News and Reviews

• GRK 2973's Christmas Retreat The first Retreat of MiNu was held on 19 December in a historical building at the town centre.
• Joint paper by Martin Thanbichler and Gert Bange published A newly discovered molecular switch mechanism plays a central role in the infection process in bacterial dysentery.
• From DNA to protein: Katharina Höfer shows school students the world of research On International Women's Day, 8 March 2024, the Emil von Behring School in Geislingen welcomed Dr. Katharina Höfer for a lecture.
• Katharina Höfer received Otto Meyerhof Prize 2024 The Otto Meyerhof Prize is awarded by the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) and sponsored by the Germany-based pharmaceutical global player Boehringer Ingelheim. It is awarded every two years to an outstanding young scientist with a doctorate no longer than eight years past at the time of the application deadline and who is currently conducting research in Germany.
• Happy Easter – and looking forward to our Speaker Series! With the colours of spring now popping up all around, GRK 2937 wishes everybody happy Easter holidays!
• MiNu at the 75th Mosbacher Kolloquium The GRK 2937 doctoral researchers Bayan Al-Anati, Fareha Masood and Stefan Petschak joined the poster session.
• Dr. Murat Sunbul and fluorescent RNAs The group leader from Heidelberg University gave a compelling talk at the SYNMIKRO lecture hall.
• First fractal molecule in nature discovered An international research team from Max Planck Institute and SYNMIKRO publishes results in "Nature", involving two MiNu PIs.
• Prof. Sonja Albers and cell division in Archaea The professor of microbiology from the University of Freiburg presented an inspiring talk at the SYNMIKRO lecture hall.
• Peter Kolb and Lennart Randau successful at VW "Momentum"
• 2024 Summer Symposium on 12 July At this year's Symposium in Marburg, GRK 2937 welcomes Prof. Iwona Mruk (Gdansk), Prof. Ben Luisi (Cambridge), Dr. Rebecca Hinrichs (Marburg), Dr. Georg Hochberg (MPI Marburg), Prof. Kristina Jonas (Stockholm) and Prof. Urs Jenal (Basel).
• Prof. Jörg Stülke with news from Bacillus subtilis The inspiring talk sparked in-depth questions and a lively discussion at the MPI lecture hall.