and develop cutting-edge methods to visualise them at high resolution, bridging cell biology, structural biology & biochemistry. Apply NOW!

Motivated by the quest for understanding the molecular origins of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia? #PhDprojects utilising high-resolution #cryo-EM and methods from #molecularbiology and #neuroscience to study these disorders are available at the IMPRS-LM. Apply NOW to the Sente group!

The Linser Lab is offering a #PhDposition in structural biology to investigate the atom-resolved dynamics underlying protein functionality using #NMRspectroscopy. Apply to the @imprs-lm.bsky.social!
👉https://www.imprs-lm.mpg.de/index.php/join/apply

#IMPRS #Structurebiology #NMRspectroscopy

Interested in exploring redox-active sites or unveiling catalysis at the molecular level or manipulating key metalloproteins for efficient therapies? Take your chance and apply for a #PhDposition in the Kasanmascheff lab @kasanmaschefflab.bsky.social @imprs-lm.bsky.social

#IMPRS #EPRspectroscopy

If you would like to contribute to uncover the mechanisms by which proteolytic enzymes in the ubiquitin system operate and exploit these insights for novel therapeutic approaches, then apply to the Gersch lab @maltegersch.bsky.social #IMPRS-LM.

#IMPRS #PhDposition #PhDprogram #ChemicalBiology

The Sacca' lab investigates the behavior of molecular motors within engineered DNA origami nano-compartments to understanding of how nanoscale confinements influence biochemical processes and energy conversion. Interested? Then apply to @imprs-lm.bsky.social

#IMPRS #PhDposition #Syntheticbiology