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Wrapping Up 2024: Highlights, Insights, and New Beginnings
As the year comes to an end, this final newsletter of 2024 brings together memorable moments from the festive Christmas celebration, a preview of upcoming events in the new year, and the latest publications from the Microverse community.
Wishing everyone a serene holiday season and a fresh, energetic start to 2025.
With warm wishes,
The Balance of the Microverse Management Team
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A Festive Celebration to End the Year
On December 11th, the Microverse community came together for a joyful Christmas celebration at the Kulturbahnhof Jena. The evening was marked by festive cheer, exciting activities, and the recognition of outstanding achievements within our community.
A highlight of the event was the presentation of the Microverse Awards, honoring excellence in science and communication:
- The Microverse Early Career Award was presented to Kerstin Unger for her remarkable contributions to her field.
- The Microverse Science Communication Award was shared between two exceptional recipients:
- The MiCom Team for organizing the highly successful Science Slam, which brought science to life in an engaging and accessible format.
- Sophie Neumann, who impressed with her dedication to science outreach, particularly through her activities during Jena's Long Night of Sciences.
Adding to the festive atmosphere, the Science Pub Quiz, hosted by the JSMC, was a highlight of the evening. Special thanks goes to Marcel Bäcker, whose energetic and entertaining moderation made the quiz a memorable experience for everyone.
Thank you to all who attended and contributed to making this celebration such a success. It was a wonderful way to reflect on a productive year and strengthen our community spirit as we look ahead to 2025!
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JEMS in January 2025
We are excited to announce the upcoming talk in the Jena Excellence in Microbiology Seminar (JEMS) series:
- Speaker: Ricarda Winkelmann (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology)
- Date: January 13, 2025
- Time: 1 to 2 pm
- Location: Leibniz-HKI – Seminar Room Koch/Pasteur, Beutenbergstr. 11a, Jena
JEMS brings together leading experts to share cutting-edge research and foster collaboration within the microbiology community.
The seminar is open to all interested members of the Microverse Cluster and beyond. No registration is required.
We look forward to seeing you there for what promises to be a fascinating and thought-provoking session!
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Selected Microverse Publications
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- Wang Y, Chen J, Ni Y, Liu Y, Gao X, Tse MA, Panagiotou G & Xu A (2024). Exercise-changed gut mycobiome as a potential contributor to metabolic benefits in diabetes prevention: an integrative multi-omics study. Gut Microbes, 16(1), 2416928.
- Calvarese M, Corbetta E, Contreras J, Bae H, Lai C, Reichwald K, ... & Popp J (2024). Endomicroscopic AI-driven morphochemical imaging and fs-laser ablation for selective tumor identification and selective tissue removal. Science Advances, 10(50), eado9721.
- Velasco-Gomariz M, Sulzer J, Faber F & Fröhlich KS (2024). An sRNA overexpression library reveals AbnZ as a negative regulator of an essential translocation module in Caulobacter crescentus. Nucleic Acids Research, gkae1139.
- Heidrich L, Wiener J, Castro-Camus E, Koch M & Ornik J (2024). Automated in-situ monitoring of accelerated crystallization processes of nifedipine using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1-9.
- zu Siederdissen CH, Spangenberg J, Bisdorf K, Krautwurst S, Srivastava A, Marz M & Taubert M (2024). Nanopore sequencing enables novel detection of deuterium incorporation in DNA. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 23, 3584-3594.
- Velsko IM, Fagernäs Z, Tromp M, Bedford S, Buckley HR, Clark G, ... & Warinner C (2024). Exploring the potential of dental calculus to shed light on past human migrations in Oceania. Nature Communications, 15(1), 10191.
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All publications
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