NUCLEATE Cluster researchers from the @koenig-lab.bsky.social and @zarnack-group.bsky.social taught 4th graders all about DNA 🧬 #NUCLEATECluster #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

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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

DNA, RNA, and everything in between. 🧬 We are starting a new series called nucleic notes. Here you can learn fun facts about nucleic acids. Today is about DNA damage. Did you know that each cell repairs ~10,000 DNA lesions every single day?

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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/...

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We got invited to present our clusters and our research at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and enjoyed it so much. #LINO75 #HumanRightsFAU #ChiralElectronics #TransforM #BioSysteM #CrossCulturalPhilology #ResearchinBavaria #NUCLEATECluster

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.🧫✨

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We spent the weekend at FORSCHA Munich Science Days with the other Munich clusters of excellence teaching kids all about DNA and RNA! 🧬✨

After learning how codons work, they put their new knowledge to the test by coding their very own DNA wristbands to take home.

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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

This week's Nucleic Notes : Precision gene editing, simplified 🧬

CRISPR-Cas9 turns a microbial defense system into a precision tool:

A custom guide RNA acts as a homing device, steering the Cas9 protein to an exact spot in the genome so it can make a targeted break.

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Transitioning into industry, or expanding your network in Munich? 🚀

Nucleate is sponsoring Biotech & Pharma Career Day 2026!

📅 Oct 1, 2026
📍 BMC LMU, Planegg-Martinsried

Details & registration below 👇
www.bio-m.org/veranstaltun...

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