Science meets politics! 🏛️🔬 Bundestag member Mr. Kaczmarek stopped by the NUCLEATE Cluster during his visit at @uni-wuerzburg.de. We walked him through the importance of our work and gave him a firsthand look at our cryo-EM setup and intestinal organoids.🧫✨ #NUCLEATECluster
Профиль
NUCLEATE Cluster
Профиль VivelyCluster for Nucleic Acid Sciences and Technologies Pioneering the Future of Nucleic Acid Research at LMU Munich, TU Munich and JMU Würzburg. Excellence Cluster funded by the DFG https://nucleate-cluster.de/
Congrats to NUCLEATE PI Veit Hornung on his newest publication in Gastroenterology! This collaborative study shows that STING ablation in T Cells is required for the efficacy of STING agonists in CAR-T Cell immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer. Read more: www.gastrojournal.org/article/S001...
Study finds that STING-deficient CAR-T cells + diABZI boost antitumor activity, increase CAR-T persistence, and improve tumor control in pancreatic cancer models, highlighting a potential new strategy for solid tumors. 🔗 https://ow.ly/JVzg50Zq3PM
Congrats to NUCLEATE PIs Jörg Vogel & Alexander Westermann on their new paper in PNAS! 👏 Alongside partners at Uni Marburg, they identified SAILR, a long non-coding RNA that acts as an apoptosis regulator. Read more: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #NUCLEATECluster
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI)#Makrophagen sind die „Fresszellen“ des #Immunsystems, doch manche Erreger machen sich gerade diese Zellen als Versteck zunutze. Ein Team des @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social hat mit Partnern eine #RNA gefunden, die ein "Notausschalter" für infizierte Immunzellen ist. www.helmholtz-hzi.de/media-center...
We are heading to FORSCHA – Munich Science Days this weekend, and we can’t wait! 🧬✨ We’re joining forces with other Clusters of Excellence on the Munich Excellence Mile. Visit our booth to make DNA Bracelets🧬, answer a Science Quiz 🧠 and collect your Research Passport 🗺️. forscha.de/fo
Mission DNA: Accomplished! 🧬 NUCLEATE researchers from @zarnack-group.bsky.social and @koenig-lab.bsky.social hosted a group of 4th graders for 2 days of science. From extracting DNA to imaging cells via microscope, and touring the labs, we might have just met the next gen of scientists! 🧠
NUCLEATE Cluster researchers from the @koenig-lab.bsky.social and @zarnack-group.bsky.social taught 4th graders all about DNA 🧬 #NUCLEATECluster #DNA
König LabToday, researchers from @nucleate-cluster.bsky.social, TRR 319, @sfb1551.bsky.social, and @sfb1361.bsky.social visited a primary school in Würzburg to show the fascinating world of DNA! 🧬 Thanks to the great team from the König and @zarnack-group.bsky.social labs at @uni-wuerzburg.de! #MissionDNA
The NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence is hiring! Shape the future of nucleic acid sciences 🧬 🚀 Group Leaders: All 3 locations (LMU, TUM, JMU Würzburg) 🔬 PhDs & Postdocs: Open call in Würzburg and speculative applications welcome! Deadline: Aug 16, 2026 👉 More info: nucleate-cluster.de/careers/
Congratulations to NUCLEATE Cluster PI Olivia Merkel for securing an @erc.europa.eu Proof of Concept Grant. The grant supports her team to create an industry-relevant version of ALINA – Active-Learning Inference for Nucleic Acid Delivery. #NUCLEATECluster #RNA
LMU München🎉 Congratulations! Olivia Merkel, Professor of Drug Delivery at LMU’s Department of #Pharmacy, has received a Proof of Concept Grant from the erc.europa.eu (ERC) for her project ALINA – Active-Learning Inference for Nucleic Acid Delivery. 🧬#LMU #RNA #DrugDelivery
We’re excited to introduce the network behind the NUCLEATE Cluster! 🧪 We create a one-of-a-kind ecosystem where nucleic acid research thrives. Proudly collaborating with @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social, @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social, @mpibiochem.bsky.social. 🧬 #NUCLEATECluster #RNA #DNA
🧬 Meet the NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence 🧬 Backed by the @dfg.de Excellence Strategy, we are a research alliance redefining the future of nucleic acid science by uniting 3 of Germany’s top universities in Munich and Würzburg: @lmu.de @tum.de @uni-wuerzburg.de #NUCLEATECluster #DFG