Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms // Hans-Knöll Institute Jena

27/10/2019

Previous week was so exciting! We hosted the autumn school of the new ITN https://www.funhomic.eu/en

These highly motivated students learned a lot about different topics important for their future !

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Aberdeen Fungal Group
Institut Pasteur

23/07/2019

We had our day-out today! A lot of fun doing treasure hunt around Jena and then relaxing at Paradies Park!

15/05/2019

It’s official: congratulations to Dr. Allert! Great job, Steffi!!!

21/04/2019

Happy everyone!

15/04/2019

Yeaster is coming! We already started with some agar-art :) Join our Yeaster-celebration!

09/04/2019

Spring is in the air, science is all around us - Yeaster Bunny will start its rounds soon. Let's celebrate Yeaster this year with some springtime lab creativity! You can do it in any format you like: by making a nice piece of art on an agar plate or just making another excuse to gather all the lab members for a cake: just be creative! Post a photo of your Yeaster celebration using the hastag and we will choose the best one!

19/03/2019

What's oval with a hard shell and the symbol of a yearly holiday? Yeasts, of course! Yeaster is coming soon, let's all celebrate our favorite lab fungi.
We invite all the labs working with yeasts to celebrate Yeaster with us! You can do it in any format you like: by making a nice piece of art on an agar plate or just making another excuse to gather all the lab members for a cake: just be creative! Post a photo of your Yeaster celebration using the hastag and we will choose the best one!

01/03/2019

We are proud to say that our postdoc Sascha Brunke is the new chair of DGHM specialized group on Eukaryotic Pathogens! https://www.dghm.org/startseite/fachgruppen/eukaryontische-krankheitserreger/

27/02/2019

Another great talk at the DGHM Meeting in Göttingen: our PhD student Antonia Last talked about the interaction of C. albicans and lactobacilli Toni

26/02/2019

Our PhD student Marina Pekmezović has been awarded for the Best poster at the MCAA General Assembly and Annual Conference in Vienna! The presentation entitled "PhD is more than science" had an aim to present different outreach activities and emphasize the importance of ! Congrats!

Themis Christophidou is a European public servant who became Director-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission, in March 2018.

25/02/2019

Our postdoc Lydia Kasper shared the latest research on NLRP3 inflammasome activation by Candidalysin at the DGHM meeting in Göttingen

22/02/2019

Gut feeling: When Th17 cells detect intestinal Candida albicans, this may lead to severe problems with Aspergillus - in the lung. Sascha and Bernhard contributed to this brand new study in Cell:

Human anti-fungal Th17 immunity and pathology rely on cross-reactivity against Candida albicans.