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SPP 1879 PI Natalia Tschowri received a W2 Professorship offer

Congratulations to Natalia Tschowri for receiving a W2 Professorship offer for Cellular Microbiology at the Leibniz Universität Hannover.

Open PhD position on hydrolysis and functions of cyclic di-AMP in Streptomyces

A DFG-funded PhD position (E13, 65%) “Hydrolysis and functions of cyclic di-AMP in Streptomyces” is available in the group of the SPP 1879 PI Natalia Tschowri at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
(Email: natalia.tschowri@hu-berlin.de)

https://www.personalabteilung.hu-berlin.de/de/stellenausschreibungen/wissenschaftlicher-mitarbeiter-m-w-d-mit-65-v-h-d-regelm-arbeitszeit-e-13-tv-l-hu-drittmittelfinanzierung-befristet-bis-30-11-2022-3

SPP 1879 PI Fabian Commichau accepted W3 Professorship

Congratulations to Fabian Commichau for accepting the W3 Professorship for Synthetic Microbiology at the Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, starting this fall.

Open PhD position on regulation cyanobacterial cAMP sensing

A DFG-funded PhD position (E13, 65%) “Linking second messenger nucleotide signalling with CO₂ homeostasis in cyanobacteria: unravelling the SbtB-based network” is available in the group of the SPP 1879 PI Martin Hagemann at the University of Rostock, Germany.
(Email: martin.hagemann@uni-rostock.de)

PhD position on cyanobacterial cAMP signalling

SPP 1879 PI Sonja-Verena Albers has been elected as EMBO member

Congratulations to Sonja-Verena Albers from Universität Freiburg for being elected as new EMBO member 2019.

https://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/2019/embo-elects-56-new-members?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=press_release

Prof. Agnès Ullmann, the pioneer of cAMP research in bacteria, has passed away in Paris on Feb 25, 2019

Prof. Agnès Ullmann, the pioneer of cAMP research in bacteria, has passed away in Paris on Feb 25, 2019, at the age of 91.

https://www.instagram.com/microbio.spp1879/

SPP 1879 PI Fabian Commichau has been promoted to apl. Professor

Congratulations to Fabian Commichau on completing the process for conferment of the title of apl. Professor at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik.

Marburg iGEM team supported by SPP 1879 PI Gert Bange has won the iGEM competition in Boston

Congratulations to the Marburg iGEM team, the overgrad Grand Prize Winner 2018.

https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/aktuelles/news/igem-sieg

SPP 1879 PI Gregor Witte completed his habilitation

Congratulations to Gregor Witte for habilitation in Biochemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

SPP 1879-associated PhD student Jan Gundlach received the VAAM PhD award

Congratulations to Jan Gundlach (from Jörg Stülke Group at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik) on receiving the VAAM Award 2018 for his outstanding PhD thesis.

https://uni-goettingen.de/en/jan+gundlach+receives+the+vaam+thesis+award+for+his+
ph.d.+thesis.+congratulations%2c+dr.+gundlach%21+/588598.html

https://vaam.de/aktivitaeten/preise-ehrungen/promotionspreise-der-vaam/archiv-der-preistraeger/