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PhD defense

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Congratulations, Dr. Adrián Contreras!
PhD defense

Congratulations, Dr. Benjamin Buchfink!

Benjamin Buchfink defended his thesis today. Congratulations!
Max PhD defense

Congratulations, Dr. Maximilian Collenberg!

Max successfully defended his thesis today.

Out in NAR: Pushing the limits of HiFi assemblies (OA)

In-depth comparison of PacBio CLR and HiFi assemblies

Congratulations, Dr. Alejandra Duque!

Alejandra successfully defended her thesis

Now in Quant. Plant Biol.: New tool for DNA methlyation analysis

Methylscore to ID differentially methylated regions

Former postdoc Jiawei Wang wins Xplorer Prize

..which comes with a personal cash award of 3M RMB (~430,000€)

Detlef spoke at Kinderuni

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Bertolt Brecht said it. (“Only the dumbest cattle vote for their butchers.”)
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“…convinced by disinformation … that the recent catastrophic floods … were caused by inadequate river dredging & cloud seeding. … sorry plight … down to deliberate manipulation of the weather system paid for by mining companies … to gain access to lithium.”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/appalachia-kentucky-floods-research-trump-cutshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/appalachia-kentucky-floods-research-trump-cuts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Ooops. “RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies.”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/rfk-jr-maha-health-report-studies?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Deutsche Heuchlerei: Villenbesitzer verhindern erfolgreich Flüchtlingsunterkunft in Hamburg(German hypocrisy: villa owners successfully prevent housing for refugees in their neighborhood)https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/unerwuenscht-in-hamburg-hochkamp-villenviertel-gegen-gefluechtete-spiegel-tv-a-68ac4faa-34c7-4a54-88cf-3a5f1a7649f7
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Sáez-Sandino et al.: A Large Fraction of Soil Microbial Taxa Is Sensitive to Experimental Warminghttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.70231
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