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Stay Informed, Stay Inspired
As we move into 2025, the Microverse Cluster continues to foster scientific excellence, collaboration, and inclusivity. This edition of our newsletter brings you key opportunities, workshops, and events:
- Microscopy Course 2025 – Register by March 3 for hands-on training in standard and advanced microscopy techniques.
- Supporting Diversity – Explore our advisory services for diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities within the Microverse Cluster.
- LIFE Funding Call – Apply by March 31 for funding of up to €25,000 to boost your research collaborations.
- Workshop on Everyday Racism – Join the discussion on March 27 to develop awareness and strategies for tackling discrimination.
- Microverse Scientist Exchange – Apply by March 1 for funding to gain new research experiences in external labs.
- International RDM Community Meeting – Connect with research data management experts in Jena, April 1–2.
Don't miss these and other exciting opportunities! Read on for more details.
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Microscopy course 2025
The Microverse Imaging Center is again offering its microscopy course, split in two parts:
- Basics in Microscopy
April 7 to 9, 2025 | Zentrum für Angewandte Forschung (ZAF), Philosophenweg 7, Jena
Standard light microscopy, fluorescence, live-cell imaging & sample preparation, image analysis
- Advanced Microscopy Methods in Autumn 2025
exact date and location to be announced
Confocal microscopy and related methods; super-resolution microscopy; hands-ons
JSMC members will receive credit points for attendance.
Registrations until March 3, 2025, under https://form.jotform.com/250471614143348
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For more information, contact us at microscopy@microverse-cluster.de.
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Illustration: Juliane Seeber, Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse"
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Supporting Diversity: Advisory Services at the Cluster
At the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse", we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive research environment. To support our members in matters related to diversity, equality, and inclusion, we offer a range of advisory services in collaboration with the University of Jena.
Whether you are seeking guidance on equal opportunities, family-friendly policies, anti-discrimination measures, or intercultural exchange, dedicated resources and consultation services are available. Silvia Kolossa, our diversity and inclusion contact, is here to assist you with any inquiries.
For more information on available support structures and initiatives, visit:
Creating a welcoming and equitable research environment is a shared responsibility—let’s work together to strengthen diversity in science!
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Workshop: Everyday Racism - How to Deal with it
March 27, 2025 | 9 am to 5 pm | SR Alexander Fleming, Leibniz-HKI, Beutenbergstr. 11
Trainer: Mariette Nicole Afi Amoussou (https://amoussou.de/)
We want to announce a workshop on "Everyday Racism - How to Deal with it". This workshop will focus on raising awareness and understanding everyday racism. It will also help to develop strategies for showing solidarity and setting boundaries. Depending on the needs of the participants, there will also be a section for affected individuals focusing on how to build resilience and cope with personal fear.
If you would like to participate, please register here until March 10, 2025.
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Further information
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REMINDER: Microverse Scientist Exchange Funds
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Do you want to
- learn new technical skills
- experience research life in a different laboratory environment and culture
- help build (inter)national collaborations
You can apply for funds to spend a short research stay in another lab, or invite an outside researcher here to us in Jena.
The exchange program supports projects that are in line with the Microverse core topics (see below for more info) and enhances the scientific career development of doctoral researchers and postdocs.
Completed applications should be sent to contact@microverse-cluster.de by March 1, 2025.
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Call & Application form
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Graphic: Franziska Eberl edited by Dania Rose-Sperling
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Apply Now for LIFE Funding!
Deadline: March 31, 2025 | Funding: 15.000 €/ 20.000 €/ 25.000 €
The LIFE “Connect” funds enable the development of scientific projects that have have the potential for successful application for third-party funding. New cooperations between researchers of different groups, institutes and disciplines shall be established to stimulate top-level research.
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More details: LIFE Program
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Graphic: Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management (TKFDM)
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International RDM Community Meeting for Trainers and Data Stewards
April 1 to 2, 2025 | Rosensäle, Universität Jena, Fürstengraben 27, Jena
The Fellowship of the Data is fueled by enthusiasm for Research Data Management (RDM) and networking. Founded by RDM trainers and data stewards, we want to offer an open space for everyone with aligned interests that fosters our community bonds and allows us to find peers from many different contexts.
Further Information
Note: The research area LIFE offers free tickets to the event for doctoral researchers. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Dania Rose-Sperling (dania.rose-sperling@uni-jena.de).
Additionally, a LIFE satellite event, the RDM Workshop for Life Science Researchers, will take place:
LIFE satellite event: RDM Workshop for Life Science Researchers
April 3, 2025 | Rosensäle, Universität Jena, Fürstengraben 27, Jena | 25 places available
Contact: Dr. Cora Assmann (cora.assmann@uni-jena.de)
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Illustration: Paul Craft, Adobe Stock
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Boost Your Well-being: Join the TK Health Week Workshops
Taking care of your well-being is key to a balanced work life! From March 4 to March 6, 2025, the TK Health Week offers nine free online workshops on topics such as work-life balance and resilience. Sessions are available in German and English.
Check out the brochure for more details, including registration links and QR codes.
Don't miss this opportunity to strengthen your well-being!
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Further Events
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FLI Colloquium: Jesus Gil
March 6, 2025 | 3 to 4 pm | Seminar room “Nucleus”, FLI 1, Beutenbergstraße 11, Jena
Title: "Cellular senescence as a therapeutic target"
Host: Clara Correia-Melo
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JEMS in March with Rotem Sorek
March 10, 2025 | 1 to 2 pm | Leibniz-HKI – Seminar Room Pasteur, Beutenbergstr. 11a, Jena
Title: "The immune system of bacteria: Beyond CRISPR"
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Jena Alliance Talent Fair 2025
March 25, 2025 | Online
The Jena Alliance Talent Fair 2025 is your opportunity to network, explore and take the next step towards a PhD at the University of Jena.
- Microverse Seminar with Johannes Zimmermann
April 15, 2025 | Noon 12.15 to 1.15 pm followed by finger food/pizza | Leibniz-HKI – Seminar Room Pasteur, Beutenbergstr. 11a, Jena
Title: tba
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Science Meets Society Book Club: Science Fictions (by Stuart Ritchies)
April 30, 2025 | Cafeteria nucleus, Leibniz-HKI, Jena
Our “Science Meets Society: Book Club” brings together curious minds to engage with each other and discuss topics such as ethics, justice, sustainability, diversity and inclusion in science and the role of our work in society. Anyone in Jena with an interest in the interaction between science and society is welcome to attend.
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Selected Publications
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- Dickmann P, Claus RA, Bauer M. Sepsis after Trauma—Evolving Paradigms in Stress Biology and Host Response Failure. Burns & Trauma. 2025
- Koceva H, Mosig A. Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Alveolus-on-Chip Model to Study Influenza Virus A Infection. Methods Mol Biol. 2025;2890:225-235.
- Pérez Carrillo VH, Whittaker JJ, Wiedemann C, Harder JM, Lohr T, Jamithireddy AK, Dajka M, Goretzki B, Joseph B, Guskov A, Harmer NJ, Holzgrabe U, Hellmich UA. Structure and Dynamics of Macrophage Infectivity Potentiator Proteins from Pathogenic Bacteria and Protozoans Bound to Fluorinated Pipecolic Acid Inhibitors. J Med Chem. 2025 Feb 20.
- Schultz C, Rodewald M, Weidisch A, Meyer-Zedler T, Caffard T, Schmitt M, Matziolis G, Zippelius T, Popp J. 4D-Spatiotemporal SHG Imaging for the Analysis of Drug-Induced Changes in the Dura Mater. Anal Chem. 2025 Feb 25;97(7):3892-3900.
- Verdon N, Popescu O, Titmuss S, Allen RJ. Habitat fragmentation enhances microbial collective defence. J R Soc Interface. 2025 Feb;22(223):20240611.
- Xu LL, McIlroy SE, Ni Y, Guibert I, Chen J, Rocha U, Baker DM, Panagiotou G. Chemical pollution drives taxonomic and functional shifts in marine sediment microbiome, influencing benthic metazoans. ISME Commun. 2025 Feb 13;5(1):ycae141.
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