Episode 3 of the BBNJ Agreement podcast 🎧
It explains the treaty’s Clearing-House Mechanism and how it could become a key hub for data and support – ft. Amber H. Scholz, head of DSMZ Science Policy Department.
Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJs...
#BBNJ #HighSeas #OceanConservation #ClimateAction
DSMZ hosted colleagues from NITE Biology Resource Centre last week for a tour, discussions on databases and benefit sharing, and a dinner together.
#ScienceCollaboration #ResearchVisit #TeamWork
🚨 Resistenzbrechende Virus-Stämme bedrohen Tomaten 🍅 & 🫑 Paprika! Sie überwinden Schutzbarrieren.
DSMZ-Meldung: tinyurl.com/5ypebype
#TomatenVirus #PaprikaErnte #PflanzenSchutz #GemüseAnbau
🚨 Discovery: Resistance-breaking virus threatens tomato 🍅 & pepper 🫑 harvests! It overcomes crop defences. Press release: tinyurl.com/4m8uy3et 🌱📉
#TomatoVirus #PepperHarvest #PlantThreat #CropAlert
🧫 Say hello to Herbivorax alkaliphila sp. nov.!
This salt-loving bacterium, isolated from a salt lake, can break down plant cellulose even in salty water – only the second of its kind described from such an environment. Now part of the DSMZ collection.
#Microbiology #ScienceNews #EcoDiscovery
Unique microbe alert: Chloracidobacterium validum uses light energy, from Bulgarian hot springs. Now freely available at DSMZ! tinyurl.com/mt3ezjsh
#Microbiology #ScienceNews #Microbes
🌟 We’re hiring! Join the DSMZ team 🌟
We're looking for talented scientists to join our diverse, international team.
Explore our current job offers and become part of one of the world’s most comprehensive biological resource centers!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career
#JobsInScience #ResearchCareers #hiring
Chloracidobacterium validum: Licht = Energie! Diese seltene Bakterie aus heißen Quellen ist jetzt für Forschung verfügbar. Perfekt, um Mikroben-Tricks zu knacken.
👉 tinyurl.com/3d4f685p
#Mikrobiologie #Biotech #Wissenschaft
Die DSMZ stellt nicht nur genau charakterisierte Brustkrebs-Zelllinien für Forschungsteams weltweit bereit. Mit diesen Zelllinien lassen sich bessere Modelle für neue Therapien entwickeln und bestehende Behandlungen verbessern.
👉 tinyurl.com/yekh2um4
#BreastCancer #CancerResearch #OpenData
LPSN becomes an ELIXIR Core Data Resource! This database tracks bacterial names, aiding scientists worldwide. Easier microbe research ahead.
Press release: tinyurl.com/fuud42xk
#ScienceNews #Microbiology #Innovation #BioData
LPSN wird ELIXIR Core Data Resource! Zentrale Liste für Mikroben-Namen – einfach & topaktuell für Forscher. Check it: tinyurl.com/bddz9mew
#Mikrobenforschung #Wissenschaft #ELIXIR #Bio
Pinselschimmel Penicillium: Mikrobe 2026! 🧫 Von Lab-Zufall zu Lebensretter mit Penicillin, plus Käse & Biotech. VAAM-Pick! 👉 vaam.de/infoportal-m...
#MikrobeDesJahres #Penicillium #Wissenschaft #Bio
📷 Ulrich Kück & Birgit Hoff
Office with a view – This wonderful sight was enjoyed this morning by our researchers from the Plant Viruses Department in their office on the JKI campus.
📷 B. Krenz
#winter2026 #happymonday #icicle #officewithaview
📢 DSMZ is hiring!
We are looking for a Scientific Lead for the SILVA Database, a key tool for understanding microbes and biodiversity.
Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/y973v547
#HiringNow #ScienceJobs #Microbiology #ResearchCareers
@dsmzd3.bsky.social
Actinomycetes under the spotlight: screening 940 genomes revealed 54 candidate phosphonate producers, with 21 strains confirmed, including Kitasatospora fiedleri carrying a unique, regulator controlled biosynthetic cluster.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/y43tk58n
#Phosphonate #Actinomycetes #GenomeMining
Happy New Year from all of us at Leibniz Institute DSMZ!
Here’s to a year of discovery, collaboration, and meaningful impact.
We can’t wait to share new ideas and breakthroughs with you in 2026. 🌍✨
#HappyNewYear #Research #Innovatio
📷 pixabay/cocoparisienne
New guide from the German Nagoya Protocol Hub 🌿
The *Institutional Roadmap to ABS Compliance* helps institutions meet biodiversity and ABS goals with practical tools & checklists.
Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/mr2w7vmy
#Sustainability #Biodiversity #NagoyaProtocol #PolicyInAction
Heute fand die offizielle Verabschiedung unseres ehemaligen Wissenschaftlichen Direktors Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann statt.
#DSMZ #DSMZDigitalDiversity #Braunschweig
Save the Date! 📅
The NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2026 will take place 15–17 September 2026 and will be a joint event with other biodata-related NFDI consortia. Stay tuned for more details!
#onenfdi #NFDI4Microbiota #rdm #microbiota
DSMZ reaches a new milestone! 🎉
Our 1,000th human cell line, ICC9, supports vital cancer research on rare biliary tract tumours.
Read more: tinyurl.com/5xc8k9wv
#CancerResearch #ScienceNews #LifeSciences #Innovation
Kind reminder that our winter break starts next week ☃️
Don't miss this online workshop 👇
📢 Hey students, we are looking for a student assistant
🔴 35 h/month
🔴 create visual communication materials
🔴 prepare/edit/maintain documents/website content/social media
🔴 support daily work
More information and application 👉 tinyurl.com/2av7wpcw
#HiWi #Job #Braunschweig #StudentJobs
Wir sind #PositivelyPurple.
Mehr Infos zu Leibniz inklusiv 👉 tinyurl.com/wszv26d4
#leibnizinklusiv #DisAbilityConfidence #chancengleichheit #inklusion #vielfalt #diversität #teilhabe #diversity #InclusionMatters #myAbility #InclusionRevolution
Outstanding achievement: DSMZ’s Markus Göker and Andrey M. Yurkov are named among Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2025, recognising their work among the world’s top 1%.
Details: tinyurl.com/4w6aza8u
#HighlyCitedResearchers #ScienceNews #ResearchImpact
Zwei DSMZ-Forscher gehören zu den meistzitierten der Welt! 🌍
Markus Göker und Andrey Yurkov wurden von Clarivate als „Highly Cited Researchers 2025“ ausgezeichnet – für ihre Forschung in Bioinformatik und Pilzkunde.
Mehr Infos: tinyurl.com/aw57hb8s
#Science #Research #Leibniz #Braunschweig
Dr Paolo Margaria took part in a DAAD/CAPES event at CETENE, Brazil (17–19 Nov), sharing research on sustainable agriculture & cross-border science. Workshops on plant health & sequencing followed.
📷 J. deOliveira, B.Mendes
#ScienceWithoutBorders #BrazilGermany #ResearchCollaboration #Sustainability
📌 Save the date for the upcoming SILVA online workshop 👇
#DSMZDigitalDiversity #RNA #database #FAIRdata
Don't miss this exciting workshop 👇
🚨 Save the date!
Please note that orders and requests 📝 received via email or webshop during our Winter Break from 15 Dec 2025 to 9 Jan 2026 will be stored in our systems, but not processed until after the break.
Please also note that biological material 🧫 🦠 cannot be processed in this period!
