Cluster of Excellence CMFI

Cluster of Excellence CMFI

@cmfi.bsky.social

“Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI) researchers from different disciplines elucidate the mechanisms of interaction between beneficial and harmful bacteria and the host. – University of Tübingen, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

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Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱? CMFI 2027 – Registration & Call for Abstracts open today. 📍 Tübingen, 17–19 Feb 2027 🔹 Poster/Flash Talk 📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2026 Submit/Register: www.cmfi2027.com Among this year's keynote speakers: 1/2

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TERRA - Geo-Biosphere Interactions
@terra-cluster.org

🎙️ TERRAnauts Kira Rehfeld & Andreas Schweiger join „Exzellent erklärt" to talk soils, plants and climate — and the one-of-a-kind field experiment „Diversitorium". 🎧 exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io (German Language) | terra-cluster.org #exzellenterklaert #TeamTERRA #podcast

Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

Exciting upcoming EMBL Conference: Unlocking the Functional Diversity of Gut Microbiomes. 8–10 Dec 2026, EMBL Heidelberg & online. For researchers interested in gene function, microbial diversity, host–microbe interactions, and microbiome research. Save the date, submit an abstract, and register!

Typas Lab@typaslab.bsky.social

How can we harness the vast functional diversity of microbes on our planet? Join us at EMBL Heidelberg from 8–10 December 2026 to hear about ongoing efforts to decode gene function and organisation in human gut microbes, and to present your own research. www.embl.org/about/info/c...

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Andreas Peschel
@andreaspeschel.bsky.social

You are an ambitious young scientist, on the verge to independence, in a research field related to our Cluster of Excellence @cmfi.bsky.social “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections”? Join our vibrant, interactive scientific community in Tubingen. Repost and apply! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

nature.comIndependent Junior Research Group Leaders (m/f/d) - Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg (DE) job with Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | 12858473The Cluster of Excellence EXC 2124 “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI) at the University of Tübingen invites applications for Indepen...
Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

We were delighted to welcome Humboldt Fellows to @unituebingen.bsky.social and to the Cluster of Excellence CMFI. Thank you to the @humboldt-foundation.de and all participating Fellows for the inspiring conversations and the vibrant Humboldt Network spirit. 💚 #AvHNet

Humboldt-Stiftung@humboldt-foundation.de

Fellows from across the globe, three inspiring days: our network meetings bring together Humboldtians in German university towns. 💚 #AvHNet #Humboldtian More info: www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo... @cmfi.bsky.social

Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

Not just bigger muscles: study reveals that strength training affects our gut health. Participants with greatest strength improvements show biggest changes in their gut microbiome. Authors Sven Nahnsen / Daniel Straub explain within just a minute ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bhjjaxj @unituebingen.bsky.social

youtu.bePaper in a Minute - Daniel Straub, Sven Nahnsen, Resistance Training Reshapes the Gut MicrobiomeYouTube video by CMFI - Cluster of Excellence
Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

Publication: Straub D et al. (2026) Resistance Training Reshapes the Gut Microbiome in a Longitudinal 8-Week Intervention in Sedentary Adults. Sports Med Open 12(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s40798-026-00990-6. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @unituebingen.bsky.social

link.springer.comResistance Training Reshapes the Gut Microbiome in a Longitudinal 8-Week Intervention in Sedentary Adults - Sports Medicine - OpenBackground The gut microbiome plays a critical role in metabolism, immunity, and aging. While endurance training has been shown to beneficially modulate the microbiome, the effects of resistance train...

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Effie Bastounis
@effiebastounis.bsky.social

I'm excited to share our paper on how infected #macrophages promote #biomechanical alterations in #endothelia to transmigrate, published in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social! Thanks to all contributors, @sergemostowylab.bsky.social and @cmfi.bsky.social for the support. Here: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

cell.comListeria-infected macrophages promote biomechanical alterations in endothelial cell monolayers for transmigrationIntracellular pathogens like Listeria exploit macrophages to cross endothelial barriers and spread systemically. Muenkel et al. show that exposure to infected macrophages weakens contractile forces wi...

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Prof. Ruth Ley FRS
@microbiome.bsky.social

🦠🧫 a collaboration with the Institute for Tropical Medicine in Tübingen and CERMEL in Gabon @cmfi.bsky.social

Prof. Ruth Ley FRS@microbiome.bsky.social

Happy to share this paper by doctoral student Mirabeau Mbong Ngwese who assessed gut microbiome associations with soil transmitted parasites for adults and kids in Gabon and corroborated findings with data from other studies from Africa www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.comInfection with gut parasites correlates with gut microbiome diversity across human populations in AfricaSoil-transmitted helminths (STH) are common in (sub)tropical regions and primarily affect impoverished populations. These parasites reside in the gut, where they interact with both the microbiota a...
Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

🎥 New series: Paper in a Minute! CMFI researchers explain key findings from recent publications in under 60s. Ep. 1: Ana Rita Brochado @brochadolab.bsky.social on antifolate-triggered CBASS activation in V. cholerae. Watch: youtu.be/q3EErS28oMs?... #ERC #AMR @natmicrobiol.nature.com #scicomm

youtu.bePaper in a Minute — Ana Brochado, Vibrio cholerae CBASS phage defence system. Nature MicrobiologyYouTube video by CMFI - Cluster of Excellence

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Andreas Peschel
@andreaspeschel.bsky.social

How do keratinocytes sense bacterial commensals or pathogens? @cmfi.bsky.social Here is our recent review: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

sciencedirect.comRole of Formyl Peptide Receptor 2 and Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Skin Barrier Function and Atopic DermatitisThe skin acts as a barrier against external threats and plays an important role in tissue repair. Skin cells, including keratinocytes, sense microbe-a…

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Healthcare in Europe (DE)
@health-europe-de.bsky.social

#Antibiotika stören das #Mikrobiom im #Darm und ebnen so den Weg für Erkrankungen. Das gilt allerdings auch für viele Nicht-Antibiotika, zeigt eine neue Studie von @ghammeranne.bsky.social und @jdlcz.bsky.social ‪vom @lisamaierlab.bsky.social am @cmfi.bsky.social ‪der @unituebingen.bsky.social‬.

healthcare-in-europe.comStudie: Nicht nur Antibiotika stören das Darm-MikrobiomStudie unter Leitung der Universität Tübingen: Viele Nicht-Antibiotika schwächen die natürliche Schutzfunktion des Darms, sodass sich krankmachende Bakterien leichter dort ansiedeln können

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Daniel Petras
@daniel-petras.bsky.social

New paper from the group. Together with Chambers Hughes, Giovanni Vitale and our amazing collaborators, we developed a multiplexed chemical metabolomics workflow to assign functional groups in non-targeted LC-MS/MS data: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Behind the paper story: go.nature.com/45ljV4d

nature.comEnhancing tandem mass spectrometry-based metabolite annotation with online chemical labeling - Nature CommunicationsTo improve annotation in non-targeted metabolomics studies, authors develop a Multiplexed Chemical Metabolomics (MCheM) platform, combining post-column derivatization with integrated data processing. ...
Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

Study finds #caffeine can weaken effectiveness of certain #antibiotics Substances from natural environment can trigger bacteria's alert systems – implications for future therapeutic approaches? Read the press release here: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even... @unituebingen.bsky.social

Brochado Lab@brochadolab.bsky.social

Finally out! A small screen helps understand a little more about how E. coli regulates major transporters, and reveals how caffeine induces phenotypical antibiotic resistance. Huge thanks to collab @andrenmateus.bsky.social (Umeå) and Christian L. Müller (Munich)! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

journals.plos.orgSystematic screen uncovers regulator contributions to chemical cues in Escherichia coliTransport machineries are crucial for antibiotic resistance, but their regulation by external cues is poorly understood. This study identifies environmental chemicals that regulate transporter transcr...

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Anne Grießhammer
@ghammeranne.bsky.social

Seeing this published is even better than eating sweets! I am so happy and proud of whole @lisamaierlab.bsky.social, especially Lisa and @jdlcz.bsky.social who walked the funny/exciting/rocky road with me until the very end. Check it out! #science #microbiome #health www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comNon-antibiotics disrupt colonization resistance against enteropathogens - NatureNon-antibiotic drugs from a wide range of therapeutic classes can alter the ability of gut commensals to resist invasion by enteropathogens, a previously underappreciated side effect of such drugs.
Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

Unexpected side-effect: how common medications clear the way for pathogens CMFI's @lisamaierlab.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social show in @nature.com: many non-antibiotics weaken the natural protective function of the intestine. Press release: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/news-even...

Lisa Maier Lab | Tübingen@lisamaierlab.bsky.social

The paper is definitely worth a read—and if you're curious for a glimpse behind the scenes of how the story developed, don’t miss this short blog post by Anne and Jacobo. communities.springernature.com/posts/silent...

communities.springernature.comSilent influencer: How non-antibiotics tip the microbial balance of the gut microbiomeSome human-targeted drugs can alter gut microbes, creating a favorable environment for pathogens like Salmonella to thrive.
Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘀: 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 The human microbiome—comprising trillions of microorganisms—interacts closely with our immune, metabolic, and nervous systems. It influences directly our health. On #WorldMicrobiomeDay, we celebrate the science that shows how much Microbes Matter.

Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

They are fundamental to how we understand, maintain, and restore health. More about CMFI's microbiome researchers: www.cmfi.uni-tuebingen.de/en/ #CMFI #Microbiome #MicrobesMatter #HumanHealth #MicrobiomeResearch #GutHealth #LifeScience #ScienceCommunication @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

cmfi.uni-tuebingen.deCMFI - Cluster of Excellence - Controlling Microbes to Fight InfectionsThe CMFI is one of more than 50 Clusters of Excellence funded by the German federal and state governments as part of the Excellence Initiative. We develop new strategies to control microbial mechanism...

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Andreas Peschel
@andreaspeschel.bsky.social

Yeah! 7 more years for @cmfi.bsky.social So many people to thank... We are a fantastic team!

Cluster of Excellence CMFI@cmfi.bsky.social

🎉 Fantastic News 🎉 Our CMFI Cluster of Excellence @unituebingen.bsky.social receives funding extension for the next seven years. Spokesperson Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social: "We can now advance our research into resistance mechanisms and new antimicrobial agents!" shorturl.at/rcK1A

cmfi.uni-tuebingen.deCMFI Enters Second Funding Period | CMFI NewsThe members of CMFI can breathe a sigh of relief: On January 1, 2026, the Tübingen Cluster of Excellence will enter its second funding period with a duration of seven years. This was announced by the ...
Cluster of Excellence CMFI
@cmfi.bsky.social

🎉 Fantastic News 🎉 Our CMFI Cluster of Excellence @unituebingen.bsky.social receives funding extension for the next seven years. Spokesperson Andreas Peschel @andreaspeschel.bsky.social: "We can now advance our research into resistance mechanisms and new antimicrobial agents!" shorturl.at/rcK1A

cmfi.uni-tuebingen.deCMFI Enters Second Funding Period | CMFI NewsThe members of CMFI can breathe a sigh of relief: On January 1, 2026, the Tübingen Cluster of Excellence will enter its second funding period with a duration of seven years. This was announced by the ...