We’re delighted to celebrate Dr. Jarauwatana Sodai Lotharukpong for successfully defending his PhD thesis! Congratulations Sodai - You did it! We wish you success and good wishes in your future endeavors: www.linkedin.com/posts/imprs-... #PhDone #Maxplanckinstitute #IMPRS

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Going beyond Hi-C metagenomics! In our new pre-print, we adapt the Micro-C protocol to microbiomes. Achieving higher resolution, we recovered 3D genomes and bacterial-plasmid links. Check it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @microbiome.bsky.social

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Interesting work by @atyakht.bsky.social and @anya-bogdanova.bsky.social from the Dept. of Microbiome Science. Bacterial flagellins come in thousands of different forms. This tool cuts through that complexity, helping predict how they’re sensed by TLR5, a key player in our innate immune system.

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Congratulations to our Emeritus Director Thomas Boehm on receiving his third ERC Advanced Grant @erc.europa.eu for his ImmunoPlast project to explore the extraordinary immune systems of deep-sea anglerfishes. Read the full article: www.bio.mpg.de/527824/thoma...

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Our paper on FlaPro tool for quantifying flagellin diversity in the human gut microbiome is out now! bit.ly/4wLPxuH @anya-bogdanova.bsky.social @microbiome.bsky.social

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