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JSMC Graduates - A PhD Journey

Text by by Jakob Sprague I did my PhD in the group of Prof. Bernhard Hube as part of the Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms at the Leibniz-HKI. I’m still scheduling the date for my defense, but hopefully before the end of the year. My PhD has been a truly rewarding journey, despite t…

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Travel Grant Awardees - Ekaterine in South Africa

Text by Dr. Ekaterine Gabashvili I am grateful to the JSMC Postdoc Program for the travel grant that allowed me to attend ISME19 in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference featured insightful presentations on the spatial structures and functions of microbial communities in subsurface habitats, chemo…

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JSMC Newsletter September

The current issue contains impressions of the MiCom and the Postdoc Appreciation Week the upcoming Mental Health Week from 10th to 20th of October information about the upcoming Scary Science Halloween social event

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MiCom 2024: A Successful Return After Three Years

After a three-year break, the MiCom 2024 took place in Jena last week, marking a highly successful return as a renowned microbiology conference. The event was organized only by the Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC) doctoral candidates and connected researchers, industry,  academics…

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JSMC Best Supervisor Award Goes to Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum

The supervision award was presented for the first time as part of our doctoral conference MiCom 2024, held from 2 - 4 September at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. This year the award went to Prof. Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum from the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Bi…

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JSMC Newsletter August

The current issue contains an introduction to the new PhD speakers Gaurvanshi Gupta and Tom Haufschild upcoming events including the MiCom from 2nd to 4th of September and the Postdoc Appreciation Week from 16th to 20th of September impressions of the Kayak day out and the upcoming Picnic in the pa…

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JSMC Newsletter reboot

Finally there is a JSMC newsletter again. Our great newsletter team presents the issue for July 2024. The issue contains: an introduction to the JSMC Newsletter Team an introduction to the new PhD speakers Simranpreet Kaur and Marcel Bäcker the winners of the JSMC Photo Contest a reminder to nomin…

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Launch of the New Mentoring Programs for Early Career Researchers

We introduce three tailored Mentoring Programs designed to support early career scientists at different stages. Intercultural Peer Mentoring: Developed to support international PhD candidates in adapting to life in Germany, this program pairs mentees with German peer scientists for informal guidance…

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Company visit at oncgnostics

The JSMC provides their members with a sound basis for their future careers in academia and industry. We do not only want to promote scientific excellence but also offer opportunities for networking and perspectives on different career prospects. To highlight Jena as science hub in Thuringia, we wou…

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