Congratulations to Franz Narberhaus from Ruhr-Universität Bochum on being elected the new president of VAAM (the Association for General and Applied Microbiology).
https://news.rub.de/leute/2021-03-23-gewaehlt-ein-ehrenamt-fuer-franz-narberhaus
News and Events
SPP 1879-associated PhD student Larissa Krüger received the VAAM PhD award
Congratulations to Larissa Krüger (from Jörg Stülke Group at the Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik) on receiving the VAAM Award 2021 for her outstanding PhD thesis.
https://vaam.de/aktivitaeten/preise-ehrungen/promotionspreise-der-vaam/
SPP 1879 PI Gert Bange has been appointed “Fellow” at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology by the Max Planck Society
Congratulations to Gert Bange on becoming a Max Planck Fellow at the MPIterMic.
11. – 12.03.2021 SPP 1879 Gender Equality / Career Options Workshop
Virtual Workshop: 11 – 12 March 2021
Organizers: Mihaela Pruteanu & Regine Hengge (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Contact: Mihaela Pruteanu
20.05.2021 SPP 1879 Progress Meeting 2021
Virtual Meeting: 20 May 2021
Organizers: Regine Hengge & Mihaela Pruteanu (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Registration and Abstract submission deadline: 20 April 2021
Contact: Mihaela Pruteanu
SPP 1879 Managing Coordinator Mihaela Pruteanu is the new EU-ITN Network Manager
Our SPP 1879 Managing Coordinator Mihaela Pruteanu is the new EU-ITN Network Manager of the EU-funded collaborative research and training network (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network) “PEP-NET: Predictive Epigenetics”.
http://www.ringroselab.com/news-blog/welcome-to-our-lab-mihaela
She will continue to be the SPP 1879 Managing Coordinator until the end of the program.
SPP 1879 PI Gert Bange received the Prize for Excellence in Doctoral Supervision
Congratulations to Gert Bange for being awarded the Prize for Excellence in Doctoral Supervision by the University of Marburg.
https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/aktuelles/news/2020/neuer-preis-fuer-exzellente-promotionsbetreuung
SPP 1879 PI Natalia Tschowri accepted W2 Professorship offer
Congratulations to Natalia Tschowri for accepting the W2 Professorship for Cellular Microbiology at the Leibniz Universität Hannover, starting this fall.
VAAM Microbial Cell Biology Meeting – postponed to 2021!
Due to the dynamic and unstable developments concerning the COVID-19 outbreak in Germany, the 4th VAAM discussion meeting ‘Microbial Cell Biology’ is postponed to October 2021.
Save the Date: SPP 1879 PI Natalia Tschowri and Marc Erhardt, organizers of the upcoming VAAM Microbial Cell Biology Meeting (October 8-10, 2020 at the Humboldt University of Berlin), invite other SPP 1879 members to attend.
Program and Registration details: http://microcellbio.hu-berlin.de
SPP 1879 PI Natalia Tschowri received a W2 Professorship offer
Congratulations to Natalia Tschowri for receiving a W2 Professorship offer for Mikrobielle Stoffwechselphysiologie at Leipzig University.