Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center

Today’s @bzh-hd.bsky.social seminar is on Cross-linking mass spec #XL_MS & how it can be used in cell biology, given by Fan Liu. Thx @cpaulino.bsky.social for inviting her!!!

Kicking off the year with a new scientific chapter from one of our group leaders @fabiololicato.com

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We’re looking for a part-time Administrative Assistant (19.75 h/week) starting 1 March 2026.
You’ll support finance tasks, organise events, manage website updates, and work with a friendly team in an international environment.

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🎄 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞! 🎄

Thrilled to share a special pre-holiday gift to 𝗟𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼 & 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝘀!

𝐏𝐈(𝟒,𝟓)𝐏𝟐 𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 is essential for the unconventional secretion of 𝐅𝐆𝐅𝟐, driving rapid formation of a lipidic membrane pore, enabling membrane translocation ⏩⏩

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thrilled to share that Dr. Jirka Peschek, one of our BZH group leaders, is receiving the Chica & Heinz Schaller Award for his RNA biology research 🧬

🏆 €100,000 research funding.

Ceremony today, 26 Nov, 5:30 PM, Marsilius Kolleg (INF 130.1).

Congrats, Jirka! 🎉

🚨Paper alert! 🚨

Exciting work from our group leader @mandyjeske.bsky.social !

Using ReLo + AlphaFold, they mapped Drosophila piRNA factor interactions—uncovering new links in transposon silencing and genome integrity.

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🎉 Congratulations to the winners of the Best Poster Awards at #BiomembraneDays2025 sponsored by @lipotype.bsky.social

🏆Manpreet Kaur (with @fabiololicato.com &W. Nickel)
🏆Jana Kroll (@janakroll.bsky.social @mdc-berlin.bsky.social)
🏆Ha Ngoc Anh Nguyen (with @jamessaenz.bsky.social)

🚀Science rocks!

Now @bzh-hd.bsky.social Jonathan Friedman is talking in #mitochondria organization

🚨 Preprint Alert 🚨 #LipidTime

Excited to share our new preprint! 🎉 We propose a hypothesis for how FGF2 crosses the plasma membrane — a mechanism that may reflect a general principle of membrane remodeling.

🔑 Key idea: Non-bilayer lipid accumulation alters membrane properties, driving remodeling.

Thrilled to have contributed to this amazing work! Thanks for having us on board 🙌 Huge shoutout to our super-talented postdoc #MelanieKönig for her outstanding efforts 💫. And big congratulations to everyone involved in this terrific team effort! 🎉 @sfb1638.bsky.social @bzh-hd.bsky.social

A bit late—but better late than never!
Honored to present my work at #EBSA2025 in Rome a few weeks ago.

I first attended EBSA in 2017 in Edinburgh and haven’t missed one since. This year in Rome—my first home—was especially meaningful. 🇮🇹

Already looking forward to Berlin 2027—my new home! 🇩🇪

Looking for a PhD position?

The Schuck lab has an opening for a student interested in finding out how human cells control the size of their endoplasmic reticulum. Please visit www.bzh.uni-heidelberg.de/schuck and navigate to 'Open Positions'.

Do you want to become our colleague?

We are looking to fill a part-time (50%) permanent position for a Technical Laboratory Assistant, starting September 15, 2025.

See below for further details on the role and responsibilities

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It was an honor and a real pleasure to be the first speaker at the inaugural @bitsinbio.bsky.social meetup in Berlin!A fantastic opportunity to share my past work and future research directions with such an inspiring and engaged audience!

Huge thanks to @instadeep.bsky.social for making it happen!

Just back from the Jacques Monod Conference on Membrane Remodeling in Roscoff—an inspiring trip for Sebastian Schuck and Michael Meinecke (@meineckelab)! We had exciting science, engaged in inspiring discussions, and enjoyed the stunning setting. There’s nothing quite like membrane research.

The Schuck lab is looking for a PhD student or postdoc who is keen to understand how cells control organelle size and shape.

For more information, please visit www.bzh.uni-heidelberg.de/schuck and have a look at 'open positions’.

Plasma membrane transbilayer asymmetry of PI(4,5)P2 drives unconventional secretion of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Unconventional secretion of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 (FGF2) is based upon direct self-translocation across the plasma membrane, a process that involves the transient formation of a lipidic membrane ...

🚨 Lipid Time! 🚨
Excited to share our latest story now on @biorxiv-biochem.bsky.social !
Our brilliant PhD student @manpreet0700.bsky.social , together with @walter-nickel-bzh.bsky.social and myself, shows how PI(4,5)P₂ asymmetry in the plasma membrane drives the unconventional secretion of FGF2!
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Lovely start into our new #SFB1638 on cellular membrane remodeling with a two-day kick-off meeting at the International Academic Forum Heidelberg (IWH). Many thanks to our speaker @meineckelab.bsky.social and team for the great organization.

🚨Another #PostDocOpportunity through the @hlsalliance.bsky.social program at our institute, in the junior research group led by @fabiololicato.com

#LipidTime @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

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🚨 We are hiring 🚨

We seek to fill a full-time teaching position starting September 1, 2025!

We look forward to your application (cover letter, CV, certificates, etc.) in a single PDF.

Deadline: March 14, 2025

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🚨We are on Bluesky🚨

Hello World!

Finally, the Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) is on Social Media!

Follow us for research updates, discoveries, and lab highlights! 🔬🧪🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬